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Other Ipods: The Aural Loneliness Of The Long Distance Shuffler Summary
Bill – Huy Tien Minh Nguyen 02/10/2011
“Hell Is Other iPods: The Aural Loneliness of the Long Distance Shuffler”

In “Hell Is Other iPods: The Aural Loneliness of the Long Distance Shuffler,” author Caspar Melville rises an issue about the domination of iPods in the society nowadays. The product of Apple urges the desire inside each person when he or she sees others get one. But the iPod itself has to have attractive points so as to induce people, and they are the gorgeous in looking and a style of independence. The iPod not only solves the differences in taste of music among individuals but also helps people to avoid suffering the kinds of music they don’t like, which may cause “shocks” in some ways. However, Melville points

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