On Monday, as improbable as it seems to me, I’ll begin my 17th year of college teaching. This week’s FRT celebrates my enthusiasm at returning to the classroom once more.
I make no apologies for adoring Lily Allen, whom I discovered listening to Radio 1 in the UK last year. Buddy and Julie Miller have one of the great alt.country marriage collaborations, and the track here is one of my favorites of theirs. And the bonus is perhaps the best song ever written about the trip to an abortion clinic.
1. “Wallflower”, Buddy and Julie Miller
2. “22″, Lily Allen
3. “Coast”, Eliza Gilkyson
4. “Happy Hour”, The Housemartins
5. “The Devil in Miss Jones”, Mike Ness
6. “Rose of Sharon”, Joan Baez
7. “One Step Up”, Bruce Springsteen
8. “Cry Lonely”, Cross Canadian Ragweed
9. “Levon”, Elton John
10. “Ghost Repeater”, Jeffrey Foucault
Bonus Track: Shasta (Carrie’s Song), Vienna Teng
Never apologize for liking Lily Allen…she’s awesome! I especially love her song “The Fear.” Good luck with the new school year!
Do you not find “The Fear’ hypocritcal and judgemental though? I mean, Lily, herself, is no stranger to flashing the flesh, dieting to court publicity, and playing the little woman waiting for her man, for all her posturing – or is she singing about herself? Good tunes though.