affirmative action on my iPod.

do you ever add music to your ipod, knowing that it will make you broaden your musical horizons and learn more about music in general... and then never listen to it?

you promise yourself you will listen to that cd, perhaps while taking the C uptown, or listen to at least a song while having to walk a few avenues. other people seem to enjoy the tunes, why wouldn't you?

but somehow.. someway... it gets skipped on your iPod. you just HAVE to listen to this other song first, and then you swear you'll go back to that cd...

I am guilty of this very thing. last year, Rolling Stone had a great 50-free-downloads promotion, complete with bands that David Fricke loves and Austin Scaggs rocks out to. Great musical minds, they love what is great. I downloaded all 50, swearing to listen to them all- not to have to love them all, but to give them at least a chance.

my success rate on that endeavor is about a 60%. its just easier to listen to the latest Maine cd than it is to listen to Ferraby Lionheart.

one of the days, i swear, i'll make sure to have listened to all 3500 songs on my iPod. the good, the bad, and the wince-inducing. perhaps it'll make me appreciate the good tunes that much more.

even the Galactic & Juvenile & Soul Rebels Brass Band.