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Live on tape from my house in Los Angeles, I'm Jesse Thorn, and this is the Sound of Young America from MaximumFun.org.

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Before I talk to Eleni Mendel, here's Littlefoot, one of the more rocking numbers from her brand new record, Artificial Five.

Littlefoot, littlefoot, where you wanna go.

Is it by the name of the sticks, I want you to go home. Littlefoot, littlefoot, how you gonna see it?

Is it me, and you, and you, and me, yeah?

Love's not good, you know it's true, I've seen it all the time.

Sometimes, sometimes in love with me, but maybe we'll be fine just kidding.

It's the Sound of Young America, I'm Jesse Thorn.

My guest on the program is Eleni Mendel, a Los Angeles native and Los Angeles superstar, singer, songwriter,

who's rich singing voice has graced many albums over the past 10 years, the most recent of which is Artificial Fire.

Eleni, welcome back to the Sound of Young America, it's great to have you.

It's a pleasure to be here.

So you're a Los Angeles native, which, you know, I'm a San Francisco native and it's one of those things like people

put a bumper sticker on their car or get a custom license plate frame about.

A way being from here, being a San Francisco native, and it occurs to me that it's rare for me to meet a Los Angeles native

who lives in Los Angeles and likes it and likes it.

Yeah, well, yet I got lost coming over here.

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