Rural Ledge-ucation #44: Punkish Songwriters

This morning's show is admittedly a bit schizophrenic. What started out as a look at the singer/songwriters of the punk and post-punk era ended up expanded into the quieter moments of not only the initial blast of punk but the mid-80's jangle-pop college radio days.
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1. Joe Jackson, Sunday Papers
2. The Patti Smith Group, Dancing Barefoot
3. The Ramones, Baby I Love You
4. X, See How We Are
5. Elvis Costello, Brilliant Mistake
6. Billy Bragg, The Milkman Of Human Kindness
7. Graham Parker, Watch The Moon Come Down
8. Dave Edmunds, Back To School Days
9. Nick Lowe, Without Love
10. Rockpile, When I Write The Book
11. R.E.M., (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
12. Guadalcanal Diary, Where Angels Fear To Tread
13. Dream Syndicate, Slide Away
14. Green On Red, Keep On Moving
15. Peter Case, Echo Wars
16. Tommy Keene, Places That Are Gone
17. Paul Kelly and the Messengers, Before The Old Man Died
18. The Waterboys, Sweet Thing/Blackbird
19. World Party, Ship Of Fools
20. The Replacements, Can't Hardly Wait [Acoustic Outtake]