The Listen

It’s December 14th and you’re probably down to the wire on exchanging gifts with your co-workers, friends, and family members.  There are the easy ideas of gift cards to iTunes, Amazon, or Amoeba or one of the many offerings from Apple.  However if they are a true music lover, they most likely have all the music they want and have bought everything created by Apple.

So here are some new and different ideas that may also get you points for creativity:

1. Urban Outfitters have actually done the work for you.  They created a gift category for Audiophiles.  Here are some noteworthy items:

• Mix Tape Flash Drive
• Giant Ear Bud Speakers
• Headphones
• iPod DJ Mixer

2. Music books.  Here’s a couple of new and different ones:

• Lost in The Supermarket: An Indie Rock Cookbook by Kay Bozich Owens and Lynn Owens
  
• Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
• 33 1/3 Book Series by Various Artists
  

3. Concert Tickets.  Check out our concert listing on the “Live Music” section of The Listen for some suggestions.

4. And always a good standby, the collector’s music poster.  Find an awesome selection at GigPosters.

We hope this has been some help during this stressful time of shopping.  Happy Holidays from The Listen!