I've been under the weather this week, but I think I finally turned the corner today. So, I've had lots of time to catch up on some reading and listen to some music. Here are the tunes I've been listening to a lot lately.

The Somewhat Old:

"Nadine"/Chuck Berry
"Goin' Back"/Nils Lofgren
"Are You Ready for the Country"/Neil Young
"Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)"/Pat Travers Band
"Chemistry Class"/Elvis Costello
"Tenderness on the Block"/Warren Zevon
"Slipped My Disco"/The Tubes

The Kinda Old:

"Starry Eyes"/Records
"Spin The Black Circle"/Pearl Jam
"Rules and Regulations"/Public Image Ltd.
"Your Phone's Off The Hook, But You're Not"/X
"Fight The Power"/The Isley Brothers
"Don't Let's Start"/They Might Be Giants

The New:

"Song With A Mission"/The Sounds
"Woman"/Wolfmother
"Upside"/Jack Johnson
"The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"/The Flaming Lips
"La Ingrata"/Cafe Tecuba

Meal of Links

"American Idol" is so popular, why fix it? Here's how.

Can Bush fire himself? Libby says W. okayed the Plame leak. Ruh-roh.

There's a fungus among us. Haven't said that in a while. It felt good.

Exercise Yard

The NFL schedule arrived today. The Browns have insanely scheduled three home games to start at 4:00. No extra drinking there, I'm sure. And, of course, it's Christmas Eve with the Gruden Family.

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