today's a music day (since i'm researching/writing, i'm pretty much tied to my desk and winamp). i realize this makes for a crazy long post, and most of you (all 2 of you who read this thing) don't particularly care, but i think it makes for a cool playlist and it's my damned blog anyway, so there. anyway, here's what i'm particularly loving right now:

10,000 Maniacs - Because the Night
Avril Lavigne - Fall to Pieces
Bad Religion - American Jesus
Barry White - Can't Get Enough of Your Love
Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Beatles - Across the Universe
Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love
Christina Aguilera & Lil Kim - Can't Hold Us Down
Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
Cross Canadian Ragweed - My Only Bad Habit
D Generation - Helpless
Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
Dr. Hook - You Make My Pants Want To Get Up And Dance
Drive By Truckers - Three Great Alabama Icons
Flaming Lips - Thank You Jack White
Green Day - When I Come Around
Iris Dement - God May Forgive You
Jeff Buckley - The Man That Got Away
John Lennon - We All Shine On
Jolly Rogers - Galway Girls
Led Zeppelin - Thank You
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
Liz Phair - Divorce Song
Loretta Lynn - Miss Being Mrs.
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Marty Stuart & Merle Haggard - Farmer's Blues
Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Lights
MST3K - Canada Song
Neil Finn - She Will Have Her Way
Old 97s - Designs on You
Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
Pansy Division - Flower (Liz Phair cover)
Patty Loveless - Cheap Whiskey
Pretenders - I'll Stand By You
Queen - I Want To Break Free
Rancid - She's Automatic
Rolling Stones - Angie
Sam Phillips - Reflecting Light
Sarah McLachlan - Full of Grace
Steve Earle - Ben McCulloch
The Band - The Weight
Tom Waits & Primus - On the Road
Tool - Aenima
Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon
Waylon & Willie - Good Hearted Woman
Ween - (It's Gonna Be) Alright
Weezer - Simple Pages
When In Rome - The Promise
Wilco - Thirteen
Wildbunch - Danger (High Voltage)