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Songs Radio Stations Are Required By Law To Play Daily

Dangerguy and I were driving around tonight with the top down, music blaring, when the song "Jenny Says" by Cowboy Mouth comes on the radio. Now, I live in the Southeastern US, where it's somewhat surprising that we get to have any alternative stations at all, but I find it interesting that in all the cities I've lived in multiple states, there are these same songs that just refuse to drop off the playlist (probably due to the fact that Clear Channel monopolizes all the radio stations, but I will save that rant for another day). We decided in the car tonight to call them "Songs Alternative Radio Stations Are Required By Law to Play Daily". So, here's our list, broken into categories of felonies and misdemeanors based on our sense of how vital it is that the song gets played at least once in a 24 hour period:

Felonies:

1. "Been Caught Stealing", Janes Addiction
   
2. "Jenny Says", Cowboy Mouth
   
3. "She Talks to Angels", Black Crowes
   

Misdemeanors:

1. "Shimmer", Fuel
   
2. "Two Turn Tables and a Microphone", Beck
   
3. "No Rain", Blind Melon (if actually raining and is not played, this becomes a felony charge)
   

Is this list consistent with other parts of the country? What songs never die on your radio station?

Working Late (More Music Reviews)

I don't work late very often, but tonight I am trying to get ahead a little actual work done since I've been in meetings today. Oh and post another list of music reviews. I often have long waits while tests are running or when I am trying to integrate my code (which is tonight's big adventure), and I've already used up all my blog-reading for the day. Tonight's music list is "Six Great CDs You've Never Heard of". I tried to round up the most obscure CDs from my collection that I dearly love, and these are the winners. Enjoy!

Maybe tomorrow I'll move on to books... :)