Suzanne Vega : Ironbound - Fancy Poultry [ purchase ] During Metals week, I was hard at work shopping for a new file host, and making impro...

Sleater-Kinney: I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone [ Purchase ] It was just a few weeks ago that we did a Name-Droppers theme. I had a few ideas ...

Health and Happiness Show: Tossed Like a Stone [ purchase ] Looking over the past year's themes, the Similes week stuck out for the pa...

Tori Amos: Thank You [ purchase ] I've never been a Led Zeppelin fan... so when I discovered this cover of their song, with Tori's...

Jesse Winchester: Thanks To You [ purchase ] Emmylou Harris: Thanks To You [ purchase ] Chris Smither: Thanks To You [ purchase ] I encoun...

Jackson Browne : The Load-Out [ purchase ] Jackson Browne’s album Running On Empty is a collection of songs about the life of a touring band...

Natalie Merchant: Kind and Generous [ Purchase ] When I first heard this song on the radio I thought it was catchy, but corny. I did like i...

Erin McKeown : Thanks For the Boogie Ride [ purchase ] My first response to this week’s theme was to realize that I had used three of my bes...

Mary Chapin Carpenter: Thanksgiving Song [ purchase ] I know we don't usually submit new songs, but I hope everyone can forgive the ex...

World Party: Thank You World [ purchase ] I was a senior in college in 1990, and my (and the country's) environmental consciousness was...

Norman Blake : Uncle [ purchase ] Uncle tells the tale of a man who briefly but profoundly touched the life of the narrator. I don’t know th...

Maurice Chevalier: Thank Heaven For Little Girls [ purchase ] Of all the things I'm thankful for, my daughters top the list; in a rare d...

Eliza Gilkyson: Prayer 2000 [ purchase ] Today's offering is a tip of the proverbial hat to Vesta_66, who chimed in last week with how ...

Johnny Dowd : Thanksgiving Day [ purchase ] "You don’t have to be a rock star to have fun, You don’t have to be a soldier to carry a gu...

The Police : Don‘t Stand So Close To Me [ purchase ] Like Susan, I was taken aback when I saw our theme for this week. How did we get here s...

Cry Cry Cry: I Know What Kind of Love This Is [ purchase ] I had originally been saving this song until the end of the week. But the diver...

Pee Shy: Little Dudes [ Purchase ] The strength of this blog is in the unique and varied perspectives it brings together through music. Whe...

Jim Croce : Five Short Minutes [ purchase ] Steve Goodman : Death Of A Salesman [ purchase ] Here are two more musical examples that show wh...

Big Star: Thirteen [ purchase ] I have to admit that like Susan , I too was a bit surprised by this week's theme. It took me a while t...

Collin Raye: I Think About You [ purchase ] I've been having a backchannel exchange with Boyhowdy since mid-day, and his as-always elo...