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I don't know if it's the weather, nostalgia, or something else, but I woke up feeling like I wanted to do a Sunday Shuffle today. I barely open up iTunes anymore and haven't downloaded new music into it in a long time...which also means I haven't listened to a lot of the music I have stored there in a while. So, this is simultaneously old and new in a way and that feels interesting to me this morning. Let's get to today's ten... 1. Pulling On A Line/Great Lake Swimmers (6) - last played on 11/8/15 2. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Of/U2 (7) - last played on 5/19/13 3. Us/Spoon (4) - last played on 11/24/17 4. Meat Is Murder/Shout Out Louds (6) - last played on 12/11/16 5. Different Days/Jason Isbell (11) - last played on 6/1/17 6. Another Way I Could Do It/Sloan (34) - last played on 6/22/18 7. Wizard Buys A Hat/The Mountain Goats (8) - last played on 2/12/17 8. Decks Dark/Radiohead (8) - last played on 7/10/18 9. Luisa/Jay Gonzalez (13) - last ...

I hope everyone remembered to move their clocks ahead last night (and checked out my second Saturday Song post!). I thought I would get into the spirit of springing forward with today's shuffle, so I'm going to post the second 10 songs that come up...springing past the normal "today's ten." Why not? 11. Punch of Love/Jay Gonzalez (12) - last played on 9/27/15 12. The Government Darling/Spoon (9) - last played on 2/18/16 13. Love To A Monster/Okkervil River (13) - last played on 12/13/15 14. I Should Have Known/Foo Fighters (34) - last played on 2/19/16 15. Miss Teen Wordpower/The New Pornographers (3) - last played on 6/14/15 16. In Line/Sharon Van Etten (8) - last played on 9/1/13 17. Said The People/Dinosaur Jr. (16) - last played on 2/12/16 18. Mansions of Los Feliz/Eels (6) - last played on 1/10/16 19. Drop Me Off/Pela (5) - last played on 8/26/12 20. Just Because/Earlimart (10) - last played on 2/28/16

I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas...we certainly did! It's been a great week filled with family, food, and fun. This coming week will be much more low key, which is just fine with me. My plan is to take advantage of the time and get my year-end posts up throughout the week, so look for those. Don't forget to check out this week's songs on my Spotify playlist - direct link coming later this evening. Okay, let's get to today's ten... 1. Walking To Do/Ted Leo & The Pharmacists (14) - last played on 5/26/15 2. There's Money In New Wave/A.C. Newman (16) - last played on 4/13/14 3. Fisher of Men/M. Ward (9) - last played on 2/3/13 4. Loretta's Scars/Pavement (7) - last played on 7/14/13 5. Picture, Picture/Harvey Danger (5) - last played on 4/22/12 6. Sensitive Man/Nick Lowe (10) - last played on 1/22/15 7. Obvious Bicycle/Vampire Weekend (18) - last played on 4/24/15 8. 911/Delta Spirit (13) - last played on 10/30/14 9. Ordinary Man/Eels (6)...

Here is this month's rundown of the music I've listened to most often... Earlimart/Mentor Tormentor - I listened to this album a lot when it came out in 2007 but since I had to reconstruct my iTunes 3 years ago, I've pretty much just heard it when songs would pop up in shuffle. Not sure what led me back to it now but the soaring melodies and sharp guitar and pretty piano work all add up to a collection of songs that gets stuck in your head. Sometimes that's all you need. Jay Gonzalez/Mess of Happiness - Jay plays the keys in Drive-By Truckers but this album does not sound like that band at all. Instead, it is a prime chunk of power pop. I was turned on to the record by the track "Turning Me On," which is about thanking someone for turning them on to a song - yes, I realize it's a bit meta but it's the truth. I love how the song opens out after the lyrics come to a close, how it packs different moods into 2:43; the video is also fun. I also love ...