The speakers are finally hooked up throughout the Jitterbug, and PlayMySong is up and running. Woohoo! Haven’t put much music on the iPod attached to it yet, since in the meantime I was just streaming kexp or Pandora on a dock speaker, and it’s time to load it up. I’ll be adding a bunch of songs and albums this weekend (and thank you everyone for your suggestions last time around), but I was thinking it might be fun to feature some playlists from all my favorite WordPress people. So, say, someone could come in and listen to Ipstenu’s playlist while we troubleshot their broken blog, or Jaquith’s playlist while digging into some custom code. Even better, since people could potentially submit multiple playlists, someone might choose from Ipstenu’s Rock Out playlist, Ipstenu’s Relax-o-meter playlist, Jaquith’s Morning Mix, Jaquith’s In the Code Zone playlist, whatever.
Your challenge: Put together a playlist of about 90 minutes (20-30 songs depending on their length) that has a common thread to the songs, be it genre, tempo, cheering-up-factor, memories from your senior year, whatever. Basically, make a perfect mix tape. Give it a name. You can make as many of these as you want!
Put it/them in a comment on this post, or if you are shy, you can send it to me using the contact form on this site (or email me). Playlists MUST be about 90 minutes in length. Lists of albums or too few/too many songs will not be considered a playlist. I would love to have playlists we could put on from all the people I see at WordCamps, people who backed the Jitterbug, and people who are contributing to the WordPress project. My personal musical tastes bear some weight here, so know that I am unlikely to put death metal, contemporary country, or Christian rock in the rotation. (Punk, Americana/old school country, or gospel would be okay, though!)
Playlists, playlists, playlists!
And yes, once everything is all loaded up, you would be able to activate your playlist from where you live using the app. 
Somehow I think my playlists are going to be very different
I’ll give you two classical playlists, since I can’t deny that that is my love, and then another few not-classical. All are on Spotify.
Piano and Cello: http://open.spotify.com/user/helenhousandi/playlist/2OSWkcXkYhm6jjYab3x7FN (same duo, four complete sonatas – so worth listening to, even if it’s not a Jitterbug playlist)
Kick Ass Piano: http://open.spotify.com/user/helenhousandi/playlist/1SLlsjsEVkboAYpLD5ReLK
Electronic Jazz: http://open.spotify.com/user/helenhousandi/playlist/3M7wtmhyYPqIqwY2SfLEMO
90 (minutes) of the 90s: http://open.spotify.com/user/helenhousandi/playlist/1k27vjMfjN4KIXtan7D6mT
90 (minutes) of the 90s, Hip-Hop/R&B edition: http://open.spotify.com/user/helenhousandi/playlist/7odmMUnKl9Pcgs7UvZKRrQ
Those are all only about an hour… for the sake of scheduling things all playlists need to be about an hour and a half. Maybe just copy and paste the title/artists into a list and add a few more and then re-comment or email? We’re also not using Spotify, so having plain old text lists I can use for going to buy/download songs to put on the iPod is useful. Then, too, people can see your lists right here in the comment even if they don’t use Spotify (I had to sign up for it to see your lists).
Hmm… I added the times up and I thought they were 90 minutes or even a bit more, but maybe I’m wrong. I can copy-paste, though – maybe spreadsheet it up for times, too
Spotify app showed it/labeled it an hour. If spotify was wrong (I didn’t check) then carry on.
Google spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvXeDOOk9rAZdDhvXzRjT3hBYnhnR1hFQ3pzaUg0NWc
You are the queen of using a third-party app instead of pasting into a comment where everyone can see without clicking away. I’m half tempted to use my admin privileges to fake comments from you and paste in the playlists myself.
Ha, I’ll happily paste long comments if that’s what you want! I think when I first read the post it didn’t have that sentence yet
Therefore: incoming.
Ha! I didn’t edit the main post, but I appreciate you doing the drudge work all the same.
But you need to give each list a name that ties it to you!
Oh, right. Prepend them all with Helen’s?
I’ll leave a couple reply comments for the ones that don’t really work as well that way.
Okey-dokey!
Electronic Jazz:
Astor Piazzolla – El Tango – Electronic Remix by Hi Perspective and Lady Gatica
Astor Piazzolla and Fernando Solanas – Vuelvo al Sur – Electronic Remix by Koop
Astrud Gilberto – The Gentle Rain – RJD2 Remix
Brazilian Girls – All We Have
Brazilian Girls – Homme
Brazilian Girls – Internacional
Brazilian Girls – Lazy Lover
Brazilian Girls – Long
Brazilian Girls – Me Gustas Cuando Callas
Brazilian Girls – Ships In The Night
Brazilian Girls – St. Petersburg
Koop – Baby – Feat. Cecilia Stalin
Koop – Bright Nights – Feat. Yukimi Nagano
Koop – I See A Different You
Koop – In A Heartbeat – Feat. Terry Callier
Koop – Koop Island Blues
Koop – Modal Mile – Feat. Eaal Zinger
Koop – Relaxin’ At Club Fn
Koop – Soul For Sahib
Koop – Strange Love
Koop – Summer Sun – Feat. Yukimi Nagano
Koop – Tonight – Feat. Mikael Sundin
Koop – Waltz For Koop – Feat. Cecilia Stalin
“Helen’s Relaxation Time”
90s, Part 1
Ace of Base – The Sign
Alanis Morissette – Ironic
Amy Grant – Baby, Baby
Blues Traveler – Run-Around
Collective Soul – Shine
Deep Blue Something – Breakfast At Tiffany’s
Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever
EMF – Unbelievable
En Vogue – Free Your Mind
Enigma – Return To Innocence
Goo Goo Dolls – Name
Green Day – Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity
Lit – My Own Worst Enemy
Marcy Playground – Sex And Candy
Mariah Carey – Always Be My Baby
Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
No Doubt – Don’t Speak
Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
Sublime – Santeria
Sugar Ray – Every Morning
The Offspring – Come Out and Play
The Presidents Of The United States Of America – Peaches
Third Eye Blind – Semi-Charmed Life
^ This playlist is ace.
90s, Part 2 (Hip-Hop and R&B)
Arrested Development – Tennessee
Arrested Development – Mr Wendal
Big Mountain – Baby, I Love Your Way
Blackstreet – No Diggity
Boyz II Men – I’ll Make Love to You
Color Me Badd – All 4 Love
Coolio feat. L.V. – Gangsta’s Paradise
The Fugees – Killing Me Softly With His Song
Ginuwine – Pony
Heavy D & The Boyz – Now That We Found Love
Ini Kamoze – Here Comes The Hotstepper
Inner Circle – Sweat (A La La La La Long)
Janet Jackson – If
Joe Public – Live and Learn
Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing)
Montell Jordan – This Is How We Do It
R. Kelly – Bump N’ Grind
Seal – Kiss From A Rose
Skee-Lo – I Wish
Soul For Real – Candy Rain
TLC – Waterfalls
TLC – Unpretty
Usher – You Make Me Wanna…
Warren G – Regulate
Kick Ass Piano (this is some of what I bop along to when in nerdy pianist mode)
Maurizio Pollini – Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op.10 – No. 4. in C sharp minor
Martha Argerich with Abbado/Berlin – Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 in C, Op.26 – 1. Andante – Allegro
Martha Argerich with Abbado/Berlin – Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 in C, Op.26 – 3. Allegro ma non troppo
Martha Argerich and Nelson Freire – Lutoslawski: Variations on a theme by Paganini for 2 pianos
Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman – Rachmaninoff Suite No. 2 for 2 Pianos, Op. 17: IV. Tarantella
Yefim Bronfman – Prokofiev – Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14: II. Scherzo. Allegro marcato
Yefim Bronfman – Prokofiev – Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14: IV. Vivace
Yefim Bronfman – Rachmaninoff Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato
Yefim Bronfman – Rachmaninoff Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando
Yefim Bronfman – Rachmaninoff Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto
Yefim Bronfman – Rachmaninoff Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30: III. Finale: Alla breve
Stern, Ax, Ma, Laredo – Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3: 3. Scherzo, Allegro
Krystian Zimerman/Pierre Boulez – Ravel: Piano Concerto in G – 3. Presto
Piano and Cello (all David Finckel and Wu Han performing)
Rachmaninoff: Sonata For Piano And Cello In G Minor, Op. 19: I. Lento; Allegro Moderato
Rachmaninoff: Sonata For Piano And Cello In G Minor, Op. 19: II. Allegro Scherzando
Rachmaninoff: Sonata For Piano And Cello In G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante
Rachmaninoff: Sonata For Piano And Cello In G Minor, Op. 19: IV. Allegro Mosso
Shostakovich: Sonata For Cello And Piano In D Minor, Op. 40: I. Allegro Non Troppo
Shostakovich: Sonata For Cello And Piano In D Minor, Op. 40: II. Allegro
Shostakovich: Sonata For Cello And Piano In D Minor, Op. 40: III. Largo
Shostakovich: Sonata For Cello And Piano In D Minor, Op. 40: IV. Allegro
Prokofiev: Sonata For Cello And Piano In C Major, Op. 119: I. Andante Grave
Prokofiev: Sonata For Cello And Piano In C Major, Op. 119: II. Moderato
Prokofiev: Sonata For Cello And Piano In C Major, Op. 119: III. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
Franck: Cello Sonata In A Major: I. Allegretto Moderato
Franck: Cello Sonata In A Major: II. Allegro Scherzando
Franck: Cello Sonata In A Major: III. Recitativo – Fantastia
Franck: Cello Sonata In A Major: IV. Allegretto Poco Mosso
“Helen Loves Piano and Cello Together”
Ipstenu Loves the 80s
Take On Me – A-Ha – Hunting High and Low
Call Me – Blondie – Best Of Blondie
Centerfold – J. Geils Band – Freeze Frame
Eye Of The Tiger (Rocky) – Survivor – Rocky Theme Song
Like A Virgin – Madonna – Like A Virgin
Jump – Van Halen – Van Halen Live: Right Here Right Now
Physical – Olivia Newton John – Physical
Jack & Diane – John Cougar – American Fool
Whip It – Devo – Freedom of Choice
Come On Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Too-Rye-Ay
Karma Chameleon – Culture Club – Colour By Numbers
Tainted Love – Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Maniac – Michael Sembello – Flashdance [OST]
The Power of Love – Huey Lewis & The News – Back To The Future [OST]
Flashdance…What A Feeling – Irene Cara – Flashdance [OST]
867-5309/Jenny – Tommy Tutone – Tommy Tutone 2
Hit Me With Your Best Shot – Pat Benatar – Crimes of Passion
The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats – Best Of
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go – Wham! – Make It Big
Walk Like An Egyptian – The Bangles – Greatest Hits
Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears For Fears – Songs from the Big Chair
We Built This City – Starship – Knee Deep In The Hoopla
Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson – Bad
Ipstenu’s Roleplaying Game Soundtrack
Blitzkrieg Bop – The Ramones – The Ramones
God Save The Queen – Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bolloks
I Am Stretched On Your Grave – Dead Can Dance – Toward The Within
Japan – vertical horizon – Running On Ice
Mr. Spock – Nerf Herder – American Cheese
Rock City News – Nerf Herder – American Cheese
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana – Nevermind
Vivian – Nerf Herder – How To Meet Girls
Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting
She Has a Girlfriend Now – Reel Big Fish – Turn The Radio Off
32 Flavors – Ani DiFranco – Not a Pretty Girl
88 Lines about 44 Women – The Nails – Corpus Christi
Already Met You – Superfine
Transylvania Concubine – Rasputina
Bohemian like you – The Dandy Warhols -
Sound of the revolution – Lunatic Calm -
Sugar water – Cibo Matto -
The Devil You Know (God Is A Man) – Face To Face
Everybody got their something – Nikka Costa -
We Used To Be Friends – The Dandy Warhols
Play My Game – The Donnas – Turn
Naked Eye – Luscious Jackson – Fever In Fever Out
Word Up – Korn
One Way Or Another – Blondie – Best Of Blondie
(These are all songs that are played somewhat regularly when we play roleplaying games… Modern era ones. The D&D games are very different, and much longer – 6 hour playlists. I’ll have to cull one)
Variations of alternate titles a la “Roleplay with Ipstenu” keep cracking me up. This is awesome.
When I run a game session I’ll spend hours crafting the perfect playlist. “Okay, we we go into the sewers, I’ll play….” Usually it’s music without words, though, so you get a lot of “Welcome to Hobbiton” and stuff.
Which reminds me, I should add Do You Wanna Date My Avatar to the iPod.
Oh heck yes! That’s on a ‘Gamer Geek’ playlist I have that’s about 4 hours long. I need to trim it down…
Mine’s kind of a chill electronica/trip-hop mix.
Flunk – Blue Monday
Crustation – Reverie
Portishead – Mysterons
Bowery Electric – Freedom Fighter
Massive Attack – Teardrop
Zero 7 – In the Waiting Line
Goldfrapp – Fly Me Away
Morcheeba – The Sea
Bliss – Don’t Look Back (Fug Vocal Remix)
Boa – Welcome
Ceu – Malemoencia
Universal Hall Pass – Cave Radio
Fever Ray – Keep the Streets Empty for Me
School of Seven Bells – For Kalaja Mari
DJ Shadow – What Does Your Soul Look Like
Splashdown – Presumed Lost
Poe – Center of the Sun
Symbion Project – An Ocean Full of Waves
Entertainment for the Braindead – Run! (remixed by 0p0)
Freezepop – House of Mirrors
Your playlist needs a name!
Hmm… I’m terrible with names. Summer Chills?
Australian Rock 101
(Shamelessly trimmed from Triple J’s Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time.)
Powderfinger – My Happiness
Midnight Oil – Read About It
Tame Impala – Alter Ego
The Presets – This Boy’s In Love
The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
You Am I – Heavy Heart
The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Where The Wild Roses Grow
Gotye – Learnalilgivinanlovin
Regurgitator – ! (The Song Formerly Known As)
Jet – Take It Or Leave It
Machine Gun Fellatio – The Girl of My Dreams
Silverchair – Pure Massacre
Wolfmother – Joker and the Thief
Cut Copy – Hearts On Fire
John Butler Trio – Zebra
Art vs Science – Parlez Vous Francais
Spiderbait – Buy Me A Pony
The Vines – Get Free
Eskimo Joe – Black Fingernails, Red Wine
Something For Kate – Monsters
Crowded House – Don’t Dream It’s Over
The Living End – Second Solution
The Cat Empire – Hello
The Panics – Don’t Fight It
The Whitlams – No Aphrodisiac
Frenzal Rhomb – Never Had So Much Fun
Birds of Tokyo – Silhouettic
Jebediah – Leaving Home
Here’s mine:
Coffee Black
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1. No Sugar in My Coffee – Ape Machine
2. Hot Black Silk – Songs:Ohia
3. One More Cup of Coffee – The White Stripes
4. Lightin’ Up – Bonnie and the Beard
5. Coffee Black – Paper Bird
6. Too Cold to Hold – Fake Problems
7. Coffee Break – Mew
8. Raw Sugar – Metric
9. Mint Tea – RiLF
10. Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad – Nancy Sinatra
11. Black Pear Tree – The Mountain Goats
12. Citrus – The Hold Steady
13. Black Cloud – Morrissey
14. The Black Spot – Murder by Death
15. Wine Red – The Hush Sound
16. Honey Honey – Feist
17. Pour Me a Drink! – Head Like a Kite
18. Teaspoon – The Long Winters
19. Soaked in Cinnamon – Ultimate Fakebook
20. The Dolls’ Tea Party – The Magnetic Fields
21. Orange Juice – Grand Archives
22. Addicted – The Juliana Hatfield Three
23. Waking Up – Elastica
24. Sugar Girl – Buddy
25. Sweet Sweet – The Smashing Pumpkins
26. Energy – Austra
This playlist is, “A mix tape I would be playing for Jane while she made brunch in her kitchen on Chattanooga, if she still lived on Chattanooga and I were sleeping on her couch.”
Say I Won’t (Recognize) – The Gaslight Anthem
Sweet-Lovin’ Man – The Magnetic Fields
Obvious – Vancougar
Only With You – Teenage Fanclub
Tom Boy – Bettie Serveert
Heaven (Live) – Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Hold Your Secrets to Your Heart – Miracle Fortress
Buggin’ – The Flaming Lips
Wedding Day – Rosie Thomas
Box Full of Letters – Wilco
Honest – The Long Winters
All the Old Showstoppers – The New Pornographers
A Million Dollars – Joel Plaskett
Rebel Kind – Modernettes
Lights Out for Darker Skies – British Sea Power
Leave You Behind – Sleater-Kinney
Sleep All Summer – Crooked Fingers
Home Life – Shearwater
Shine a Light – Wolf Parade
Edmonton – The Rural Alberta Advantage
Drivin’ On 9 – The Breeders
Season of the Shark – Yo La Tengo
Another one!
Sea Foam Green
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Beach Girls – Tapes ‘n Tapes
Cool Green – The High Violets
Into The Sea – The Album Leaf
Everything’s Gone Green – New Order
Grey Cell Green – Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
Green Aisles – Real Estate
In The Sea – Ingrid Michaelson
Sea Foam Green – Jawbreaker
Citrus – The Hold Steady
Seal Beach – The Album Leaf
Green Leaves – The Black
Green Gloves – The National
An Earthen Ocean – For the Earth was Empty of Form
Pretending Green Grass – Letting Up Despite Great Fault
Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans – The Smashing Pumpkins
Pale Green Things – The Mountain Goats
Seasick, Yet Still Docked – Morrissey
All the World is Green – Tom Waits
River To Sea – Jeremy Enigk
Sea Legs – The Shins
The Ocean – Sunny Day Real Estate
Miles Above It – Ancient History