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.”

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• 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