Listening to Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, and then some Bob Marley I sensed myself being sucked into this cult of the just have to have its. And wouldn't you? An iPod lets you put 10,000 songs inside something that has the dimensions a little larger than a pack of breath mints. Extinct are the heavy, frail Walk and Discman that used to skip after each movement.

Is the iPod vacillating the way we listen to music? Undeniably. With an iPod, we can get our music anywhere, and not just one album like we could with the others. Now we can carry our entire collections everywhere we go. It can play mixes at parties. You can bring it on the commute to work or for a jog. You can save Microsoft Word docs on it and even photos. Don't care for a particular tune on an album just delete it.

Thanks to the iPod, music has become an even larger piece of our lives because now it's just a click away, and it's precisely how we desire it. Aside from the prospect of having our entire collections being alongside us at all times, the iPod's capabilities have done something even better. By being capable to cumulate above 700 albums, the iPod is now encouraging us to try different types of music genres we might not have listened to previously. And copying a CD to an iPod takes only a slight few minutes, what's there then to lose.

I must admit, I'm among the many who didn't even realize Judy had her own television show. I'll blame that on my age (I seldom get to do that), but after seeing Judy's show, I'm a true fan.

Broadcast on CBS Television right in the middle of the cocktail generation between 1962 and 1964, the television show brought a very beautiful and glamorous Judy Garland to music aficionados from coast-to-coast. Pioneer Video in association with CBS has finally brought this show back where it belongs, on the television screen.

My favorite feature of this particular DVD collection is the sound quality. The entire collection has been carefully remastered in 5.1 surround giving the sensation of sitting right there in the studio audience. And, the sound certainly isn't wasted as Judy, with her incomparable voice delivers the jazz standards in a way you just won't hear with popular performers.

A drawback to some, the program is in black and white. But, I hope you won't let that discourage you, the images are crisp and clear and the black and white casts a mood over this show that just couldn't be reproduced in color. In fact, I don't think I'd choose to have it presented in any other way.

Every show opens with an introduction of the guest stars wetting your appetite for what's to come over the next 45 minutes. Such greats as Jack Jones, Martha Ray, Chita Rivera, Barbara Streisand, and Perry Como are only a few of the guests bringing tremendous talent to an already great television show.

There really is nothing like this on televisions today. You must see for yourself the true level of sophistication and glamor Judy and her guests bring to the show to understand why she was once referred to as America's Greatest Entertainer.

So, in short, I recommend you stir up a pitcher of Martini's settle down in your favorite chair and watch some of the greatest muscial entertainment on The Judy Garland Television Show.