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Songs inspired by four upcoming shows, a little walkin’ music and jazz cigarettes. R.I.P. Scratch.

• ARCHIVE
• Having a Party – Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
• Let the Beauty Be – Bob Mould
• The Story of Jazz – Yo Lo Tengo
• Question and Answer- Pat Metheny
• Are You Going With Me? – Pat Metheny Group
• Maiden Voyage – Herbie Hancock
• The Eye of The Hurricane – Herbie Hancock
• Cantaloupe Island – Herbie Hancock
• Bonheur – Vieux Farka Touré
• Samba Si Kairi – Vieux Farka Touré
• Gido – Vieux Farka Touré, John Scofield
• Traveller – Baaba Maal
• A Night in Tunisia – Miles Davis, Red Garland
• Move – Miles Davis
• Walkin’ – Miles Davis Sextet
• What Comes Next – Yo Lo Tengo
• Autumn Sweater – Yo Lo Tengo
• Sunspots – Bob Mould
• Brasilia Crossed With Trenton – Bob Mould
• Universal Traveler – Air
• Many Roads To Travel – Wilson Pickett
• Have Love, Will Travel – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
• Hard Traveling- Woody Guthrie
• Boots of Spanish Leather – Bob Dylan
• Boots of Chinese Plastic – Pretenders
• I’ve Been Everywhere – Johnny Cash
• Last Train Home – Pat Metheny Group

Songs inspired by impermanence. R.I.P. Charlie.

• ARCHIVE
• Dead Flowers – The Rolling Stones
• Just Like a Woman – Bob Dylan
• You’re a Big Girl Now – Bob Dylan
• It Ain’t Me, Babe – Bob Dylan
• Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan
• The Man in Me – Bob Dylan
• One Too Many Mornings – Patti Smith
• I Dream of St Frances – Peter Orlovsky
• Signature Change – Peter Orlovsky
• The End – Allen Ginsberg
• Mexico City Blues, Pt. 1 – Jack Kerouac
• Coyote- Joni Mitchell
• Hitchhiker – Neil Young
• Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
• Forge Your Own Chains – D.R. Hooker
• TRINITY: TITOLI – Annibale E I Cantori Moderni
• Ngondro, For the benefit of all human beings – Chumba Lama, Anhil Sahi
• Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts – Funkadelic
• Maggot Brain – Funkadelic
• Time Moves Slow – BADBADNOTGOOD, Samuel T. Herring
• Breathe (In the Air) – Pink Floyd
• Everybody’s Gotta Live – Love
• Be Thankful for What You Got – Love
• Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles
• The River – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
• Somewhere I Belong – Gábor Szabó
• On the Beach – Neil Young
• Strange Feelin’ – Tim Buckley
• Moonlight Mile – The Rolling Stones
• Ngondro – Lamas Du Monastère ‘nyingmapa Wishfulfilling Center’
• The Pointed Man – Harry Nilsson

Songs inspired by staying tuned.

• ARCHIVE
• Rock and Roll Part II – Gary Glitter
• Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
• Rock n Roll is All I Got – Murderdolls
• Rock n Roll Victim – Death
• Rockers – U.K. Subs
• She’s A Rocker – The Adicts
• Rock n Roll Machine – The Donnas
• God Damn Rock ‘N’ Roll – The Cramps
• Who Will Save Rock n Roll? – The Dictators
• Clash City Rockers – The Clash
• Rock the Casbah – The Clash
• Rock ‘n’Roll Suicide – David Bowie
• Rock ‘N’ Roll Stew – Traffic
• Downtown Rockers – Tom Tom Club
• 1980’s Rock ‘n’ Roll – G.G. Allin
• The Heart of Rock And Roll – Huey Lewis & The News
• Can’t Stop Rockin’ – ZZ Top
• Rock You Like A Hurricane – Scorpions
• Rock of Ages – Def Leppard
• Rock ‘N’ Roll Outlaw – Rose Tattoo
• I Wanna Rock – Twisted Sister
• Rock Your Socks – Tenacious D
• Rock ‘N’ Roll Preacher (Hallelujah I’m on Fire) – Slade
• The Rocker – Thin Lizzy
• I Like to Rock – April Wine
• Rock ‘N’ Roll Damnation – AC/DC
• Rocker – AC/DC
• And The Cradle Will Rock – Van Halen
• Rock ‘n’ Roll Rebel- Ozzy Osbourne
• Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll – The Killers
• You’re No Rock n’ Roll Fun – Sleater-Kinney
• Cherub Rock – The Smashing Pumpkins
• Rock ‘n’ Roll Star – Oasis
• Rockin’ All Over The World – Status Quo
• Rockin’ in the Free World – Neil Young
• Rock & Roll Party Town – Gwar
• The House is Rockin’ – Stevie Ray Vaughan
• I’m A Rocker – Bruce Springsteen
• Rock’n Me – Steve Miller Band
• Rock ‘n’ Roll with Me – David Bowie
• Rocker – Little Walter

Songs inspired by summer nights, good friends and fun memories.

• ARCHIVE
• School Days (Ring the Bell) – Chuck Berry
• Rock And Roll Music – The Beatles
• (We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock – Bill Haley & and His Comets
• Rock n Roll Nigger – Patti Smith
• Rock and Roll – Led Zeppelin
• Rock ‘N’ Roll – Lou Reed
• Rock ‘n’ Roll – Motörhead
• Rock & Roll – Johnny Winter
• Rock And Roll, Hootchie Koo – Rick Derringer
• It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It) – The Rolling Stones
• I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
• Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy – Bad Company
• A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy – The Kinks
• Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle – Cake
• For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)- AC/DC
• Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
• We Will Rock You – Queen
• Rock Show- Wings
• Rock & Roll Band – Boston
• We’re An American Band – Grand Funk Railroad
• I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock ‘n Roll Band) – Moody Blues
• So You Want to Be a Rock ‘N’ Roll Star – The Byrds
• It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock & Roll) – AC/DC
• King of Rock – Run- D.M.C.
• Rockin’ With the King – Canned Heat, Little Richard
• Rock ‘N’ Roll Is King – Electric Light Orchestra
• Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio? – Ramones
• Rock ‘n’ Roll High School – Ramones
• I Knew The Bride (When She Used to Rock ‘n Roll) – Nick Lowe
• Let Me Go, Rock ‘N Roll – KISS
• Detroit Rock City – KISS
• Kill Rock ‘n Roll – System of a Down
• Long Live Rock N Roll – Rainbow
• Long Live Rock – The Who
• Rock N’ Roll Is Here To Stay – Sha Na Na
• Good Rockin’ Tonight – Elvis Presley
• Rockin’ at Midnight – The Honeydrippers
• Everybody’s Rockin’ – Neil Young

Songs inspired by lunar lions and new beginnings.

• ARCHIVE
• Art of Dying – George Harrison
• Here Comes the Moon – George Harrison
• Abundance and Manifestation – New Moon Raiki Ritual
• Echoes – Pink Floyd
• New Moon Same Dark – Pretty Lights
• New Moons – Brian Eno
• New Moon – Lyra Pramuk
• Song of the New Moon – Chuck Mangione
• Moon Dreams – Miles Davis
• Waltz of the New Moon – The Incredible String Band
• Manifest – Andrew Bird
• Possibility – Lykke Li
• New moon magic – Sagason
• New Moon – Witch Weather
• New Moon Rising – Anugama
• New Moon (The Meadow) – Alexandre Desplat
• affirmation III – Prince
• Manifesto – Roxy Music
• New Moon on Monday – Duran Duran
• New Moon Over Jamaica – Johnny Cash, Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, June Carter Cash, Tom T. Hall
• New Moon – Tweedy
• New Moon – Steve Gunn
• There’s A New Moon Over My Shoulder – Tex Ritter
• The Sun, The Moon, The Stars – Prince
• Eclipse – 8 Bit Arcade
• Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 – “Moonlight”: 1. Adagio sostenuto – Ludwig van Beethoven

Songs inspired by cutting it out and being better without it. Heal thyself!

• ARCHIVE
• Somebody Get Me a Doctor – Van Halen
• Love Surgery – Gwar
• Surgery – Nuclear Assault
• Esoteric Surgery – Gojira
• Crash Course in Brain Surgery – Budgie
• Brain Salad Surgery – Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Open Heart Surgery – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
• Surgeon – St. Vincent
• Heart-Shaped Box – Nirvana
• Timebomb – Beck
• Time Bomb – Ramones
• Time Bomb – Rancid
• Call the Doctor – Sleater-Kinney
• I Don’t Need A Doctor – Humble Pie
• Doctor Jeep – Sisters of Mercy
• Witch Doctor – Alvin & The Chipmunks
• The Witch Doctor – Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
• Dancing With Mr. D – The Rolling Stones
• (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
• Hospital – The Modern Lovers
• I Don’t Want to Die (in the Hospital) – Conor Oberst
• Touch Me I’m Sick – Mudhoney
• Scalpel – Alice in Chains
• I Wanna Be Sedated – Ramones
• I Want a New Drug – Huey Lewis & The News
• Can’t Fight This Feeling – REO Speedwagon
• Who Are You – The Who
• Personality Crisis – New York Dolls
• One Hundred Years – The Cure
• Alive – Pearl Jam
• So Alive – Love and Rockets
• Keep Yourself Alive – Queen
• Alive And Kicking – Simple Minds
• I Got You (I Feel Good) – James Brown
• Feel Good Inc. – Gorillaz
• Stayin’ Alive – Tiny Tim

Songs inspired by the things we do.

• ARCHIVE
• Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – The Beatles
• Every Breath You Take – The Police
• Run For Your Life – The Beatles
• Run For Your Life – Nancy Sinatra
• No Pussy Blues – Grinderman
• Date Rape – Sublime
• Rape Me – Nirvana
• Daughter – Pearl Jam
• Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
• Hey Joe – Joni Hendrix
• Down by the River – Neil Young
• Been Caught Stealing – Jane’s Addiction
• Take the Money and Run – Steve Miller Band
• Bankrobber – The Clash
• God Knows I’m Good – David Bowie
• Johnny 99 – Bruce Springsteen
• Murder by Numbers – The Police
• The Killing Moon – Echo & the Bunnymen
• Killing an Arab – The Cure
• Polly – Nirvana
• Floyd the Barber – Nirvana
• Midnight Rambler – The Rolling Stones
• Riders on the Storm – The Doors
• Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen
• Stackolee – Woody Guthrie
• Revolution Blues – Neil Young
• John Wayne Gacy, Jr. – Sufjan Stevens
• Night Shift – Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Gary Gilmore’s Eyes – The Adverts
• Ted, Just Admit It . . . – Jane’s Addiction
• Frankie Teardrop – Suicide
• Sign of the Crab – The Gits
• Black River Killer – Blitzen Trapper
• Murder in the.City – The Avett Brothers
• In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins

Songs inspired by putting it on and taking it off, and taking it on and not putting it off. Get well Cherry Bomb!

• ARCHIVE
• Clothes Line Saga – Bob Dylan
• Girls In Their Summer Clothes – Bruce Springsteen
• Summer Clothes – Freedy Johnston
• Saturday Clothes – Gordon Lightfoot
• Clothes of Sand – Nick Drake
• Every Day Clothes – Jonathan Richman
• Big Sister’s Clothes – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
• Dead Man’s Clothes – Son Volt
• Summertime Clothes – Animal Collective
• Someone Else’s Clothes – Ultravox
• Space Clothes – Wooden Shjips
• Vintage Clothes – Paul McCartney
• Soup ‘N Old Clothes – Frank Zappa
• The King’s New Clothes – Frank Loesser, Danny Kaye
• The Emperor’s New Clothes – Elton John
• Emperor’s Clothes Pt. 1 – Thompson Twins
• The Emperor’s New Clothes – Sinead O’Connor
• Watching the Clothes – Pretenders
• Smoking Her Clothes – Inspiral Carpets
• Surrender Your Clothing – Pansy Division
• She Takes Her Clothes Off – Stereophonics
• Falling Through Your Clothes – The New Pornographers
• Shoppin’ for Clothes – The Coasters
• Trying’ on Clothes – Shel Silverstein
• Honey (Touch Me with My Clothes On) – Gilda Radner
• Honey Can I Put On Your Clothes – Barbara Streisand
• Put On Your Sunday Clothes – Charles Nelson Reilly, Jerry Dodge, Carol Channing
• Nothing’s Gonna Change My Clothes – They Might Be Giants
• When Can I Change My Clothes? – Bukka White
• Put Your Cat Clothes On – Carl Perkins
• Baby Don’t You Tear My Clothes – Lightnin’ Hopkins
• Honey, Don’t Tear My Clothes – Etta James
• Take off Your Clothes – Meat Puppets
• Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance – Frank Zappa
• Good Sex Rumples The Clothing – Adam Ant
• We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off – Jamie Stewart
• Take Dem Clothes Off – J Dilla
• Pack Your Clothes – Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera & The Witnesses
• Dirty Laundry – Don Henley

Songs inspired by serendipity and the clave.

• ARCHIVE
• Vaccinated Attitude – Marc Rebillet
• Shanghai – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
• Vamonos Pal Monte – Eddie Palmieri
• Mi Gente – Hector Lavoe
• El Cumbanchero – Sabu
• Timbalero – Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon
• Quimbara – Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco
• Para Los Rumberos – Tito Puente
• Oye Como Va – Tito Puente
• El Curato De Tula – Buena Vista Social Club
• Pa LosBoricuas Ausentes – Joe Valle Con Cear Concepcion y su Orchestra
• El Watusi – Ray Barretto
• Indestructible – Ray Barretto
• Ay Jose – Machete, Graciela
• Watermelon Man – Mongo Santamaria
• Richie’s Jala Jala – Ricardo Ray
• Cojema la casa – Pedro Laza Y Sus Pelayeros
• Puerto Rico – Eddie Palmieri
• Morenita Mia – Ramon Cordero
• El Negro Bembon – Ismael Rivera
• Bemba Colora – Fania All Stars
• Pedro Navaja – Ruben Blades, Willie Colon
• El Raton – Cheo Feliciano
• Pecadora – Los Hermanos Rosario
• Que Bueno Baila Usted – Ibrahim Ferrer
• Bilongo – Eddie Palmieri, Ismael Quintana
• Agua De Clavelito – Johnny Pacheco, Hector Casanova
• Freedom! ’90 – George Micheal
• Look at That Ass – Marc Rebillet

Songs inspired by revisiting and independence. To all my great friends!

• ARCHIVE
• 4th of July – Dave Alvin
• Fireworks – Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Light/Fireworks – The Fall
• Fourth of July – Galaxie 500
• Talking with Fireworks – Twilight Sad
• 4th of July – Soundgarden
• 24 Hour Fireworks Stand – Drip-Fred
• ‘Merican – Descendents
• Fireworks – The Tragically Hip
• Thunder on the Mountain – Wanda Jackson
• Metal Fireworks – Lucinda Williams
• I Fucked Him for Firecrackers – Molly Ruth
• Independence Day – Ani DeFranco
• 4th of July – Aimee Man
• Fireworks – First Aid Kit
• Fireworks – Mitski
• Fireworks – Katy Perry
• Declare Independence – Bjork
• Lake of Fire – Nirvana
• Fourth of July – Sufjan Stevens
• Independence Day – Elliot Smith
• Firecracker – Half Japanese
• Indoor Fireworks – Nick Lowe
• 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) – Bruce Springsteen
• Independence Day – Bruce Springsteen
• Fireworks – Original Memphis Five
• Fireworks – Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
• Fireworks – The Sugarhill Gang
• After Fireworks – Dilatory Duty
• Independence Day – David Byrne
• Fireworks – Blue Oyster Cult
• Afternoon Delight – Starland Vocal Band
• My Country – Randy Newman
• American Tune – Simon & Garfunkel
• 4th of July – Wings
• Music for the Royal Fireworks – George Frideric Handel, Pierre Boulez, New York Philharmonic