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The Inevitable Throes of Death September 28, 2011

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We’ve been such good friends for the past year and a half, you and I. Together we’ve trekked the sidewalks, drove through the streets, and spent hours toiling away at work in the house, but alas, all good things must come to an end. Now, as you lay dying, I wonder what the future, the cold and silent coming days, will hold.

My iPod is dying.

I knew something was wrong a few weeks ago when I plugged it into my laptop and found that it would no longer synch. Upon investigation, I found that my 160 GB iPod Classic, which should have been no more than 2/3 full, had no storage room remaining, for there was a mysterious “Other” taking up some 60 GB of memory.

Last week, I departed from work a bit early to brave the East Memphis Apple store. As one might imagine, it was packed full of tech-savvy hipsters, jostling about with the latest and greatest from the mind of Steve Jobs. I finally found a service person and explained my problem to her. She took my iPod, looked at it, and walked to the back of the store.

After a few minutes she made her way back out and handed my poor iPod to me.

“I’m sorry, sir,” she said in a bored, but matter-of-fact kind of voice, “it seems the hard drive is dying.”

“Really? But it’s only one and a half years old?”

“Yeah, well,” she shrugged, “it happens.”

The gravity of the situation came crashing down on me and inside at the very core of my being a sudden despondency took control. I held it close, as if I could feel the life essence contained within slowly seeping away.

“But,” she began again, a smile flashing on her face, “I can sell you a new one just like that today for only $129!”

“No thanks.” I turned and clutched my digital friend tightly as I exited the store.

Random Play Friday April 15, 2011

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My Ipod has over 12,000 songs stored on it and it’s always interesting to see what comes up when I hit shuffle. Here is today’s list:

Nine Inch Nails – March of the Pigs
Dave Matthews Band – What Would You Say
Son Volt – Chanty
Spoon – The Beast and Dragon, Adored
Morcheeba – Blindfold
Wilco – Either Way
Dwight Yoakam – I Wanna Love Again
Pearl Jam – MFC (live)
Steve Earle – Delta Momma Blues
The Dandy Warhols – Heavenly
Kanye West – We Major
Bob Dylan – No More Auction Block
Portishead – Silence
The Wallflowers – I Wish I Felt Nothing
Lil Wayne – Prostitute 2
New Order – Lonesome Tonight
Townes Van Zandt – White Freightliner Blues
Skip James – Hardwood Killing Floor Blues
Interpol – Always Malaise (The Man I Am)
Drive-By Truckers – Eyes Like Glue

Random Play Friday March 11, 2011

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My Ipod has over 12,000 songs stored on it and it’s always interesting to see what comes up when I hit shuffle. Here is today’s list:

Gorillaz – Don’t Get Lost in Heaven
Drive-By Truckers – Gravity’s Gone (live)
Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Can’t Play?
John Fogerty – It Ain’t Right
Steve Earle – Steve’s Last Ramble
Tool – Sober
Wilco – Shouldn’t Be Afraid
Miles Davis – Pinocchio
Arcade Fire – Black Wave / Bad Vibrations
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones – Shanti
Broken Bells – The Ghost Inside
Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning
Eddie Vedder – No Ceiling
Dwight Yoakam – Lonesome Roads
The National – Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
Bruce Springsteen – Outside Looking In
String Cheese Incident – On the Road
Motley Crue – Slice of Your Pie
North Mississippi All Stars – Long Way from Home
Bob Dylan – Chimes of Freedom (live)
The White Stripes – Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn
Gus Cannon Jug Band – Minglewood Blues 2
Common – Announcement
Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus

Random Play Friday January 7, 2011

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I have over 11,000 songs on my Ipod and sometimes I like to hit shuffle for a while just to see what sort of combination the little magic box will give me. This is what I listened to today:

Loretta Lynn – This Old House
My Morning Jacket – At Dawn
She & Him – If You Can’t Sleep
Danger Mouse & Sparkle Horse (Feat. Suzanne Vega) – The Man Who Played God
Massive Attack – Mezzanine
Carolina Chocolate Drops – Old Cat Died
Phish – Chalkdust Torture (live)
Pearl Jam – Around the Bend
Green Day – Brain Stew
Bob Dylan – Visions of Johanna (live)
Widespread Panic – I’m Not Alone (live)
Wilco – Hell is Chrome
The White Stripes – Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)
The Jayhawks – You Look So Young
The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man
Jay Farrar – Different Eyes
Beck – Soul Suckin’ Jerk
Cypress Hill – Hits from the Bong
Pavement – No Life Singed Her
Weezer – Only in Dreams
Guns N’ Roses – Rocket Queen
Them Crooked Vultures – Dead End Friends
Mos Def – Speed Law
Lyle Lovett – It Ought to be Easier
Pearl Jam – Evenflow (live)
The Avett Brothers – Denouncing November Blue (Uneasy Writer)
Old 97′s – Adelaide

Random Play Friday July 9, 2010

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My Ipod contains over 10,000 songs, so anytime I hit “Shuffle Songs” it is interesting to see what comes up. Because of the nature of my work, I am able to listen to music through headphones most of the time, so naturally I do so and I thought I would share with you what came up when I “shuffled” today.

Steve Earle – Down the Road
Bob Dylan – Lay Lady Lay
Dinosaur Jr. – Almost Ready
Belle and Sebastian – Act of the Apostle II
Widespread Panic – You’ll be Fine
Smashing Pumpkins – Window Paine
Bruce Springsteen – Atlantic City (live)
Kings of Leon – 17
Uncle Tupelo – Graveyard Shift
Pixies – Alec Eiffel
Caitlin Cary – Hold On To Me
Black Sabbath – Planet Caravan
Son Volt – The Search
Pearl Jam – Love Reign O’er Me
George Strait – Right or Wrong
REM – Green Grow the Rushes

Random Play Friday June 4, 2010

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My Ipod contains over 5,000 songs, so anytime I hit “Shuffle Songs” it is interesting to see what comes up. Because of the nature of my work, I am able to listen to music through headphones most of the time, so naturally I do so and I thought I would share with you what came up when I “shuffled” today.

Dan Auerbach – The Prowl
R.E.M. – New Orleans Instrumental No. 1
The xx – Crystalised
Townes Van Zandt – Snowin’ on Raton
The Raveonettes – Honey, I Never Had You
Merle Haggard – Mama Tried
Dave Matthews Band – #41
Bob Dylan – Idiot Wind
Bruce Springsteen – Out in the Street
Kings of Leon – Holy Roller Novocaine
Broken Social Scene – Pacific Theme
Josh Ritter – Idaho
Beck – Think I’m in Love
Amy Winehouse – Rehab
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Money
Lucero – When you’re Gone
Widespread Panic – North (live)
Johnny Cash – Mean Eyed Cat
Led Zeppelin – Black Dog
Smashing Pumpkins – Bodies

Random Play Friday May 21, 2010

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My Ipod contains over 5,000 songs, so anytime I hit “Shuffle Songs” it is interesting to see what comes up. Because of the nature of my work, I am able to listen to music through headphones most of the time, so naturally I do so and I thought I would share with you what came up when I “shuffled” today.

Neil Young – Tell Me Why
Bon Iver – Team
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – I Learned the Hard Way
Okkervil River – A King and a Queen
The Jayhawks – Wichita
Johnny Cash – I Hung My Head
Willie Nelson – September in the Rain
Vampire Weekend – I Think Ur A Contra
Green Day – Tight Wad Hill
Dave Matthews Band – Jimi Thing
Wilco – Shouldn’t Be Ashamed
Widespread Panic – Good People (live)
Bruce Springsteen – The Last Carnival
Merle Haggard – Big City
Velvet Revolver – She Builds Quick Machines
Broken Social Scene – Anthem for a Seventeen Year Old
Robert Johnson – They’re Red Hot
Mudcrutch – Shade Grove
Weezer – No Other One
Uncle Tupelo – Gun

Random Play Friday May 14, 2010

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My Ipod contains over 5,000 songs, so anytime I hit “Shuffle Songs” it is interesting to see what comes up. Because of the nature of my work, I am able to listen to music through headphones most of the time, so naturally I do so and I thought I would share with you what came up when I “shuffled” today.

Kings of Leon – Spiral Staircase
Jay Farrar – Barstow
Townes Van Zandt – Brand New Companion
Sufjan Stevens – Vito’s Ordination Song
Gram Parsons – $1000 Wedding
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band – Worldwide
Robert Johnson – I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Bob Dylan – Oh, Sister (live)
Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)
R.E.M. – Catapult
Galactic – Paint
Pearl Jam – You Are
The Beatles – Baby You’re a Rich Man
Stone Temple Pilots – Creep
Okkervil River – So Come Back, I Am Waiting
Massive Attack – Inertia Creeps
Dwight Yoakam – Turn it on, Turn it up, Turn me Loose
Spoon – Everything Hits at Once
Grateful Dead – Brokedown Palace (live)

Random Play Friday April 23, 2010

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My Ipod contains over 5,000 songs, so anytime I hit “Shuffle Songs” it is interesting to see what comes up. Because of the nature of my work, I am able to listen to music through headphones most of the time, so naturally I do so and I thought I would share with you what came up when I “shuffled” today.

Rage Against the Machine – Snakecharmer
Pearl Jam – Blood
Nirvana – Serve the Servants
Smashing Pumpkins – Snail
The Beatles – Happiness is a Warm Gun
Band of Horses – The General Specific
Green Day – Know Your Enemy
Public Enemy – Fight the Power
Blakroc – Why Can’t I Forget Him
Widespread Panic – Give (live)
Bush – Everything Zen
Bruce Springsteen – Empty Sky
B.B. King – I Never Heard a Man
Robert Johnson – Drunken Hearted Man
Johnny Cash – Wayfaring Stranger
Belle & Sebastian – You Don’t Send Me
The White Stripes – I’m Lonely (But I Ain’t That Lonely Yet)
Motley Crue – Bastard
Spoon – Don’t Make Me a Target
M. Ward – For Beginners
Neko Case – Dirty Knife

Random Play Friday April 16, 2010

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My Ipod contains over 5,000 songs, so anytime I hit “Shuffle Songs” it is interesting to see what comes up. Because of the nature of my work, I am able to listen to music through headphones most of the time, so naturally I do so and I thought I would share with you what came up when I “shuffled” today.

Bruce Springsteen – Downbound Train
Frank Sinatra – The Way You Look Tonight
Blakroc – Done Did It
Johnny Cash – Oh, Bury Me Not
Silversun Pickups – There’s No Secrets This Year
Sinead O’Connor – Whomsoever Dwells
Alice in Chains – Sea of Sorrow
Robert Johnson – Ramblin’ On My Mind
The Raveonettes – Break Up Girls!
The Dead Weather – So Far From Your Weapon
Okkervil River – Song Of Our So-Called Friend
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band – Roosevelt Room
Widespread Panic – You Should Be Glad (live)
Drive-By Truckers – Goode’s Field Road
Ryan Adams – World War 24

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