The Sound of Settling (Catan) (May 27th)

Today's theme was the Settlers of Catan, a game that I've been playing more of lately. It's been growing on me now that I know how to play the Cities & Knights expansion.

* = Canadian

1. Death cab For Cutie - The Sound of Settling (Transantlanticism)
2. Kevin Drew* - Saftey Bricks (Spirit If)
3. The Sheepdogs* - I Don't Know (Learn & Burn)
4. The Deep Dark Woods* - Mountain (The Deep Dark Woods)
5. The Wheatpool* - The Geographic Centre of Canada (Township)
6. The Karpinka Brothers* - One Brick at a Time (One Brick at a Time)
7. Spiral Beach* - Made of Stone (Ball)
8. Dan Mangan* - Road Regrets (Nice, Nice, Very Nice)
9. Chad Vangaalen* - City of Electric Light (Soft Airplane)
10. We Are the City* - There Are Very Tiny Beasts in the Ground (In A Quiet World)
11. Aidan Knight* - North East South West (Versicolour)
12. Sloan* - Sinking Ships (Navy Blues)
13. Immaculate Machine* - Army (Ones and Zeroes)

HOMEWORK: play some German board games.

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Rain, Rain, Eff You

1. Black Mountain* - Stormy High (In the Future)
2. The Golden Dogs* - Driving in the Rain (Everything in Three Parts)
3. Minus the Bear - Spritz! Spritz!
4. Sexy Mathematics - Who Knows (Integration EP)
5. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride (Heretic Pride)
6. Rick White* - Rain (Part 3) (1-3-7)
7. The Fugitives* - City of Rain (Eccentrically We Love)
8. Sun Kil Moon - Neverending Math Equation
9. Patrick Watson* - Drifters
10. Sam Amidon - Way Go Lily
11. Olenka and the Autumn Lovers* - 45 (Papillonette)
12. Wolf Parade* - Palm Road (Expo 86)
13. Wintersleep* - Archaeologists (Welcome to the Night Sky)

HOMEWORK: Go read the explanation for why the new Wolf Parade album is called Expo 86 and track down a copy of the new Wintersleep.

Nostalgia (May 6th)

I found my old 200 cd binder full of burnt cds (and some purchased ones that I'd long given up for lost) in my basement while cleaning. The first part of the show was random pulls from that.

1. The Anniversary - The "D" in Detroit (Designing a Nervous Breakdown)


2. The Get Up Kids - Stay Gold, Ponyboy (Four Minute Mile)


3. Braid - A Dozen Roses (Frame & Canvas)


4. Mike Park - From Korea (For the Love of Music)


5. The Lawrence Arms - Navigating the Windward Passage (Apathy & Exhaustion)


6. Colossal - The Serious Kind (Welcome the Problems)


7. Fall Horsie* - The Devil's Performance (Devil (e) Dirge)


8. Whale Tooth* - Sleepwalking (Whale Tooth)


9. Daniel, Fred, and Julie* - The Runner (Daniel, Fred, and Julie)


10. Rick White* - Back Home (137)


11. Yukon Blonde* - Rather Be With You (Yukon Blonde)


12. Fish & Bird* - Lydia (Left Brain Blues)


13. Jim Guthrie* - You Are Far (Do You Exist?) (Now More Than Ever)

HOMEWORK: Go find some of your old cds from years past and give them a listen. Revel.