Episode 117: Yes, We Did

That strange, tingling sensation I felt last night was hope, it turns out. Thank you to the listeners who voted yesterday (or earlier) in the American election, and especially for those who voted for Barack Obama.

Here's what you'll hear today (direct download here):

Hot Buttered Rum: "Reckless Tex" (Ariel Publicity)
Manze Dayila and the Nago Nation: "Change (The Barack Obama Song)" (Podshow)
Abiyou Solomon: "Ethiopia 2000 (Ethiopia Millennium Song)" (Ariel Publicity)
Ingrid Michaelson: "Be OK" (Podshow)
Josh Charles: "Love, Work and Money" (Ariel Publicity)
Paul Jeffery: "Through Heartache and Back" (Ariel Publicity)
Michael Franti and Spearhead: "Say Hey (I Love You)" (Podshow)
Splitsville: "Our Love Was" (Podshow)
Conservative Man: "Back of an Empty Bus" (Podshow)
Hot Buttered Rum: "Guns or Butter" (Ariel Publicity)

Both tracks from Hot Buttered Rum are available as free downloads at their Web site. As stated in the episode, some proceeds from sales of Ingrid Michaelson's new album Be OK will benefit Stand Up to Cancer. The Splitsville track is a cover of The Who. And no, the Josh Charles featured here isn't the actor from Sports Night, Dead Poets Society and In Treatment, though he also rocks mightily.

A new Mental Nomad Podcast will be here next Wednesday, and a new Pod Across America (featuring music from New Jersey) will arrive Nov. 15.