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Songs About Butts: No Ifs or Ands About It

By Clinton Schaff
October 23rd, 2008

Booty, Ass, Butt, Derriere, Arse, Behind, Buns, Buttocks, Keister, Nates, Posterior, Prat, Fanny, Tooshie, Backside, Bottom, Tush, Rump, Stern, Bum, Can, Heine. There are lots of words for butts, but there are even more songs about ass, representing all genres and spanning decades.

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Pre-Election Playlist: 13 Songs to Pump You Up for Pulling the Lever

By Douglas Newman
October 21st, 2008

There’s exactly two weeks left until Election Day. For your pleasure, a pre-election playlist to pump you up for pulling the lever. And, in the spirit of the upcoming political throwdown, JamsBio is holding its own musical election. Vote now!

“Vote, Baby, Vote!” by Deee-Lite

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A funky public service announcement with [...]

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Blog Action Day: 20 Songs About Poverty

By Douglas Newman
October 15th, 2008

In honor of Blog Action Day 2008, what follows is a list of my favorite songs that address poverty in a way that hopes to change the conversation, to raise awareness, to start a global discussion and add momentum to an important cause.

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Musical Tour Through Manhattan Using Songs as Our Signposts

By Douglas Newman
October 9th, 2008

For our last road trip we took a musical tour of Dixie, this time around we’ll ditch the car (who can afford gas these days?), hop on the subway and beat the streets with our feet for a tour of New York City’s most popular borough using the subjects of songs as our signposts. Lace [...]

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We Burnt These Cities With Rock and Roll: 10 Great Songs about City Destruction

By Lauren Maas
October 3rd, 2008

Here’s a list of what happens when rock takes aim at your favorite town.

“London Calling” by The Clash

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City Destroyed: London, England
Method of Destruction: Environmental–predictions of impending ice age, floods, nuclear error, etc–all triggered by underground punk rock movement. Without question, the seminal song of a city on the [...]

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Capital Punishment: Songs for a Dying Economy

By James Brownsell
September 16th, 2008

The global economy is in shambles – Fannie and Freddie have been nationalized, Lehman Brothers has collapsed and Merrill Lynch is being taken over. But before you go stock up on tinned goods, here are a few tunes to mark the passing of capitalism.

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Ultimate Playlist for the Republican Convention

By Elliot Adler
September 2nd, 2008

With the Republican National Convention under way, the American people are in for a week of empty promises, excessive flag waving, and baseless scare tactics. I put together this suggested playlist for our right wing friends in the Twin Cities.

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Ultimate Playlist for the Democratic Convention

By Douglas Newman
August 25th, 2008

With the Democratic convention kicking off tonight in Denver, the good folks at JamsBio present the Top 5 Songs in a variety of genres that should be played to pump up the party and get the country back on track

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