tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post7264723123782610004..comments2024-03-13T07:32:56.761-04:00Comments on Hey Jenny Slater.: The Friday Not-So-Random Ten+5=15, or, uh, something . . . this is your life!Astronaut Mike Dexterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01498197770701096363noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-90335843011129255822008-06-11T14:42:00.000-04:002008-06-11T14:42:00.000-04:00um ... should have been "Classic Center" developme...um ... should have been "Classic Center" development.NCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657029855933201374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-52733033536126001712008-06-10T20:16:00.000-04:002008-06-10T20:16:00.000-04:00The Producers were a fairly significant part of my...The Producers were a fairly significant part of my freshman year at UGA. I saw them at a bar whose name I can't remember.*<BR/><BR/>Clearly, catchy pop tunes speak to me.<BR/><BR/>*Ok. This would have been '84-'85. The bar was on the east side of downtown, along about where the Classic City development is, not far from Rockfish Palace (later Boneshakers, later something else). It was warehousey. I went to a sorority crush party there, too. I think the bar had a guy's name. The names "Harry's" and "T.K. Hardy's" keep getting in the way. Gr.NCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657029855933201374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-18341476047123102962008-06-09T14:25:00.000-04:002008-06-09T14:25:00.000-04:00@NCT:+1 on the Utopia - what an album.Didn't think...@NCT:<BR/><BR/>+1 on the Utopia - what an album.<BR/><BR/>Didn't think I'd see the Producers here, either. Best bar band ever.<BR/><BR/><BR/>/NRBQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-45320737837840882852008-06-07T22:44:00.000-04:002008-06-07T22:44:00.000-04:00I've always argued with friends about how certain ...I've always argued with friends about how certain music frames certain periods of your life. I can't really pin it down to songs but I can with albums.<BR/><BR/>1. Alabama - Forty Hour week - first concert I ever attended and a tape I played over an over in my first Walkman. I was a small town country kid and Alabama was my first favorite band. Still the all time best selling group in all of country music I believe. <BR/><BR/>2. Michael Jackson - Thriller - mom gave it to me as a Valentines Day gift not long after it came out. It's still laying around somewhere.<BR/><BR/>3. Lionel Ritchie - Dancing on the Ceiling - First tape I bought with my own money. Our lists merge here.<BR/><BR/>4. INXS - Kick<BR/>5. REM - Green - These two albums were purchased by me in 8th grade the day after I received my first CD player that Christmas. I remember decorating my locker with the old CD boxes they came in back in the day.<BR/><BR/>6. U2- Rattle and Hum - great rock album and one I still enjoy today. <BR/><BR/>7. Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit <BR/>8. Pearl Jam - Ten- My senior year of high school I was working in the record store at a local mall. I liked all sorts of music and bought Top 40, Rap, Country, Metal and all sorts of stuff. (still don't regret my employee discounted purchase of Kris Kross "Jump" single) All the "weird" kids started coming in and asking me for Nirvana "Bleach" and we never had it in stock. One day we got the first few tapes and CD's in of SLTS. I opened one up, fired it up on the store sound system and voila, I was hooked on alternative for the next few years. When the weird kids started asking for Pearl Jam I snatched up the one and only tape that came in on it's release date and flat wore it out in the two weeks before we got CD's. Those two albums were played seemingly non-stop my first couple of years at UGA. <BR/><BR/>8 Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes - Discovered her at the same record store in some promo stuff. She played a concert at UGA the week I moved in in '92 and I couldn't covnice a single person to attend with me so I went myself and spent 2 hours mesmerized listening to her in the hall in the performing arts building. Her work and this album started my female vocalist kick and really helped me realize how much a good CD can help the ambiance when you're "wooing" a female <BR/><BR/>9. Mazzy Star - So Tonight that I might See - a girlfriend at UGA further turned me onto the sensuality of female vocalists and this album and the song Fade Into You is one I'll always remember<BR/><BR/>10. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream - smashing chords, cellos, great lyrics - really one of my favorite all time bands and their greatest album imo.<BR/><BR/>11. Sarah McLaughin - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. Had this in my old school 5 disc player at my house for 2 years in Athens. No telling how many times I let a girl borrow it to never have it returned. <BR/><BR/>12. Dave Matthews Band - Live at Luther College - incredible artistry and the vocals are out of this world. Take the pop out of Dave Matthews and this is what you get. FWIW got to see Dave play frat houses and the Ga Theater many times in my early UGA years.<BR/><BR/>13. Widespread Panic - Everyday- first album that got me into enjoying Jam Music and led me to attending more live shows with Jupiter Coytoe, Allgood, and WSP while in Athens. <BR/><BR/>14. Patsy Cline - Greatest Hits - had to pick one that represents my love for Old school country and this one holds a special meaning for me and my wife. But list is too short so I don't get to put all my Willie, Waylon, etc down.<BR/><BR/>15. Jerrry Jeff Walker - Live at Gruene Hall - has a lot of his standards and is the representative album of the Texas Songwriter kick I've been on for the past few years with JJW, Robert Earl Keen, Ray Wyle Hubbard, Kevin Fowler, and others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-51944294892953302572008-06-07T07:19:00.000-04:002008-06-07T07:19:00.000-04:00HA! "Eye's Without A Face" was one of the first vi...HA! "Eye's Without A Face" was one of the first videos you remember seeing on MTV. At 6 years old "Cradle of Love" was the first video I was introduced to and it made me feel funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-44367099903250983142008-06-07T00:22:00.000-04:002008-06-07T00:22:00.000-04:00Holy crap. So all this prompted me to do a little...Holy crap. So all this prompted me to do a little surfing through musical memory lane, and I came across an album with a Crystal Method remix of "Bizarre Love Triangle" and a Way Out West remix of "Lips Like Sugar". Past selves ... colliding in head. This is dangerous.<BR/><BR/>What's next? Soundgarden does Dreams So Real?NCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657029855933201374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-83269824179294487802008-06-06T23:56:00.000-04:002008-06-06T23:56:00.000-04:00Yikes. I'm old. Bear in mind I was born in the '...Yikes. I'm old. Bear in mind I was born in the '60s, so the music starts with my childhood in the '70s, then high school and college in the '80s. So yes, the memories associated with each of these songs is from when they were new. I'll spare you the detailed commentary, but I had a great time with the memories.<BR/><BR/>So here we go, 15 selected with only a little bit of contemplation.<BR/><BR/>1. David Bowie, "All the Madmen"<BR/>2. Starland Vocal Band, "Afternoon Delight"<BR/>3. Eagles, "New Kid In Town"<BR/>4. Blondie, "Heart of Glass"<BR/>5. Utopia, "Feet Don't Fail Me Now"<BR/>6. Journey, "Don't Stop Believin'"<BR/>7. The Go-Go's, "Beauty and the Beat"<BR/>8. R.E.M., "So. Central Rain"<BR/>9. Elvis Costello, "Brilliant Mistake"<BR/>10. Depeche Mode, "Personal Jesus"<BR/>11. Madonna, "Express Yourself"<BR/>12. Cowboy Junkies, "Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning"<BR/>13. Stone Temple Pilots, "Interstate Love Song"<BR/>14. Propellerheads, "Velvet Pants"<BR/>15. Dolly Parton, "Shine" (Collective Soul Cover)<BR/><BR/>Yeah, 15 isn't nearly enough. No room for NIN, PSB, Devo (pre-Whip It, thank you very much), Fleetwood Mac, The Producers, and all the musical theatre with which my mother "did this to me". Just kidding. I love you, Mom.NCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657029855933201374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-60505312701708546742008-06-06T18:42:00.000-04:002008-06-06T18:42:00.000-04:001) The Sex Pistols; Pretty Vacant2) Final Curtain;...1) The Sex Pistols; Pretty Vacant<BR/>2) Final Curtain; Tinglehoff Blues<BR/>3) The Who; Won't get fooled again<BR/>4) Marvin Gaye; What's going on<BR/>5) Arlo Guthrie; Alice's Restaurant<BR/>6) The Cars; Just what I needed<BR/>7) The Kinks; Superman<BR/>8) REM; End of the world as we know it (only because I impressed a girl by knowing all the lyrics)<BR/>9) Rolling Stones; Jumping Jack Flash<BR/>10) Kiss; The entire Destroyer album<BR/>11) The Beatles; Revolution<BR/>12) Velvet Underground; There she goes<BR/>13) Neil Young; Hey Hey My My (the electric one)<BR/>14) Bruce Springsteen; Born to Run<BR/>15) Glenn Miller; In the moodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-53969787865462523102008-06-06T17:30:00.000-04:002008-06-06T17:30:00.000-04:00Nice call on "A Town Called Malice." Great scene ...Nice call on "A Town Called Malice." Great scene from "Billy Elliot" with that as the background music.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-34314644490093773632008-06-06T15:55:00.000-04:002008-06-06T15:55:00.000-04:00Standard disclaimer about 15 not being close to en...Standard disclaimer about 15 not being close to enough. Here's 15 that did matter though:<BR/><BR/>1) Wings - Band on the Run<BR/>2) Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap<BR/>3) The Police - Message in a Bottle<BR/>4) Ultravox - Vienna<BR/>5) The Jam - Town Called Malice<BR/>6) Flock of Seagulls - I ran<BR/>7) Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls<BR/>8) The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary<BR/>9) The Cure - Why Can't I be you?<BR/>10) Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song<BR/>11) Sonic Youth - Kool thing<BR/>12) Primal Scream - Higher than the sun<BR/>13) Goldie Presents Metalheadz - Inner city Life<BR/>14) Super Furry Animals - Wherever I lay my phone (that's my home)<BR/>15) Leftfield - Phat Planet<BR/><BR/>As for why, click through to my house - I oughtn't clog up Doug's comments with detailed nostalgia after all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-18549528125109920752008-06-06T15:44:00.000-04:002008-06-06T15:44:00.000-04:00Doug, what's your take on Flight of the Conchords'...Doug, what's your take on Flight of the Conchords' "Inner City Pressure"?<BR/>(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RC0DdrHbGg)<BR/><BR/>A very early stab at 15:<BR/>1. Kenny Loggins - "Danger Zone"<BR/>2. Def Leppard - "Pour Some Sugar On Me"<BR/>3. Tone Loc - "Wild Thing"<BR/>4. Public Enemy - "Can't Truss It"<BR/>5. Guns N' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle"<BR/>6. Faith No More - "Epic"<BR/>7. Metallica - "Enter Sandman"<BR/>8. 311 - "All Mixed Up"<BR/>9. Silverchair - "tomorrow"<BR/>10. Fuel - "Shimmer"<BR/>11. Dream Theater - "Take the Time"<BR/>12. David Ryan Harris - "Me and the Leaves"<BR/>13. Marvelous 3 - "Every Monday"<BR/>14. Aesop Rock - "Daylight"<BR/>15. Augie March - "One Crowded Hour"Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075308307848122779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-62214203733430915492008-06-06T13:40:00.000-04:002008-06-06T13:40:00.000-04:00Fifteen remixes of Rocky Top would be bad form her...Fifteen remixes of Rocky Top would be bad form here, right?<BR/><BR/>1. Moody Blues - Your Wildest Dreams (the closing credits song of my first zombie movie)<BR/>2. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation<BR/>3. Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight<BR/>4. Weezer - Falling For You<BR/>5. Offspring - Come Out And Play (Confession! In high school, on a football field, I once twirled a baton to this song for reasons that were never entirely clear to anyone.)<BR/>6. BT - Never Gonna Come Back Down<BR/>7. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms<BR/>8. Pogues - Fairytale of New York<BR/>9. Crystal Method - Ten Miles Back<BR/>10. Wicked OST - Thank Goodness<BR/>11. Chingon - Malaguena Salerosa<BR/>12. Commitments - The Dark End of the Street<BR/>13. Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek (R3volve mix)<BR/>14. Better Than Ezra - Our Finest Year<BR/>15. BT - Ferris WheelHollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00057374435503696017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-19823014076729614932008-06-06T12:19:00.000-04:002008-06-06T12:19:00.000-04:00If you're gonna pick a non-Commodores Lionel song,...If you're gonna pick a non-Commodores Lionel song, you picked the right one, leather pants notwithstanding.<BR/><BR/>This is damn-near impossible, but here you go - the 15 of my life:<BR/>1) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=vtPk5IUbdH0" REL="nofollow">Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue</A><BR/>2) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=bLkOE4XDBis" REL="nofollow">Led Zeppelin - Ramble On</A><BR/>3) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=dL2XWp47QE0" REL="nofollow">Jane's Addiction - Summertime Rolls</A><BR/>4) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=zKRj-n-DOrU" REL="nofollow">Red Hot Chili Peppers - Magic Johnson</A><BR/>5) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hea-pZoLt3g" REL="nofollow">Smashing Pumpkins - Hummer</A><BR/>6) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=0JbUP-skb7E" REL="nofollow">Parliament - Flashlight</A><BR/>7) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=EFqqgdhWEN8" REL="nofollow">Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By</A><BR/>8) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=_uYy8RtkBXU" REL="nofollow">The Verve - New Decade</A><BR/>9) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=uCEeAn6_QJo" REL="nofollow">Tool - Aenema</A><BR/>10) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s" REL="nofollow">Marvin Gaye - What's Going On</A><BR/>11) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=KrfpNboPj-I" REL="nofollow">Archers of Loaf - Might</A><BR/>12) 12 Rods - Twenty Four Hours Ago<BR/>13) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=clxxKRZP6n0" REL="nofollow">The Stooges - Loose</A><BR/>14) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=6V41qkhU-98" REL="nofollow">Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)</A><BR/>15) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=QM4dxI0mO1k" REL="nofollow">Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out</A><BR/>16) <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=zk_CBVRWXL4" REL="nofollow">Andrew Bird - Tables and Chairs</A><BR/>17) Dinosaur Jr. - No Not You Again<BR/><BR/>Man 15 is not enough. I need like 60. Right now, there's no Stevie Wonder, no Fishbone, no Nina Simone, and so many others missing. But this is a great idea, Doug. I may go farther with it one day (maybe when I hit 40).Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14989379631083901130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-47264516973322167942008-06-06T11:10:00.000-04:002008-06-06T11:10:00.000-04:00Yeah, I love Monster too. Another album of their,...Yeah, I love Monster too. Another album of their, Up, was totally overlooked and I still listen to it today. Anyhoo....<BR/><BR/>Soundtack of my life-<BR/><BR/>1) Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel<BR/>2) Dear Prudence - The Beatles<BR/>3) The theme from the "Crossfire" toy/game commercial<BR/>4) Love Shack - The B52s<BR/>5) Beast of Burden - The Rolling Stones<BR/>6) Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo<BR/>7) Happy Nation - Ace of Base<BR/>8) Pulling Teeth - Green Day<BR/>9) My Name is Jonas - Weezer<BR/>10) I'm a Loner Dottie, A Rebel - The Get Up Kids<BR/>11) Radio - Alkaline Trio<BR/>12) Clark Gable - The Postal Service<BR/>13) Fatal Tragedy - Dream Theater<BR/>14) Stockholm Syndrome - Muse<BR/>15) Jaws Theme Swimming - Brand New<BR/><BR/>and a bonus - The Walk of Life - Dire StraitsUniversal Remonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912161242735374190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-63156911562002236562008-06-06T10:27:00.000-04:002008-06-06T10:27:00.000-04:00I may even have said this on this blog before, but...I may even have said this on this blog before, but <I>Monster</I> was a great album in my estimation. My thoughts are perhaps colored by the fact that several friends and I drove up to the Omni during our senior year to see the final US show of the Monster world tour at the Omni (with Luscious Jackson opening, ye children of the 90's).<BR/><BR/>It is still the best live show I have ever seen, besting performances by Dave Matthews (thrice), Robert Earl Keene (twice), a host of hippie jambands with absurd names I no longer remember, and a few other big name acts who turned in thoroughly underwhelming performances after I shelled out overwhelming cash to see them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11250715.post-4691228063330488842008-06-06T09:47:00.000-04:002008-06-06T09:47:00.000-04:00You did see this, no? Even as an Auburn fan, I fin...You did see this, no? Even as an Auburn fan, I find it hilarious and applaud the excellent UGA fans.<BR/><BR/>http://thecollegebaseballblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/georgiafans.jpgmiller draft genuinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00818842842699323281noreply@blogger.com