We’ve already played a bunch of Aussie stuff during the 1pm Late Lunch, but let’s play some more at 6pm because it’s Australia Day! Well, let’s go for an all-inclusive “Down Under” theme, so we can play some Kiwis too! New Zealander Neil Finn is part of the Bob Dylan tribute we’ve been featuring all week, so we’ll play his version of “She Belongs To Me” as the New Song of the Day to start the Workday Wrap Up at 6pm!

In other news, Iggy Pop has been named Record Store Day 2012 Ambassador!

Workday Wrap Up 1/26/12 (Australia Day/Down Under theme)

Neil Finn with Pajama Club – She Belongs to Me
Gin Wigmore – Black Sheep
Augie March – One Crowded Hour (Corner Lounge version 2007)
Men at Work – Down Under

Midnight Oil – One Country
Divinyls – I Touch Myself
Flight of the Conchords – The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)
Easybeats – Friday on My Mind
The Shins – Australia

AC/DC – Whole Lotta Rosie
Icehouse – Great Southern Land

Workday Wrap Up 1/25/12 (C artists/songs theme)

Corrina, Corrina – Pete Townshend
Centerfold (Corner Lounge) - Love Canon
Cyndi Lauper – Money Changes Everything

Chicago – 25 or 6 to 4
Castanets – Alejandro Escovedo
Close To Me - The Cure
Clampdown – The Clash
Cults – Abducted
The Creation – Making Time
Soft Cell – Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go

The Cramps – Garbageman

Some interesting insight into the term “Welfare Queen”

And if 2 wrongs don’t make a right, what do 2 satires make? Here’s a funny take on Stephen Colbert’s Presidential bid…

Romney released his tax returns today…here’s a take incorporating some Twitterverse commentary…

Big news day…Obama’s State of the Union is tonight, and the Oscar nominees were announced today too!

And I heard this story on sportstalk radio last night on the way home - it looks like confusion on the sidelines and/or scoreboard may have had a little bit to do with the field goal that the Ravens missed Sunday, which cost them a shot at overtime (and of course potentially, The Super Bowl). I thought that 3rd down play call was odd at the time…apparently they thought it was 2nd down, oof. That was The Patriots’ first win of the year over a team that had a winning record in the regular season! And they only won because of a shanked 32-yard field goal…can you tell I’m still mad over Spygate? I was in Missouri and rooting for the St. Louis Rams at the time, you understand…

Workday Wrap Up 1/24/12 (North/South/East/West theme)

Girl From the North Country - Sting
West End Girls – Pet Shop Boys
Southern Cross – Crosby Stills & Nash

Southside – Moby w/ Gwen Stefani
South Bound Suarez – Led Zeppelin
Stand – R.E.M.
Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) – John Mellencamp
Southbound Again – Dire Straits

Drive South – John Hiatt
War – Bob Marley
All the Stars – The Western States Motel

President Obama, Warren Buffett, and Herman Cain have all given singing in public a try recently…see what you think of the results!

All this week at 5 and 6pm, we’ll be featuring newly recorded Bob Dylan covers from the Chimes of Freedom Amnesty International benefit collection that’s out tomorrow. 75 covers on 4 cds! Preview some of the tracks here…

Workday Wrap Up 1/23/12 (Clothing theme)

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat – Raphael Saadiq
Short Skirt/Long Jacket - Cake
Bell Bottom Blues – Derek & the Dominoes

Raspberry Beret – Prince
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag – James Brown
(Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes – Elvis Costello
These Boots Are Made For Walking – Nancy Sinatra
Taper Jean Girl – Kings of Leon
Bad Sneakers – Steely Dan
Outfit – Drive-By Truckers

Blue Suede Shoes – Elvis Presley
Blue Dress – Depeche Mode
Famous Blue Raincoat – Leonard Cohen

So checking cnn.com upon arriving at work today, here are the main stories I see…

Rick Perry’s out of the Republican presidential nomination race, but perhaps more surprising than that news was his endorsement of Gingrinch, esp. just a couple days away from the South Carolina primary. Meawhile, The Colbert Nation continues to keep things interesting…wonder what they have in store after South Carolina votes?
Also wonder if Perry wants to reconsider his endorsement choice after another Gingrich ex-wife story is revealed…did someone say “sanctity of marriage?”

Oh yeah, and it turns out Santorum won Iowa after all! I know it’s a different kind of system when it comes to a caucus, but if we can’t keep these primaries straight, you’ve got to wonder about close general elections (the 2000 & 2004 races for President, anyone?)…

And this story of cocoa farming in the Ivory Coast…how much chocolate is actually made by child slavery?

Then there’s the terribly sad news of the passing of fresstyle skier Sarah Burke today…

To leave this post on a positive note, we hear a lot about the 99% vs. the 1%, but what if the magic number is 10%? Sure sounds like this would help fix much of what ails the American economy right now. And from a UVA professor, no less!

And there’s a new Bruce Springsteen song in the world today, so that’s good news! And it starts the Workday Wrap Up tonight as our New Song of the Day…

Workday Wrap Up 1/19/12 (We/Our/Us theme)

We Take Care Of Our Own – Bruce Springsteen
Our House – Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) – Bob Marley

Why Can’t We Be Friends? – War
Our House – Madness
We Can Work It Out – Beatles
Two of Us – Aimee Mann & Michael Penn
We Belong – Lowen & Navarro
Heaven Help Us All – Stevie Wonder
People Like Us – Talking Heads

We Belong Together – Rickie Lee Jones
Us – Regina Spektor

Workday Wrap Up 1/18/12 (one-word song titles theme)

California – Delta Spirit
Good – Better Than Ezra
Jessica – Allman Brothers

Plowed – Sponge
Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
Paradise – John Prine
Eet –Regina Spektor
Wildflowers – Tom Petty
Debaser – Pixies
Cuyahoga – R.E.M.

Gloria – Them w/ Van Morrison
Charmer – Kings of Leon
Mother – Danzig
Eloise – The Damned

Workday Wrap Up 1/17/12 (numbers theme)

11:11 – Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Strawberry Letter #23 – Brothers Johnson
Second Hand News – Fleetwood Mac
One Step Up – Bruce Springsteen

#41 (live) – Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds (from Live at Luther College)
Take Me To The Pilot (live) – Elton John (from 11-17-70 album)
99 Red Balloons – Nena
One (live) – U2
If 6 Was 9 – Jimi Hendrix

Twentysomething – Jamie Cullum
Interstate 8 – Modest Mouse

Speaking of numbers, here’s what Romney says he pays in taxes…guess we’ll have to take his word for it until he gets around to releasing his tax return!

And an interesting take on why Wikipedia will be going dark tomorrow (midnight tonight)…

In case you missed the Golden Globe awards last night, here’s a quick recap of the best bits…

The film Soundtrack For A Revolution is the story of the American Civil Rights Movement through its powerful music, and not surprisingly has a great soundtrack with new interpretations of freedom songs by the likes of John Legend, Joss Stone & Wyclef Jean. We’ll celebrate this MLK, Jr. Day by playing “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round” by The Roots & TV on the Radio at 6pm as our New Song of the Day to start a “turn” theme on the Workday Wrap Up!

Workday Wrap Up 1/16/12 (Turn! Turn! Turn! theme)

Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around – The Roots & TV on the Radio
Turn Me On – Norah Jones
Turn! Turn! Turn! (live) – Bruce Springsteen w/ Roger McGuinn

Turn The Page - Metallica
Slow Turning – John Hiatt
Turning Japanese – The Vapors
I Can’t Turn You Loose – Otis Redding
Son of A Gun - Nirvana
Will You Return? – Avett Brothers

Turning of the Tide – Richard Thompson
Turn on Your Love Light (live) – Grateful Dead
Engine To Turn (Corner Lounge version) – Tift Merritt

Here’s an update on the recent Sinead O’Connor news…in spite of all this, I say the new song sounds great!

And here’s the story of Leonard Cohen, wiki-style…
nice interview with Leonard & Rebecca De Mornay also…

Workday Wrap Up 1/13/12 (New/Young/Old theme)

Old Lady- Sinead O’Connor
Darkness – Leonard Cohen (new album out 1/31 is called Old Ideas)
Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show
Only The Good Die Young (live) – Billy Joel

Old Man (live at Massey Hall) – Neil Young
Brand New Day (Corner Lounge version 021111) – Joshua Radin
Old Enough (Backstage at B’roo 2008) – Raconteurs
Forever Young – Bob Dylan
Newborn – Elbow
Day Old Blues – Kings of Leon

New Born - Muse

Workday Wrap Up 1/12/12 (Up or Down theme)

Hang It Up – Ting Tings
Up Up Up – Givers
Wrap It Up – Fabulous Thunderbirds
Down – 311

Lively Up Yourself – Bob Marley & the Wailers
Get Up Stand Up – Peter Tosh
Rock Lobster – B-52s
Burning Down the House – Tom Jones & the Cardigans
Take Me Down – Kelly Willis

Down By the River – Neil Young
I Should Get Up (acoustic) – Teddy Thompson