- http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/11/11/politics/horserace/entry4591579.shtml. Link.
- My minder when I was too young to remember later took in Sly. Er yeah. This song is v. affirming: "Everybody is a star! I love you for who you are!" Link.
- Hey, it's a twangy roots guitar song from Belle and Sebastian! Link.
- Minor verse/major chorus suggests a troubling relationship you willingly reenter because it just feels SO GOOD. Link.
- Steve Earle sez: "I have learned not to endorse any political candidates, as my support can only hurt them." Link.
- Creepy yet hilarious song from an album about plotting to kill your SO. Link.
- Ref. to celebrity girlfried inserted into best friend's perfectly good love song. Also just because he sounds dopey doesn't mean you have to as well! Link.
- After making a folk CD with good guitars and no hooks, Steel Train made a pop CD with good hooks and no guitars. Life just isn't fair sometimes. Link.
- In this song and the next, we learn that Emily Haines is militantly against media complacency because she feels empty. Doesn't mean she's wrong. Link.
- (The next.) Link.
- Annnnnd we'll end with a band my college radio station loves. Link.