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Wednesday
Jul222009

We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties. Please Stand By. 

DateWednesday, July 22, 2009 at 7:00AM in

We've had a bit of a medical crisis at my house in the last 24 hours. Don't worry, everyone's going to be all right, but dealing with it has pretty much eaten up all the time and brain power I had in reserve, and everything I'd meant to say about my chosen topic is scattered in untidy heaps inside my head.

In short, no new original post from moi this week. Please accept my apologies, and I'll do better next time, I promise.

As a diversion in the meantime, how about another game of iPod Roulette?

You don’t necessarily need an Apple iPod to play it...any Mp3 player or computer music player will do, so long as it has a “Shuffle” feature that allows you to play random songs from your library. It goes like this: (1) Hit Shuffle. (2) In the comments, post the first twenty songs that come up. (You can forward through if you don’t want to listen to all of them before posting). (3) Be honest.

The choices of my Creative Zen Touch:

  1. Simple Minds-Don't You Forget About Me
  2. The Who-The Real Me
  3. Coldplay-Fix You
  4. Liz Phair-Girls! Girls! Girls!
  5. Bruce Springsteen-Workin' On the Highway
  6. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers-Here Comes My Girl
  7. Paul Simon-Homeless
  8. U2-I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
  9. Tom Lehrer-Poisoning Pigeons In The Park
  10. The Replacements-I Will Dare
  11. Buzzin' Cousins-Sweet Suzanne
  12. Lucinda Williams-Out of Touch
  13. Stones-Gimme Shelter
  14. White Zombie-I, Zombie
  15. Sex Pistols-Anarchy in the U.K.
  16. Little Feat-Rocket in My Pocket
  17. English Beat-Best Friend
  18. Guy Clark-South Coast of Texas
  19. Neil Young- My, My, Hey, Hey (Out of the Blue)
  20. Tangerine Dream-Prophet in Chains

And if that's not sufficent diversion, here is a bunny with a pancake on its head:


Gotta go, see you next time...

 

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Just Dance - Lady GaGa
Mama Told Me Not to Come - Three Dog Night
Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
The One I Love - REM
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Right For Me - Justin Timberlake
Juke Box Blues - Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)
Can't Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue
Quietude - Michael Houser
We're All Mad - Natasha Bedingfield
Voodoo Doll - Fergie
Ramblin Man - The Allman Brothers
Exgirlfriend - No Doubt
Si sa che aprir la porta - Madama Butterfly
Crazy Game of Poker - OAR
I will buy you a new life - Everclear
Fake Empire - The National
E soffitto e pareti - Madama Butterfly
Lost Coastlines - Okkervil River
Past in Present - Feist

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJulie

Hi Dusty

Hope your medical emergency is brief and not as serious as it undoubtedly first appeared!

I'm very pleased to be able to play this because, last time, I didn't have an iPod, but now I do, although I've only downloaded about 4000 songs onto it so far. We listen to it while we're working, on full shuffle all the time, so here goes:

1. Life is Sweet - Natalie Merchant
2. 'Til We Die - Slipknot
3. Essex Dogs - Blur
4. Language - Suzanne Vega
5. Come On Home - Natalie Imbruglia
6. Naked - Avril Lavigne
7. Bring Me To Life - Evanescence
8. I Walk The Hill - Big Country
9. Chained To You - Savage Garden
10. Clean - Robbie Williams
11. Jeremy - Pearl Jam
12. Re-hash - Gorillaz
13. Scraped - Guns 'N' Roses
14. Still Take You Home - Arctic Monkeys
15. Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
16. These Are The Days - Keith Urban
17. Song For Whoever - Beautiful South
18. High Life - Counting Crows
19. Your Eyes Open - Keane
20. Hold Me Back - AC/DC

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterZoë Sharp

oh dear, Dusty, hope everything is okay!

No iPod tunes to share, I'm afraid. Mine only has movie soundtracks.

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered Commentertess gerritsen

Aww, the pancake bunneh! He always saves the day!

I hope things get back on track soon.

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMelanie

Sending good vibes and prayers to the Rhodes household . . .

4,000 songs Zoe? That is . . . incredible. I have only 1500 and thought it was alot.

But the game doesn't work for me. When I hit shuffle on "songs" it pulls up only a shuffled playlist of one album. And I've done it five times (thinking I was doing it wrong) but I'm really in "songs" not artists . . . so I "shuffled" 20 times and wrote the first song each time . . .

1. Badlands by Bruce Springsteen
2. One for the Vine by Genesis
3. Reggatta de Blanc by the Police
4. Your All I've Got Tonight by The Cars
5. Magic Bus by The Who
6. Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer
7. Marble Halls by Enya
8. Roll On by Kid Rock
9. Johnny Jump Up by Gaelic Storm
10. Oh Darling by Supertramp
11. Rockin' The Paradise by Styx
12. One Last Kiss by J. Geils Band
13. Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart
14. What You Need by INXS
15. No Quarter by Led Zeppelin
16. Bodhisattva by Steely Dan
17. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2
18. Godzilla by Bue Oyster Cult
19. Key to the Highway by Little Walter
20. Rock Bottom by UFO

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAllison Brennan

JD,
The bunny with a pancake on its head is my all time favorite day brightener......

Hope everything works out ok..

Karen :0)

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterkaren from mentor

JD,
I hope that emergency is over and done with. May health and vitality flood you and those you love.

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterpari noskin taichert

JD, hope all is well in your household today.

My shuffle produced fifteen songs in Spanish out of the top 20. Looks like I need to load a greater diversity!

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLouise Ure

Can I get some Maple syrup with that?

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterStephen Jay Schwartz

Fun! (Hope all is better, and adore the bunny ;-)

1. Ah-Leu-Cha, Miles Davis
2. You Can Love Yourself, Keb' Mo'
3. Sympathique, Pink Martini
4. Freakum Dress, Beyonce
5. Que Pasa, Horace Silver Quintet
6. My Old Flame, Miles Davis
7. Two Bass Hit, Miles Davis
8. I'm Satisfied, Mississippi John Hurt
9. Sinner's Prayer, Ray Charles and BB King
10. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Ronnie Spector
11. When Fire Meets the Moonlight, Marcus Roberts
12. I Love You (For Sentimental Reasons), Nat King Cole
13. A Gal in Calico, Miles Davis
14. The Way I Am, Eminem
15. The Other Side of the World, KT Tunstall
16. Cherokee, Sarah Vaughan
17. Love in Vain, Keb' Mo'
18. Every Breath You Take, The Police
19. Don't Stop, Aerosmith
20. Heart of Soul, Beth Orton

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRae

OK, Allison, so I exaggerated - I've just looked and I've actually got 3938 songs loaded so far. We have around 800 CDs and I'm gradually transferring them to computer so we can put the actual CDs in storage ;-]

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterZoë Sharp

Hey, Dusty, I'm sorry to hear about your emergency and hope all is well.

Shuffle on my iPhone:

1. Violet Wants It Her Way, Josh Woodward
2. Postcard From Hell, Josh Woodward
3. Lineage II, Bill Browne
4. Nothing in the Dark, Josh Woodward
5. Windpower, Thomas Dolby
6. Fidelity, Regina Spektor
7. Ships, Josh Woodward
8. Wrong Side of the Revolution, Josh Woodward
9. Lay Me Down, Crosby-Nash
10. Psychobabble, Frou Frou
11. Daylight Robbery, Imogen Heap
12. Trapped, Bill Brown
13. Nincompoop, Josh Woodward
14. Do Right, Josh Woodward
15. Kick Off Your Shoes, Josh Woodward
16. Undying Immortal Soul, Bill Brown
17. Afterglow, Josh Woodward
18. Goodnight and Go, Imogen Heap
19. That's Why People Fall in Love, Thomas Dolby
20. Hey Ruth, Josh Woodward

As you can see, my content is limited. I'm a big fan of an indie musician, Josh Woodward, so I have pretty much his entire catalog on the phone. He's a musical genius, by the way.

Then, of course, there's Dolby and Imogen Heap. Techno wizardry at its finest, and with a soul.

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRob Gregory Browne

How did Paul Anka get on here??

1. Interpol - The New
2. Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
3. Sun Kil Moon - Ocean Breathes Salty
4. Gomez -Don't Make Me Laugh
5. Editors - Someone Says
6. Hope of the States - Sadness On My Back
7. Paul Anka - Black Hole Sun
8. Band Of Horses - St. Augustine
9. The Frames - Suffer In Silence
10. Ryan Adams - Hotel Chelsea Nights
11. The Killers - Mr. Brightside (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)
12. James - Bring A Gun
13. Sigur Ros - Heysatan
14. Langhorne Slim - In the Midnight
15. Son Volt - Ten Second News
16. Thievery Corporation - Holographic Universe
17. Damien Rice - Aimee (live @ Troubadour)
18. Easy Star All-Stars & Jr Jazz - Subterranean Homesick Alien
19. The Go! Team - Bottle Rocket
20. Emmylou Harris & Willie Nelson - One Paper Kid

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered Commentergregory huffstutter

Good grief, Dusty. When it rains it pours, eh? Glad all will be well. Sending good thoughts your way.

Here's my 20:

1. Revenga - System of a Down

2. The Red Violin - Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra

3. Die Meister Singer Von Nurnberg - Wagner

4. Blood Makes Noise - Suzanne Vega

5. Yesterday's Lie - Questionnaires

6. Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron and Wine (from the Twilight soundtrack)

7. The Untitled One - The Clutters

8. Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig Von Beethoven

9. Knock Loud - Neko Case (we've got tickets for Sat night!)

10. Intermezzo No. 1 in B minor, Op 119 - Johannes Brahams

11. Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead - Warren Zevon

12. Any Day Now - The Connells

13. Lightnin's Boogie - Lightnin' Hopkins

14. The Overlords - Stan Ridgway

15. Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins (this song was the impetus for my writing career - must break to listen...)

16. Mexican Radio - Stan Ridgway (I wish was in, Tijuana, eating barbecued iguana)

17. Kick - INXS

18. Too High To See - Jason Ringenberg

19. 25 Years Ago - Tommy Womack

20. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJT Ellison

Sorry to hear about your emergency. Hope things sort themselves out soon.

From the iTunes library of 3618 songs, it gave me this for my 20 shuffle/random songs:

1. Goodbye - Army of Anyone
2. Bring Me To Life - Evanescence
3. Jump - Van Halen
4. Mean Bone - Slash's Snakepit
5. Come And Get Some Of This - House of Pain
6. I Am A Rock - Simon & Garfunkel
7. Heaven's On Fire - KISS
8. Sehnsucht - Rammstein
9. Like A Stone - Audioslave
10. Invisible Sun - The Police
11. Vital Signs - Rush
12. Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
13. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
14. Lonely Ol' Night - John Mellencamp
15. There Goes The Neighborhood - Ice T
16. Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
17. Hold Me In Your Arms - The Trews
18. Buddy Holly - Weezer
19. Crawl Away - Tool
20. Save Us - Mushroomhead

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterElizabeth aka @APMonkey

1. Newfound Glory- It's Not Your Fault
2. Wicked Soundtrack- What Is This Feeling
3. FF9 Soundtrack- Kuja's Theme, Millennium Version
4. Story of the Year- The Truth Shall Set Me Free
5. All American Rejects- Dirty Little Secret
6. Kingdom Hearts Soundtrack- KH Instrumental
7. Rise Against- Re-Education (Through Labor)
8. Linkin Park- Leave Out All The Rest
9. Nickelback- Photograph
10. Breaking Benjamin- Breath
11. Kingdom Hearts II Soundtrack- Sanctuary
12. Unknown- Some Awesome Violin and Bell piece I stole from mom's computer and burned on a CD when MP3 players didn't exist yet.
13. Alkaline Trio- Mercy Me
14. Linkin Park- Breaking the Habit
15. FF8 Soundtrack- Eyes on Me
16. FF9 Soundtrack- Flight of the Silver Dragons
17. Stone Sour- Through Glass
18. Evanescence- Bring Me to Life
19. Story of the Year- Swallow the Knife
20. Story of the Year- In The Shadows

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterEika

Wow Dusty, glad to hear things aren't as bad as first feared. Here's sending you prayers that all will be okay in your household.

My 20:
1) The Rolling Stones - Time is on My Side [just used this as the title for a blog post a while back...freaky]

2) Lita Ford feat. Ozzy - Close My Eyes Forever

3) Mike Cross - Jelly Roll Baker [good ole' Appalachian mountain music]

4) Trisha Yearwood - New Kid in Town

5) Moby - Flower

6) Mike Cross - The Great Strip Poker Massacre [twice in 4 songs? WTF?]

7) Peter Gabriel - Shock the Monkey

8) Metallica - Dirty Window

9) K's Choice - Not an Addict

10) Flickerstick - Smile

11) Edwin McCain - Life in the Storm

12) Vince Neil - You're Invited (But Your Friend Can't Come)

13) Nickelback - Where Do I Hide

14) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Refugee

15) 2 Skinnee J's - 718

16) Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

17) 3 Doors Down - Sarah Yellin'

18) Theory of a Deadman - Bad Girlfriend [I freakin LOVE this song...have to stop to listen]

19) Metallica - Ride the Lightning

20) The Crystal Method - Magic Carpet Ride (Techno Remix)

And cheers to the bunny!

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJake Nantz

When it rains it pours, eh?

Ain't it the damn truth.

Thanks all, for the good wishes and the quite ecletic musical selections. Both confirm my belief that Murderati readers are some seriously cool folks in both big and little ways.

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJD Rhoades

It's Raining Men - The Weathergirls
Le Freak - Chic
Boot Scootin' Boogie - Brooks and Dunn
Twistin' the Night Away - Rod Stewart
Drift Away - Dobie Gray
Redemption Song - Bob Marley
In Spite of Ourselves - John Prine and Iris Dement
Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Night Time is the Right Time - Ray Charles
Whippin' Post - Allman Brothers
Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
Mercury Blues - David Lindley
Tumblin' Down - John Mellencamp
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
The Girl I Left Behind - The Chieftains
Train, Train - Blackfoot
Fast as You - Dwight Yoakam
This Thing Called Love - Dwight Yoakam (my player loves Dwight)
Roxanne - The Police

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterVickie B

Oh that be honest request. This is it, honestly.

Giving it to you - C+ C Music Factory

I thought I saw it in your face today - She&Him

Dance with me - Destiny's Child

Wishful sinful - The Doors

Zanzibar - The Hoodoo Gurus

Nasty Girl - Destiny's Child

Don't Fight it - The Panics

Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk - Rufus Wainwright

Hole in my life - The Police

She's the one - The Ramones

Broken Bones - Birds of Tokyo

Bootylicious - Destiny's Child

Easy Ride - The Doors

Roxanne - The Police

Tonight I have to leave it - Shout out louds

Gonna make you sweat ( Everyone dance now) - C+ C Music Factory

The Legend of John Henry's Hammer - Johnny Cash

The same deep water as you - The Cure

Like I love you - Justin Timberlake

I'll kill her - Soko

Giant Steps ( alternate take) - John Coltrane


Shuffle seems to have taken on the attributes of monkeys on crack.

Hope that all resolves itself, in the most positive fashion, for all concerned in your household, JD.

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterCatherine Shipton

Uh, are you sure that's a bunny? I just showed my four-year old grandson, and he says, "Actually, Grandma, that's called a hamster."

;-)

July 22, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKaren in Ohio

Passive Manipulation -- White Stripes

Carlita's Revenge - Black 47

Darkness -- Rage Against the Machine

So What -- Ministry

Queen Anne's Revenge -- Flogging Molly (Another revenge song?)

Monster -- Rollins Band

Gangster of Love -- Talking Heads

Latex --Chemlab

Clint Eastwood -- Gorillaz

Feeling This -- Richard Cheese (If you don't know Richard Cheese do yourself a favor and Google him)

Police and Thieves -- The Clash (Best band ever)

Lounge Act -- Nirvana

Iron Head -- Helmet

Dime -- Cake

Sassafras Roots -- Green Day

Wormboy -- Marilyn Manson

Flight of the Passing Fancy -- Squirrel Nut Zippers (From Manson to this happy little ditty?)

Back in Baby's Arms -- Patsy Cline (How did this get on here???)

Indifference -- Pearl Jam

Wake up Alone -- Amy Winehouse ( I can't help it -- the crazy-ass crack head has some pipes)

July 23, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMike MacLean

Gives you Hell - All American Rejects
Gravity - John Mayer
The Way I am - Ingrid Michaelson
Second Chance - Shinedown
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd and Eric Clapton from Tsumani Aid - You need to hear this one. Awesome
Fall For you - Secondhand Serenade
Baba O'Reilly - Blueman Group
Please DOn't Leave Me - Pink
Say Anything - Edwin McCain
SOmewhere Over the Rainbow - Isreal Kamadawiwl'ole
Sugar we're going down - Fallout Boy
Hom you remind me - Nickleback
Beautiful Diaster - Jon McLaughlin
Wake Me Up When September Ends - Greenday
Teardrops on My Guitar - Taylor Swift

That's all I got for now.

July 24, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterWilfred Bereswill

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