Side A
Artist	Song
Rooney	I'm Shakin'
Idlewild	A Modern Way Of Letting Go
DC Talk	Jesus Freak
Gang of Four	Not Great Men
Elliott Smith	Coast To Coast
The Apples In Stereo	Seems So
The Rolling Stones	I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys
Richard Thompson	Turning Of The Tide
Spoon	1020 AM
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Tom Grant	Strangers In The Night
James Taylor	Turn Away
Wilco	At Least That's What You Said
Keith Urban	You'll Think Of Me
Bill Morrissey	Waiting For The Rain
Phil Ochs	Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends
Sleater-Kinney	One Beat
Sleater-Kinney	Male Model

Comment:

I saw Rooney open for The Strokes a couple years back, and they weren't very memorable. I saw their CD at the library though and thought I'd pick it up and give it a listen. Other than "I'm Shakin'", the rest of the album sucks. Here's a secret- all the songs on this tape but three(Wilco, Spoon and The Rolling Stones; though actually I did used to own that Apples In Stereo CD) come from CDs I got from the library. My county's library is reportedly the busiest system in the country and I'd like to think that's in no small part thanks to me. Heh heh heh. Anyway, "I'm Shakin'" is a great lyrical portrait of angst dressed up as rocking out music. M. Ward should dress it down the way he did with Bowie's "Let's Dance", and do the same to Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" and The Bee Gee's "Stayin' Alive". Incidentally, those songs by Wilco and The Rolling Stones were originally slated for inclusion on the mixtape "Guitars Like Helicopters/Aww, How Does It Feel?" from April 19, 2005. Side One is loud except for the Spoon song on side 1 (which reminds me of carrying my Grandfather's casket in to the church four years ago) and the Sleater-Kinney songs on side 2. I'm seeing Spoon tonight, and if you think I'm excited you have no idea.

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