Friday and the Random 10 (Neal Schon's Afro Edition)

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

Here's a picture.

Afros are cool

Friday and the Random 10 (Life is Just a Fantasy Edition)

Oh man. Not a lot of time for talk. Too tired. Working the holidays at Disney sucks. Enjoy some music:

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Friday and the Random Ten (Smoke on the Water Edition)

Time for things to get back to normal around here, but I can't believe it is already the middle of September. You know what that mean at Disney right? Yep, Halloween parties! Ugh. The first one was on the 15th. Like three days ago the 15th. Of September. Disney has to milk that cash cow as much as they can. Not a holiday I care much for in the first place. Oh well, let's see if the Random 10 is down with it.

Friday and the Random 10 (Deflate-Gate Penalties Edition)

You know, sometimes I am right about things. In this Random 10 back in January, I first mentioned "Deflate-Gate" and how the NFL wasn't going to shut up about it. It was still being picked apart in the Super Bowl edition, and now that the penalties have been handed down four months later in May (4 game suspension, fines, loss of draft picks) you would think people have lost their minds. The appeal is going to get real ugly people, so stay tuned for that.

Meanwhile in the real world, how about that Random Ten last week? You can take a quick review 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 (Gloomy Weather Edition)

I know a lot of yall out there have more reason than I do to complain about the weather but c'mon Florida! Yes it was 84 degrees a few days ago...in February...but two days later it's in the 40's?!? And today its dark and gloomy. Be consistent already! Ugh!

You know what is consistent? That's right, Friday and the Random 10! Looking back at last week, I see that Kansas gets a weekly ban and The Moody Blues get to take the whole month off. Will the Tarkus arise for the first time in 2014? Inquiring minds want to know...

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

Yeah I know it's been a few weeks since I have rolled one of these out, but you know how the holidays go (especially when you work for the Mouse). And don't worry, the weekly tradition will continue into 2014 as well, plus a few other things I have up my sleeve.

Enough of that Von, get down to the music!

Friday and the Random 10

Life seems to be getting to that part of year where everything changes. Kids going back to school, football starting soon, etc. One thing you can always count on is the Random 10. I mean, it's become like an institution for ya'll right? (and by ya'll I mean both of my readers). Anyway, looking back at last week, I see no one got banned. Must have been all that RW I deleted. As usual, the rules and whatnot are over there → to the right.

Let's get this party started!

Friday and the Random 10

Well hey hey! Two weeks in a row I'm all about the randomness. I bet you thought I would forget this week, well nope! What the deal is I'm gonna hit up 10 random songs from my inventory and list them out, no matter how embarrassing or stupid. Let's see if there is a theme this week and if there are any of my special award winners.

Ain't nothing to it but to do it!

1) Extreme/Take Us Alive - I love these guys

2) Vivaldi/The Four Seasons (Spring) - yeah, I got some class...I ain't ashamed

3) Def Leppard/Run Riot - was there a better 90's album than Hysteria? I think not.

4) Yes/Saving My Heart - ugh, bad song from an album that could have been epic. And I'm not using them for the album cover winner because this album won last week.

5) Wendy Carlos/Tronaction - from the original Tron soundtrack. Ummm, yeah this Wendy person used to be a dude. Check it out here.

6) Michael Jackson/Give in to Me - downloaded some MJ recently. Never heard this one before.

7) Kansas/Power - a hugely underrated album

8) Sandy Farina/Here Comes the Sun - from the Sergeant Pepper's LHCB 1978 movie soundtrack with Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees. This movie is one of my guilty pleasures, right up there with Xanadu...

9) ABWH/The Meeting - live version of the perfect song. This song has so many deep meanings for me. Album cover winner and this poster is framed over the couch in my living room.

10) Britney Spears/Circus - ummm, what?

I cant end on that so the Spinal Tap Commemorative Song (STCS) this week is Journey/Anything is Possible. Yeah the new singer does NOT sound like Steve Perry. Stop getting these guys from tribute bands!

Play us out Kansas:

***Correction*** My brother informed me that Hysteria came out in '87. My bad.

The Random 10: Weekend Edition

So I was a little busy with work and all yesterday so I couldn't get this out on time (and I didn't really feel like doing it at 11:30 last night). Anyway, welcome to new and improved Random 10! "How is it new?" you ask. Well there was one last week and this is today so it's NEWER. Improved? Well, I'll have to wait and see what the music is before actually admitting to the veracity of that part.

Here we go:

1) Boston/Need Your Love - great start! This song is from the last great Boston CD (Walk On), because you know that Corporate America was a smelly pile of hippie wimpy bullcrap

2) Jon Anderson/Much Better Reason - from one of his solo albums that was actually kinda decent, Animation, but it's obvious that JonJon needs the same thing DDY does: his old band

3) Enigma/The Alchemist - is there anything by them that isn't awesome?

4) AC/DC/Thunderstruck - are you shitting me? Thunder!

5) Vivaldi/Autumn - and now for a completely change of pace...

6) Vanessa Carlton/Hands on Me - I have a  soft spot for a few female singers that I think actually have talent like VC here

7) Wendy Carlos/Creation of Tron - from the Tron soundtrack, obviously. Wanna read something interesting? Look up Wendy Carlos. Here's a hint: used to be a dude!

8) Rush/Red Barchetta - Rush at their peak

9) Styx/Too Much Time on My Hands - wow, just wow. This is probably my #1 fave album of all time.

10) ABBA/The Way Old Friends Do - yeah I don't know what to say about this one..and it's not even one of the better ABBA songs...but damn those chicks were hot!

Well that was pretty awesome for a change! So see, it was IMPROVED. Truth in advertising for once! The Spinal Tap Special this week is The Commodores/Nightshift.

Plus us out boys!