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It's Saturday and here on Looks Like Coffee, Tastes Like Juice that means it's time for the weekly B-Sides & Rarities post. Today we'll feature some Johnny Cash & Elliott Smith, whom we all know is my go-to man for B-sides and Rarities.

Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

I don't know about anybody else, but I grew up watching Schoolhouse Rock. Actually, they forced that on us in early grade school and I'm not going to lie, I ate it up. Elliott Smith makes this delicate, twinkly Schoolhouse Rock song, which I must say is one of their eeriest, into ... well... a delicate, twinkly, eerie song. It's enjoyable, none the less.

Miss Misery (Early Piano Version) - Elliott Smith

The song Miss Misery basically brought Elliott Smith to the attention of a magnitude of people. It was featured on the soundtrack to Gus Van Sant's (A fellow Portland-er) film Good Will Hunting. Good Will Hunting, along with being one of my favorite movies has a rather...kick ass soundtrack;

1. "Between the Bars" (Orchestral) - by Elliott Smith
2. "As the Rain" - by Jeb Loy Nichols
3. "Angeles" - by Elliott Smith
4. "No Name #3" - by Elliott Smith
5. "Fisherman's Blues" - by The Waterboys
6. "Why Do I Lie?" - by Luscious Jackson
7. "Will Hunting (Main Titles)" - by Danny Elfman & Steve Bartek
8. "Between the Bars" - by Elliott Smith
9. "Say Yes" - by Elliott Smith
10. "Baker Street" - by Gerry Rafferty
11. "Somebody's Baby" - by Andru Donalds
12. "Boys Better" - by The Dandy Warhols
13. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" - by Al Green
14. "Miss Misery" - by Elliott Smith
15. "Weepy Donuts" - by Danny Elfman & Steve Bartek

Here I offer you an early piano version of that song.

Down There By The Train - Johnny Cash

This Tom Waits song was written specifically for Mr.Cash, but was later recorded by Tom Waits on his Orphans, Brawlers & Bastards rarities collection. I have a copy of that three disc set, but I have NO idea where that is, so I'll just post the Johnny Cash version for now.

By the way, tomorrow is my sister Natasha's birthday; and my best friend Tessa's birthday was on Friday. Therefore, I figured I'd have a joint birthday post for them tomorrow.

Enjoy

BONUS TRACK: My brother gave me this CD quite a while ago and I really just disregarded it until the other night. After giving it a listen, I liked what I heard but I wasn't really impressed. The tracks were too long and after a minute or two became unappealing. Then I stumbled upon this track near the middle of the album. It is short and sweet; repetitive yet each time you hear the one line of the song, it feels as fresh as the first time.

China Doll - Goldenboy

Remind you of anybody?