(2011/05/11) Not time for a pep rally (Bin Laden)

Edition #485

Not time for a pep rally

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Act 1: The headline and the photos - Wait wait don't tell me

Song 1: Back to life - Soul II Soul

Act 2: Only a handful of rational responses - Citizen Radio

Song 2: If you want to sing out, sing out - Cat Stevens

Act 3: Bin Laden dead, what now? - David Pakman

Song 3: We never change - Coldplay

Act 4: It's a shame we couldn't deal with him alive - Majority Report

Song 4: Pilot light - Dave Derby

Act 5: Let's hear from the kids - This American Life

Song 5: Just didn't happen to you - Ddroyal

Act 6: On our terms, not his - Rachel Maddow

Song 6: Don't Let It Bring You Down - Annie Lennox & Steven Lipson

Act 7: What Osama's killing means - Mumia Abu-Jamal

Song 7: Monster Under the Bed - Big Bang Boom

Act 8: Understanding what he did to us Part 1 - Common Sense

Song 8: Let's Dance To Joy Division - The Wombats

Act 9: Bin Laden's history - The Bugle

Song 9: I Started Something I Couldn't Finish - The Smiths

Act 10: Understanding what he did to us Part 2 - Common Sense

Song 10: How far we've come - Matchbox Twenty

Act 11: Repercussions of 9/11 - Rachel Maddow

Final comments follow up on my previous commentary on Bin Laden's death

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Made up and poor taste reporting - The Bugle

Produced by:

Jay! Tomlinson

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