Recently in My iPod Category

These are a few of the titles that I have recently added to my iPod. A couple of months ago, I go the new 160Gb iPod Classic. Yes, I actually outgrew my original 60GB iPod purchased in 2005. The new iPod has some really cool features like cover flow which allows you to select an album by scrolling through your covers. That alone has turned me into a album cover fanatic. I upload an album and hopefully the cover is available. If not, I can usually find it out Amazon.com or somewhere else on the internet. If not, never fear! I just scan the cover in from the CD. I currently have over 13,000 songs on my iPod with room for about 27,000 more. When asked if I will ever listen to all the songs, my standard response is "you can never have enough music." Enjoy!

A good friend shared his list of the top 25 most played songs in his iPod. I decided to follow suit and I was quite surprised at my list. It contains jazz, vocals, electronica, and house music. I grew up in Chicago so I love house music plus it keeps me awake on the drives to and from work. I was suprised that I had listened to the Randy Crawford and Joe Sample Feeling Good album so often. I just remember being excited about them working together again and now I have tried to play the grooves off the record. Of course, there would have to be a couple of Shirley Horn songs in the mix.

So what's in your top 25?

1. "Spread Love (Spirit Dub)" - Kenny Bobien Feat. Ann Nesby
   
2. "Let The Children Play" - Louie Vega Feat. Raul Midon
   
3. "But Beautiful" - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
   
4. "All Night Long" - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
   
5. "Rio De Janiero Blue" - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
   
6. "Feeling Good" - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
   
7. "Everybody's Talking" - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
   
8. "Spread Love (Shelter Mix)" - Kenny Bobien Feat. Ann Nesby
   
9. "End of the Line" - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
   
10. "Tell Me More and More and Then" - Some Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
    
11. "Lovetown" - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
    
12. "See Line Woman" - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
    
13. "When I Need You" - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
    
14. "Last Night at Danceland" - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
    
15. "Save Your Love for Me" - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
    
16. "Pillory-Like" - Beady Belle
    
17. "Here's to Life" - Shirley Horn
    
18. "Come Away With Me" - Incognito
    
19. "Mr. Ugly" - Randy Crawford & Joe Sample
    
20. "Spread Love (Roots Mix)" - Kenny Bobien Feat. Ann Nesby
    
21. "I've Got My Eyes On You" - Dianne Reeves
    
22. "Who Cares" - Patti Austin
    
23. "Return to Paradise" - Shirley Horn
    
24. "You Are My Sunshine" - Bill Henderson With the Oscar Peterson Trio
    
25. "Moja Jedyna (Interlude)" - Beady Belle
    

The iPod revolution has begun.

Above is my Christmas present to myself. It is the iPod Video 60 GB. I have loaded about 10 GB of music, videos, and photos on there so far. Now this was not an easy decision to get an iPod because I am big fan of the minidisc recorder/player. I even bought a Sony MZ-NH1 HI-MD recorder/player when I was in Japan earlier this year. Not to worry, I believe that both technologies can live harmoniously in the same household. I am enjoying the portability of the iPod. It is pretty amazing to carry that much data on such a small device. I have even managed to setup my future radio blogs as playlists in my iPod so I can take them out for a spin before I create them for the listening public. I still have a lot to learn about this new toy. I had to take my iPod into an Apple store last week because I could not figure out how to reset it but it's all good now. By the time I become really savvy with this toy, a new generation of iPods will be out. All that being said, if any of you iPod savvy folks have tips and pointers to share so I can make the most of my iPod, please leave me a comment.

Bakari, Ronn, and Dre...you can stop all that cheering.