Just found out through PZ that Lauren at Feministe says the Random 10 meme is no longer cool, because some prominent blogger or other used the idea without crediting the source.

Since it’s no longer cool, it’s safe for me to join in.

The idea: open your iPod or iTunes or other, inferior mp3 player and set it to random play, then list the first ten songs that appear. Here’s mine:

The Ocean (Dar Williams)
Extraordinary (Liz Phair)
San Juan Wayno (Calendar Music In The Central Andes)
Piri Wango Iya (Geoffrey Oryema)
Ergue-te Ao Sol (Madredeus)
Nil Na La Solas (Solas)
Hamdouchi (Majid Bekkas)
Does Your Heart Beat For Me (Patsy Cline)
Shaggy Dad (Lightnin’ Hopkins)
Anna (Kaouding Cissoko)

Hmmm. Only one that’s at all embarrassing.

1. 
   Dave 2005 01 28 at 9:36:07 pm

   That’s cool. What’s an mp3 player?

2. 
   Paul Tomblin 2005 01 29 at 12:23:09 am

   Ok, I’ll play

   Construction — Voodoo Glow Skulls (I have no idea what this is)

   Road to Glory — Eleanor Shanley

   Hot You’re Cool — General Public

   Truck Drivin’ Man — Uncle Tupelo

   Kill For Peace — Fugs

   Time After Time — Cyndi Lauper (not that embarrassing — it’s one of the few of hers that I like)

   Booty — Babe The Blue Ox (I have no idea what this is)

   She’s Got Her Ticket — Tracy Chapman

   Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It’s Flavour — Spike Milligan?

   It’s Growing — Temptations

3. 
   Rita Xavier 2005 01 29 at 3:47:06 pm

   What — Patsy Kline? ...and you do have Madredeus, but that’s not from my CD — I have Antologia.

4. 
   OGeorge 2005 01 29 at 6:05:32 pm

   I have nothing written after 1856.