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How awesome is my daughter? [May. 17th, 2009|01:23 pm]
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How awesome is Quinn Lester? When we go to used CD stores, she looks for the red Rhino oval for me.

It only lasts about 10 minutes before she gets bored, but it's something!
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The weekend's musical acquisitions [Feb. 9th, 2009|09:35 am]
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Lots of good cheap stuff this weekend. Hooray for Electric Fetus in Minneapolis!
  • Buzzcocks, Small Songs With Big Hearts
  • Rainbow, Bent Out of Shape
  • The Left Banke, There's Gonna Be a Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966-1969
  • Bruce Dickinson, Accident of Birth
  • Sherwin Linton, Hello, I'm Not Johnny Cash
  • Elvin Bishop, Hog Heaven
  • Tift Merritt, Tambourine
  • Judas Priest, Nostradamus
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Kid.... [Nov. 27th, 2008|11:23 am]
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("KID, HAVE YOU REHABILITATED YOURSELF?")

 

 

 

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Current Joneses from iTunes [Oct. 24th, 2008|11:36 am]
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  • "Academy Fight Song", by Mission Of Burma from Mission of Burma
  • "American Idiot", by Green Day from American Idiot
  • "Awake & Dreaming", by Courtney Jones from Plug In Portland
  • "B.O.B", by Outkast from Stankonia
  • "Bad Time", by The Jayhawks from Tomorrow The Green Grass
  • "Battle Without Honor or Humanity", by Tomoyasu Hotei from Electric Samurai
  • "Behind The Wall Of Sleep", by The Smithereens from From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology
  • "Blatant Dis", by Poster Children from I Love Disco, and I Hear It's Making a Comeback!
  • "C'Mon Marianne", by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons from The Very Best Of Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons
  • "Carl Perkins' Cadillac", by Drive-By Truckers from The Dirty South
  • "Chariot", by Gretchen Wilson from Here For The Party
  • "Detroit Rock City", by Dee Snider, Doug Aldrich, Marco Mendoza & John Tempesta from Spin The Bottle: An All-Star Tribute To Kiss
  • "Falling Off The Edge Of The World", by Black Sabbath from The Mob Rules
  • "I Won't Give Up My Train", by Merle Haggard from Going Where The Lonely Go
  • "I'd Love To Change The World", by Ten Years After from A Space In Time
  • "Long, Long Way from Home", by Foreigner from No End In Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner
  • "Monkey Business", by Skid Row from Slave To The Grind
  • "Muddy's Gold", by Mogg/Way from Chocolate Box
  • "Never Again", by Kelly Clarkson from My December
  • "Rich Girl", by Hall & Oates from Ultimate Daryl Hall & John Oates
  • "Roller Queen (Live)", by Naked Raygun from Jettison
  • "Slit Skirts", by Pete Townshend from Best Of Pete Townshend
  • "Slow An' Easy", by Whitesnake from Slide It In
  • "So It Goes", by Nick Lowe from Pure Pop for Now People
  • "Something About You", by Boston from Boston
  • "That's When I Reach For My Revolver", by Mission Of Burma from Mission of Burma
  • "Treat the New Guy Right", by Silkworm from Lifestyle
  • "Tweedily Dee", by The Backyardigans from Born To Play
  • "Vienna", by Billy Joel from The Stranger
  • "Youth Gone Wild", by Skid Row from Skid Row
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Songs about girls [Sep. 26th, 2008|03:06 pm]
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Currently listening to songs with "Girls" in the title.
  • "As Girls Go", by Suzanne Vega from 99.9 F°
  • "Bad Girls", by Donna Summer from The Disco Years, Vol. 3: Boogie Fever
  • "Big Girls Don't Cry", by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons from The Very Best Of Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons
  • "Buffalo Girls and Boys", by The Backyardigans from The Backyardigans
  • "Don't All The Girls All Look Prettier At Closing Time", by Mickey Gilley from Greetings From Texas
  • "Girls Got Rhythm", by AC/DC from Highway To Hell
  • "Girlschool", by Britny Fox from Youth Gone Wild Vol. 3
  • "Good Girls Don't", by The Knack from POPTOPIA! Power Pop Classics Of The '70s
  • "Hot Girls In Love", by Loverboy from Loverboy Classics: Their Greatest Hits
  • "Looking For Girls", by Pursuit Of Happiness from Love Junk
  • "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others", by The Smiths from The Queen Is Dead
  • "Southern Girls", by Cheap Trick from In Color
  • "To All The Girls I Loved Before", by Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson from Half Nelson
  • "Two Girls In One", by Pursuit Of Happiness from One-Sided Story
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Queen songs [Aug. 22nd, 2008|04:15 pm]
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Here are the "queen" songs from my iTunes at work.
  • "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen", Johnny Cash from ...And The Answer Is (Vol. 1)
  • "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen", Rodney Crowell from Dressed In Black: A Tribute To Johnny Cash
  • "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen", Rosanne Cash from I Walk The Line: An All-Star Tribute To Johnny Cash
  • "God Save The Queen", Queen from A Night At The Opera
  • "Hotel Queenie (Demo)", The Cars from The Cars - Deluxe Edition
  • "Killer Queen", Queen from Sheer Heart Attack
  • "Pearly Queen", Traffic from Feelin' Alright: The Very Best of Traffic
  • "The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty)", The Smiths from The Queen Is Dead
  • "Queen Of Hearts", Whitesnake from Snakebite
  • "Queen Of My Nights", The Blues Magoos from Kaliedescope Compendium - The Best Of The Blues Magoos
  • "Queen Of My Soul", Average White Band from Pickin' Up The Pieces
  • "Queen Of Spades", Styx from Pieces Of Eight
  • "Queen Of The Deep", UFO from Phenomenon
  • "Queen Of The Forest", Ted Nugent from Ted Nugent
  • "Queen Of The Hop", Bobby Darin from The Hit Singles Collection
  • "Queen Of The House", Jody Miller from ...And The Answer Is (Vol. 1)
  • "Queens Are Never Wrong", The Backyardigans from The Backyardigans
  • "Return Of The Teenage Queen", Tommy Tucker from ...And The Answer Is (Vol. 1)
  • "Rock Queen", Love/Hate from Youth Gone Wild Vol. 3
  • "Steve McQueen", Sheryl Crow from C'mon C'mon
Of course, I have many Queen and Queensryche songs, but that wouldn't have been as much fun.
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Cry Me A River [Aug. 4th, 2008|02:12 pm]
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Did the expression "cry me a river" predate the song of the same name?

How about "Different strokes for different folks" predating "Everyday People"?
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Tunes [Jun. 19th, 2008|01:17 pm]
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New tunes over the weekend:
  • Parliament, Chocolate City
  • Whitesnake, Live.... In The Heart Of The City
  • Aretha Franklin, Sparkle
  • Barry Manilow, Manilow Sings Sinatra
Just under $20.
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Today's CD haul [May. 31st, 2008|02:08 pm]
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[music |"Pink Houses"]

Since the company I work for has brought our public library sister company into the fold, our yearly-or-so damaged-and-returned book sale has gotten a lot more interesting. It's still mostly kids books, but now there were a buckets of CDs, all at a quarter a pop! Today's haul:
  • Devil Driver, The Last Kind Words
  • John Cougar Mellencamp, Uh-Huh (reissue)
  • Gladys Knight & The Pips, Love Finds Its Own Way: The Best of Gladys Knight & The Pips
  • Putamayo presents: Gypsy Groove
  • The Birthday Party, Hits
  • Con Funk Shun, Spirit Of Love
  • 'til tuesday, Voices Carry
  • Les Paul & Mary Ford, All-Time Greatest Hits
  • The Smithereens, From Jersey It Came! The Smithereens Anthology
  • Ringo Starr, Photograph: The Very Best Of Ringo
  • Suzanne Vega, Beauty & Crime
  • The Hollies, Greatest Hits
  • King Diamond, The Best Of King Diamond
  • Adam Ant, The Essential Adam Ant
  • Radney Foster, This World We Live In
  • many hip people, Monsieur Gainsboug Revisited
I don't care what the hipsters say, "Pink Houses" is a brilliant song.
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Current joneses [May. 7th, 2008|12:00 pm]
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  • "Academy Fight Song", Mission Of Burma from Mission of Burma
  • "A Challenge", The Backyardigans from Born To Play
  • "Detroit Rock City", Dee Snider, Doug Aldrich, Marco Mendoza & John Tempesta from Spin The Bottle: An All-Star Tribute To Kiss
  • "Don't Change", INXS from Shabooh Shoobah
  • "Falling Off The Edge Of The World", Black Sabbath from The Mob Rules
  • "Feathers", Coheed & Cambria from No World For Tomorrow
  • "The Harder They Come", Jimmy Cliff from The Harder They Come
  • "I Won't Give Up My Train", Merle Haggard from Going Where The Lonely Go
  • "II - Radio Bye Bye", Coheed & Cambria from No World For Tomorrow
  • "Madman Across The Water", Elton John from Madman Across The Water
  • "The Mob Rules", Black Sabbath from The Mob Rules
  • "The Stairs", INXS from X
  • "That's When I Reach For My Revolver", Mission Of Burma from Mission of Burma
  • "These Boots", Megadeth from Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good
  • "Tweedily Dee", The Backyardigans from Born To Play
  • "Update Your Blog", Alex Arrowsmith from Applewine
  • "Whiplash", Oblivion from Suckers From The Start
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Current joneses [Mar. 12th, 2008|09:32 am]
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Stuff I've been enjoying a lot from my "Current Joneses" iTunes folder:
  • "Academy Fight Song", Mission Of Burma from Mission of Burma
  • "Burn In Hell", Oblivion from Suckers From The Start
  • "Burn In Hell", Twisted Sister from Stay Hungry
  • "Celebrate", An Emotional Fish from The Definitive Irish Rock Album
  • "A Challenge", The Backyardigans from Born To Play
  • "Detroit Rock City", Dee Snider, Doug Aldrich, Marco Mendoza & John Tempesta from Spin The Bottle: An All-Star Tribute To Kiss
  • "Don't Change", INXS from Shabooh Shoobah
  • "Don't Bring Me Down (Live)", The New Pornographers from Live from Soho (iTunes Exclusive)
  • "The Harder They Come", Jimmy Cliff from The Harder They Come
  • "He's a Whore", Cheap Trick from Cheap Trick
  • "Heaven On Thier Minds", Queensÿche from Take Cover
  • "I Won't Give Up My Train", Merle Haggard from Going Where The Lonely Go
  • "Intro (Feel The Heat)", John C. Reilly & Mark Wahlberg from Boogie Nights
  • "The Mob Rules", Black Sabbath from The Mob Rules
  • "Never Been Any Reason", Head East from 20th Century Masters: The Millenium Collection - The Best Of Head East
  • "Promises In The Dark", Pat Benatar from The Best Of Pat Benatar Volume 1
  • "Redneck Woman", Gretchen Wilson from Here For The Party
  • "Takin' It To The Streets", The Doobie Brothers from Best Of The Doobies
  • "That's When I Reach For My Revolver", Mission Of Burma from Mission of Burma
  • "These Boots", Megadeth from Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good
  • "Treason", Naked Raygun from Understand?
  • "Tweedily Dee", The Backyardigans from Born To Play
  • "Whiplash", Oblivion from Suckers From The Start
  • "Who Loves You", Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons from The Very Best Of Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons
  • "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough", Manic Street Preachers from Send Away the Tigers
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Didjits Thriller [Feb. 7th, 2008|12:22 am]
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Please enjoy this marvelous video.



The Didjits doing Dead Kennedys' "Police Truck", played over an Indian version of the "Thriller" video.

There can be nothing more awesome ever.
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I could enjoy Brad Paisley [Feb. 3rd, 2008|11:27 pm]
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I'd never heard of Keith Urban until I saw him on Austin City Limits, and I'm glad I did. I'm now watching Brad Paisley, and I think that he may fall into that "Hey, he's good" category.
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My mind is clearer now / At last I can see all too well [Dec. 26th, 2007|10:16 am]
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Anyone else want to go see Jesus Christ Superstar in Chicago w/me? Ted Neeley as Jesus, and Corey Glover as Judas! COREY GLOVER! Man, if Jesus doesn't fall under "Cult of Personality"...

http://www.broadwayinchicago.com/shows_dyn.php?cmd=display_current&display_showtag=JCS_08
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New tunes [Nov. 13th, 2007|09:14 am]
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Hooray for birthday gift cards to Borders and 40% off coupons:
  • The Very Best Of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
  • The Donnas, Bitchin'
  • Shooter Jennings, The Wolf
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Friday Lunch Videos [Nov. 9th, 2007|12:09 pm]
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HOLY CRAP! Brewer & Shipley's "One Toke Over The Line" performed on the Lawrence Welk show!



Posted by Tom Shipley himself, too.
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Thursday Night Videos [Nov. 8th, 2007|08:51 pm]
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Frank Zappa doin' "Whippin' Post"
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My X Are OK [Oct. 23rd, 2007|09:39 pm]
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So it seems there's a Norwegian single out there by Lene Alexandre called "My Boobs Are OK":



which was parodied by Boys On Wheels, three guys in wheelchairs with cerebral palsy, as "My Balls Are OK":


who also have a medley of parodies they call "New Wheels On The Block" (skip to 0:50, since the first song is in Finnish)

This is the one that led me to the others. It's never good when your parody songs have laugh tracks.

Here's another where the song isn't nearly as good as the title, "Making Love In The Handicap Toilet":
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Wiseguy [Aug. 4th, 2007|01:46 pm]
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Probably the worst thing I've ever found on YouTube.

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The Brady Bunch Variety Horror, part II [Jul. 18th, 2007|11:24 pm]
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A while back I asked for what you found most horrifying about this clip:

Y'all missed what to me is the most incongruous part, considering the Bradys are America's most favorite wholesome family. At 2:28 they work in a couple of lines of "Love To Love You Baby", Donna Summer's disco orgasmathon from 1975.
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