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1. Look below for a list of the most recent songs we've used.

B. Search by a range of show numbers. Our shows are numbered just like Sesame Street--that is, the first two digits indicate the year, and the next two digits indicate the week. So, for the 12th show of 1998 you'd enter 9812. For the fifth show of 2000, enter 0005. Capiche?

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Recent Car Tunes We've Used:

The Truck I Bought From Moe

Show Num:#1320: A Sticky Situation
Date of Show:2013-05-18 00:00:00
Artist:Al Simmons
Album:The Truck I Bought From Moe
Publisher:Oak Street Music
Composer:Bob King
Length:00:49
Comments:alsimmons.com

Thick or Thin

Show Num:#1320: A Sticky Situation
Date of Show:2013-05-18 00:00:00
Artist:Hauser Boughter
Album:Tracks
Publisher:Hauser Boughter
Composer:Hauser Boughter
Length:00:33
Comments: http://www.myspace.com/580418181

Little Old Lady From Pasadena

Show Num:#1319: Click and Clack and Dear Old Ma
Date of Show:2013-05-11 00:00:00
Artist:Jan & Dean
Album:Jan & Dean: Golden Hits, Vol. 2
Composer:Don Altfeld, Jan Berry, Roger Christian
Length:00:49

Forty Years Old And I'm Livin' In My Mom's Garage

Show Num:#1319: Click and Clack and Dear Old Ma
Date of Show:2013-05-11 00:00:00
Artist:Austin Lounge Lizards
Album:Never an Adult Moment
Publisher:Highway Cafe Music & Southern Melody Publishing Co. (BMI)
Composer:Hank Card
Length:00:58
Comments:www.austinlizards.com

Old Old Ford

Show Num:#1318: The Great Lion Escape
Date of Show:2013-05-04 00:00:00
Artist:Ed Hines
Publisher:Particularly Fascinating Music
Composer:Alan Paprocki
Length:00:31
Comments:www.edhinesband.com

I Watch the Cars

Show Num:#1318: The Great Lion Escape
Date of Show:2013-05-04 00:00:00
Artist:Robyn Hitchcock
Album:Black Snake Diamond Role
Composer:Robyn Hitchcock
Length:00:32
Comments:www.robynhtichcock.com

Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

Show Num:#1317: The Neon of Dorian Gray
Date of Show:2013-04-27 00:00:00
Artist:Tame Impala
Album:Lonerism
Publisher:Kevin Parker
Composer:Kein Parker
Length:00:27
Comments:www.tameimpala.com

Fancy Car

Show Num:#1317: The Neon of Dorian Gray
Date of Show:2013-04-27 00:00:00
Artist:The Honeycutters
Album:When Bitter Met Sweet
Publisher:Buttons Down Publishing (PRO, ASCAP)
Composer:Amanda Anne Platt
Length:00:48
Comments:www.thehoneycutters.com

I-94

Show Num:#1316: Rambler Separation Anxiety
Date of Show:2013-04-20 00:00:00
Artist:Trapper Schoepp & The Shades
Album:Run, Engine, Run
Publisher:Middle Js Music (BMI)
Composer:Trapper Schoepp
Length:00:41
Comments:trapperschoepp.com

Delores (Drives for Daddy)

Show Num:#1316: Rambler Separation Anxiety
Date of Show:2013-04-20 00:00:00
Artist:www.twang
Album:Last of the White-Hot Rednecks
Composer:Buck, Carol, and Garret Buchanan
Length:00:49
Comments:www.twang.org

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