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This shuffle is brought to you by the magic of falling back... 1. Northern Lights/The Bowerbirds (6) - I don't need from you a waterfall of careless praise 2. Uncovering The Old/Dr. Dog (5) - Turn it down, start it over 3. Bright Pink Bookmark/Frightened Rabbit (3) - [Instrumental] 4. If It Feels Good Do It/Sloan (3) - I can't invest my time 5. When We Were Alive/The Thermals (7) - We closed our minds, we shut our traps 6. In The Hearts Of Men/First Aid Kit (7) - In the hearts of men, in the arms of mothers 7. As Long As You Are Near Me/The Smithereens (9) - As long as you are near me I can see clearly 8. Speedbumps/Luna (3) - We were brown and we were down 9. Talking in Code/Margot & The Nuclear So & So's (3) - I gotta go and you're talking in code 10. We're An American Band/Yo La Tengo (2) - Driving in the South, the motor's on fire

Only four days of work this week, as fall break is fast approaching. I am looking forward to it. I'm also looking forward to seeing what today's ten will be... 1. Waiting On The Stairs/Pela (4) - last played on 10/14/12 2. Painter in Your Pocket/Destroyer (5) - last played on 4/29/12 3. Gone Daddy Gone/Violent Femmes (2) - last played on 8/26/12 4. Just a Star/Canasta (2) - last played on 7/11/10 5. Try Again/Big Star (11) - last played on 8/16/12 6. Vampires in Blue Dresses/Margot & The Nuclear So & So's (2) - last played on 6/6/10 7. Red Right Ankle/The Decemberists (5) - last played on 2/2/12 8. Things I Like To Do/Ben Kweller (8) - last played on 8/31/12 9. For The Birds/Earlimart (4) - last played on 8/7/11 10. To Hell & Back Again/Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan (11) - last played on 7/16/11

I watched all 12 innings of the ALCS last night and was able to get quite a bit of Telegraph Avenue read during commercials, enough so that I can finish it today. Thinking about going for a run before the rain comes in this morning too. So, let's get to today's ten... 1. La Costa Brava/Ted Leo & Pharmacists (4) - last played on 7/11/12 2. By My Car/My Morning Jacket (4) - last played on 8/13/11 3. Grace/U2 (3) - last played on 3/25/12 4. Dignity And Shame/Crooked Fingers (6) - last played on 7/8/11 5. Waves/The Twilight Singers (8) - last played on 9/16/12 6. Last Train/Mavis Staples (6) - last played on 5/8/11 7. Almsgiver/Glossary (3) - last played on 3/4/12 8. Anita/Clem Snide (15) - last played on 3/21/12 9. Susie Q/Creedence Clearwater Revival (4) - last played on 5/7/12 10. I Want to Love You in My Room/Irving (3) - last played on 1/22/12

I'd meant to get one or two other posts up this week but it obviously didn't happen. Maybe this week... 1. Little Caney/Glossary (3) - last played on 7/6/11 2. Do It Better/Imperial Teen (5) - last played on 10/23/11 3. How Long/Charles Bradley (9) - last played on 9/6/12 4. Night Falls/Cracker (3) - last played on 3/27/11 5. Sweetheart/M. Ward (10) - last played on 10/3/12 6. Empty Room/Arcade Fire (16) - last played on 9/11/12 7. Golden Dunes/The Budos Band (9) - last played on 8/5/12 8. Under the Westway/Blur (6) - last played on 9/18/12 9. Chips and Dip/Spoon (5) - last played on 7/8/11 10. A Sentence Of Sorts In Kongsvinger/Of Montreal (3) - last played on 8/10/11

We went to see Looper last night and while I liked it, I'm not quite ready to write about it yet. The good news is that there is a loooong article about the movie by Film Crit Hulk , who is one of my favorite internet presences. He talks not only about the movie but all sorts of issues in the film industry as well as about and to the people who made the movie. It is well worth reading; you can find it here . I made the mistake of not recording the Louie season finale at its regular time the other night so as to have TV flexibility. While that should not have been a problem, the subsequent re-airs were not quite at the times FX promised and the DVR didn't get the whole show. So far, it's not on demand yet either. Regardless, Todd VanDerWerff wrote a smart "For Our Consideration" piece a few days ago about the revolutionary the show is; read it here . Finally, I mentioned in a recent post that I'd started watching Cheers on Netflix a few weeks ago. It tu...

I can't believe I've done this 300 times stretching back over six years. I've given thought to changing things up a bit but I don't know that I could - it's such an ingrained part of my Sunday morning. So, we'll see what the future brings. Before I get to today's ten, I want to look back at the history of Sunday Shuffle... #1 - Aug. 27, 2006 #50 - Aug. 19, 2007 #100 - July 27, 2008 #150 - Sept. 9, 2009 #200 - Oct. 17, 2010 #250 - Oct. 16, 2011 Thanks to everyone who takes a look at what I listen to every Sunday morning! 1. How Far We've Come/Dawes (11) - Stars that shine away from me 2. Wire/U2 (2) - Innocent and in a sense I am 3. Electrical Storm/Joseph Arthur (2) - How do you live 4. Sad, Sad Song/M. Ward (3) - Oh, I went to the doctor 5. Bang Bang Rock & Roll/Art Brut (7) - Bang bang rock and roll 6. Funtimes in Babylon/Father John Misty (7) - Fun times in Babylon, that's what I'm counting on 7. Fat/Archers of Loaf (9) - ...

My pop culture consumption has slowed considerably over the past few weeks, what with school in full swing and swimming lessons running once again plus football games (my son is in the marching band this year) and the Popcorn Festival. Obviously, I haven't been talking about what I've managed to consume so I thought I'd do some quick hits here... FOUR SIXTHS I finally bought a copy of the 4th volume of Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four run, which is titled "Three" because one of the FF dies within. Now this is a story I've known the outcome of for quite a while but that didn't change how much I enjoyed these issues. Hickman's character work is strong, not just with the FF but others who are pulled into the story, from the arrogance and confident flirting of Namor to the enigmatic Galactus and the fearful but dangerous Doom. The issue where Ben Grimm takes the potion the kids of the Future Foundation created to help him return to human form was...