“She’s like a slutty version of the singing frog in that cartoon.”
Treating myself to some Thievery Corporation!
Faster Than My Bullet
Goodbye, August! Hello, September or as we call it around here News Radio Quote Month. I can’t believe I’m still doing it after all these years. I’m wondering if I have exhausted all the great quotes from the show leaving me with the “Matthew this” or “Lisa that” quotes. Plus, I can’t believe I am still into that show. You would think I would forget it like I’ve done with Northern Exposure or The X-Files, but it hangs around here like a Month of Quotes.
I see that CapitolSwell is taking up the challenge. Bring it!
Better Run Better Run
End of summer? What better way to end it with the song of summer? You don’t think this was it? Perhaps you can clue me in to the one that you thought was summertime 2011. Use the comments.
With The Pumped Up Kicks
We’re taking this to the end of the month. You’ve got to love this song. And better yet learn it on your guitar. Let’s begin.
Quote of the Day [5.27.11]
Darling won't you stay
Please don't stand in love's way
Darling won't you stay
I just can't stand another day'Cause you're a pretty young lady
Don't come a'tease
You're a pretty young lady
You're a pretty young lady, lord
'Cause you're a pretty young lady, whoaIf you're getting hot, you gotta enter the spot
'Cause this one's called jackpot, boy Jackpot, The Beat (orig The Pioneeers)
I Just Can’t Stop It
All this talk of Rough Riders led me to purchasing The (English) Beat's first album, I Just Can't Stop It, from iTunes. Originally, I was going to get Rough Riders, but I had to commit to a classic 2-tone ska album. Let me tell you this is a fine album. You can't Beat it.I only listened to The Beat in compilation form — the best of the best as compiled by purveyors of pop music. This means I've only heard two of their songs, Mirror in the Bathroom and Sooner or Later. Of course, I'm hearing them also on the Trojan Records ska compilation, but most of that is live material consisting of covers. I've not heard their original stuff as put out in the second, 2-tone, ska wave.Listening to this album is a revelation. It's very close to sounding like ska from Jamaica. Yet, it is 2-tone ska. You can't beat the sax on this album or the rythms. Yeah. I can't believe I hadn't heard this album in it's entirety until this year. Is The Specials first album as energetic, too?
Mash It Up
There’s a hole in your pocket! Paralyzer! Paralyzer!
Yes. This is the tune! If this don’t move you, I don’t know what to say. You may be dead. Get thee to a hospital then. Get two aspirins, call me in the morning, and we’ll get some Bloody Marys. It was a hard night. Last night. Feel so broke up today.
Link of the Day [4.25.11]
Chasing tunes on YouTube and I always look for covers of songs. I like covers. There’s just something fun about them. How the artist covering the song changes it around or how they don’t, it’s great to listen to a familiar song done in a less then familiar way.
Go check out this site that categorizes and compiles covers of songs. I’ve barely scratched the surface there, but it’ll lead you to some nice covers.
Outrun my gun
This flash video player has one of the worst embed HTML I’ve ever seen. Haven’t these vevo dudes taken a look at how YouTube does it? I mean, come on, what year are we in?