It’s Friday and you know what that means! Another set of random music, straight from the oddly insightful brain of my iPod. You know the rules, but here they are, anyway. Set your pod or other inferior digital music devise to shuffle/random, and report back the results. There is no skipping, hedging, omitting or rationalizing allowed.

1. The Obvious Child, Paul Simon (1964-1993, Disc 3)
2. Understand, Joss Stone (Mind, Body and Soul)
3. To Lay Me Down, Cowboy Junkies (Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes)
4. Time, Mo Mack (New and Used Tunes)
5. Man in the Long Black Coat, Joan Osborne (Relish)
6. Going in Circles, Maceo Parker (Funk Overload)
7. Climbing Up, Cerulean Groove (Over Crooked Tables)
8. Living in the Past, Ian Anderson (World Cafe Volume 18)
9. Playing with Fire, Shannon Curfman (Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions)
10. I Forgot to Remember to Forget, Elvis Presley (The Sun Sessions)

Favorite Song: Time by Mo Mack (my dad). This actually is not a song that my dad wrote, but I’ve always loved it nonetheless. It was written by a friend of his (Hamid Hamilton Camp) and about six or seven years ago, they sat down together so my dad could learn it from it’s source. It’s a good thing they did, as Hamid died last October. His music lives on.

Favorite Album: Relish by Joan Osborne. I particularly love her version of this song as well. Last December while I was in Portland, my sister and I went to the bins (disgusting but wonderful thriftstore in Portland where everything is by the pound), and she kept singing this song in her own, wonderful voice. It’s a good memory.

Seen Live: Mo Mack (my whole damn life) and Cowboy Junkies (last June in Pittsburgh with Ingrid, Cindy and Chris).

Other Random Friday players:
Andrea
Ashley
Ben
Brian
Dodi
Fred
Howard
Jill
Luna
Mac
Mark
Matthew
Sherri