iPod shuffle mix for the day

"Rose Parade" - Elliott Smoth ***** (great way to kick off a rainy day)
"Maureen" - Fountains of Wayne ***
"You Are What You Love" - Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins ***
"Hi-Desert Biker Meth Lab" - Cracker *
"Family Tree" - Loretta Lynn ****
"The Naming of Things" - Andrew Bird ****
"The Politics of Time" - Minutemen ***
"Weeping Willow" - The Verve **** (another rainy day amthem)
"Stop Breaking Down Blues" - Robert Johnson *****
"Severed Hand" - Pearl Jam ***
"Price of Gas" - Bloc Party **** (borderline *****)
"Could We" - Cat Power ***
"Slowly Surely" - Jill Scott ****
"(untitled)" - DJ Shadow ***
"I Can't Stand It" - The Velvet Underground ****
"Transona Five" - Stereolab ****
"Man-Size Sextet" - PJ Harvey ****
"Soolaimon (live)" - Neil Diamond ** (sounds like Neil Diamond's love letter to Saruman) "Flux=Rad" - Pavement ****
"Window (official version)" - Fiona Apple ****