Day 9: The Pulse

According to Sirius: From pop to rock, this is the '90s and now.

Driving Circumstances: Another pretty normal day, except I didn't drive anywhere for lunch. After work, I went to the gym (instead of home), and was actually finishing up listening to an audio podcast on my iPod after that, but still clocked in a good 50 minutes of time on The Pulse. Note: This is not cheating...I'll lay out the specific rules at some point, but just trust me for now.

My Experience: Although it wasn't unpleasant, it was a little confusing. On The Pulse, you've basically got anything that aired after the time periods covered on Channels 5 - 8. So, here you've got a mix of stuff from my college days (e.g. Hootie, Alanis), stuff from today's Top 40 (e.g. Justin Timberlake) and some alternative rock (e.g. Panic! At TheDisco). Three great tastes that taste a little weird together...

Sample Playlist:

• Hootie and the Blowfish, Only Wanna Be With You - 1995
• Mozella, Amnesia
• Panic! At The Disco, I Write Sins, Not Tragedies
• OMC, How Bizarre - 1997
• Justin Timberlake, What Goes Around...Comes Around
• Tracy Chapman, Give Me One Reason - 1996
• Alanis Morissette, Hand in My Pocket - 1995

Verdict: I bookmarked it. While the taste combination was a little odd, I did enjoy each of the individual flavors. I guess I just need to get used to my food touching.

Discussion Time: Give me more examples of why it's dangerous for Pulse to just casually throw together songs from the '90s and pop/rock songs from the 21st Century. Example: You would never see My Chemical Romance sharing the stage with either Hootie or a Blowfish.