I like random.

Fusion 45, when it first launched, was all about random. Close your eyes, pick some records. Open your eyes, roll the dice, play some songs.

I’ve heard it said the algorithms governing your iPod are not true random but that the numbers you can get from random.org are. I don’t know but I believe. So I punched-in the parameters (10 numbers randomly chosen between 1 and 12,000) and this is what came up.

(This is from my iTunes category specifically dedicated to the music I’ve acquired from libraries across the country.)

#3813 – Mavis Staples – Sweet Things You Do
#7221 – Martina Topley-Bird – I Still Feel
#1110 – Texas – Say What You Want
#7461 – Jerry Lee Lewis – What I Say
#6923 – The Gourds – Tearbox
#7908 – Jerry Lee Lewis – You’re The Only Star In My Blue Heaven
#5189 – The Gourds – Tried So Hard
#4629 – Drive-By Truckers – When The Pin Hits The Shell
#1618 – Martha Wainwright – Who Was I Kidding
#7580 – Mongo Santamaria – Cuidado

Artwork: Negrasvelno Fletluje (from Random Art)