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iTunes Shuffle, part trois.

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Back in December, I decided to list the last ten tracks that came up while I was listening to iTunes while I had it set to “shuffle.” [Part deux. Part un.] Apparently The Onion A.V. Club decided to imitate me, but using famous people. Does this mean it is a good idea? Perhaps. I think there is something special about the “random” feature–the way of making unexpected and unintentional mixed tapes on the fly–that, especially in this era of thousands of songs, makes for something interesting. So here’s my latest installment:

  1. General Patton vs. the X-Ecutioners’ “Modified Combined Obstacle Overlay…” from General Patton vs. the X-Ecutioners.
  2. Blockhead’s “The Art of Walking,” from Downtown Science.
  3. All Girl Summer Fun Band’s “Will I See You?” from Summer of ‘98.
  4. Sahara Hotnights’ “Alright, Alright!”
  5. Man or Astro-man?’s “Preparation Clont,” from A Spectrum of Infinite Scale.
  6. The Breeders’ “Opened,” from Pod.
  7. Modest Mouse’s “Blue Cadet-3, Do You Connect?” from Sad Sappy Sucker.
  8. The Seconds’ “Not About Love (It’s About Love),” from Y.
  9. Bob Dylan’s “4th Time Around,” from Blonde on Blonde.
  10. Barbuda’s “Unzip My Pride,” live from their July 21st, 2001’s Wetland’s Preserve performance.

And no, unlike the AV Club feature, I’m not going to try to explain why these songs are in my general playlist. At least not yet.


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  1. Yodelling Llama » Blog Archive » iTunes Shuffle, part quatre. on March 11, 2006 10:03 pm

    [...] [Parts trois, deux, and un.] [...]

  2. Yodelling Llama » Blog Archive » iTunes Shuffle, part cinq. on May 4, 2006 10:23 pm

    [...] Another riveting session of iTunes Shuffle. [Parts quatre, trois, deux, and un.] [...]

  3. Yodelling Llama » Blog Archive » iTunes Shuffle, part huit. on July 17, 2006 1:09 pm

    [...] Greetings. Another installment of iTunes Shuffle is at hand. [For older installments, see un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, and sept] The ten latest: [...]

  4. Yodelling Llama » Blog Archive » iTunes Shuffle, part dix. on August 7, 2006 10:52 pm

    [...] Fear not, gentle reader: another installment of iTunes Shuffle has arrived. As usual, it has arrived now because, well, iTunes played a song that I love that I haven’t heard in a while. Try to guess which one from the tenfer that follows. [For older installments, see un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, and neuf.] [...]