HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY, ELVIS! CLICK HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

It was the best of times, it was the Facebook of times. Social networking in the greatest democracy on earth inspired millions of Americans to tell each other what they had for lunch that day, whereas in repressive places like Iran it fomented actual social change. This was the year the recession officially "ended" and health care was "reformed," both of which will change how those words are defined in the dictionary. America's idealistic president picked up his Nobel Peace Prize and then one week later offered the most impassioned defense of war since the Spartans. Meanwhile, in movies, live actors were replaced by blue, CGI ones and in music, the Stones were replaced by Susan Boyle, whose "Wild Horses" prompted millions of 13-year-olds to ask, "Now, WHO were the Rolling Stones?"

Seeing as how all of life is now what you do in-between status updates, it seems you can just pick a year to live in. We look forward to seeing you next year, which, for us, will again be 1974, right on the cusp of the hippie and punk eras. Also, we'll be putting on a show which will be a live version of this website. This will be in New York City.

Thank you all for watching and enjoy our Nine Best.

- Dr. Lester S. Carboni

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The Recalls

I see you driving down the street

In your car or truck

Your brakes don’t work

Your gas pedal is stu - uh uh, uh - uck

Here it comes again

Unwanted acceleration under the starry skies

Here it comes again

The CEO’s going to apologize

My best friend’s Toyotas

My best friend’s Toyotas

My best friend’s Toyotas

They used to not suck

(The gas pedal’s still…stuck)

– “My Best Friend’s Toyotas”

The Recalls are a new hybrid of two new automotive genres, Japanese decline and American malaise. Whereas previous artists such as Chuck Berry and Bruce Springsteen celebrated the romance of the automobile and the call of the open road, the Recalls sing of faulty electronics systems and sticky floor mats.

Songs include “Let the Complaints Roll,” “Bye Bye Lexus,” “You’re All I’ve Killed Tonight,” “Just What I Bleeded” and “I’m in Touch With Your Customer Relations Department.”

This is the Recalls’ first CD and also their last, because all CDs have been recalled as well as the Recalls themselves.

A spokesman for the group said, “You have my personal commitment that we will work vigorously and unceasingly to restore the trust of the people we have the most contempt for. I mean, our customers.”

– Dr. Lester S. Carboni

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