Ted Leo's "I don't usually do bulletins, but..."

It's true, he usually doesn't but as he said: "This wound up being kind of interesting: Set your mp3 player on shuffle. Use each title that comes up to fill in the answers. No cheating (this means you).

The song that plays when you enter a room:
"It's So Easy," Buddy Holly & the Crickets
(provided the door doesn't stick, I suppose)

The first thing you think when you wake up:
"Static Age," The Misfits
(my ears are that bad)

Thought going through your head right now:
"Scrape Away," The Jam
(?)

Your philosophy on life:
"The Ordinary Boys," Morrissey
(in some ways, yeah)

Your philosophy on love:
"White & Green Place," Maximum Joy
(??)

Your philosophy on sex:
"Set the House Ablaze," The Jam
(no comment)

Your best asset:
"What's my Name?" The Clash
(word)

Your worst vice:
"Two Way Monologue," Sondre Lerche
(I don't do that)

Your biggest fear:
"What to Do," Buddy Holly
(not true either)

Your superpower:
"Get Your Hands off my Woman," The Darkness
(no comment)

Your dream job:
"Rock for Light," Bad Brains
(nice work, if you can get it)

Your preference in a mate:
"Fade Away," Pegboy
(ouch)

Your outlook on marriage:
"Clash City Rockers," The Clash
(that's kind of a cool way to look at it, I guess)

Your political stance:
"Never Surrrender," Blitz
(now that's more like it)

Your favorite topic of conversation:
"Push Yourself - Make it Work," Ruts DC meets the Mad Professor
(I mean, sometimes, I guess)

Keeps you awake at night:
"Anyone who Knows What Love is (will understand)," Irma Thomas
(best one so far)

The name of your first solo album:
"Freelove on the Freelove Freeway," David Brent
(truly, it should have been)

Where you'll be in 10 years:
"Silent Fellowship," The Waterboys
(doesn't sound too bad)

How you want to die:
"Heaven Knows I'm Miserable now," The Smiths
(true 'dat)

Your last words:
"Love Came to Me," Dion & the Belmonts
(heavy!)

Your epitaph:
"Human Rights," HR
(dang - even heavier)"

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Anyway, I'm following his lead, so here's mine:

The song that plays when you enter a room:
"Hold My Life," The Replacements
(easy on the cheese please)

The first thing you think when you wake up:
"This Jazz Ain't Free," Monorchid
(actual lyrics from the song: "I don't need no ball & chain!")

Thought going through your head right now:
"I'm In Love With A Girl," Big Star
(The boy I like is effeminate, but I wouldn't call him a girl...)

Your philosophy on life:
"Triumphant," Röyksopp
(it's an instrumental: starts off hypnotic then gets loud and chaotic. & it's not my fave song but i don't mind it, so yeah - pretty accurate)

Your philosophy on love:
"Clown Strike," Elvis Costello
(haa! hahahahahahahahahahahah!)

Your philosophy on sex:
"Over (Live @ Roseland, NYC)," Portishead
(Actual lyrics from the song: "To tread this fantasy, openly, what have I done. Oh, this uncertainty, Is taking me over.")

Your best asset:
"Hedwig's Lament," Hedwig And The Angry Inch
(OMG)

Your worst vice:
"Rough Gem," Islands
(Diamonds are a girl's best...)

Your biggest fear:
"Only A Lad," Oingo Boingo
(wokka wokka)

Your superpower:
"Do You Like Boys?," Starbuck
(I totally love this song. Fruit fly, much?)

Your dream job:
"My Funny Valentine," Chet Baker
(Actual song lyrics: "Yet you're my favorite work of art.")

Your preference in a mate:
"A Call," Barr
(Somehow, somewhere this makes sense to someone.)

Your outlook on marriage:
"Everybody Here Wants You (Jeff Buckley cover)," Matthew Herbert & Dani Siciliano
(What. the. hell. does. this. mean?)

Your political stance:
"Marble House," The Knife
(Actual song lyrics: "Some things I do for money, some things I do for free" - WTF)

Your favorite topic of conversation:
"Death of a Disco Dancer," The Smiths
(Actual song lyrics: "Love, peace, and harmoney - very nice, but maybe in the next world.")

Keeps you awake at night:
"Feed Me With Your Kiss," My Bloody Valentine
(my bloody valentine keeps me awake at night & feeds me with a kiss)

The name of your first solo album:
"Annie Get Your Gun," Squeeze
(Actual song lyrics: "She's gone electric. That's unexpected.")

Where you'll be in 10 years:
"Beauty Trip," Television
(Dr. 90210, much?)

How you want to die:
"Swordfish," Wires On Fire
(?)

Your last words:
"Go Out And Get 'Em Boy," The Wedding Present
(Actual song lyrics: "You want to take it all and make it last forever or maybe just a lifetime" - the entire song is brilliant, btw.)

Your epitaph:
"How Much For Your Wings?," The Black Crowes
(Lovely.)