While we were driving from Louisville to Nashville, the shuffle kicked out the best old-skool driving mix, completely with an uncanny selection:

Purple Haze (Hendrix)
Down the Road Apiece (Rolling Stones)
The Wait (Pretenders)
Mr. Grinch (Mojo Nixon)
Armenia (The Who)
Poor, Poor Lenore (The Handsome Family)
My Sharona (The Knack)
F the CC (Steve Earl)
The Grip of Love (Tom Verlaine)
Eurotrash Girl (Cracker)
A BBC 4 Front Row interview with Rufus Wainwright that contained thorough discussion of “My Old Kentucky Home”* and the intricacies of Judy Garland
Brick (Pinehurst Kids)
Sweet Emotion (Aerosmith)
In the Engine Room (Mike Watt)

*The Shuffle has gone all meta this year. Last year it was more direct, and played Liz Phair’s “South Dakota” as we were, yes, leaving South Dakota. Then it played Springsteen’s “Nebraska” when we were pulling up to a hotel in Ogallala.