This week, the iPod decides the best way to start the work week is with:

1. Elliot Smith - Strung Out Again. The whole album sits in the shadow of his suicide; it's difficult to hear the songs without thinking of it.
2. Replacements - Willpower
3. Yo La Tengo - 3 Blocks From Groove Street
4. El Cuarto de Tula - Buena Vista Social Club
5. The Cure - Descent. Yummy B-side instrumental from the Faith era.
6. The Beatles - Birthday
7. Pavement - Conduit For Sale (live). Grossly humane, and frankly, quite un-dirty.
8. The Libertines - Radio America
9. Smaller Animals - 53
10. Unrest - Food & Drink Synthsizer. meh.

And so it begins...