The return of "Name That Playlist!"

Yes, the most important part of my preparation for the Minnesota trip is complete! If you were about to guess packing my clothes, you, (A) obviously don't know me very well, and (B) skip reading my well-crafted headlines, apparently.

Now, dear reader, you may ask, "why do you need yet another custom playlist for your iPod, Maki?" Well, I'll be happy to answer. It's not for the plane (for once.) I've got that nifty PSP invention for that. Or sleep. Either would occupy plane time nicely. I made the playlist for the car trip up north. My plane lands in Minneapolis and then must drive a little over three hours to get to the wonderful cabin where cell phones and internet do not compute. (Ha! No pun intended! Honest!) But before that, I must rent a car.

That's right, I am renting a car for the first time ever in my life. Ever.

This officially makes me old. Damn. And this pretty much eliminates me from having another, "we can't stop here, this is bat country!" episode with a drunken family member. Sorry, kids. I know the blog will suffer for that one. For shame. Anyway, this playlist was created for the express purpose of keeping me awake throughout that car ride since I'll be (A) heading up there solo, and (B) working on an hour of sleep or two from the night before because that's how I roll. (Again! No pun intended! Honest!)

Matty won the last contest, just before my big London trip early on in the life of this blog. The winning entry? "Maki's down-tempo playlist for mature, sexy adults." Let's try to keep things up to that level, shall we? Here's the playlist. I don't care if you don't recognize half of the songs on it. Just know that I'm pretty sure none of them are less than 80 beats per minute and the vast majority don't have any guitars or any of that other "instrument" stuff in them.

1. Going Out Of My Head by Fatboy Slim
2. The Boxer by The Chemical Brothers
3. Waiting For The Sirens' Call (Planet Funk Remix) by New Order
   
4. Samba (Rae & Christian remix) by Faze Action
5. Walking Zero (Tuff & Jam Unda-Vybe Vocal remix) by Sneaker Pimps
6. Get A Move On by Mr. Scruff
7. Spanish Grease (Dorfmeister con madrid de los austrias muga reserva mix) by Willie Bobo
8. Universal Magnetic (IQ Collective Remix) by Mos Def
9. Good To Be Alive by DJ Rap
10. Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack
11. Plasticworld by Pendulum featuring Fats & TC
    
12. Bingo Bango by Basement Jaxx
13. Karvel by Björk
14. Lethal Cut by Propellerheads
15. Bring Back My Happiness by Moby
16. 19-2000 (Soulchild Remix) by Gorillaz
17. Mr. Chombee Has The Floor by The Herbaliser
18. Roll & Tumble by DJ Krush
19. Brown Paper Bag by Roni Size
20. Foxxy by Cassius
21. Life Is Sweet by The Chemical Brothers
22. Radio 7 by David Holmes
23. Roadhouse Blues (The Crystal Method Vs. The Doors Remix)
24. Daft Punk Is Playing At My House by LCD Soundsystem
25. Girls by The Prodigy
26. Born Too Slow by The Crystal Method
27. Black Steel by Tricky
28. Never Gonna Come Back Down by BT
29. High Noon by DJ Shadow

Total time is 2:39:22, so I may set it on repeat just so I can hear "The Boxer" again because it's that awesome. I was going to provide MP3s for these but it's late and I'm tired and it would take forever to upload all these and link them. Maybe if your playlist names are good enough I'll do it. There's your incentive. I'll even throw in a pack of glowsticks and a tylenol bottle full of X. (Actually, I'm lying. X is so '90s.) Actually, you can come over and watch Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. My treat. That's about as good as a bottle of X anyway.

Now I just need to remember to pack my FM Transmitter or all this effort goes completely to waste... Then maybe I will get drunk if that happens.