Song | Artist | Source (VA = various artists) (*** = recommended)
People | NRBQ | Uncommon Denominators
Yodeling Overtures | Mary Schneider | Yodeling the Classics
Raising Ukeleles | soundtrack (by Carter Burwell) | Raising Arizona
George Had a Hat | Pere Ubu | The Tenement Year
Double Yodel | Lou & Peter Berryman | Laugh Tracks, Vol. 2 (VA)
Yodeling Guitar | Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant | Swingin' On the Strings
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream | Benigni, Lurie, & Waits | "Down By Law" soundtrack
Mrs. Robinson | Frank Sinatra | My Way
Work Song | West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band | Collection, Vol. 1
Take 95 | D Man, Ditzner, Langguth, Ehringer | Vorfilters (VA)
Swan's Splashdown | Perrey & Kingsley | The Essential
Ushilo Sugata Ga Kilei | Stereo Total | Monokini
Sponge | Stock, Hausen & Walkman | Organ Transplants
Highway 61 Revisited | P J Harvey | Rid Of Me
Will You Accept My Love Or Not | Dave Douglas | Convergence
River Of Orchids | XTC | Apple Venus, Vol. 1
Let X = X; It Tango | Laurie Anderson | Big Science
Vous et nous | Brigitte Fontaine et Areski | Vous et nous ***
Tonight You Belong To Me | Patience & Prudence | 45 played @ 33
Tofu Song | Ex Girl | Kero! Kero! Kero! ***
Terrified Of Nothing | The Controls | One Hundred
Radar Blues | Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman & the Theremin | Music Out Of the Moon
Bee Boom | Sammy Davis Jr. | "Johnny Cool" soundtrack
The Crooked Beat | The Clash | Sandinista!
Latin Trip | Latin Playboys | Dose
You Shine | Holly Golightly | Serial Girlfriend
I Can't Let Maggie Go | The Honeybus | The Honeybus Story
What It Is | Sole & JC | Deeper Concentration (VA) ***
Beautiful Running Hand | Bisk | Ticklish Matters ***
The Lonely Driver 1952 | World Standard | Country Gazette ***
Don't Say Nothing | Melissa Sheehan | Kneel
Kiss Of Fire | Ikue Mori | Hex Kitchen
Life's a Gas | Elysian Fields | Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan (VA)
Sole Sole Sole | Siw Malmkvist & Umberto Marcato | 7 inch
Voom Voom Vooma | Chika Chika | Chika Chika
The Revenge Of Kero Kero | Ex Girl | Kero! Kero! Kero!
Swing au pressing | Francoise Hardy | Musique Saoule
Savoy Truffle | The Beatles | The Beatles
Germ Free Adolescents | X-Ray Spex | Germ Free Adolescents
When Sunny Gets Blue | Johnny Mathis | 7 inch
Latin Trip | Latin Playboys | Dose (it skipped the first time, alright?)
Lost Highway | The Mekons | Fear and Whiskey
Cowboys Don't Cry | World Standard | Country Gazette
Spam Guitar | Trevor Wishart | Menagerie
Nobody's Lonesome For Me | The Bartlebees | Urban Folk Legends
I'm Satisfied With You | Hank Williams | best of the 10-CD set
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-- Don DeLillo, Underworld
Speaking of which, someone always calls to ask about "Voom Voom Vooma," by Chika Chika, so check out their web page, already.
New CD reissue most worthy of your hard-earned cash this week: "Vous et nous," by Brigitte Fontaine & Areski.