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Monday, November 19, 2012

Music From The Show

Bonobo, “Brace Brace”
Drive By Truckers, “Tornados”
Horace Silver, “Song for My Father”
Instrumental Asylum, “Music for Lovers”
Four Tet, “Iron Man”
Steve Earle, “Amerika v6″
Broken Social Scene, “7/4″
Tim Hawkins, “Twinkie”

Other stories from Monday's show

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  • Guest

    this is ridiculous, but what was the song at the end that kept going “i’m a twinkle in a tactic world”? that was kind of fabulous

    • Guest

      *tictac

    • Rachel Rohr, Here & Now

      It was Tim Hawkins, “Twinkie.” Just added it to the list above. Glad you liked it! 

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