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April Fool’s Day Joke Songs: Some of these are classic novelty songs and parodies, while others show bands like the Kinks and the Smiths having a lark. 1. Peek-A-Boo! - DEVO 2. Basketball Jones - Cheech and Chong 3. A Gallon Of Gas - The Kinks 4. Burma Shave - Roger Miller (Country) 5. My Bologna - Weird Al Yankovic 6. Da Da Da I Don’t Love You You Don’t Love Me Aha Aha Aha - Trio 7. Lumberjack Song - Monty Python’s Flying Circus 8. Yip Roc Heresy - Slim Gaillard 9. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others - The Smiths 10. Mr. Tambourine Man - William Shatner 11. When You’re Hot, You’re Hot - Jerry Reed 12. New York, New York - Tiny Tim With Brave Combo 13. She Loves You (Chinless Wonder) - Peter Sellers 14. Shangri-La - The Rutles 15. Every Little Counts - New Order

The album of the week is Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Show Your Bones.

Joe Strummer: Lost Treasures: Celebrate the release of some long-out-of-print material by the former Clash front man. 1. Trash City - Joe Strummer 2. Jewellers & Bums - Joe Strummer 3. Island Hopping - Joe Strummer 4. King of the Bayou - Joe Strummer 5. Baby The Trans - Joe Strummer 6. Punk Rock Blues - Joe Strummer 7. Gangsterville - Joe Strummer 8. Ride Your Donkey - Joe Strummer 9. Shouting Street - Joe Strummer 10. Nothin’ ‘Bout Nothin’ - Joe Strummer 11. Junco Partner (LIVE) - Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros 12. Slant Six - Joe Strummer 13. Nefertiti Rock - Joe Strummer 14. Tennessee Rain - Joe Strummer 15. Redemption Song - (with Joe Strummer) - Johnny Cash

The military is building palm-size localizers. Localizers previously: one two.

The album of the week is Konono No. 1’s Congotronics 1. This fantastic album of African “electronica” from last year recently became available on Rhapsody. The main instrument is an electric thumb piano, I had to google it to find out what it looked like.

The Rhapsody folks are working on RSS feeds of your listening history and are letting people beta test them. I’ve added my five most recent albums to my sidebar.

Winter Music Conference 2006: Whether you’re a champion of the turntables or just looking for a thrill, WMC is the place to let loose and shake your booty. 1. Come On (Bump Deluxe Mix) - Miguel Migs 2. Do What You Love - J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science 3. The Latin Theme - Carl Cox 4. South of the Border - Johnny Fiasco 5. What Will She Do For Love (Kaskade’s More Love Remix) - Colette 6. Crush - Paul Van Dyk 7. This Rhythm, This Dance - Jt Donaldson 8. People Get Ready - Roy Davis Jr. 9. Just Groovin’ (GJ’s Main Room Madness Mix) - Groove Junkies 10. Atabaque - Jazzanova 11. Satisfaction (Robbie Rivera Remix) - Benny Benassi Presents ‘The Biz’ 12. Afros In Ya - J Boogie 13. Echu Aye (Tribal Winds Main Mix) - Marques Wyatt 14. My My My - Armand Van Helden 15. Firestarter - The Prodigy 16. Can’t Wait - DJ Sneak 17. Body 2 Dance (Dizzy Remx) - Jay J 18. Love Generation (Bob Sinclar Radio Edit) - Bob Sinclar

MP3tunes have launched their Sideload service, which allows you to paste in URLs of music files found on the web. Sideload saves the URLs and allows you to stream the files or sync them to your PC. There are about 30,000 tracks on the site but there seem to be many duplicates right now. There is a lot of obviously illicit stuff available there, like Beatles and Zeppelin tracks, but since Sideload doesn’t store the music and they promise to respect take-down notices they hope they are safe from litigation.

The album of the week is LCD Soundsystem’s Introns.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!: The best of new and traditional Irish music sits alongside a handful of bands who know how to get the ceili/party started. 1. A Nation Once Again - Wolfe Tones 2. Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison 3. Trip Through Your Wires - U2 4. I’ll Tell Me Ma - Sinead O’Connor 5. Cotton-Eyed Joe - The Chieftains 6. The Seven Deadly Sins - Flogging Molly 7. It’ll Be Easier In The Morning - Hothouse Flowers 8. Cannonball (Radio Remix) - Damien Rice 9. COME OUT YOU BLACK AND TANS - Paddy Reilly 10. What’s Up Yours - Barley Juice 11. The Green Fields Of France - Dropkick Murphys 12. No Loot, No Booze, No Fun - The Tossers 13. Celtic Symphony - Shilelagh Law 14. Rocky Road To Dublin - Young Dubliners 15. The Black Velvet Band - The Volunteers 16. Fiddler’s Green - Barley Juice 17. Whiskey in the Jar - Saint Bushmill’s Choir 18. Sally McLennane - The Pogues 19. Storm In My Heart - Dolores Keane 20. The Pipe Tunes - Shooglenifty 21. The Unicorn - The Irish Rovers 22. Tiny Little Fractures - Snow Patrol 23. Teenage Kicks - The Undertones 24. Sleepy Maggie - Ashley MacIsaac 25. The Island - Paul Brady 26. You Couldn’t Come At A Better Time - Luka Bloom 27. Just Around The Corner - Kieran Goss 28. Only A Woman’s Heart - Eleanor McEvoy 29. The Rising Of The Moon - The Clancy Brothers 30. Rebel Heart - The Corrs

SXSW 2006: 1. Precious - The Pretenders 2. These Are the Fables - New Pornographers 3. The Party’s Crashing Us - Of Montreal 4. Song For The Sunshine - Belle and Sebastian 5. All the Squares Go Home - Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3 6. Conceived - Beth Orton 7. Turn It Up - (with Lil’ Flip) - Chamillionaire 8. I Hear Your Voice - Peter Case 9. Arms of a Woman - Amos Lee 10. The Sound Of White - Missy Higgins 11. Hard Road - Sam Roberts 12. On Your Way Down - Allen Toussaint 13. Radio Wave - Oranger 14. I’m A Widow - Robert Pollard 15. Black Horse And The Cherry Tree (Live) (Single) - Kt Tunstall 16. The Wayward Granddaughter - The Fiery Furnaces 17. Forever - The Charlatans U.K. 18. Wedding Day - Ian Mclagan;the Bump Band 19. The Lost Generation - The Mighty Wah! 20. A Million Miles Away - The Plimsouls 21. Cool Water - Laura Veirs 22. Alone, Jealous And Stoned - Secret Machines 23. Bullseye - New Mastersounds 24. City of Refuge - And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead 25. All In The Golden Afternoon - Friends Of Dean Martinez

Rogers Cadenhead got a nasty letter from Dave Winer’s attorney. It seems to be motivated by their disagreement over Rogers’ RSS Advisory Board.

I swear I’m not “Rakan Ben Williams.” ;)

Is this going to land me on the no-fly list?

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 21st Annual Induction: The Cleveland institution welcomes these pioneers in hard rock, New Wave, jazz, Southern rock and punk (respectively). 1. Iron Man - Black Sabbath 2. Heart of Glass - Blondie 3. My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis 4. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd 5. Anarchy In The U.K. (New Version) - The Sex Pistols 6. War Pigs - Black Sabbath 7. Call Me - Blondie 8. Summertime - Miles Davis 9. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd 10. God Save The Queen - The Sex Pistols 11. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 12. Dreaming - Blondie 13. John McLaughlin - Miles Davis 14. Gimme Three Steps - Lynyrd Skynyrd 15. Anarchy In The UK - The Sex Pistols

Excellent albums this week from Goldfrapp, Mogwai, and Neko Case, but the album of the week is Stereolab’s Fab Four Suture.