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Shuffle. Let the chips fall as they may. Have I ever done this? Over 50,000 songs on the overloaded, overworked hard drive in the basement, connected to an Apple TV upstairs and driven through a Marantz processor and blown through a pair of ENERGY tower speakers.

There, however my control ends. I’ve decided to call up the entire music library this afternoon and press “shuffle.” Will the ensuing tunes represent my musical soul? Or will the closet bands of my misspent youth come forth? It will only be revealed when I push “play.” Here are the chips, fallen as they might…

1. Plynth (Water Down the Drain) – Jeff Beck Group – Beck-Ola (1969)
2. The Last Ride – Todd Rundgren – Back to the Bars (1978)
3. Worried Life Blues – BB King/Eric Clapton – Riding with the King (2000)
4. Los Angelenos – Billy Joel – Streetlife Serenade (1974)
5. Holiday – Scorpions – Lovedrive (1979)
6. I Forgot That Love Existed – Van Morrison – Poetic Champions Compose (1987)
7. We Are Glass – Gary Numan – Telekon (1980)
8. The Thrill Of It All – Roxy Music – Country Life (1974)
9. Violin Concerto in D – Johannes Brahms – Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1993)
10. There’s A Light That Never Goes Out – Morrissey – Live at Earl’s Court (2005)
11. Contrapuntcus #14 (incomplete) – J.S. Bach – Art of the Fugue
12. Cold, Rain and Snow – Ratdog – Live, Chicago (2008)
13. I Don’t Know – Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz (1980)
14. The Same Situation – Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark (1974)
15. 999 – Keith Richards – Main Offender (1992)