This week, the iPod starts with:

1. Fiona Apple : Criminal
2. Alison Krauss & Union Station - Pain of a Troubled Mind
3. Junior Brown - Holding Pattern. A sprawling example of extended pun as country song lyric. Even by Jr's standards, this one is impressive.
4. Wilco - Radio Cure
5. Joni Mitchell - Paved Paradise
6. Spoon - Believing is Art. We nearly always listen to Spoon when we drive to the beach. We didn't, this weekend and the iPod is making up for it now - which just makes me want to drive back to the beach. Fuck mondays.
7. Death Cab For Cutie - Information Travels Faster
8. Tortoise - Magnet Pulls Through. Just love Tortoise's first album. Sure, it's prog-rock with a different name, but it's good prog-rock.
9. Big Star - You Get What You Deserve
10. Pavement - Home

I approve.