Music, still

I'm still having fun with the iPod. I'm playing around with making playlists, and found out that you can publish a playlist to the iTunes store so that other people can see it and (theoretically) buy the music. Bob thought that was a little strange, but I'm sure he already thinks I'm fairly strange, so no news there . . .

I haven't finalized one yet, but I'm working on it. The problem as far as I'm concerned is that it only publishes the songs that are actually for sale on iTunes, so more obscure ones just don't show up. It's taking a bit of work to get a mix that I'm happy with, and that also is available in the store, but I'm enjoying the process.

Bob left this afternoon on a weekend fishing trip, so I took the list I was already working on, refined it a little bit so that it was kind of "road trip" themed, and threw together a CD for him last night at around midnight. So he's got some of "my" music to listen to in the car.

To wit:

1. Too Many Angels - Jackson Browne
2. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson
3. Genius - David Knopfler
4. Next Best Western - Richard Shindell
5. The Sentinel - John Gorka
6. King of Ashes - David Knopfler
7. Steel River - Chris Rea
8. Windy Town - Chris Rea
9. Rollin' Home - Aengus Finnan
10. The Kenworth of My Dreams - Richard Shindell
11. Jack's Crows - John Gorka
12. Silver Thunderbird - Marc Cohn
13. Addy's Tattoo - Megan Slankard
14. True Companion - Marc Cohn

Speaking of music, and the fact that I haven't had a contest in forever, I've got a brand-new copy of David Knopfler's 2002 release, Wishbones, to give away to someone. Since it was the soundtrack for my 2002 NaNoWriMo novel, Fallen Angel, it seems appropriate to give it away to kick off NaNoWriMo 2004. Just email me before October 22 with "Wishbones" in the subject line, and I'll randomly draw a name on November 1. I'll email whoever wins and confirm a mailing address at that time.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month