My Afternoon Playlist

I am utterly bored and completely useless this afternoon. Work is not keeping my attention. I have too much in my head swimming around. So, as an exercise to entertain myself, I am stealing a Facebook Application and putting my itunes on shuffle and list the first 10 songs.

This could go one of two ways: wonderfully awesome or terribly embarrassing.

Here Goes:

1. MX Missles – Andrew Bird from “The Mysterious Production of Eggs”. And how bummed am I that I missed his show with The Decemberists the other night.
2. Reelin’ In The Years – Steely Dan from “Can’t Buy A Thrill”. Love the Dan and I don’t care what you think of it.
3. Unwind Your Mind – Karl Denson from “The Best of Cookin’ (Disc 1)”. This is clearly one of Ryan’s albums from his instrumental funk era. It’s good, but I cannot claim credit for it.
4. Evans Shuffle – Little Walter from “The Best of... Volume 2”. Huh, I guess my shuffle is in a bluesy mood today.
5. The Village Green Preservation Society (Stereo) – The Kinks from “The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society”. That’s more like it, baby.
6. I Shall Be Released – The Band from “Music From Big Pink”. Hands down one of the best albums. Ever.
7. Black and White – Serge Gainsbourg from “Comic Strip”. I swear I DO own albums released after 1980.
8. One Way Out – The Allman Brothers Band from “A Decade of Hits”. This is NOT reinforcing my last statement at all.
9. Queen of the Slipstream – Van Morrison from “Poetic Champions Compose”. While I love Van the Man, and count “Astral Weeks” right up there with “Big Pink”, I am just about to give up here, and am increasing my listing to 15 in hopes of reestablishing some modern day cred.
10. Answers To Your Questions – Loose Fur from “Born Again In The USA”. Better.
11. Sitting By The Riverside – The Kinks... Village Green.... Again. Do you ever think your ipod gets in a certain mood? I understand the statistics involved with random selection, but I think there is something way more mystic going on with Apple.
12. Americanitis – Will Kimbrough “Americanitis”. Good, little known artist. This album is a great prosecution of the Bush Era.
13. Sun It Rises – Fleet Foxes from their self-titled album. I cannot say enough good things about this band.

OKAY I’m quitting here on a high note before my Harry Connick, Jr. pops up. Cheers!