With this first episode of 2010 came the debut of a new segment called Dark Alley Knife Fight. Scroll down to the beginning of the second hour and acknowledge the aesthetic carnage.

6 pm

Donovan - Ferris Wheel {from Sunshine Superman}

Mason Jennings - Black Wind Blowing {from Blood of Man}

No Age - Things I Did When I Was Dead {from Nouns}

King City - Ennio {from The Last Siesta}

Graham Nash - Be Yourself (1971 Demo) {from Up In The Air Soundtrack}

Richie Havens - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue {from Sings Beatles and Dylan}

Juliette Lewis - Ghosts {from Terra Incognita}

Juliette & The Licks - Purgatory Blues {from Four On The Floor}

Wild Beasts - When I'm Sleepy {from Two Dancers}

Laibach - Wat {from Wat}

Mew - Swimmer's Chant {from No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away, No More Stories The World Is Grey I'm Tired Let's Wash Away}

Clutch - Witchdoctor {from Strange Cousins From The West}

7 pm

****Dark Alley Knife Fight****

No Doubt - Hella Good {from Rock Steady}

Emerson String Quartet - Beethoven's String Quartet No. 9 In C, Op. 59, No. 3 "Rasomovsky No. 3": III. Menuuetto (Grazioso) {from Beethoven: The String Quartets}

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Sufjan Stevens - Movement III: Linear Tableau With Intersecting Surprise {from The BQE Soundtrack}

The Police - Secret Journey {from Ghost In The Machine}

Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is The Move {from Bitte Orca} ◊For Mark Adams◊

The Baseball Project - Harvey Haddix {from Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails}

The Minus 5 - Gash In The Cocoon {from Killingsworth}

Neil Young - Sugar Mountain {from Decade}

8 pm