It's hard to argue with
the Muffs
' cover of
Kim Wilde
's "Kids in America,"
Counting Crows
' live "The Ghost in You,"
Supergrass
' "Alright," and an acoustic version of
Radiohead
's "Fake Plastic Trees." A pair of all-time pop/rock pantheon tracks get covered here to cautious approval -- both
Cracker
and
World Party
hold their own on more subdued renditions of
the Flamin' Groovies
"Shake Some Action" and
Mott the Hoople
's "All the Young Dudes," respectively.
Jill Sobule
closes with her wry, deadpan "Supermodel": "I didn't eat yesterday, and I'm not going to eat today, and I'm not going to eat tomorrow...'cause I'm gonna be a supermodel..." ~ Roch Parisien