Caught on the In Between Playlist 01-05-10

The unthinkable happened today. I went to the gym and, as I started to run around the track whilst planning out my upcoming radio show, I accidentally tripped over my headphones wire and dropped my iPod. Now I've dropped my iPod plenty o' times in the past, as I'm sure all of you have, but this time it was different. The track I was running on is an elevated track on the 2nd floor overlooking some tennis courts. So unable to operate at ninja-like speed to catch my iPod (probably due to my excessive Christmas-ing and New Years-ing), I helplessly watched as it dropped to the track and then bounce and fall over the ledge towards the tennis courts below. It was one of those really long falls during which you can think about life and other matters at hand. I leaned over the railing and watched as my life fell before my eyes and hit the green ground below. Oh man. No bueno. So I ran out the door, down a flight of stairs, and got to my iPod. It was laying outside of it's "protective" case and the screen was still on. That's good. I picked it up, put it back in it's case, and went about trying to operate it. The buttons seemed to work. OK, this isn't so bad. I navigated through the artists and albums screens successfully. Nice. Then I selected a song and pushed play. Dang. Nothing happened. The time on the left of the screen stayed at 0:00. I waited and stared. Nothing. I pushed play again thinking it was only paused. Nothing. Crap. I held menu and the center button at the same time to reset it. As the apple icon appeared, I still had hope. But after a bit of staring at the apple, a huge, scary red circle with an X in the middle appeared. I had never seen that before. It was officially broken. Bummertown, USA, population: me.

I still haven't plugged it into a computer yet to see if I can at least pull my music off of it. I'll try in a bit. If I can, then it's not that bad. I can grab my music and maybe upgrade to a new one. But this one was a 160gb that they don't make anymore. Whatever. I'll survive.

Here's my playlist from last Tuesday. It's been over a month since my last show, so it was awesome to be back in the studio. With a broken iPod, we'll have to see how my upcoming show goes...

1. Termits - Bailemos - Back To Peru
2. The Sonics - Boss Hoss - Here Are The Sonics!
3. Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away - Best Ever Buddy Holly Vol 1
4. The Ditty Bops - You Head's Too Big - Moon Over the Freeway
5. Laura Viers - July Flame - July Flame
6. Yeasayer - Tightrope - Dark Was The Night
7. Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky - Fall Be Kind EP
8. Amy Millan - Day to Day - Masters of the Burial
9. Amy Millan - Low Sail - Masters of the Burial
10. Amy Millan - Towers - Masters of the Burial
11. Dr. Dog - Me and My Girl - Passed Away Vol. 1
12. Cordero - La Yegua - De Donde Eres
13. Buddy Holly - Blue Days Black Nights - Best Ever Buddy Holly Vol 1
14. Richie Valens - Come On Let's Go - Richie Valens