And the winner and still champ, El Chriz, enjoy this victory Crusader!

1. The Breeders - Cannonball: A great way to kick off this shuffle. The Breeders had so much potential to pick up where The Pixies left off.... but alas, Kim Deal and/or her sister loved drugs too much. The alternative explosion in the early 90s was an exciting time for music. It wasn't the late 60s, mind you, but it was still pretty cool. Glad I was there for it.

2. U2 - Beautiful Day: The second best track from All That You Can't Leave Behind. This one reminds me of my Dutch friend who came to see me in California in December of 2000 (after five years of not seeing one another). It was a nice moment for El Chriz... who was, for a brief time, very much in love with a girl who to this day remains a very good friend. A beautiful day indeed.

3. Frank Black - Eighty Five Weeks: From an album called Pistolero. Great title, huh? I think the ChrizPod called forth Frank Black to challenge Kim Deal. As mentioned in a previous IPod shuffle, Frank is at times too prolific for his own good. But among the copious filler are a lot of diamonds. This is one of them. This is a rather new song for me. Maybe the second time I've heard it... and it's very, very good.

4. U.N.K.L.E. - Invasion: From an album given to me by The Josh. One I only listened to once and don't remember. But this is a cool track. Sounds like Depeche Mode meets Daniel Ash (Love & Rockets)... or maybe even The Church. Cool stuff. Kudos to The Josh!

5. Steve Earle - The Gringo's Tale: From The Revolution Starts Now, a wonderful little protest album that kind of went unnoticed. Great strings on this. Recently, he was booed off of a stage in Deadwood, South Dakota, for talking about how evil the white man was for taking the land from the indians. That'd be like him coming to UVA and reminding everyone that Jefferson was a slave-owning bigot. You have to know when and where to protest, Steve. But damn, you write a good song.

6. The Cure - Just One Kiss: A cool little Cure track that was originally a B-side but was then gathered for The Japanese Whispers album (kind of like the Cure's version of The Magical Mystery Tour, an album comprised of singles and b-sides). This is a good song with some nice instrumentation.

7. Nirvana - The Downer: From Incestiside. Nirvana kicks so much ass it's not funny. I'm glad they destroyed hair metal. This track is really different... kind of sounds like something from Bleach, their first album.

8. Tesla - Heaven's Trail (No Way Out): It wouldn't be an El Chriz playlist without some Tesla! And this isn't cheesy boys, this is good acoustic metal blues. There is nothing more I can say about Tesla that I haven't already shoved down your throats: ¡Viva Tesla!.

9. The Band - The Rocking Chair: Just yesterday, JW handed me The Band's first album and asked if I had it. I gave Josh credit and said "yep." JW claims that he first heard this album on acid. I first heard this album working for JW while wishing I wish I was on acid. The Whitehead clan has really turned me onto The Band.

10. Busdriver & Radioinactive with Daedelus - Carl Weathers: I have a friend who loves hip hop as much as The Josh. And like The Josh, he likes good hip hop. He sent me this album to try out. I liked it the first time I heard it but never gave it another chance. Shame on me. This is good stuff.

I end by saying this is the must successful shuffle of my IPod's career. Kudos to the ChrizPod.