I-pod post

Have I mentioned how much I love my I-pod? It was a Christmas present from my wife (I liked it so much I got her a Nano for Mother's Day). I've always had a bit of an issue with repetitious listening to music, which has only gotten worse as I've got older. The I-pod is a near-perfect solution to that (I say near because the "shuffle" mode is far from perfect, apparently by design). Here's what I listened to last night:

Highwire Days, The Psychedelic Furs - (All Of This And Nothing)
C'est Pas La Peine Brailler, Geno Delafose - (Bayou Dance Party)
Hangin' Your Life On The Wall, Guy Clark - (Dublin Blues)
Blame Me, Chris Knight - (A Pretty Good Guy)
Secret Life, Soft Cell - (Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret)
Misty, Erroll Garner - (Polygram Sampler)
Calling You, Blue October - (History for Sale)
My Love, Paul McCartney & Wings - (Wingspan: Hits)
It's Still Rock And Roll To Me, Billy Joel - (The Essential Billy Joel)
Right Here Now, James McMurtry - (Where'd You Hide The Body)
La Bamba, Los Lobos - (Just Another Band From East L.A.: A Collection)
May I Baby, Sam & Dave - (The Best Of Sam & Dave)
Lost In The Back Yard, James McMurtry - (Where'd You Hide The Body)
Rouya, Seatbelts - (Cowboy Bebop CD BOX)
Mi Vida Loca, Quinto Sol - (Sample This!)
My Funny Valentine [instrumental], Chet Baker - (Deep In A Dream: The Ultimate Chet Baker Collection)
Scarecrow People, XTC - (Oranges & Lemons)
Adagio, The Swingle Singers Swingle Singers - (Jazz Sebastian Bach, Volume 2)
Poor Butterfly, Sarah Vaughan - (Golden Hits - Sarah Vaughan)
This Year's Girl (Alternate Version), Elvis Costello - (This Year's Model)
What a Wonderful World, Dan Zanes - (Night Time!)
Blind, Talking Heads - (Naked)
Siguiendo la Luna, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - (Vasos Vacios)
Memories Are Made Of This, Johnny Cash - (Unchained)
N'ssi N'ssi, Khaled - (N'ssi N'ssi)
Zaira (Video Mix), Glykeria - (Ethnic Beats)
Lush Life, Joe Henderson - (Polygram Sampler)
Beautiful Maria Of My Soul (english version), Los Lobos - (Mambo Kings Soundtrack)
Vanity Kills, ABC - (Living In Oblivion: The 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 5)
Hate Me, Blue October - (Foiled Alternative)
'Round About Midnight, Thelonious Monk Quintet - (Bebop's Greatest Hits)
All That Money Wants, The Psychedelic Furs - (All Of This And Nothing)
The One That Got Away, Tom Waits - (Small Change)
Little John Of God, Los Lobos - (The Neighborhood)
Streets of Laredo, Johnny Cash - (American IV: The Man Comes Around)
Wander In The Summer Wind, Dan Zanes & Friends - (Catch That Train!)
Life In The Fast Lane, The Eagles - (Eagles Greatest Hits, Volume 2)
Cats On Mars, Gabriela Robin - (Cowboy Bebop CD-BOX)
I'm Not In Love, 10cc - (Have a Nice Decade)
Desperate Man Blues, Kathy McCarty - (Dead Dog's Eyeball)
Leap Of Faith (Live), Delbert McClinton - (Big Blues Extravaganza: The Best Of Austin City Limits)
Jet Airliner, Steve Miller Band - (Greatest Hits 1974-78)
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good, Frank Sinatra - (A Swingin' Affair)
The Face Of The Nation, John Mellencamp - (Scarecrow)
Burrito, Pete Yorn - (Day I Forgot)
Larry's Shuffle, Larry Burton - (Slide Guitar Blues)
409, The Beach Boys - (The Greatest Hits, Vol 1)
The New Sound Of The Venezuelan Gozadera (short ver.), Los Amigos Invisibles - (The New Sound Of The Venezuelan Gozadera)
Sad Songs (Say So Much), Elton John - (Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 [1979-1987])
Wild Night, Van Morrison - (Tupelo Honey)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople), Joe "Fingers" Carr - (Space-Capades)
Round Midnight (Vocal Version), Chet Baker - (Round Midnight)
Motivation, Sum 41 - (All Killer No Filler)
Una Palabra, Bio Ritmo - (Rumba Baby Rumba!)
Pacing The Cage, Bruce Cockburn - (The Charity Of Night)
The Bunny Hop, Brave Combo - (Group Dance Epidemic)
Gloria's Eyes, Bruce Springsteen - (Human Touch)
Angel Of Sin, Hank Williams III - (Straight To Hell)
Le Bozo Two-Step, BeauSoleil - (Parlez-Nous Á Boire)
Deacon Blues, Steely Dan - (A Decade Of Steely Dan)
Great Big Fanny, Bill Wharton & The Ingredients - (Slide Guitar Blues)
Experience Unnecessary, Sarah Vaughan - (Golden Hits - Sarah Vaughan)
Naima (Alternate Version 1), John Coltrane - (Giant Steps)
Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out, Eric Clapton - (Unplugged)
Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye - (Starbucks Barbeque Beat)
Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home), John Prine - (In Spite Of Ourselves)
Open All Night, Bruce Springsteen - (Nebraska)
Hummingbird, B.B. King - (B. B. King Anthology 1962-1998)
Be-Bop-Battlin' Ball, Eddie Gaines and the Rockin' Five - (32 Original Historic Rockabilly Classics)
Pictures Of Jesus, Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama - (There Will Be a Light)

See what I mean about the shuffle not being terribly random. There is several days worth of music in this particular playlist (a review list for culling out crap, like that ABC song), and still I got several songs from the same albums. Irksome.
Still, the variety's better than listening to CDs (I never know what to pick, and so seem to return to the same stuff), and the music is about a hundred times better than the radio (no idiot DJs!). Make that two hundred.
One day, I plan to have every piece of music I own on the I-pod (assuming that I have enough room). I cant wait, I really cannot.

(image stolen from Ziggy)