Random Shuffle: Mix Tape 01

Ten random selections from the hard drive, via Windows Media Center:

1985 — Bowling for Soup
— I started 11th grade in the Fall of 1985. Yikes!

Do I Make You Proud — Taylor Hicks
— His debut album may have “bombed” but he’s still my second-favorite Idol, behind Kelly Clarkson, and I’d catch him in concert any day.

Please to Excuse the Blues — Patricia Smith
— On page, on stage, Patricia’s work holds up long after the first time it blows you away.

Mercy on the Battlefield — Oscar Bermeo
— Now happily married on the left coast, this was OB’s coming out.

All That I Am — Rob Thomas
— Not my favorite by him, but he’s one of a small group of artists I can listen to a whole album of.

Mother — Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
— Remains my all-time favorite by Cristin.

Amazing — Aerosmith
— From Salomé’s downloads; I fast-forwarded past this one!

Hate Me — Blue October
— I love this song, partly because it’s a perfect alternate timeline theme song for me.

Buttons — Pussycat Dolls
— What? Don’t hate.

II Hype — Entouch
— Underrated New Jack Swingers, this entire album holds up better than the majority of work by better known artists from their time.

Oddly heavy on the poetry today. Hmmm…

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Written by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is the Chief Content Officer for LibraryPass, and former publisher & marketing director for Writer’s Digest. Previously, he was also project lead for the Panorama Project; director, content strategy & audience development for Library Journal & School Library Journal; and founding director of programming & business development for the original Digital Book World.