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Wednesday, February 5, 2020

The Unknown Dangers of Shuffling Music on an iPod


I regularly listen to Sirius XM and have, at times, listened to Paradise Radio and Spotify.  I like such subscription services.  You can choose a station or playlist featuring a specific genre you like and stream that music to your device of choice.
At the same time, my taste in music is wide.  I enjoy most everything: classical, alternative rock, southern gothic, new wave, classic rock, hard rock, punk, flamenco guitar, folk music, and on and on.       
Over the years, I have downloaded something near 3000 songs from iTunes.
Old school, I know.
I enjoy a wide variety at all times.  I play the songs I downloaded to my iPod in shuffle mode so music from every genre pops up randomly.  Having Frank Sinatra follow, say, Stairway to Heaven is satisfying to me.
Yesterday, however, my iPod went a bridge too far. The song “A Beautiful Day” by Freedom Fry was immediately followed Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs.”  That was a bit too jarring—something on the same level as your grandmother using the F-word on you.
—Mitchell Hegman

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