We will start each class with a song of some sort, loosely related to the topics to be discussed that day. Suggestions welcome!

• January 7: “America” (From West Side Story movie soundtrack)
• January 9: “Kinky Afro” (Happy Mondays)
• January 14: “I Fought the Law” (The Clash)
• January 16: “It Must be Love” (Madness)
• January 21: “Big Yellow Taxi” (Joni Mitchell)
• January 23: “California” (Joni Mitchell)
• January 28: “Gregorio Cortez” (Pedro Rocha and Lupe Martínez), “Gregorio Cortez” (Ramón Ayala), “El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez” (Ruben Ramos), “El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez” (José Moreno), “Gregorio Cortez” (Los 4 de la Frontera), “Gregorio Cortez” (Sparx)
• February 4: “I Shot the Sheriff” (Bob Marley)
• February 6: “The Size of a Cow” (Wonderstuff)
• February 11: “Dirty Blvd.” (Lou Reed)
• February 13: “Streets of Fire” (Bruce Springsteen)
• February 25: “Folsom Prison Blues” (Johnny Cash)
• February 27: “Talking About La Música” (Piri Thomas)
• March 3: “Oye Como Va” (Tito Puente)
• March 5: “La Raza” (Kid Frost)
• March 10: “La Bamba” (Ritchie Valens)
• March 12: “Wikipedia” (Jean Deaux)
• March 17: “Land Of Enchantment” (Michael Martin Murphey)
• March 19: “Personal Jesus” (Depeche Mode)
• March 24: “Mad World” (Tears for Fears)
• March 26: “On the Sunny Side of the Street” (Esperanza Spalding)
• March 31: “Geronimo” (Sheppard)
• April 2: “Space Oddity” (David Bowie)
• April 7: “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” (REM)

And now that it is complete, you can listen to the full SPAN322 playlist. From “America” to “The End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine).” Enjoy!