2 Many DJs, Asylum Street Spankers, Ben Folds Five, Ben Kweller, Bob Pollard And Kim Deal, Camper Van Beethoven, Casper Fandango, Cub, Discovery, Eddi Reader, Fastbacks, Flat Duo Jets, Jake Shimabukuro, Kinky, Leonard Nimoy, Mad Tea Party, Madness, Maxence Cyrin, Primus, Sally Timms, The Coctails, The Dandy Warhols, The Puppini Sisters, The Shins, The Soft Boys, The Wedding Present, Thee Shams, Titilia, Titán, Tugboat, White Hassle, William Shatner, Young Fresh Fellows

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Human Fly

   2 Many DJs

   Mashing up the Cramps

3. Shame & Scandal

   Madness

   A standard from Trinidad

4. Make Me Smile

   The Wedding Present

   So very British

5. All I Have To Do Is Dream

   The Dandy Warhols

   The Everly Brothers, but even more haunted

6. BREAK

7. Book Of Love

   The Soft Boys

   The Monotones never saw it coming

8. If You Gotta Go

   Thee Shams

   Hey Bob Dylan!

9. These Boots Are Made For Walking

   Titilia

   Hot dang, forget Nancy Sinatra

10. Tenderness

    Casper Fandango

    General Public to the white courtesy phone

11. BREAK

12. In My Life

    Jake Shimabukuro

    The Beatles on a tiny stringed instrument

13. Picture Book

    Young Fresh Fellows

    You knew I had some Kinks on me

14. Sing Sing Sing

    Flat Duo Jets

    Gene Krupa’s showcase piece

15. Brand New Key

    Mad Tea Party

    Almost as sappy as Melanie’s original

16. BREAK

17. Corazón

    Titán

    Over 40 remixes available.

18. We Will Become Silhouettes

    The Shins

    The Postal Service is so TwenCen

19. She Don’t Use Jelly

    Ben Folds Five

    The Flaming Lips are waiting in the lounge

20. Common People

    William Shatner

    Smashed to a Pulp

21. BREAK

22. Have A Cigar

    Primus

    Extra snarky for Pink Floyd

23. BREAK

24. Never Going Back Again

    Eddi Reader

    How’s that Fleetwood Mac treating you?

25. I Walk The Line

    Leonard Nimoy

    Johnny Cash may be spinning at warp speed

26. El Scorcho

    Tugboat

    More 8-bit Weezer

27. The Air That I Breathe

    White Hassle

    Also worked for Albert Hammond and The Hollies

28. BREAK

29. D.R.I.N.K.

    Asylum Street Spankers

    Time to frequent the Jazz Butcher

30. Tennessee Waltz

    Sally Timms

    From Pee Wee King and Patsy CLine

31. Where Is My Mind

    Maxence Cyrin

    Haunting the Pixies

32. DEVO Corporate Anthem

    The Coctails

    We salute you, Devo

33. BREAK

34. Love Hurts

    Bob Pollard And Kim Deal

    They should call them “Snazzareth”

35. Ice Ice Baby

    Ben Kweller

    Vanilla Ice Ice Baby

36. I Want You Back (In Discovery)

    Discovery

    Make it the Jackson 5000

37. She’s Like A Rainbow

    Cub

    It also worked for the Rolling Stones

38. BREAK

39. Rocket Man

    Fastbacks

    Blasted off for Elton John

40. Mexican Radio

    Kinky

    A Mexican take on Wall of Voodoo

41. Heart of Glass

    The Puppini Sisters

    Timewarping the Blondie

42. BREAK

43. Interstellar Overdrive

    Camper Van Beethoven

    Epic choice of a Pink Floyd song

:: Office ::

Hey, it’s the nigh-unGoogleable Office! Dig them up by looking for “Office Mecca” — it’s their new album, and they give it away online.

In this episode: Arctic Monkeys, Bellatrix, Belle And Sebastian, Bishop Allen, Capitol K, Coyle & Sharpe, Cub, Keren Ann, Mahala Rai Banda, Mason Jennings, My Robot Friend, OFFICE, Plaster, Schneider TM, Self, The Wrens

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1. Song
   Artist

2. Sticky Dew

   OFFICE

   From the entirely free download, Mecca

3. Chelsea Burns

   Keren Ann

   Slow like Low

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4. The State That I Am In

   Belle And Sebastian

   Dozing off, so pleasant

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5. BREAK

6. Would you… ?

   Plaster

   Spazzy and skankin’

7. Secret Door

   Arctic Monkeys

   Veddy British

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8. Crush The Pill

   Mason Jennings

   Short and sweet and bitter

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9. I Guess We’re Done

   The Wrens

   Chiming us off into the sunset

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10. BREAK

11. Walt Whitman

    My Robot Friend

    Because poets kick ass

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12. Borateen

    Self

    What started it all for me

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13. Ó, Ég Er Svo Svöng!

    Bellatrix

    Members of the Sugarcubes?

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14. Printer-Painter

    Coyle & Sharpe

    Which is it!

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15. BREAK

16. Cue The Elephants

    Bishop Allen

    More of that Bishop Allen kick

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17. Masters

    Schneider TM

    Were you nodding off?

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18. Mahalageasca (Bucovina Dub)

    Mahala Rai Banda

    The Balkan is of nonstop!

19. City

    Capitol K

    Bring on the sonic bricolage

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20. BREAK

21. She’s Like A Rainbow

    Cub

    The spookiest Rolling Stones song there is

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1. Song
   Artist

2. She’s Like A Rainbow

   Cub

   The spookiest Rolling Stones song there is

   [asa]B000002RFW[/asa]

3. BREAK

4. Sticky Dew

   OFFICE

   From the entirely free download, Mecca

5. Chelsea Burns

   Keren Ann

   Slow like Low

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6. The State That I Am In

   Belle And Sebastian

   Dozing off, so pleasant

   [asa]B001FZ0AAO[/asa]

7. BREAK

8. Would you… ?

   Plaster

   Spazzy and skankin’

9. Secret Door

   Arctic Monkeys

   Veddy British

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10. Crush The Pill

    Mason Jennings

    Short and sweet and bitter

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11. I Guess We’re Done

    The Wrens

    Chiming us off into the sunset

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12. BREAK

13. Walt Whitman

    My Robot Friend

    Because poets kick ass

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14. Borateen

    Self

    What started it all for me

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15. Ó, Ég Er Svo Svöng!

    Bellatrix

    Members of the Sugarcubes?

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16. Printer-Painter

    Coyle & Sharpe

    Which is it!

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17. BREAK

18. Cue The Elephants

    Bishop Allen

    More of that Bishop Allen kick

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19. Masters

    Schneider TM

    Were you nodding off?

    [asa]B00000JCD0[/asa]

20. Mahalageasca (Bucovina Dub)

    Mahala Rai Banda

    The Balkan is of nonstop!

21. City

    Capitol K

    Bring on the sonic bricolage

    [asa]B00005UNIF[/asa]

22. BREAK

23. Growin’ A Beard

    Ben Vaughn

    Quite the activity

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24. Good Morning Boyfriend

    Tulip Sweet and Her Trail of Tears

    WTF is this about? Is that a theremin?

25. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

    Bob Dylan

    Goin’ out to Broadhurst, I think

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26. BREAK

27. Assassination Polka

    Zzzz

    Can you dance to this?

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28. Middle-Case Keyboards

    Sir Millard Mulch

    This woman loathes the listener

29. Riri

    Dim Dim

    Dutch and very detailed

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30. Party Started

    The Cat Empire

    From our sister city of Melbourne, AUS

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31. BREAK

32. My Cello

    Dan Hicks

    So suave, that Hicks boy

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33. We Will Walk

    Matisyahu

    Rhymes of the chosen

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34. Ride It On

    Mazzy Star

    Dedicated to the Librarian

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35. BREAK

36. Have A Heart

    Bettie Serveert

    Belgian, Canadian, what have you

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37. Immigrant Child

    Shantel

    Romania-mania

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38. My Love

    The Bronx

    That should do it for Mariachi El Bronx, for now

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39. Angst In My Pants

    Sparks

    From the mythical Valley Girl soundtrack

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40. BREAK

41. Blue Monday

    New Order

    Bigtime oldschool, by request

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