The purpose of this blog. Song 1: The chemist said it would be allright |
- The Chemist Said It Would Be Alright (Lauren Hoffman)
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#2 Nostalgia- A Cosmonaut Orbits the Earth While the USSR Breaks Apart. |
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#3 Guarded by Monkeys |
- Guarded By Monkeys (Cracker7)
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#4 Shameless- A NAFTA Romance/Accidental Arrangements. |
- Shameless (Cracker7)
- Shameless (Cracker Demo 2001)
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#5 My Path Belated by Camper Van Beethoven |
- My Path Belated (Camper Van Beethoven4)
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#6 Nothing To Believe In- Joan Osborne and Cracker |
- Nothing To Believe In (Cracker4)
- Hammerhead (Joan Osborne at Sound of Music Studios)
- Nothing To Believe In (Cracker Demo 1995)
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#7 Darling We're Out Of Time/ RIP Andyman CD101 Columbus |
- Darling We're Out Of Time (Cracker10)
- Darling We're Out Of Time (Cracker Demo Version)
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#8 She Divines Water- The Earth Is Not Round |
- She Divines Water (Camper Van Beethoven4)
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#9 Unter Dem Rhein- FSK Part 1: Why are the Americans Yodeling? |
- Unter Dem Rhein (FSK mit David Lowery)
- Red Sonja (FSK with David Lowery)
- Flagge Verbrennen (Regierung Ertranken) (FSK with Mark Linkous)
- Dr. Bernice (David Lowery and Johnny Hickman with FSK)
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#10 Shiner Song - FSK Pt 2: The Germans Visit Texas. The Lodger Mr Hilter. |
- Shiner Song (Cracker)
- Eurotrash Girl (FSK)
- Eurotrash Girl (Chicks on Speed)
- I want out of the Circus (David Lowery with FSK)
- Shiner Song (FSK)
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#11 Abundance- Camper Van Beethoven |
- Abundance (Camper Van Beethoven2)
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#12 Merry Christmas Emily- Cracker |
- Merry Christmas Emily (Cracker7)
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#13 Darling One - Cracker/Adam Duritz/Susanna Hoffs/Mark Linkous: A Sunny Song/A Shady Backstory |
- Darling One (Cracker11)
- Darling One (Mark Linkous with Susanna Hoffs: Dennis Herring Recording)
- Darling One (Susanna Hoffs: Album version with JJP or MW)
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#14 Skinhead Stomp and other CVB Ska Songs. Why We Weren't Killed by Skinheads in Chico 1985. Henry Rollins Issues Fatwa Against CVB |
- Skinhead Stomp (Camper Van Beethoven1)
- Vladivostock (Camper Van Beethoven1)
- Mao Reminisces About His Days In Southern China (Camper Van Beethoven1)
- Balalaika Gap (Camper Van Beethoven1)
- R 'n R Uzbekistan (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- Time Machine (Cracker11)
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#15 Joe Stalins Cadillac- Camper Van Beethoven. The Cadillac as the Ship of State. Plato sucks! |
- Joe Stalin's Cadillac (Camper Van Beethoven3)
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#16 Ambiguity Song- Camper Van Beethoven. A Happy Song for Living Under the Threat of Nuclear HeckTM |
- Ambiguity Song (Camper Van Beethoven1)
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#17 Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey-Cracker. What do Dr House, Annie Lennox and The Outlaw Josie Wales Have to do with this? |
- Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey (Cracker1)
- Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey (Cracker Nov 14th 2006 in Koln)
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#18 Tusk-Camper Van Beethoven. Part1: When Jackalopes Attack. |
- Broadcasting Live from the MCI-Worldcom-AT&T-Diamler-Chrysler-Mitsubishi-Phillips-BASF-LG-Phillip-Morris-BP-Texaco-Pfizer-AOL-Time-Warner-Beoing-Microsoft-Aeroflot-United-Yoyodyne-Coliseum, Strom Thurmond City, Mars (Camper Van Beethoven6)
- Tusk (Camper Van Beethoven7)
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#19 Tusk- Camper Van Beethoven PT 2: Fleetwood Mac's flameout as a proxy for Camper Van Beethoven's dissolution.. |
- CVB live at Club Vera Gronigen NL performs Oh Well by Fleetwood Mac 3-8-1990
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#20 Tusk-Camper Van Beethoven pt. 3. Separated at Birth: Jonathan Segel and Lindsey Buckingham |
- Walk A Thin Line (Camper Van Beethoven7)
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#21 Hey Brett You Know What Time It Is-Cracker: The Ballad of Brett Netson. The Center Cannot Hold. Also The Wobblies vs Wombles. |
- Hey Brett (You Know What Time It Is) (Cracker11)
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#22 I Ride My Bike-Cracker. The Inland Empire: A Love Story. |
- Take Me (Back) To You (Cracker2)
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Jonathan Segel is funny. Interview for Lake Tahoe Cracker/CVB Show Aug 25th. |
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Mystic Hot Springs Monroe UT vs Swing Auditorium San Bernardino California. |
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#23 Ms Santa Cruz County-Cracker: Who were the Blue Ladies? Ode to Santa Cruz. |
- Miss Santa Cruz County (Cracker7)
- Ms Santa Cruz County (Cracker/Leftover Salmon7)
- 1983 Camper Van Beethoven rehearsal:
- Balalaika gap
- Lassie
- Vegetables
- White Riot
- 'Fore I met you
- I was so wasted
- take the skinhead bowling
- i don't see you at all (originally a sitting duck song)
- border ska (David Lowery / Chris Molla 1982)
- Skinhead Stomp. (Estonian Gauchos?)
- I can't take it anymore
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#24 Low- Cracker: Musings On Why Hits Are Written Fast. Big Dipper Was Slow. KOL and our Special Ops Pigeons. |
- Low (Cracker2)
- Big Dipper (Cracker4)
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#25 New Roman Times-Camper Van Beethoven. Part 1 The Republic of California vs The Republic of Texas. |
- New Roman Times (Camper Van Beethoven8)
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#26 New Roman Times Album- Camper Van Beethoven Pt 2. |
- Los Tigres Traficantes (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- I Am Talking To This Flower (Camper Van Beethoven8)
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#27 New Roman Times. Part 3. Start smoking weed now cause by the time you get to the end of this one you need to be really high to understand it. |
- Prelude (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- Sons Of The New Golden West (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- 51-7 (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- White Fluffy Clouds (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- That Gum You Like Is Back In Style (Camper Van Beethoven8)
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#28 New Roman Times part 4: Unabomber as Folk Hero. Steve Reich as Pop Star |
- Might Makes Right (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- Militia Song (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- New Roman Times (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- The Poppies Of Balmorhea (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- The Long Plastic Hallway (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- I Am Talking To This Flower (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- Come Out (Camper Van Beethoven8)
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#29 New Roman Times part 5: I Hate this Part of Texas. |
- I Hate This Part Of Texas (Camper Van Beethoven8)
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#30 New Roman Times Album part 6: We Would Fight For Hippy Chix. |
- Oath of the CVB (Hippy Chix) (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- Civil Disobedience (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- Discotheque CVB (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- Hey Brother (Camper Van Beethoven8)
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#31 Brides of Neptune-Cracker. Did the ferry sink? Is this the underworld? Or is it just another gig in Victoria BC. |
- Brides of Neptune (Cracker7)
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#32 Poor Mexico so far from God; So Close to Camper Van Beethoven |
- Border Ska (Camper Van Beethoven1)
- Yanqui Go Home (Camper Van Beethoven1)
- Tina (Camper Van Beethoven1)
- Heart (Camper Van Beethoven1)
- L'Aguardiente (Camper Van Beethoven6)
- Borderline (Camper Van Beethoven5)
- It Ain't Gonna Suck Itself (Cracker9)
- Sinaloa Cowboys (Cracker9)
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#33 &1/3: It Ain't Gonna Suck Itself-Cracker. |
- It Ain't Gonna Suck Itself (Cracker9)
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#34 Portland Oregon: Hairspray Meets Satyricon. The Musical. |
- No More Bullshit (Camper Van Beethoven2)
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#35 Don't Frak Me Up With Peace And Love-Cracker. Eugene Oregon. Playing with the Grateful Dead. |
- Don't Fuck Me Up (With Peace And Love) (Cracker1)
- Loser (Cracker2)
- We Saw Jerry's Daughter (Camper Van Beethoven3)
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#36 Where have those days gone- Arcata, Eureka and the Lost Coast of California. |
- Where Have Those Days Gone (Cracker10)
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#37 I Need Better Friends-Cracker |
- I Need Better Friends (Cracker10)
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#38 Circles-Camper Van Beethoven. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
- ZZ Top Goes to Egypt (Camper Van Beethoven2)
- Circles (Camper Van Beethoven2)
- Interstellar Overdrive (Camper Van Beethoven3)
- Cowboys From Hollywood (Camper Van Beethoven2)
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#39 Around the World. Racing the Cargo Vans On The Bonneville Salt Flats. |
- Been Around The World (Cracker5)
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#40-Sad Lover's Waltz-Camper Van Beethoven. A Viking Funeral Pyre. |
- Sad Lover's Waltz (Camper Van Beethoven2)
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#41 Sidi Ifni -Cracker. Paul Bowles, Moroccan Space Rock and Old English Queens. |
- Sidi Ifni (Cracker10)
- Dr. Bernice (Cracker1)
- The Good Life (Cracker5)
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#42 Satisfy You- Cracker the Early Years From A Contractual Viewpoint. Ashtray Studios. |
- Satisfy You (Cracker1)
- Sunday Train (Cracker3)
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#43 Teen Angst-Why The Third Verse Always Tells The Truth. Dive Bars on Hollywood Blvd. Pissing on Bob Hopes Star |
- Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) (Cracker1)
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#44. Club Med Sucks-Rebellion vs Selling Out. Always have a ground floor meeting with Suge Knight. |
- Opi Rides Again (Camper Van Beethoven1)
- Club Med Sucks (Camper Van Beethoven1)
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#45 Movie Star and Get Off This-Cracker. More on Selling out. The Marc Jacobs Edition M1 Tank. |
- Movie Star (Cracker2)
- Get Off This (Cracker2)
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#46 The Van Part 1: When I Win The Lottery I'm Gonna Buy a New Van. |
- Shut Us Down (Camper Van Beethoven3)
- When I Win The Lottery (Camper Van Beethoven5)
- Eye Of Fatima (Pt. 1) (Camper Van Beethoven4)
- Eye Of Fatima (Pt. 2) (Camper Van Beethoven4)
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#47 The Van Pt 2: Jump Into the Caddy Cause Touring Ain't a Drag |
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Frank Funaros favorite drum performances of all time |
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#48 Friends - 3 Guys Walk Into A Bar In Canoga Park. Why being backstage at a low grade music festival is like being in Iraq. |
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#49-Where the Hell is Bill. More Smart Ass Comments. Deer skulls. |
- Where The Hell Is Bill (Camper Van Beethoven1)
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#50- Gallows Humor. The Antechamber of Hope. Bugs. |
- Everyone Needs Some Love (Bugs)
- I'm Still Dreaming Of You (Bugs)
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#51 Something You Aint Got. American Minor. Caitlin Cary. |
- Something You Ain't Got (Cracker10)
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#52 Yalla Yalla Yall. Gallows Humor Addendum. Cracker Live in Iraq. |
- Yalla Yalla (Let's Go) (Cracker11)
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My Interview/Recording of The Hold Steady for WNRN Charlottesville |
- The Sweet Part Of The City (The Hold Steady!)
- Barely Breathing (The Hold Steady!)
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#53 Tribute Albums. Blue Rosebuds The Residents. Rainy Days And Mondays. Victoria. |
- Victoria (Cracker16)
- Rainy Days And Mondays (Cracker6)
- Blue Rosebuds (Cracker13)
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#54 Midnight Rider - Cracker. Unreleased Track. |
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#55 James River- Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven. Richmond Virginia. |
- James River (Camper Van Beethoven Live)
- James River (Cracker Demo)
- James River (Cracker5)
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#56 Kerosene Hat-Cracker. Richmond and Oregon Hill Continued. |
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#57 Can I Take My Gun Up To Heaven. Hollywood Cemetery. Richmond And Oregon Hill Part 3 |
- Can I Take My Gun To Heaven (Cracker1)
- Hollywood Cemetery (Cracker6)
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Cracker in Batesville Arkansas Tonight. Also Unreleased Track |
- She Thinks I Still Care (Cracker - Countrysides Outtake)
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Camper Van Beethoven Racine WI Oct 16th. Good Guys and Bad Guys Video |
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#58 big dirty yellow outtakes. Richmond Oregon Hill addendum. |
- China (Cracker3)
- Father Winter (Cracker3)
- Steve's Hornpipe (Cracker6)
- Hans' Lament (Cracker3)
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#59 Stairway to Heavan (sic)- In Praise of Half Baked Ideas and Unfinished things. The importance of not being earnest. |
- Turtlehead (Camper Van Beethoven2)
- Circles (Camper Van Beethoven2)
- We're All Wasted and We're Wasting All Your Time (Camper Van Beethoven6)
- Dustpan (Camper Van Beethoven2)
- Cattle (reversed) (Camper Van Beethoven2)
- Zztop Goes to Egypt (Camper Van Beethoven2)
- Five Sticks (Camper Van Beethoven3)
- Surprise Truck (Camper Van Beethoven3)
- Stairway To Heaven (sic) (Camper Van Beethoven3)
- Pope Festival (Camper Van Beethoven3)
- The Fool (Camper Van Beethoven4)
- Interlude (Camper Van Beethoven5)
- Tom Flower's 1500 Valves (Camper Van Beethoven6)
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#60 I'm So Glad She Ain't Never Coming Back- How an unfinished jam became a song. Other unfinished unreleased outtakes. |
- immy mig jh groove (Cracker Outtake)
- I'm So Glad She Ain't Never Coming Back (Cracker10)
- don't hear a hit boys (drum machine) (Cracker Outtake)
- Infidel sorcerers of the air (Cracker Outtake)
- classy dames and able gents (Cracker Outtake)
- peppermint mind (Cracker Outtake)
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What you're missing-Original demo. Original words. |
- What You're Missing (Cracker - original demo)
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#61 My Life is Totally Boring Without You, The Good Life- Cracker, Don Smith and The Heartbreakers. |
- My Life Is Totally Boring Without You (Cracker5)
- The Good Life (Cracker5)
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Full interview and performance with the Holdsteady. |
- The Sweet Part Of The City (The Hold Steady!)
- The Weekenders (The Hold Steady!)
- Chips Ahoy (The Hold Steady!)
- Barely Breathing (The Hold Steady!)
- We Can Get Together (The Hold Steady!)
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#62 I Could Be Wrong I Could Be Right-Cracker. Just your usual southern rock track set on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. |
- I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right (Cracker11)
- blue berlin riff (Cracker)
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#63 Everybody Get's One Free- F*ck Montreal. CVB Get's Ripped Off. |
- Everybody Gets One For Free (Cracker10)
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#64 The World Is Mine- Cracker. Gillette been very very good to Cracker. Suerte Loca. |
- The World is Mine (Cracker Live From Cleveland)
- Shake Some Action (Cracker6)
- Opening Theme (Camper Van Beethoven5
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Don Smith Photo Addendum |
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300 Songs on Vacation until New Year. |
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#65 This is Crackersoul- Reflections on race and music. Also were the Flinstones Black? |
- This Is Cracker Soul (Cracker1)
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#66 -Raise 'Em Up On Honey. Notes on the etymology of the word cracker |
- Raise 'Em Up On Honey (David Lowery1)
- Eyes Of Mary (Cracker6)
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#67-Turquoise Jewelry- Grace Slick Where Art Thou? |
- Turquoise Jewelry (Camper Van Beethoven4)
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#68 The Long Plastic Hallway-Playing on a Flying Saucer with The Talking Heads. |
- The Long Plastic Hallway (Camper Van Beethoven8)
- Ice Cream Everyday (Camper Van Beethoven10)
- Flowers (Camper Van Beethoven5)
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#69 Deep Oblivion- A Victorian Love Song. |
- Deep Oblivion (David Lowery3)
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#70 I Sold the Arabs the Moon- When we fly we all become philosophers. |
- I Sold The Arabs The Moon (David Lowery6)
- The Riverside (Cracker10)
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#71 The Palace Guards- A Superhero In Need of a Restraining Order. |
- The Palace Guards (David Lowery2)
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#72- Marigold- A small fragment of a much longer story. |
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#73 South California Revisited - St. Cajetan. |
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#74 Hits are Black Swans-Take the Skinheads Bowling |
- Take The Skinheads Bowling (Camper Van Beethoven1)
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#75 KQED's The California Report on Big Dipper |
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#76 Camper Van Beethoven and the Border Patrol-The Day Lassie Went to The Moon. |
- The Day That Lassie Went To The Moon (Camper Van Beethoven1)
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#77 Exile in Beach Flats-Lulu Land, Wasted and Surf City 1985 |
- Lulu Land (Camper Van Beethoven3)
- Wasted (Camper Van Beethoven1)
- Surf City (Camper Van Beethovenn/a)
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#78 No more bullshit. The top 10 lamest excuses for stealing artists music
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- No More Bullshit (Camper Van Beethoven2)
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Trichordist |
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#79 The Ultimate Solution- The Polyglot Polyculture City-State that is Los Angeles |
- The Ultimate Solution (Camper Van Beethoven15)
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#80 It Was Like That When We Got Here & I Live In LA – Northeast Los Angeles Party at the End of the World. |
- It Was Like That When We Got Here (Camper Van Beethoven15)
- I Live In LA (Camper Van Beethoven15)
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#81 Classy Dames and Able Gents - Southern California’s Military-Academic-Industrial-Electronic-Espionage-Complex |
- Classy Dames and Able Gents (Camper Van Beethoven15)
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#82 Camp Pendelton - Echos of New Roman Times. |
- Camp Pendelton (Camper Van Beethoven15)
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#83 Dockweiler Beach & Someday Our Love Will Sell Us Out-Surfing Under the Runway at LAX |
- Dockweiler Beach (Camper Van Beethoven15)
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#84 Sugartown: San Pedro, SugarBeets and Portuguese Fishermen |
- Sugartown (Camper Van Beethoven15)
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