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Don't have much to ramble on about today, so let's get right to today's ten... 1. Ret Liv Dead/Teenage Fanclub (14) - last played on 10/16/16 2. Tee Pees 1-12/Father John Misty (14) - last played on 4/5/15 3. Nighthawks/Two Hours Traffic (10) - last played on 7/25/17 4. My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist/The Decemeberists (14) - last played on 2/12/16 5. Auctioneer/The Broken West (12) - last played on 4/1/17 6. Fish/Wye Oak (18) - last played on 9/13/15 7. Coming To/Apex Manor (19) - last played on 1/29/17 8. Lisa (Esopus Magazine 2005)/The Prayers & Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers (4) - last played on 12/4/11 9. Plumb Line/Archers of Loaf (10) - last played on 12/3/11 10. Pick Me Up/Dinosaur Jr. (13) - last played on 6/24/17 Bonus 11. Penny and Jack/The Essex Green (13) - last played on 11/5/17 Bonus Bonus * "Lisa" isn't on Spotify, but it's a great song and I wanted you to be able to listen, so click here !

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...

I have some online trainings to do in addition to all the usual Sunday chores, so I'm going to jump right in today. Happy Easter! 1. Clean the Clock/Blue Giant (3) - last played on 10/30/14 2. Butchers Tales (Western Front 1914)/The Zombies (12) - last played on 10/31/12 3. False Alarm/Yo La Tengo (5) - last played on 3/28/15 4. The Baskervilles/Tokyo Police Club (5) - last played on 11/3/14 5. Wayward and Parliament/Amy Millan (6) - last played on 3/10/15 6. Tee Pees 1-12/Father John Misty (13) - last played on 10/31/14 7. American Slang/The Gaslight Anthem (14) - last played on 3/13/15 8. Narrow Way/Bob Dylan (5) - last played on 9/1/13 9. Flaming Wreck/Pernice Brothers (11) - last played on 4/23/13 10. Weird Summer/Velvet Crush (11) - last played on 2/8/15

Busy week ahead - my son has a band concert; I am playing in a charity game against the Harlem Wizards; my son's band has contest; and finally, I will be going to the Kankakee Valley prom for the 18th time. Jealous? 1. Shady Lane/Pavement (10) - last played on 12/16/12 2. Excuses/The Morning Benders (9) - last played on 8/26/12 3. Fame Throwa/Pavement (5) - last played on 11/18/12 4. Nancy From Now On/Father John Misty (12) - last played on 1/23/13 5. La Dame et la Lincorne/Shearwater (5) - last played on 3/28/12 6. Backwards Walk/Frightened Rabbit (3) - last played on 5/15/10 7. 17/Kings of Leon (3) - last played on 9/2/12 8. How To Hang A Warhol/Little Joy (6) - last played on 4/7/13 9. Whatever (Folk Song In C)/Elliott Smith (3) - last played on 11/12/12 10. Crazytown/Aimee Mann (17) - last played on 1/17/13

Today's number brought to mind the theme song from 3-2-1 Contac t. Anyone else used to watch that show? 1. The Dance of the Hours/The Clientele (6) - last played on 12/31/12 2. No Man Shall/A.A. Bondy (5) - last played on 11/18/12 3. Stuck Between Stations/The Hold Steady (6) - last played on 3/17/13 4. Dawned On Me/Wilco (4) - last played on 9/29/12 5. The Queen of Lower Chelsea/The Gaslight Anthem (12) - last played on 8/20/12 6. My Mind Is Ramblin'/The Black Keys (2) - last played on 4/11/10 7. Painted Faces and Long Hair/The Orwells (6) - last played on 12/20/12 8. Oceans In The Way/Dinosaur Jr. (13) - last played on 8/12/12 9. Now I'm Learning to Love the War/Father John Misty (12) - last played 1/23/13 10. 7/4 (Shoreline)/Broken Social Scene (7) - last played on 6/17/12

At this point, I'm almost completely digital when it comes to music. Yes, I did buy a handful of CDs this year but I don't expect to anymore going forward. While I do still play CDs in the car, I will just as often plug in my iPhone and listen to a podcast or an album I have only in mp3 format. I was also able to listen to a wider variety of music this year thanks to Spotify. Here's what I liked the most... 1. Ben Kweller/Go Fly A Kite - This is an album I've seen on exactly no best-of lists but it's the album I listened to the most this year and with good reason - it's full of great power pop. It's the album I was hoping for after his self-titled album back in 2006 ( Changing Horses , while good, didn't quite fulfill that need). It has 11 songs that are a ton of fun to sing along to and I sang along plenty. 2. The Shins/Port of Morrow - A lot of critics shrugged their shoulders at this album but I think it's more a case of group critical backl...