My Name Is Shuffle, iTunes Shuffle

I Meant To - Brad Cotter  (Patient Man) VIDEO

I Miss Me - Brad Cotter (Patient Man)

Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash  (The Clash: The Singles)

Anything, Anything - Dramarama (Cinema Verite)

Cinder and Smoke - Iron & Wine (Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) 

Glorified G - Pearl Jam  (Vs.)

Tonight is the Night I fell Asleep at the Wheel (w/ Hidden Sun)- Barenaked Ladies  (Maroon)

The Symphony of Blasé - Anberlin   (Never Take Friendship Personal)

Champagne High - Sister Hazel (Fortress)

Shut Your Eyes - Snow Patrol  (Eyes Open)

Well, you might be asking yourself who the hell Brad Cotter is.  He won season 2 of Nashville Star.  Yep.  I watched Countrified Idol for at least the first three seasons.  It really was not bad and they were all real artists who actually played instruments and wrote their own music and lyrics, so in a way it was better than Idol.  However, the ratings have never been great for it and I don't think even the move from USA to NBC has helped.  What can you do?  Anyway, two days in a row with BNL.  Strange.  

My Shuffle Is Better Than Your Shuffle

Wait for You - Elliott Yamin  (Elliott Yamin)

Naked As We Came - Iron & Wine  (Live Session (iTunes Exclusive)

So Low - Self  (Subliminal Plastic Motives)

Divine Intervention -Taking Back Sunday  (Louder Now)

Daylight - Better Than Ezra  (Before the Robots)

Got Me Wrong - Alice In Chains  (The Essential Alice in Chains)

Tonight is the Night I fell Asleep at the Wheel - Barenaked Ladies  (Maroon)

Different Names For The Same Thing - Death Cab For Cutie  (Plans)

Just Like Heaven - The Cure  (Rhino Hi-Five: The Cure)

A Long December - Counting Crows  (Recovering The Satellites)

Yep, there an American Idol Castoff in there.  Watta Ya Gonna Do 'Bout It?  It is a catchy song and he sings it well.  However, if you have never heard Tonight is the Night I Fell Asleep at the Wheel. The music for the song almost sounds like circus music, but ultimately it is a very sad and sweet love song.  I could not find a good version online, but here is one from youtube that 

does not suck too hard. The guy lip synching is creep so just scroll down or minimize.

Do It Alone - Sugarcult  (Lights Out)

Stars and Boulevards (Live) - Augustana (All the Stars and Boulevards)

Break Your Heart  - Barenaked Ladies  (Born on a Pirate Ship)

There She Goes - The La's (The La's)

Dizzy - Jimmy Eat World   (Chase This Light)

Automatic - Collapsis  (Dirty Wake)

Got You (Where I Want You) - The Flys (Holiday Man)

The Sharing Song - Jack Johnson  (Sing-a-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George)

Under the Milky Way - The Church  (Starfish)

I Will Wait - Hootie & The Blowfish  (Musical Chairs)

We Be Shufflin' and Some Lyrics!

So Kid_Lysol guessed correctly that Elderly Woman Behind A Counter In A Small Town is my favorite Pearl Jam song. My favorite lyric is "Memories like finger prints are slowly raising". What a great simile. So I decided to post the lyrics and a link to a decent You Tube video of it. My shuffle songs for the day are at the end. Cheers!

I seem to recognize your face

Haunting, familiar, yet I can't seem to place it

Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name

Lifetimes are catching up with me

All these changes taking place, I wish I'd seen the place

But no one's ever taken me

Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...

Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...

I swear I recognize your breath

Memories like fingerprints are slowly raising

Me, you wouldn't recall, for I'm not my former

It's hard when, you're stuck upon the shelf

I changed by not changing at all, small town predicts my fate

Perhaps that's what no one wants to see

I just want to scream...hello...

My God its been so long, never dreamed you'd return

But now here you are, and here I am

Hearts and thoughts they fade...away...

Hearts and thoughts they fade...away...

Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away...

Hearts and thoughts they fade...

Steal My Kisses - Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals (Burn to Shine)
Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Live Session)
Forever for Tonight - Blessid Union of Souls (Home)
Pictures of You - The Cure (Show (Live))
Feeling Lucky - Jimmy Eat World (Chase This Light)
Acoustic #3 - Goo Goo Dolls (Live In Buffalo - July 4th, 2004)
Be Be Your Love - Rachael Yamagata (KCRW Sessions: Rachael Yamagata - EP)
Someday Someway - Marshall Crenshaw (The 9 Volt Years: Battery Powered Home Demos & Curios)
Always Love - Nada Surf (KEXP Acoustic Session - Live At the Triple Door)
Crying (Duet With k.d. lang) - Roy Orbison (The Very Best Of Roy Orbison)

"Forever for Tonight" is by far my favorite pick of the bunch. It is a great love song that if you have ever been in a long-distance relationship will hit you hard. It was one of Audra and my songs before I moved from Memphis to Las Vegas. Here it is on Youtube. If you have never heard it please go do so. The person set it to an Anime slideshow, so you can just minimize the window to hear how beautiful this song is.

One Mis-A-Shuffle, Two Mis-A-Shuffle

Straight to the songs today.

Should I Stay or Should I Go (LIVE) - The Clash (From Here to Eternity)
Stuff Is Messed Up - The Offspring (Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace)
Last Christmas (Studio Version)- Jimmy Eat World (Christmas EP)
Rock & Roll Queen - The Subways (Rock & Roll Queen)
Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis (Live from London - iTunes Exclusive)
Goodnight Goodnight - Hot Hot Heat (Elevator)
Tell Me Everything - Collapsis (Dirty Wake)
Wishlist- Pearl Jam (Yield)
Gone - Ben Folds (Songs for Goldfish)
Push - Matchbox Twenty (99X Live X IV "Home")

A lot of good lesser known bands today. If you have never listened to The Subways, The Fratellis, Hot Hot Heat, or Collapsis you are missing out. However, my favorite song is Wishlist from Pearl Jam. In fact, that is my second favorite Pearl Jam song. I'll give someone five bucks if they can name my favorite one in three guess or less! Go!

This Way To Shuffle

Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
We 3 - Soul Asylum
23 - Jimmy Eat World
The One I Love [Live] - R.E.M.
Stars and Boulevards (Live) - Augustana
Cautioners - Jimmy Eat World
Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
Anyone Else But Yo - The Moldy Peaches
Story Of Your Bones - Jennifer Nettles Band
Oatmeal - Jennifer Daniels

Alright, so I like this Richard Marx song. I think it takes a real man to admit that and even bigger man to laugh at that man. The Moldy Peaches is from Juno. If you have not seen that movie you need to or you are stupid.

A Review of A Wrinkle in Time

So Kid_Lysol and I have decided to start a book exchange of sorts in which we choose what the other person will read every two months and then we post a review of our respective books.  His first pick for me is "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle.  The children's or perhaps teen's novel was first published in 1962 and is part one of a quintet of novels.  It holds up pretty well for being written over 40 years ago surprisingly enough.  Of course some of the language is a bit dated as well as the sections that deal with technology, but all in all it has aged well.  Ms. L'Engle admits in the back of the novel that she had a very hard time getting this published and I must say I can see why.  I won't go into the details of the plot, if you want those just click on the link above.  The books gets very melodramatic, sappy and childish towards the end.  The dialogue becomes stunted, abrupt and seemingly forced between the characters.  The funny thing is I was really liking the book throughout most of it. It was like a ride at Six Flags that starts off slow because the ride has to take you up the hill so that you can be rushed forward at mind numbing speeds for a few minutes only to then suddenly stop with out a really great "Oh Crap" moment.  Honestly, in rethinking about the book for the review I am actually really disappointed with the entire last act of the book.  Kid_Lysol said the same thing about it ending abruptly, but it is more than just that.  The author seems to have just stopped caring towards the end.  Perhaps she begins to care in the next four books or perhaps she did not want to put too much in the first book, who knows?  I can say that this book did not make me want to read any of the other ones.  The strange thing is that it won the John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for children.  Well, this proves that every one really has there on opinion because it would not have gotten my vote.  Hell, this review, what little there is of it, kind of sucks too.  Thus, let's just get to the scale shall we? I give it a 3 out of 5.  If you want the book for yourself let me know and I will be glad to stick it in the mail for you if I still have it.  Cheers and the next review will be "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of The World" by Haruki Murakami.  I've never read a book that had to be translated from Japanese into English so this might be fun.  My wife read the summary on the back of the book and said, "I can't even tell what the hell the thing's supposed to be about."  If that is not a vote of confidence I don't know what is.

I Shuffle, Do You?

Break Your Heart - Barenaked Ladies
Ever So Sweet - The Early November
If It Were Up to Me (Live) - Rooney
On My Way (Acoustic) - Ingram Hill
The Bucket - Kings of Leon
Country Grammar (Hot...) - Nelly
Molly - Sponge
Selfless, Cold and Composed - Ben Folds Five
My Next Thirty Years - Tim McGraw
Anything, Anything - Dramarama

Looks like my iPod decided to show me just how vast my taste in music is. Nothing like hearing Nelly and then Tim McGraw. Fun times. Yep, I said fun times.

Been A Rough Week

No posts since Monday.  Like Jeenkies Yo!  I am still recovering from working all last week at both my jobs and training new employees and being a dad and this and that.  Anyway, here are today's songs and a review from the first book of the Two Brothers Book List...A Wrinkle In Time is coming tomorrow.

Here I Stand (Live) - Madina Lake

Summer House - Better Than Ezra

Cute Without the E (Cut from the Team) - Taking Back Sunday

You Get What You Give - New Radicals

Miami - Taking Back Sunday

Follow You Down - Gin Blossoms

Simply Because (Live)  - Rooney

F.N.T. - Semisonic

Sports & Wine - Ben Folds

Divine Intervention - Taking Back Sunday

iTunes is obsessed with Taking Back Sunday today apparently.  My choice though is F.N.T. by Semisonic.  Not too many people know this song from them due to the overwhelming popularity that was "Closing Time".  However, F.N.T. was their FIRST single and it actually charted pretty high.  It is a better song in my opinion and here is a link to a version of it.  Oh, F.N.T. stands for Fascinating New Thing by the way.

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Just Tonight - Jimmy Eat World

The Debt Collectors - Ben Lee

Rock & Roll Queen -The Subways

Dance, Dance Christa Paffgen - Anberlin

Questions - Jack Johnson

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson

Everything - Lifehouse

On My Way - Ingram Hill

Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle - Cake

Count on Me (Somebody) - Tonic

Pretty poor shuffle today.  I'm torn between Everything and Count on Me (Somebody).  Look 'em up and you decide.

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Witch Doctor (Classic Version) - Alvin and the Chipmunks

Flathead  - The Fratellis

Mable - Goldfinger

Nothingman - Pearl Jam

Love Song - Sara Bareilles

Ache (Demo Version) - James Carrington

Somewhere Only We Know - Keane

I Miss Me - Brad Cotter

Old Man and Me - Hootie & The Blowfish

Paralyzed (Acoustic Version) - Rock Kills Kid

Got one of Noah's song this time.  I actually don't mind it too much.  Out of all of these, I will have to go with Ache from James Carrington.  If you want a copy just email me.  It is great.  I heard it at the end of the Smallville Episode "Wither" from Season 6 and cried. 

If You Shuffle They Will Come

Green Hills Race for California - Emerson Hart

If You're Gonna Leave  - Emerson Hart

Good - Better Than Ezra

Solsbury Hill - Ingram Hill

Time Won't Let Me Go - The Bravery

Tell Her This  - Del Amitri

Fade Into You - Mazzy Star

No Right Angles - Ben Lee

Remain  - Jennifer Nettles Band

Supernova (iTunes Originals Version) - Liz Phair

Oops

So I missed yesterday's post. Darn it all to heck. It was a long day and I apologize. Here is today's list.

1. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Breaking The Girl
2. Beck - Loser
3. Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
4. Death Cab for Cutie - What Sarah Said (This one will tug at your heart)
5. Jimmy Eat World - In The Middle
6. Coldplay - Clocks
7. Foo Fighters - Walking After You
8. Violent Femmes - American Music
9. Jennifer Nettles - Story of your Bones
10. People Who Must - Been In Love

I actually love what I got this morning except for the first two. American Music is my second favorite Femmes track and People Who Must could have been a great band if they would have ever had the right management. Oh well. There music will live on forever even if their career did not.

Do The Shuffle

Better late than not at all.

Chase This Light - Jimmy Eat World

C'mon N' Ride It (The Train) - Quad City DJ's

From Where You Are - Lifehouse

Innocent  - Our Lady Peace

The Rock Show - Blink-182

Audrey, Start the Revolution - Anberlin

I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You - Tom Waits

Angels or Devils - Dishwalla

Next Year - Foo Fighters 

The Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang

Running the gambit on this one.  From straight up rap to 70's stuff from Tom Waits and then we get novelty fun with The Bad Touch.  My iPod is losing its mind.

Dealer! Shuffle 'Em Up!

Another nice toss of the dice and here we go.

1. Coldplay - Fix You
2. Offspring - Come Out and Play
3. Live - The Dolphin's Cry
4. Nirvana - Polly
5. Ben Folds - Landed
6. The Why Store - Father
7. Anberlin - Paperthin Hymn
8. The Counting Crows - Have You Seen Me Lately?
9. Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice
10. Atheneaum - Flat Tire

All about the Counting Crows. That song has some pretty special meaning to me. I am not even sure if Kid Lysol knows about this story. He might if he really thinks about it. Here are the lyrics.