the protaganist of the S-K song below
Sleater-Kinney – “Light Rail Coyote” from One Beat (2002)
Bill Fox – “Portland Town” from Transit Byzantium (1998)
I’m off to Portland, OR for a week of this, this, and this. So I offer two of my favorite Portland songs, including one from our main man, Bill Fox.
What are your fave geography tunes?
Bill Fox is on iTunes, but you can check him out here
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June 30, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Atlantic City – the Boss
Sin City – Flying Burrito Bros
California Saga – the Beach Boys
does “Berlin” by Lou Reed count?
just2nameafew.
I think Bill Fox was actually taken off iTunes. The Fox plot thickens.
July 2, 2009 at 11:41 am
-”New York Town” Woodrow Wilson Guthrie
-”Streets of Philadelphia” Boss (I prefer this to A.C., not just cuz I live here neither)
-there must be a ton of others I’m forgetting, esp about the upper midwest from whence we hail (have you ever heard of Great Lakes Myth Society? I found their name when looking for lists to pick favorites from)
I’ve been listening to Sin City a lot this week.
Also, having gotten into Yes a couple months back, I really do dig (both S&G’s original and their version of) “America” which mentions 2 places I’ve lived and still hold a place in my heart (“MI seems like a dream to me now” I met a friend of mine’s little brother who lives in Livonia and has this tattoo, “greyhound in pittsburgh” used to get on those all the time–these days I fly, and the days they sure do fly, don’t they?)