In case anybody is curious, here are my personal picks from the Sonic Geography Song Challenge.

Reference:

1. Aesop Rock – “N.Y. Electric”
2. Nass el-Ghiwane – “Labtana”
3. The New Pornographers – “Letter from an Occupant”
4. The Twilight Singers – “Fat City (Slight Return)”
5. Radon – “Science Fiction” (I can’t imagine a 2 1/2 minute song with more references to Florida)
6. Lord Blakie – “Steelband Clash” (Live Version was the only one available)
7. The Go-Betweens – “Bye Bye Pride”
8. The Topp Twins – “Untouchable Girls”
9. Alizée – “J’ai en Marre”
10. The Verve Pipe – “The Freshmen”
11. The Jam – “Down in the Tube Station at Midnight”
12. Queens of the Stone Age – “No One Knows”
13. Fucked Up – “David Comes to Life”
14. The Calypsonuts – “You Can Call Me Al”
15. Miracle Legion – “The Backyard” (Live Version)
16. Black Grape – “A Big Day in the North”
17. Geographer – “Paris”
18. Airbag – “Coleccionista de Discos”
19. Jason Derulo – “Want To Want Me”
20. Tom Waits – “I’ll Take New York”
21. U2 – “The Ocean”
22. Dead Milkmen – “Surfing Cow”
23. The Afghan Whigs – “Crime Scene Part I”
24. The Go-Betweens – “Finding You”
25. Crass – “Sheep Farming in the Falklands”
26. The Dismemberment Plan – “Spider in the Snow”
27. The Wedding Present – “A Million Miles”
28. OutKast – “ATLiens”
29. Café Tacvba – “Eo” (el D.F.)
30. Charley Patton – “Shake It and Break It” (narrowly edging out ? and the Mysterians – “96 Tears”)

Thanks to everyone who has participated over the past 30 days and is still going if they started late! I’ve had so much fun seeing what songs came to everyone, especially a handful of challenging days. I can’t wait to make another one of these.