78: Mt. Rushmore of Songs About L.A.
Jeff Hopkins 
This week we take a look at the songs that define our podcast’s hometown. (Well, technically we record in Burbank, but close enough.) Our choices run the gamut to sing along songs you hear after a win by our local sportsball teams to laments about the crushed spirits of dreamers who came here and became broken by the quest for fame. Also: Frank Zappa really hates the way girls from the Valley talked in the 1980s!
SHOW NOTES:
2:25 – “Straight Outta Compton” by N.W.A. (Joint Choice)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMZi25Pq3T8
7:15 – “Screenwriter’s Blue” by Soul Coughing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR9WJSX9pnU
10:19 – “Los Angeles” by X
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUiZHt6sqg4
14:18 – Get a free 30-day trial at Audible.com by going to www.audible.com/rushmore. This week’s audiobook pick: “Under the Big Black Sun” by John Doe and Tom DeSavia.
16:00 – “Valley Girl” by Frank and Moon Zappa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb21lsCQ3EM
20:16 – “Celluloid Heroes” by the Kinks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTJVclgwS5g
24:03 – “I Love LA” – by Randy Newman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcADqxnQA_4
29:20 – “Desperados Under the Eaves” by Warren Zevon
