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  • August 7, 2005
    Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish.”
    by Kate Leahy
  • July 21, 2005
    Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: Hank Williams Jr.’s “All My Rowdy Friends.”
    by Man Martin
  • June 30, 2005
    The Internal Monologue Of A Progressive Rock Fan Choosing His Wedding Song
    by Wayne Gladstone and G. Xavier Robillard
  • June 8, 2005
    Discarded Titles for Toni Braxton’s 1996 Hit “Unbreak My Heart.”
    by Thomas Desmond
  • June 8, 2005
    John Moe’s Pop Song Correspondences: Attention, Mr. Axl Rose: We Did Not Feel Welcome in the Jungle
    by John Moe
  • May 23, 2005
    Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: “Penny Lane” by the Beatles
    by Kevin Lauderdale
  • May 12, 2005
    Rock and Roll, Thesaurusized
    by Christopher J. Falvey
  • May 10, 2005
    Song Titles, Before Editing for Language Efficiency and Clarity
    by Jack Schneider, Moses Rifkin, and Paul Sacchetti
  • May 7, 2005
    Short Essays on Favorite Songs, Inspired by Nick Hornby’s Songbook: Piano Concerto No. 3 by Ludwig Van Beethoven
    by David Anderson
  • April 22, 2005
    Things This City Was Built On, Besides Rock ‘n’ Roll
    by Eric March
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