Category Archives: Americana

“Tusk” performed by Fleetwood Mac & The USC Marching Band in Dodgers Stadium

May 2, 2009 – 6:38 pm
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John McCain performs “Bomb Iran,” 2007

June 18, 2008 – 1:37 pm
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“Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie Etiquette,” 2007

January 3, 2008 – 11:28 pm
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Leslie Hall’s “How We Go Out,” 2007

November 24, 2007 – 4:08 pm
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Bright Eyes performing “When The President Talks to God” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, May 2, 2005

October 1, 2007 – 4:21 pm
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“Borat” (Sasha Baron Cohen) performing “In My Country There Is A Problem” at the Country West, Arizona, 200?

September 21, 2007 – 5:04 pm
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