Some Friday Tunes: The I'm-on-Spring-Break Edition

Okay, you know the rules. But here they are again just in case: Put your digital music player on shuffle and report back the first ten tracks it plays. No skipping, apologizing or rationalizing (even if "We Built this City" comes up. Phew. I'm off the hook again today...).

Here's the jig:

1. Enola Gay (The Best of OMD) -- OMD
2. My Best Friend's Girl (Greatest Hits) -- The Cars
3. Bright Smile (Hello Starling) -- Josh Ritter
4. Brand New Lover (Evolution: The Hits) -- Dead or Alive
5. Elevator Love Letter (Heart) -- Stars
6. Disco 2000 (Different Class) -- Pulp
7. Wait, Wait, Wait (Interventions and Lullabies) -- The Format
8. Both Falling Bright (Early Morning Hyms) -- The Old Canes
9. Northern Lad (From the Choirgirl Hotel) -- Tori Amos
10. Winter (Eastmountainsouth) -- Eastmountainsouth

General Thoughts: This looked like it was going to be an 80s set at first. Not that I have a problem with that. I was starting to get a little excited for Sex Dwarf there for a few minutes. Speaking of, mark your calendars. Next Friday's the night...

Seen Live: Stars, Tori (and I have tix for Josh Ritter on 4.27!)

Favorite Song: This is really hard. If I'm feeling mellow, sad or nostalgic, definitely "Northern Lad." If I'm feeling happy and like I want to dance, either "Disco 2000" or "Elevator Love Letter."

Least Favorite Song: Honestly, these are all good songs. I don't think I can say.

Favorite Album: For sheer consistency, I'm going to go with Early Morning Hymns. There is not a bad tune on the record. The Old Canes is the sideproject of the lead singer of a band called The Appleseed Cast. The AC is actually in town tonight and if my girl Patty wasn't playing also, I'd definitely check 'em out. However, I dig The Old Canes more than the AC. If you were to put Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Dylan and the vocal stylings of Joe Strummer in a blender, you'd get something kinda like The Old Canes.

Now that we got that outta the way, I'm having iPod problems. I had to fire up iTunes for my Friday Shuffle because the 'pod is insanely fast forwarding of its own accord, and no sound is coming out. Any troubleshooters out there?? I could use some help...

Patty Griffin in 6.5 hours!