Friday and the Random 10 (You Wish All Musicals Were This Good Edition)

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

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Still not ashamed...

Friday and the Random 10 (Friday the 13th Edition)

Welcome to a new and improved, simplified and stripped down Random 10 13! 

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Friday and the Random 10 (Post Plague Edition)

Oh man, yeah I know I missed last week but I had a good reason: the plague. Yeah I have been kinda sickly which caused me to miss several days of work. Luckily, I had the sick pay on file to take care of it. Now that I am 85% back to "normal" I can try to get things back on track. How about some music?

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Friday and the Random 10 (Rock & Roll HOF Edition)

So, the new nominees are out for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and most of it just leaves me scratching my head. Rock & Roll?!? You keep using that phrase but I don't think it means what you think it means. Chic? Janet Jackson? Chaka Khan? Let me say that again. Umm, Chaka Kahn? I feel for you honey. I do, but no.

This isn't a music HOF, it's rock & roll! I voted for The Cars, Chicago (yeah I know I give them a hard time but the 70's stuff is legendary), Deep Purple, and of course, the most deserving in the universe and basically how the frack are they not in there already, YES.

P.S. Who the Hell are The J.B.'s? And N.W.A.??? Not on my planet. My world is more like this:

Friday and the Random 10 (Time Stand Still Edition)

Yeah, I know I missed a week. You know how some people say "real life intrudes"? Yeah, that was me. I know my blog has been full of Disney and music history lately. Those we meant to fill in the dead spots between regular posts, but they seem to have taken over somewhat. Things will even out more soon (I hope!) The last Top 10 list I did was actually full of substance and intelligence. No one got sent to Exile Island for the third week in a row so anyone is fair game again. Let's see how it turns out!

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Friday and the Random 10 (Arresting Elsa Edition)

So here with are with March coming in like a lamb? Lion? Giant magnifying lens between the sun and Florida? Yeah that one. It was 87 degrees here yesterday. 87 m'effin' 87! Y'all that ain't right. I know you think we are all lucky down here, but we dread the heat like you dread the winter. Let's just say it's a nice place to vacation, but you wouldn't want to live here. By the way, those states that "arrested" Elsa from Frozen because of the cold and snow, please keep her locked up. All of us at Disney would appreciate that for non-weather related reasons. K thanks.

Now on to the reason we are here: random music! So I am setting my media player on random and letting it play, then listing the first ten songs that pop up. That's how it works. As always the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top next to the Home tab.

As a quick review of last week, you can follow this link, or try and figure out the artists from the cool picture below: 

Friday and the Random 10 (Friday the 13th Edition)

My lucky number has always been 13. I was my baseball jersey number in high school and college. So, Friday the 13th has always been a fun day for me. No bad omens here. However, I do realize tomorrow is "Singles Awareness Day" (i.e Valentine's Day massacre) and if you are out there and planning to propose you might want to hold off. Just saying. You have been warned. And I hope you went to Jared...

In keeping with the ever growing and evolving list of traditions around here, this countdown will feature not ten, but thirteen songs. But first, as a quick review of last week, you can follow this link, or check out 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 (Tragic Kingdom Edition)

August is finally in full bloom and I'm not sure what I am most excited about: Doctor Who in 16 days(!) or Alabama football in 23(!!). At least they won't be on at the same time so I won't be faced with a difficult dilemma like the whole Capt Jack/Tony Stark debate (still time to vote...just saying...).

Anywayz, let's focus on the here and now and get down to the random 10. Last week shows us how persistent some bands can be, with The Moody Blues still trying to sneak past the Tarkus to no avail. Hopefully they can stay away for just one week and make themselves eligible again. Here's hoping.

Time to spin the wheel of fate...

1) Dream Theater/Only a Matter of Time - My brother Scott has been on me for a long time to listen to these guys. I finally relented and they show up right away. You know what that gets:

2) No Doubt/Happy Now? - Gwen Stefani. Yes please. Album cover winner:

3) Def Leppard/Stagefright - Oh yeah we're rocking now.

4) Dennis DeYoung/Pilate's Dream - DDY did a Broadway album with this song from Jesus Christ Superstar. I give him a lot of crap but he has an amazing voice.

5) Van Halen/Little Guitars (intro) - Eddie plays a mean acoustic guitar too.

6) Nektar/You're Alone - Thanks for pointing that out guys. Oh and Viggle has no clue what song this is.

7) The Nice/Rondo (69) - This is Keith Emerson's band before he was in Emerson Lake & Palmer. Great experimental stuff.

8) Return to Forever/Celebration Suite Pt.1 - Here's more of that late 60's/early 70's jazz fusion rock stuff.

9) Bronz/Harder Than Diamond - Viggle has no idea from this one hit wonder. Once again, this wasn't the hit. You know what, time to bring the Cybermen Award back:

10) Jon Anderson/Hurry Home (Song for the Pleiades) - This was JonJon's solo album (with members of Toto) that he did right before the ABWH album. I see some elements here that he used later.

And there we have it. I'm thinking of making a "Viggle rule" that if it cannot be identified then it gets deleted. I'm not sure about that though. I'll have to think on that some more.

The STCS song for this week is Trans-Siberian Orchestra/The Safest Way into Tomorrow. Let us rejoice for The Moody Blues have finally been set free! Also, no one got banned this week either. Awesome.

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

I'm gonna let Jon play us out.

Friday and the Random 10 (So Long Mickey Mouse Edition)

So another week has come and gone and it's basically the same routine here everyday: work with a possibility of getting rained on. Such is the Disney life. Glamorous I know.

Well as constant as a 1:15 central Florida thunderstorm is Friday's Random 10. Looking back at last week I see that no one got the ban so it's all fair game this week. As usual the rules and whatnot are up there ↑ at the top.

Let's bring the thunder!

1) The Beatles/Revolution 1 - Makes me want to buy some Nike's. Some of y'all remember.

2) Jackson Browne/Before the Deluge - How appropriate.

3) Toto/I Will Remember - And somehow I don't remember this song at all.

4) Pink Floyd/In The Flesh - Some PF I can tolerate. Classic album cover winner:

5) The Moody Blues/Talking Out of Turn - One of my favorite "personal" songs that have deep meaning to me. I love everything about this song.

6) Asia/Heroine - This was my "divorce" album, however this was one of my least favorite songs from Phoenix.

7) Return to Forever/Song Long Mickey Mouse - Ummm, what? Instrumental jazzy piece with no lyrics. Dang I was real curious.

8) Bronz/The Cold Truth - One hit wonders. This wasn't it.

9) Rachmaninoff/Piano Concerto #1 - Now all I need is a fire and glass of wine. Well, and a lady. That would help.

10) Aerosmith/Come Together - From that Sgt. Pepper's movie again. Yeah it had Aerosmith. Yeah it's awesome like that.

Well there we go for another week. I'm sure I got a lot of Disney peeps to read this because of the title. No I'm not going anywhere (for now). No one gets banned for next week which is always cool. That Tarkus hasn't been around in awhile. The STCS is Saga/The Flyer. Canada represents!

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

Play us out with sensitivity boys:

Friday and the Random 10 (The Moment is Coming)

Another Friday is upon us and what a special Friday it is! It's Doctor Who Eve! Yes, the Doctor returns tomorrow. Cannot wait! Until then I will have to pass my time with trivial things like work and, oh I don't know, how about a Random 10!?!

Giving a look at last week I can see that no one got banned or even Tarkus'd. Been awhile for that. As usual the rules and whatnot are over there → to the right.

And now, the oncoming storm!

Friday and the Random 10

Well it's been a whole week since Halloween so you know what that means: Disney has gone into full Christmas mode. Thanksgiving? Never heard of it. The only turkeys around here are some of the songs that show up on the countdown. Like for instance, DDY went and got himself banned last week and Chicago got Tarkus'd three different times. This week? Hard to say, but we will see how it goes. Oh, and pass the mashed potatoes...

Friday and the Random 10 (New Roommate Edition)

You may have noticed recently that I have been re-posting a lot of my older posts dealing with relationships. Well the reason behind that is that my collaborator, co-conspirator, and just plain evil muse Kerra (from The Levels of Awkwardness) is moving back to Florida today. We plan to do some creative and mind bending "blogwork" in the upcoming weeks. Be on the lookout for that.

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

Well here we are back again for another round of randomness. As usual, the rules are over there → to the right. I see from last week, that Yes is banned again, and it's still June so ABWH is still serving out their sentence. Let's get down to it!

1) Phil Collins/This Must Be Love - Haven't heard from him in awhile.

2) Camel/Drafted - These guys sure do show up a lot. I'm surprised they haven't been banned yet.

3) Return to Forever/Return to Lo - More of that space age jazzy sleeping music.

4) Michael Jackson/2 Bad - At first I thought this was Bad, which would have given me a cool video to add, but alas no. I don't really know this song.

5) Styx/A Man Like Me - Old school Wooden Nickel Styx before Tommy Shaw. Album cover winner.

6) Rush/Face Up - They got to a point in the 80's/90's that all their music sounded the same to me.

7) The Black Eyed Peas/Labor Day - Sometimes I can bring the funk.

8) Jimmy Buffet/Manana - Makes me want to get drunk(er).

9) Camel/Running from Paradise - Ask and ye shall receive. Banned for next week.

10) Billy Joel/Shameless - Eh, ok I guess.

Not a bad mix this week I suppose. The STCS for this week is Chicago/Mah Jong, from that mysterious Stone of Sisyphus album. Neat story. Anyway, there it is and now that it's done...

Play us out retro Styx!

 

 

Weekend Update

Doctor Who - Working my way into Season 6. From the Pandorica to Demons Run! The River Song thing gets me every time, but I wont ruin it for you if you don't know. Spoilers!

The Walking Dead - Cool episode with Rick and company heading back to his old home town in search of guns/ammo. Pick up the damn hitchhiker already! That was kind of disappointing.

How I Met Your Mother - No new episode this week. Ted needs to meet that woman already, like 4 seasons ago.

Big Bang Theory - Never Google how to excite 12 year old girls...

Community - And now a Thanksgiving episode?

New Girl - Nothing new here either. I am re-watching both seasons though.

Game of Thrones - Started watching this on recommendation from my mom. I'm not sure yet. At least there's no dragons or wizards in it.

A Good Time to Die Hard - I actually went and saw a movie on the big screen this week! Yes, we get it. Bruce Willis is old. And on vacation. They sure crashed alot of cars and trucks for this film. All in all  a good movie that seemed to end too abruptly. All I could think about the whole time they were in Chernobyl was "I remember that from Call of Duty!"

Music - This week I added some good old Sammy Hagar. I'm kind of interested in the late 60's/early 70's jazz fusion rock thing that went on for awhile (think Santana and early Journey before SP), so I've been giving a listen to Return to Forever. The first two albums sounded, well, "baby-fied" but once they went electric with synthesizers it was more what I was looking for. And as always, I am always open for music suggestions. Put your suggestions in the comment boxes below.

Sports

Braves - Rumors of possibly listening to offers for Johnny Venters which has people upset. If you can trade a relief pitcher for a good position player you do it. Every time. Cory Rasmus is trying to make a good impression, which is very cool because I coached him a little in high school.

Bama basketball - Lost Tuesday to Ole Miss. Bubble popped. Not making the Big Dance. Beat Georgia 61-58 to improve to 20-11. SEC tournament is up next where we will be the 4th seed.

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