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Contrast Podcast #158 honors the egg as springtime symbol of fertility and new life. Eggs are also well-known as fragile, and I couldn't resist Rasputina's song about how bringing back an egg through shark-infested waters is this island's method of choosing a king. That's the kind of guts we need from our leaders! My other two choices, also posted, are excellent songs too. The number of songs about eggs or by bands with eggy names is pretty amazing-just check out the podcast and see. And there is also the album title [...]

• Egg » lach_01-egg.mp3
• Rasputina - Oh Bring Back the Egg Unbroken
• The Egg - Nothing