I have been converted. I have switched to iTunes as my mp3 player of choice. I noticed that with both Winamp and Windows Media Player if I dragged a folder with 11,000 songs into their respective playlists, they only displayed about 3/4 of the tunes. iTunes worked, so I’m with Apple for now.

Oooh, something else: Firefox users (that should be ALL of you), check out this awesome extension, FoxyTunes. It allows you to control the media player of your choice right from the Firefox toolbar. It’s got a ton of customization options and web search features (eg if Jay-Z is currently playing, click one button and it takes you to his Wikipedia entry). Check it out.

OK, the Ten:

1. The Rolling Stones - “Hot Stuff”

I went from having maybe 25 Stones’ songs to 433 (thanks, iTunes!) in one day, courtesy of my buddy and former roommate, The Croz. He’s got every record and a bunch of bootlegged live stuff too. Not all the stuff is hot, though.

2. Radiohead - “Go To Sleep”

One of the best songs off of Hail To The Thief. Uh, that’s all.

3. Stevie Ray Vaughan - “Love Struck Baby”

*Sigh* He’s gone. John Mayer still walks the earth. No justice, man. No justice.

4. Buffalo Tom - “For All To See”

From the compilation album “No Alternative”.

5. Creedence Clearwater Revival - “Before You Accuse Me”

This was one of the first bluesy songs I learned to play on guitar - before I learned that if I could play this (E, A, B7) I could pretty much play any blues song. Just not like Stevie Ray Vaughan.

6. U2 - “Stuck In A Moment”

U2 was the official band of the World Cup. They also helped remind us that racism is bad. I just had a vision of Zidane headbutting Materazzi in a montage to this song.

7. Bush - “The Chemicals Between Us”

Does any frontman have it easier than Gavin? Have you ever heard even the slightest mean thing about him? Bush hasn’t even released an album in years, but he’s coasting on his money and, undoubtedly, his wife’s. Must be nice.

8. Dr. Dre / Snoop Doggy Dogg - “Bitches Ain’t Shit”

From The Chronic, the album that brought gangsta to the white suburbs en masse. A lot of guys at my high school never understood that owning this album doesn’t automatically make you a hard OG. Oh, wiggas. I miss you.

9. Stevie Ray Vaughan - “Change It”

*Sigh* He’s gone. Carrot Top still walks the earth. No justice, man. No justice.

10. Television’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - “Daniel Boone”

Weird. I could’ve sworn there was a verse that went “Daniel Boone was a man / he was a big man / but the bear was bigger…” something something. Guess I was wrong.