Music has always come hand-in-hand with putting together each issue of the National Pasquinade, inspiring the content and creation. Hell, “muse” is even part of the word!

What follows here are some tunes to inspire myself and the other writers and artists during the creation of the upcoming Fake #. Maybe they’ll also inspire you to create and submit your own comic masterpiece. Submissions can be emailed to us at submissions@nationalpasquinade.com. Please read through our Submissions page, and devour a recent issue or two, before submitting, so that you have some idea of what we’re looking for.

If you’d like to listen on Spotify, I’ve created a playlist just for you (note that all of the songs listed below may not be available on Spotify).

• “Little Lies” (Fleetwood Mac)
• “Miserable Liar” (The Pale Stars)
• “Best Imitation of Myself” (Ben Folds Five)
• “Fake Plastic Trees” (Radiohead)
• “Phony” (Stereo Twins)
• “Counterfeit Halo” (Sara Haze)
• “The Pretender” (Jackson Browne)
• “The Royal Scam” (Steely Dan)
• “Artificial Rhonda” (Frank Zappa)
• “Pseudo-Intellectual” (Redd Kross)
• “Your Cheatin’ Heart” (Patsy Cline)
• “The Card Cheat” (The Clash)
• “Fraud” (Jonathan Coulton)
• “Lies of Summer” (Aimee Mann)
• “You Can’t Judge a Book By Its Cover” (Bo Diddley)
• “I’m the Urban Spaceman” (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band)
• “Hang On Mike” (The Candy Butchers)
• “Illusions In G Major” (Electric Light Orchestra)
• “Give Me Some Truth” (John Lennon)
• “Time to Pretend” (MGMT)
• “Little Lie” (The Rosenbergs)
• “Mr. Roboto” (Styx)
• “Not What It Appears” (The Tories)
• “Liar’s Club” (Vanilla)
• “Lies” (The Knickerbockers)