THE MUCH-DREADED SHUFFLE MEME

You know the drill: Put all your MP3s on ’shuffle’ and write down the first n songs that come up, no matter how embarrassing they may be. Here’s 15 tunes from my collection.

• “Save Your Heart For Me,” Gary Lewis and the Playboys
• “Theme from Cyrano/Mr. Tambourine Man,” William Shatner (no . . . it’s funnier than you’ve heard)
• “Somewhere in My Heart,” Aztec Camera
• “Bala Bala,” Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci
• “Caroline, No,” Beach Boys
• “Robert DeNiro’s Waiting,” Bananarama
• “After All,” Al Jarreau
• “We May Never Pass This Way Again,” Seals and Crofts
• “This Is A Song,” Paula Frazer
• “I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On,” Robert Palmer
• “New Madrid,” Uncle Tupelo
• “Try A Little Tenderness,” Three Dog Night
• “Julia,” Ramsey Lewis
• “Flowers,” Galaxie 500
• “Eugene’s Lament,” Beastie Boys

AT LEAST THEY’VE GOT BARBECUE

It must be pretty tough to be a sports fan in Kansas City right now, what with the Royals dropping 18 games in a row, and every day bringing another Chief involved in a bar scuffle. So I guess it’s not too surprising that desperate times call for desperate measures.