I Shuffle Therefore I Am

Relevant History details the virtues of utilizing the shuffle feature on one's iPod. I happen to think that the shuffle feature is rigged. Why are some songs more likely to pop up than others? Is there some sort of ranking? Hmm.

And now for the music . . .

1. Diamonds and Guns - Transplants
I saw the drummer Travis Barker (who also drums for Blink-182) in South Coast Plaza once. His entire body must have been covered with tattoos.

2. Inward Singing - Tenacious D
Jack Black curses at fellow guitar-slinger KG. One interesting note about Jack Black. Mrs. Prop and I were watching the re-runs of "Golden Palace" (The Golden Girls spin-off where they work at a hotel) the other night. Jack Black had a small role in that episode as a cab driver. He must have been about 20 years old.

3. Range Life - Pavement
Stephen Malkmus has carried that Lou Reed style of singing into the 1990s with this song.

4. Cyklops - Kaly & Boudou
They are a French dub group. This track is from their album "Electric Kool Aid". I got this from some French students I met up at UC Berkeley three summers ago when I was living in the I-House.

5. Luminol - Ryan Adams
From the excellent album Rock N Roll. I like his indie-rock stuff as opposed to his country-tinged stuff.

6. The Elite - Bill Hicks
A one-minute track from a Bill Hicks comedy album. Bill has the feeling that a handful of elite cigar-smoking fat cats run the world from a small dimly lit room.

7. Amsterdam - Coldplay
Why did Chris Martin name his kid Apple? Come on, naming your kid after a fruit? WTF!?

8. They Are All in Love - The Who
Pete Townshend at his most boozed up in 1975. My favorite line is: "Goodbye you punks stay young and stay high, hand me my checkbook and I'll crawl off to die".

9. Brecon Beacons - Supergrass
I love this band. They're very T-Rexish.

10. Slumber - Bad Religion
I agree with these punks. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. That's why I seldom read fiction books.

Other shuffle-heads who know the esteemed virtues of random musical experience: [Roxanne]  [Amanda]  [Matt]

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Comments

[el s]

alright, i'll drop a lucky 13 on ya...

1. Five years-david bowie
I’m not really a bowie fan but there are a couple of albums that I really dig. This is from one of them.

2.Forever-Moby
Gawd this album sucks. I got this for my wife and it ended up on my ipod too. There are a couple of tolerable mood-type songs but it’s mostly crap.

3. You Were Right-Built to Spill
Yep, what can you say? Good good stuff.

4.Brand new colony-the postal service
I tried really hard to dislike this band. Too poppy. Too sweet. Too 80’s. turns out, they have a record full of great pop songs.

5. El manana-gorillaz
Meh.

6. Fight test-flaming lips
From one of the best albums of the last 10 years.

7. Mr grieves-pixies
These pixies songs never, ever, get old.

8. Revolution rock-the clash
ibid

9. Off with your head-sleater kinney
Possibly the best S/K song.. it’s from the “future soundtrack of america” compilation. recommended

10. Die on a rope-distillers
It occurred to me that this album sounds exactly like a nirvana record, but hell. I like nirvana.

11. I’m a cuckoo-belle & sebastian
The amazing pop craftsmanship of these folks forces even me to overlook the jesus references in the lyrics

12. Carry me- nick cave
nick cave is actually getting better with age, these last two records he put out are amazing in his perfection of creepy church music.

13. Talk amongst yourselves-sasha
Sasha shows why moby sucks so bad. Screw moby.

[Agi T. Prop]

Built to Spill is a great band. I agree with your sentiments about Moby. To quote Eminem:

And Moby? You can get stomped by Obie
You thirty-six year old baldheaded fag, blow me, You don't know me, you're too old, let go, It's over, nobody listen to techno

Ok, maybe I don't feel that strongly against Moby, but you get the idea...

[el s]

10-4.

hey agi, you ever see this "drinking liberally " thing? http://drinkingliberally.org/

though i'm not sure the label really fits me (or you) we ought to start an OC chapter. see who shows up.

[Matt]

nice list, Agi. I love your glosses on the songs...I've thought about doing that, but never seem to be able to muster it.