Friday and the Random 10 (Condition Critical Edition)

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Friday and the Random 10 (Urgent Edition)

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

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Friday and the Random 10 (Tryin' to Make a Livin' and Doin' the Best I Can Edition)

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

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Friday and the Random 10 (AudioVisions Down Under Edition)

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

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Friday and the Random 10 (Comeback Edition)

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends! Or well, apparently it did end about a year  ago (last one was 6/9/17). It got to be way too time consuming so welcome to a new and improved, simplified and stripped down Random 10!

Friday and the Random 10 (Quick Edition)

Quick and to the point this week.

Music!

Friday and the Random 10 (Hurricane Matthew Edition)

Oh yeah, it's THAT time of the year down in the FL too. People ask me, does Disney close for hurricanes? Yep. If it's a matter of guest safety then they will close (last time was in '04 I believe). They even have "rideout crews" that you can sign up for to do sandbags, move trashcans, etc. I always sign up for that because it sounds fun. And they put you up in a nice hotel.

UPDATE: Disney is closed today Friday, Oct 7.

So let's pass some time to randomized music while watching to see if Jim Cantore shows up on Main Street, USA.

Friday and the Random 10 (Jamaican Me Crazy with These Long Songs Edition)

So things are finally settling down some. The park hours are cutting back, it's cooling down a bit, and the Electric Light Parade is coming up to its final performance (Oct 9th)! After that, they have no idea what we will be doing at night. No really, there is nothing scheduled as of yet to replace it. Get ready for more Move It, Shake It dance parties!!! Meh.

Friday and the Random 10 (Richmond's Still Alive Edition)

Oh look. Richmond's Von's still alive. Yes, yes I know it has been awhile. Work has been work and the weeks have flown by. And now summer is almost over and it's creeping up on October. Have I mentioned the Halloween parties have started? Like weeks ago? I need to buckle down and get back to being creative. Back to your room Richmond! It's music time!

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 (Survival Camping Edition)

I am having to prep this post a little ahead of time because I am taking some time off work to do some survival camping with a friend this weekend. And by "survival" I mean no wireless and no internet. There may be electricity, running water, and bathrooms however (when you're a man everywhere is a bathroom! Grunt grunt) so it's not totally roughing it. I just need to get away from tourists and people for awhile, get my line wet and do some fishing. 

Next up, on Naked and Afraid...

Friday and the Random 10 (Broken Down Car Blues Edition)

So yeah on the way home from a magical kingdom Monday I had a bit of a car problem. There was a break in the attachment where the radiator hose goes and all of my water leaked out on the highway. This caused my car to overheat badly (duh) and basically burn itself up. Thanks to a friend I was able to get home and all, but the car is toast. Literally. So now I have no car and no way into work. That's been my week, how is yours?

So last week I celebrated the end of July with a special Random 10 31. That's how we roll around here. Unfortunately that's the only rolling going on lately. Car joke, get it? Anyway, so this week's randomness comes from these albums below:

Friday and the Random 10 (Walk This Way Edition)

So last week I started messing with the format again and I think I am going to stick with it for awhile. I have also been singing Xanadu all week but that's neither here nor there. So below you will see only album covers from this week's Random 10.

Friday and the Random 10 (High I.Q. Edition)

Last week things ended up with a distinct soundtrack flavor. It was a regular Top 10 list , but the Tarkus was never summoned, meaning the residents of Exile Island (Yes and Apollo 440) were set free. Anyone is fair game this week. Let's see how it turns out!

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Friday and the Random 10 (24 Hour Disney Day Edition)

And here we go again. It's the Friday before Memorial Day so what does Disney go and do to us again? Yep, it's that deal where we stay open for a whole 24 hours. I have a 13 hour shift, but at least I am not part of the overnight crew. So to honor all us hard working cast members I am going to copy what I did in this countdown from the previous over-nighter and do a Top 24 list, instead of top 10. Yeah it's one of those special event type things. Next week will return to normal (or for what passes for normal around here).

Even though it does not apply this week, you can still check out last week's Random 10 by following this link, or trying to figure out the artists from the cool picture below: 

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

Friday and the Random 10 (Opening Day Edition)

Enough basketball already! I mean other than waiting for Kentucky to win it all like everyone thinks they will, and Alabama trying to find a new coach, I am all hooped out. But hold on, help is on the way! (cue The Little River Band) Baseball opening day is Sunday! Yeah, the Braves are going to suck, but at least they are playing a game outside. Then again, I am probably the only person that actually likes baseball anyway.

But before we fill out those lineup cards and sit down with some dogs and a beer, lets take a quick review of last week by following this link, or trying to figure out the artists from the cool picture below: 

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

Friday and the Random 10 (BlackHeartbreakers Edition)

In my long search for a sponsor for my blog (it's been about a week) I figured maybe I would give Viggle some love since I talk about them and use the app all the time. I have been pretty diligent about using it lately and actually was able to get another t-shirt. Assuming it fits me (they had no XXXL), I will post a pic when it comes in. And the ladies all swoon...

So if you take a look back at last week I was trying to come up with an idea for Exile Island. I decided on the old Foursquare (now Swarm) idea of having a "mayor" by the number of times sent out. The current mayor is Chicago, even though they escaped last week. So from now on, everyone will see who is exiled, and for how many times. Like this:

Get it? Got it? Good. As usual the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top. And now, on to the music!

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1) Jimi Hendrix/Red House - Oh this is how we're starting today. Nice.

2) Rick Wakeman/The Peregrine Falcon - I guess this is his album about birds. Or things that fly. Still, RW on the piano is magic

3) Vanessa Carlton/More Than This - I have no shame here. I like her. Also, more piano.

4) Joan Jett & The Blackhearts/You Don't Know What You Got - Kick ass.

5) Faith No More/Just a Man - This is from one of their other albums and a song I have never heard before. It doesn't suck.

6) Jimmy Buffett/Distantly in Love - Every time he shows up I get worried that Media Player is messing up again. He shows up like five times when that happens.

7) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers/American Girl - Good ole southern boy. You know, him and Joan Jett have awesome name for their backup bands. They should get together. They could do a duet and be backed up by the BlackHeartbreakers. Yeah.

8) Camel/Mother Road - I still like these guys. Don't know a thing about them other than that they're smooth.

9) Asia/Russian Dolls - This is the original Asia (minus Howe) back again . Album cover winner obviously, because Roger Dean:

10) Dennis DeYoung/Won't Go Wasted - The man can sing. I'll give him that. I think he has too much Broadway in him now to ever go back to Styx.

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And there we have it. That was a pretty good mix of songs. I added several 70's and 80's compilation CD's to my inventory so I was expecting to hear some truly random (and unknown) stuff. Maybe next time.

The STCS for this week is Pink Floyd/Don't Leave Me Now. You know what that means? The Beatles are finally free! Not only that, no one got exiled. The island can be taken over and overgrown by nature again. 

As always, stay cool? warm? comfy! and dry wherever you are and Roll Tide!

Current Viggle points: 6,175

Play us out Joan:

Friday and the Random 10 (Refurbishment Edition)

So another week has gone by and I finally get to my new days off. I switched from Tues/Wed to Fri/Sat. I also went to all morning shifts in an effort to be able to do as much blogging as I can. 

The bad news though is that when I get back on Sunday it is the last day of steam trains for six weeks. Yeah, it's the refurbishment time of the year. Instead, I will be hanging with Mickey and Tinkerbell in the Town Square Theater (TST), while trying to save the whole park from that villain Hades over at Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom (SOMK). Yeah, I'll be using a lot of vacation time in the next six weeks...

But for now, I have a Random 10 to do. Looking back at last week I see that Chicago joined RW on Exile Island. Yeah it's a new thing, inspired obviously by Survivor.

As usual the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top.

Here we go...

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1) Faith No More/Crack Hitler - I have no idea. I'm not really familiar with any of their stuff past their first album.

2) Styx/Witch Wolf - Bet you've never heard of this one. Be thankful. Very early stuff (before Tommy Shaw) from an album that made completely no sense to me. I do plan to cover all their albums on Music Monday when I am done with all the Yes.

3) Dream Theater/Trial of Tears - Like I said before it's a little heavier than I like my prog, but I could get into them I think if I took more time to listen.

4) Styx/I Am the Walrus - Well, my boys go and get themselves banned. Beatles remake obviously, but I think they did a good job of it. Enjoy the video:

5) Camel/Arubaluba - Album cover winner because, hey a train:

6) Michael Jackson/Leave Me Alone - Wow, that's two weeks in a row. Enjoy another messed up video:

Okay I just watched that whole thing.

7) The Moody Blues/The Voyage - Old school, eerie sounding stuff from them. Moody is right. Most of their stuff sounds like a soundtrack from a dream. Ooh, I like the way that sounds.

8) Chicago/An Hour in the Shower

8) Trans-Siberian Orchestra/Christmas Dreams - Well it is officially fall right?

9) Utada Hikaru/Sanctuary - Wow, yeah. You gamers will know this one. Love this song from Kingdom Hearts II.

10) Ratt/Dangerous But Worth the Risk - Exactly.

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And there we have it. Chicago tried to sneak back in but the Tarkus took care of them. Banned for another week, but they have some company in Styx (who was originally based in Chicago BTW). RW is now free to join his tribe. The STCS for this week is Tom Petty/Here Comes My Girl. Good ole southern boy there.

As always, stay cool and dry wherever you are, and Roll Tide!

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Friday and the Random 10 (Viggle Edition)

I have been playing around with this app called Viggle. Some of you may know about it already. Apparently you can earn points just for watching TV that you can redeem for gift cards and such. I haven't gotten that far just yet, but I have noticed that it also has a music option that will identify what you are playing for points as well. Been using that on my drive to and from work. Figured I might as well use it here as well. Points are points right?

Well anyway, looking back at last week I see there was a lot of activity. The Beatles got the monthly ban, and Mr. Pina Colada-burg got Tarkus'd so we won't be seeing him this week either (I have no idea how to make the tilde over the "n"). As always the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top.

Let's Viggle away!

1) Van Halen/Girl Gone Bad - Yeah that's the way to start off. Classic album cover:

2) Ratt/Back for More - Oh it looks like we're rockin' this week.

3) Billy Joel/The Longest Time - Well at least it was still in the 80's.

4) Camel/Drafted - Wow, Viggle identified this before I could figure it out who it was. I still love their sound.

5) The Beatles/Tell Me Why

5) Kansas/The Pinnacle - Completely epic. No one does music like this anymore.

6) Chicago/Where Do We Go From Here - Now this is some old school stuff back when they were still hippies.

7) Casting Crowns/Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me) - Wow, it's been a long time since they've shown up.

8) Styx/Kiss Your Ass Goodbye - Okay apparently Viggle doesn't work too well with live versions. Sounds crappy anyway.

9) Steve Howe/Never Stop Learning - Viggle had a hard time with this demo but it eventually matched it. Yes, this demo did end up on ABWH as Brother of Mine.

10) Jimi Hendrix/May This Be Love - Believe it or not I'm not very familiar with a lot of his stuff. Working on changing that.

Well there it is. The Fab Four tried but the Tarkus got them. Everything else was pretty cool. The STCS this week is Jimmy Buffett/Creola Err, umm, no. I'm going to ignore that and go with the next one which is Jimi Hendrix/Purple Haze. Much better, but now Jimi can't show up next week. Ugh. That's the way it goes.

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

Play us out magnificently boys!

Friday and the Random 10 (Making Memories Edition)

Time heals all wounds so they say. I'm hoping that seven days was enough to distance myself from last week's disappointment. This time has to be better. Couldn't be worse right? The Tarkus did show up, and Jon Anderson got banned.

As usual the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top. Throwing on a positive face now and hoping for some good karma.

Let's rock this joint!