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Each Month, I start a file in my iTunes that is a playlist for the tunes that catch my ear that month. I have been doing this since Feb of 2006, and each month I write a Mog post covering what I have been listening to each month… I am starting to post this write up in other spaces beyond my Mog (and if you are reading this somewhere besides Mog, you can find all the old ones at www.mog.com/iren)… cause I want to hit as many I-Balls as I can. As with any endeavor of this type this is an evolving form. For this month the new status quo (and I don’t have one of their songs for you this time around) is that I am going to include whole www addresses with each post (when available). I also want to apologies for any weird formatting stuff right here and now, I type this in MS word and then post it on these various message places, some of which have…w ell formatting issues….

Anyway for this month here is what caught my ear…

Recipe for Disaster by Klondike's North Forty http://www.myspace.com/klondike39snorthforty

from the Myspace page… Klondike’s North Forty are an erstwhile quartet, led by "Rock God" and Australian Music Hall of Famer Chris "Klondike" Masuak, hotwired by an itinerant and miscreant mob of extremely capable characters and joined variously by Brothers Scott Morgan and John Rooney and Sister Angie Pepper.

I just dig the song which has a very Radio Birdman feel… go figure on that one. It’s maybe a little more bluesy, but it’s got a nice driving feel.

This Ol' Wheel by Shooter Jennings (http://www.shooterjennings.com/)

I have been a fan of Shooter for a couple of years now, and this is the song from his new album that has most caught my ear so far. It’s also got a great sense of drive to it, and of course I dig the story elements of the lyrics including the name dropping of his Dad and Johnny Cash.

30 Days by Paw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paw_(band)

Paw was one of those slightly under the radar Grunge bands that I liked. I never really got into the tracks from their last album Keep the Last Bullet for Yourself (which is where 30 days can be found) but for some reason this mess of swirling sounds and growled vocals found it’s way into my ear this month. Of course I recommend their stuff… and acquired off center choice, but that’s my favorite kind.

Supersonic Rocket Ship by The Kinks Yeah I have been on a slight Kinks Kick the last couple of month, blame the Darjeeling Ltd soundtrack and the Southern Culture on the Skids ‘Countrypolitan’ favorites album (where they cover Muswell Hillbilly). This is a jangley pop tune with horns and a slight Americana feel, or in other words another pure pop gem waiting to be re3scured from the deep track vaults.

Sleestack And Yeti by The Darkest Of The Hillside Thickets (http://www.thickets.net/)

Great track from yet another weird album by these Canadian strangeo’s. Driving hard rock with a melodic feel and pop hook. I picked this song because of the title, but it is a solid track anyway. Anyone out there know what a Sleestack is? Or what they are singing about?

Circles by Les Fleur De Lys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Fleur_de_Lys) One of the best tracks from the Nuggets II comp, a great rave up originally recorded by The Who in their classic period. I am not sure why it grabbed me this time around, but the Nuggets tracks have a way of doing so.

(It's A) Monsters' Holiday by Buck Owens This one is only here because of the fact that I finally got a copy of it by checking the Buck Owens boxset out of the local library. It’s a silly novelty track, and I am not really all that in love with it… but we will see if it grows on me.

So there it is, the last play list of 2007…