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Last week was the third meeting of the False 45th Record Club, which this time included 52 cover songs contributed by local cooks, teens, librarians, tech flunkies, civil servants, architects, lawyers, artists, banjo players and other ne'er-do-wells. It makes for a good playlist:
| Song (Original Artist) | Artist | Fan |
| Ceremony (New Order) | Rickolus | Josh Schwartz |
| I'm Sticking With You (Velvet Underground) | The Decemberists | Pete |
| 96 Tears (? and the Mysterians) | Religious Knives | Scott Lovlette |
| Life in a Northern Town (Dream Academy) | Sugarland | Sharon Winn |
| Frontwards (Pavement) | Los Campesinos! | Jeff Willius |
| Tom Sawyer (Rush) | The Bad Plus | Scott Kerner |
| Palmitos Park (El Guincho) | The Ruby Suns | Pete |
| Just Like Heaven (The Cure) | Dinosaur Jr. | Mark Sciarrotta |
| The Beehive State (Randy Newman) | Harry Nilsson | Dan Richardson |
| Jack Palance (Little Sparrow) | Van Dyke Parks | Britt Richardson |
| Mr. Pharmacist (The Other Half) | The Fall | Brian Murphy |
| Pink Turns to Blue (Husker Du) | Saturnine | Kelly McCracken |
| Disorder (Joy Division) | Bedhead | Mike Donofrio |
| Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes (Edison Lighthouse) | Freedy Johnston | Mike Rapaport |
| My Favorite Things (John Coltrane/Rogers and Hart?) | Andre3000 | Tom Sabo |
| Red Red Wine (Neil Diamond) | UB40 | Carolyn Dwyer |
| Misfit (Wipers) | The Thermals | Jeff Willius |
| Kiss the Bottle (Jawbreaker) | Lucero | Josh Schwartz |
| Believe (Cher) | Macha and Bedhead | Kelly McCracken |
| Love Train (O'Jays) | Lewis Franco | Mike Rappaport |
| Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) | Tori Amos | Jim Tringe |
| I Remember (Suicide) | Chris Brokaw | Mike Donofrio |
| We can Work it Out (Beatles) | Stevie Wonder | Britt Richardson |
| If You Have Ghosts (Roky Erickson) | John Wesley Harding | Mike Nordstrom |
| Thirteen (Big Star) | Elliott Smith | Brian Clark |
| Gin and Juice (Snoop Dogg) | The Gourds | Peter Kopsco |
| Vitamin C (Can) | Big Blood | Nick Mavodones |
| This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie) | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Rob Ryan |
| The Orchids (Psychic TV) | Califone | Nick Mavodones |
| Aretha, Sing One for Me (George Jackson) | Cat Power | Brian Clark |
| Mony Mony (Tommy James + Shondells | Billy Idol | Carolyn Dwyer |
| I Fought the Law (Bobby Fuller) | Green Day | Larry Dwyer |
| Gimme Some Truth (John Lennon) | Pearl Jam | Clancy DeSmet |
| 12XU (Wire) | Minor Threat | Danny Sagan |
| Making Love - At the Dark End of the Street (James Carr) | Clarence Carter | Dan Richardson |
| Strawberry Letter 23 (Shuggie Otis) | The Brothers Johnson | Mike Nordstrom |
| Let's Dance (David Bowie) | M. Ward | Scott Kerner |
| Blackhole Sun (Soundgarden) | Paul Anka | Danny Sagan |
| Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson) | Alien Ant Farm | Jim Tringe |
| Climbing Up the Walls (Radiohead) | Easy Star All-Stars | Clancy Desmet |
| A Case of You (Joni Mitchell) | John doe | Scott Lovelette |
| I Wanna be Your Dog (Stooges) | Titmachine | Josh Friedman |
| Dirt in the Ground (Tom Waits) | We Versus the Shark | Ted Ingham |
| American Idiot (Green Day) | Richard Cheese | Mark Sciarrotta |
| Too Drunk to Fuck (Dead Kennedys) | Nouvelle Vague | Brian Murphy |
| Sweet Emotion (Aerosmith) | Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon | Tom Sabo |
| Ghostrider (Suicide) | The Gories | Josh Friedman |
| I Heard it Through the Grapevine (cover) | The Slits | Ted Ingham |
| Desperado (Eagles) | Langley Schools Project | Rob Ryan |
| California Girls (Beach Boys) | David Lee Roth | Larry Dwyer |
| Summertime (George Gershwin) | Miles Davis | Peter Kopsco |
| The Lion Sleeps Tonight (The Weavers) | The Nylons | Sharon Winn |
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