Tuesday Tune, vol 120 – Mine Oh Mine

A Tuesday Tune has not been published here since February, 6.  That's a long time without tunes!  Figured it was time.  Today's songs are all about mining.  I have a running buddy, his name is Rad.  (Really, that's what we call him cause he is rad.)  Rad is a civil engineer who spends some time working in Elko, Nevada.

While running last week, I put two and two together and realized that Rad works with the miners, what with the gold mines there being the predominant industry.  Do people do anything else in Elko?  Not going to research that one –  aside from Cowboy Poetry and Gold Mining, I'm not all that concerned with what goes on in Elko.  What I am concerned about, however, is that I don't have a Mining playlist.  Well... I didn't until now...

Dear engineering Rad, this one's for you!


Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn
Copper - The Pass
Diamonds and Gold - Tom Waits
Black Lung - Hazel Dickens
Canary in a Coal Mine - The Police
Working In The Coal Mine - Devo
Silver And Gold - U2
Coal War - Joshua James

Silvertown Blues - Mark Knopfler

Silver (Tidal Wave) - Echo & The Bunnymen

Silver-N-Gold Rusted Root

Gold Rush Brides - 10,000 Maniacs

Gold Mine - Breanne Düren

Golddigger - Supreme Beings of Leisure
County Miner Hazel Dickens
Coal Black Mining Blues - Nimrod Workman
Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac
Miner's Refrain - Gillian Welch
Coal Miner's Grave - Hazel Dickens
Gold Mine Gutted - Bright Eyes Clay
Coal Tattoo - Hazel Dickens
Come All You Coal Miners - Sarah Gunning
Cruel Willie - Connie & Babe featuring Red Roberts
Dark As a Dungeon - Merle Travis
Death of Harry Simms - Jim Garland (link is performed by Ewan Rodgers)
Miner's Prayer Dwight Yoakam
Dream of a Miner's Child - Phyllis Boyens
Hard Working Miner - Sarah Gunning
Last Train from Poor Valley - Norman Blake
Lawrence Jones - Phyllis Boyens
The Mannington Mine Disaster - Hazel Dickens
One Morning In May - J.P. Fraley
And Am I Born to Die? - Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton
Shut Up In the Mines of Coal Creek - The Old Home String Band
Panning For Gold - Ben Sollee
They'll Never Keep Us Down - Hazel Dickens
Trouble Among the Yearlings - Country Cooking
Which Side Are You On? - Florence Reece
Yablonski Murder - Hazel Dickens
Blue Diamond Mines - The Johnson Mountain Boys
Miner - The Seeds

Dumas Faux Pas

Pronounced:  [doo-mah foh pah]

Here I stand, corrected.  (All shamed-up and humilified!)

It all began in a hotel in New York City.  Popular culture suggests that most things begin within the confines of an NYC hotel room, so, naturally, one would think that I too would have a story to tell, which begins within the confines of an NYC hotel room.

Megan, Jessica, and I were chatting.  Eventually, our chats lead to a lengthy discussion of books, and what books should be on our own "must read" list.  There was plenty of agreeing, some disagreeing, and a whole bunch of "I never read that one!" from me.  (I ain't all that well-read.)  We also googled a fair amount of lists to compare the selections of others to our own picks.  It was quite a conversion.

I took notes.  I plan to knock off some of those books so as to become as well-read as Megan and Jessica.

One of the books on this list was Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.  I started that one last week.  Whenever I start a book, it's customary for me to read the intro and author biography.  Orientation is critical.  While reading the author biography on Mr. Verne, I was taken unawares and shouted a "no way!" at the following excerpt:

"Through family connections, he entered Parisian literary circles and met many of the distinguished writers of the day.  Inspired in particular by novelists Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas (father and son), Verne began writing his own works."

Now.  I read that and shouted a "no way!" because, to me, listing "Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas (father and son)" means that Victor and Alexandre are father and son.  Does it not?  I was so excited to spread this news that I told everyone.  And then I posted it here, and Arizona Megan called her entire family and told them.

Well, the reference to father and son doesn't mean Vicky and Alex are father and son.  No, it doesn't.  This particular "father and son" references Alexandre Dumas I, and Alexandre Dumas II.  Turns out that Dumas (Count of Monte Cristo, Three Musketeers) had a son with the same name, who wrote stories Faux his Pas and Faux others.

So here I am, standing corrected.  (All shamed-up and humilified.)

Here's where I got into trouble:  It was in print!  And in a Barnes 'n Noble classics print, no less!  It must be correct and true!  And I must have read it and interpreted it correctly because I'm smart 'n stuff! Right....?  Right...?

I'm a sucker for anything in print.  I'll believe anything in print.  Printed stuff has editors and publishers to keep it all solid, right?  If I had read that somewhere on the internet, I would have checked twelve sources before believing.  And, most certainly, I would have checked two more sources before leading you all astray.

Please accept my apologizes.

(For the record... Spouse read the bio, made the same inference, and he's smarter than I am.  So there.  Spouse also gets credit for the title.)

What I've Learned...

Don't be fooled by today's title.  This post is not an unctuous slosh of deep thoughts.  Not at all.  I know that most of you have a limited allotment of eyeball rolls, and those eyeball rolls must be partitioned as you see fit.  I'd hate for you to use up this precious cache of eyeball rolls here.

Mostly this post is about what I've learned within the last couple of days.  I've kept notes.  Each time I discovered or learned something new, I wrote it down.  You should try it some time.  You'd be amazed (yes, amazed!) at the amount of new information that gets added to your brain each day.

During the last day or two, I have learned that...

... If you have crazy friends you have everything.  Winder taught me this.  She would know, what with her being the craziest of the crazy, and befriended the craziester.

... Mushrooms, caramelized onions, feta, and a balsamic reduction are extraordinary on flatbread.  A little joint here in town serves this.  They call themselves Blue Lemon.  They also have a terrific butternut squash soup that serves as both appetizer and dessert.  This I did not learn today, I just thought it share-worthy.

... "Why" and "How" are not important 99% of the time.  Sometimes you just have to call it an "is what it is" and shut up.  These ruminating How's and Why's often give birth to worthless conjecture and gossip.

... Home Depot is the one place that can motivate and discourage me – at the same time.  I don't really like that place much.  Something I have just learned.

... Josh Wright is the most accomplished person I know, yet he's also the most humble.  How on earth did that happen?  Is this one of those times where I shouldn't ask How or Why?  Prolly is.  I should just sit back and enjoy the dear punk and his humble accomplishments.  Speaking of which, he has a new album.  You can download it by going here.  

... Computers should be baptized every year.  Just dunk 'em and start over.  You'd be surprised how clean and fresh one feels after having one's computer baptized.  You might also be surprised at the polar reception induced by this "baptize the computer" phrase.  Some think you're funny.  Others most definitely do not.

... I have food issues with other people's food issues.  So bad are my food issues with people's food issues that I think it's time to see a therapist.  I nearly bite my tongue clean through each and every time someone spends more than 90 seconds explaining their food limitation or new diet or intolerance.  It's perfectly all right to politely decline and state your food limitation without imploring the tabloids or the ward newsletter. For reals. Maybe a simple "no, but thank you" would suffice.

In my (not humble) opinion, Food Issues have become a heavy-hitter in the game called Give Me Attention and Now!  So you're not eating green olives right now...  who cares?!  So you don't eat cabbage.  Big deal!  It's soooo not interesting.  And you say "studies show" that eating copious amounts of (insert current 'n popular bad-guy food here) will zap you of all energy and make one leg longer than the other?  Yawn.  See?  I have food issues with other people's food issues. I need therapy.  No one should be this intolerant over someone else's intolerances.

... Shallow attributes tend to run very deep in shallow people.  Shallowness runs so deep!  Try that irony on for size.  Need an example?  Note how deeply I get annoyed at my shallow tolerance for other people's food issues.

... I'm a mother of boys.  Which means I will have a house full of boys.  Which also means that my house will smell and look like a house full of boys.  Which means I need to be comfy with a messy 'n stinky house full of boys.  I'll work on that now by not cleaning the black smudges that grace each doorway and light switch.  Sorry guests.  That's just how it's going to be.  I'd pick a house full of smelly 'n stinky boys over a clean house any day of the week.

... I'm funny.  Spouse and I were in the car, traveling to our lunch date.  I was wearing a skirt.  Vera, was all grubby from yard work.  She inquired, "Are you going somewhere?  Or are you just cute today?"  I replied with, "I'm cute everyday."  Then we both laughed.

... Sonic has half-price shakes after 8:00pm and half price drinks from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.

... I am deadline driven.  I don't feel the need to do anything unless there's a deadline attached.  Therefore, if you ask me for something, you better give me a deadline.  Else you'll never get that something.  Spouse, take note of this. For the next time you ask for a little something.

... Victor Hugo begat Alexendre Dumas.  This means that the author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame begat the author of The Three Musketeers.  Crazy, right?  I wonder why Alexandre chose Dumas as a last name instead of Hugo.  Or why he didn't call himself Alexendre Hugo Dumas?  Prolly because all the kids at writing club would call him a Huge Dumass.

***Update, as of May 13 2013... I've since learned the error of my ways and have confessed my mistake.  You can read all about my Dumas Faux Pas by going here.  

R-U-N-N-O-F-T

From the archives... I wrote this some time in February and didn't publish it.  For some reason.

I am completely and suffocatingly buried in responsibility.  The only thing I can think of doing is the grand ol' R-U-N-N-O-F-T.  Exempt* I have no energy for running oft; thoughts of staying in bed are percolating.  My job is such that I have a 10 second commute in the morning.  As in: wake up, rollover, pick up the laptop, login it.  Commute over.

I could rightfully (and ethically) stay in bed all day and work.

Perhaps I should get out of bed.  Yahoo #1 has asked that I come sing to him.  How can one turn down such a proposition?  I cannot.  No one ever asks me to sing to them... I wonder if I get to choose what I sing?  If I get to choose, I think I'll choose I'll Melt With You by Modern English.  Mostly because I want a fancy grilled cheese sandwich.  I'd stop the world for a melty grill cheese right now.

End non published post.

*Note the use of "exempt" instead of "except".  That right there is funny.  Exempt is a tax term, in the which my Freudian something-er-other slipped it out instead of except! Har har.

In other news, I'm here to report that on Saturday, May the Fourth, the Fourth was with me.  It thure wath.  I ran 20 mileth!  Twenty thlow and thloppy big oneth.  I was tho thrilled I cried real tearths.  I knew not whether I'd thee thith day ever again.  True thtory.  To thelebrate, I thall run the Utah Valley Marathon on June 8.  Thweet, yeth?  Yeth!

Dearly beloved, I dare thay... the Runner in Rabid ith back!

In other, other newth, I dithcovered five (5!) core thkills for life.  They are too good not to thare.

1. Curiothity
2. Creativity
3. Rethilienth
4. Patienth
5. Thelf-Relianth

Tho go out there and be curioth, creative, rethilent, patient, and do it all by your thelf!  And may the fourth be with you all year long!  Not just on the fourth!

What's Up?

Hi there!  What's UP?

I received an e-mail yesterday that inquired as to why the blog has gone MIA.  I about replied with an "Aren't you tired of me or something?  Aren't you totally bored by my antics?"

I get lots of me, and aside from my regularly scheduled out-of-body-happening, I rarely get a break from me. So I kind of gave up getting more of me on the internet by publishing more of me on the internet.  Figured if I was tired and bored of me you were too!

I suppose the blog could get some attention.  And I suppose I could Up My Annie on some antics.

I could start by saying I'm 40.  Yay for 40.  Forty is fabulous.  I've been 40 for 10+ months.  The other day I was taking some graduation photos of my nephew.  We were rummaging about at the football/soccer field when I walked past the 40-yard-line.  I threw my camera at my brother and hollered, "HERE!  TAKE MY PICTURE!!!"

In the which he took my picture:

And here's one of the nephew.  For the record, he never hollered "TAKE MY PICTURE!!!" He's not as demanding as I am.

 

He's cute, isn't he?  Sure is.  Great kid too.  My brother Upped the Annie on child raising.  

What's UP?  I say Annie's UP!  Here's to Upping Annie!  

Operation Who and Whom!

I can't sleep.  I've been laying awake since 1:11.

At 2:12 I realized a light was on somewhere and sent myself on a secret covert mission: Operation Find-The-Light-And-Turn-It-Off!  I envisioned my very own 7-foot, 300 pound drill-seargent – complete with space between his thumb-sized incisors – calling me maggot and such.  GET OUT THERE YOU MAGGOT! FIND THAT LIGHT YOU LIVER-LIPPED LOSER!  TURN IT OFF AND REPORT BACK TO THAT MATTRESS BY OH-TWO-TWENTY! YOU HEAR ME?! YOU SOUR-SMELLING SASQUATCH!  GO!

Operation Find-The-Light-And-Turn-It-Off revealed two Yahoos, in the same chair, all cuddled up 'n exercising those opposable thumbs to the beat of Batman Lego 2.  If you get straight As at my house, I buy you a game.  And the Friday following the purchase of said game turns into a somewhat all-nighter.

(I need to be careful about this top secret intel, as the neighbor kids will want to be part of my progeny. Chitlins from far and wide will beat down the doors with raging report cards.  So, MUMS THE WORD... GOT IT?!  YOU HEAR ME MAGGOT?!)

After I found the Yahoos and the light, I didn't turn it off or send them to bed, and returned to my attempt at slumber.

 

Here's one thing that rarely happens for me: insomnia.  I've been lucky that way.  I'm not a tosser or a turner.  When I hit that mattress, it's near-death until the alarm goes off.

I'd say that this insomnia thing has had me for a few days.  I'm a touch concerned, but only a touch.  On Wednesday I heaved and ho-hummed.  Thursday was a fitfull bunt and buck (but not that kind of bunt buck.) And Friday was a  sweaty launch and lob (but not that kind of sweaty launch and lob.)   Which leads us to Saturday's toss 'n turn – happening right now, on the internet near you (but not that kind of internet tossing and turning.)

In my usual, do-something-now panic, my mind produced a perpetual cycle of you-need-to-sleep-now-or-else, that lead to more anguished-arousal (but not that kind of anguished-arousal,) that lead to more do-something-now panic.  

This is when the thunder-toothed, maggot-mouthing drill sergeant came back.  DO SOMETHING! YOU BUBBLE-BRAINED FART! he hollered.  GET YOUR ASS INTO A COMA, STAT!  YOU GOT A RUNNING DATE AT OH-SIX-THIRTY!

In an effort to appease my inner-sergeant, I drummed up the next secret cover mission: Operation Who and Whom.  Surely some proper-use research of who and whom would do the drowsy duty.  I'm also having some trouble with the usage at work.  Therefore it's high time I get it straight.

After a googling of "proper use of who and whom" – of which produced a-plenty – I chose the third option, Choosing When to Use Who and Whom – For Dummies.  Figured I read the Dummies version of Football, and that put me to sleep.  Perhaps I have found my sleep solution.  'Sides, the sergeant was busy flapping YOU DOUGH-DIMPLED-DUMMY! therefore the dummies version was the obvious choice.

Here it is:

• Use who and whoever when the pronoun is the subject of the sentence.
• Use whom and whomever when the pronoun is the object of the sentence.

Still don't get it?  Me neither.  Let's keep going:

• The subject does the thing.
• The object has the thing done to it.  Lucky object!  

Now time for the sample sentences:

• Who did that thing?  Whoever did that thing is a lucky one.
• With whom did you do that thing?  I did that thing with whomever was available.

Some rules of thumb:

• "If you have a verb flapping around with no subject, chances are who or whoever is the subject you're missing."  Quotin' the source here; Who is a plagiarizer?  I am not a plagiarizer.  
• "If all subjects are accounted for and you don't need a linking verb complement, you've reached a final answer: whom or whomever is the only possibility." You plagiarized whom?

Now, if you're having trouble with subjects and objects, or subjects and predicates, you can always consult with Mr. Morton.  If you choose to watch this Schoolhouse Rock episode, of which is a true classic, imagine it sung by that same foul-breathed sergeant, the one who kept me awake all week.

• Who kept you away all week?
• You were kept awake all week by whom?  

Still not ready to sleep.  Damn the Drill Sergeant!  

p.s. Today's post is  brought to you by Megan and her inner critic. Turns out she has a drill sergeant too.  

Aliteration Playlist - All 481

In an attempt to placate an unknown and unstately upheaval of unease, I finished the Aliteration Playlist.  It did not, however, placate this unknown 'n unstately upheaval of unease.  Better go running or something...

Being as this was a few hours in the making, I figured that it needed some semblence of public pronouncement.  

Enjoy?

Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70 for Cello and Piano  Schumann & Steven Isserlis

Arpeggio Adaggio      The Dandy Warhols

Bach: Brandenburg      Max Pommer: New Bach Collegium Musicum

Baby Bitch      Ween

Baby Blue       Badfinger

Back In Black AC/DC

Back to Black  Amy Winehouse

Bad Blood       Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Bad Blood       Ministry

Bad Boyfriend           Garbage

Bad Businessman      Squirrel Nut Zippers

Bamboo Banga          M.I.A.

Banana's and Blow   Ween

Be Brave         My Brightest Diamond

Beast Of Burden        The Rolling Stones

Beat On The Brat      The Ramones

Because We Believe  Andrea Bocelli

Bedbugs And Ballyhoo         Echo & The Bunnymen

Before It Breaks        Brandi Carlile

Behind The Bushes   The Knife

Bell Bottom Blues      Derek & The Dominos

Benny the Bouncer   Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Between Breaths (An XX Perspective)       Blaqk Audio

Between The Bars     Elliott Smith

Bhakti Boombox        MC Yogi

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo Verna Felton and James MacDonald

Big Bottom     Spinal Tap

The Bitch Is Back       Elton John

Bitmore Boogie          Dave Monson

Black And Blue          Van Halen

Black and Blue           Ingrid Michaelson

Black Boots     Paula Cole

Blitzkrieg Bop            The Ramones

Block After Block       Matt & Kim

Blue Buddha  My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult

Blue On Black            Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Bohemian Ballet        Deep Forest

Bone Broke    The White Stripes

Born On The Bayou  Creedence Clearwater Revival

Bottle Of Blues           Beck

Bottles & Bones (Shade & Sympathy)        Califone

Bottom Of The Barrel           Amos Lee

The Boy In The Bubble        Paul Simon

Boys Better    The Dandy Warhols

Break My Body          Pixies

Broken Bone  Iceage

Brooklyn Is Burning  Head Automatica

Bushwick Blues         Delta Spirit

Car Crash       Matt Nathanson

Car Crash       Telekinesis

Caring Is Creepy       The Shins

Cat's In the Cradle    Harry Chapin

Cello Concerto in C/C-dur/ut Majeur H. VIIb:1 \ Adagio Haydn

Cheap and Cheerful The Kills

Chitllins Con Carne   Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Choking the Cherry  Poe

Close Curtains           Guilty Simpson

Cold Chillin'   Len

Come On, Come Out  A Fine Frenzy

Complete Control      The Clash

Corpus Christi           La Bien Querida

Crash Course Crash Test Dummies

Crimson And Clover  Tommy James & The Shondells

Cripple Creek            The Stonemans

Crop Circle     Monster Magnet

The Cross Of Changes          Enigma

Cup Of Coffee            Garbage

Cups and Cakes         Spinal Tap

Curtain Call    Tori Amos

Curtain Call (Live)    Brandi Carlile

Cygnet Committee    David Bowie

Damien Dreams        Jeremy Enigk

Dancing Days Led Zeppelin

Dancing In the Dark The Snuggle Ups

Daphne Descends     Smashing Pumpkins

Dark Days      Punch Brothers

Dead and Done         Bobby Long

Dear Darcy     Joshua James

Dear Diary     Patty Larkin

Decoration Day          John Lee Hooker

Deed Is Done Dave Matthews

Deep Dish      Ani DiFranco

Delta Dawn    Tanya Tucker

Demon Days  Gorillaz

Devil In The Details  Bright Eyes

Devils' Dance Demons & Devils

Diamond Dogs           Beck

Diamond in the Dark            Fresh & Onlys

Diddley Daddy          Chris Isaak

Digging In The Dirt   Peter Gabriel

Ding Dang      My Brightest Diamond

Dirty Day        U2

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap          AC/DC

Dirty Diana    Michael Jackson

Dirty Dog        ZZ Top

Do Nothing Day         Candace

Doin' It To Death       James Brown

Dragnet Drag Peter Murphy

The Dream Of The Dolphin Enigma

Dressed In Dresden  The Hundred In the Hands

Drums of Death (Inst)          DJ Shadow

Drunk Drivin'            Sublime

Dub Driving   Angelo Badalamenti

Dust Devil      Butthole Surfers

Dust Devil      Madness

Dying Day      Brandi Carlile

Easter Eve      John Mellencamp

Emergency Exit         Beck

The End Of Everything        Chris Isaak

Everybody's Everything       Santana

Fading Fast    The Go-Go's

Feelings Of Fright      Vampire's Lair

Femme Fatale            Duran Duran

Fight Fire With Fire   Apocalyptica

Fight Fire With Fire   Kansas

Fight Fire With Fire   Metallica

Fill Us With Fire         Erasure

Fish To Fry     The Ditty Bops

Fist Of Fire     Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

Flesh For Fantasy (1999 Digital Remaster)           Billy Idol

Fool In the Photograph        Sunny Day Real Estate

Forest Fire      Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

Forty Four      Howlin' Wolf

Freddie Freeloader   Miles Davis

Free Fallin'     Tom Petty

Freeze Frame Acoustic Alchemy

Freeze-Frame            The J. Geils Band

Fuel My Fire   The Prodigy

Funny Face    Donna Fargo

Garbage Grove           Sublime

Get Up 'N' Go The Ditty Bops

Gitchee Gitchee Goo  Phineas and the Ferbtones

Go Get Your Gun        The Dear Hunter

The Go Getter            The Black Keys

Gold and Green         Sugarland

Golden Gates  John Mellencamp

Good Gone Girl           Mika

Gossip Girl      Lexxi Saal

Gossip In the Grain   Ray LaMontagne

Gots to Get Her (Inspired By "Puttin' On the Ritz")          Blake Lewis

Gotta Be Good            Chris Isaak

Gravity Grave [Live]  The Verve

Guide Me God            Ghostland

Hand On Heart          Queensrÿche

Happy Home  Garbage

Happy Home  Paula Cole

Happy Home (Keep On Writing)    Kimya Dawson

Happy House Ornette Coleman

Hard to Handle          The Black Crowes

Hard To Handle         Jack Russell

Haunted Heart          little hurricane

Havoc In Heaven       Jesca Hoop

Head Over Heels       Tears For Fears

Head Up High            Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Headed For A Heartbreak    Winger

Healing Hands           Marc Cohn

Heart Too Hot To Hold          Jesse Johnson & Stephanie Spruill

Hell Hole         Spinal Tap

Hello, Hooray Alice Cooper

Helplessly Hoping     Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

High Hopes    Pink Floyd

Hit So Hard    Hole

Hold My Hand           Hootie & The Blowfish

Hold My Hand (Duet with Akon)    Michael Jackson

Houses Of The Holy  Led Zeppelin

Human Hands           Sondre Lerche & The Faces Down Quartet

I Belong to the Band Mavis Staples

I Can See Clearly       Johnny Nash

I Dug Up A Diamond Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris

I Feel Fine      The Beatles

I Love My Label         Nick Lowe

I Shot The Sheriff      Eric Clapton

I'm Afraid Of Americans       David Bowie

I'm Afraid Of Americans       David Bowie

I'm Still Standing       Elton John

Impressive Instant    Madonna

Inspiration Information       Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

It's Not The Night      The Cars

Jimmy Jazz     The Clash

Juke Joint Jezebel      K.M.F.D.M.

Jump For Joy  Koko Taylor

Lady Luck       Jamie Woon

Lady Lynda    Acoustic Alchemy

Leaving Las Vegas     Sheryl Crow

Lend Me Your Love   Pinetop Perkins

Life in Laralay            Love and Rockets

Like A Lady    The Sounds

The Limit To Your Love        Feist

Little Lies        Fleetwood Mac

Lookin' For Love        Johnny Lee

Love Letter     Bonnie Raitt

Love Letters   Nora O'Connor

Love Me Lovely          The Dandy Warhols

Live Your Life            Otis Taylor

Lonely For Your Love            Magic Slim & The Teardrops

Long Way To Love     Britny Fox

Looking For Love       The Cars

Love and Liberté       Gipsy Kings

Love In The Lies        Amos Lee

Love Of A Lifetime     Firehouse

Love Of My Life         Queen

Love Of My Life         Santana Feat. Dave Matthews

Low and Lonely         The Bluegrass Cardinals

Luck Be A Lady          Frank Sinatra

Lunar Landing           Floyd Lee Band

Lust Or Love  Scorpions

Lust To Love  The Go-Go's

Macho Man    The Village People

Madre Mia     Gipsy Kings

Maggie M'Gill The Doors

Maggie May   Rod Stewart

Magic Man     Heart

Make a Move Icon For Hire

Make It Mine Jason Mraz

Make It Till Monday [Acoustic]        The Verve

Malted Milk    Eric Clapton

Mamma Mia   ABBA

Man In The Mirror    Michael Jackson

Man On A Mission     Van Halen

Man On The Moon    R.E.M.

Manic Monday           The Bangles

Mary Magdalene       Patty Larkin

Mean Mr. Mustard    The Beatles

Military Madness      Graham Nash

Milk and Mangoes     Saravah Soul

Minutes To Memories           John Mellencamp

Miss Mary Mack        Music For Little People Choir

Miss Me          Andy Grammer

Miss Murder  AFI

Missionary Man         Eurythmics

Mister Machoman     Lords Of Acid

Mister Malcontent     Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

Monday Morning      Christina Aguilera

Monday Morning      Death Cab for Cutie

Monday Morning (Remastered)     Fleetwood Mac

Monster Mash           Bobby "Boris" Picket

Month Of May           Arcade Fire

Moonlight Mile          The Rolling Stones

Move for Me (Mind Electric Mix)    Kaskade & Deadmau5

Moving Mountains    Thrice

Mulligatawny Man    Astrofly

The Murder Mystery            The Velvet Underground

Muscle Museum        Muse

Music Man     REO Speedwagon

Muffin Man    Music For Little People Choir

My Man          The Eagles

My Mathematical Mind        Spoon

My Mistakes   Eleanor Friedberger

My Moon My Man     Feist

Need You Now           Cut Copy

Network News           Robert Plant

Nosy Neighbor           The Ditty Bops

Nothing & Nowhere  Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton

On Your Own Blur

One And Only            Queensrÿche

The Only One            The Black Keys

The Only One            Joel Piper

Only The Ocean         Jack Johnson

Papa Don't Preach    Madonna

Paper Planes M.I.A.

Part of the Process    Morcheeba

Passion Play   Loudon Wainwright III

Past In Present          Feist

Paw Paw Patch          Music For Little People Choir

Pee-Pee In The Potty            Kimya Dawson

Pelvis Pusher (Bonus Track)           Vintage Trouble

Philadelphia Freedom          Elton John

Piano Picker   The Carpenters

Pick Up the Phone    Dragonette

Pick Up The Pieces    Average White Band

Pillars & Pews            Dignan

The Pimp and the Priest      The Dear Hunter

Pleasure And Pain    Ben Harper

Potato Picking            Mark Knopfler

Pretty In Pink            The Dresden Dolls

Pretty In Pink            The Psychedelic Furs

Pretty Paper  Chris Isaak

Pretty Paper  Willie Nelson

The Prince Of Parties           Flight Of The Conchords

Pull Up the People    M.I.A.

Punjabis, Pimps, and Players           DJ Shadow

Purple People            Tori Amos

Ramblin' Rose            Nat King Cole

Ready to Run Dixie Chicks

Red Rabbits   The Shins

Red Rain         Peter Gabriel

Red Rain         The White Stripes

The Remington Ride String Cheese Incident

Rhyme & Reason       Dave Matthews Band

Rhymes and Reasons            John Denver

Richie and Ruben      Fountains of Wayne

The Right To Rock     Keel

Ring Around The Rosy          Music For Little People Choir

Rock & Roll     Led Zeppelin

Rock'n Roll     The Sounds

Roll Right        Rage Against The Machine

Rough Rider   The English Beat

Roy Rogers     Elton John

Run Run Rudolph.     Dave Edmunds

Rural Route    John Mellencamp

Russian Roulette       Edwin McCain

Sad Song        The Cars

Sad Songs (Say So Much)     Elton John

Safe & Sound (feat. The Civil Wars) [From "The Hunger Games" Soundtrack] Taylor Swift

Sally's Song    Danny Elfman

The Salmon Song      Courage Brothers

Salt and Sand            Nathen Maxwell & The Original Bunny Gang

Sand In My Shoes     Dido

Sara Smile      Hall & Oates

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout   Tori Amos

Satin Sheets   Jeanne Pruett

Savage Sexteen         My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult

Sea Of Sorrow            Alice In Chains

Secret Smile   Semisonic

Secret Song    Reel Big Fish

Secret Spell (Santa)  Tori Amos

Seesaw Sway Peter Murphy

Serve The Servants   Nirvana

Set The Sails  Dan Mangan

Set The Scene            Umbrellas

Seven Seas     Echo & The Bunnymen

Sexy Sadie      The Beatles

Shadows In Silence   Enigma

Shake the Shackles   Crystal Stilts

Shakespeare's Sister The Smiths

Shalom / Saalam       Matisyahu

Shamrocks And Shenanigans (Butch Vig Mix)      House Of Pain

Shape of a Sound      Civil Twilight

She Said         The Cramps

She Says         Howie Day

She Sells Sanctuary   The Cult

She Sells Sanctuary   The Dandy Warhols

Shining Star   Earth Wind & Fire

Shock To The System (2001 Digital Remaster)     Billy Idol

Shooting Star Bad Company

Short Stacks   The Ditty Bops

The Shortest Straw   Metallica

Show Of Strength      Echo & The Bunnymen

Silent Sea       KT Tunstall

The Silly Song (Dwarfs' Yodel Song)          Adriana Caselotti

Silver Sun       Crystal Stilts

Simple Stuff   Echo & The Bunnymen

Sing A Song    Earth Wind & Fire

Sing A Song Of Sixpence       Music For Little People

Sinner Street Tuff

Sitting Still      R.E.M.

Six Ways From Sunday         Mofro

Sixteen Saltines         Jack White

Smiling Swine            The Dear Hunter

So Sorry          Feist

Soft Shock      Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Something, Somewhere, Sometime (Album)         Ben Sollee And Daniel Martin Moore

Sometimes Salvation The Black Crowes

Son & Sylvia   Eric Clapton

Son of Shiva (feat. Rita Sahai)         MC Yogi

Song Of The Stars     Dead Can Dance

Sons Of Scotland       Mark Knopfler

Soul and the Sea       Joshua James

Soul Sacrifice Santana

Soul Suckers  Amos Lee

Soul Surfing   Fatboy Slim

The Sound Of Settling          Death Cab For Cutie

The Sound of Silence (Live) Brandi Carlile

The Sound Of Sunshine (Album Version)  Michael Franti & Spearhead

Spanish Sahara (Album)      Foals

Speed Of Sound        Coldplay

The Spectrum Song  Paul Frees

The Spinach Song     Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends

Spit Sperm     K.M.F.D.M.

A Spoonful Of Sugar Julie Andrews

Stable Song    Death Cab For Cutie

Stains of Saints          The  Weather Machines

Standing In The Sun Howie Day

Staring At the Sun     Alaska In Winter

Stars and Stripes       Rogue Wave

Stars Are Stars           Echo & The Bunnymen

Steal My Sunshine    Len

Steps Of The Sun      Nostalgia 77

Sticky Sweet   Mötley Crüe

Still In Saigon The Charlie Daniels Band

Stockholm Syndrome            Muse

Stolen Smiles Fifteen

Stop Your Sobbing    The Pretenders

Subject To Status      Pitchshifter

Such a Scream           Tom Waits

Suddenly I See          KT Tunstall

Sufragette City          David Bowie

Sullivan Street           Counting Crows

Sultans Of Swing       Dire Straits

Summer In Siam       The Pogues

Summer Of '69          Bryan Adams

Summer Skin Death Cab For Cutie

Summer Solstice        Crystal Antlers

The Sun Is Shining (Alternate)       Elmore James

Sunbeam Show         Candy Claws

Sunday Sun   Beck

Supernatural Superserious R.E.M.

Sweet Salvation         The Cult

Sweet Sangria            Tori Amos

Sweet Sixteen (2001 Digital Remaster)     Billy Idol

Sweet Sixteen [Live] B.B. King

Sweet Soul Sister       The Cult

Sweet Sour     Band of Skulls

Sweet Southern Moon (Album)      The Benjy Davis Project

Sweet Sunshine         Beck

Sweet Surrender       Bread

Sweet Surrender       John Denver

Sweet Surrender       Sarah McLachlan

Sweet The Sting        Tori Amos

Flashlight Fight          The Go! Team

Take Time      Lenny Kravitz

Talk Of The Town     FireHouse

Talk Of The Town     The Pretenders

Tamatant Tilay          Tinariwen

Tea For Two   Mambo All-Stars

Tears to Tell   Howard Jones

Tell The Truth           Derek & The Dominos

Terrible Thought      Poe

Thanksgiving Theme            Vince Guaraldi Trio

That Rock Won't Roll            Restless Heart

That's The Way Of The World         Earth Wind & Fire

These Times  SafetySuit

This Time       Bryan Adams

This Time       Chris Isaak

This Time       INXS

This Time       The Verve

This Town      The Go-Go's

Thought to Thing      Kellee Maize

Throwing Things (acoustin)            Superchunk

Time Will Tell            The Black Crowes

Tinsel Town   Seal

Tisket A Tasket          Music For Little People

Tongue Tied  Eve 6

The Tracks of My Tears        Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

Trash Tongue Talker            Jack White

Twisted Transistor    Korn

Unbroken, Unshaven            The Budos Band

Untrust Us     Crystal Castles

Vital Vessals Vindicate          The Dear Hunter

Viva la Vida    Coldplay

Voulez Vous   ABBA

Wade In The Water  Eva Cassidy

Waiting For The Worms       Pink Floyd

Walk This Way          Aerosmith

Walk This Way          Daniel Ash

Walk This Way          Run-DMC

Walk Through The World    Marc Cohn

Walk To The Water   U2

Washing Of The Water         Peter Gabriel

Wasted Words           The Allman Brothers Band

Watching Waiting (Album)  Todd Carey

The Way I Walk         The Cramps

We Walk         R.E.M.

We Will Walk Matisyahu

We're Going Wrong  Cream

Weekend Wars          MGMT

Weeping Willow        The Verve

Welcome to the World          Kevin Rudolf & Rick Ross

Welcome To This World       Primus

What A Wonderful World    Eva Cassidy

What You Want         Bombay Bicycle Club

Whenever We Wanted         John Mellencamp

Whispers in the Wind          Solitudes: Exploring Nature With Music

White Wedding         Whip

White Wedding - Part 1 (2001 Digital Remaster)            Billy Idol

Whole Wide World   Wreckless Eric

"Whole Wide World" - The Pristeens, Scandal, Controversy, & Romance        

Wicked Ways Garbage

Wild and Wicked Ways        Leon Redbone

Wild Is The Wind      David Bowie

Wild Is The Wind      Nina Simone

Winter Wonderland Eurythmics

Wishing It Was          Santana Feat. Eagle-Eye Cherry

Witchy Woman          The Eagles

Within and Without  Washed Out

Wonderful World      Louis Armstrong

Worked It Out Wrong           Chris Isaak

World Waits   Jeremy Enigk

Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man) [Remix]         Love and Rockets

Yin and Yang Solitudes: Exploring Nature With Music

Zombie Zoo    Tom Petty