Originally from September 7th, 2008

Today, I was in the Romano vineyard just down the road from our Jus Soli home office making the last pass of the season dropping “green” clusters that weren’t keeping pace with their more advanced brothers and sisters. In a light crop year like this, it pains growers and winemakers equally to lighten the load even further but keeping balance in the vineyard is essential to a great finished product. After all, bad wine benefits no one. Neither does bad music. Here’s the shuffle playlist that kept me whistling while I worked:

1. Think Africa — Seun Kuti & Egypt80
2. Pick Up — Solex
3. Bullet — Frank Black & The Catholics
4. Break This Time — Alejandro Escovedo
5. Postcards From Italy — Beirut
6. Influence — Jurassic 5
7. Who the F**k Are Arctic Monkeys? — Arctic Monkeys
8. Words of Wisdom — Cedric Im Brooks
9. Can’t Hardly Wait — The Replacements
10. The Big Light — Elvis Costello
11. A & P — Morning 40 Federation
12. Biological Speculation — Funkadelic
13. Play Tough — The Apples In Stereo
14. Why I Stay — The Black Heart Procession
15. The Southside Of The World — Bonnie “Prince” Billy
16. Hey Baby — Stephen Marley Feat. Mos Def
17. 65 Bars and a Taste of Soul — Charles Wright
18. Crackwhore Blues — The Neckbones
19. Tears Running Dry — Waldeck
20. Everybody Loves Me — Alejandro Escovedo
21. If Your Poison Gets You — Frank Black
22. The Denial Twist — The White Stripes
23. Trying To Conquer Me — Delroy Wilson
24. Breakdown — Agent Orange
25. Feel Good Inc. — Gorillaz
26. Convenient Parking — Modest Mouse
27. Mic Check — Rage Against The Machine
28. Hot Toddy — Ralph Flanagan
29. The Devil Never Sleeps — Iron & Wine
30. Hypocrites — Bob Marley & The Wailers
31. Black River Killer — Blitzen Trapper
32. The End — Alejandro Escovedo
33. Come On In (Live) — R.L. Burnside
34. Blue Flowers On The Highway — Varnaline
35. Temps Mort — MC Solaar
36. History of Lovers — Calexico & Iron and Wine
37. 10 Commandments — Prince Buster
38. Postcard — Uncle Tupelo
39. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart — Wilco
40. Icky Thump — The White Stripes

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