May be too intense for some viewers.

Day 01. Your favorite song - No Way To Narrow This One Down, by the Various Bands

Day 02. Your least favorite song - Tie: Lovely Lady Lumps whatever its called, by Black Eyed Peas, or Who Let The Dogs Out

Day 03. A song that makes you happy - Futurama Opening Credits

Day 04. A song that makes you sad - My Father's House, by Bruce Springsteen

Day 05. A song that reminds you of someone - Games Without Frontiers, by Peter Gabriel (Duane and the SOLAR bunch)

Day 06. A song that reminds you of somewhere - Fire On High, by ELO (The woods & trailer where my pals and I used to hang out towards the end of high school and early college years)

Day 07. A song that reminds you of a certain event - Take Yo Mama, by Scissor Sisters (Bear Bust 2006)

Day 08. A song that you know all the words to
Day 09. A song that you can dance to
Day 10. A song that makes you fall asleep
Day 11. A song from your favorite band
Day 12. A song from a band you hate
Day 13. A song that is a guilty pleasure
Day 14. A song that no one would expect you to love
Day 15. A song that describes you
Day 16. A song that you used to love but now hate
Day 17. A song that you hear often on the radio
Day 18. A song that you wish you heard on the radio
Day 19. A song from your favorite album
Day 20. A song that you listen to when you’re angry
Day 21. A song that you listen to when you’re happy
Day 22. A song that you listen to when you’re sad
Day 23. A song that you want to play at your wedding
Day 24. A song that you want to play at your funeral
Day 25. A song that makes you laugh
Day 26. A song that you can play on an instrument
Day 27. A song that you wish you could play
Day 28. A song that makes you feel guilty
Day 29. A song from your childhood
Day 30. Your favorite song at this time last year

There is little so stressful or unhappy that some P.M.Dawn can't comfort.

Everyone say howdy to my roomie, Nate (on his MySpace here, he is not on LJ yet)!  He's a great guy even if he is kind of a cyber-stalker. 

Yes, he's sexah. Yes, he's s1ngle. No, he's str8. So behave.  Well, don't behave *too* much. ;)  Feel free to send him donations of vegetables and tapeworm killer as he subsists entirely on coffee, koolaid and quesadillas.

If you are local to ATL and like to support local music come check out his band The First Stone  tonight at the Vinyl.  The are opening for Nick Megalis from MTV, and should go on at around 8pm.

Does anyone know if Sufjan Stevens influenced or collaborated with Leslie Feist on her song "1234"?  The orchestration and ukelele parts remind me of one of his songs.

Does anyone know of a good cheap or free software program that will slow down songs pitch and speed ala playing a 45 at 33 rpm, etc?

Other than that is there any chance that someone out there has the vinyl version of Dead Kennedys' "Buzzbomb from Pasadena"?  And even more so, does anyone have a turntable that will play the 45 at 33 rpm?

EDIT: Nevermind, I just remembered I have Audacity (zip it!).

Matt Johnson (The The)'s 1986 song "Sweet Bird of Truth" has a very special place in my heart.  I have loved it since I was in high school and I always associate it with my best friend (the str8 best friend you have the terrible unrequited crush on when you are first coming out) who was joining the army not too long after the song was released.  I liked it for the quirky yet menacing mixture of jazz saxophones, processed vocals and thundering percussion. 

When the 1st Gulf War was fomenting and my friend was called up to train with the plan of shipping out, it seemed excruciatingly prescient and would reduce me to a puddle of worried tears.  Now its more nostalgic for me.  My friend never shipped out, thank goodness, but with our forces over there again this song still kicks a ton of ass, it could have been written yesterday.

****

6 o'clock in the morning
And I'm the last person in this plane still awake
Y'know I can almost smell the blood
Washing against the shores
Of this land that can't forget its past
Oh, the wind that carries this plane
Is the wind of change
Heaven sent and hell bent
Over the mountain tops we go
Just like all the other G.I. Joe's
Ee aye ee aye adios!

This is your captain calling
With an urgent warning
We're above the Gulf of Arabia
Our altitude is falling
And I can't hold her up
There's no time for thinking
All hands on deck
This bird is sinking

Across the beaches and cranes
Rivers and trains
All the money I've made
Bodies I've maimed
Time was when I seemed to know
Just like any other G.I. Joe
Should I cry like a baby
Or die like a man?
While all the planets little wars
Start joining hands
Oh, what a heaven what a hell
Y'know there's nothing can be done
In this whole wide world

I don't know what's wrong or right
I'm just a regular guy
With bottled up insides
I ain't ever been to church
Or believed in Jesus Christ
But I'm praying
That God's with you when you die

This is your captain calling
With an urgent warning
We're above the Gulf of Arabia
Our altitude is falling
And I can't hold her up
There's no time for thinking
All hands on deck
This bird is sinking

chant: Arabia... ( x 12)

Wow this song takes me back...twice. Once to 1991 when I played the hell out of this album , and then to 1983 when I played the hell out of "True" by Spandau Ballet.

*sigh*

Why is it that people seem to think that they can improve Michael Jackson's song Thriller by remixing it?  I posit that it can't be done. 

I've listened to a half dozen varied attempts recently and all of them sucked donkey balls - they totally went off on bizarro tangents and utterly got out of the groove that made the original version world famous.

I'm all for a good mash-up (that might be cool, but haven't found any), remix, or even a cover...but some things are perfect as they are.