ON THIS SPECIAL EPISODE

D-load: October 27th, 2008

SPECIAL 2008 ELECTION EPISODE!

1

Norah Jones (NYC)
"My Dear Country"
Not Too Late (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
similar: Ella Fitzgerald

2

The Whirlybird (Opelousas, LA)
"Oui On Peut (Yes We Can!)"
Obama Zydeco from Louisiana 2008 (free download)
similar: Clifton Chenier

3

Wyclef Jean (Newark, NJ via Haiti)
"President" (Live)
Dave Chappelle's Block Party Film (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Fugees

4

Le Tigre (NYC)
"Get Off the Internet"
From the Desk of Mr. Lady EP (iTunes)
similar: Bikini Kill

5

The Submarines (Los Angeles, CA)
"Vote"
Declare a New State! (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Headlights, The Cardigans

6

The Ballet (NYC)
"I Hate the War"
Mattachine! (iTunes)
similar: Baskervilles

7

The Zombies (St. Albans, England)
"This Will Be Our Year"
The Single As & Bs (iTunes)
covered by: OK GO

8

They Might Be Giants (Brooklyn, NYC)
"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too"
Future Soundtrack for America (Amazon)
similar: John Linnell, Mono Puff

9

Wally Pleasant (East Lansing, MI)
"The Day Ted Nugent Killed All the Animals"
Wally World (buy online)
similar: Johnathan Coulton

10

Camera Obscura (Glasgow, Scotland)
"Alaska"
If Looks Could Kill (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
similar: Belle & Sebastian, The Concretes

11

Morrissey (England)
"America is Not the World"
You are the Quarry (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
similar: The Smiths

12

Sam Cooke (Chicago, IL)
"A Change is Gonna Come"
Portrait of a Legend (iTunes, Amazon MP3)
similar: Otis Redding

ALSO ON THIS SHOW

This episode features clips from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (watch) and (watch), Bill Moyers Journal (subscribe), Ronald Reagan essentially endorsing Barack Obama (watch), an awesome JFK campaign ad (watch), and Ralph Stanley endorsing Barack Obama (watch).