MNSF and the Fish / Music List / Part 1
1. Animal / Def Leppard
2. Fishin’ Blues / Taj Mahal
3. With The Fishes / French Kicks
4. Barracuda / Heart
5. Northern Whale / The Good, The Bad & The Queen
6. Black Horse And The Cherry Tree / KT Tunstall
7. Flying Horses / Dispatch (live version is better!)
8. Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy) / Big & Rich
9. Dead Horse / Guns N’ Roses
10. White Horse / Taylor Swift
11. All The Wild Horses / Ray LaMontagne
12. Wild Horses / The Rolling Stones (lots of versions out there, but went with the original)
13. All The Tired Horses / Bob Dylan
14. Cat’s In The Cradle / Harry Chapin
15. Cat & Mouse / The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
16. Cat Calling / The Dollyrots
17. Honky Cat / Elton John
18. The Lovecats / The Cure
19. Stray Cat Strut / Stray Cats
MNSF and the Fish / Music List / Part 2
20. Hold That Snake / Ry Cooder
21. Sneaky Snake / Tom T. Hall
22. Rattlesnake Shake / Skid Row
23. Cobrastyle / Teddybears (feat. Mad Cobra)
24. Karma Chameleon / Culture Club
25. Crocodile Rock / Elton John
26. Birdhouse In Your Soul / They Might Be Giants
27. Free Bird / Lynyrd Skynyrd
28. I’m Like A Bird / Nelly Furtado
29. Nightingale / Howling Bells
30. Chicken Payback / A Band Of Bees
31. Eye Of The Tiger / Survivor
32. Coyote / Jenny Owen Youngs
33. The Rabbit, The Bat, And The Reindeer / Dr. Dog
34. Rabbit Fur Coat / Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins
35. Rats / The Automatic
36. One Black Rat / John Dee Holeman
37. I Came As A Rat / Modest Mouse
38. Ball Of The Dead Rat / Teeth
MNSF and the Fish / Music List / Part 3
39. Truckstop Butterfly / The Presidents Of The United States Of America
40. Rip Out The Wings Of A Butterfly / HIM
41. Bullet With Butterfly Wings / Smashing Pumpkins
42. Sleeps With Butterflies / Tori Amos
43. Love Is Like A Butterfly / Dolly Parton
44. Little Wing / Jimi Hendrix
45. Broken Wings / Mister Mister
46. Wind Beneath My Wings / Bette Midler
47. Wings Of A Dove / Madness
48. Edge Of Seventeen / Stevie Nicks
49. When Doves Cry / Prince
50. Fly Low Carrion Crow / Two Gallants
51. A Crow Left Of The Murder / Incubus
52. Greedy Fly / Bush
53. Fly Like An Eagle / Steve Miller Band
54. Dragonfly / Ziggy Marley
55. Fireflies / Mofro
56. Mother Cries Wolf / Amie Miriello
57. Hungry Like The Wolf / Duran Duran
58. Cry Wolf / Stevie Nicks
59. Out Come The Wolves / Jacob Golden
60. Wolves At Night / The Manchester Orchestra
61. House Of Wolves / My Chemical Romance
62. Portions For Foxes / Rilo Kiley
63. Fox On The Run / Sweet
MNSF and the Fish / Music List / Part 4
64. Puppy Toy / Tricky
65. Atomic Dog / George Clinton
66. Be Your Dog / Styles Of Beyond
67. Bird Dog / The Everly Brothers
68. Black Dog / Led Zeppelin
69. Black Eyed Dog / Nick Drake
70. Givin The Dog A Bone / AC/DC
71. Hound Dog / Elvis Presley
72. I Wanna Be Your Dog / Gary Oldman
73. Living Like A Dog / Priestess
74. Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog / Norma Tanega
75. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown / Jim Croce
76. Who Let The Dogs Out / Baha Men
77. Wild Packs Of Family Dogs / Modest Mouse
78. You Can Bring Your Dog / Tori Amos
79. Spider Web / Joan Osborne
80. Spiders / The Vacation
81. Spiderwebs / No Doubt
82. Monkey Wrench / Foo Fighters
83. The Monkees (Theme) / The Monkees
84. Monkey Gone To Heaven / Pixies
85. Cincinnati Dancing Pig / Vic Damone
86. Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered / Chiodos
87. Bulls In Brooklyn / The Academy Is…
88. Bulls On Parade / Rage Against The Machine
Tip for Tuesday / Lunchtime Version / Tongue in Cheek
My children are cold-lunchers. Whereby they bring their lunch to school every day, instead of paying for the school-cafeteria hot-lunch. Over time I have come up with these easy-to-follow instructions to make this daily process much faster and maintain the flow of our busy mornings. This may seem second-grade, but beware the simplicity. There is a boy version and a girl version. As follows:
HOW TO MAKE A SANDWICH
BOY:
I like to start with 2 pieces of bread. Any kind. (I find the thinner, wheat kind is popular with my son, but not the overly-grainy kind. Avoid any bread with actual seeds or oaty pieces inside or attached)
GIRL:
NO bread.
BOY:
Using a knife, spread Miracle Whip, on the inside of both pieces of bread for the first half of the school year. Then inexplicably, switch to Mayo for the remainder. Remember to cover the whole slice, edge to edge; thick enough to taste with every bite, but not overpowering and squeezing off the sides.
GIRL:
NO condiments.
BOY:
Place various meat slices on top of one spread bread. Turkey or ham exclusively and separately. Never together.
Two slices or three depending on meat choice and addition of mustard or a nice piece of lettuce, which you will not be asked to add to the final product until sandwich is completed and already in lunchbox and book bag. Thereby voiding the request and eliminating the need for this sub-article.
Arrange meat slices in such a way that they cover the bread but avoid the dreaded “hanging off” fashion. Choosing the right kind of lunch meat is key here. Shape-Wise is Brand specific. You’ll have to commission that for yourself. It takes time, several grocery outlets and a bit of skill, but 3 months in, give or take, you will be expert.
Fit together, the one slice of bread with meat along with the other spread-only slice, and form the “sandwich”. The meat and spread should be inside, while the outside remains dry and handle-able. Put sandwich in plastic zip-lock type baggie. Place entire structure in lunchbox.
GIRL:
Put two pieces (3 if she’s hungry) of lunch meat (any kind, any shape) in plastic baggie. Place in lunchbox.
FOR BOTH:
Now just add various other things into the lunchbox. This portion is not part of the actual “sandwich making” but it can be equally helpful. I like to add in water bottles, ice packs, napkins, a salty snack and a sweet snack. The boy gets a quarter for milk. (The girl doesn’t like milk). Lately, they’ve also had a string-cheese stick.
Please keep in mind that these instructions are generalized for the elementary set, but specific to MY kids. Change any ingredients/additions according to your own personal child’s preferences.
It may seem intimidating at first or time-consuming, but with practice, two or three times a week, it becomes like second nature!
7 months into the school year and my children enjoy a sandwich almost every day! How many mom’s can say that?
I hope this post was very helpful. Feel free to leave a comment or suggestion to better improve this site. Thank you.
Disclaimer: This was written in a highly satirical and hopefully comical style for the complete benefit of my son who has the best sense of humor of anyone I know in the 11 year old/fifth grade range. XO. Now eat your lunch!
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