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 (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 (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 (John Snow is Alive Edition)

Oh you knew he was alive. You, just like everyone else, kept staring at that table and expected him to open his eyes or jump up. The question is, was he alive already, or did the red witch actually bring him back? I never read the books so I don't know any future spoilers. #JohnSnowLives #GameOfThrones

Music is coming...

Friday and the Random 10 (Back from the Cruise Edition)

So, yeah, I missed a week. With the trains being shut down for refurbishment in the Magic Kingdom, most of us train peeps are using up all of our saved up vacation time. This year a group of us decided to do something together so we went on a cruise to the Bahamas. My first cruise ever (and yes I got me a magnet).

So now that I am back on (semi) dry land, we can get back to our normally scheduled program:

Friday and the Random 10 (06/14/13)

Not a lot of time this week so this one is going to be quick. As usual the rules and whatnot are over there → to the right. Looking back at last week, Styx and Jimmy Buffett are banned, and ABWH is still serving their month in the slammer.

Let's roll the dice!

1) Velvet Revolver/Fall to Pieces - I need to listen to them more. Good song.

2) Trans-Siberian Orchestra/Anno Domine - I guess I should separate my Christmas and other seasonal music to other folders.

3) Camel/Curiosity - More smooth sounds. Good nighttime sleeping music too.

4) Bob Seger/Night Moves - He still gets me.

5) The Beatles/You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - Good advice.

6) Glass Hammer/Watching the Sky - I can't tell if this band wants to be like Yes, ELP, or Jethro Tull.

7) Van Halen/Sinner's Swing - Great stuff from the DLR years.

8) Lynyrd Skynyrd/Swamp Music - Yes. Just yes.

9) Journey/In My Lonely Feeling/Conversations - Some of my favorite music is very early Journey before Steve Perry. Listen to Neal Schon on the guitar at the 2:15 mark. Magic.

10) Emerson Lake and Palmer (ELP)/Karn Evil 9 - Completely epic. No one makes music like this anymore, or even tries. Or is even talented enough to try.

Not bad. Actually one of the better ones lately, except for the Christmas tune. The STCS for this week is Bob Seger/Against the Wind. Mind-blowingly awesome. And he gets to play us out:

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...