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Random Ten
I - "Around the Sun" by REM. I've been listening to this CD for about a week or so. It's billed "political" and REM is somewhere to the left of Nader, but the songs are easily transferrable to non-political points. If this CD was attempted to convert me, it failed. If it was supposed to entertain me, it has definitely succeeded.

II - "Wildflowers" by Tom Petty. Eel and I had a discussion about this CD yesterday. I told here there were two songs I didn't care for on the CD and she guessed them right off the bat. Good CD, though.

III - "Forever Blue" by Chris Isaak. The best heartbroken CD ever. Thirteen tracks of emotional pain and turmoil with different surrounding stories yet a fluid commonality between them. The best thing about this album may be the written love letter behind the CD-tray in the jewel case. It's remarkable in its incomprehensibility-yet-unrelenting-honesty.

IV - "Suburban Legends" by Phil Pritchett. This was the CD that got me started on P2 and, by extention, Texas Country music. What initially caught my attention about this CD was how there were comparitively so few love songs on it. One of the first CDs I ever got that was actually about life.

V - "Remain" by The Great Divide. This ironically titled CD was the last one released by Mike McClure and The Great Divide before they broke up.

VI - "Bad Man" by Wayne Mills. I was very, very, very drunk when I bought this CD. Either that unduly influenced by judgment or Mills is an infinitely better live musician than he is on CD. I've listened to this CD twice since I got it.

VII - "History for Sale" by Blue October. Rumor has it that this CD is full of songs that BO wanted to release with their previous CD, "Consent to Treatment," but their record label wouldn't allow. Ironically, right after the release of HFS, Universal resigned them and re-released the CD (which they'd previously put out on a small label).

VIII - "Truckstop Diaries" by Jason Boland. My first Texas Country CD, though Boland is an Oklahoman, so I'm not sure it counds.

IX - "Uneasy" by Macon Greyson. My recent introduction to traditional alt.country (Uncle Tupelo, Jayhawks, etc.)

X - "Song Sung and Played on Guitar" by Bob Schneider. Possibly the best accoustic CD I have ever heard.

1. What is the total amount of music files on your computer?
About 25GB, I think.

2. The last CD you bought is:
"Bandwagon" by 1100 Springs
"Rollercoaster" by Randy Rogers
"Blue Cadallac" by Houston Marchman

3. What is the song you last listened to before this message?
"Leaving New York" by REM

4. Five songs you often listen to or that mean a lot to you.

I - "Why Do I" by Ken Beirschbach. An obscure song by an obscure musician from Maine, but a combination of the revolving lyrics, the haunting sound, and bongo drums make it a very unique experience.

II - "Insanity & Texas" by Dub Miller. Sometimes I'm not the man I would like to be.

III - "Time Equals Distance" by Phil Pritchett. Whenever I hear this song, I say a prayer for a departed friend.

IV - "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds (sans-Five). To the extent that Eel and I have a song, this is it.

V - "Shame" by Matchbox Twenty. One of the lesser-known songs from their debut CD, I feel this way any time a relationship or promising potential relationship goes awry.

5. Who are you gonna pass this stick to (three persons and why)?
Only two, Jay and Adam, because they're both lack things to blog about.