sol searchin'

I need a boost to catapult me high / Feels like the come up is way too tight
- Sunshine and the Rain, Joi, The Pendulum Vibe

When blogfriends spread their brilliance out so much it's hard to resist. With everyone locked out of the gym (including personnel), for a good 30 minutes, I used my time wisely.

First I noticed that George did a little magic, and then Jason followed suit. Originating from Jonno and his mind, they were able to throw a keyword into iTunes and shape and mold a playlist. Since I don't have iTunes, I came up with another solution.

The problem at DIC is that there is not one piece of Apple equipment. With a total of over 15 computing devices and not one Apple, what's a brother to do? The solution: use file searching and Media Center to burn a CD. Using Media Center, we had the added advantage of fade-out/fade in when playing and recording music. (Caveat: Music Match works well also; Media Center, however, has newer features).

My keyword for the making of my CD was the word 'sun'. Using this, I came up with the following playlist:

##	Track	Artist	Album	Length
1	Sunshine & the Rain	Joi	The Pendulum Vibe	4:37
2	In The Sun	Adriana Evans	Adriana Evans	4:39
3	Summer Sun	Koop / Nagano, Yukimi	Waltz for Koop	3:47
4	Sun Goddess [Live]	Earth, Wind & Fire	The Eternal Dance (2 of 3)	7:37
5	Run To The Sun	NERD (The Neptunes)	In Search Of (Retail)	4:47
6	The Sunshine	N'Dambi	'Tunin' Up & Cosignin'' (Disc 2) (2001)	4:26
7	el dorado sunrise (super chicken)	Cee-Lo	Cee-Lo Green And His Perfect Imperfections	5:31
8	Sunshine [Mediterranean Vocal Mix]	DJ Chus/Penn, David	Jazz in the House (3 of 3)	6:48
9	Lenny Fontana Featuring Beverly T - Spirit Of The Sun (Bump & Flex Hard Step Dub)	Artful Dodger	Rewind	4:40
10	The Sunshine Ease Your Love [#]	Bingle, Aaron	Brazilectro, Vol. 4 (2 of 2)	3:47
11	Walking on Sunshine	Donnie Calvin/Rocker's Revenge	Old School Jams: The History Lesson (2 of 2)	4:51
12	Never in Your Sun	Stevie Wonder	In Square Circle	4:06
13	Sunrays	Yesterday's New Quintet	Another Late Night	3:14
14	Sunshine	Nicki Richards	Naked ( To The World )	4:02
15	Sunshine	Alexander O'Neal	Hearsay	5:59
16	A Place in the Sun	Stevie Wonder	At the Close of the Century (1 of 4)	2:51
17	Sandy Farina - Here Comes the Sun	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band		3:05

This playlist was easy to compress into a CD format. I had a mishap with the word 'moon' however, coming through with far few tracks that I had in MP3 format. A great list, yes, but far too short:

	Artist	Song Title	Album	Length
1	Erykah Badu	Orange Moon	Mama's Gun	7:10
2	Norah Jones	Shoot The Moon	Come Away with Me	3:56
3	N'Dea Davenport	Underneath a Read Moon	N'Dea Davenport	4:15
4	Erykah Badu	Orange Moon	Mama's Gun	7:10
5	Various Artists	Moonraker - Shirley Bassey	The Best of Bond... James Bond	3:09
6	Rufus & Chaka Khan	Half Moon	Rufusized	3:17
7	Brandy	Full Moon	Full Moon	4:08
8	Lamya	Pink Moon	Learning From Falling	2:47
9	George Benson	Kisses in the Moonlight	The Best of George Benson [Warner Brothers]	4:25
10	Jamiroquai	Mr. Moon	The Return of the Space Cowboy	5:29
11	Donald Fagen	Countermoon	Kamakiriad	5:05
12	Herb Alpert	Rocket to the Moon	Keep Your Eye on Me	3:53

Hmm, my mind is all clear now. What playlists do you have in mind? Discuss.