This Week in Pod

I did have this post ready to go a few days ago, but I haven't had the internet time that I thought I would.

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An addendum to my previous discussion of covermount CDs.

One of the side effects of having a constant influx of covermounts is the occasional discovery that the CD that you (read: "I") went out and purchased for only one song was useless because the one song that you (read: "I") wanted was on a covermount CD that you (read: "I") just hadn't listened to yet.

For a little while, I've been considering picking up the new Feist CD, partly because I find that "1234" song amusing. This is the song that rocketed up the charts after it was featured in an iPod ad, which was running concurrently to the debut of the current iteration of the Amazon.com mp3 store, which caused the same song to be the first number one song on the service that was competing with the one that had been successfully advertising it.

You should understand that if that is something that makes me want to pick up a CD, I am in many ways utterly hopeless.

Luckily, in this case, I found that there was a CD still in the plastic envelope that was in a stack of things that I hadn't read yet. On the CD? "1234" by Feist!

I am in no way exonerated, but now I am no longer amused enough to purchase the CD simply for the one amusing song. I fear that Feist will amuse me with other songs, for I am a sucker.

And onwards:


Most Played Song

Helen Love - "Debbie Loves Joey"

I pick ten tracks at random:

The Hope Blister - "Sweet Unknown"
Tom Jones - "Sunny Afternoon (with Space)"
Jimmy Cliff - "Samba Reggae"
Yo Yo Ma - "Franck: Sonata in A for Violin and Piano"
The Beastie Boys - "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun"
Alphaville - "Ascension Day"
David Sylvian - "God Man"
The Pretenders - "Bless You"
The Pogues - "Fiesta"
The Police - "Can't Stand Losing You (Live)"

For hard drive space (and my own sanity) I do have to delete the occasional album. This week I deleted:

Ant and Dec - We're on the Ball (2002 England World Cup Team Theme Song)

[Yes. I purchased this because I was amused by it. As I was saying...]

I had completely forgotten that I owned this CD:

Mike McGear - McGear

The last thing that I ripped:

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road