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Alaska rhymes with?

― Patrick S. Corrigan, Wednesday, 29 December 2004 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Stephanie Says

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 29 December 2004 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Michelle Shocked, "Anchored Down in Anchorage" (title?)

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 19:16 (twenty-one years ago)

The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black - "Going to Alaska"

― BrianB (BrianB), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

What's that Rush song off Roll The Bones with Alex Lifeson rapping... "fact's a fact from Nome to Rome boy"... it's pretty bad.

― wetmink (wetmink), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 19:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Johnny Cash - "When it's Springtime in Alaska (it's Forty Below)
Number One Cup - "Divebomb"

― Ben Dot (1977), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 19:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Pavement, "Starlings of the Slipstream"

― Pleasant/Plains, Wednesday, 29 December 2004 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Stephen Malkmus also mentions Alaska in "Phantasies" and an early live version of "Stereo."

― Matthew "Flux" Perpetua, Wednesday, 29 December 2004 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Alaska rhymes with Nebraska. Which must be good for something.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

johnny horton, "north to alaska"

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 20:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm surprised there isn't a blissful electronic artist or band called Alaska by now.

― donut christ (donut), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

or Denali. or Prince William Sound.

― donut christ (donut), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

there's some beat happening song that references baked alaska.. that's kinda close, right?

― Ian John50n (orion), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 21:10 (twenty-one years ago)

theme from mahogany: "juneau where you're going to?"

― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i cannot believe i hit submit on that shit

― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Alaska later, haibun.

― Pleasant/Plains, Wednesday, 29 December 2004 21:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian, I believe that's "Indian Summer"... good call.

― donut christ (donut), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 21:18 (twenty-one years ago)

There WAS a (non-blissful) slo-core/electronica group called Denali. I think they called it quits a couple of years ago.

― Vornado (Vornado), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the prog group UK had an instrumental called "Alaska"

― wetmink (wetmink), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 21:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Pavement, "Starlings of the Slipstream"
-- Pleasant/Plains (acewhiskeWH...), December 29th, 2004. (link)

Alaska rhymes with Nebraska. Which must be good for something.
-- Joseph McCombs (jmccomb...), December 29th, 2004. (Joseph McCombs) (link)

[Which is the "Starlings" like, right? "There's no women in Alaska / there's no Creoles in Vermont / There's no coast of Nebraska ..."]

― nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 21:44 (twenty-one years ago)

"20 Degrees" by Seekonk

― Patrick S. Corrigan, Wednesday, 29 December 2004 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says

also there's a rapper named Alaska, affiliated with Atom's Family.

― autovac (autovac), Thursday, 30 December 2004 20:10 (twenty-one years ago)

"Stuck inside of Anchorage with the Fairbanks Blues Again"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 30 December 2004 22:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Serious answer: "Goin' To Alaska" by the Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 30 December 2004 22:19 (twenty-one years ago)

The Softies, "Alaska" ("Oh oh oh oh Alaska/I won't be seen there soon/You can go there without me/And do whatever you want to")
The Mountain Goats, "Going to Alaska" (I believe it's the one song from his first tape that J0hn still more or less countenances)

― Douglas (Douglas), Thursday, 30 December 2004 23:28 (twenty-one years ago)

That Number One Cup song ("Divebomb") also makes good on the Alaska/Nebraska rhyme: "Lincoln, Nebraska, it's so much further than Juneau, Alaska / You get what you pay for in either town"

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 December 2004 23:39 (twenty-one years ago)

modest mouse "grey ice water"

(you got a job / up in alaska / it's easy to save what the cannery pays / there ain't no place to spend it)

― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Thursday, 30 December 2004 23:44 (twenty-one years ago)

fuck alaska, Yukon Territory represent!

― Mr. Vas Djifrens (byzantum), Thursday, 30 December 2004 23:50 (twenty-one years ago)

girlsareshort - it's so cold in alaska

― sleep (sleep), Friday, 31 December 2004 06:23 (twenty-one years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf600/f671/f67128xcch3.jpg

also:
archers of loaf, 'distance comes in droves'
mind sirens, 'alaska when winter is king'
modest mouse, 'truckers atlas'
probably some jewel song

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 31 December 2004 06:30 (twenty-one years ago)

"Saginaw, Michigan" - Lefty Frizzell

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 31 December 2004 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)

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