Minnesota Sorta Nice

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Management Training in Nebraska.

Artist Song
Kingston Trio  A Worried Man 
Aimee Mann  Driving with One Hand on the Wheel 
Eddy Arnold  Cattle Call 
The Be Good Tanyas  The Littlest Birds 
Counting Crows  Omaha 
Ricky Nelson  Lonesome Town 
Beach Boys  In My Room 
Gin Blossoms  Keli Richards 
Ramones  Spiderman 
Boomtown Rats  I Don't Like Mondays 
Warren Zevon featuring David Letterman  The Hockey Song (Hit Somebody) 
Sammy Davis Jr.  The Candy Man 
Violent Femmes  Country Death Song 
Arlo Guthrie  City of New Orleans 
Stuart Davis  Female Friend 
Smithereens  Cigarette 
Simon and Garfunkel  Homeward Bound 
Rex Daisy  Stuck on AM 
Nick Drake  Fly 

Comment:

I've just returned from a business trip to Nebraska after conducting some management training for the truly lovely people in a tiny city. When I returned, many people asked me for all of the details. I decided this is as good a way as any.............................
Used cruise control and napped thru Iowa..........saw horned bovines.......hit a bird just east of Lincoln (RIP my little friend)......got a hotel room and wallowed in a a little self-pity.....noticed that even in the bible belt pay-per-porn was available (I only watched the Discovery channel, I swear)........spider on my ceiling.........fooled my class into thinking I was sane and smart.......brought a hockey stick w/me (Nebraskans had no idea what it was, honest)............ bribed my classes with candy........ saw what Amtrak does to beautiful old train stations (stupid history-forgetting bastards)........ saw an old friend and rekindled my crush on her (no more than that, though; she was pretty confident that in such a tiny gossip-ridden town we would soon be rumored to be an item)............smoked too much and missed her when I left........piece of crap rental car CD player cut out in the middle of Iowa (hello, talk radio...sigh)........decided that I might fly next time I visit Nebraska.
Expensed the whole thing. Hope I'm approved for the smokes. :-)

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gobi
Date: 4/6/2004
Nice mix,like the commentary too. Same thing happened to me with a rental car cd player in Northern Ireland at the w/e. - French Connection via Gobi's site.
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hemizen
Date: 4/6/2004
very nice. i love the rick nelson tune
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Jana
Date: 4/6/2004
I've done the road trip from MN to NE, so I totally get this. Fantastic mix.
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Nest of Vipers
Date: 4/6/2004
Really like the tunes I know on this (excepting Candy Man...) The tracks certainly re-cap your story nicely. I don't think I get the Gin Blossoms track (probably because I don't know the song.)
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Minnesota Sorta Nice
Date: 4/7/2004
The Gin Blossoms tune is about a porn star named (yup, you guessed it) Keli Richards. I know there are lots of songs about porn, but this was one of the more....uhhh....subtle. :-)