General

1. [dialogue] – Psych Out Movie Promo
2. Bob & Earl – Harlem Shuffle
3. Allen Toussaint – Chokin’ Kind
4. The Emperors – I Want My Woman
5. Fleetwood Mac – Not That Funny
6. Unrest – Suki
7. First Aid Kit – Ghost Town
8. Neil Halstead – Witless Or Wise
9. Ralph McTell – Streets Of London
10. Scott Walker – After The Lights Go Out
11. Pulp – Pencil Skirt
12. Sarah Jaffe – Clementine
13. Dillard & Clark – Don’t Let Me Down
14. Dr. Feelgood – Violent Love
15. The Dialtones – Don’t Let the Sun Shine on Me
16. Eggs – Goverment Administrator
17. The Moondoggies – It’s a Shame, It’s a Pity
18. Hot Chip – I Feel Better
19. John Cale – Heartbreak Hotel
20. Murray Head – Say It Ain’t So, Joe
21. Eels – I Need A Mother
22. Todd Rundgren – Chain Letter

By Ron English

(via Andy Revkin/Beacon, NY)

53: the number of times Ignatius J. Reilly references his valve in A Confederacy of Dunces.

108 years ago today the great Coal Strike of 1902 ended.

“Pablo Picasso” was first released as a song on John Cale’s Helen of Troy (1975), one year before the Modern Lovers released it on their eponymous LP. The Modern Lovers had performed it since it was written in 1972.