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The Devil You Know

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In me, Me, ME! on December 11, 2008

11 entries for December 11th:

	5:04am	RappVoice gets knocked offline; Don’t let its fate befall you
	11:01am	Newspapers, guns and money: Square Pegs
	11:07am	Square Pegs: Newspapers, guns and money \| pegasusnews.com \| Dallas / Fort Worth
	2:07pm	Van Halen's Infamous 'No Brown M&Ms' Rider Finally Materializes
	2:36pm	Mike thinks that not everyone hit by the recession deserves our pity.
	4:32pm	How To Be a 21st Century Capitalist – Umair Haque
	5:49pm	Puppy Cam: Viewed 15 Million Times, For 773 Years
	6:42pm	My Awareness Modes
	6:45pm	Mike is vainly trying to get excited about writing the weekly newsletter.
	10:42pm	Scrobbled 136 songs on Last.fm. (Show Details) AC/DC – For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) Al Green – Just For Me Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved A Man Ben Folds – Rock This Bitch Billy Joe Shaver – Ride Me Down Easy Bing Crosby – The First Noel (Attaboy House Party Mix) Bobby Vinton – Christmas Eve In My Home Town Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Thunder Road Buffalo Springfield – Do I have to come right out and say it (alternate) Buffalo Springfield – Good Time Boy Cat Stevens – The Wind Cathedral Brass – Joy To The World (Mocean Worker Remix) Child Liners – The Gift of Christmas Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez – Elzick’s Farewell Compulsive Gamblers – They Call Me Names Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising Diana Krall – Pick Yourself Up Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelly – Appel Direct Donna the Buffalo – Positive Friction Duke Ellington – Echoes Of Harlem Dwight Yoakam – Little Ways Earth Wind & Fire – Shining Star Electric Light Orchestra – Laredo Tornado Elkhart – Unraveled Elton John – Amoreena Everclear – You Make Me Feel Like a Whore Flatlanders – One Road More Foghat – Slow Ride Gordon Lightfoot – The Circle is Small Gorillaz – Kids With Guns (Hot Chip Remix) Grateful Dead – Stagger Lee Great Big Sea – Consequence Free Guy Clark – Doctor, Good Doctor Hank Williams III – Not Everybody Likes Us Harry Nilsson – Turn On Your Radio Harry Simeone Chorale – Little Drummer Boy Isaac Hayes – Theme From “Shaft” James Brown – Night Train Jason & The Scorchers – Jimmie Rodgers’ Last Blue Yodel (Women Make a Fool Out of Me) Jeff Lynne & George Harrison – Stormy Weather Jim Babjak’s Buzzed Meg – Corner Of The World Jim Babjak’s Buzzed Meg – Corner Of The World [Remix] Jim Babjak’s Buzzed Meg – How Many Dead? Jim Babjak’s Buzzed Meg – Lester Said Jim Babjak’s Buzzed Meg – Needle In My Vein Jim Babjak’s Buzzed Meg – You’re So Cool Jimmy Buffett – Coconut Telegraph Jimmy Martin – Jingle Bells Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae – Wunderbar John Denver & the Muppets – Medley: Alfie, The Christmas Tree/Carol For A Christmas Tree/It’s In Everyone Of Us John Mellencamp – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus John Prine – Fish and Whistle Julie London – Cry Me A River Kings of Leon – Be Somebody Kris Kristofferson – The Pilgrim, Chapter 33 Ledisi – Blues in the Night Looking Glass – Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) Los Straitjackets – Kawanga! Lou Reed – Sad Song (Intro) Louis Armstrong – St. Louis Blues Max Stalling – Scars & Souvenirs Mitty Collier – Help Me Moondog – Symphonique #6 (Good for Goodie) Nazareth – Hair of the Dog NeffTunes – Amsterdam by Peter Bjorn and John NeffTunes – Bryn by Vampire Weekend NeffTunes – Fall Down by Sara Melson NeffTunes – For Every Field There’s a Mole by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy NeffTunes – Garbage Heap by Black Francis NeffTunes – Going On by Gnarls Barkley NeffTunes – Gregory’s Chant by The Little Ones NeffTunes – Hurly Burly by Man Man NeffTunes – I’ll Be On My Way by Whiskey Folk Ramblers NeffTunes – Joker & The Thief by Wolfmother NeffTunes – Lolita by Throw Me the Statue NeffTunes – Rich Girls by The Virgins NeffTunes – Rize by Blood on the Wall NeffTunes – Sad Sad City by Ghostland Observatory NeffTunes – Somebody’s Someone by Retribution Gospel Choir NeffTunes – Without Permission by The National New Bomb Turks – Jukebox Lean Old 97’s – Time [*] [Live bonus EP w/ early pressings] Old Crow Medicine Show – Little Sadie Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall Part 3 Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here Propellerheads – Take California Queen – Modern Times Rock ‘N’ Roll Queen – White Man R.L. Burnside – 2004 a Bothered Mind 8 Robbie Fulks – The Buck Starts Here Robert Earl Keen – That Buckin’ Song Rod Stewart – Gasoline Alley Rudy Green & His Orchestra – Buzzard Pie Rush – Subdivisions Supagroup – Bastard Supersuckers – Bad Bad Bad T. Rex – 20th Century Boy The Barking Tribe – With Cretins As Friends The Beatles – 06 06 06 06 06 06 – Sheik of Araby The Beatles – 11 11 – I Wanna Be Your Man The Beatles – Leave My Kitten Alone The Belmont Playboys – Troublebound The Clash – Cheat The Dandy Warhols – 02 CCR (crack cocaine rager) The Dandy Warhols – And Then I Dreamt Of Yes The Dandy Warhols – Be-in The Dandy Warhols – Beast of All Saints The Dandy Warhols – Best Friend The Dandy Warhols – Dick The Dandy Warhols – Green The Dandy Warhols – Hells Bells The Dandy Warhols – Holding Me Up The Dandy Warhols – Mission Control The Dandy Warhols – Now you love me The Dandy Warhols – One Ultra Lame White Boy The Dandy Warhols – The Jean Genie The Dandy Warhols – The World the People Together (Come On) The Dandy Warhols – Wasp in the Lotus The Datsuns – Hoochie Mamma The Emotions – Peace Be Still The Jazz Butcher – Swell The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Down Yonder The Pretenders – The Nothing Maker The Refreshments – King of the Hill Theme The Smithereens – Strangers When We Meet The Smithereens – Yesterday Girl The Strange Boys – Modern Lee Miller The Supremes – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough The Swingin’ Medallions – Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love) Todd Snider – Unbreakable Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – About To Give Out Tony Orlando – It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Vinnie James – County Line Violent Femmes – Good Feeling Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy Wynonie Harris – I Want My Fanny Brown
	11:06pm	Pegasus News week in view: Holly-daze edition

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