I just discovered Jack radio (here in NY, it’s on WCBS 101.1).

Man, this s*** is bananas. It’s like an iPod Shuffle, but better, because there are songs you might want to hear once, but don’t necessarily want to buy.

For example, I purchased “Come on Eileen” -- it’s one of those fun songs that bring back good memories. But there’s a reason it’s not played often anymore, and that’s because it’s annoying after hearing it more than, oh, say, 200 times. Now I find myself skipping it most of the time, and wishing I had that $.99 back to purchase something else.

That’s the good think about Jack -- you get to hear songs you haven’t heard in a while, but you don’t hear them so often you get sick of them.

Another great thing about Jack radio is the variety of music they play. It’s like a radio station with multiple personalities. And it’s wonderful.

I, and most people I know, have varying tastes in music. I like rap, pop, country, alternative, Latin -- pretty much anything but really heavy metal. This morning, Jack’s songs included:

Young MC, “Bust a Move”
Scorpions, “No One Like You”
Chumbawumba, “Tubthumping”
Bruce Springsteen, “Glory Days”
Maroon 5, “Sunday Morning”
AC/DC, “Back in Black”
James Brown, “Super Bad”
Alanis Morissette, “You Oughta Know”
Green Day, “Longview”
U2, “Pride (In the Name of Love)”

So you get a little taste of all these different types of music, and you never get bored. I mean, I’m not going to buy Rockwell’s “Somebody’s Watching Me,” but it’s cool to hear it again … once.