Kicking it off in shuffle form for this week, complete with new nicknames, is T-bones Josh:
Weehee, get ready for it, here it comes.

1. Elton John - Daniel

I heart this song something fierce. The first time I liked this song, though, was the first time I saw Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Scorsese uses it in a scene when Alice and her son are driving and it just caught my ear. Great lyrics, kind of sappy production but ya know, it's EJ. Top notch track.

2. Yo La Tengo - Mr. Tough

Oh baby, a Motown shakedown from the guys and gal of I've Got It! Great little jumping piano and horns, makes me want to shake my booty. They played this live when we saw them weeks ago, and they kicked it out there too. I got nothing bad to say about this one, this is one I can dance to, and I'm a whore for a good horn section.

3. Pharcyde - Moment In Time

Kind of a weak track. I love the Pharcyde, and Dilla contributes a lot of beats to this album, but this is one of the throwaway songs. Still love the Pharcyde though.

4. Outkast - Dyin' To Live

We know of my love for the Kast. That being said, Idlewild was a really weak effort. Almost like an album of b-sides and stuff picked up off the cutting room floor. This track isn't bad, though, a 3000 effort, just piano and some backing vocals.

5. The Beatles - Don't Pass Me By

LOVE this song. Ringo is a beast. The production is fantastic, sounds like jangly acid country. Like a slew of drunken possums playing bluegrass, smacked on moonshine and chewing tobacco. Ringo is the Captain of my dreamboat.

6. Dr. John - Such A Night (Rehearsal)

This is from The Last Waltz, and it's great. Little known to most people, but Dr. John actually had some really daring kickass drugged out music. A lot of his stuff is crapshit, but he had some good stuff. And hey, if The Band likes him he must be good. And The Band handles the vocals on the chorus and man does it sound kickass. A song from the greatest concert film of all time. How can you go wrong?

7. Blueprint - Trouble On My Mind

Blueprint is a cool dude. Good producer, great rapper. He's also one half of Soul Position with RJD2. This track is nice, has a good thumping beat and some rock guitar thrown in there. Kickin it up after the slow stumble of Such A Night.

8. The Perceptionists - 5 O' Clock ft. Phonte of Little Brother

Great transition. I like the Perceptionists, anything with Mr. Lif is good. And Phonte is a great lyricist. Nice little beat too, swirling guitars, steady drums. I could get up and crip walk to this, but I don't want to offend any Bloods that may work here.

9. John Lennon - Watching The Wheels (Acoustic)

Beautiful. The master, just on his guitar, playing this song as beautifully as it can be done. It gets no better.

10. DJ Shadow - Humpty Dump

This is a CD Shadow did with Cut Chemist where they took a bunch of old funk and soul breaks and mixed them together. Really cool, Cut Chemist's side is much better though.

There it is, my try for Shuffle of the day, not a bad contender...(ed. note- "not a bad contender" hell, we declared him the winner, good job T-bones!)

Ribeye Chriz!
1. The Rolling Stones - Factory Girl: Wow, what an excellent start to this week's shuffle-rama. The Stones began their classic run with this album. This is such a great song. Very folk/traditional. Makes me want to drink in a pub.

2. Rufas Wainwright - Waiting For A Dream: I don't know this song. But the transition between this and The Stones is fantastic! Very cool song.

3. Josh Ritter - Monster Ballads: I only have three of four of Ritter's songs, but I love them all. Doesn't that warrant an album purchase? I think it does. This is fantastic song. Organ, piano, drums... and vocal.

1. The Rolling Stones - Factory Girl: Wow, what an excellent start to this week's shuffle-rama. The Stones began their classic run with this album. This is such a great song. Very folk/traditional. Makes me want to drink in a pub.

2. Rufas Wainwright - Waiting For A Dream: I don't know this song. But the transition between this and The Stones is fantastic! Very cool song.

3. Josh Ritter - Monster Ballads: I only have three of four of Ritter's songs, but I love them all. Doesn't that warrant an album purchase? I think it does. This is fantastic song. Organ, piano, drums... and vocal.

1. The Rolling Stones - Factory Girl: Wow, what an excellent start to this week's shuffle-rama. The Stones began their classic run with this album. This is such a great song. Very folk/traditional. Makes me want to drink in a pub.

2. Rufas Wainwright - Waiting For A Dream: I don't know this song. But the transition between this and The Stones is fantastic! Very cool song.

3. Josh Ritter - Monster Ballads: I only have three of four of Ritter's songs, but I love them all. Doesn't that warrant an album purchase? I think it does. This is fantastic song. Organ, piano, drums... and vocal.

4. John Mellencamp - Authority Song: Yes, we all know I love the Coug. This track, from Uh Huh! just rocks and is one of his best early singles.

5. Bon Jovi - In and Out of Love: Early cheese from The New Jersey Syndicate. My shuffle has been sabotaged.

6. Frank Black - Holland Town: From the new double-album. It's growing on me...

7. The Rolling Stones - 100 Years Ago: I love this song. One of the highlights from the underrated Goats Head Soup. It contains a great solo that reminds me of something Slash would do years later for GNR.

8: Sufjan Stevens - Praire Fire That Wanders About: When critics all swooned over this album a couple of years ago, I didn't get it. I do now. 'Nuff said.

9. Walkmen - Emma, Get Me A Lemon: Really cool transition. Great new band. This album will forever remind me of driving the back roads of C'Ville with Josh in his Volvo.

10. Damien Rice - The Animals Were Gone: From his latest album. Not too bad. He is kind of hit or miss for me... but he can write a moving number.

Final Thoughts: Mellencamp and Bon Jovi bring down this shuffle. Two Rolling Stone songs don't help, but they also don't hinder. Much better than last week. Next week, expect a stellar return to form (just after my IPod receives a Bon Jovi lobotomy).

Quake in Fear fellow crusaders, my shuffle is here!-Sirloin Jon!
1. Call An Ambulance- Albert Hammond, Jr.
I so heart this album by the Strokes guitarist, sweet upbeat rippers that the Strokes should be making themselves. This one is a little more syrupy, and is actually one of the weaker tracks on the album, but I still enjoy it.
2. In Love With The Moula- Mobb Deep
Cool beat to this, great sample, and why not make that woman=money comparison, because most of the time I’d take the greenbacks too. I won’t pretend to really be able to be able to talk about most of rap, but this is cool.
3. Mama Said- Metallica
Um, transition much? This always sounds like a comparison piece to “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” to me, which based on your mindset is not necessarily a bad thing. God, this shuffle is not starting strong.
4. # Nine- Company Flow
Interesting little instrumental, ambient music, I needed that to clear my system, short and to the point.
5. 1000BPM- Beck
Now this is what I need, and finally a good transition(what the hell has my pod been thinking? Are we not as close as I thought?), this song is hard, blamming beats, give it to me Becky! This is one of my favorites from The Information, it just brings the pain.
6. Feel Good Hit Of The Summer- Queens Of The Stone Age
I just start twitching when this song comes on-wow, what a hit!!!!!! I love Queens so much, and this is just hardcore stuff. I have tried all of these except maybe Vicodin, but maybe I had that in the hospital one time, and I think I’m sticking to a little nicotine and a lot of alcohol for now, thanks josh h. Still great use of the John Carpenter piano riff and homme’s growl.
7. Monkberry Moon Delight- Paul McCartney
This was seem like a really weird jump, but you know this uses piano and Paul is yelling at ya, so I’ll take it. My head is bouncing back and forth. The lyrics make no sense at all, but its Ram and its macca so its great!
8. Christmas Time Is Here- Vince Guaraldi
Okay, its not Christmas at all, but suck on it, this song is good anytime of the year. This is an alltime classic and Vince is a GOD! I had this old guy tell me one time that he knew him and what a pimp he was, since Vince was a Catholic he couldn’t get divorced so he would just sleep with all kinds of young honeys since he was so famous-NICE!
9. Kicking Television- Wilco
Alright, I will admit I had never heard this Wilco song until the live version of it came out last year (and I’m a big fan, for shame), but I love it now that I know it. It really rocks out, and Tweedy and the boys need some simple jamming out sometimes. Cool lyrics too, I’m down with it.
10. Kobe and Michael Jackson- Dave Chappelle
Before Chappelle cracked he was the number one dude out there. He does a great job of expressing himself, you can see him doing his stuff by just listening. “C’mon kid, you’re 10 years old, you don’t even remember Thriller, why does he want to meet Michael Jackson?” He makes sense, and its hilarious.

Okay, this is all over the place, but I enjoyed it.