Out of My Mind

Really, really funny, specially when you keep in mind that the current president of the U.S. of A. really is a complete idiot (but then, he is his mother's son):

POTUS iPod: Totally Random
By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts
Friday, December 16, 2005; C03

Last spring, the White House shocked savvy music fans across the nation by disclosing that among the many tunes President Bush had downloaded onto his iPod was the raunchy "My Sharona" by the Knack. Eight months later, it appears POTUS, like any earplug-obsessive hipster, has changed his lineup a bit. At the end of an interview broadcast Wednesday night, Fox News anchor Brit Hume asked Bush to show him what's on his playlist these days.

We could analyze his choices ( The Archies ? ) and crack some snarky jokes (i.e., "took my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry -- well, until Katrina hit!") . . . but why not just sit back and see what happens when a couple of boomers get talking about music and that crazy new technology?

Bush : Beach Boys, Beatles, let's see, Alan Jackson, Alan Jackson, Alejandro, Alison Krauss, the Angels, the Archies, Aretha Franklin, the Beatles, Dan McLean. Remember him?

Hume: Don McLean.

Bush: I mean, Don McLean.

Hume: Does "American Pie," right?

Bush: Great song.

Hume: Yes, yes, great song.

Unidentified male: . . . which ones do you play?

Bush: All of these. I put it on shuffle. Dwight Yoakam. I've got the Shuffle, the, what is it called? The little.

Hume: Shuffle.

Bush: It looks like.

Hume: The Shuffle. That is the name of one of the models.

Bush: Yes, the Shuffle.

Hume: Called the Shuffle.

Bush: Lightweight, and crank it on, and you shuffle the Shuffle.

Hume: So you -- it plays . . .

Bush: Put it in my pocket, got the ear things on.

Hume: So it plays them in a random order.

Bush: Yes.

Hume: So you don't know what you're going to going to get.

Bush: No.

Hume: But you know --

Bush: And if you don't like it, you have got your little advance button. It's pretty high-tech stuff.

Hume: . . . be good to have one of those at home, wouldn't it?

Bush: Oh?

Hume: Yes, hit the button and whatever it is that's in your head -- gone.

Bush: . . . it's a bad day, just say, get out of here.

Hume: Well, that probably is pretty . . .

Bush: That works, too. ( Laughter )

Hume: Yes, right.