This is the fourth year of my annual soundtrack project, and here is this year's summary of my musical tastes. Again, the only rule is that the songs chosen have to fit on a regular audio CD.

1. Thes One: "Gate City Savings And Loan"
2. The Shins: "Little Boxes"
3. Wire: "Outdoor Miner"
4. The La's: "Feelin' (live)"
5. Vampire Weekend: "A-Punk"
6. The Smiths: "The Headmaster Ritual"
7. The Ventures: "Medley: Walk–Don't Run; Lullaby Of The Leaves; Perfidia (live)"
8. DJ Alibi: "One Day"
9. The Corporation: "Sweet Musille"
10. Minutemen: "Viet Nam"
11. The Clash: "Rudie Can't Fail"
12. The English Beat: "Two Swords"
13. Beck: "Gamma Ray"
14. The Hives: "You Got It All...Wrong"
15. Sweetthieves: "N.P.N."
16. Sunny Day Real Estate: "Theo B"
17. Smashing Pumpkins: "Tarantula"
18. Rush: "Best I Can"
19. Guided By Voices: "Surgical Focus"
20. Digable Planets: "9th Wonder (Blackitolism)"
21. Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass: "Whipped Cream (Anthony Marinelli Remix)"
22. People Under the Stairs: "Step Bacc"
23. King Tubby: "I Am, I Am The King"

Since I don't follow football, basketball, hockey or NASCAR, the months between October and March are just a countdown to spring training. So while I've heard that some Boston-area teams are doing well, I still follow only off-season baseball.

So far the Yankees have signed both C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett -- with more to come I'm sure, which is reminiscent of this old Onion article. But as Surviving Grady reminds us with the latest Cashman-Headwarmer dialogue -- "Haven't We Been Here Before?" -- that's not going to guarantee championship number 27.