So, with just an empeg and a notebook, emplode is the best way to go?

I was wondering if there was some way to get the "Now and Next" info to my notebook (maybe by a screen emulator?) and/or have a Next / Previous track control.

Sometimes I will download a track to the desktop and play it through Winamp to my headphones if I want to preview a track. Because I'm getting requests all the time, I can't make a playlist before hand.