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Sunday, January 19
"A Girl In Trouble Is A Temporary Thing" by Romeo Void.
I've been watching some videos with my 2 year old so at this point it the theme to "Bob the Builder".
Tom Waits usually chimes in with "Straight To The Top - Vegas version.
Allow me to be the first to name "I'm Too Sexy."
"Ladybug Superfly" by Slant 6
The Boss' Red Headed Woman
Wang Dang Sweet Poontang!
Well, for a long time it was Joe Jackson's "On Your Radio": great little revenge song about proving all of your doubters wrong. Now, I guess it's, I dunno, "Straight, No Chaser".
Easy. "Take Your Drunken Ass Home, " by Big Al Carson.
A Little Less Conversation --Elvis Presley
"Two Can Win" by J Dilla
"I don't want to work, I just want to bang on the drum all day"
Bang The Drum All Day - Todd Rundgren
"All the Wine" - The National
"Girl Anachronism" by The Dresden Dolls.
Bad Boy, By The Jive Bombers
"Caste" by Endpoint
robot rock - daft punk
"I got drunk and I fell down" by Uncle Tupelo.
"Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be" - AC/DC
'why don't we do it in the road' by the beatles
"Punkrocker" by the Teddybears (sung by Iggy Pop)
Pablo Picasso was not an asshole.
or
War Photographer by
Jason Forrest
We're on a Road to Nowhere-- Talking Heads
Click Click Click by Bishop Allen
"Perfect Day" - Lou Reed.
It's been blowing my mind ever since hearing it again in that Olympic snowboarding/Gretchen Bleiler commercial.
or
"Audience" - Cold War Kids
ACDC - Jailbreak
"Ain't That A Bitch" by Johnny 'Guitar' Watson.
"I'm workin' 40 hours, six long days
And I'm highly embarrassed ev'rytime I get my pay
And they're workin' everybody
Lord, they're workin' poor folks to death
And when you pay your rent and your car
note, you ain't got a damn thing left."
I'M FEELIN' IT! AARRGGHHH!!!! :-)
joe ely's "musta notta gotta lotta"
especially today after the stupid premature time change.
It changes daily. Today it would be Vehicle, by the Ides of March, because there's a late show orchestra in my head that plays songs that are somehow appropriate to the moment I'm living in.
Urban Ethos [26]
What is Chicago's "urban ethos"?
Cool Glass of... [16]
What're you drinking?
Supreme Decision [22]
What's your reaction to the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act?
Taking it to the Streets [20]
Chicago Street Fairs: Revolting or Awesome?
I Can Be Cruel [9]
Be real: what is the meanest thing you've ever done?
Andrew Huff / March 9, 2010 12:04 AM
We've done this one once before, in 2004. I figure a few of us have updated since then.