My home computer is back, so I'll be ready to participate in the round robin when it gets to me.

The mix, thus far:

• Steph L ("Take Me Out To The Ballgame" - Los Straighjackets)
• Lyra Jane ("Game Song" - Tuscadero)
• Alicia K ("We Walk" - REM)
• Joe ("Robbin' Banks" - Clamtones/Jeffrey Fredericks/Holy Modal Rounders)
• Gandalfe ("Beat on the Brat" - U2)
• Sue ("463" - Buck 65)
• Jon B ("Dock Ellis" - SF Seals)
• DX ("Where's That Hit" - who's this by, DX?)
• Tommyrot
• DavidS (possibly "Keep Your Nose Out Of My Business" - Calvin Boze)
• Tina
• Evil Jimi
• Hayden
• Jim ("The Snake" - Al Wilson)
• Lisah ("Song for Freddie" - The Rogers Sisters)
• erinaceous

Jim ("The Snake" - Al Wilson)

Ha! All my siblings have told that this, plus "Judy in Disguise" by t /memfault and the fast version of "Revolution" were my favorite rocking horse songs when I was a toddler.

Of course, those were relatively contemporary songs on 9" at the time (my oldest brother was king of sock-hop DJs at our local high-scholl, and was a radio DJ for several years), which pretty much dates me now, doesn't it?

I am posting this just for Jon B.:

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9"? Is that a typo, or an actual format?

Isn't it 9" singles? Or is it 7"? Actually, since I have 10" eps, they must be 7".

45s in any case.

Is a first edition paperback of the Greil Marcus-edited Stranded book of essays about critic's dester island disks worth anything? I got it practically free at my church book sale.

Mostly, it's just fun to read rock criticism from a time when punk was happening, Bruce Springsteen was a new artist, and people still took Linda Ronstadt and the Eagles seriously.

(And my desert island disk is and probably will always be Achtung Baby.)

DX's song is by the Hoodoo Gurus.

Great Photo Sue! It would've been funnier had I ever read any Margaret Atwood, but still -- thanks!

It's a typo, Jim. Frank is thinking of 7"ers. Although I do own some 8" records...

I was wondering if it was some crazy sock hop thing I didn't know about

I was wondering if it was some crazy sock hop thing I didn't know about

I can't even call it a typo, because I put 7 down first and it looked and sounded wrong.

I googled "9-inch singles" (verrrrry reluctantly) and it actually returned stuff that was music related, so I went with it.

Then Jim posted and I remembered that everyone called them "45s". D'Oh!!

And my desert island disk is and probably will always be Achtung Baby

Excellent call. Mine is probably Joshua Tree, but Achtung Baby is close. Unless I go with London Calling or Goodbye Yellow Brick Road or ... (Yeah, I know. Fortunately, my chances of ending up on a desert island without my iPod are pretty minimal now.)