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December 15, 2017

Music:

• Peter Bjorn and John “Young Folks” Writer’s Block (Wichita Recordings) 2006
• Foster the People “Pumped Up Kicks” Torches (Startime, Columbia) 2011
• The Fratellis “Whistle For The Choir” Costello Music (Fallout, Drop the Gun) 2006
• Paul Simon “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” Paul Simon (Columbia, Warner Bros.) 1972
• The Meat Puppets “The Whistling Song” Meat Puppets II (SST Records) 1984

Notes:

Dan Gursky is back on the show, filling in for Patrick, and comes up with an interesting discussion idea: whistling songs. If you have a go-to whistle song, let us know know by email, social media, or in the comments!

Where credit is due: Original thumbnail photo by MGM.

FUN FACT: The town of Sullivans Island, South Carolina actually proposed a law fining anyone who whistled in public, or disturbed the peace, in 2010.

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