Elvis Costello Covers Christina Aguilera For 'House' Soundtrack

He is beautiful, in every single way. Check out House's complete track listing below, the LP is due out on 9/18. Of note - Band From TV is actually an 'all-star jam' act featuring: Hugh Laurie (House), Greg Grunberg (Heroes), James Denton (Desperate Housewives), Bonnie Somerville (Cashmere Mafia) & Bob Guiney (The Bachelor). Yikes!

01. Massive Attack - "Teardrop"
02. Gomez - "See The World"
03. Jon Clearly & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen - "Got To Be More Careful"
04. Ben Harper - "Waiting On An Angel"
05. Michael Penn - "Walter Reed"
06. Elvis Costello - "Beautiful"
07. Joe Cocker - "Feelin' Alright"
08. Sarah McLachlan - "Dear God"
09. Josh Rouse - "God, Please Let Me Go Back"
10. Lucinda Williams - "Are You Alright?"
11. Josh Ritter - "Good Man"
12. Band From TV - "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

MP3: Massive Attack - Teardrop (via She Geek)

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The Healing Power Of Arcade Fire

Idolator points us to a very interesting piece in the NY Times about Dr. Gawande, a surgeon, who is becoming notorious for creating iPod playlists as he performs his surgeries.

More from the NY Times: "On a recent day, when he took out a gallbladder, two thyroids and what was supposed to be a parathyroid gland but maybe wasn't, the playlist included David Bowie, Arcade Fire, Regina Spektor, Aimee Mann, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, the Decemberists and the Killers. The music wasn't turned up high, but it rocked sufficiently that the anesthesiologist bobbed his head, the O.R. nurse tapped her toe, and the member of the team in charge of all the clamps and retractors drummed his fingers on the instrument tray."

Hey, I dig it. Just one thing - if you're playing me some Aimee Mann while I'm having my tonsils removed, kindly make sure nothing from the Magnolia soundtrack is on that playlist - too hearbreaking.

Read the rest of the article here.

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