This Town Is Turning Me Into What I Have Become

I was in a good mood this morning. Almost xmas, and almost two weeks off work...

I spent the whole of my commute in the company of my 'Not Classical or Spoken' filter on shuffle:

Nightmares by the Sea by Jeff Buckley: I loved Grace on first listen, but find his later stuff, mostly demoes released post-death, a bit more difficult. This track is excellent, however.
Flathead by The Fratellis: this is apprently one of the records of the year, according to some. I can't quite see it myself - they sound like The Arctic Monkeys (no bad thing) but don't stand out.
Live Miles (Extract) by Tangerine Dream, then Score With No Film by Adrian Belew from an EG sampler. Frank Zappa next: Bamboozled by Love from the excellent Tinsel Town Rebellion, followed by Astroboy by The Buggles from the fabulously quirky Age of Plastic CD. One Very Important Thought by Boards of Canada, then the 7" version of He Knows You Know from Marillion - this album was probably the first prog-rock-type album I'd ever heard, back at the age of 14 or so.

One of the Few by Pink Floyd then 'Never Understand' by The Jesus and Mary Chain - I haven't heard this for ages. Another recent find (see The Fratellis) next: Language Lessons by Hawthorne Heights, followed by Me and Sarah Jane by Genesis (abacab). I just love shuffle...

Rasta Locks by The Observers from one of the Trojan Dub Box Sets, which are very good (although 1 is better than 2). More Marillion next: This Town from 'Holidays in Eden', which cut off before the superb 100 Nights - 'You didn't notice me...', then Robert Plant's version of Song To The Siren. This was followed by the average 'Hindu Times' by Oasis, and 'Boho Dance' by Joni Mitchell. Next was '5 Years' by Bjork (I'm not a huge fan, but have a couple of CDs) then a Dream Theater track - War Inside My Head, before 'Lumen' by Jansen and Barbieri.

'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side' by The Smiths, then the very strange 'Teen Beat' by Fleetwood Mac, with a Sigur Ros song - Saeglopur - to accompany my walk to work from the Tube station.

23 tracks, many at 3 minutes or less.