The Fifty Songs of the Month

The Song of the Month tradition began late in my first year of college, growing out of the Song of the Day correspondence I had with my friend Leo. The Song of the Month is a big deal to me, something I think about constantly. It's quite an "honor" for a song to be named SOTM. There have now been fifty, and I can name them all off the top of my head. They'll be with me forever. Here is the complete list:

2002
April: Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
May: Pete Yorn - For Nancy
June: Cornershop - Lessons Learned From Rocky I to Rocky III
July: Weezer - Why Bother
August: Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue
September: Outkast - Rosa Parks
October: Everclear - Hating You for Christmas
November: The Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature
December: Bruce Springsteen - I'm Goin' Down

2003:
January: The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
February: Charlatans - How High
March: Blur - Tender
April: Superdrag - Sucked Out
May: Led Zeppelin - How Many More Times
June: Toadies - Tyler
July: Guster - Amsterdam
August: Audioslave - I Am the Highway
September: Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
October: The Strokes - 12:51
November: The Verve - Lucky Man
December: Stereophonics - Nothing Precious At All

2004:
January: Travis - Love Will Come Through
February: Nada Surf - Blonde on Blonde
March: Pink Floyd - Time
April: White Stripes - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
May: Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
June: The Darkness - Love Is Only A Feeling
July: Powderfinger - My Happiness
August: Eagles - Take It Easy
September: Badly Drawn Boy - I Love N.Y.E.
October: Eagles - Desperado
November: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Venice Queen
December: Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams

2005:
January: Jimi Hendrix - Bold as Love (instrumental)
February: Blondie - Heart of Glass
March: The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
April: The Wrens - Happy
May: Badly Drawn Boy - A Minor Incident
June: Green Day - Holiday
July: Embrace - Ashes
August: Audioslave - Doesn't Remind Me
September: Coldplay - Swallowed in the Sea
October: Traveling Wilburys - End of the Line
November: Clem Snide - Moment in the Sun
December: Goodshirt - Fiji Baby

2006:
January: AC/DC - It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Want to Rock and Roll)
February: Van Morrison - Stranded
March: Willie Nelson - He Was a Friend of Mine
April: Cardigans - Live and Learn
May: Fatboy Slim - Praise You

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Tonight I hit a monster draw to win a pot of around $8000. It was a super interesting hand and I may analyze it sometime in the future.

Sunday afternoon: 2hrs, -1539
Tuesday afternoon: 2.5 hrs, +3387
Tuesday night: 2.5hrs, +5150

Year to date: 125,895