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I'm leaving City Pages next Tuesday, so this is my "last" Random Ten. Thanks to all of you who've joined in every week.
1. Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night - The Fratellis
2. Last Day of June - The Finn Brothers
3. Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
4. Last Kiss - Pearl Jam
5. The Last of the International Playboys - Morrissey
6. The Last of the Last of the Super-Secret Stash - Faux Jean
7. Last One - His Name is Alive
8. The Last Race - Jack Nitzsche
9. The Last Ray - This Mortal Coil
10. Last Train - Train
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Posted by Corey Anderson at August 10, 2007 7:01 AM | Comments (3)
Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:
1. Be My Dark Angel - Electric Six
2. Tom & Sally Drake - Taj Mahal
3. Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
4. Baubles Bangles & Beads - Nina Simone
5. Running Out - Mates of State
6. Bye & Bye/Saints - Gregg Stafford & Dr. Michael White
7. Stigmata Martyr - Bauhaus
8. I Wanna Eat Chocolates - Shonen Knife
9. My Funny Valentine - Gerry Mulligan Quartet
10. Sour Shores - Portatastic
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Posted by Corey Anderson at August 3, 2007 9:04 AM | Comments (6)
Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:
1. Moon Sammy - Soul Coughing
2. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - Jason Mraz
3. I Want to Be Ready - Ben Harper
4. Vengababes from Outer Space - Vengaboys
5. Those Sweet Words - Norah Jones
6. It's a War in There - Dar Williams
7. It Must Be Love - Madness
8. Johannesburg - The Housemartins
9. Genius - Kings of Leon
10. The Garden of Zephirus - Dead Can Dance
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Posted by Corey Anderson at July 27, 2007 6:53 AM | Comments (10)
Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:
1. Indian War Whoop - John Hartford
2. Young Pilgrims - The Shins
3. U Got the Look - Prince
4. Femme Fatale - R.E.M.
5. Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth
6. Everyday Sunshine - Fishbone
7. Here's Where the Story Ends - The Sundays
8. Time After Time - Chet Baker
9. Kinder Words - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
10. Angels Heap - The Finn Brothers
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Posted by Corey Anderson at July 20, 2007 6:54 AM | Comments (11)
Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:
1. Legal Matter - Richard Thompson
2. Come Back to Camden - Morrissey
3. Tiny Tears - Tindersticks
4. The Captain - Kasey Chambers
5. Isn't It a Pity - Dead or Alive
6. Backwards Guitar - Catherine Wheel
7. Green Sheik of Araby - Greens Keepers
8. In the Morning - Norah Jones
9. One Love/People Get Ready - Bob Marley & the Wailers
10. I Will Dare - The Replacements
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Posted by Corey Anderson at July 13, 2007 6:26 AM | Comments (7)
Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:
1. Lullaby/Weren't We Wild - The Judybats
2. Paradise (Wherever You Are) - The Finn Brothers
3. Young Americans - David Bowie
4. Black Shuck - The Darkness
5. Madness - Madness
6. Bosnia - The Cranberries
7. Miss Williams' Guitar - The Jayhawks
8. Gordon's Gardenparty - The Cardigans
9. Freeway - Gerry Mulligan Quartet
10. Cantara - Dead Can Dance
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Posted by Corey Anderson at July 6, 2007 6:33 AM | Comments (4)
Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:
1. U Got the Look - Prince
2. Bandwagon - R.E.M.
3. Indefinitely - Travis
4. Let's Get It On - Jack Black
5. Pitch to Voltage - Brian Eno & David Byrne
6. Life Floats By - The Jayhawks
7. Static - His Name is Alive
8. Saccharine - Catherine Wheel
9. Anyone Can Fill Your Shoes - X
10. Wings of Desire - Strawpeople
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Posted by Corey Anderson at June 29, 2007 6:50 AM | Comments (8)
Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:
1. The Twelfth of Never - Nina Simone
2. Oh Yeah - Yello
3. Again & Again - The Bird & The Bee
4. The Scientist (live) - Aimee Mann
5. Painter Song - Norah Jones
6. Why Have My Loved Ones Gone? - Richard Thompson
7. Suedehead - Morrissey
8. Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me) - Willie Nelson
9. War Pigs (1970 Basement Tapes) - Black Sabbath
10. Tame - Pixies
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Posted by Corey Anderson at June 22, 2007 6:39 AM | Comments (10)
Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:
1. Immigrant Punk - Gogol Bordello
2. Whispers and Moans - Crowded House
3. Empire - Dar Williams
4. Life Begins at the Hop - XTC
5. Smile (Version Revisited) - Lily Allen
6. My Style - Black Eyed Peas (feat. Justin Timberlake)
7. Oh! You Pretty Things - David Bowie
8. City of Dreams - Talking Heads
9. Mojo Pin - Jeff Buckley
10. Families - Neil Young
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Posted by Corey Anderson at June 15, 2007 2:18 PM | Comments (4)
Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:
1. La Grippe - Squirrel Nut Zippers
2. Wall - His Name is Alive
3. St. Louis is Listening - Soul Coughing
4. There Stands the Glass - Van Morrison
5. You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse
6. River of Collections - Paul Cantelon
7. A Little Respect - Element
8. Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.
9. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths
10. Kinder Words - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
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Posted by Corey Anderson at June 8, 2007 6:49 AM | Comments (8)
Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:
1. Supra Genius - Soul Coughing
2. Ex-Girlfriend - No Doubt
3. Starman - Seu Jorge
4. I'm a Hog for You - Clifton Chenier
5. North to Alaska - Ted Hawkins
6. Comfortably Numb - Rogers Waters, Van Morrison, & The Band
7. I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince
8. Song of the Nile - Dead Can Dance
9. Trust - Billy Bragg
10. Baby Get Your Head Screwed On - Cat Stevens
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Posted by Corey Anderson at May 25, 2007 6:57 AM | Comments (9)
Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:
1. Buck Hill - The Replacements
2. Hands Off... She's Mine - The English Beat
3. My Funny Valentine - Elvis Costello
4. Starchild - Level 42
5. All I Really Want - Alanis Morissette
6. Worst Comes to Worst - Billy Joel
7. She Won't Be Home - New Slips
8. Bayou Drive (Sloppy) - Clifton Chenier
9. Which Will - Nick Drake
10. Ten Little Kids - The Jayhawks
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Posted by Corey Anderson at May 18, 2007 7:05 AM | Comments (9)
Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:
1. Tiny Tears - Tindersticks
2. It Must Be Love - Madness
3. Lake - His Name is Alive
4. Vengababes from Outer Space - Vengaboys
5. You Better Be Doubtful - The Housemartins
6. Shaking Through - R.E.M.
7. Pink Bullets - The Shins
8. The Climber - Neil Finn
9. Outro Lugar - Milton Nascimento
10. Is Anything - The Judybats
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Posted by Corey Anderson at May 4, 2007 6:52 AM | Comments (8)
Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:
1. Kiss - Richard Thompson
2. Man in a Shed - Nick Drake
3. A Break in the Clouds - The Jayhawks
4. Nierika - Dead Can Dance
5. In the Lowlands - Crowded House
6. Five O' Clock World - Julian Cope
7. Left & Right - X
8. Brad Logan - Rancid
9. Jimmy Jazz - The Clash
10. Against All Odds - The Postal Service
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Posted by Corey Anderson at April 27, 2007 6:50 AM | Comments (8)
Joining Rox Pop, TBogg, and Just a Cool Cat, et al., here's the American Idle Friday Random Ten:
1. Shut Up - Madness
2. When Problems Arise - Fishbone
3. Dippin' - Parry Gripp
4. Too Much to Hide - Joseph Arthur
5. Trani - Kings of Leon
6. Amnesia - Chumbawamba
7. Night & Day My Love - Clifton Chenier
8. Parasite - Nick Drake
9. The Mollusk - Ween
10. Yeat's Grave - The Cranberries
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Posted by Corey Anderson at April 20, 2007 7:04 AM | Comments (10)