#338 They’re dickholes, but they’re smart (Economics)

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Edition #338

Act 1: Rush Limbaugh wants you to get screwed – Young Turks
Act 2: Area CEO doesn’t have time for this crap – The Onion
Act 3: Inherent racism in Tea Party movement – Countdown
Act 4: Thomas Frank Part 1 – Moyers’ Journal
Act 5: New cereal for poor stays crunchy in water – The Onion
Act 6: Thomas Frank Part 2 – Moyers’ Journal
Act 7: David Brooks says to raise taxes on middle class – Counterspin
Act 8: Devastating quotes from top economists – Young Turks
Act 9: Make it rain – Daily Show
Act 10: Obama out to lunch on banker bonuses – The Progressive
Act 11: B of A attacked through YouTube – Daily Show

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Fire Departments Billing Homeowners to Put Out Fires! – Young Turks

Music:
Smile like you mean it – The Killers
The Killers - Hot Fuss - Smile Like You Mean It
Not enough time – Inxs
INXS - The Best of INXS - Not Enough Time
Look at you – My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges - Look At You
Hard luck story – Men at work
Men at Work - The Best of Men at Work: Contraband - Hard Luck Story
Happy meal – The Cardigans
The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon - Happy Meal 2
Winter song – Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson
Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson - The Hotel Café Presents Winter Songs - Winter Song
Young folks – Peter Bjorn And John
Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block - Young Folks
Where do I begin – The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers - Vanilla Sky (Music from the Motion Picture) - Where Do I Begin
Radio – One Ring Zero
One Ring Zero - As Smart As We Are - Radio
Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before – The Smiths
The Smiths - The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before

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#333 Soulless, Clueless, Feckless, Brazen (Media)

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Edition #333

Act 1: Limbaugh’s Haiti comment – Countdown
Act 2: Limbaugh the hyena – Ring of Fire
Act 3: O’Reilly and the Haiti telethon – Countdown
Act 4: Even better than the real thing – The Daily Show
Act 5: Daughter Cheney can’t debate – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: The Word – Two-faced – Colbert Report
Act 7: The Wash Post and the Fiscal Times – Counterspin
Act 8: Gretchen Carlson dumbs down – Daily Show
Act 9: Brian Williams on Jon Stewart – NPR
Act 10: How awful it is when media is weak – Counterspin
Act 11: Q and O – Fox News cuts the feed – Daily Show

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Wag of the finger to Fox News – Colbert Report

Music:
Like humans do – David Byrne
David Byrne - David Byrne: Live from Austin, TX - Like Humans Do
Circle of life – Faca Kulu, Lebo M., The Lion King Ensemble & Tsidii Le Loka
Faca Kulu, Lebo M., The Lion King Ensemble & Tsidii Le Loka - The Lion King (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Circle of Life
The man in me – Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan - New Morning - The Man In Me
Fairytale – Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles - Little Voice - Fairytale
Duck and run – 3 Doors Down
3 Doors Down - The Better Life - Duck and Run
The asshole song – Jimmy Buffett
Highly suspicious – My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges - Highly Suspicious
Plum dumb – The Dead Milkmen
The Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard In My Back Yard - Plum Dumb
Good people – Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams - Good People
Live like you’re dying – Lenka
Lenka - Lenka - Live Like You're Dying

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#318 Disaster Economics (Podcast)

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Edition #318

Act 1: Obama caving in to Wall St again – The Young Turks
Act 2: Why the win-win is being ignored Part 1 – This American Life
Act 3: Water balloon attacks hurting bottom line – The Onion
Act 4: Why the win-win is being ignored Part 2 – This American Life
Act 5: Joining the tea-baggers – Thom Hartmann
Act 6: John Perkins on the economic crash Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 7: US-owned GM produces the Pelosi-Boehner – The Onion
Act 8: John Perkins on the economic crash Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 9: Government by organized money – Thom Hartmann

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Biden on the economic recovery – Daily Show

Music:
Nothing is good enough – Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann - Magnolia (Music from the Motion Picture) - Nothing Is Good Enough
Sénégal Fast-Food – Amadou & Mariam
Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche a Bamako - Sénégal Fast-Food
The kids don’t stand a chance – Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don?t Stand a Chance
Remember Jonathan (Messenger Of The Sun album) – Cyrille Verdeaux
Cyrille Verdeaux - Messenger of the Sun - Remember Jonathan
Smokescreen – Flying Blind
Flying Blind - Push - Smokescreen
Under the milky way – Seven Nations
Seven Nations - Seven Nations - Under the Milky Way
You’re the best around – Joe Esposito
Joe "Bean" Esposito - The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters - You're the Best
All For Swinging You Around – The New Pornographers
The New Pornographers - Electric Version - All for Swinging You Around

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#275 The Iranian “Election” (Podcast)

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Act 1: Today in Iran: an election that can’t possibly be right – Daily Show
Act 2: Introduction to the dispute – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Journalism in Iran – On the Media
Act 4: Iran-like tyranny against the GOP – Daily Show
Act 5: Obama fights off right-wing critics – Rachel Maddow
Act 6: “Up to here” with Al Gore – Le Show
Act 7: GOP civil war over the Iran elections – Rachel Maddow
Act 8: Discussion on the Iran Election – Bill Maher

Music:
The world at large – Modest Mouse
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News - The World At Large
Girl afraid – The Smiths
The Smiths - The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] - Girl Afraid
I Was a Kaleidoscope – Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album - I Was a Kaleidoscope
The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1 – Neutral Milk Hotel
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - The King of Carrot Flowers, Pt. 1
Help = Howie Day
Howie Day - I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture) - Help!
Stolen – Dashboard Confessional
Dashboard Confessional - Dusk and Summer - Stolen
Civil War – Guns N’ Roses
Guns N' Roses - Guns N' Roses: Greatest Hits - Civil War

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#274 Supreme Court debate starts nasty, gets worse (Podcast)

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Act 1: P.R. Move – Daily Show
Act 2: The Politics industry of the Supreme Court – On the Media
Act 3: Supreme Court Executioner to retire – The Onion
Act 4: Conservatives unhinged – The Young Turks
Act 5: Supreme Court Press – Colbert Report
Act 6: Sotomayor shaped by her ‘Nuyorican’ roots – NPR
Act 7: Some GOP fed up with childish attacks – Countdown
Act 8: Discussing the nomination with Jeffery Toobin – Colbert Report
Act 9: Originalism vs. ? – NPR
Act 10: Three strikes on the Supreme Court Debate – Rachel Maddow

Music:
It’s my life – No doubt
No Doubt - It's My Life - Single - It's My Life
I’m on fire – Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen - Born In the U.S.A. - I'm On Fire
Overkill – Colin Hay
Colin Hay - Man @ Work - Overkill (Acoustic Version)
How – Cranberries
The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? - How
Mexico – The Refreshments
Refreshments - Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy - Mexico
Suerte – Shakira
Shakira - Laundry Service - Suerte (Whenever, Wherever)
You’re wrong – NOFX
NOFX - Never Trust a Hippy - EP - You're Wrong
Anthem, Pt.1 – Blink-182
Blink-182 - Enema of the State - Anthem
Solid Ground – Dougie Maclean

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#273 Some steps on the road to progress (kind of) (Podcast)

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Act 1: Lou Dobbs on climate change – Counterspin
Act 2: News of the warm – Le Show
Act 3: Interview with Glenn Hurowitz Part 1 – Ring of Fire
Act 4: EPA Admin Lisa P Jackson interview – The Daily Show
Act 5: Interview with Glenn Hurowitz Part 2 – Ring of Fire
Act 6: Climate change legislation moving forward – Counterspin
Act 7: Raising the CAFE standard – The Daily Show
Act 8: News of the warm – Le Show
Act 9: The ways that CO2 isn’t harmful – Countdown
Act 10: The toxicity of coal ash – Ring of Fire

Music:
Ghosts – Fanfarlo
Fanfarlo - Reservoir - Ghosts
Mother Nature’s fault – Self
Falling down – Oasis
Oasis - Falling Down - Single - Falling Down
Little black backpack – Stroke 9
Stroke 9 - Nasty Little Thoughts - Little Black Backpack
The letter – The Box Tops
The Box Tops - Best of the Box Top - Soul Deep - The Letter
There is – Box Car Racer
Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer - There Is
Concrete Box – Nada Surf
Nada Surf - The Weight Is a Gift - Concrete Bed
Heat of the moment – Asia
Asia - Asia - Heat of the Moment
Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby – Counting Crows
Counting Crows - Films About Ghosts: The Best of Counting Crows - Mrs. Potters Lullaby

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#272 In sickness and health and other rights denied (Podcast)

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Act 1: Gaywatch in Maine and Washington, DC – The Daily Show
Act 2: All aren’t happy with health insurance for all – NPR
Act 3: Mother of hate-crime murder victim interview – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: Elizabeth Edwards on healthcare – The Daily Show
Act 5: The rights of the government to spy on us – On the Media
Act 6: Bernie Sanders on healthcare reform in congress – Thom Hartman
Act 7: Drug use and crime in the Netherlands – The Young Turks
Act 8: Maintaining hope in Obama – Mike Malloy
Act 9: Gay marriage bad for small business – The Daily Show
Act 10: The healthcare at Gitmo – Countdown

Music:
Drug Ballad – Eminem
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP - Drug Ballad
Luna – Smashing Pumpkins
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - Luna
Cemetry Gates – The Smiths
The Smiths - The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe Edition) [Remastered] - Cemetry Gates
Only ones who know – Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare - Only Ones Who Know
Do You Want To Know A Secret – The Beatles
I’m a pilot – Fanfarlo
Fanfarlo - Reservoir - I'm a Pilot
Think (Freedom) – Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin - The Best of Aretha Franklin - Think
Liquid Sun – DJ Keoki
Another lesson in love – Danger Radio
Danger Radio - Used and Abused (Deluxe Edition) - Another Lesson In Love

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#270 The torture debate continues and then ends (Podcast)

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Act 1: Torture photos vs. Don’t ask don’t tell – The Daily Show
Act 2: GOP going full blast fear – Rachel Maddow
Act 3: Cheney’s claims refuted by interrogator – Brave New Films
Act 4: Cheney in the media on torture – Counterspin
Act 5: Bob Graham interview on CIA briefings – The Colbert Report
Act 6: Switching positions on torture – The Young Turks
Act 7: Stupidly rationalizing torture – Countdown
Act 8: Where to keep the terror suspects – The Daily Show
Act 9: Timeline summery of torture memos and fallout – Rachel Maddow
Act 10: Religious quotes on war memos – The Colbert Report
Act 11: Mancow gets waterboarded – The Young Turks
Act 12: The torture debate ends – Countdown

Music:
Breathe me – Sia
Sia - Colour the Small One - Breathe Me
Don’t fear the reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult - Agents of Fortune - (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Sweetest thing – U2
U2 - U218 Singles (Deluxe Version) - Sweetest Thing
We’re simple minds – Club 8
Club 8 - Spring Came, Rain Fell - We're Simple Minds
Little lies – Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits - Little Lies
Change your mind – Sister Hazel
Sister Hazel - Fortress - Change Your Mind
Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) – The Decemberists
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife - Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
I would die for you – Garbage
The Argument – This bike is a pipe bomb
Praise you – Fatboy Slim
Fatboy Slim - Praise You - EP - Praise You
Close to me – The Cure
The Cure - The Cure: Greatest Hits - Close to Me

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#268 A showdown between pure evil and mostly not evil (Podcast)

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Act 1: Dueling ideologies: Obama v Cheney – The Daily Show
Act 2: Going back on campaign promises – Le Show
Act 3: Liz Cheney talks torture – The Young Turks
Act 4: Cheney chooses Limbaugh over Powell – Rachel Maddow
Act 5: Barack Knows Best – Le Show
Act 6: Battle of the speeches – On the Media
Act 7: Obama’s speech and the essence of crime – The Young Turks
Act 8: Special Comment on Cheney’s Speech – Countdown

Music:
Duck and Run – 3 Doors Down
3 Doors Down - The Better Life - Duck and Run
Talk – Coldplay
Coldplay - X & Y - Talk
The Ocean – The Bravery
The Bravery - The Sun and the Moon - The Ocean
A lack of color – Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism - A Lack of Color
Hard to explain – The Strokes
The Strokes - Is This It - Hard to Explain
I’m looking through you – The Wallflowers
The Wallflowers - I Am Sam (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture) - I'm Looking Through You
Smile like you mean it – The Killers
The Killers - Hot Fuss - Smile Like You Mean It

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#267 Why and how banks are going down (Podcast)

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Act 1: American’s having sex at home – The Onion
Act 2: Credit card holders bill of rights – Colbert Report
Act 3: How to take down a bank Part 1 – This American Life
Act 4: Limbaugh’s racist take on Obama’s economic plan – Counterspin
Act 5: Closing auto dealerships by mail – The Daily Show
Act 6: How to take down a bank Part 2 – This American Life
Act 7: 1/4 cent “soda tax” – Colbert Report
Act 8: Productivity up and wages down equals crash – Thom Hartmann
Act 9: We all just bought a car company – The Daily Show

Music:
I want you to want me – Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick - Authorized Greatest Hits - I Want You to Want Me
Killing for love – José González
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature - Killing for Love
I shall not be moved – Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - The Gospel Album - I Shall Not Be Moved
About today – The National
The National - Cherry Tree - About Today
Bottle it up – Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles - Little Voice - Bottle It Up
Le Banquet – Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen - Amelie from Montmartre - Le banquet
God – The Dodos
The Dodos - Visiter - God?
Teenage dirtbag – Wheatus
Wheatus - Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

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#266 Torture talk continues… and continues (Podcast)

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Act 1: GOP on not closing Gitmo – The Young Turks

Act 2: Liz Cheney on torture – Rachel Maddow

Act 3: Cheney throws Bush under the bus – The Daily Show

Act 4: Lehey on prosecuting Bush criminals – Ring of Fire

Act 5: 2 steps forward 1 step back – Countdown

Act 6: Pelosi on CIA briefings on torture – The Daily Show

Act 7: The suppression of the memo – Le Show

Act 8: Jesse Ventura talks torture – The Young Turks

Act 9: John Yoo hired by newspaper – Colbert Report

Music:
Любовь – Аддис Абеба
She Moves In Her Own Way – The Kooks
The Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out - She Moves In Her Own Way
Failure By Design – Brand New
Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon - Failure By Design
The heart of life – John Mayer
John Mayer - Continuum - The Heart of Life
So long – Lodger
Lodger - Honeymoon Is Over - So Long
This land is mine – Dido
Dido - Life for Rent / No Angel - This Land Is Mine
Mile End – Pulp
Pulp - Pulp: The John Peel Sessions - Mile End
Deep water – Pansy Division
Pansy Division - The Essential Pansy Division - Deep Water

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#263 Headed for the cliff with pizza in hand (Podcast)

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Act 1: Conservatives don’t get Colbert – Countdown
Act 2: Fox News deep in projection – The Young Turks
Act 3: Gore Vidal on the current Republicans – Bill Maher
Act 4: Stunned McCain Supporter – The Onion
Act 5: Swine Flu stokes racism – Countdown
Act 6: The hypocrisy of Glenn Beck and Fox News – The Young Turks
Act 7: Pizza Party – Slate.com
Act 8: Republicans blocking unnammed nominees already – Countdown
Act 9: Rebranding the party with a pizza party – The Daily Show
Act 10: Discussing the fate of the Republican Party – The Young Turks

Music:
Clowns (Can You See Me Now?) – t.A.T.u.
T.A.T.U. - 200 KM/H in the Wrong Lane - Clowns (Can You See Me Now?)
Unhappy Birthday – The Smiths
Ain’t No Reason – Brett Dennen
Brett Dennen - So Much More (Special Edition) - Ain't No Reason
Starry Eyed Surprise – Paul Oakenfold
Oakenfold - Bunkka - Starry Eyed Surprise
You were the last high – The Dandy Warhols
You Were the Last High
Veterans – The Clips
Messages – Xavier Rudd
Xavier Rudd - Food In the Belly - Messages
Can’t stop loving you – Van Halen
Van Halen - The Best of Van Halen, Vol. 1 - Can't Stop Lovin' You
Take a chance on me – Abba
ABBA - ABBA - Gold - Greatest Hits - Take a Chance on Me

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#261 Love is in the air, let’s shoot it down (Podcast)

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Act 1: Same-sex marriage in Iowa – Rachel Maddow
Act 2: Gay Marriage in Vermont – The Daily Show
Act 3: Newspapers influencing marriage debate – On the Media
Act 4: Getting government out of the marriage business – Colbert Report
Act 5: Traditional marriage in the bible Part 1 – The Young Turks
Act 6: Phone call to the 14th century – Kasper Hauser Comedy Troupe
Act 7: Traditional marriage in the bible Part 2 – The Young Turks
Act 8: Anti-same-sex-marriage ad – Colbert Report
Act 9: Anti-same-sex marriage 2M4M – Rachel Maddow
Act 10: 2M4M 4 Ever! – AndyCobbonUTube

Music:
My Love – The Bird and the Bee
The Bird and the Bee - Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future - My Love
You can’t hurry love – Phil Collins
Phil Collins - ...Hits - You Can't Hurry Love
Another love song – Finniston
Finniston - Golden Hour of Strict Tempo Dancing - EP - Another Love Song
What is love? – Haddaway
Haddaway - The Album - What Is Love
Love will come through – Travis
Travis - Singles - Love Will Come Through
Accidentally in love – The Counting Crows
Counting Crows - Accidentally In Love - Single - Accidentally In Love
Love will tear us apart – Joy Division
Joy Division - The Best Of Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Let my love open the door – Pete Townsend
Pete Townshend - Gold - Let My Love Open the Door
All my love – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

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#260 Worked up, angry and totally misdirected (Podcast)

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Act 1: Cutting the defense budget – The Daily Show
Act 2: Republican fake outrage – The Young Turks
Act 3: Cutting the defense budget – The Colbert Report
Act 4: AIG looking to rebrand – LeShow
Act 5: Tea party at The Alamo – The Clolbert Report
Act 6: Conservatives about teabagging – Rachel Maddow
Act 7: Fox News supporting the Tea Parties – On the Media
Act 8: The other meaning of ‘teabagging’ – The Colbert Report
Act 9: Hardball debating economic systems – The Young Turks

Music:
You’re the best – Joe Esposito
Joe "Bean" Esposito - The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters - You're the Best
Crash – The Primitives
Welcome to the machine – Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Welcome to the Machine
My name is Jonas – Weezer
Weezer - Weezer - My Name Is Jonas
It’s my party – Lesley Gore
Lesley Gore - 60's Gold - It's My Party
Tea for two – Mambo All-Stars
New shoes – Paolo Nutini
Paolo Nutini - These Streets - New Shoes
You sexy thing – Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate - Every 1's a Winner - The Very Best of Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing

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#256 Crumbling Financial Fundamentals (Podcast)

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Act 1: The Madoff Decade – The Young Turks
Act 2: Congress establishes new department – The Onion
Act 3: They’re just not that into you – Rachel Maddow
Act 4: The new guy at the commerce department – The Young Turks
Act 5: Snakes to receive government stimulous – The Onion
Act 6: Marginal tax rates explained – Conceptual Guerilla Radio
Act 7: Work created by the government isn’t really work – The Young Turks
Act 8: Looking at the record of CNBC – The Daily Show
Act 9: Audio of bankers discussing post-bailout bonuses – The Young Turks
Act 10: Correcting the record on Jim Cramer – The Daily Show

Music:
You’ve Got Everything Now – The Smiths
Runaway Train – Soul Asylum
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing – Jack Johnson
Your Heart Is An Empty Room – Death Cab For Cutie
Your woman – White Town
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel
Goodbye stranger – Supertramp
Naive – The Kooks
Banditos – The Refreshments

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