I have my new 30 GB iPod loaded up with a bunch of my favorite mix tapes cum playlists in addition to the purely random playlists that I used to keep on the old model. So this week’s playlist will be random samplings from songs I like a lot as well as stuff that I haven’t really listened to yet.
- Mint Royale, “Show Me” (Dancehall Places)
- Morrissey, “Alsatian Cousin” (Viva Hate)
- Morrissey, “Late Night, Maudlin Street” (Viva Hate)
- Morrissey, “I Don’t Mind If You Forget Me” (Viva Hate)
- Pixies, “Born in Chicago” (Rubáiyát)
- Frank Black, “Whatever Happened to Pong?” (Teenager of the Year)
- Frank Black, “(I Want to Live On An) Abstract Plain” (Teenager of the Year)
- Frank Black, “Calistan” (Teenager of the Year)
- Frank Black, “Freedom Rock” (Teenager of the Year)
- Hilliard Ensemble, “Credo” (The Old Hall Manuscript)
Oops. I keep forgetting that the “shuffle by album” setting applies to the master Shuffle Songs menu item as well as regular play. So here’s a bonus random 10 that is a little more random… even though it begins and ends with a Tom Waits track from Orphans:
- Tom Waits, “What Keeps Mankind Alive” (Orphans)
- Youssou N’Dour, “Fakastulu” (Set)
- Last Exit, “Every Day’s Just The Same” (Last Exit Demos)
- Above the Law, “Freedom of Speech” (Pump Up the Volume)
- Robert Johnson, “Malted Milk” (The Complete Recordings)
- Beck, “Rowboat” (Stereopathetic Soul Manure)
- The Rolling Stones, “Get Off My Cloud” (Singles 1965-1967)
- The Corn Sisters, “She’s Leaving Town” (The Other Women)
- Melissa Etheridge, “Similar Features” (Melissa Etheridge)
- Tom Waits, “First Kiss” (Orphans)