Now there’s another juxtaposition
I have occasionally snickered at iTunes’ idea of “random,” but sometimes it produces pure comic gold.
Or maybe Acapulco gold. Yesterday’s twin-spin: the (post-Diana Ross) Supremes’ “Stoned Love,” followed immediately by “Earache My Eye,” by Cheech and Chong — it may not be love, but it’s definitely stoned.
(At least slightly funnier than this instance, anyway. Or this one.)
canadienne »
27 May 2009 · 4:22 pm
I’d love it if your iTunes playlist was on the same network as mine.
CGHill »
27 May 2009 · 4:33 pm
It’s a mess. The Randomator (as I call it) pulls 360 songs from the 4,560 on hand, based on how long it’s been since they were played. (Most of the current batch haven’t been aired since late March or early April.)
Last two songs: “New York Groove,” Hello; “24 Hour Break-Up Session,” Local H.
canadienne »
31 May 2009 · 2:28 pm
You seem to have a very wide and interesting range of tunes. At work, we all share our iTunes libraries, makes for interesting listening. And you are one of the few Americans (or Candians, even) who has even heard of Damhnait Doyle. I am impressed.
CGHill »
31 May 2009 · 2:47 pm
In that case, I probably should not mention my two Doug and the Slugs albums.
We have something resembling a music server at work, to which staffers can connect. I’ve drawn a few (maybe 60, 70) items from there, but most of the stuff to which I listen comes from my own collection.
People who drop in at the office are often startled by what they hear; I’ve taken to describing it as “the playlist from a radio station in hell.”
canadienne »
31 May 2009 · 7:03 pm
OMG Doug and the Slugs, I have actually seen them live! Sadly, the eponymous (had to use that word in a sentence, sorry!) is no longer with us.
CGHill »
31 May 2009 · 7:54 pm
“Too Bad,” an early single, actually got a smidgen of airplay down here; I thought enough of it to track down the Cognac and Bologna album. Eventually it was reissued as a CD twofer with Wrap It, so I wound up with both.
As long as I’m dropping the names of Canadian acts, I want to mention Wintersleep, whose “Oblivion” (from Welcome to the Night Sky) haunts me now and then.
See? Anybody can throw Gordon Lightfoot and the Guess Who out there. :)
canadienne »
1 June 2009 · 11:50 pm
Namedropping Canadian musicians will win you points with many Canadians – Wow, here’s an American who has heard of Gordon Lightfoot! (If you can quote all the lyrics to “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” we may have to make you an honorary citizen.)
CGHill »
2 June 2009 · 7:00 am
Actually, I think I probably know them all, but I can’t guarantee I’d get them in the right order.
I suspect that there are those of us on this side of the 49th who have heard of Gordon Lightfoot but have no idea of his Canadian roots: he just seems to have come from somewhere, you know, up there. God forbid they should get a whiff of Ian and Sylvia.