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This is the last Sunday Shuffle of my 30s, as my 40th birthday is on Tuesday. I'm also on spring break from the day job but I have a paper due today and one tomorrow for college, plus some final papers looming. So, I'll stop rambling and we can get to the music... 1. Blue Beard/Band of Horses (13) 2. Time Will Tell/The Black Crowes (3) 3. Leftovers/Jarvis Cocker (2) 4. Rainy Days and Mondays/Cracker (1) 5. Agony of Lafitte/Spoon (7) 6. Good/Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit (2) 7. Wasted Hours/Arcade Fire (11) 8. I Keep Coming Back/The Afghan Whigs (9) 9. Wedding Day/Alejandro Escovedo (3) 10. Living In Debt/The Henry Clay People (6)

There will be a "Week In Comics" post in the near future and I have an idea for a long series of posts, so maybe more content in the future. For now, though, let's get to today's ten... 1. Cato As A Pun/Of Montreal (2) 2. One, Two...One/Say Hi (2) 3. I'll Write the Song, You Sing For Me/Irving (1) 4. 3000 Flowers/Destroyer (1) 5. More Stars Than There Are In Heaven/Yo La Tengo (3) 6. October/Broken Bells (5) 7. Let's Go/The Cars (1) 8. European Oils/Destroyer (2) 9. Sleep All Summer/Crooked Fingers (7) 10. Tokyo/Telekinesis (5)

I hope everyone remembered to move their clocks ahead last night, as we move into Daylight Savings Time (which lasts much longer than Standard time). Not much else to say and lots to do today, so we'll just go straight to the music... 1. Mightiest of Guns/A.A. Bondy (3) 2. My Sweet Lord/Yim Yames (5) 3. Rust/Telekinesis (5) 4. Bad/U2 (1) 5. Jr's Bag of Tricks/Warren Zanes (3) 6. Rubidoux w/Simon Vs. The Gospels/Cold War Kids (3) 7. Down By The Water/The Decemberists (7) 8. Answers & Questions/Earlimart (5) 9. Kicker of Elves/Guided By Voices (4) 10. Stormy Weather/Reigning Sound (3)

This was a small week for me, though I augmented it with a couple issues I picked up on sale. Next week looks to be a big one, so keeping an eye on the budget was a necessity. Still, there were good comics to be read... Secret Six #31 - It appears I'm becoming a regular reader of this book, as this is the third issue in a row I've picked up (and the first that doesn't cross over with another title). The issue starts out on a humorous note with an ad for the team that includes King Shark's contributions being described as "biting and chewing" and a complaint about the name of the group that actually has eight members. From there things get more serious and a lot more creepy. Apparently the group got a "Get Out of Hell Free"card at some point and more than one member wants to use it. Plus, Scandal's girlfriend has a hot sauce-loving stalker. I'm going to stick around. Superboy #4 - This has been in my file for a few weeks and I used the quiet ...

I'm on the first of two spring breaks this week. This means I have to go to work but not to classes, though I do have school work to do. My hope is that I will get a few posts up that aren't this or The Week in Comics. We'll see. For now, let's get to the music... 1. Dressy/Reigning Sound (1) 2. I've Gotta Try/Sloan (3) 3. I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll/Gillian Welch (2) 4. Rue De Lis/The Essex Green (4) 5. Bushwick Blues/Delta Spirit (12) 6. Rampage/Blair (6) 7. Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 1/My Morning Jacket (7) 8. All My Love/American Music Club (2) 9. My Pretend/Apples In Stereo (3) 10. Everybody Gets One For Free/Cracker (1)

I actually bought comics the week before last, just a couple because I wanted more money to drop into the account before I spent a lot. Instead I dropped with illness and never made it back to the comics shop. So, here are some thoughts about those... Legion of Super-Heroes #10 - If nothing else, I like this issue for its use of the Legion Espionage Squad (in this case, Phantom Girl, Chameleon Boy, and Chameleon Girl). They are investigating the Durlan situation that this title has been involved in since its return. Throw in some smug Brainy as acting leader until Mon-El comes back, some Ultra Boy/Wildfire action, and Dawnstar coming out of her coma and you have a solid issue. Amazing Spider-Man #654.1 - I can't remember the last time I bought an issue of this book - something that Marcos Martin drew, I think. This issue is one of the "Point One" jumping-on issues Marvel is doing this year and I'd heard Dan Slott talking about it on iFanboy's Don't Miss podc...

February has definitely been a month to forget for me. Last weekend I caught the illness sweeping through the school and was down for the count for the whole of my four day weekend. I even had to take a day off on Thursday to try and recover. So, not posts for the last couple of weeks. I'm hopeful that March is a much better month but enough of that - let's get to some music! 1. Got To Get You Into My Life/The Beatles (4) 2. Queen of Eyes/The Soft Boys (2) 3. Stick Up For Me/Reigning Sound (2) 4. The Beginning After The End/Stars (2) 5. Summer Romance/The Redwalls (3) 6. Wild Honey/U2 (2) 7. From/Dr. Dog (3) 8. Mexican Standoff/Elbow (1) 9. Sweetest Kill/Broken Social Scene (4) 10. Teen Angel/Dean & Britta (3)