Friday and the Random 10 (Heartbreaker Edition)

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

Here's a picture.

Friday and the Random 10 (I'm Running Edition)

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

Here's a picture.

But seriously I never run.

Friday and the Random 10 (Work in Progress Edition)

If you tuned in last week you may have noticed down at the bottom I added an actual podcast. I encountered a few problems with the music from YouTube, but hopefully I have most of that sorted out. Don't judge me too hard, it was a first attempt and definitely still a work in progress. Oh well, here we go again. Second verse, same as the first:

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Friday and the Random 10 (National Championship Afterglow Edition)

Well things are starting to slow down around here...slightly. It has been a busy time with Christmas and then New Years. Throw in the fact that I am still on cloud nine after Bama won it's 16th championship on Monday, followed two days later by my birthday it is a wonder I even have time to work on my blog. Some changes are in store for sure, and I have already "tested" a few of them. More on that later. For now, on to the 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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (24 Hours of Disney Edition)

Well today is the day a lot of us have been dreading. Ever since Disney did that thing a few years back on leap year where we stayed open for a full 24 hours they find reasons to do it again. And this time they found ways to make it better worse. This time the trains will be running all night as well. That's right, all of the 1920-ish steam trains will be running for basically an entire day. Uh huh. We'll see how that goes...

And also, this time cast members are blocked out from attending. You know all those wonderful "perks" we are supposed to have? Bet you didn't know that are main gate passes are invalid basically all summer. You know when friends and family actually visit Florida and want us to get them in the parks. Wanna see the castle? Nope. How about a tree in a park nobody wants to go to? It's a glorious life.

Anyway, So in honor of this day the Top 10 is going to be the Top 24. Usual rules are up there ↑ at the top, but the bannings do not matter this time around.

Here's a song for every hour we are open today!

Friday and the Random 10

Wow, the holidays can really keep a person busy. When you work for the Mouse, you basically have no life from Thanksgiving to New Years. But now that January is upon us things start slowing down just a bit.

I hope to blog a lot more in 2014. I also have a ton of books I plan to read this year so look for reviews of that at some point. For now, how bout we just settle in with something familiar like a Random 10. As usual the rules and whatnot are over there → to the right.

Let's see how this year starts off!

Friday and the Random 10

Well another week has passed us by, but you know what that means! It's Friday! And time to be random! Don't worry, I'm not going to end every sentence with an exclamation point! Oops, I mean "." Anyway, looking back at last week, I see that Def Leppard got banned. As usual, the rules and whatnot are over there → to the right.

Here we go!

1) Across The Universe/Soundtrack (Across the Universe) - I mean it wasn't Sgt Peppers with the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton (what is?), but it was a decent movie.

2) The Alan Parsons Project/Can't Take It With You - You know, in their off time from building that giant death laser on the moon.

3) The Alan Parsons Project/What Goes Up... - And we have our first banning of the day. Too bad cuz I like them.

4) Def Leppard/Hell Raiser Yes/Clear Days - The Tarkus has eliminated its target, allowing Yes to proceed. I have previously covered this song and album here.

5) ELO/Julie Don't Live Here Anymore - Did you ever buy a record and end up liking the bonus track/B-side more? This was the case with both of the singles from their album Time. And this song didn't even make the album.

6) Van Halen/You Really Got Me - Anyone else notice they did a lot of remakes of other people's stuff?

7) Jimmy Buffet/Who's The Blonde Stranger - Oh Jimmy and your comedic ways...

8) Ratt/Way Cool Jr. - Yes I am and welcome to the party pal!

9) Thomas Dolby/I Love You Goodbye - This is how I feel about a lot of things lately. Good song.

10) ABBA/Take a Chance on Me - Move along. Nothing to see here. Ignore the women in go-go boots behind the curtain.

So there we go. Alan Parsons shows up and gets banned while Def Leppard tries to sneak back in but got Tarkus'd. The STCS for this week is Yes/Soft as a Dove. Does that get them banned? I'm going to say yes to Yes for doing two wimpy songs. I love you goodbye (see what I did there?). Anyway, stay cool central Florida, and Roll Tide!

I love this song.

Friday and the Random Ten

Well here we go with another week of randomness. Same rules as always: set it to random and list the first ten songs that pop up.

1) Trans-Siberian Orchestra/The Moment - the have a couple of non-Christmas albums. This is from Beethoven's Last Night

2) The Moody Blues/Your Wildest Dreams - cool 80's song

3) Thomas Dolby/Urges - I still love his stuff

4) Styx/Show Me the Way - remember when they did this song with a mash up from clips about the Gulf War? Styx was relevant again...for awhile...

5) Yes/Five Percent For Nothing - this is a small 35 second instrumental piece from Fragile (album cover winner!). It was named after the band giving 5% of the profits to the record company to pay for some equipment. They felt it was a waste, obviously.

6) The Beatles/If I Needed Someone - some oldie stuff before they got really interesting

7) Casting Crowns/Glory - my fave Christian group

8) Alabama/She Can - I just cant get into country. I just keep them because of the name.

9) Dennis DeYoung/Desert Moon - probably the best solo song from any of the Styx members. I so wanted to be just like DDY in the 80's. Easy video winner.

10) Rush/The Pass - not one of their better songs or albums

Well there we go. The STCS for this week is Chicago/Must Have Been Crazy. Weird album by them trying to survive the disco era.

Play us out quickly Bill Bruford!

Friday Night and the Random 10

I've been meaning to get back into the flow of things and start doing these things again since I've actually had some extra time for a change. I probably have alot of newbies that will see this for the first time (hey facebook peeps!) so these are the dadgum rules: set your Ipod or Mp3 player or media player on random and list the first 10 songs that pop up, no matter how embarrassing. I usually have a video, album cover, and/or lyrics winner for mine. Either way, it lets you see into my musical tastes some and you can maybe see the stuff that makes me tick.

Enough chat...away we go!

1) Styx/Fallen Angel - the last time Dennis DeYoung was actually allowed to participate in the band

2) Thomas Dolby/ N.E.O - some weird electronic stuff he did...but at least it sounds cool

3) Alabama/She's Got That Look in Her Eye - my only country stuff and I dont even like it that much but their name is slightly awesome

4) The Beatles/Fixing a Hole - classic stuff from Sgt Pepper's...got to be an album cover winner here:

5) The Beatles/Got to Get You into My Life - wow, back to back Beatles!

6) Jon Anderson/Latino - one of his "world music" solo craptastic albums...yeah it sucks

7) YES/Then - some very very early stuff from them...and a classic

8) Faith No More/Falling to Pieces - hell yeah, these guys were so funky weird and cool....here's another video if you dont believe me:

9) Rush/In The Mood - very early stuff from them too

10) YES/Golden Age - another one of their 1000 demo's that only made it onto an album as a bonus track... and for good reason because of the suckage...

Well nothing earth shattering there (except maybe Faith No More) and just out of curiosity and for the sake of Spinal Tap, #11 would have been Camel/Dunkirk...eh, maybe next time will be better (thats what she said...)

Friday and the Random 10

Yes, you've waited all week for it, and now its back! Take a look into my musical world as I set my media player on random and see what pops up. Enjoy!

1) Alabama/Pass It On Down - a southern country environmental song...ummm, k

2) Thomas Dolby/Quantum Mechanic - some spacey, electronic music...this guy was awesome during the 80's

3) Van Halen/Spanish Fly - a little acoustic piece by Eddie

4) Shaw-Blades/For What It's Worth - Tommy Shaw (Styx) and Jack Blades (Night Ranger) doing old stuff on their Influences CD....if you dont have it, get it NOW

5) Billy Joel/A Matter of Trust

6) Red Hot Chili Peppers/Catholic School Girls Rule - never heard this one, but its kinda funny

7) AC/DC/Deep in the Hole - these guys are sooo subtle with their titles sometimes

8) Foreigner/Out of the Blue - this sounds like it was during the pussification period when all 70's and 80's bands became wimpy love song acts...i'm still looking at you Journey...and Chicago...

9) Chicago/Nothin's Gonna Stop Us Now - wow, speak of the wimps devil...this album cover even sucked

10) Chicago/Better - again?...at least this one sounds jazzy

Well that was all a boatload full of suck. My apologies for subjecting you to all this garbage this week. Play us out Billy!

Friday and the Random 10

Another week, another Friday, another chance to be embarrassed by randomness. The way it works is, put your media player (or Ipod/mp3 player) on random and list the first 10 songs that pop up. I usually try to have a winner for video and album cover.

And away we go...

1) YES/Shock the the System - great one to start off...and any YES song gets an automatic album cover simply because theyre just so cool!

2) Jon Anderson/For You - not the country singer but the lead singer of YES (or at least used to be since they replaced him with someone from a tribute band -HERESY!) This is one of his gay solo albums with the musicians from Toto


3) Alabama/Music Loves Me - ok, I'm a southern boy from Bama...I have to have some Alabama in my repertoire (hey did you know you can type that word with just the top row of the keyboard?) 


4) Apollo 440/Tears of the Gods - I have loved these guys since they did the theme song for the Lost in Space movie


5) Tears for Fears/Standing on the Corner of the Third World - yeah I aint ever heard of this one either


6) Thomas Dolby/Airwaves -kinda a futuristic emo


7) Don MClean/American Pie - didnt even know i had this classic. Go here for an interesting explanation of all verses of the song


8) King Crimson/Sailor's Tale - kinda like YES...wildly experimental but too jazzy for me most of the time...Bill Bruford left YES for them and never came back like some of the others except for the ABWH album...he was the "B" obviously


9) Red Hot Chili Peppers/Higher Ground - i like their sound


10) Jane Child/Welcome to the Real World - OMG, I so used to have the hots for her! And crap! I cant find the video anywhere. I'm sure Ive seen it somewhere before. I guess i'll have to let Dolby play us out...

Video Winner:

And RW hasnt shown up yet!