(SPECIAL EGYPT EPISODE!!) I'm on vacation in Egypt right now, so you know what that means... First up, New York DJ Nickodemus did "Cleopatra in New York" from his album Endangered Species (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon). Next England's original new wave standard bearers The Cure with a really early track from their second album Boys Don't Cry (iTunes, Amazon) called "Fire in Cairo". Then Egypt's own Ali Hassan Kuban did "Mabruk" which can be found on, among other things, From Nubia to Cairo (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon). Next cult-favorite 60's girl-group The Tammys did "Egyptian Shumba" which an be found on a collection of theirs called Egyptian Shumba: The Singles and Rare Recordings 1962-1964 (Amazon). Then Canada's Hot Hot Heat did "In Cairo" from their 2002 album Make Up the Breakdown (iTunes, Amazon). Next UK physicist and didgeridoo street busker Dr. Graham Wiggins aka Dr. Didg did "King Tut" from his album Out of the Woods (iTunes, Amazon). Then Michigan's indie folk hero Wally Pleasant did "Cleopatra" from his 2nd-most recent album Hoedown (internets). And finally the UK's Phil Thornton and Hossan Ramzy did "On the Road to Alexandria" from their album Enchanted Egypt (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon). This episode features clips from the movies Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Marie Antoinette.