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I am very much looking forward to a 2-day work week and to Thanksgiving with the family. I hope you all have a wonderful and safe holiday. Let's get to today's ten... 1. Old To Begin/Pavement (13) - last played on 1/17/16 2. Brain Gallop/Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks (14) - last played on 10/23/15 3. Girls Like Status/The Hold Steady (6) - last played on 3/12/17 4. Everything Is Free/Gillian Welch (5) - last played on 3/25/12 5. The Heartbreak Rides/A.C. Newman (8) - last played on 6/5/16 6. Say Goodnight/Dean & Britta (7) - last played on 10/23/16 7. Debbie Downer/Courtney Barnett (18) - last played on 10/21/16 8. Coughing Up Blood/Marah (8) - last played on 4/10/15 9. He Doesn't Know Why/Fleet Foxes (8) - last played on 8/28/16 10. Laughing With A Mouth Of Blood/St. Vincent (11) - last played on 7/31/16

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...

It's become more difficult to become immersed in any particular albums over a concentrated period of time. I love the fact that Spotify exists because I get to hear way more music than I ever used to...but it also makes it harder to remember what I've been listening to in any given week. I also don't really listen to music in the car or while I'm walking in town or even doing the dishes; instead, I'm listening to podcasts. I love that medium and am always trying to catch up (and usually failing) on the ones I like while also trying new ones. All that said, I am still just as passionate about music and do get into grooves with some albums. Here are the ones I've been listening to the most in the past month or two... Courtney Barnett/Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit - I first became aware of Barnett when I heard her song "Avant Gardener" (possibly via All Songs Considered). I loved her lyrics, which were delivered in a singsong style...