The Sounds in My Head Daniel http://www.thesoundsinmyhead.com/ A biweekly music show featuring songs and bands you might have missed. With as much liberal propaganda as I can squeeze in. Every-other Monday. A weekly music show featuring songs and bands you might have missed. A weekly music show hosted by Daniel featuring songs and bands you might have missed. With as much liberal propaganda as he can squeeze in. Every-other Monday. en-us Daniel, 2008 Daniel daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com http://www.thesoundsinmyhead.com/images/tsimh_rss.jpg The Sounds in My Head http://www.thesoundsinmyhead.com/ 320 126 daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss podcast No Daniel, Sounds in My Head, indiepop, indierock, tmbg, wompedy Fri, 04 May 2012 21:05:59 -0400 S9,E06: 05/14/12 (SPECIAL AU and NZ: Ball Park Music, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Architecture in Helsinki, Cut Copy, Deep Sea Arcade, Princess Chelsea, Cut Off Your Hands, Eversons, Two Cartoons) Daniel Also On This Episode

This episode features a few clips from the wonderful HBO TV show Flight of the Conchords, as well as a clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart where he discusses the fall of Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch (watch the whole clip here).

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On this episode I talked over a cover of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros song "Home" by YouTube pianist indierocks87 which you can watch the video for here. As well as "Gaia" by The Bees (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon) and "The Happy Organ" by Dave "Baby" Cortez (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon).

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This episode features a clip of "New Rules" from HOB's Real Time with Bill Maher about the insanity of America's super-stupid gun laws. Watch the whole thing here.

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This episode features clips from Real Time with Bill Maher's New Rules where he repurposes his recent Op-Ed from the New York Times urging people to stop apologizing. Also, I talked over music from the Dickon Hinchliffe score to one of the best documentaries I've seen in a while, the film Project Nim.

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This episode features a clip from a BBC segment about the making of Air's Le Voyage Dans La Lune album, as well as a clip from Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart where he comments on the results of last week's Michigan GOP Primary.

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This episode features clips from the series premier of Bill Moyers' new show Moyers & Company on PBS. The clips deal with income inequality in America (watch) and feature an interview with Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson about their new book Winner-Take-All Politics, as well as clips of amazing senate testimony by Amanda Greubel (watch).

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This episode features clips from The Onion's Today Now! about Applebee's new ad campaign (watch), and a video of Christopher Hitchens (watch).

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This episode features clips from Javelin's Kickstarter video pitch where they were trying to raise the funds to make their "Canyon Candy" album into a movie. The project was successfully funded, but from what I've seen of the movie, it's underwhelming.

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This episode features a clip from the season finale of Real Time with Bill Maher where his new rule tries to remind right-wingers that Scrooge was supposed to be the bad guy (watch it).

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I talked over "What'd I Say" and "Your Last Goodbye" (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon) by Floyd Cramer, as well as "Kinder Blumen" from Days (iTunes, Amazon MP3) by Real Estate.

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This episode features clips from Real Time with Bill Maher where he says the 99% movement could be caused by a "College Bubble", and from This American Life with Malcolm Gladwell telling a story about working at The Washington Post.

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This episode features clips from the EPK Video Ben Folds made for The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective (watch). As well as the audio from the Steve Jobs narration version of the original Apple Think Different ad (watch) and the 2007 Macworld keynote by Steve Jobs where he showed the world the iPhone for the first time, and changed everything yet again.

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This episode features clips from three Adam Curtis documentaries:The Mayfair Set, The Trap, and The Century of the Self. You can search youtube.com for these films and basically watch all of them, even if some of them are cut up into segments.

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This episode features a clips from an episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brian from May 3rd, 2007 featuring Patton Oswalt talking about hipster t-shirts.

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This episode features a clip of a young Steve Jobs explaining that he thinks computers are like bicycles for our minds. I love Macs and love bikes, so naturally this is a favorite clip of mine. Watch the video here.

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This episode features a clip from Louis CK's FX series Louie where he talks about how he is incapable of living a less than perfect life. My job required me to spend the last couple of weeks under very different circumstances than I am used to, and I felt how he describes in this clip.

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This episode features a clip from Louis CK's FX series Louie where he explains to his 5 year old daughter during a road trip that the world is to amazing for her to be bored. It's from the season two episode called Country Drive.

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This episode features clips from Carl Sagan's Cosmos, Stephen Hawking from this video, Carolyn Porco from this video, Alice Roberts from The Incredible Human Journey episode 3, this ABC News video about Ted Haggard, and a clip about young celebrity pre-written obituaries from NPR's On the Media, listen to the whole thing here.

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This episode features a clip from Real Time with Bill Maher where he compares GOP voters (who are not part of the richest 1%) out as being just as inexcusable as Florida jury members who found Casey Anthony not guilty. Watch the whole thing here.

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This episode features a clip from Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear about the names of various boxers.

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This episode features clips from HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher (subscribe) where he talks about howRepublican's whole thing seems to be doubling-down on shit that doesn't work.

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This episode didn't contain any sound clips, but if it had, it probably would have been Bill Maher's New Rule about Christians not being allowed to call themselves that while celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden, and condoning torture. Watch it here.

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This episode features heavily edited clips from the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner with Seth Meyers, and his roast of The 2012 Republican field, and President Obama. Watch the whole thing here. Also recommended: Obama's turn.

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On this episode I talk about Karen & Mike's Paper Record Player Wedding Invitation which plays the awesome song they wrote, be sure to check out Kelli's blog entry about the creation of the invitation! Also, I talked over "Jessica" by They Might Be Giants from the Why Does the Sun Shine? EP , "No One Knows My Plan" by They Might Be Giants, as covered by Apocalypso, as well "Jamaica" by Richard in Your Mind.

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The music I talked over on this episode was "Open a Bottle" by Shugo Tokumaru and all proceeds from sales of this song go to relief efforts in Japan. So buy it now and pay a lot for it! It's a great song!

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This episode features a clip from HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher (subscribe) where he talks about what it's like to try to govern with the republican party.

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This episode features clips from the new IFC series The Onion News Network about The Real Obama.

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This episode features clips from Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" about Sharks in Egypt and the recent repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, as well as clips from a recent, special episode of Randy Cohen's The Ethicist podcast for The New York Times (subscribe).

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This episode features clips from Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" when City correspondent Stefon stops by to share some of the hottest spots in New York for Christmas tourists. (watch).

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On this episode I talked over "Pop Molecules (Molecular Pop 2)" from the new Stereolab album, as well as "Carol" and "Sunset Rounds" by Jeff Richmond from the new 30 Rock Album (Amazon).

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Music in the background: "The Boat That I Row," "La Banda," and "San Francisco" by Chus Martínez Y Su Conjunto from Exitos, Exitos, Exitos, Vol.2 (Amazon, iTunes, eMusic), as well as "You Can't Go Home Again" by DJ Shadow from The Private Press (Amazon, iTunes), and "San Francisco" by Scrabbel from their self-titled album (Amazon, iTunes, eMusic).

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This episode features clips from Survival International's Uncontacted Tribes series of videos which you can watch here. (Feel free to donate money to this great organization.) And also from director Michael Marantz's Earth - The Pale Blue Dot (watch) a video featuring Carl Sagan offering an optimistic, science-based philosophy about human's place in the universe.

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This episode features a clip of Patton Oswalt performing at Sound Fix Records (at the same location that The Brunettes played) when he did an in-store appearance for the release of his album Werewolves and Lollipops (iTunes, Amazon, eMusic). Watch footage of this performance here.

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This episode features clips from Real Time with Bill Maher (subscribe) about the new film The Social Network. I also talked over "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from it's soundtrack (Amazon MP3) by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

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The music that was talked over on this episode was "Seize the Time" by Fuselage from FSUK 2 (Amazon), "Never Stop", "Knight Moves" and "Smothered Mate" by Gonzales from his new album Ivory Tower (iTunes, Amazon, eMusic), and also "Moi Je Joue" by Brigitte Bardot from The Best of Bardot (iTunes, Amazon).

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This episode features clips from Marc Maron's stand-up album Final Engagement (iTunes, Amazon, eMusic) about Traffic, as well as from the awesome Kunstler Cast podcast (subscribe) hosted by Duncan Crary, James Kunstler's TED Talk (watch), and PBS's Need to Know from a great segment on the changing demographics of the suburbs (watch).

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This episode features the opening theme song from the long-running children's PBS educational series Reading Rainbow (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3), and a snippet of the YouTube sensation Double Rainbow (watch).

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This episode features a clip from David Cross' most recent stand-up comedy album Bigger & Blackerer (iTunes, Amazon) about how a brand at Whole Foods was jewish.

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This episode features clips Woody Allen's album The Night Club Years 1964-1968 (Amazon) discussing "Oral Contraception," as well as a clip from WNYC's On the Media tribute to the recently passed Daniel Shore (subscribe).

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This episode features a heavily edited clip from WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show with guest Noah Feldman, a Harvard Law professor discussing the state of "liberals" on the Supreme Court and the role they have played for the last 40 years.

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This episode features clips from director Michael Marantz's Earth - The Pale Blue Dot (watch) a video featuring Carl Sagan offering an optimistic, science-based philosophy about human's place in the universe. If you can get past it sounding like a Lexus ad on a classical radio station, it's really quite moving. Also, download the Sun Mix made by my friend Jessica.

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This episode features clips from the season finale of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, discussing the estate tax (or lack thereof) and business people who enter politics with guests Rachel Maddow and Jon Meacham (subscribe). If you find yourself seeking fine entertainment in NYC, go for the gold and attend an evening of the best magic you'll ever see. The millionaires' magician Steve Cohen, will blow your mind at Chamber Magic.

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This episode features clips from Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update segment featuring Stefon, their City Correspondent, giving pointers to some fun, family fun spots for visiting out-of-towners. Watch the full clips here (they're edited in the show).

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This episode features clips from BBC's That Mitchell and Webb Look parodying "participatory news", watch it here. Also a clip from HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher where he plays a real Alabama political ad (watch it here) followed by a couple of fake ones that take it through its logical next steps.

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  • "Rampage" and "Wolfboy"
  • Die Young (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
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  • "Laid" (Acoustic)
  • Radio WoodStock 25th Anniversary (iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3)
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This episode features an extended clip of Bill Moyers, one of my favorite people, about his admitted bias, from the final episode of Bill Moyers Journal. As well as a clip from NPR's All Things Considered recent interview with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood about new national bike policy.

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This episode features clips from Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live briefly addressing the Catholic Church's scandals and appolgies.Watch the whole thing.

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:00:00 -0400 47:12 S7,E04: 04/05/10 (Adam Green, She and Him, Broken Bells, Islands, OK Go, Beach House, Crystal Stilts) Daniel 2
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BECOME A FAN

The Sounds in My Head is now in facebook! Login, search for "The Sounds in My Head" (or just click here) and become a fan today! And, this episode featured a clip from the UK series The IT Crowd, watch friendface here.

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:00:00 -0400 47:29 S7,E03: 02/15/10 (AFRICA 2, Muddyface, Hallelujah Chicken Run, Thomas Mapfumo, Extra Golden, Amadou and Mariam, Mabulu, Opotopo, Four Brothers, Green Arrows) Daniel 2
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This episode features clips from a bio of Hellelujah Chicken Run Band on PRI's The World (listen to the whole thing here), as well as clips from a 2004 interview with South African comedian Pieter-Dirk Uys on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross discussing the differences and similarities between the U.S. and South Africa (listen to the whole thing here).

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:00:00 -0500 52:37 S7,E02: 02/01/10 (AFRICA 1, Very Best vs Javelin, Miriam Makeba, Emile YX, Black Hotels, BLK JKS, Desmond and The Tutus, Goldfish, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, + 3) Daniel 2
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This episode features clips from an Open University series called Environment: Journeys Through a Changing World (iTunes) about habituated gorillas and how conservation and tourism has effected the area, its people, and the gorillas themselves. A great watch, free in iTunes.

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 -0500 58:16 S7,E01: 01/18/10 (Real Estate, Vampire Weekend, Laura Veirs, Beach Fossils, Passion Pit, Jenny Owens Youngs, Sunset) Daniel 2
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This episode features clips from "Pina Horchata" (Vampire Weekend "Horchata" vs Rupert Holmes "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)") from the album Mysplice 4 (free download), and from the title track on Eugene Mirman's God is a 12-Year-Old Boy with Asperger's (iTunes, Amazon).

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:00:00 -0500 41:36 S6,E21: 12/21/09 (SEASON FINALE: Noah and the Whale, The Ballet, Devendra Banhart, Liechtenstein, Albertans, Flight of the Conchords, So Cow) Daniel 2
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This episode features a clip from WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show (subscribe) where his guests praise one of my surprise favorite movies of the year, Fantastic Mr. Fox. I expected I'd like it well enough, but ended up REALLY liking it.

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0500 50:15 S6,E20: 12/07/09 (XMAS! Tim Minchin, Would-Be-Goods, Camera Obscura, Margo Guryan, KT Tunstall, Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, Au Revoir Simone, Shonen Knife, A+D, Saturday Looks Good to Me) Daniel 2
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This episode features clips from The Onion News Network story "Report: Nation’s Wealthy Cruelly Deprived of True Meaning of Christmas" (watch it), as well as from a recent appearance of Bill Maher on The Jay Leno Show (watch it).

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0500 41:26 S6,E19: 11/23/09 (Givers, Vampire Weekend, Fool's Gold, Slow Club, Soko, BPA, Yeasayer, Shins, National, Shonen Knife, Kings of Convenience) Daniel 2
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A NOTE ABOUT THIS EPISODE

This episode is kind of a "catch up" episode. I realized the season is almost over and I had a bunch of stuff I hadn't gotten to yet, so in order to cram a lot in, there's only one song per band. Also, check out David Byrne's new book Bicycle Diaries.

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500 42:12 S6,E18: 11/09/09 (SPECIAL BEFORE-THEY-MADE-IT: Death Cab for Cutie, Shins, Decemberists, MGMT, Vampire Weekend, Beirut, TMBG, Ben Folds) Daniel 2
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  • Flake Music (Albuquerque, NM)
  • "Spanway Hits" and "The Shins"
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This episode features a clip from a segment on The Onion's Video News (subscribe to the video podcast) called Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck.

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500 48:31 S6,E17: 10/26/09 (Ballet, Raveonettes, Nellie McKay, Spinto Band, Karen O and the Kids, Har Mar Superstar, Adam Green, Laura Veirs) Daniel 2
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This episode features clips from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart about Al Franken's first bill which sought to ban funding for contractors who essentially allow the rape of their employees, and New Rules from Real Time with Bill Maher's season finale.

AND NOW SPECIAL BIT OF PROMOTION

On this episode I talked over "The Yes Men Theme - Credit Roll" by Neel Murgai and performed by Sunny Jain's Red Baraat Festival with Neel Murgai. If you haven't yet, be sure to check out The Yes Men's new movie The Yes Men Fix the World. It's a good, funny movie you'll enjoy and on top of that Kelli and I are both in it!

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0400 41:26 S6,E16: 10/12/09 (Adam Green, Air, Yo La Tengo, Chemical Brothers feat. Flaming Lips, Pomplamoose, Vampire Weekend) Daniel 2
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This episode features clips from the Onion News Network's (subscribe) coverage of the happy and healthy Obama's being out-of-touch with miserable Americans (watch), as well as clips from Real Time with Bill Maher (subscribe) about Obama being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0400 39:57 S6,E15: 09/28/09 (The Very Best, Taken by Trees, Gonzales, Hidden Cameras, xx, They Might Be Giants, Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans) Daniel 2
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This episode features a clip from an episode of The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Science and Reason video podcast (subscribe) explaining the often asked question "If we descended from Chimpanzees, then why are there still Chimpanzees?"

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:00:00 -0400 43:34 S6,E14: 09/14/09 (God Help the Girl, Little Joy, Bibio, Spinto Band, Kitty Daisy and Lewis, Muppets) Daniel 2
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This episode features clips from Patton Oswalt's new album My Weakness is Strong (iTunes, Amazon) talking about how Obama's election has changed time travel, and a clip from Saturday Night Live's 2008 Vice Presidential Debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden (watch).

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:00:00 -0400 37:09 S6,E13: 08/31/09 (Love Language, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Foreign Born, Preacher and the Knife, Thee Oh Sees, Zoos of Berlin) Daniel 2
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Several of the songs featured in this episode are available on a very good mix, made by Aquarium Drunkard called Weird Summer (more info and free download)

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This episode features clips from PBS's Bill Moyers Journal about how bikes are used in the Congo; there's also an ad for my awesome new bike (the inspiration for this episode) the Trek Soho; and finally, there's a clip of Louis CK from Live in Houston.

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:00:00 -0400 32:24 S6,E11: 08/03/09 (COVERS! Kat Edmonson, Meaghan Smith, She and Him, Stars, Athlete, Adam Green, Brother Egg, Jens Kutilek, Marty and Elaine, Dean and Britta) Daniel 2
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This episode features clips from MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show (subscribe) about the new Harry and Louise (watch) as well as a clip of PBS' Bill Moyers Journal from an essay about guns (from back in June) (subscribe).

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:00:00 -0400 43:24 S6,E10: 07/20/09 (Sin Fang Bous, FM Belfast, Discovery, Lettie, Moby, Air) Daniel 2
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This episode features clips from Real Time with Bill Maher (subscribe). The first is from his interview with former Republican Sentaor, and host of a morning showon MSNBC, Joe Scarborough where has asks what I often wonder of republicans: "Don't you ever get tired of being on the wrong side of history? Wouldn't you like to be on the right side of it just once?". Also a couple of New Rules.

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:00:00 -0400 38:00 S6,E09: 07/06/09 (White Williams, Nouvelle Vague, Cousin Cole and Pocketknife (Nico and John Lennon), Camera Obscura, Queers, Ferraby Lionheart, Beirut) Daniel 2
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This episode features clips from The Onion's Video report on Obama changing his administration's plans following a visit to Denny's (watch), and also clips from Todd Barry's albums Falling Off the Bone (iTunes, eMusic) & From Heaven (iTunes, eMusic).

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:00:00 -0400 39:54 S6,E08: 06/22/09 (UK SPECIAL: Noah and the Whale, Would-Be-Goods, Wave Machines, Mint Royale, Monty Python, Belle and Sebastian, Kitty Daisy and Lewis, Seabear, Ballboy) Daniel 2
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This episode features a clip of the king talking to peasants from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (watch) as well as the sketches "The Money Program" (watch) and "Architect Sketch" (watch) from Monty Python's Flying Circus.

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:00:00 -0400 50:00 S6,E07: 06/08/09 (Plastic Operator, Whitest Boy Alive, Soko, Superpowers, Plushgun, Neko Case) Daniel 2
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This episode features clips from Real Time with Bill Maher (subscribe) discussing a new statue of Ronald Reagan as well as a clip from the first week of the new Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien with guest Patton Oswalt discussing his recent introduction to fatherhood (watch).

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:00:00 -0400 40:16 S6,E06: 05/25/09 (Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Austin Lace, The Shins, Jens Lekman, National, St. Vincent) Daniel 2
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This episode features clips from The Onion News Network's coverage of Trekkies Bashing the new Star Trek film as "Fun, Watchable" and a Hot New Video Game That Consists Solely of Shooting People Point-Blank in the Face.

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 25 May 2009 08:00:00 -0400 41:48 S6,E05: 05/11/09 (God Help the Girl, Stuart Murdoch, Camera Obscura, Pelle Carlberg, Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, Balthrop, Alabama, Ben Folds A Cappella) Daniel 2
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This episode features a birthday well-wishing recorded for me by Pelle Carlberg to mark my turning 30 last week. Thanks Pelle, you're the bestest! (And thanks to recent guest-host/my brother-in-law/friend since pre-school Chris for hooking that up!) The episode also featured an ad for the Libertarian Paradise Vacation Destination of Somalia by the Public Service Administration (watch it!) as well as clips from HBO's Realtime with Bill Maher's (watch it), and a tiny bit of Wanda Sykes at the 2009 White House Correspondents' Dinner (watch it).

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This episode features clips from Bill Hicks album Arizona Bay (Amazon, iTunes) where he mocks L.A. and also clips and music from the movie Swingers (Netflix, Amazon DVD, CD1, CD2).

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This episode features clips from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart which you can watch in full here, and also a brief clip of New York Times' Ethicist Randy Cohen talking about his new column called Moral of the Story on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (subscribe).

]]> daniel@thesoundsinmyhead.com (Daniel) Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0400 39:53 S6,E02: 03/30/09 (Bishop Allen, New Rags, Swimming in Speakers, Ben Kweller, Nik Freitas, Dent May and His Magnificent Ukulele) Daniel 2
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This episode features clips from This American Life's episode "The Wrong Side of History" . The segment in the clip is a comedy troupe from San Francisco called Kasper Hauser and the routine is "Phone Call to the 14th Century".

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This episode features clips from the New York Times' Ethicist, Randy Coen, column podcast, covering the right thing to do in three situations: Your customer is being swindled, you see a friend in pornography online, and cats crap on your lawn.

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