Once again, lots of love to the Blotter and Corpus Obscurum from the Big Swede this week, for American Idle, not so much. I hope everyone has a happy new year. From "happy" "new" "year" smart playlists...

1. Happy Hour - The Housemartins
2. Happy Days - Ted Hawkins
3. Happy Meal - The Cardigans
4. New Feet - Brian Eno & David Byrne
5. New Amsterdam - Elvis Costello
6. New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 - R.E.M.
7. New Slang - The Shins
8. Years Go By - Split Enz
9. 100 Years - Blues Traveler
10. Golden Years - David Bowie

Tell me yours!

Yours truly joined a few dozen other jolly, old elves for a Santa Pub Crawl through Northeast Minneapolis last weekend. Click on the photo to spot the reindeer, the Santa pimp, and even Mr. Grinch.

Lots of love to the Blotter and Corpus Obscurum from the Big Swede this week, for American Idle, not so much...

1. Shooting Up in Vain (T-Ray Remix) - Eagle Eye Cherry
2. Naked Pictures (of Your Mother) - Electric Six
3. Secure Yourself - Indigo Girls
4. Asleep - The Smiths
5. Little Jonathan/The Wall - Paul Cantelon
6. France Blues - Koerner, Ray & Glover
7. That's Entertainment - Morrissey
8. Caravan - Groove Junkies
9. God Put a Smile Upon Your Face - Coldplay
10. Blue - The Jayhawks

Tell me yours!

Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:

1. All the Things You C# - Charles Mingus
2. By Way of Sorrow - Cry Cry Cry
3. Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
4. You - X
5. Inner Peace - Nellie McKay
6. Fully Retractable - Soul Coughing
7. The Bitterest Pill - The Jam
8. Every Breath You Take/Theme from Peter Gunn - The Police/Henry Mancini
9. Jamming - Bob Marley & the Wailers
10. Po' Lazarus - James Carter & the Prisoners

Tell me yours!

Adding insult to injury following Republican Sen. Jim Talent's defeat, the president reportedly declared Chinese ethnicity, announced his intention to perform a practical joke, then proceeded to urinate into Talent's soft drink.

Have a nice day at work... suckers.