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I'm ready to put this feature on hiatus for a while, but I didn't want to end on #474 for now, which means I'm bringing back the "double issue" for today. The previous one was on Dec. 18 of last year. Normally, I do 20 songs on these editions, but since it's going away for a while, let's bump it to 25 today. Why not? 1. Price Tag/Sleater-Kinney (17) - last played on 3/24/17 2. The Indie Queens Are Waiting/Dan Mangan (5) - last played on 5/26/15 3. Ain't That Enough/Teenage Fanclub (31) - last played on 7/30/17 4. Dead Smile/Matthew Sweet (6) - last played on 9/10/17 5. Don't Need You/Alejandro Escovedo (4) - last played on 6/30/13 6. Jackson Cage (live)/Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (2) - last played on 1/25/16 7. Beast/Ex Hex (20) - last played on 8/3/17 8. Be Good/Tokyo Police Club (8) - last played on 11/3/16 9. Accidental Life/Teenage Fanclub (15) - last played on 11/24/17 10. The Good That Won't Come Out/Rilo Kiley (...

Hard to believe I'm typing this on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. The weather has certainly turned in the past couple days, so it does feel more Thanksgiving-like that way. I'm excited to have the week off from my TTT course and to have only a two day week at school. Some family is already here and more will be arriving. I hope everyone has a fantastic holiday week! Let's get to today's ten... 1. Rox In The Box/The Decemeberists (18) - last played on 3/13/16 2. Scythian Empires/Andrew Bird (10) - last played on 8/7/16 3. Rock On/T. Rex (11) - last played on 2/7/16 4. The House That Heaven Built/Japandroids (22) - last played on 11/9/16 5. Can You Tell/Ra Ra Riot (4) - last played on 1/11/15 6. Harvey Haddix/The Baseball Project (5) - last played on 2/12/12 7. Rise To Me/The Decemberists (17) - last played on 5/24/15 8. No You're Not/Spoon (17) - last played on 8/13/16 9. Andiamo/The Twilight Singers (5) - last played on 6/30/13 10. My Heartbeat's D...

I hope everyone is enjoying the 3 day weekend. After my 5 mile run yesterday morning, I spent most of my time reading a book, listening to music, watching TV on the internet and baseball on the TV. Oh, and I took a nice long nap. Today I'll need to do some chores but hope to incorporate everything else from yesterday and then repeat tomorrow. Anyway, let's get to today's ten... 1. Be Mine/Alabama Shakes (11) - last played on 11/9/13 2. Back To The Life/Spoon (2) - last played on 3/23/15 3. Gimme Back My Dog/Slobberbone (5) - last played on 4/9/15 4. I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll/Gillian Welch (5) - last played on 1/11/15 5. Default/Atoms For Peace (7) - last played on 12/5/13 6. Evil's Sway/Japandroids (15) - last played on 8/2/14 7. Country Mile/Camera Obscura (7) - last played on 7/31/14 8. Lady On the Water/Blitzen Trapper (5) - last played on 2/24/13 9. I've Just Seen A Face/The Beatles (5) - last played on 10/21/12 10. For Emma/Bon Iver (9) - las...

This morning I woke up and felt like doing a Sunday Shuffle, so here we go... 1. On Your Own (Live Acoustic Version)/Blur (1) - Debut! 2. Beetlebum/Blur (3) - last played on 1/10/13 3. On the Way Back Home/Lucero (1) - hasn't been played since before spring 2010 4. The Look of Flowers That Are Looked at/Irving (4) - last played on 1/29/12 5. I Left U Cuz I Luft U/Admiral Radley (6) - last played on 6/7/12 6. Fire's Highway/Japandroids (12) - last played on 1/1/13 7. Quantum Theory/Jarvis Cocker (3) - last played on 8/7/12 8. Secret Session/Portastatic (3) - last played on 8/12/11 9. Paranoid Trails/Higgins (7) - last played on 12/30/12 10. Radio Bar/Fountains of Wayne (16) - last played on 12/29/12

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...

I hope to get back to some non-shuffle content this week, though tomorrow is quite busy. We'll see. Meanwhile, it is December, which means that any Christmas music that pops up will be included for the next few weeks. Let's see if any does... 1. Terrible Love/The National (19) - It's a terrible love and walking with spiders 2. Sick Priest Learns to Last Forever/Destroyer (4) - Make a mockery of the courts 3. Woods/The Rosebuds (8) - Ceramic lights, is this television 4. Some Boys/Death Cab For Cutie (12) - Some boys are filling, some boys are filling the hole 5. Dead Man's Will/Iron and Wine/Calexico (4) - Give this stone to my brother 6. I Didn't Come Here To Die/Spoon (4) - All you see is the weight around my neck 7. Bartomelo And The Buzzing Of Bees/Ted Leo & The Pharmacists (14) - I know I've been distant but I feel a change comin' on 8. For The Birds/Earlimart (5) - I watch over you from above 9. Goodbye Girl/Squeeze (2) - I met her in a p...