iPod Mixtape #2

This time, I skipped three songs that were just not worth putting on a mixtape of any sort. Don't ask why I still have them in iTunes. Anyway, I improved my iPod Mixtape by adding links so you can hear the songs that surprised and inspired me today! Again, in case you forgot what the deal with this is, I put my iTunes or iPod on "shuffle" and picked my faves! This time I did eleven. Enjoy!

1. Crane Wife 1 & 2- The Decemberists
2. Para Que- Juanes
3. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
4. The Porter- Vetiver
5. Inner City Pressure- Flight of the Conchords
6. Into the Flood- As Tall as Lions
7. Michelle- The Beatles
8. Dress Me Like a Clown- Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
9. Three Seed- Silversun Pickups
10. Rest of My Life- Rilo Kiley
11. By the Light of the Magical Moon- T. Rex *

*This song is amazing! I'd never really truly listened to it before and hearing it in shuffle mode was awesome. It was like unwrapping a unicorn blindfolded. Also, it totally reminded me of Devendra Banhart. He could cover this splendidly.

Do the truffle shuffle

As always, as I listened to my iPod in my car today I became particularly bored with my overplayed playlists so I decided to put it on shuffle.

What came forth from the depths of my iPod's soul chilled me and thrilled me to my very core...

The following is the best shuffle mix I have ever heard:

1. Coal to Diamonds- The Gossip
2. Rise Up- Diane Birch
3. Amish Paradise- Weird Al
4. Algo Esta Cambiando- Julieta Venegas
5. Headlock- Imogen Heap
6. Semi-Charmed Life- Third Eye Blind
7. Natalie Marie and 1cc- Spill Canvas
8. Play for Today- The Cure
9. Mind's Eye- dc Talk
10. Siamese Twins- The Cure
11. Skeleton Key- Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
12. Landslide- Smashing Pumpkins
13. Burritos- Sublime
14. Know Your Onion!- The Shins
15. Subbcultcha- Pixies
16. I Just Can't Wait to be King- The Lion King (YES! hahaha)
17. Dutch Courage- Spill Canvas
18. No Good Deed- Idina Menzel, Wicked Soundtrack

Throw in about three skips over some Doors music (I really should just take them off...) and there you have it!

See, for me, what makes a shuffle mix great is when it is made up of songs that I know the words to. If I know the words to a song, no matter how terrible it is or how much I hate it, I will sing along and have a good time. I LOVE singing along to songs more than just about anything musical. I can't play an instrument, I can't read music, and I can't actually sing but when I am singing along to a good song, I feel like Pavarotti!

Oh, and the other thing that makes the shuffle feature great is that when you have an experience like mine, it makes you feel like your iPod is giving you a mix tape... Awww!

Tell me about a great shuffle/mix that you love!

P.S.
Picture courtesy of Me. That's right, I am an artist.

Shuffle

I am so cold that I am warming my hands over the hot air vent of my laptop.

Anyway, today on my way to school I had my iPod on shuffle. I really enjoy the shuffle feature sometimes and other times I hate it and quickly switch to an album or old overplayed playlist. I rarely ever hear two great songs in a row let alone two that mesh well together that aren't actually the same artist. Today, however, Narc by Interpol and then Titles and Registration by Death Cab for Cutie came on and I was pleased. I don't know why, I mean at first glance those don't seem "mesh-able" but they really went nicely together.

I am actually writing this to keep from fuming because I am actually in a really bad mood right now. I would rather not be though so I am pretending that I feel fine. Thus, this post is pointless and really not that interesting.

I feel like I have so much to do right now. I should be reading, preparing questions for my religions class, starting my compare/contrast essay, applying to more jobs, and taking a bath because I am super duper sore.

Oh, I forgot to inform you that I am now, for the first time in my life, part of an organized sport. Yes, I am on a kickball team!!! Haha, this is big stuff for Caitlin! We played our first game yesterday and... WE WON!!! It was awesome. You should come watch sometime. I will be embarrassed but you'll make me feel loved nonetheless.

Make like Vincent Van and Gogh. Yeah, Julie, that does flow a bit better...

haha.. "Gogh away boids." I am still laughing inside.

OKAYYY now I am blabbering. Off to watch Heroes.