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Chris Flannery – Page 10 – I'd rather be the pauper of Scranton than the King of Wilkes-Barre

volume 68: you won’t lose the beat if you just keep clapping your hands

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1. Charles In Charge – Hey Woman, from now on you belong to me (Dialog)
2. Wild Beasts – We Still Got The Taste Dancing On Our Tongues
3. Fruit Bats – The Ruminant Band
4. Amos The Transparent – Lemons, aka (Big Fish Little Pond)
5. The Danks – Die Young
6. Stampeders – Sweet City Woman
7. Little Wings – Look at What the Light Did Now
8. Neil Young with The Stray Gators – Bad Fog Of Loneliness
9. Palace Music – The Mountain Low
10. Band of Skulls – Death By Diamonds And Pearls
11. Misterholmes and the Brotherhood – Thrift Store Find
12. The Deadly Syndrome – I Hope I Become A Ghost
13. McGowan – Into The Mystery
14. Alejandro Escovedo – Golden Bear
15. John Martyn – Sweet Little Mystery
16. The Phenomenal Handclap Band – You’ll Disappear
17. Chris Garneau – No More Pirates
18. Old Crow Medicine Show – Wagon Wheel
19. Spooky Tooth – That Was Only Yesterday
20. Bruce Hornsby – Mandolin Rain
21. Principal Anderson – Thank You Bruce Hornsby (Dialog)

Capitalism in Wilkes-Barre

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Hey Wilkes-Barre, Congratulations you made it in the new Michael Moore movie Capitalism: A Love Story… for sucking. I’m sure most of your children belong in juvie anyway, but you shouldn’t have tried to make money off it.

You’re not The Boss of Me

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It’s become abundantly clear, Bruce Springsteen has only three good songs. Here they are in very particular order:
The Ghost of Tom Joad

Backstreets

Atlantic City

Alejandro Escovedo – Golden Bear

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There’s a creature in my body,
There’s a creature in my blood,
Don’t know how long he’s been there,
Or why he’s after us.

Oh, why me? (Golden Bear’s running down)
Oh, why me? (Golden Bear’s running down)
Oh, why me? (Golden Bear’s running down)
Oh, why me? (Golden Bear’s running down)

But I’m as stubborn as a tree trunk,
A screen door in the breeze,
And like a wildcat in the summertime,
The sun can’t hide from me.

Oh, why me? (Golden Bear’s running down)
Oh, why me? (Golden Bear’s running down)
Oh, why me? (Golden Bear’s running down)
Oh, why me? (Golden Bear’s running down)

Last night as I lay dreaming,
Caught an endless wave,
My brothers battled out behind me,
And formed a circle ’round my grave.

Oh, why me? (Golden Bear’s running down)
Oh, why me? (Golden Bear’s running down)
Oh, why me? (Golden Bear’s running down)
Oh, why me? (Golden Bear’s running down)

Gammons on Camden Yards

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The building of Camden Yards is the second most important event in Major League Baseball since World War II after Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier. – Peter Gammons [paraphrased] 9/14/09 on Baseball Tonight

The State Theme / Nation of Ulysses

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Is it known that the “Action, Action, Action!” portion of the theme to The State (1993) called “Boys and Girls” by Craig Wedren (of Shudder to Think) actually copies/rips off/homages the song “The Hickey Underworld” by The Nation of Ulysses off of Plays Pretty For Baby (1992)?

If not, than I am pointing it out. If so I’m just restating it.

Fig Newtons

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Every couple of years I come across the packages of Fig Newtons in the grocery store, think of my grandmother, and then buy them. Immediately after taking my first bite, I’m taken back to Clark Street in Old Forge, PA where I fondly remember telling my grandmother that I hate these disgusting cookies.

Volume 67

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1. Teitur –  Catherine The Waitress
2. Matt & Kim – Daylight
3. Chris Garneau – Dirty Night Clowns
4. Built By Snow – Implode Alright
5. Floating Action – 50 Lashes
6. Elvis Perkins In Dearland – 123 Goodbye
7. Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
8. Little Archie – You Can’t Tie Me Down
9. The Wooden Birds – False Alarm
10. Built By Snow – A-Beta
11. Marina & The Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot
12. Ghost Mice – Please Quit Smoking Mom
13. Paul Baribeau – Tablecloth
14. Clues – Perfect Fit
15. Langhorne Slim – Diamonds and Gold
16. Heathers – Waiter
17. Sailcat – Motorcycle Mama
18. This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb – This Is What I Want
19. Andrew Jackson Jihad – I Love You
20. Revolver – Leave Me Alone
21. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
22. Paul McCartney – Check My Machine

Little Archie – You Can’t Tie Me Down – Lyrics

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lyrics as transcribed by me:

I like to travel I like to move around from town to town
I like to travel I like to see what makes this world go ’round

You can’t tie me down
You can’t tie me down

I’d like to live in the way out west and ride the old prairie
I like to visit Dodge City, Tombstone, and go to Laramie

You can’t tie me down
You can’t tie me down

I got a girl in every port from Spain to Mexico
Been taken to court for non-support one hundred times or more

You can’t tie me down
You can’t tie me down

If you hear me riding fast you’ll know that you will see
A posse of pretty women riding after me

You can’t tie me down
You can’t tie me down

This New Years Eve i was locked up tight in a New York county jail
I had a girl shipped C.O.D. in a package thorugh the mail

You can’t tie me down
You can’t tie me down
You can’t tie me down
You can’t tie me down