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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