Monday, February 16, 2026

The allure of shuffle mode XCII

iTunes shuffle mode cultivated a fun 1940s vibe yesterday during two back-to-back instrumentals.  "Twice Shy" by Hot Club Of St. Louis flowed into Jon Rauhouse's version of Louis Jordan's "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie."  "Twice Shy" is from 2024, but the fiddling wouldn't have been out of place 80 years earlier.  Rauhouse then built on "Twice Shy"'s rhythm with a strong, uptempo guitar rendering of "Choo Choo..."

I wish WEW still played nostalgic music so I could segue both tunes on the air as a DJ--or request them as a listener.