Found!
Look what my awesome wife found In the basement, right where it liberated itself last saturday! She’s like a bounty hunter of lost electronics, but without the mullet.
[UPDATE]: So I wore it into work today. My route had more road exposure so I kept it low enough that I could easily hear when my shift needed trimming, and that seemed to work fine, though I don’t think this will become a regular occurence on D.C. streets.
In any case, some initial thoughts:
- Earbuds aren’t going to cut it, ultimately. I’ll have to find something with a more positive connection to my head, hopefully an open-driver model that allows world-noise to come through. I had a pair of Sennheiser portable headphones at one point that were perfect for that, though probably too bulky to fit in a helmet.
- Band/Song I would’ve thought would be a good driver but wasn’t so great: Circle Jerks, Deny Everything. Too fast, too short, and 3 beat changes (none of which I could keep up with). Good in the sense that a triple shot of espresso would’ve been.
- Band/Song I wouldn’t have thought would be so great but turned out to work really well: Fleet Foxes, White Winter Hymnal. Oh, sure, it’s got pretty pretty harmonizing, and seems like it belongs more to the cable-knit sweater crowd. But it’s got an outstanding tempo, and kettle drums, and what’s wrong with pretty? I really liked spinning to this. Besides… I kinda like cable-knits. Don’t look at me at like that.
- Band/Song that was every bit as awesome and bad-ass as I thought it was gonna be: Rush, Spirit of the Radio. God damn it was awesome when this came up. Out of all the Rush songs that I love, and there are many, this one is just irresistable to me. I think I could load up a playlist with just this song, do five hours of riding, and still be pounding my handlebars along with Mr. Peart. (Yeah, I know you don’t like ‘em, get stuffed Canada Hater.)
- Band/Song that dangerously surpassed my expectations of awesome-ness: Mudhoney, Thorn. Mudhoney makes me wanna bunny hop a flaming trench on an Xtracycle. This cannot be on any playlist for any ride where other people’s safety is involved. Dammit.
The shuffle thing’s kinda hit and miss. I went from a Jerry Reed tune to Roxy Music at one point, the transition didn’t work and Roxy Music sapped the bounce. So it seems like crafting an 8-hour-long mix tape is what it’s gonna take to manage the ups and downs. But, I was pretty stoked and surprised to have this one come up.
