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Ran into some disaster this morning, but here's what came up first:Motor Away - Guided By VoicesOnly Shallow - My Bloody ValentineNice Dream - RadioheadMason City - Fiery FurnacesSonny - PaloaltoThen I ran out of juice. Apparently it had been a while since I powered up the old iPod, and now, ...

After three straight days of driving 50 miles in traffic back and forth to the suburbs for training (teaching this week after attending last week), I was finally back on the train this morning. You SoCalers who drive every day don't realize how nice it is to live close to reliable and clean ...

Back from training and back on the train. Here's today's lineup:Human Being - the Beta BandBallad of the Lonely Argonaut - BeulahBye Bye Badman - the Stone RosesEx-Girl Collection - the WrensThings Are Getting Better - the High DialsLay - the PeelsTin Pan Alley - the Apples in Stereo9-9 - ...

Happy Berlin Wall day. My brother was actually there in Berlin when it all happened, just by chance. He was studying in Heidelberg and had made a weekend trip to Berlin and ended up in the middle of everything. I still have a piece of the wall in my apartment.On a programming side, this bit will ...

Let's get to it:Break Me Gently - DovesThe Tourist - RadioheadMisty Mountain Hop - Led ZeppelinShow Me Mary - Catherine WheelBad - U2Seen the Light - SupergrassOntario - the PosiesModern Love (David Bowie Cover) - the Last Town ChorusLots of British stuff today until the Posies came in and broke ...

Today's random commuter music:What the World is Waiting For - the Stone RosesTestimony - Grant Lee BuffaloWaking Up Tired - the Hoodoo GurusIn Between Days - the CureGoing Down - the Stone RosesGenerals and Majors - XTCJean - Billy Bragg (cover of the Smiths B-Side)Fight - Art Brutthe Commuter - ...

Here's today's commuting music:Tornado Alley - Viva VoceStreethawk I - DestroyerM79 - Vampire WeekendBig Sur - The ThrillsM62 Song - DovesLow - CrackerEmpty - MetricAin't That Enough - Teenage FanclubThe State I Am In - Belle and SebastianTwo things stand out today. After yesterday's sausage ...

See yesterday's post for details. Here's today's stuff:Good Weekend - Art Brut303 - Kula ShakerGive 'Em All a Big Fat Lip - the WhigsTimorous Me - Ted Leo and the PharmacistsEvil - InterpolGoing to Hell - Brian Jonestown MassacreMary Anne - Spacemen 3The Holy Ground - the High DialsThe Ballad of ...

In order to keep from totally ignoring this blog, I've decided that I'm starting a new series which will no doubt bore the crap out of everyone who stumbles by, but oh well. A little background: I have roughly 7,600 songs on my iPod, 99% of which are from albums I've either purchased and ripped ...

If in the biggest inning of the biggest game of your season, you allow two runs without the other team getting one hit, you don't deserve to even be in the post-season, let alone the World Series.