Here’s Wikipedia’s list of every song featured in one of Apple’s iPod commercials, including the date, artist and model. So, just in case you forgot to download one, here’s your chance.
Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday Morning Random Mix
14
Feb
Playlist: @ Big D Radio – WOKI 91.4
Artist – Song – Album
- The Killers – Bones – Sam’s Town
- Sean Lennon – Bathtub – Into the Sun
This song was rather fitting considering that I was taking a shower (standing in the bathtub) while it was playing
- tobyMac – Ill-M-I – Welcome To Diverse City
TobyMac’s new CD came out yesterday. I tried to snag it at Wal-Mart this morning on the way to work but they didn’t have it. Wal-Mart used to be the place for buying new releases from Christian artists but no more. At least not the one that’s near work. It’s on the outer edge of the hood. They specialize in edited R&B/Hip-Hop and Latino music. Lots of Latino music.
- The Click Five – Lies – Greetings From Imrie House
- Madonna – Let It Will Be – Confessions On A Dance Floor
- Sam Cooke – Cupid – The Man Who Invented Soul
- Lupe Fiasco – Trials And Tribulations – Food And Liquor
- india.arie – There’s Hope – Testimony, Vol. 1: Life & Relationship
- Stars – Elevator Love Letter – Heart
- Wilco - Jesus, Etc. – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
- Imogen Heap – The Walk – Speak For Yourself
- Janet Jackson – Velvet Rope – Velvet Rope
- Pigeon John – The Grand Ol’ Waltz – Pigeon John Sings The Blues
This is refreshing. You don’t hear many songs in popular music today with a 3/4 time signature. Most everything is in 4/4 time. I had flashbacks to beginner band in 8th grade and piano lessons when we first learned about counting time. 1-2-3, 1-2-3. 3 beats to a measure. 1-2-3, 1-2-3. My non-accelerator foot and fingers just naturally started tapping to the beat while driving. I couldn’t help it. It was engrained in me through years of musical training.
- Cake – No Phone – Pressure Chief
- Hoobastank – Don’t Tell Me – Every Man For Himself
- Janet Jackson – janet – Where Are you Now
Very eclectic mix today. I made a tweak to my linked smart playlist system over the weekend. It’s made for a vast improvement in the song selection on my radio playlists. That in turn is leading to more songs in the list that I want to hear and less skips. I’ve been using this system for about a year. It’s really improved my ipod listening experience. Over that time I’ve come across a flaw in the system based upon how the logic is set up. The method of linking the playlists is designed to move new songs into the playlist automatically. The problem is when I skip a song it stays in the playlist instead of cycling out. So I’d end up with some new songs on the playlist each day (or every few days depending on how often I update) and a bunch of songs I didn’t want to hear or didn’t feel like hearing at that time languishing there for days or weeks. I got tired of skipping the same songs each day.
The advent of skip counts in iTunes 7.10 was the answer to my problem. I added a toggle to my exclusion playlist to exclude any track skipped in the last 2 weeks. With that in place any track I skip today or whenever is banished to exclusion temporarily. That way I’m getting a larger group of fresh songs populated to the playlist each day when I sync. The system is more efficient at cycling in new songs to replace ones that have already been played or skipped that day now. That translates into a more enjoyable listening experience for me and less battery drain for Gordo Negro (a.k.a The Black Ninja) since I’m not having to skip every few songs.
Urgent Prayer Needed for Ethan
04
Feb
When you get a chance please take a look at www.ethanpowell.com/. Ethan is a real cutie. Unfortunately he’s having to fight for his life at the tender age of 2 months old. He has been diagnosed with Leukemia recently. His parents are soliciting prayers for a healthy recovery.
After the diagnosis, Ethan was transported to St. Jude Children’s Hospital here in Memphis. St. Jude is one of the leading, most cutting edge medical facilities in the world for treating cancer in children. He’s in good hands.
Please take a look at the site. This is not a hoax. I know his mother’s sister. She and her family are close friends of mine. All the family is asking for is prayer. Prayer is a powerful. The doctor’s prognosis isn’t good at this point but God is powerful. I know that he can work to provide healing for little Ethan.
The Super Bowl: A Great Achievement…A Sign of Things To Come?
Tags: Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, Lovie Smith, Super Bowl, Tony Dungy
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When I was younger I dreamed of my dad coaching in college and eventually in the NFL. He coached high school football for 28 years. He was a head coach for more than 15 of those. He’s retired now and I’ve learned that he never really aspired to coach above the high school level. What’s sad is that if he had aspired to that he may have never really had the chance to do so. In the grand scheme of life today’s achievement may seem insignificant but in the day to day life of a child somewhere it could prove the catalyst to prompt them to say I too can do what Coach Dungy and Coach Smith have done.
In order for that child to get the opportunity to do what these two men are doing today more things need to change in the coaching profession. Currently only 5 out of the 119 schools in NCAA Div. IA football have black coaches. That stat is even worse in the other 3 divisions. As in any profession a person has to have a coaching resume in order to have an opportunity on the sport’s largest stage. For many, though not all, coaching in college is the gateway to getting an opportunity in the NFL. Today those opportunities are few and far between.
The NFL is making strides to correct this discrepancy. The NCAA has a long way to go. Hopefully today’s game will be the next step in the progression that will allow that little child to follow in Coach Dungy’s and Coach Smith’s footsteps.