Side A
Artist	Song
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives	Dow Jones Syndrome (Avocado Rabbit)
James Brown	Down And Out In New York City (njr)
Procol Harum	Wall Street Blues (Johnny Dark)
10cc	The Wall Street Shuffle (RetroJoe)
Todd Snider	Dividing the Estate (A Heart Attack) (Funky Ratchet)
Horse Feathers	Working Poor (e.buster)
The Bailes Brothers	Has The Devil Got A Mortgage On You? (Strange Loop)
Gang of Four	Capital (Mr.Mirage)
Lila Downs	Minimum Wage (Doowad)
Robyn Archer	Supply And Demand (Yaminon)
The Beatles	You Never Give Me Your Money (Avocado Rabbit)
Hunters & Collectors	Back on the Breadline (njr)
The Newtown Neurotics	Living With Unemployment (Johnny Dark)
Barrett Strong	Money (That's What I Want) (RetroJoe)
Kurtis Blow	Hard Times (Funky Ratchet)
Gang of Four	To Hell With Poverty! (e.buster)
Jimmy Smith	Recession Or Depression (Strange Loop)
Omar & The Howlers	Hard Times In The Land Of Plenty (Mr.Mirage)
El Trf	Casa, comida y sustento (Doowad)
Little Milton	We're Gonna Make It (Yaminon)
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Phil Harris	Brother Can You Spare a Dime (RetroJoe)
Ray Ch arles	Busted (Mr.Mirage)
Frankie `Half-Pint' Jaxon	The Mortgage Blues, Part 1 (njr)
Wreckless Eric	Take The Cash (Yaminon)
Clarence `Gatemouth' Brown	Dollar Got the Blues (Strange Loop)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	Lien on Your Dreams (Funky Ratchet)
The Chi-Lites	(For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People (gabechouinard)
The O'Jays	Laid Off (Johnny Dark)
Sonny Boy Williamson I	Welfare Store Blues (Doowad)
Cat Power	Lord Help the Poor and Needy (Avocado Rabbit)
The O'Jays	For the Love of Money (RetroJoe)
The Circle Jerks	When the Shit Hits the Fan (Mr.Mirage)
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band	Hard Times (njr)
Jackie Wilson	No Pity in the Naked City (Yaminon)
Royal Crown Revue	Datin' with no dough (Strange Loop)
The (International) Noise Conspiracy	Capitalism Stole My Virginity (Funky Ratchet)
B.B. King	Chains & Things (gabechouinard)
Ted Lewis & His Band	Headin' For Better Times (Johnny Dark)
Randy Newman	Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) (Avocado Rabbit)
Bob Dylan	Workingman's Blues #2 (Doowad)

Comment:

Here we are, a few months after the recession officially started and the economy has gotten worse, or is worsening, or has worsened. It's so bad even my grammar and syntax are in a slump. And, by the way, shouldn't congress institute a "syn-tax" to help fund all these bail-outs? From what I read in the papers and see on the news, there's no shortage of sin or sinners.

Remember the economic stimulus package that President W came up with to give taxpayers back some of their own money, the idea being that they would revive the US economy by buying TV sets that were made in China? Doesn't it seem a little comical now that the annual Christmas buying splurge has gone into the books as a total disaster?

Of course, that hasn't stopped rich automakers from begging for their own $50 billion stimulus package. That gave "Kristen," the prostitute who screwed (literally) the governor of New York, from asking for her own bail-out (again literally). She claims since she is no longer able to pursue her chosen profession, the federal government needs slip her some hundreds in a plain white envelope.

The price of gasoline soared to over $4 a gallon prompting Republicans to call for increased oil drilling everywhere, even in cemeteries and Dick Cheney's backyard. Meanwhile, the Democrats called for a massive effort to find alt ernative energy sources, including wind, sun, tides, Al Gore and dragon's breath. Less than enthused with Congress, Americans began buying less gasoline.

Chrysler announces plans to lay off workers that haven't even been hired yet. The only product that seems to be exceeding sales expectations is the new iPhone enhanced with the capability of sucking pieces of brain out through your ear. McCain tells top aids in a conference call that he wants a running mate capable of filling his shoes. Unfortunately he is speaking into an iPhone (which is sucking out his brain cells), and his aides think he said "someone who is capable of ki lling a moose."

The National Bureau of Declaring Things That Make You Go "Duh" de clares that the nation has been in a recession since December 2007. The bureau also points out that, according to its statistical analysis, "For some time now, bears apparently have been going to the bathroom in the woods." The president's Council of Economic Advisers warns that the current recession "could spiral downward into a full-blown depression," leaving the United States with "no viable economic option but to de clare war on Japan."

So you can see where the concept of this mix is coming from. We gathered together the best and brightest economic minds on AotM and seated them at a roundta ble. We ordered take-out (no $15 thousand bottles of wine) and the ten of us se lected the songs for this mix. The organizers - Doowad and Avocado Rabbit - wish to thank Retro Joe, Funky Ratchet, Strange Loop, NJR, Yaminon, Mr. Mirage and Johnny Dark, for their particpation. In the course of our roundta ble, we had our own crisis of sorts, our best wishes go out to Ethel Buster who was only able to sit for disk 1 and our warmest thanks to Gabe Chouinard who filled her chair quite admirably on disk 2.

The members of the roundta ble would like to leave you with a single piece of advice, and that is "If you have any money left, you should spe nd it soon."

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