Y’know, I really can’t remember a week where I was so exhausted both physically and mentally. Once again, work had me earning my raise with some long days and excessive mental processing, and given the gorgeous weather we’ve had around these parts this week, I rode off the mental by putting over 70 miles (so far) under my bicycle tires after logging out for the day.

And to be honest, I didn’t have much time for anything else apart from taking a few minutes to pay the bills, feed myself, and read myself to sleep.

I did make sure some of that reading was digging through the final Hunt-A-Killer box to try and come up with a theory on whodunnit, and I think I did, but I expect when my lovely spouse and I start comparing notes this evening, she’ll have done most of the heavy lifting.

Also, that sleep in the paragraph before last was occasionally rough going – I’m seriously dragging ass this morning after tossing and turning all night. Not expecting much for the weekend, and there’s very little on the schedule, so that’s working out.

As for tunes this week, a little more upbeat than last time, and trending a bit more into the late 70s and early 80s. Not a bad mix, with #2 including Joan Jett’s sultry/throaty vocals, and some always excellent funk Telecaster grooves at #13:

1. “25 O’Clock (2001 Mix) – The Dukes of the Stratosphear
2. “Crimson and Clover” – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
3. “Blasphemous Rumors” – Depeche Mode
4. “Following Laika” – AFTERxCLASS
5. “Apocalypse Now (& Later) – Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers
6. “Keep On Knocking” – Death
7. “That’s Just The Way I Feel” – Purple Mountains
8. “The Hell Of It” – Paul Williams
9. “Be Better At Listening” – Pomplamoose
10. “Country Motion Sickness” – Mae Valerio
11. “Gold Dust Woman” – Fleetwood Mac
12. “Breathless on DVD” – Antarctigo Vespucci
13. “Bambi” – Prince