The Great Music Dump: The Final Chapter
I've finally decided to take control of my iPod. I know that sounds strange, but anyone who has followed the "Great Music Dump" storyline knows that I had too many songs on there that I just didn't want. The other day, I transferred all my iPod music onto my work computer hard drive (because it's way more spacious than my home laptop and now I can keep it all in one place) and wiped the iPod clean. I've started putting only the songs I know I want to hear back onto the iPod, making sure they're tagged properly with genre information and, for some, comments. I'm using Smart Playlists more effectively, too, making sure that some of the songs that fell into the "Film" category because they were attached to albums that were largely film score get their due on the "popular" (read: anything not Broadway, Film, Muppet, or Standup Comedy) list. I even made the "popular" list more dynamic by having the playlist be sure that what I'm listening to hasn't been played in the past week.

With that in mind, here's the Friday Random Ten, the "there's not a whole ton of songs back on my iPod so be patient with me because I'm betting there'll be repeat artists" version.

1) The Killers - Somebody Told Me
2) Nizlopi - Fine Story
3) Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (the Lillywhite Sessions version)
4) Barenaked Ladies - Thanks That Was Fun
5) Barenaked Ladies - Go Home
6) Ben Folds - Jane
7) John Mayer - Clarity
8) The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
9) Journey - Faithfully
10) Steve Burns - What I Do On Saturday

There's no "best" song on the list, because I have different associations with all of them. I have a never-ending soft spot for Steve Burns, but you can't deny "Yellow Submarine." I would say that the "worst" song on the list is "Fine Story," because it's not representative of how good Nizlopi can be. It's a fine song, but it's no "JCB" or "Call it Up."