My favorite function of my iPod is setting songs to random function and listening to whatever comes up next in the order. It's like listening to a radio, except no one is going to put on Celine Dion when you least expect it. (That's a cruel and mean trick of radio programmers--and worse yet when you hum the song later). The next logical step is for an iPod randomizer that is based on the listener's mood. Quiet chamber pop is fine for morning commutes when you are barely awake anyway, but the randomizer function chooses horribly inappropriate songs at other times. When I was on my hands and knees and scrubbing the bathroom floor on Saturday morning, Lesley Gore's "It's My Party" comes on. A little Saint Etienne or Kenickie or anything with more energy would have been better. Remember the other half of the line from Lesley's song is "and I'll cry if I want to": definitely not chore music.
