1. The Show – Lenka – From "Old Navy" commercials to a plot point on the new Brad Pitt movie Brad Pitt, it's a pretty smart song if you're a 13 year old girl, "life is a maze and love is a riddle"? Still, pleasant enough.
2. Jejune Stars – Bright Eyes -a great song but it is only pretty smart if you're a recent college grad. Conor is to philosophy what Bono is to world peace.
3. Better Things – The Kinks – An ultimate songwriters song to a peer.
4. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd – Title track off their best album and dedicated to Syd Barrett.
5. Blitzkreig Bop – The ramones – Best song off a first album EVER.
6. Romance – Wild Flag – Speaking of first tracks off first albums, this is an excellent introduction to Wild Flags concerns.
7. I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl – A highlight at their disappointing Webster Hall set on Saturday.
8. On The Sunny Side Of The Street – Louis Armstrong – I never tire of the way he says "rich as Rockerfeller"
9. See Saw Sway – Pete Murphy – Never into Goth, Helen's fave song of the year bores me to to death. All doomy gloomy 1983 is back run for your life.
10. I Do – Colbie Caillat – She willtonight.