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Summer is here and I'm happy that it is. Jill finished school this week, but Grant and I have to go through Friday. I have the week off from my TTT course, so I'm going to catch up on some reading and TV. There was baseball I could watch yesterday and I can watch some again today, so you can bet I'll be doing that. Few things bring me joy more than baseball and a book in my lap for between innings. Here's today's ten... 1. I 4 U & U 4 Me (Home Demo)/The Decemberists (15) - last played on 8/19/15 2. Part One/Band of Horses (6) - last played on 5/7/16 3. Shame Chamber/Kurt Vile (5) - last played on 7/23/15 4. In the Eyes of My Friends/Sugar (2) - last played on 10/5/14 5. I Could Have Done This Myself/Lightspeed Champion (4) - last played on 9/1/14 6. Nonstop Disco Powerpack/The Beastie Boys (10) - 5/15/16 7. Mountain/Lucero (7) - last played on 4/29/12 8. Evergreen/Matthew Sweet (1) - played countless times on CD 9. The Sleeping Beauty/American Music ...

I need to be knee deep in schoolwork today and I would like to finish the book I'm reading too (I'm now officially 8 books behind pace to make my goal for the year), so I'm going to jump right into today's ten... 1. Car Radio/Spoon (18) - last played on 8/9/15 2. Looking Over My Shoulder/Elliott Smith (9) - last played on 5/17/15 3. Every Single Switch/Centro-Matic (5) - last played on 7/15/12 4. Slow Fade/Teenage Fanclub (11) - last played on 2/21/16 5. England/The National (25) - last played on 3/11/16 6. Brief Candles/The Zombies (13) - last played on 10/31/12 7. I Got the Hots/The Soft Boys (9) - last played on 1/17/16 8. Snakes in the Grass/The Essex Green (8) - last played on 2/2/16 9. Watch Out For Me Ronnie/Yo La Tengo (10) - last played on 12/13/15 10. New York, New York/Ryan Adams (3) - last played on 3/22/16

Had my best run of the year this morning - 3 miles in 24:18, an 8:06 pace. So, with that blazing speed (ha ha) in mind, let's get right to today's ten... 1. From Ghost Town/Robert Forster (10) - last played on 2/7/16 2. Bedouin Dress/Fleet Foxes (15) - last played on 2/20/16 3. Teenage Kicks/Portastatic (5) - last played on 3/24/13 4. Mornington Crescent/Belle and Sebastian (9) - last played on 1/11/15 5. Choose to Play/Redd Kross (6) - last played on 2/28/16 6. Getting Ready to Get Down/Josh Ritter (10) - last played on 12/29/15 7. Porchlight/Buffalo Tom (16) - last played on 3/9/15 8. Talking Backwards/Real Estate (6) - last played on 3/27/16 9. Eden Was A Garden/Roman Candle (4) - last played on 8/16/15 10. Burn Through Love/Matthew Sweet (5) - last played on 4/17/16

It's the Mother's Day edition of the Sunday Shuffle...which doesn't really change much of anything. We are going to see Captain America; Civil War in a little while and I have cleaning to do, so there will probably be a gap in the songs this morning. Not that you'll notice, but I thought I'd give you the inside baseball. I saw Bob Mould in concert at The Metro with my friend Scott on Friday night. It was a great show. I almost made today's shuffle one that just focused on him, but since I've mostly listened to him this week, I thought I'd take a tour around my iTunes instead. If you're interested, I put together a Spotify playlist of the set. Anyway, Happy Mother's Day to those of you to whom this applies! Let's get to today's ten... 1. Shadow of Love/Sloan (27) - last played on 11/27/15 2. Cheers and Applause/Portastatic (6) - last played on 5/3/15 3. Pedestrian At Best/Courtney Barnett (15) - last played on 5/1/16 4. Armchairs/...

We haven't seen the sun in a while here in NW Indiana; the last time I saw the sun was when we flew into Louisville on our first leg home from Baltimore Monday night. So, please, sun, come and visit! Speaking of Baltimore, we had a wonderful time not only at my cousin Lauren's wedding to Nick, but also throughout the whole weekend with all the family. A week ago today six of us walked out to Fell's Point, a really cool section of the city, and sat outside for brunch, shopped for records, ate ice cream, and more. We hung with the family at our great rental place in the afternoon and I finished off playing lots of euchre with my brother, cousin, and father. So much fun. Last night was prom, which went very well. I didn't get to bed until 2:00, but I got up and had a great 3 mile run this morning. I need to get a lot of schoolwork done while my brain is still functioning well, so I'm going to shut up now and get to today's ten... 1. Right Back Where We Starte...