Paul's Political Pasadena Mix
Former Councilman Paul Little wasn't his usual jocular self after last night's meeting of the Pasadena City Council.
"Put that back," he said after I'd picked up one of his mixed CDs to look at. Said he didn't have time to comment on its contents. Gosh, one would think I was a RIAA enforcer.
One thing pols and their staffers don't seem to get: Telling a reporter they can't have something is the best way to guarantee they will. Especially something distributed to elected officials during a public meeting.
Scholars will puzzle over the significance of the 20 tracks Paul selected -- at least for a few minutes. Below I've listed the track titles and the ostensibly corresponding topics/themes he printed on the CD label. (More below the fold)
I've made zero effort to match them up, although some are obvious.
| Themes | Tracks |
| 710 Freeway | Everybody Wants to Rule the World/Tears for Fears |
| Affordable Housing | Crime in the City/Neil Young |
| Backstabbing | The Wall/Pink Floyd |
| SOBs | Man Smart-Woman Smarter/Robert Palmer |
| PUSD | Traffic Jam/James Taylor |
| Altrio | Hear my Train a Comin'/Jimi Hendrix |
| SGV COG | Party at Ground Zero/Fishbone |
| Preservation | Mexican Radio/Wall of Voodoo |
| Race | Politician/Cream |
| Meetings | Lawyers, Guns and Money/Warren Zevon |
| Rose Bowl | Video Killed the Radio Star/The Buggles |
| Measure B | Pink Houses/John Mellencamp |
| Blue/Gold Line | My City was Gone/The Pretenders |
| Trust | Road to Nowhere/Talking Heads |
| Trees | Bad Reputation/Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
| Density | The Way it Is/Bruce Hornsby |
| Potholes | I Don't Like Mondays/Boomtown Rats |
| Vision | Brother John is Gone/The Wild Magnolias |
| Civility | Apolitical Blues/Lowell George |
| 12 Years | Goodbye/Oingo Boingo |



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