Friday and the Random 10 (Musicatto Edition)

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

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One of the most underrated albums of the 80's.

Friday and the Random 10 (When It's Over Edition)

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

Here's a picture.

Bandannas are bad-ass

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 (Triskaidekaphobia Edition)

Florida is still not cooperating y'all. They filmed a lot of the Christmas Day events at the Magic Kingdom this week (in case of bad weather) and most of the time it was a chilly 90+ degrees. It just ain't right. I'm gonna move to Michigan, or Hoth, I hear they're about the same in winter...

Anyway, at least there is one thing to perk me up a bit. Today is one of my favorite days: Friday the 13th! I have detailed before my love for thirteen. Wore it all through high school and college. So, when the Random 10 falls on this particular day I get to share more songs.

The Lucky 13:

Friday and the Random 10 (Zig Zaggety Edition)

Man, the life of a Disney cast member can be so time consuming during the summer. There is always a need for you to work somewhere so it's not unusual to put in 60-70 hours a week for several weeks in a row if you can handle it. I am in the middle of a stretch like that now.

I certainly do not get to blog as much as I want to, but I do try to update Twitter or Instagram with stuff where I can to fill in the gaps. You should be able to see them over to the right of this blog. Follow me there for more of my day to day life, especially if you are interested in the Disney side of cast member life.

And now for the real reason everyone is here. Last week's countdown was pretty straightforward with no one getting banned so everyone is fair game. I'm still thinking about that "Viggle" rule though. As usual the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top.

On with the show...

Friday and the Random 10 (Roll Tide Edition)

College football has finally started! Last night was battle of the Carolinas (with a long weather 101), followed by a great back and forth SEC game between Vandy and Ole Miss. But that's all just the appetizer. The Main course starts tomorrow as Bama takes on Va Tech. I am so pumped!

And nothing better to help me get more pumped up than a Random 10! Looking back at last week, I see that no one was banned. Cool. As usual, the rules and whatnot are over there → to the right.

Time for the kickoff!

Friday and the Random 10: Trying Harder Seems the Only Way to Go

Well here I am, another Friday and it's been a weird week. From going from a potential disaster at my workplace with my ex transferring to my department to the clutch going out on my truck, it's been a real crappy week. But here I am anyway. Might as well go with the randomness and hope for a change in my fortunes...

1) Rick Wakeman/The Glade -and we start with a piano piece from one of RW's 2,154 solo albums during the 80's-90's...this is actually a nice sounding piece...calms my nerves a bit

2) Glass Hammer/The Mirror Cracks - another instrumental piece from a new band i'm giving a listen to

3) Billy Joel/To Make You Feel My Love - and the moodiness continues

4) Jon Anderson/Unlearning (The Dividing Line) - from his Animation solo album which sounds soooo 80's

5) Eurythmics/Love is a Stranger - yes, yes it is

6) Francesca Battistelli/Blue Sky - well finally a pick-me-up song...I do believe she played Night of Joy this year at Disney

7) Jon Anderson/Some are Born - this was a YES demo song that ended up on Jonjon's Song of Seven..bonus lyrics...

Some are born to run

Some are born to fly

Through the echoes of the feelings drawn in everyman

Some are born to lose

Some are born to try

Trying harder seems the only way to go

Trying harder seems the only way to go

8) Third Day/Mama - sorry Cat, but they still sound like Hootie & the Blowfish to me  :-(

9) Chicago/Street Player - Chicago, yes! Horn section, yes! Disco? Oh Hell No!

10) Styx/Southern Woman - finally a song with a decent album cover

Well I guess i'm not in a great mood and it kinda show up in the songs. The Spinal Tap Commemorative Song for this week is Enigma/Back to the Rivers of Belief. Wow, nice. 

Until next time, trying harder seems the only way to go...

Friday Night and the Random 10

Another week, another Friday night at home. Le sigh.. Anywho, it gives me time to do another Random 10 (and there was much rejoicing in the village!). Ok, yeah I'm in a weird mood tonite so I guess I'll just get this thing done. Here we go:

1) Anthrax/N.F.B. - seriously funny song...I gotta find this on youtube...yes!...I wont ruin the ending!

2) Styx/Fooling Yourself - nuff said, best song by them ever. Killer album cover too:

3) Steve Winwood/The Finer Things - he was really big there in the 80's for awhile...great songs...

4) Apollo 440/Escape to Beyond the Planet of the Super Ape - ummm, yeah I dont know either

5) Cyndi Lauper/Money Changes Everything - yes it does.

6) Black Sabbath/Paranoid - the Ozzman singeth!

7) Bill Joel/An Innocent Man - I love this song because I can so sympathize with it. It does seem I bear the burdens of the females in my life being hurt by someone else. It wasn't my fault, but I have to pay the price for it. So many relationships that could have worked out if only someone else hadn't hurt them before they got to me. It's just my luck every time, and yeah, it sucks...

8) Daft Punk/Outlands Pt.II - from the Tron Legacy soundtrack

9) Eurythmics/The Miracle of Love - didnt know I had this and certainly never heard it before

10) Led Zeppelin/Custard Pie - you know, I just aint that crazy about Zep as some people seem to be.

Well there it is once again. Make what you want of it. I kind of went off there a little bit on the Billy Joel song, but eh, some things just come flowing out sometimes.

Oh, and the Spinal Tap memorial song for this week would have been: REO Speedwagon/Movin'.