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
    

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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.

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