The World Famous in Minnesota Show - December 9, 2008

Originally published on the World Famous in Minnesota Show blog

Here are the highlights and soundtrack for today’s World Famous in Minnesota Show.

4PM
Thinking About You – Norah Jones
Better Be Home Soon – Crowded House
Sister Lost Soul – Alejandro Escovedo
Jingle Bells – Booker T. and the MG’s
Hospital Bed – Cold War Kids
Ulysses – Franz Ferdinand
Calendar Girls – Stars
Should I Stay – Indigenous
Birthday – Sugarcubes
I Will Possess Your Heart - Death Cab for Cutie
U Want Me 2 – Sarah McLachlan
Santa Clause is Coming to Town – Chris Isaak and Stevie Nicks
March of the Swivelheads – The English Beat

5PM
(What’s So Funny “Bout) Peace Love and Understanding – Elvis Costello and the Attractions
24 – Jem
Spirit – Santana
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – U2
A Pagan Place - Waterboys
Rock N’ Roll – Eric Hutchinson
Trash – New York Dolls
Under the Milky Way – Nicole Atkins
Radio Nowhere – Bruce Springsteen
All I Want for Christmas – Timbuk 3
Lost! – Coldplay
Unforgiven (Last Goodbye) – Jeff Buckley

Liner Notes
This is one for the Broadcast Law class. Joe Satriani is suing Coldplay for copyright infringement. Satriani says that it was his fans that pointed out the similarities between his 2004 “If I Could Fly” and the title track of Coldplay’s new album “Viva La Vida”, by committing copyright infringement by sending him mp3s of the song. The guitar soloist tells Rolling-Stone-dot-com that his song was a 10 year work in progress and was originally written as a love letter to his wife. He is seeking any and all profits that the song has earned.

This Day In History
It was on this day in 1985 that Phoenix, Arizona got three inches of snow, shutting down the city. Here on this date, after more than three inches of snow here in the Twin Cities, we’re still laughing at the people of Phoenix.

Moron This!
We start today in Fredericksburg, Virginia where two Patriot Towing employees face child endangerment charges after towing a car with a child inside. Police say that Jason Bryant and Derek Miller towed the double parked Mazda Protege outside of a housing complex. When the pair realized their mistake, they promply returned the two-year old girl to her mother. According to the police, the mother left the car unlocked, running, and unattended for at least five minutes. By the way, no charges have been filed against the mother.

Real Life X File
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has seen a huge increase in U-F-O activity. In the first week of December, there have been more than 20 reports of sightings to multiple agencies. The Keystone state has been the center of many sightings over the past 43 years, since a supposed U-F-O crash in Kecksburgh in 1965.