On this, the twentieth day of August, 2008 2006 2525, my iPod chooses the following songs:

1. Thelonius Monk Quartet - Blue Monk
2. The Oxford Collapse - Loser City
3. The Sea And Cake - Transparent
4. Spoon - All The Pretty Girls Go To The City
5. Led Zeppelin - Bron-Yr-Aur
6. Interpol - Length Of Love
7. Interpol - A Time To Be So Small
8. Pavement - Stray Fire
9. Calexico & Iron And Wine - Dead Man's Will
10. Nod - Wooden Chair

Yeah. That's the stuff.

This week, the iPod pulls the following sampler from the cutout bin.

Side One:
1. Green Day - Are We The Waiting
2. Robyn Hitchcock - Visions of Johanna
3. Grateful Dead - Wharf Rat
4. The Cars - Bye Bye Love. (my favorite Cars song?)
5. Radiohead - We Suck Young Blood

Side Two:

1. The New Pornographers - Execution Day
2. The Raconteurs - Together
3. Viva Voce - Drown Them Out
4. Shellac - Song Of The Minerals
5. Deerhoof - The Perfect Me

Hallelujah.

This here week, for this, my biggest use of the OL tag, the iPod offers:

1. Pavement - Western Homes
2. Husker Du - Could You Be The One
3. Gin Blossoms - 29
4. Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea
5. Colorblind James Experience - I'll Never Get Tired (Rochester Sessions version)
6. Andrew Bird - Banking On A Myth
7. Smaller Animals - Come
8. Death Cab For Cutie - Lowell, MA
9. Elmore James - Talk To Me Baby
10. Neil Young - Ohio (live, Massey Hall)

A bit heavy on the early 90s at the beginning, but otherwise, OK.

This stupid week starts with...

1. Gillian Welch - Miner's Refrain
2. Tanya Donnely - The Shadow
3. The Modern Jazz Quartet - One Bass Hit
4. Oxford Collapse - For Buds, Not Boston
5. Desert Sessions - There Will Never Be A Better Time
6. Wilco - Hate It Here
7. Jimi Hendrix - Born Under A Bad Sign
8. Talking Heads -Cities
9. Portastatic - The Main Thing
10. Beulah - Comrade's Twenty-Sixth

Not bad.

OK, iPod, let's see whatcha got...

1. Led Zeppelin - I Can't Quit You Baby (Coda version)
2. The Beatles - I Want You
3. U2 - Refugee
4. The Rolling Stones - Torn And Frayed
5. The Beatles - I'll Be Back
6. Muleskinner - Footprints In The Snow
7. Robyn Hitchcock & Venus 3 - Underground Sun
8. Dino Jr. - Crumble
9. Beck - Pressure Zone
10. The Smiths - Panic

... hmm. I give that a Meh-minus. Hang the iPod. Hang the iPod.

The iPod shuffles the cards and draws:

1. Chris Bell - Look Up
2. Bill Evans - Someday My Prince Will Come
3. The Decemberists - O Valencia!
4. Polvo - Stinger
5. The Decemberists - Billy Liar
6. Rolling Stones - Live With Me
7. Andrew Bird - Darkmatter
8. Miles Davis - John McLaughlin
9. Portishead - Elysium
10. Dinosaur Jr. - Pebbles + Weeds

Meh.

The iPod shuffles and deals:

1. The Cure - Give Me It (live)
2. Robyn Hitchcock - Each Of Her Silver Wands
3. Steely Dan - Deacon Blue
4. Green Day - Sassafras Roots
5. The Futureheads - He Knows
6. Neutral Milk Hotel - Untitled
7. Mudhoney - The Rose
8. Rogue Wave - Salesman At The Day Of The Parade
9. Son Volt - Creosote
10. Smaller Animals - one bird

Play proceeds to the left of the dealer.

What are the chances that the iPod pulled these ten balls out of its urn, without replacement:

1. Brandi Carlile - Throw It All Away
2. The Shins - Mine's Not A High Horse
3. fieldfresh - Don't Change
4. Andrew Bird - Untitled
5. Sleater-Kinney - Memorize Your Lines
6. Eagles Of Death Metal - Poor Doggie
7. Queens Of The Stone Age - In My Head
8. U2 - Surrender
9. The Boys Of The Lough - Lough Erne
10. Sonic Youth - Ghost Bitch

100%. Cause, well, it already did.

The iPod thought it should start the week thusly:

1. The Police - On Any Other Day
   
2. Portastatic - Why Have You Come Back
   
3. Pink Floyd - In The Flesh
   
4. REM - Driver 8
   
5. Smaller Animals - Even The Simplest Things
   
6. Wolfmother - Joker And The Thief
   
7. Sleater-Kinney - Was It A Lie?
   
8. Flaming Lips - Buggin'
   
9. Stereolab - The Noise Of Carpets
   
10. Interpol - Say Hello To The Angels

Meh. The problem with doing these lists Monday AM is that I hate the world until Monday PM.

The work week starts today for me. So...

1. Robyn Hitchcock- English Girl . Meh
2. The Cure - Close To Me. Great song. Just not the right setting.
3. PJ Harvey - Joe . Yeah baby.
4. Adrian Belew - Return Of The Chicken . Stupid chicken.
5. Scud Mountain Boys - Van Drunk . Meh.
6. John Pizzarelli - You're Lookin' At Me . Meh.
7. Van Morrison - Glad Tidings . Meh.
8. Unrest - Firecracker . Gack.
9. Getz / Gilberto - So Danco Samba . Mem.
10. Sea And Cake - An Assassin . Mm k.

Meh