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Since I was young, I knew I was goyin to be someone important and rich. That’s why I’m goyin to join this MLM. If I want a rich life, I am going (going?) to have to start thinking on my toes. That’s why Goyin will be my life’s focus for the next couple hours.

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FM transmitters have come a long way since my first one in 2003: the iTrip. The iTrip’s design required your iPod to have certain data ports lined up to its data receiver prong. So, you had to have an iPod too. You also had to import “songs” to your iPod which were actually different sound frequencies that told the iTrip which radio station you were on. Bloody hassle, it was.

I recently had used the VRFM9 from a company that I have mentioned here before: VR3. This handy FM Transmitter is powered by your car, not your iPod, saving battery power. It accepts SD cards and USB flash drives. So if you put mp3 files on these storage options, this FM transmitter plays those files like a jukebox.

I don’t really use these features, so the main feature I am concerned with is the strength of the FM transmitter. Apparently there are FCC regulations to keep FM transmitters from being too strong (you can imagine the implications). The transmitter on this unit was average. Maybe on par or less than that of the iTrip.

I just recently picked up the iQfm. It has all of the same features as the VRFM9 but curiously, this little part has a stronger transmitter than any that I’ve heard. Here in Provo, UT I use 88.5 FM, and the signal is clear (except in rare occasions where I pass close to strong looking power lines).

There are some complaints that the sound is still not CD quality. Here is what I do to ensure pretty damn near CD quality sound. To get the most out of both the bass and treble ends of the spectrum, I turn my car’s treble EQ to +3 (on a scale from -6 to +6) and leave the bass at 0. I also turn my iPod’s volume up to about 15/16 the maximum loudness. The strength of your iPod’s (or whatever mp3 player’s) volume affects the signal strength of the transmitter.

FM Transmitters are still a necessary evil because many of us that don’t want to mar the beauty of a factory stereo setup to put a receiver in with Aux-in (damn you 2003 honda accord factory stereo team members… damn you to hell). But, as far as that goes, I’m convinced that this little guy is as good as it gets without messy/costly installs.

Who says you can’t ski and watch the thrilling cult classic “Better Off Dead” at the same time. This cocaine snorting LCD display tray comes complete with a VGA port and 2 grams of high-society nose candy.

Update: Peter, Bjorn and John at the Gallivan Center.

I saw the Fiery Furnaces and Yo La Tengo at the Gallivan Center (see map– 249 S. Main in Salt Lake City), but this post is more about the venue than the show, but the show was really great. This was my first time at the Gallivan Center, so here are some things that are good to know.

1. Address- Gallivan Center - 249 S. Main Street. The underground parking enterance is on 200 S. halfway between Main and State.

2. Money- Expenses you’ll be obliged to: The concert is free, but parking will probably run you $5 for the whole night if you want to park in the close underground parking. Besides that, you won’t be obliged to pay anything else.

There are plenty of booths for food. “The Pie” pizzaria is included. 3.50 a slice. Other booths include stone/silver jewelry and the like.

If you like beer or wine, it is $5 a glass. The glasses of beer looked to be about 12 oz. It looked like Uinta Brewing company was the available micro brew (no other beers were present). I think I spotted lagers, amber ales, and stouts.

3. Allowed Foreign Items- You are allowed to bring in coolers, although outside alcohol is not allowed. There are some event staffers spot checking coolers and purses, but it wouldn’t be hard to conceal alcohol in a container. A point that might be interesting to some is that the event staffers weren’t patting down anyone. There are about a thousand wide open entrances to the outdoor venue.

Although there is technically no smoking allowed, it is impossible to police. Once you enter the general area there are no authority figures. I actually didn’t see any real cops the whole night.

I also suggest you bring blankets and/or lawn chairs. Once you reserve a place on the grass, you will be glad you did.

No pets allowed.

4. If you are worried that you are too: fat /skinny /ugly /pretty /old /young /drunk /high /black /white /family oriented for a free summer concert at the Gallivan Center, don’t worry, you won’t be alone. It is refreshing to see senior citizens in lawn chairs enjoying the absurd prog rock amelodic stylings of the Fiery Furnaces along-side the teenies smoking their little pinners.

So, in other words, if you want to take your family, there are plenty of big families with small children there. But if you are going to meet young singles, there’s that too.

Recently I had a frustrating experience with Sprint Customer Service. On my latest bill I had 266 text messages charged erroneously to me. I generally use between 5 and 10 a month, being as I have very few friends (see my link section).

Anyway, I called Sprint Customer Cervix (as it will heretofore be refered to as) and got a lady who had a slight ambiguous near eastern accent that I couldn’t pin point. I explained to her my problem, and she assured me that they had proof that I had made those text messages. I asked for the phone number they were sent to and was put on hold. After several times of being put on hold for 10 minutes at a time, she told me they were unable to track down those phone numbers but that they had proof that I made those. I asked what kind of proof they had, and they explained that they had the number of text messages I made but not the phone numbers. I repeated back what I incredulously heard, and she said that I had it right exactly.

Just in case they don’t have cell phones in India, I explained to her how text messages work. There has to be a sender and a receiver. If they couldn’t get a number of the receiver, then the text messages probably don’t exist. And since we were in agreement that they didn’t exist I asked for a refund. When she refused, I asked to speak to her team lead. His name was Vince and his employee number is 612106.

Vince 612106 and I had the exact same conversation over the next 20 minutes (15 of it was on hold) where they could not produce a shred of evidence that this actually happened, except the number of text messages. I asked if they were located outside of the US, and he said yes. I asked to be transfered to an American call center and he said that that was against their policy. All lies. So I just got his name and employee number (Vince 612106!) and hung up. I was told by a tech support rep that when you’re being stonewalled, just hang up, or they will put in your notes that you’ve been stonewalled in the past, which will make you more likely to be stonewalled in the future.

Gewis had a better idea. When I called Sprint Customer Cervix the next time, I said ‘cancel my account’ when the voice prompt asks what you want. I was transfered directly to an American call center, where a kind individual refunded my $40 within 5 minutes.

Peter, Bjorn, and John is performing with the Apostle of Hustle tonight at the Gallivan Center for free. Check out my Guide to the Gallivan Center Twilight Concert Series in Salt Lake City.

Take my 4 second quiz to find out if you would enjoy going to this show:

1. Do you like to be around other human beings?

2. a. Do the little hairs on your outer ear pass sound waves that eventually end up being processed successfully by your brain?

b. If the answer to part a. of question 2 is in the affirmative, do you enjoy this sensation?

c. If the answer to part a. of question 2 is in the negative, do you enjoy this sensation anyway?

3. Do you live in driving distance of Salt Lake City?

If the answers to these questions are all yeses, then you will really enjoy this show tonight. Bring a blanket and some sushi or something.

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