Right up there with the Internet in my list of humankind's greatest inventions

So I finally got one of these babies. And for only 17 grand; paid in two installments. Someone from work had a friend who tired of it (gasp!) a month after he bought it. (He was supposed to offer it to V, but she wasn't at her station and I picked up. Score!) Being able to listen to all the MP3s I've been downloading at work wherever I go is a lovely, lovely, LOVELY thing.

Here's a list of the acts in my iPod -- some old, some new, some dissolved, some dead -- that consistently make me wet myself:

Sufjan Stevens * Calexico * Iron and Wine * Aimee Mann * Rachael Yamagata * The Decemberists * Snow Patrol * Martha Wainwright * Air * Rufus Wainwright * The Cardigans * Dave Matthews * Amon Tobin * Badly Drawn Boy * Danielson Famile * Turin Brakes * Goldfrapp * Sigur Ros * Bjork * Mellowdrone * Belle and Sebastian * Imogen Heap * Wilco * Arctic Monkeys * Beirut * Annie Lennox * Bloc Party * Boards of Canada * Weezer * Bright Eyes * R.E.M. * The Flaming Lips * The White Stripes * David Gray * Sinead O'Connor * Explosions in the Sky * Beck * Interpol * Gustavo Santaolalla * I'm From Barcelona * Feist * John Vanderslice * Eddi Reader * Ryan Adams * The Shins * Voicst * Fiona Apple * Aphex Twin * Radiohead * Elliot Smith * Blur * Massive Attack * Nelly Furtado * Peter Gabriel * Portishead * Aqualung * Autechre * Cat Power * Morrissey * Death Cab for Cutie * Deerhoof * elbow * Gwen Stefani * Elefant * Devendra Banhart * Explosions in the Sky * The Smiths * Frou Frou * Kate Bush * Paul Simon * Guillemots * Tori Amos * Emma Chaplin * Morcheeba * Jose Gonzales * Kirsty MacColl * My Morning Jacket * Remy Zero * Tapes 'n Tapes * The Czars * The Magnetic Fields * Woven Hand * Zero 7 * Modest Mouse