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Let's jump right to today's ten... 1. Furr/Blitzen Trapper (10) - last played on 2/28/16 2. Blue and Gold Print/Mates Of State (8) - last played on 5/29/16 3. Country Sad Ballad Man (Live Acoustic Version)/Blur (3) - last played on 4/13/15 4. Our Love Will Still Be There/Dean & Britta (6) - last played on 5/8/16 5. Most Messed Up/Old 97s (31) - last played on 8/9/17 6. Soon After Midnight/Bob Dylan (5) - last played on 7/1/15 7. Longform/The Dodos (3) - last played on 7/14/13 8. In the Eyes of My Friends (Live)/Sugar (3) - last played on 3/1/15 9. Bright Idea/Julie Ocean (4) - last played on 11/1/14 10. 3000 Flowers/Destroyer (10) - last played on 3/26/17

I was surprised a Christmas song popped up last week on the first go-around. Will there be another one today? Only one way to find out... 1. Trophy Wife/The National (14) - last played on 3/16/16 2. Nashville/Old 97s (20) - last played on 10/21/16 3. Spidyr/The New Pornographers (7) - last played on 5/21/15 4. Look Me Over/M. Ward (7) - last played on 6/7/15 5. The Ballad of Bjorn Borg/Pernice Brothers (12) - last played on 11/15/16 6. Get Away/Yuck (14) - last played on 9/16/12 7. Liza's Earworm/Tom Adamson (10) - last played on 9/16/12 8. Oh Mississippi/Lissie (8) - last played on 4/18/15 9. Trampled Under Foot/Led Zeppelin (9) - last played on 3/23/15 10. Bar Italia/Pulp (12) - last played on 4/2/16

Life is very busy right now, so my Saturday Song idea is on hold for a while. I'll get back to it when I can. Meanwhile, I have quite a bit of schoolwork to do today, so let's get right to today's ten... 1. Ill Wills/Shout Out Louds (7) - last played on 3/14/15 2. Sunken Union Boat/John Vanderslice (5) - last played on 1/18/15 3. The Great Unknown/The Damnwells (9) - last played on 4/4/15 4. Sean/Foo Fighters (9) - last played on 3/22/16 5. Blankest Year/Nada Surf (5) - last played on 4/6/16 6. Flaming Heart/M. Ward (6) - last played on 3/20/15 7. Satanic Messiah/The Mountain Goats (6) - last played on 4/24/15 8. You Can't Help Me Now/The Both (11) - last played on 7/21/15 9. Calculating Bimbo/Belle & Sebastian (15) - last played on 1/13/15 10. Give It Time/Old 97s (15) - last played on 3/26/16

This song came to mind this week for two reasons: 1. This band, one of my favorites, has been posting pictures and video of themselves in the studio working on their 11th album this week. 2. Thursday was St. Patrick's Day and the first graders were all about hunting for leprechauns and four leaf clovers at recess. That means this week's song can be nothing other than... "Four Leaf Clover" by Old 97s Too Far To Care was not my first Old 97s album, but it was my second. I started with Fight Songs in 1999, loved it, and immediately went back to pick up TFTC , which had come out in 1997. Turned out I loved TFTC even more, to the point where it's one of my all-time favorite albums. "Four Leaf Clover" is the last song on the album and takes it out on a great note. It starts with a bit of feedback and then Philip Peeples brings in a pounding drum attack. After a strum of an electric guitar, Murry Hammond comes in with a fantastic bass line. The s...

I can't believe this is the 400th time I've done a Sunday Shuffle. I've had periods where I wandered away from the feature over the last 9 1/2 years, but I always come back. I've liked the idea of shuffle mode ever since I got a 5 CD changer in the early 1990s. I love listening to albums, of course, but it's nice to mix things up and hear songs in a different context. I've always been into stats and being able to see my play counts has been enjoyable too. It's always nice to hear that people like scrolling through my list each week, but I've always wanted to share the music. I like the Spotify affords me the opportunity to let everyone hear what I hear each Sunday morning; I hope you're enjoying listening along. In the weeks leading up to this, I've thought about announcing that I would be retiring this feature for a while. I don't like that this blog has basically become the Sunday Shuffle and I want to do some more writing. I have another...

How is it November already? Hope you all remembered to set your clocks back... 1. All Cleaned Out/Elliott Smith (5) - last played on 4/28/13 2. Alex's Song/Blur (1) - debut 3. On The Moon/A.A. Bondy (15) - last played on 1/4/15 4. The Ghost of Rockschool/Belle & Sebastian (17) - last played on 1/14/15 5. You Or Your Memory/The Mountain Goats (3) - last played on 4/8/15 6. The High Road/The Broken Bells (15) - last played on 1/19/14 7. Who You Talkin' To?/Spoon (9) - last played on 3/15/15 8. Jacqueline Susann/Pernice Brothers (17) - last played on 5/15/15 9. Restlessness/J Tillman (8) - last played on 10/25/15 10. Let's Get Drunk & Get It On/Old 97s (13) - last played on 6/14/15