1. Beautiful Sorta- Ryan Adams & The Cardinals

• "Wasted like a bum with somebody's wallet, pictures inside of you and me, you and I" I had a dream once that I needed to listen to the "Cold Roses" album more so I did the next day and it sounded better than ever. "Beautiful Sorta" is a straight forward rock number. Most of this album has a Grateful Dead/Neil Young vibe with a great blend of acoustic and electric guitar. I caught Ryan Adams in 2005 when he was touring to support this album. When he decided to play acoustic in the middle of the venue a riot almost ensued. It was great.

2. Cease to Exist- Charles Manson

• "Walk on walk on, I love you pretty girl" This song is best known to the world as "Never Learn Not to Love You" by the Beach Boys as featured on their Friends/20/20 album. The Beach Boys were covering Manson decades before bands like Guns N' Roses and the Lemonheads. Dennis Wilson and Manson were friends prior to the infamous Tate-Labianca murders. I found the "LIE-The Love & Terror Cult" album at a seedy store on South Street in Philadelphia when I was in high school. Now you can find it on iTunes. Go figure.

3. Freedom, Pt. 2- The Beautiful Girls & Mason Jennings

• "Freedom, is ours to hold it's just a struggle in your mind, to keep your soul, keep your soul." This song features a great acoustic guitar riff and Mason Jennings so I can't resist it. It also has great spiritual references. "The seeds that we speed into life to be trees will soon become fallen if their roots aren't deep". Peep Jeremiah 17:7-8 and you'll know what I'm talking about.