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Random iPod second-line poetry

I think it was December She couldn't ever sing any better And lies in the meadow with her hands tied behind her back Don't you feel like breaking out If you want to fly, push your doubts aside I will follow you into the sun That is all that I can do Like I'm talking through the wires of a telephone But I've known many who would gladly swim to get to where you are To the depths of the ocean where all hopes sank, searching for you I am sorry to tell you it never gets better or worse* It'll come clear But his brain was in his ass In the drunk tank And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes *the second line of, yes, This Is Hell by Elvis Costello. This song is stalking me.

Random iPod 12

15 shuffled songs from my iPod: Cold, Cold Heart, Hank Williams Hang Wire, Pixies Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand, The Who Turkish Song of the Damned, The Pogues Metropolis, The Pogues Arizona, The Constantines Ride Me Down Easy, Waylon Jennings I Remember Nothing, Joy Division Honky Tonk Heroes, Waylon Jennings Coming In From the Cold, The Delgados Half As Much, Hank Williams This Is Hell, Elvis Costello It's A Beautiful Day, Pizzicato Five Martha, Tom Waits A Singer of Songs, Johnny Cash Couple thoughts: Who the hell are the Constantines? So that's what the Delgados sound like. I think I'm one of the last people in New York to hear them. And, oh great, it's the return of the "This Is Hell" mind virus. Sigh.

Random iPod 11

In honor of the ShufflePlay Game, the next 15 shuffled songs on my iPod: Lalaland, Sea Ray Twist the Knife, Neko Case & Her Boyfriends El Camino, Goh Nakamura Let Me Get up on It, Tom Waits Glow Girl, The Who Teenage, Tribeca Names, Cat Power Like a Prayer, Junkie Brewster Just So (Pepito Remix), Dealership Havalina, Pixies Dream, Douglas Heart Allison, Pixies Slow Rollin' Low, Waylon Jennings Interzone, Joy Division Whip the Blankets, Neko Case & Her Boyfriends Barry Ritholtz, at the IPac blog, makes the case that shuffle is the new radio. From my own experiences, I can see what he's saying. I love loading up new music (from band sites, music blogs, or iTunes) onto my iPod and just playing them at random.

Random iPod first-line poetry

You are light-tasting Open up your ribcage I was born in Dixie in a boomer shack Her head is in a bitter way Past three o'clock Standing on the corner with the low-down blues Oceans lay between us and the things we think we need The ragman draws circles up and down the block The worms crawl in Well my time went so quickly The island it is silent now His heart organ was where it should be Waiting for the big fall Don't you worry about me There's a man going 'round taking names

Random iPod 9

The next 15 shuffled songs on my iPod: Such Great Heights, Iron & Wine Shake Your Rump, Beastie Boys Queensboro Bridge, David Mead Monkey Gone to Heaven, Pixies Reasons to Quit, Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson Vice from the Inner Soul, The Confusions Rock a My Soul, Pixies The Card Cheat, The Clash Eugene's Lament, Beastie Boys Under the Bridge, Sandy Silver I Don't Get It, Cowboy Junkies Disorder, Joy Division New Dawn Fades, Joy Division A Well Respected Man, The Kinks Police & Thieves, The Clash

Random iPod 8

The next 15 shuffled songs on my iPod: Tighten Up, Lee "Scratch" Perry Don't Love You, TV on the Radio Namaste, Beastie Boys I Concentrate on You, Ella Fitzgerald Look for Me (I'll Be Around), Neko Case Honky Tonk Heroes, Waylon Jennings Moral Kiosk, R.E.M. Adore, Prince A Kissed Out Red Floatboat, Cocteau Twins Six-Sixty-Six, Frank Black & The Catholics Cream, Prince Runnin' Out of Fools, Neko Case To Love Is to Bury, Cowboy Junkies The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight, R.E.M. Lonesome Town, Rick Nelson

Random iPod 7

The next 15 shuffled songs on my iPod: As Time Goes By, Jimmy Durante Tightly, Neko Case Stupid Girl, Rolling Stones Flower's Grave, Tom Waits Where You Lead, Carole King Starving in the Belly of a Whale, Tom Waits It's Bad Grammar, Baby, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Testament to Youth in Verse, New Pornographers Desafinado, Rosemary Clooney & John Pizzarelli Bummed Out City, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros Winter Lady, Leonard Cohen Ball and Biscuit, White Stripes GhettoMusick, OutKast Centre for Holy Wars, New Pornographers Jay-Z + DJ Danger Mouse, What More Can I Say I think it's time to rebuild my iPod's library. I see the same artists and often the same songs from one Random iPod entry to the next.

Random iPod 6

The next 15 shuffled songs on my iPod: Brazil (Reprise), Rosemary Clooney & John Pizzarelli disko, Martin Bonnier Descarga, Tito Puente It's a Beautiful Day, Pizzicato Five Set You Free, Ted Leo Possession (Live), Elvis Costello & the Attractions One Note Samba, Rosemary Clooney & John Pizzarelli The Euphonious Whatever, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Public Image, Public Image Ltd. One Tin Soldier, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes The World and His Wife, Elvis Costello & the Attractions Moment of Clarity, Jay-Z + DJ Danger Mouse I Missed the Point, Neko Case This Is Not a Love Song, Public Image Ltd. Lullaby of London, The Pogues

Random iPod 5

The next 15 shuffled songs on my iPod: King of the Road, Roger Miller Burnin' Streets (London Is Burning), Joe Strummer Tiny Barnes, Bearsuit The Hole In My Heart, Dawn Parade Perfect Day, Lou Reed Possession (Live), Elvis Costello & the Attractions Moonlight Zombie Dance, Bruce Lenkei The Laughing Song, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks The Wind, Cat Stevens Shiloh Town, Mark Lanegan Rumba De Barcelona, Manu Chao Sweet Happy Life, Rosemary Clooney & John Pizzarelli Supermodel, Juliana Hatfield I'm Gonna Make Him Mine, The Donnas Spread, OutKast

Random iPod 4

The next 15 shuffled songs on my iPod: Sea of Love, Cat Power Relax, The Who The World And His Wife, Elvis Costello & the Attractions By Hook or By Crook, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Black Math, The White Stripes Roses, OutKast Tattoo, The Who Once I Loved, Rosemary Clooney & John Pizzarelli Execution Day, New Pornographers We Float, P. J. Harvey Baby Love Child, Pizzicato Five Get Rid of That Girl, The Donnas Rollercoaster by the Sea, Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers Breaking Us in Two, Joe Jackson Everything Goes to Hell, Tom Waits

Random iPod 3

The next 15 shuffled songs on my iPod: Things That Scare Me, Neko Case Don't Forget to Dance, The Kinks Flight to Jordan, Tito Puente Fumblin' With the Blues, Tom Waits No One Knows When I'm Gone, Tom Waits Sea Song, Robert Wyatt Sure Beats Me, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Putty (In Your Hands), Detroit Cobras* Lonesome Blues, The Be Good Tanyas Heart of Gold, The Kinks Jimmy Jimmy, The Undertones Gentle on My Mind (Live), Glen Campbell Sci-Fi Wasabe, Cibo Matto Testament to Youth in Verse, New Pornographers J'ai Deux Amours, Josephine Baker *No, this isn't the only Detroit Cobras song on my iPod. I don't know why it keeps coming up.

Random iPod 2

The next 15 shuffled songs on my iPod: Midnight Blues, Detroit Cobras Harlem Love Theme, J. J. Johnson and His Orchestra Midnight Jam, Joe Strummer Depot Depot, Tom Waits 99 Problems, Jay-Z + DJ Danger Mouse Bunch of Lonesome Heroes, Leonard Cohen The Caretaker, Johnny Cash The Northeast Corridor, Ted Leo Mondo Bongo, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros Till the End of the Day, The Kinks Readymade FM, Pizzicato Five Little Sunflower, Tito Puente Putty (In Your Hands), Detroit Cobras Unhappy, OutKast Evolution, Cat Power

Random iPod

Cribbed from blueplaidshirt and Robot Johnny, here are the first 15 songs, at random, from my iPod: Big Exit, P. J. Harvey Beetlebum [Live], Blur Lonely, Tom Waits Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six, The Pogues Huff All Night, The Donnas Lullaby of London, The Pogues Sulk, Billy Bragg Television, The Playwrights Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones Killer Joe, Tito Puente [None], Ted Leo Venom, Hybe I Saw Your Shoes, Cowboy Junkies Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Carole King Redemption Song, Joe Strummer I'm probably going to figure out a way to list 15 random songs in the sidebar to the right, rather than list two CDs I've just bought. I buy music so infrequently that new discs just sit in that sidebar and crust over.