about the ass-gap stuff.
[link|http://www.musicpd.org/|http://www.musicpd.org/]
It is Debian installable, stable has: 0.12.1-1.1 for amd64 and i386
0.12.2-2 is in unstable.
There is a whole lotta stuff. Of course, YMMV.
OMG, there is a a WHOLE LOTTA stuff. The wiki on [link|http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Clients|http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Clients]
ummm yeah... wow.