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Remembering New Orleans One Year After Katrina: On this, the anniversary of Katrina’s landfall, we celebrate all that was and all that will be. 1. Prayer for New Orleans – Charlie Miller 2. Walking To New Orleans – Fats Domino 3. Right Place Wrong Time – Dr. John 4. Iko, Iko – Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias 5. Cissy Strut – The Meters 6. Yellow Moon – The Neville Brothers 7. Hometown New Orleans – Champion Jack Dupree 8. Zydeco La Louisianne – Buckwheat Zydeco 9. Mardi Gras In New Orleans – Professor Longhair 10. All These Things – Allen Toussaint’s Jazzity Project 11. Time Is On My Side – Irma Thomas 12. Working In The Coal Mine – Lee Dorsey 13. On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain – Hank Williams 14. I Wish I Was In New Orleans – Tom Waits 15. Hollywood Divorce – Outkast 16. Tous Les Jours – Clifton Chenier 17. Come Into My Heart – Lloyd Price 18. Traffic – Allen Toussaint’s Jazzity Project 19. Dead Dog in the Street – The Dirty Dozen Brass Band 20. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? – Louis Armstrong 21. Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Leon Redbone 22. My Blue Heaven – Fats Domino 23. New Orleans Ceremony – Dukes Of Dixieland 24. When All The Saints Come Marching In (Take 1) – Paramount Jubilee Singers

Don Marti has a great post about business deals he’d like to see. A couple of these are good ideas, a couple are just funny.

Reading Festival 2006: Belle and Sebastian, the Shins and the almighty Fall are some of the bands playing at this year’s Reading Festival. 1. World Wide Suicide – Pearl Jam 2. For The Price of a Cup of Tea – Belle and Sebastian 3. Steady, As She Goes – The Raconteurs 4. New Slang – The Shins 5. Open The Boxoctosis #2 – The Fall 6. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys 7. I Write Sins Not Tragedies (91X Acoustic Version) – Panic! At The Disco 8. Gold Lion – Yeah Yeah Yeahs 9. Do You Want To – Franz Ferdinand 10. Country Girl – Primal Scream 11. Here Comes The Pain – Slayer 12. Is This Love? – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 13. Shores Of California – Dresden Dolls 14. We Are All Animals – The Rakes 15. Love And Mathematics – Broken Social Scene

Back To School: 1. Schooldays – Al Green 2. Wrapped Up In Books – Belle And Sebastian 3. Readin’, Rightin’, Rt.23 – Dwight Yoakam 4. High School (LP Version) – MC5 5. It’s A Cheating Situation – John Prine 6. Stay Free – The Clash 7. School Boy – Big Mama Thornton 8. Don’t Stand So Close To Me – The Police 9. Prom Theme – Fountains Of Wayne 10. Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2 – Pink Floyd 11. School Days – Louis Jordan 12. Teacher I Need You – Elton John 13. Thirteen – Big Star 14. Your Algebra – The Shins 15. Teenage FBI – Guided By Voices 16. When I Kissed The Teacher – Abba 17. Catholic School Girls Rule – The Red Hot Chili Peppers 18. Hot For The Teacher – Van Halen 19. Smokin’ In The Boys Room – Motley Crue 20. Rock N’ Roll High School – The Ramones

Some interesting science on effective dishwashing in camp.

Dig This! Winners (August 2006): In this recurring feature, we present you with tracks by some of our favorite rising acts. 1. Cheer It On – Tokyo Police Club 2. Are You For Real – Nino Moschella 3. Mash – J Dilla Aka Jay Dee 4. It’s A New Day – Skull Snaps 5. Montgomery St. – Jesse De Natale 6. If It Works – Tokyo Police Club 7. The Fix – Nino Moschella 8. Last Donut Of The Night – J Dilla Aka Jay Dee 9. I’m Your Pimp – Skull Snaps 10. Dreamer’s Holiday – Jesse De Natale

Paul Oakenfold’s Pop Music Picks: 1. What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye 2. Could You Be Loved – Bob Marley 3. Firestarter – The Prodigy 4. Straight Outta Compton – N.W.A. 5. London Calling – The Clash 6. Bottom Line – Big Audio Dynamite 7. Unfinished Sympathy – Massive Attack 8. Step On – Happy Mondays 9. Lullaby – The Cure 10. Beautiful Day – U2

Best of Rolling Stone Originals 2006…So Far: 1. Again and Again (Rolling Stone Original Version) – Jewel 2. Soul Meets Body (Rolling Stone Original) – Death Cab For Cutie 3. Let Love In (RollingStone Original) – Goo Goo Dolls 4. Steady, As She Goes (Live) – The Raconteurs 5. Hideaway (Live) (RollingStone Original) – Rock Kills Kid 6. I Dare You (Rolling Stone Original Version) – Shinedown 7. See The World – Gomez 8. Black Cadillac – Rosanne Cash 9. Easy On Yourself (Live) – Drive-By Truckers 10. Morning Yearning (Live – Rolling Stone Original) (Single) – Ben Harper 11. Graduation Day (RollingStone Original) – Head Automatica 12. Leave The Pieces (RollingStone Original) – The Wreckers 13. Fully Alive – Flyleaf 14. Lightning Blue Eyes (RollingStone Original) – Secret Machines 15. Just The Girl (Rolling Stone Original) – The Click Five

Speaking of blog publishing models, Blogspot is going dynamic.

Trolltech will ship a Linux-based GSM/GPRS/WiFi phone in September. I want one!

Lollapalooza Highlights: 2006: Chicago’s Grant Park takes three days out to celebrate some of the best in rock and rap for Lollapalooza 2006. 1. Under The Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers 2. Broken Boy Soldier – The Raconteurs 3. Go-Go Gadget Gospel – Gnarls Barkley 4. I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab For Cutie 5. Hey There, Fancypants – Ween 6. Wordless Chorus – My Morning Jacket 7. Little Sister – Queens Of The Stone Age 8. New Slang – The Shins 9. Gold Digger – Kanye West 10. Apple Tree – Wolfmother 11. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song – The Flaming Lips 12. Wonderwall – Ryan Adams 13. The Richest Man In Babylon – Thievery Corporation 14. Faded From The Winter – Iron & Wine 15. Do You Believe In Rapture? – Sonic Youth 16. Tear You Apart – She Wants Revenge 17. Real People – Common 18. I Was Never Young – Of Montreal 19. Inside + Out (Apostle Of Hustle Unmix) – Feist 20. (Just Like We) Breakdown – Hot Chip 21. Dream Awake – The Frames 22. Someone Says – Editors 23. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart – Wilco 24. Lightning Blue Eyes – Secret Machines 25. Gone Daddy Gone – Violent Femmes

R.I.P. Arthur Lee 1945-2006: 1. Seven & Seven Is – Love 2. Alone Again Or – Love 3. Can’t Explain – Love 4. My Little Red Book – Love 5. Orange Skies – Love 6. Bummer In The Summer – Love 7. No Matter What You Do – Love 8. Hey Joe – Love 9. Stephanie Knows Who – Love 10. You Set The Scene – Love 11. Signed D.C. – Love 12. A House Is Not A Motel – Love 13. She Comes In Colors – Love 14. The Daily Planet – Love 15. Softly To Me – Love

The Ramones: 1. Teenage Lobotomy – Ramones 2. I Wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones 3. Blitzkrieg Bop – The Ramones 4. Rock N’ Roll High School – The Ramones 5. Rockaway Beach – The Ramones 6. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment – The Ramones 7. Little Bit O’ Soul – The Ramones 8. Surfin’ Bird – Ramones 9. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (LP Version ) – Ramones 10. Do You Wanna Dance (LP Version ) – Ramones 11. Beat On The Brat – The Ramones 12. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker – The Ramones 13. Somebody To Love – (with Traci Lords) – The Ramones 14. Have You Ever Seen The Rain – The Ramones 15. Life’s A Gas – The Ramones 16. Do You Remember Rock And Roll Radio – The Ramones 17. I Wanna Live (LP Version ) – Ramones 18. I Lost My MInd (LP Version ) – Ramones 19. My Back Pages – The Ramones 20. Palisades Park (LP Version ) – Ramones 21. The KKK Took My Baby Away (Remastered LP Version ) – Ramones 22. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue – Ramones 23. R.A.M.O.N.E.S. – (studio recording) – The Ramones

It’s a Mel Gibson Party!: 1. Crazy – Gnarls Barkley 2. Die Walkure: Ride Of The Valkyries – Wagner 3. Welcome To The Terrordome – Public Enemy 4. Crazy – Patsy Cline 5. No Vaseline – Ice Cube 6. Drunk Drivin’ – (Previously Unreleased) – Sublime (Punk) 7. Ridin’ Dirty – (with Krayzie Bone) – Chamillionaire 8. Love You Jesus – David Michael Carpenter 9. Drunk Game (Sweet Sugar Pie) – Ol’ Dirty Bastard 10. Drunk by Noon – Brave The Day 11. Jews for Jesus Blues – Clem Snide 12. Drunk Driving – Bill Hicks 13. God Loves A Drunk – Norma Waterson 14. The Excited Southerner Meets Mel Gibson – Adam Sandler 15. Crazy – Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson

Trojan Ska: Going strong since 1968, Trojan has been responsible for helping to keep the true sound of ska pumping for years. 1. Train To Skaville – The Ethiopians 2. Israelites – Desmond Dekker 3. Guns Of Navarone – The Skatalites 4. 54-46 (That’s My Number) – Toots and the Maytals 5. It Mek – Desmond Dekker 6. Hong Kong Flu – The Ethiopians 7. 0.0.7 (Shanty Town) – Desmond Dekker 8. Black Sunday – The Skatalites 9. Long Shot – The Pioneers 10. Rudy A Message To You – Dandy 11. Phoenix City – Rolando Alphonso 12. Carry Go Bring Come – Justin Hinds & The Dominoes 13. Monkey Man – Toots and the Maytals 14. Thunderball – Tommy McCook 15. Carry Go Bring Home – Justin Hinds & The Dominoes 16. (Music Is My) Occupation – Don Drummond 17. Housewives Choice – Derrick And Patsy 18. Long Shot Kick De Bucket – The Pioneers