I agree: for serious music fans there is nothing like having the ability to listen to any song in my collection at any time, be it to listen to on a whim or show to a friend, something that happens to me quite often.

Another example often overlooked is the handiness of having an entire music library at hand when away from home, a computer, the internet, and most other forms of civilization (save electricity). Many of my friends and family members have worked at remote lodges here in Alaska where they are in such a situation for several months at a time with no way to change out their music library. They all agree that the most popular item at the lodges are high-capacity iPods.

I would of liked to of seen when Alaska got hit.

"No mention of Maurizio Cattelan?

Several years ago, I played on his 22 person table that was being displayed during LET'S ENTERTAIN at Portland Art Museum. Here is a photo of the original table."

I, too, had the opportunity to play the Cattelan table at the Portland Art Museum. I was there with my 3-D Design class and there was plenty of room for the 15 of us and then some. The game never got dull because there were quite a few balls going at once - it was utter mayhem and I loved it.