My Public Defender Hit List!

I'm kind of an itunes junkie,and I was recently inspired to create a public defender mix. Here are the results:

Rehab by Amy Winehouse - The first line goes like this, "They tried to make me go to rehab, I say no, no, no!" Need I say more?


Against th' Law by Billy Bragg and Wilco

Love Is Stronger than Justice by Sting - though in retrospect I should have used "I Hung My Head."


Shakedown on 9th Street by Ryan Adams - "I was just gonna hit him, but I'm gonna kill him now."

Misguided Angel by Cowboy Junkies - The other side of the coin

King of the Road by Rufus Wainwright and Teddy Thompson (but the old Roger Miller version is just fine too) - My tip of the hat to the many clients we pick up from the local rooming house and the VA

Blackjack by Ray Charles

Fairy Tale of New York by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - A Christmas tune to warm the hearts of all who find themselves in the drunk tank on Christmas Eve

Take 'em Away by Old Crow Medicine Show - Actually this song is just about being poor, but you don't get to be my client by being rich, you know

Wacky Tobacky by NRBQ - self-explanatory

Too Drunk to Fuck by Nouvelle Vogue - Funny how men who would never otherwise admit to impotence suddenly become so eager to tell the world about their drunken flacidity in the face of an accusation

Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk by Rufus Wainwright - Ah, addiction! It's what keeps us in business

Women's Prison by Loretta Lynn - Just simply, awesome

Best of All Possible Worlds by the Little Willies

Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash - Rounding out my jail trilogy

Tell It To Me by Old Crow Medicine Show - There's a lot of singing about cocaine in this song

Miss Otis Regrets by Ella Fitzgerald - Ok, Miss Otis would never be my client becuse I'm sure Miss Otis would be all fixed up by her mobster attorney, though since she offed the big crime boss maybe she would be left destitute leaving me to ride in and save the day

Bar Exam by the Derailers - Ok, this has nothing to do with representing the indigent, but it is about getting drunk and making bad puns and I like that shit

Burning Down the House by The Talking Heads - In honor of my client who burned down the hippy pagan church

Hit me with other suggestions if you like. I've already thought of one I forgot Stolen Car by Bruce Springsteen (but I also like Patty Griffin's version that really just makes you want to slit your wrists) Edited 4/13/07