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Hard to believe we're already at the end of October. The World Series is in full swing (pivotal Game 5 tonight!), the new batch of Stranger Things is here (I'm still trying to finish Daredevil Season 2), and Thor:Ragnarok comes out next weekend (looks like a ton of fun, doesn't it?). I'm behind on almost everything as usual (except for a few TV shows, like  The Good Place and The Flash ), but I'll never stop trying to catch up (2 years behind on The Great Albums podcast and 1 year behind on Spontaneanation). Let's get to today's ten (like we do almost every time)... 1. Tell Me What You See/The Beatles (5) - last played on 12/14/14 2. Black Hole/The Rosebuds (8) - last played on 2/21/16 3. Cemetery Guns/Fountains of Wayne (20) - last played on 10/20/16 4. Game Of Love/The Redwalls (4) - last played on 11/13/16 5. Long As I Can See the Light/Creedence Clearwater Revival (5) - last played on 2/28/16 6. Screwdriver/The White Stripes (12) - last play...

I've recently found myself listening to albums that came out 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 years ago. Here are some thoughts... The Broken West/I Can't Go On I'll Go On (2007) - "Down in the Valley" hooked me the first time I heard it streaming on KEXP. At the time, the band was still called The Brokedown, but that would soon change to due copyright issues; that's okay, I like The Broken West as a name better anyway. To get back to "Down in the Valley," what grabbed me were the ringing guitars, layered harmonies, and the organ that weaved in and out. And the lyrics, of course - "I had my feelings like the Dutchman has his gold/Deep in the canyon by the river that runs cold." Speaking of The Dutchman's Gold , that was the name of the EP that I learned had already been out and used my eMusic credits to grab it. "Down in the Valley" was the lead-off track, but there were six other great power pop songs and I was both in love and even...

I can't believe I've done this 425 times. I've been wondering lately if it my be time to retire this feature, in large part because I don't add very many albums to my iTunes anymore. Plus, I have tons of albums I haven't ripped, so artists like Tom Petty and Drive-By Truckers and R.E.M. have little to no representation and I have all their albums. Still, I don't know that I'm ready to give this up because it's been part of my Sunday for so many years. In fact, I'm already planning for next week to be a single artist focus again. Anyway, while I'm not sure what the future holds for the Shuffle, I do know I'm ready to get to today's ten... 1. Between The Bars/Elliott Smith (10) - last played on 2/1/15 2. M.O.R. (Live In Utrecht)/Blur (4) - last played on 5/22/16 3. No Way/Sonic Youth (5) - last played on 2/14/16 4. Where Did I Leave That Fire/Neko Case (23) - last played on 8/10/16 5. The Past Is A Grotesque Animal/Of Montreal (5) - l...

It's a cold one here in NW Indiana, but I don't need to leave the house today. I'm also on day 3 of a 4-day weekend, which is also nice. Yes, I have schoolwork to do, but I also took time to watch the NFL playoffs yesterday (how about that Green Bay/Arizona game?) and will do so again today. Don't forget that you can listen along via Spotify every week...direct link to be posted this evening. And with that, here's today's ten... 1. Lost Coastlines/Okkervil River (6) - last played on 11/2/14 2. I Hate My Generation/Sloan (17) - last played on 4/18/15 3. Underwater Moonlight (Early Version)/The Soft Boys (5) - last played on 5/3/15 4. What New York Used To Be/The Kills (7) - last played on 12/31/12 5. Everywhere/Ex Hex (13) - last played on 1/10/16 6. King Of The World/First Aid Kit (9) - last played on 3/14/15 7. Well, You Can Do It Without Me/Father John Misty (14) - last played on 6/7/15 8. Faster Days/Velvet Crush (12) - last played on 1/18/15 9. S...