I can’t work out whether Andy or myself suffered the worse from this particular exercise. I certainly would not be rushing to my blog (perpetually coming soon - so don’t feel I’m pushing you in that direction) as a result of seeing my ’selection’.

By Mèden O. Zephyr on 11.13.07 7:02 pm

I loved the mix in this one, but I’m cracking up at how many of us were worried that something “sucky” might appear. Linda, at least, blamed it on “evaluation tracks.” (Now, I’m sure that’s true, and I wish I would have thought of that!) Seriously, next time I synch my iPod with iTunes, those Hannah Montana songs will be obliterated from my mp3 player!

By nat on 11.13.07 10:28 pm

[…] Episode 85 of Contrast Podcast has been uploaded by Tim Young with this week’s theme being “Random Shuffle”. The rule was simple: hit the shuffle button on your MP3 player (or iTunes or CD player or whatever you use to listen to music) and then send it to Tim along with an intro. My iRiver landed on “Keep Us in Stitches” by Fiver. I was a little nervous considering I know some of the stuff that’s on my MP3 player probably wouldn’t be real popular with the kids who listen to the Contrast Podcast each week! And, to be honest, I’m really surprised there weren’t more embarrassing tracks on the podcast - I guess either people got lucky or maybe they don’t have any guilty pleasures loaded up. […]

By Atomic Ned » Post Topic » Contrast Podcast: Random Shuffle on 11.14.07 3:26 am

I’m glad to say that I have absolutely no idea who Hannah Montana is and thanks to Nat and Marcy I hope NEVER to know!

:)

By tim.young on 11.14.07 10:17 am

AAGGGHHH, i was away the last week so didn’t geet time to submit anything, gonna listen soooooon !!!!

By Ross on 11.14.07 10:53 am

TIm, without hearing her, she’s the daughter of one Billy Ray Cyrus, who made it big in country in the 90’s with “Achy Breaky Heart,” who stars in a Disney Channel Show called “Hannah Montana.”(Gee, Billy Ray plays her dad in the show!) In the show, she’s a big pop star who keeps on the down low in her hometown, so only her family and a couple of friends know who she really is. I must say, the girl can sing and keeps a wholesome image, but those are the only positive things I can say! I’m just hoping my kid is only going through a phase of liking this genre of music, just as I did when I loved The Banana Splits.

By nat on 11.14.07 2:36 pm

and dolly parton plays her aunt or something. the best thing i can say about the show is that billy ray looks pretty good now that he’s not sporting that mullet anymore!

great podcast, folks. glad i wasn’t the only one worried about the outcome.

ross–we missed you for sure!

and thank god fil has finally escaped the clutches of the evil s.l.i.m.e., although not soon enough to keep that christopher cross song from getting stuck in my head! : )

By mjrc on 11.14.07 5:01 pm

I forgot about Dolly! ANd I agree that BIlly Ray is a hottie now that the mullet cut is gone.

And I’m afraid FiL didn’t cut that Cristopher Cross song off soon enough for it to become and earworm for me. DRAT! Curse you, evil FiL!

By nat on 11.14.07 8:34 pm

Billy Ray looks good now … there is a phrase I thought I’d never hear. I do hope to stay ignorant to the joys of Miss Montana and her secret poptastic life.

Oh boy.

I too am glad that FiL is free. I do hope that Uri doesn’t work him too hard in his club though. Perhaps he’ll be able to turn the Teslas against him and escape!

So … who still hasn’t sent me their votes? I guess I should have set a shorter deadline. I’m now thinking that I’m going to have to take a second poll to put the top 50 songs into an order .. otherwise we’ll end up with half of them coming joint first and the secong half coming joint second … and that would just be an excuse for another random shuffle wouldn’t it??

By tim.young on 11.14.07 10:26 pm

Listening to all of these people talk about the size of their mp3 libraries makes me feel that I need to respond to some of those spam emails I keep getting.

By crash on 11.15.07 8:02 am

It was a very random show, not surprising really, but as always still thoroughly enjoyable. I had stopped my ipod right at James’ song when I got to work - had an absolute crap day - and thankyou James, you made me smile and feel all fuzzy as that is my favourite U2 song.
Anyway - putting out a challenge, my lastest quiz is a competition round where you can win an Amazon voucher. Nat put up an entry - I want to see what the rest of you have got
Here’s a link
http://musiciquiz.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=276746

By Anna on 11.15.07 8:45 am

Anna,

I’m glad that the shuffle on my iPod was feeling good for you that day! Glad to help make your day a little brighter…even though i suppose i didn’t really have any contribution to it at all, i’ll definitely always take credit for warm and fuzzy feelings

By James! on 11.15.07 2:14 pm

[…] The Contrast Podcast is doing one, and listeners and participants are invited to take part.  It’s a great project, so if you don’t know what I’m talking about then bugger off and have a listen.  Just email Tim your top five songs of the year, in order, by November 27th and you’ll be counted.  The whole lot will come out as a series of podcasts over the Christmas period, which sounds rather jolly.  Details on participating can be found at the bottom of this post. […]

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