I’m totally stealing this idea from TJ (I hope he doesn’t mind), but I finally had a good shuffle that wasn’t interrupted by a law lecture or encore break from one of the PJ concerts I have on CD so I wanted to throw it out there.

Basically, on a “Shuffle Friday” he takes his iPod, hits the shuffle songs option and lists the first five that come up, sometimes with a few comments on the song or artist.  Often his regular readers will do likewise and share their shuffles in the comments.  I always thought it was an interesting way to see what other people listen to and chance to discover artists you may have never heard before.

So without further ado, here’s my shuffle.

1. World Wide Suicide – Pearl Jam (Pearl Jam): One of the singles off their most recent album.  Social commentary on the war in Iraq with some great lyrics.

2. Forgive Me – Missy Higgins (On a Clear Night): Great singer/songwriter from Australia.  Puts on a good show too.

3. Comatose – Pearl Jam (Verizon Center Concert):  Another one off of the self-titled album.  This is their performance from their show here in DC in 2005.

4. Goodnight My Friend – Vertical Horizon (Running on Ice): From the earlier mellow days of VH.  This isn’t one of my favorite songs of theirs, but I could have done worse.

5. Soma – Smashing Pumpkins (Siamese Dream):  Some of that 90′s rock that I love so much.  One of the lesser known tracks from Siamese Dream, which I “rediscovered” not too long ago and have been really enjoying again.

So that’s it.  If you have the urge, shuffle your iPod and tell me what you come up with.