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Before I get started on this increasingly stupid entry, everyone's been reading this, right? It's making my Fridays go much faster.

Okay, hi. I had it all planned out – I was going to tackle the Top 100 albums thing. Eventually. Okay, hi again, it’s impossible to think of my Top 100 albums. Mostly because I have very few full albums I love ("kick" is one of the few.) To work out the mind-numbing madness/boredom in my noggin- (WHY. Why, pray tell, has this week seemed to drag on ad infinitum? Why am I suddenly 79 years old?) -here’s what I did during lunch, uh, and some all of the rest of the afternoon.

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MY TOP 100 SONGS THIS AFTERNOON, in no particular order at all.

1 PAINT BY NUMBER - Self
2 LOVER YOU SHOULD HAVE COME OVER - Jeff Buckley
3 MONKEY GONE TO HEAVEN - The Pixies
4 ME & JULIAN… – !!!
5 CARROT ROPE - Pavement
6 SIX DIFFERENT WAYS – The Cure
7 THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT – The Nylons
8 HALF ACRE - Hem
9 RABBIT SONG - Goldcard
10 DEBASER- The Pixies
11 JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH - New Radicals
12 ANTHEM FOR A 17 YEAR OLD GIRL – Broken Social Scene
13 DISMEMBERMENT PLAN GETS RICH! – The Dismemberment Plan
14 FACE OF THE EARTH – The Dismemberment Plan
15 DAMN I WISH I WAS YOUR LOVER - Sophie B. Hawkins
16 BIRTHDAY - Sugarcubes
17 BLASPHEMOUS RUMORS – Depeche Mode
18 GUNS IN THE SKY - INXS
19 SPRING RELEASED – Grant Lee Phillips
20 CLOSE TO ME - The Cure
21 EVERY LITTLE COUNTS – New Order
22 GLORY - Liz Phair
23 GIRLFRIEND – Jesus & Mary Chain
24 CATTLE & THE CREEPING THINGS – The Hold Steady
25 CIGARETTES WILL KILL YOU – Ben Lee
26 LOVE WILL TEAR US APART – Joy Division
27 SEND FOR HENNY – Trash Can Sinatras
28 MARQUEE MOON - Television
29 NEED YOU AROUND – Smoking Popes
30 $300 – Soul Coughing
31 BLUE MONDAY - New Order
32 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE – The Beatles
33 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE – Happy Mondays
34 I WILL DARE - The Replacements
35 WHO DO YOU LOVE – George Thorogood and the Destroyers
36 THAT’S WHEN I REACH FOR MY REVOLVER – Mission of Burma
37 CHEMICALS - Notwist
38 EARN ENOUGH FOR US - XTC
39 WORLD EXPLODED– Bob Schneider
40 FAST CAR – Tracy Chapman
41 I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME - The Jayhawks
42 DISPLACED – Azure Ray
43 WICKED GAME - Chris Isaak
44 PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT – The Smiths
45 SO REAL – Okkervil River
46 SOUTHBOUND TO MARION – Rachel’s
47 SUN COMES UP, IT’S TUESDAY MORNING – Cowboy Junkies
48 MAGIC NUMBER – De La Soul
49 HESITATING BEAUTY – Billy Bragg & Wilco
50 PSYCHO KILLER or BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE - Talking Heads
51 FAREWELL TRANSMISSION – Songs:Ohia
52 FAME - David Bowie
53 ANGELES – Elliott Smith
54 GYROSCOPE – Dismemberment Plan
55 KRAZY WORLD – King Geedorah
56 DON'T LET'S START - They Might Be Giants
57 EVERYTHING COUNTS - Depeche Mode
58 SKELETON KEY – The Coral
59 EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYONE – Helio Sequence
60 RIGHTEOUSLY – Lucinda Williams
61 CRY, LITTLE SISTER – Gerard McMann
62 FIGHTING IN A SACK – The Shins
63 ANOTHER PEARL - Badly Drawn Boy
64 SWEET THING – Van Morrison
65 GUITAR STRINGS AND FOOLISH THINGS – Cash Brothers
66 ME & MIA – Ted Leo & Pharmacists
67 LA BREEZE - Simian
68 PURE ROCK FURY - Clutch
69 AIN’T THAT ENOUGH - Teenage Fanclub
70 FAIRLEE – Matt Pond PA
71 I’M A PRETENDER – Exploding Hearts
72 LAY LADY LAY - Bob Dylan
73 THE WEIGHT - The Band
74 ROUNDS – Four Tet
75 I DON’T KNOW WHAT I CAN SAVE YOUR FROM – Kings of Convenience
76 VICTORIA – Old 97s
77 NUTHIN BUT A G THANG – Dr. Dre
78 SO. CENTRAL RAIN - REM
79 TOO FAR DOWN – Husker Du
80 TOWER OF STRENGTH – The Mission UK
81 LITTLE ATOMS – Elvis Costello
82 LOSER - Beck
83 I LOVE THE UNKNOWN - Clem Snide
84 YOUNG LIONS – The Constantines
85 KIMBERLY AUSTIN – Porno for Pyros
86 BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN – Tears for Fears
87 WILDFLOWERS - Tom Petty
88 MERCY STREET – Peter Gabriel
89 HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF – Duran Duran
90 1CE AGAIN – A Tribe Called Quest
91 ALL NITE DINER – Modest Mouse
92 SIDEWALK- Built to Spill
93 JEZABEL – 10000 Maniacs
94 COOL IT NOW – New Edition
95 TRAIN IN VAIN- The Clash
96 FOR THE WINDOWS IN PARADISE- Sufjan Stevens
97 HEY LADIES - Beastie Boys
98 NITE AND FOG- Mercury Rev
99 BRYANT LAKE BOWLER – This Perfect Day
100 MIAMI BEACH - Swervedriver

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(In other music news, cause I'm always so late to the party usually attendees are already drunk and hooking up: I finally saw the video for "16 Military Wives" last night and I fell in love a little.)

Now you try. Or something. I DON’T KNOW HOW MEMES WORK, PEOPLE.