Here Comes 2 Edition

1. Don't Need Anything- Glen Phillips

• "I've got almost nothing, but I understand...that I don't need anything that I don't have."
  This song is the opposite of what George W Bush told you to do after 9-11. Instead of giving into mindless consumerism this song tells you to take stock of what you already have. People have been conditioned to feel good from buying things- in the words of Chuck D, "...people don't even own themselves, paying mental rent to corporate presidents". Listen to this song and simplify.

2. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word- Elton John

• "What do I gotta do to make you love me?" If sad songs say so much this song must say a lot. Dark and depressing. Songs like this make it hard to jog to my iPod on shuffle but appeal endlessly to the ocean of sadness in my heart. It's a monsoon people.

3. Angels & Whores- Ike Reilly

• "Riding in my Crown Vic outta school half-lit" I'm not sure if I have any idea what this song is about but I'm not sure it matters. This is a fun, upbeat and profane rock song off the "Salesman and Racists" album which I love. I think Ike fell off a bit after his debut and insinuated that a friend felt the same way while she was talking to him. Whoops.