coincidentally I think getting the iPod is how I started listening to English music? I was pretty much exclusively into anime/jpop downloaded directly from webrings of fansites and lovingly burned onto CDs up till then, but 2004 was the Limewire/Yousendit era (for me, I know Limewire was 2000) and 2003 is when I started using Livejournal and meeting people who shared music, and having more than 700mbs meant I could throw a bunch of unknown music on my iPod and still have access to old favs.
@phire don't worry it only gets more horrifying from here
@cadey yeah tbh it wasn't great shakes in 2003 either
thinking about technology-mediated consumption is neat (when it's not horrific)