I recently bought me a 60 gig video iPod to replace my old first-generation 5 gig iPod (which I got at 50% off when I worked at Apple). I posted another list most of a year ago on my web site. Thought I'd post the current iPod list here, categorized by genre for your amusement. House

• Apollo Lee - Scratches and Experiments (rough drafts)
• Ben Sowton / Rollercone - Bargrooves: Cosmopolitan
• Ben Sowton / Frédéric Messent - Bargrooves: Espace Privé
• Ben Sowton / Vincent Kwok - Bargrooves: Frosted
• Ben Sowton / Mateo & Matos - Bargrooves: Manhattan
• Ben Sowton / The Soul Avengerz - Bargrooves: Metropolitan
• Ben Sowton / Groove Junkies - Bargrooves: Mimosa
• Ben Sowton / Lele Sacchi - Bargrooves: Terrazza
• David Alvarado - Midnight Express
• DJ Donovan - nü W
• DJ Garth - San Francisco Sessions vol. 3
• DJ Tracy - Mix Session
• Doc Martin - Imperial Dub Recordings vol 2: Songs for Love and Understanding
• Dominic Tracey - Balance of Life
• Dubtribe Sound System - Bryant Street
• Ellen Ferrato - Turning the Tables
• Fil Latorre - Birthday Beats - 06.23.2001
• Fil Latorre - Staple 12.01.2001
• Frankie Feliciano - Club Nervous 2
• Glenn Underground - Lounge Excursions
• Hed Kandi - Beach House 04.03
• Hed Kandi - Deeper
• John Howard - San Francisco Sessions vol. 2
• Jenö - Emotion Electrique: The House Sound of San Francisco 2
• Jesper Dahlbäck - Stockholm Mix Sessions
• Jori Hulkkonen - Helsinki Mix Sessions
• JT Donaldson / Lance DeSardi - San Francisco Sessions vol. 5
• Julius Papp - Esho Funi 1
• Julius The Mad Thinker - Woman
• Kaskade - San Francisco Sessions vol. 4
• Kent Christopher - Fauna 06.03.2000
• Kent Christopher - Fromage 02.13.2000
• Kent Christopher - Nice Musique 07.19.2000
• Kent Christopher - Milk Money 05.16.2001
• Kevin Yost - Small Town Underground
• LaFlèche - Montréal Mix Sessions
• Little Louie Vega / Erick Morillo - House Nation America
• Mark Farina - Imperial Dub Recordings vol 1
• Mark Farina - San Francisco Sessions vol. 1
• Mark Farina / Derrick Carter - Live at Om
• Mark Grant - Sound Design 2
• Mark Johns - Conversation Piece
• Marques Wyatt - Sound Design 1
• Mauricio Aviles - Nude Dimensions 2
• MFR / David Ireland - Afterdark: San Francisco
• Miguel Migs - Nude Tempo 1
• Miles Maeda - A Tourist's Guide to the Realization of Your Own Buddha Nature
• Milk N 2 Sugars - Ten Years of Our House
• MJ Cole - Cut to the Chase
• Naked Music - Nude Dimensions 3
• Nate Bowen - Live Mix 01.06.2003
• Nick Holder - Deep in the Underground
• Ron Trent - Urban Afro Blues
• Ruben Mancias - aftermidnight
• Salvation London - Salvation 2000
• Salvation London - Salvation 2001
• Tony Humphries - United DJs of America 18
• UNEAQ - Unreleased EP
• Vincent Kwok - West Coast Excursions 2

Jazz

• Ali Ryerson - Blue Flute
• Billy Taylor - Dr. T
• Charlie Parker - Bird: The Original Recordings of Charlie Parker
• Joe Henderson - Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Joe Henderson - Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn
• Joe Henderson - So Near, So Far: Musings for Miles
• Joshua Redman - Freedom in the Groove
• Lionel Hampton - Muskrat Ramble
• Miles Davis - Steamin' With the Miles Davis Quintet
• Roy Hargrove - Of Kindred Souls
• Shirley Horn - Here's To Life
• Stanley Jordan - Standards vol. 1
• Stanley Jordan - Stolen Moments
• Teodross Avery - In Other Words
• Tito Puente - Master Timbalero
• Tito Puente's Golden Latin Jazz All-Stars - Live at the Village Gate
• Toots Thielemans - East Coast, West Coast
• Various Artists - The Girl from Ipanema: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook
• Various Artists - The Great Performers of Jazz
• Various Artists - The Jazz Masters
• Various Artists - To Diz With Love (A Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie)

Ambient

• Arthur Balinger - Edges 08.02.2005
• Brian Eno / Bang on a Can - Music for Airports
• Groovy Dave - Interstellar Voyage 1
• Groovy Dave - Interstellar Voyage 2
• Harold Budd - By the Dawn's Early Light
• Harold Budd - Lovely Thunder
• Harold Budd - The Room
• Harold Budd - The White Arcades

Drum & Bass

• DJ Hype / Ellis Dee - World Dance: The Drum & Bass Experience
• DJ Kryptyk - Kryptyk Live Mix
• Fresh: Futuristic Jungle + Drum & Bass
• Metalheadz - Platinum Breakz

Other Stuff

• Freak Gardening Accident - Artificial Light
• George Clinton - Greatest Funkin' Hits
• Nortec Collective - The Tijuana Sessions vol. 1
• Stevie Wonder - Natural Wonder
• Zero 7 - Simple Things

Podcasts

• Chinese Pod
• Digeum: The Digest of Electronic Underground Music (mine)
• Sunday Soul
• Skepticality
• Lonely Planet Travelcasts

What's in your iPod?

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