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The Joy of Random Shuffle

Posted by michael on from the synchronicity dept.

ajayvb writes "Wired has this article on how the iPod and other music players have brought random shuffling of songs to the fore. This generation seems to like their music that way, and according to one of the authorities in the article, it's because they are likely 'brain damaged' and have lower attention spans. Ouch."

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  1. Most Modern Music is Sh*t Anyway ... by linuxdoctor · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    ... so does it matter which pile you place it on or in what order you dole out the stuff?

    Sure, this generation is brain damaged. What do you expect when their parents were all doing drugs at Woodstock and other dubious places? Brain damaged music for brain damaged people.

    Real music is Beethoven and Schubert and Mozart and Wagner.

    No, this post is not a troll, just a rant.

  2. Re:My shuffle world random rocks by Mantorp · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Or, put a bunch of Bush cabinet members in a room together with typewriters, how long until they re-write the US constitution? Only this time with the word God interspersed generously throughout

    Monkeys, Shakespeare, bla bla bla.