SONGS I COULDN'T STOP LISTENING TO THIS WEEK
1. Bruce Hornsby--Gonna Be Some Changes Made (new entry)
Catchy as fuck. Sting sings backup. The beat reminds me very much of Nelly's "Ride Wit Me".
2. Christine Lavin--The Kind Of Love You Never Recover From (new entry)
I'm long overdue getting into her music. One of her serious songs. Made me weepy.
3. Jimmy Eat World--My Sundown (last week: #2)
4. Barnes And Barnes--I Feel Depressed (last week: #1)
5. Trey Parker--On Top Of You (last week: #5)
6. Christine Lavin--Bald Headed Men (new entry)
One of her funny songs. An anthem! We're here, we're bald, get used to it!
7. Avril Lavigne--My Happy Ending (last week: #8)
8. Sam Kinison--Are You Lonesome Tonight (last week: #10)
9. Gomez--Nothing Is Wrong (last week: #3)
10. The Magnetic Fields--All My Little Words (new entry)
Used in a memorable montage at the end of an episode of "The Shield". Makes a comeback now and then.
Honorable mention:
Blue Rodeo--It Hasn't Hit Me Yet
Christine Lavin--Damaged Goods
Christine Lavin--I Bring Out The Worst In You
Christine Lavin--If You Want Space, Go To Utah
Christine Lavin--Like Father, Like Son
Christine Lavin--Sensitive New Age Guys
Lowen And Navarro--Walking On A Wire
The Polyphonic Spree--Hold Me Now
Todd Snider--Statistician's Blues
Todd Snider--You Think You Know Somebody
PS: No band names this week.
Saturday, August 28, 2004
Saturday, August 21, 2004
NEW FEATURE: SONGS I COULDN'T STOP LISTENING TO THIS WEEK
Hoping to make this a weekly feature. These are the tunes that helped me get through the past week, and/or just wouldn't get out of my head.
1. Barnes And Barnes--I Feel Depressed
From B&B's 1991 album "Loozanteen". Toward the end sounds kinda like the Beach Boys' "Caroline No".
2. Jimmy Eat World--My Sundown
Steve Dahl played it the other day. Can't wait to karaoke it.
3. Gomez--Nothing Is Wrong
Dahl played it a couple of weeks ago. Would have been #1 last week.
4. The Polyphonic Spree--Hold Me Now
Weird. Eerie. Sort of like the Brady Kids formed some disturbingly cheerful cult. Drink the Kool-aid!
5. Trey Parker--On Top Of You
From "Cannibal! The Musical". He's singing about his horse that ran away.
6. Letters To Cleo--Here And Now
"Thecomfortofaknowledgeofariseabovetheskyabovecouldneverparallelthechallengeofanacquistioninthe..." A challenge at karaoke. A challenge I met!
7. Blue Rodeo--Hasn't Hit Me Yet
Oldie but a goodie. I can only handle country music if it's Canadian.
8. Avril Lavigne--My Happy Ending
A good one to karaoke in my Eddie Vedder voice.
9. Lowen And Navarro--Walking On A Wire
Perennial Dahl show faves. Way underrated.
10. Sam Kinison--Are You Lonesome Tonight
Gosh I love doing this one at karaoke. Had a chance to do it for the ex but chickened out. But not next time!
Honorable mention:
Barry Williams vs Eminem--The Real Greg Brady
Rex Stiff And The Kinky Morticians--The Dead Will Rise
The Magnetic Fields--All My Little Words
The Pursuit Of Happiness--I'm An Adult Now
Hoping to make this a weekly feature. These are the tunes that helped me get through the past week, and/or just wouldn't get out of my head.
1. Barnes And Barnes--I Feel Depressed
From B&B's 1991 album "Loozanteen". Toward the end sounds kinda like the Beach Boys' "Caroline No".
2. Jimmy Eat World--My Sundown
Steve Dahl played it the other day. Can't wait to karaoke it.
3. Gomez--Nothing Is Wrong
Dahl played it a couple of weeks ago. Would have been #1 last week.
4. The Polyphonic Spree--Hold Me Now
Weird. Eerie. Sort of like the Brady Kids formed some disturbingly cheerful cult. Drink the Kool-aid!
5. Trey Parker--On Top Of You
From "Cannibal! The Musical". He's singing about his horse that ran away.
6. Letters To Cleo--Here And Now
"Thecomfortofaknowledgeofariseabovetheskyabovecouldneverparallelthechallengeofanacquistioninthe..." A challenge at karaoke. A challenge I met!
7. Blue Rodeo--Hasn't Hit Me Yet
Oldie but a goodie. I can only handle country music if it's Canadian.
8. Avril Lavigne--My Happy Ending
A good one to karaoke in my Eddie Vedder voice.
9. Lowen And Navarro--Walking On A Wire
Perennial Dahl show faves. Way underrated.
10. Sam Kinison--Are You Lonesome Tonight
Gosh I love doing this one at karaoke. Had a chance to do it for the ex but chickened out. But not next time!
Honorable mention:
Barry Williams vs Eminem--The Real Greg Brady
Rex Stiff And The Kinky Morticians--The Dead Will Rise
The Magnetic Fields--All My Little Words
The Pursuit Of Happiness--I'm An Adult Now
Friday, August 20, 2004
BEST BAND NAMES PLAYING THE TOLEDO AREA THIS WEEK (AUG 20-26)
Kind of a short list this week, but better than nothing.
Them One Guys--tonight at Happy Badger
The Killer Flamingos--Saturday at Nick And Jimmy's
And the best band name playing the Toledo area this week...
Luther Wright And The Wrongs--Saturday at Mickey Finn's Pub
Kind of a short list this week, but better than nothing.
Them One Guys--tonight at Happy Badger
The Killer Flamingos--Saturday at Nick And Jimmy's
And the best band name playing the Toledo area this week...
Luther Wright And The Wrongs--Saturday at Mickey Finn's Pub
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
I AM SURVIVED! *
The following was forwarded to me by my sis, who also did not stay on the plane long enough. *
~~~~~~~~
People 35 and over should be dead. Here's why...
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, or even maybe the early 70's probably shouldn't have survived.
Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, ... and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.)
As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors!
We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.
After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. NO CELL PHONES!!!!! Unthinkable!
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.
We had friends! We went outside and found them.
We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt.
We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents?
We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it.
We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms, and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.
Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade.
Horrors!
Tests were not adjusted for any reason.
Our actions were our own.
Consequences were expected.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law.
Imagine that!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever.
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good !!!!!
People under 35 are WIMPS
~~~~~~~~
* References to the classic Carlton Maloney plane crash tape. If you haven't heard it, T.S.
The following was forwarded to me by my sis, who also did not stay on the plane long enough. *
~~~~~~~~
People 35 and over should be dead. Here's why...
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's, or even maybe the early 70's probably shouldn't have survived.
Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, ... and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.)
As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors!
We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we were always outside playing.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died from this.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.
After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. NO CELL PHONES!!!!! Unthinkable!
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.
We had friends! We went outside and found them.
We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt.
We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents?
We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to get over it.
We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms, and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.
Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade.
Horrors!
Tests were not adjusted for any reason.
Our actions were our own.
Consequences were expected.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law.
Imagine that!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever.
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all, before lawyers and government regulated our lives, for our own good !!!!!
People under 35 are WIMPS
~~~~~~~~
* References to the classic Carlton Maloney plane crash tape. If you haven't heard it, T.S.
Sunday, August 15, 2004
Saturday, August 07, 2004
Friday, August 06, 2004
BEST BAND NAMES PLAYING THE TOLEDO AREA THIS WEEK (AUG 6-12)
Courageous Minority--Thursday at Mickey Finn's Pub
Grip Shifter--Saturday at Longhorn Saloon
Hot Carl--tonight & Saturday at M.T. Loonies
Infinite Number Of Sounds--tonight at Mickey Finn's Pub
Lazy American Workers--Saturday at Mickey Finn's Pub
Legbone--Saturday at Mickey Finn's Pub
Remnant Of Winter--tonight at Longhorn Saloon
SirReal--Saturday at Brewed Awakenings
The Uglies--tonight at Longhorn Saloon
And my pick for the best band playing the Toledo area this week...
Great Girls Blouse--Monday at Howards Club H
Courageous Minority--Thursday at Mickey Finn's Pub
Grip Shifter--Saturday at Longhorn Saloon
Hot Carl--tonight & Saturday at M.T. Loonies
Infinite Number Of Sounds--tonight at Mickey Finn's Pub
Lazy American Workers--Saturday at Mickey Finn's Pub
Legbone--Saturday at Mickey Finn's Pub
Remnant Of Winter--tonight at Longhorn Saloon
SirReal--Saturday at Brewed Awakenings
The Uglies--tonight at Longhorn Saloon
And my pick for the best band playing the Toledo area this week...
Great Girls Blouse--Monday at Howards Club H
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