Americanos

One of my favorite parts of this year's World Cup has been watching visitors from around the world experience everyday America. Not the landmarks or the postcards, but the things most of us stopped noticing years ago. Sometimes it's a restaurant, sometimes it's the size of a grocery store, sometimes it's unlimited drink refills or discovering ranch dressing for the first time, and sometimes it's a place that somehow turned a gas station into a destination all by itself. Seeing those reactions has been a nice reminder that culture isn't just found in museums. A lot of it happens in the ordinary places we pass every day. This pick is really about perspective. Tomorrow's 4th of July seems like the perfect time to celebrate that. I have a feeling some of those visitors are going home with a different picture of America than the one they arrived with.

Americanos

01 Holly Johnson - Americanos

02 Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup - We No Speak Americano

03 10cc - Americana Panorama

04 Lady GaGa - Americano

05 David Bowie - I'm Afraid Of Americans

06 Halsey - New Americana

07 Lou Bega - You Wanna Be Americano

08 Laibach - Americana

09 The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Americano

10 Leningrad Cowboys - Americano

11 Alec R. Costandinos - Americana

12 Eight To The Bar - Young Americans

13 Soup Dragons - Americana Sweetmeat

14 Stanley Clarke - Campo Americano

15 Moe Bandy - Americana

16 Mana - Somos Más Americanos

17 Ray Davies - Americana