Spitball Army

The Movies mirror life, yo.

Sometimes there are cartoons before the drama; sometimes all you’re left with is a few rocky kernels of popcorn in the bottom of a cardboard box.

Approximate playing time: 73 minutes.

1. Carl Stalling  “Porky in Wackyland (1938) / Dough for the Do Do (1949)”
2. Johnny Mercer & Martha Tilton  “If I Had a Talking Picture of You”  (1947)
3. The Olympics  “Western Movies”  (1958)
4. Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey  “Widescreen World”  (2009)
5. Ed Harcourt  “Silent Film”  (2007)
6. Great Lake Swimmers  “Moving Pictures Silent Films”  (2005)
7. Merle Haggard  “It’s All in the Movies”  (1976)
8. David Mead  “Only in the Movies”  (2001)
9. Paul Simon  “That’s Why God Made the Movies”  (1977)
10. Steely Dan  “Everyone’s Gone to the Movies”  (1975)
11. Nada Surf  “The Film Did Not Go ‘Round”  (2008)
12. Sunny So Brite  “The Screen Actors Guilt”  (2004)
13. Sloan  “In the Movies”  (2001)
14. Sugar Minott  “Exit Music (for a Film)”  (2006)
15. The Moody Blues  “The Actor”  (1968)
16. Josh Ritter  “The Bad Actress” [solo acoustic]  (2008)
17. Adam Snyder  “Actress in an Airport”  (2001)
18. Hot Butter  “Popcorn”  (1972)