iPod Random 5-track Experiment Vol. 7

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The iPod Shuffle function is very useful in bringing to the listener’s notice songs that have bypassed them. Of course, there is always the temptation when being confronted with a song one is not in the mood for to skip subsequent tracks, thereby compromising the arbitrary purpose of the random shuffle. And sometimes iPod comes [...]

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iPod Random 5-track Experiment Vol. 6

To end off the month, here the five random tracks my iPod threw out for your pleasure. Actually, I’m cheating, because it listed a couple of tracks I recently posted…
The Band with Neil Diamond – Dry Your Eyes.mp3From The Last Waltz. Neil Diamond must have retained some of the cool he had rightfully acquired before [...]

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The iPod (non-)Random 10-track Experiment

I’m about to wipe everything off my iPod, and reload it (for housekeeping purposes). So, for the pure fun of it, here are the top 10 most-listened to tracks. I have arbitrarily decided to exclude anything from the Beatles’ Love album, because I didn’t listen to it more than once, though my nephews played it [...]

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The iPod Random 5-track Experiment Vol.5

When the mood grabs me, I scroll down to the Shuffle function on the iPod and see where it takes me. Here’s the first 5 that came up today:
Joshua Radin – Someone Else’s Life.mp3A song from my album of 2006. I really like Radin’s calming voice, on this track almost a whisper. Comparisons to Nick [...]

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The iPod Random 5-track Experiment Vol.4

For the sheer joy of it, five more of the random best:
Nicole Atkins – Maybe Tonight.mp3Oh, I kissed the iPod when it threw up this gem first. I had just finished putting together my Any Major Awards nominations, in which I already awarded Nicole Atkins, for being a viable alternative to the horribly overrated Amy [...]

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The iPod Random 5-track Experiment Vol.3

It’s fun, this iPod randomising thing. And, as Rol of the excellent Sunset Over Slawit blog pointed out in a comment (I do like comments), my iPod does have good taste. So here’s today’s lot, though it’s a 8-track experiment, iPod having suggested two songs I just recently posted, by Josh Rouse and Miles Davis, [...]

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The iPod Random 5-track Experiment Vol.2

Another five random songs from my iPod’s Shuffle function. Like before, Any Major iPod was in a mellow mood. That is perhaps because a high percentage of the music on it is mellow…
Alexi Murdoch – All Of My Days.mp3Murdoch’s “Orange Sky”, from the astonishing Four Songs EP, received a lot of coverage [...]

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The iPod Random 5-track Experiment Vol.1

A little fun diversion. Put the iPod on Party Shuffle, and take the first five tracks that come up. It seems my iPod was in a kicked back mood, coming up with five songs that are pretty mellow.
Colin Hay – Waiting For My Real Life To Begin.mp3I’m a great fan of the former Men At [...]

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