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Playlist: Cashing in on ‘Carmageddon’

Matt Berger Jul 5, 2011

Posted by Jennifer Collins

In honor of the closing of the 405 freeway in Los Angeles this month, here’s a playlist of tunes inspired by that usually gridlocked road. And here’s my story on how some businesses are looking to cash in on “Carmageddon.”

Photo credit: Omar Omar/Flickr

  • Stay True – Tupac ShakurBuy
  • In California – Neko CaseBuy
  • If You Don’t, Don’t – Jimmy Eat WorldBuy
  • Dead or Alive on the 405 – Gin BlossomsBuy
  • Miss Hollywood – Carbon LeafBuy
  • Superman – Lazlo BaneBuy
  • The Vicodin Song – Terra NaomiBuy

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