[LAU] Looking For Simple mp3 Audio Editor?

I am certainly new here-and-maybe some of you can please suggest software. First of all, since I am totally blind, I enjoy only a console interface, useing Speakup, a screen-reader. Quite ofteen I will rip streams to either audio or video, however, I would love to edit out commercials-and-other content not of interest. Any-and-all Linux sound editors seem complicated, especially since I would rather not edit raw audio. In an ideal World, I would be more than wonderful if there were an editor with playback features of mplayer or trplayer, but with editing style of text editor such as Nano. I mean, one could theoreticly arrow to a point in the broadcast--and-mark with a block command. While trplayer was I think made by some1 blind, it has several buttons you can push while real audio or mp3s are playing, which will announce bit rate, elapsed time-and-percentage, and title. For me mplayer is really nice as it has an EQ, which I cannot run directly with an mp3blaster. No EQ settings showup. Right now, thanks to 1 of our LUG members here in Southern Cal, I can now rip streams directly to mp3 useing sox, but for some reason it always stops recording around 3hours18minutes? Thanks so much in advance for suggestions. I am currently in FC9 Hart