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The Devil You Know

Stream o’ consciousness for August 25th

In me, Me, ME! on August 25, 2009

	80′s guilty pleasure quiz: "Has the whole world lost its head? Or is it just me?" 1.) Answer the lyrical question; 2.) Who is the artist? [#]
	Published Heresy du jour #1: There are no trends in start-ups
	Listened to 51 songs. AC/DC – Fling Thing/Rocker (Live) Bob Dylan – Ain’t Talkin’ Bon Jovi – Lay Your Hands on Me Brian Houser – Born and bound to the road Brian Wilson – Between Pictures Brian Wilson – California Role/That Lucky Old Sun (Reprise) Brian Wilson – Forever She’ll Be My Surfer Girl Brian Wilson – Games Two Can Play Brian Wilson – It’s Trying To Say Brian Wilson – Surf’s Up Brian Wilson – Vega-Tables Brian Wilson – Venice Beach (Narrative) Cowboy Mouth – Tell the Girl Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Forever Young [Live] Edna – Gladys Knight & The Pips – Midnight Train To Georgia Edna – The Main Ingredient – Everybody Plays The Fool Grandpa Jones – Everything I Had Going for Me Is Gone Great Big Sea – Lukey Guns N’ Roses – I.R.S. Helen Humes – Be-Baba-Leba James Taylor – Traffic Jam Jerry Lee Lewis – 12 – Rockin’ My Life Away Joe Jackson – Enough Is Not Enough John Prine – Sins of Memphisto Led Zeppelin – Going to California Mofro – Whitehouse Mose Allison – Meet Me At No Special Place (Live) Mose Allison – The Seventh Son Mose Allison – You Call It Jogging (Live) Ollie & The Nightingales – You’re Leaving Me Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al Prince & The Revolution – Kiss Shuggie Otis – Baby, I Needed You Shuggie Otis – Hurricane Shuggie Otis – I Got the Walkin’ Blues Shuggie Otis – Knowing (That You Want Him) Shuggie Otis – Not Available Shuggie Otis – Sparkle City Skillet Lickers – Fiddler’s Convention In Georgia Part 2 Son Volt – Medicine Hat The Beatles – 02 [2] – 02 – While My Guitar Gently Weeps The Beatles – 03 [2] – 03 – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da The Cate Brothers – Union Man The Dandy Warhols – Not Your Bottle The Go-Go’s – The Whole World Lost Its Head The Louvin Brothers – Don’t Laugh The Louvin Brothers – Knoxville Girl The Louvin Brothers – You’re Running Wild The Smashing Pumpkins – 7 Shades of Black The Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes Wally Fowler and the Oak Ridge Quartet – You Ain’t Got Faith
	Listened to 24 songs. AC/DC – It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll) Duke Ellington – Mood Indigo Jackson Browne – jb73-8-15d2t02 Jackson Browne – Lawyers in Love Jackson Browne – Sleep’s Dark and Silent Gate Jackson Browne – The Only Child James Brown – In the Middle, Part 1 Leonard Cohen – By The Rivers Dark Mable John – Same Time, Same Place Mose Allison – If You Only Knew (Live) Mose Allison – Your Molecular Structure Old 97′s – Timebomb [Crocodile Cafe 5-29-99] Pearl Jam – Glorified G Ray Charles – Baby Won’t You Please Come Home Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Trains Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Tell Me Skid Row – 18 And Life Social Distortion – 99 to Life Talking Heads – Girlfriend Is Better [Live] The Fleshtones – Theme From "the Vindicators" The Offspring – Change the World The Seldom Scene – 01 – Something In The Wind The Tams – What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am?) U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name
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