Friday and the Random 10 (I Thought That They Were Angels Edition)

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Friday and the Random 10 (Heartbreaker Edition)

Welcome to a new and improved, simplified and stripped down Random 10! 

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Friday and the Random 10 (To The Runner Edition)

Welcome to a new and improved, simplified and stripped down Random 10! 

Here's a picture.

Friday and the Random 10 (Barbecued Iguana Edition)

Hey! Two weeks in a row! Welcome to a new and improved, simplified and stripped down Random 10!

Friday and the Random 10 (Smashing Pumpkins Edition)

So yes, Hurricane Matthew came and closed Disney last Friday, but fortunately that's all he did. We avoided the heavy rains in my area, while enjoying the full on breezy evening. Best of luck to the others who were not so lucky though.

October and pukey orange only means one thing where I'm from (no not pumpkin spice flavored anything): Alabama versus Tennessee! Welcome to Hate Week.

Friday and the Random 10 (Apartment Finale Edition)

Yeah, I know it has been awhile but I have been dealing with the culmination of the whole bad apartment management scenario. Basically, I wouldn't put up with their condescending (and anti-white person) attitude and just moved out. Me and a good friend were wanting to be in a house again, found one we liked, and moved in over the last two weeks. Sawyer Estates can suck it!

So now I am trying to get back into the normal routine around here, and that starts with music! 

Friday and the Random 10 (Life is Just a Fantasy Edition)

Oh man. Not a lot of time for talk. Too tired. Working the holidays at Disney sucks. Enjoy some music:

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Friday and the Random 10 (Am I Still Cool? Edition)

Yes I know it has been awhile. Blame the holidays folks. Things will get back to "normal" probably sometime in January. Oh well, here's some music:

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Friday and the Random 10 (Stuck Whistle Edition)

You know, some days on the Walt Disney Railroad just never seem to amaze me. This year has seen some crazy things happen that has shut down our operation: a turtle laying her eggs in the gravel by Fantasyland Station, mystery lumberjacks cutting down trees on the backstretch, and well, a balloon. Yeah, a balloon. This week we got to add another thing to the list. The whistle on one of out trains got stuck open, and it was like loud. L-O-U-D. Like OMG I can't even hear myself think loud. Needless to say, it got replaced. I tell ya, it's always something...

Now on to our regularly scheduled randomness!

Friday and the Random 10 (Higher Power Edition)

Well things are finally getting back to normal around here. I have been working a lot more (now that I have reliable transportation) and have even started training at a new area: ESPN Wide World of Sports. Don't worry though. I'm staying on trains. Somehow in the middle of all this I managed to finish reading another book. Well I actually couldn't put it down once I started and finished it in 24 hours. It was called The Martian by Andy Weir. Highly recommended and soon to be a major motion picture with Matt Damon. Looking forward to the movie, but for now how about some tunes instead? Oh yeah!

Friday and the Random 10 (End of July Edition)

So today marks the end of July and how do we celebrate the end of a month that ends on a Friday around here? That's right, one song for every day of the month! So today instead of a Random 10 you get a Random 31! This ought to make the picture below hella interesting:

Well, got 25 of them...

Friday and the Random 10 (Soundtrack Edition)

Last week things got back to (semi) normal around here. It was a regular Top 10 list , but it did give us the first inhabitants of Exile Island in quite awhile. So Yes and Apollo 440 are not eligible to show up in this week's countdown. Will the Tarkus finally make an appearance in 2015? Inquiring minds wants to know, so on with the show!

Friday and the Random 10 (Still Funky Edition)

Well after surviving yet another Disney 24 hour fiasco celebration, it is time to forge ahead and get back on track. Last week I just gave you a plain Top 24 list so there's no pic of albums covers to show for this week. Also, there is no Exile Island. However if you would like a pic of my current inspiration, here ya go:

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Friday and the Random 10 (Life Hangover Edition)

You know what? Blah. That's how many of us at work feel.We finally made it through the holidays and we are all basically not cast members at Disney, but cast members of the Walking Dead. So many of us are sick from working extended hours, and the rest of us are just plain worn out. Add into that the actual holidays themselves, plus what transpired in the Sugar Bowl last night (and 2014 in general) and I just have a hangover from life, no alcohol needed.

Nothing to do but plow ahead for the very first Random 10 for 2015. Last week was an all 2014 edition, so this one starts off completely fresh. 

Highlights from last week.

As always the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top next to the Home tab.

Friday and the Random 10 (Where Did July Go? Edition)

Wow, I can't believe it's August already. Seems at Disney we gear up so much for the 4th of July that once it's passed the summer just flies by. Unfortunately the temperatures are not affected one bit. It's still miserable...

Well at least a new month gives us new hope. The Moody Blues could not escape last week's countdown, but at least The Beatles are free as a bird now. As usual the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top.

Let's see what August hits us with...

1) Jane Child/Biology - I've spoken of my crush on her before. I think it was that chain that connected her earring to her nose ring that got me going. Yowza!

2) Genesis/Heathaze - Typical 80's Phil Collins sound.

3) Enigma/In the Shadow, In the Light - Turn everything off and break out the candles...

4) Apollo 440/White Man's Throat - Man so far everything is jazzy and funky.

5) Chicago/Elegy: Canon - Nice, horns only segment of a much larger piece. Album cover winner too:

6) The Human League/Life on Your Own - Another song of theirs I have never heard of, but if you had asked me who it was I could have told you right away.

7) Styx/Kiss Your Ass Goodbye - Glenn Burtnik song when he was still in the band. I love this song.

8) Tommy Shaw/Outside in the Rain - Speaking of Styx, this is when Tommy went solo and left the band to DDY (chills). Burtnik on #7 was actually his replacement.

9) The Moody Blues/Your Wildest Dreams

9) America/Political Poachers - Yeah, umm okay. No idea. I thought they only did love songs and sang about horses in the desert.

10) Velvet Revolver/Psycho Killer - Still haven't gotten into them much yet.

Wow, those Moody Blues don't know when to quit do they? Just one more week and they could have been free and clear, but no they go and get Tarkus'd again. Oh well.

The STCS for the first week in August is Journey/Sand Castles. Bet you've never heard that one have ya? It's from the soundtrack of a Japanese film called Dream, After Dream. It's actually one of my favorite Journey albums. Cool.

As always, stay cool and dry central Florida, and Roll Tide!

I'll let my 80's crush play us out!

Friday and the Random 10 (101 Edition)

Here we go again. Nothing new to report this week, just work and rainy weather. There have been a few "101's" (Disney lingo for operational down times) which has slowed the days down a bit, but otherwise it's been a typical May in Florida. The heat and humidity suck, as does wet socks while you're trying to work. Some of ya'll know what I mean. 

Last week's countdown was okay. No one got banned so everything is fair game this time around. As usual the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top.

Let's get 10 songs in while we are still 102...

Friday (Night) and the Random 10

I almost forgot today was Friday! I guess I was so excited on finally having a day off tomorrow that I just focused on getting through work as soon as I could. Never fear though, I won't leave everyone hanging...

Friday and the Random 10

Yes it's finally back! Because of certain circumstances I wasn't able to make everyone's Friday last week. Okay, I was at the beach. Deal with it. Looking back at last time, I see that the Chili Peppers are banned for being muy caliente... and showing up twice. As usual, the rules and whatnot are over there → to the right.

Enough jibber jabber! Let's get it started up!

Friday and the Random 10 (Monsters University Edition)

Real quick one today since it's been a busy morning and about to head off to see Monsters U. Rules and whatnot over there → to the right.

1) Apollo 440/Astral America

2) RHCP/Dosed

3) The Buggles/Johnny on the Monorial (A Very Different Version)

4) Yes/Arriving UFO

5) Yes/Time is Time - one week back and they get banned already.

6) Chicago/(I've Been) Searching So Long

7) Mozart/Serenate Parts I and II - I got class yall

8) Korn/Beg For Me

9) Steve Howe/Classical Gas

10) The Mahavishnu Orchestra/A Lotus on Irish Streams

Well, that was kind of all over the place. The STCS for this week is Rick Wakeman/The Bear. Of course it's good ole RW! This must be his CD about forest animals.

Play us out Yes

 

 

Friday and the Random 10

Well we've reached the end to another week. Could be good, could be bad, could be just meh. But it's always a party when the Random 10 comes rolling along (Lord I hope so anyway). So it's time to set your various music devices on shuffle and hope the gods of randomness are kind to you.

And away we go!

1) AC/DC/All Screwed Up - that's what I'm talking about.

2) Apollo 440/Electro Glide in Blue - I like these guys' stuff

3) Tommy Shaw/Kiss Me Hello - a great song from TS's first solo album Girls with Guns.

4) Porcupine Tree/The Sound of Muzak - they toured with Yes a few years back and I had never heard of them so I thought I would give them a try. They're kind of one of those newer prog bands.

5) The Alan Parsons Project/I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You - another band that toured with Yes, but I actually got to see them in concert (Nashville, I think). I was severely impressed by them that I don't remember much about Yes' performance. This is also they're first appearance in the Random 10!

6) Saga/Amnesia - all hail these Canadian rockers! Album cover winner for the cool 80's sunglasses.

7) Van Halen/So This is Love? - during the David Lee Roth days.

8) Extreme/It's a Monster - I love this band. They did much, much better stuff than that More Than Words song. I wish more people would give them a listen, especially Extreme II and III.

9) Def Leppard/Heaven Is - Doesn't Adrenalize sound like a continuation of Hysteria? It does to me.

10) Camel/Preparation - more smooth sounds from them. Very mellow.

Well there we have it. Not a bad mix. No one got Cyberman'd (deleted!) this time around, although I'm so ready for that to happen next time. The STCS for this week is Casting Crowns/Glorious Day. If you have any music suggestions please leave them in the comment box below. Thanks! No real video to play us out this week so I'm going to leave you with this:

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