Loretta Lynn – Mrs. Leroy Brown
Martha Wainwright – Alexandria
The Monkees – Tell Me Love
Helium – XXX
Norah Jones – Waiting
The Flirtations – Nothing But a Heartache
Phantogram – Destroyer
Liam Finn – Gather to the Chapel
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Honeybear
Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent
The Beach Boys – Let’s Go Away for…

I first heard them when they opened up for Depeche Mode on the World Violation tour, and they were great live. I listened Showtime quite a bit after that. Also loved the songs McCarthy sang on Alan Wilder's Recoil albums.

The second that popped up in my shuffle, I thought Dikachu will be pleased!

Just finished A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, which I loved. Great characters, interesting world building, magic stuff. I've since started on the sequel, A Gathering of Shadows, which I'm also enjoying.

Neneh!

Still in a 90s mood, so let’s do this.

And for this week’s shuffle, a shuffle of my 90s playlist!

God, how I laughed in Untucked when Alexis said she took being thrown under the bus as a compliment, because they were recognizing her as "fierce competition".

Nice!

I was fairly disappointed in Boys For Pele at the time, though I appreciate it more now, so to me Choirgirl was like a return to form, and I looooooooved it.

Man, I love Liquid Diamonds so much.

I finally got around to creating a couple of playlists on my player, one 80s and one 90s. So here’s my 80s shuffle. Next week, the 90s!

Ida – Man in Mind
Iron & Wine – Your Sly Smile
Lesley Gore – Brink of Disaster
The English Beat – Sole Salvation
Depeche Mode – It Doesn’t Matter
The Andrews Sisters – Shoo-Shoo Baby
Joseph Arthur – Mystic Sister
Milk ‘n’ Cookies – Broken Melody
Stereolab – Wow and Flutter
The Sea and Cake – Down in the City
Depeche Mode –…

Charlie knew the words, which is important in a lip sync.

Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley – The Uke Song
R.E.M. – Pretty Persuasion
SPC ECO – Like It Is
St. Vincent – Human Racing
Ruby Throat – Salto Angel
David Bowie [under the name Davy Jones & The Lower Third] – You’ve Got a Habit of Leaving
Woven Bones – If You’re Gold, I’m Gone
Michael Penn – Out of My Hand
Chris Isaak – She’s…

Stupid work responsibilities making me late to the party…

Starlets – I Sold My Heart to the Junkman
The Puppini Sisters – Sisters
Rasputina – Christian Soldiers
Olivia Newton-John – Changes
ESG – Come Away
The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever
R.E.M. – I Remember California
Child Bite – Save Your Scream [listened to half, then skipped the rest]
Pretty Girls Make Graves – This is…

Yeah, I found that to be super self-centered and disrespectful. Farrah should have just walked away anyway, but she's apparently too nice.

Nice! I've got that version too. She's really great live. When I saw her at First Avenue, Neil briefly came out to watch her and stood right in front of me, and I internally flipped out but didn't bother him.

Map of Tasmania is so fun.