First up, Minneapolis' Walker Kong did his excellent song "Executioner Song" from his 2001 album There Goes the Sun (iTunes, Amazon), which sounds almost like it could have come out a decade earlier. Next was Portland's Optiganally Yours (like Thingy and Pinback another Rob Crow band) doing their song "Geppetto" from their 2002 album Exclusively Talentmaker (iTunes, Amazon). Then New York City's rocktronica™ band Ratatat did "Everest" from their 2004 self-titled album (iTunes, Amazon). Next was North Carolina's best little indie-bluegrass outfit i've heard in ages, The Avett Brothers, did "Talk on Indolence" from their brand new album Four Thieves Gone: The Robbinsville Sessions (iTunes, Amazon). And we finished off this episode with a fantastic new song by the indispensable Willie Nelson who just put out a cover of "Cowboys are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other" on Valentines Day (iTunes). You may remember the song from a much earlier episode of The Sounds in My Head where it was performed by San Francisco's punk queercore band Pansy Division.This episode features a clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart about the war spending, and also about. Watch the whole clip at Crooks and Liars.