learn about sunken anchor: 20 shuffle songs

Another round of the idea I got from Rebecca. The first 20 songs that come up on my iPod's "Shuffle Songs" option.

01. "Sweet Lullaby" - Something Like Silas

02. "Never Leave A Job Half Done" - Pedro the Lion

03. "Pillars" - Sunny Day Real Estate

04. "Sick Inside" - Aaron Sprinkle

05. "Phuture 2000" (Deepsky Remix) - Carl Cox

06. "William and Davy" - Kate Rusby

07. "Divine Invitation" - Something Like Silas

08. "John Wayne Gacy, Jr." - Sufjan Stevens

09. "Fool in the Photograph" - Sunny Day Real Estate

10. "To Eternity" - Exeter Flud

11. "Glora" - Björk

12. "Year of the Dog" - Sufjan Stevens

13. "This Day Is Mine" - Mike Stand & Clash of Symbols

14. "The Dungeon" - Starflyer 59

15. "100 Million" - Sunny Day Real Estate

16. "In Conclusion" - Hangnail

17. "Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few" - Sufjan Stevens

18. "Parade of Chaos" - Zao

19. "One Armed Man (Play On)" - Project 86

20. "Gaspard de la Nuit (le gibet)" composed by Maurice Ravel


Hmm... supposedly that's true random, but it sure doesn't seem like it. I know you can skew the randomness of the shuffle in iTunes, and I may well adjust that to make two back to back tracks by the same artist less unlikely. Since that was a little less than satisfying (for me), here are the first 20 that come up in "All Songs" on shuffle mode.

01. "Til Human Voices Wake Us" - Midsummer

02. "A Guy in a Suit and the Pope" - The Crucified

03. "Conquer Me" - The Lassie Foundation

04. "Unfolding and Fading" - The Autumns

05. "Only at Christmas Time" - Sufjan Stevens

06. "Plenty of Paper" - Eisley

07. "Skyscraper" - The Arrogants

08. "Kata Rokkar" - Björk & Tríó Guðmundur Ingólfssonar

09. "Pink Orange Red" (Alternate version) - Cocteau Twins

10. "She Was My Sweetheart" - Starflyer 59

11. "Silent Scream" - The Crucified

12. "A Good Man is Hard to Find" (live) - Sufjan Stevens

13. "Uno lo Mio y lo Tuyo" - Aterciopelados

14. "It Came From Down South" - Blaster the Rocket Man

15. "Back to the Cross" - The Crucified

16. "Till Jesu Comes" - Mike Roe

17. "Best I Had" - The 77's

18. "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" - Sufjan Stevens

19. "Signing My Own Name" - Aaron Sprinkle

20. "We Deserve Hell" - Chasm

20 places I like to eat

In no order...

01. In-n-Out Burger (any)

02. Cracker Barrel (any)

03. Yanny's (Clearwater, FL)

04. Del Taco (any)

05. Cabo Cabana (Stevenson Ranch, CA)

06. Numero Uno (any)

07. Santoro's Subs (Burbank, CA)

08. Claim Jumper (any)

09. U-Dog (r.i.p.)(Westwood, CA)

10. IHOP (any)

11. Ohana Hawaiian BBQ (Burbank, CA)

12. Corner Bakery Cafe (any)

13. Olga's Cafe (Thousand Oaks, CA)

14. California Pizza Kitchen (Glendale, CA)

15. Cheesecake Factory (any)

16. Mongol's BBQ (Westwood, CA)

17. Black Cow Cafe (Montrose, CA)

18. Hungry Howie's (Thousand Oaks, CA)

19. Hot Dog on a Stick (any)

20. Charley's Steakery (Pacific View Mall, Ventura, CA)

*honorable mention: Church's Chicken. Yes, it's ghetto, and yes, it's greasy, but it doesn't get much better than those Jalepeno Cheese Bombers. Mmmm.

20 songs to remember

All of these have a strong memory attached to them. The memories range from something life-changing to something as simple as remembering exactly when and where I was listening to the song...

01. "We're the Ordinary" by Starflyer 59

02. "Heroes" by Nobody Special

03. "B.C." by Plankeye

04. "Portrait" by Dear Ephesus

05. "Your Love, Oh Lord" bootleg recording by the Crossroads Band

06. "Jimmy Saville" by The Toy Dolls

07. "Invincible" by Plankeye

08. "Filled With Your Glory" by Starfield

09. "Hail to the King" played live by GOC Music Team

10. "For Me This is Heaven" by Jimmy Eat World

11. "Just Until Sundown" by Further Seems Forever

12. "Galaxy" by Something Like Silas

13. "The Closest Thing To Perfect" by The Juliana Theory

14. "Gorgeous" by The Violet Burning

15. "You Can't Deny A Broken Heart" by The Lassie Foundation

16. "Home Sick" by Hangnail

17. "Red Elephant" by Sunny Day Real Estate

18. "Everything is Nothing" by The Listening

19. "Twilight" by Future of Forestry

20. "Queue" by Sean Lennon