i may be a bird in a cage but at least it's your cage

somehow, thursdays are worse than fridays. i am never more tired than i am on thursday mornings. at least today, i think that people are going to leave me alone to image old hard drives and watch the end of the first season of numb3rs on my laptop, which is really all i can ask for on thursdays. well, that and being able to have dinner with cindyjade and ipso__facto, but i get that, too, so there will be no complaining over here.

okay, top five. an easy one, an old standard, best for days when i am stupidly exhausted: top five favorite songs right now (take nine). you know the drill. five songs you dig right now. bonus points for downloads.

my list:

1. i love everybody (lyle lovett). it's just. it's a waltz! it's incredibly repetitious! and yet i love it!

2. streets of baltimore (gram parsons). i have an uncle tupelo cover of this song, too, but somehow the parsons version is more plaintive and depressing. it makes me think of home.

3. if you need a reason (mason jennings). not necessarily the best but certainly my favorite track from the new album. you can thank hellziggy for an unprotected copy of that track!

4. no depression (uncle tupelo). sometimes i go months without thinking about how much i love uncle tupelo (also known as jar farrar and jeff tweedy, pre son volt and wilco respectively) and then i dig out the anthology and remember all over again how brilliant they are.

5. wartime prayers (paul simon). from the new album; i'm still not sure what i think of the album as a whole, yet, but so far this is my favorite track.

okay, now you go.