Side A
Artist	Song
Pere Ubu	Final Solution
Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode
New Bomb Turks	Jukebox Lean
Rolling Stones	Some Girls
The Who	Going Mobile
The Replacements	Left Of The Dial
Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley
Pavement	Stereo
Rush	The Spirit Of Radio
The Pixies	Rock Music
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Pearl Jam	Corduroy
Sleater-Kinney	Words + Guitar
Billy Riley & His Little Green Men	Flyin' Saucer Rock'n'Roll
Velvet Underground	Rock'n'Roll
Ani Difranco	Fuel
Polvo	Production Values
Frank Zappa	My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
Pavement	Cut Your Hair
The Coasters	That Is Rock'n'Roll
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Mary Jane's Last Dance

Comment:

Perhaps it is because we've all been told to write about
"what we know"....perhaps it is because, in our hearts,
we really aren't that adventuresome after all, and we do
take comfort in familiarity.....all I know is that there
are a helluva lot of songs about songs....songs about
the craft, songs about the industry, songs about other songs...
Stephen Malkmus fact-checking Geddy Lee, and Rush, telling us
that "glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion
of integrity, yeah!" Well, maybe not for Paul Westerberg, who reminds
us all that he will forever be found left of the dial....in the end, it's
pretty apparent that musicians are an incestuous bunch, but hey, that's
rock and roll!

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