Day 15- A Song That Describes You

One thing that I've realized over the course of my years- I work. A LOT.

I've always had a couple of jobs, at the same time, also juggling various other personal projects, responsibilities, etc.

Being told to slow down, relax, enjoy things- I enjoy being busy and getting things accomplished.

But, naturally, I worry about all this. Am I relaxing too much or working too hard? Sometimes even if I got to bed early I may be missing a prime time to be studying or reading something (and I'm not in school).

So here it is a song that best represents me:

Just ask Ian who told me I should relax more, AFTER I got my tattoo of the candle burning at both ends.

day 14 – a song that no one would expect you to love

A song no one expects that you love

And here it is:

Barenaked Ladies Call and Answer from their 1998 album Stunt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3AmY5HXzgA

(I won't make you suffer through it. Plus Youtube disabled it's embed tag. So it goes.)

Friends all know that I'm a BNL fan. Have been for the majority of my adulthood, and still as I've entered my 30's I think I've finally grown into it. This song has always followed me, and I've gladly let it.

That pesky Triskaidekaphobia...

Afraid of the number 13?

Never been afraid of 13, not going to be now. So I give to you Day 13- A Song that is a Guilty Pleasure.

I have a few different remixes of this song as well as the Extended dance version released in 1994.

It was almost painful me looking for this video.

A Song From A Band You Hate.

I give you Kings of Leon- what magnificent trash that someone had dumped out on a record executive's desk, set on fire, give the fire a pen and it somehow forged the name of the members of the band. I can't go to any greater length on how much I hate this band.

Let's just say I'd rather listen to Lighthouse.

All time favorite?

Not hardly.

Choosing a favorite band for me is very... Sophie's Choice for me. I'm not comparing the fact that I like all my bands equally, unrequited, and am I in no way comparing it to the severity of Sophie Zawistowski's choice, but I can't really leave any of my bands behind.



And on that note, another favorite band doing the same number!


I'm not adverse to saying Stephin Merritt is my favorite musician/curmudgeon, but he sure is up there.

Sleepyhead

Day 10 A Song that makes you fall asleep

The first time I heard Brian Eno's Here Come the Warm Jets I was at a house on Hickory street, stoned out of my mind and eating and atomic fireball.

I think the first track I heard was "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch" and I was hooked.

I listened to this album non-stop. I had at least a CD-R in my car, on my mp3 player, on my computer. I bought it on Vinyl (very expensive)

and forced it upon countless friends and always had at least one track on mixtapes or at party playlists.

This song although, was very... private for me. I never put it anywhere because I would listen to it late at night after studying for Linguistics finals, buzzed on black coffee

and needing to cool my own jets.

Day 9- A Song You Can Dance To

This one actually made me laugh, because it's just flashes of white belts and three button suits and girls with bangs.

House parties and the first night Hailey's had a dance party:



Would I dance to it now? Ehhhhhhh.......



probably.

Day 8- A Song You Know All The Words To

Is it cheating if your band covers it? A cover of a cover.

Well, I already knew all the words- so that's why we covered it.

Day 7- Songs that remind you of an event.

Every time I look at the photo on my parent's wall- It's a completely different me.

With no tattoos, and it looks soooooo weird.

We had rented a cabin for vacation and had driven all day from Big Spring through Lamesa, through Plains and into New Mexico. It was 1994.

As an avid X-FIles fan, I was enamored with Roswell. But my parents didn't stop. We were on a schedule, we had to check-in at the cabin, all those things that I now know were just parents being parents, and also adults- but then I just put on my threw up my hood on my hoodie, put my sunglasses on ( I think they were the round Lennon style, but tinted blue) and turned my Diskman all the way up:



And I listened to that song. On repeat for the entire ride to the cabin.

The only thing that that made me happy when we got there was that I got to buy X-men trading cards (All new ones, no repeats) and got to see a bear.

I still love this song, and it still reminds me of seeing a bear for the first time. And also not getting to stop at Roswell. Lots of events.

Know Your Onion!

Day 6- A Song That Reminds You of Somewhere.

My first apt./house in Denton with Mikey 2000. I took over the room from Jacob Barnhart (from Little Grizzly) and we lived down the block from Will Johnson before he moved to Austin.

We had several bands there- but the one that actually played ANYWHERE was More Stately Mansions and we played with Fishboy a few times around Denton and once somewhere in... Flower Mound?

Anyway the house had french doors and someone before had painted the windows red and purple. We left a gallon of milk on the side porch for over six months and we never knew what happened to it. We kept our mail in the oven because it didn't work. Pretty much just any place in Denton in the early 00's.

We listened to this song constantly on repeat.

The Dead Milkmen + In Rememberance

The show at Newsonics Friday was great. Thanks to everyone who came out. Remember go here to listen to all your favorite songs by us: www.radarfiction.com

Saturday- Stood in line at The Warsaw with all the other punk rock nerds and leather jackets and high schoolers (high schoolers?) to see The Dead Milkmen. Yup- cross it off the bucket list.

All the hits- Bitchin Camaro, Punk Rock Girl, If You Love Someone Set Them On Fire- one after the other. One of the best shows I've seen. Really fortunate to get to see them finally.

This leads up to Day 5 of the 30 Day Song Challenge- A song that reminds you of someone.

So this is for Terence and Tonya Tabor- for whom I'm indebted forever and forever for picking me up every morning of Freshman year at Forsan I.S.D and have The Dead Milkmen's Big Lizard In My Backyard playing in the truck. This one is for you you guys:

Twofer Friday

I know that I'm not going to update this tomorrow.

I have to make Texas shaped waffles tomorrow, and that's the focus of my day.

Day 4- Songs that make you sad.

So it was hard decision, but I know in my tear filled heart of hearts, this is going to take the cake:

Now, you're wondering, hey what was the other song? Well, lucky you, I'm going to post it as well:

Now I know why I worked in social services for such a long time. And I try to volunteer (When the time is available....er.....)

Donate here:

Housing Works

Fountain House

BRC

You might want to sing it note for note

Day 3- A song that makes you happy

So- here it is. And I can't same ashamed at all to have this song on my list. Sure, it's schlocky 80's fodder for the masses- but still, I get a kick out of it. It's on my itunes. It's on my Droid. I've even put it on a mix tape (or a few mixtapes).

When I was really young I saw this video- and didn't know much about anything at all- but I knew that "Wow, that apartment must be in New York City." This could've been my first foray into wanting to live in this city. Who know what ideas crawl into your child brain and burrow?

Fast forward to living in Denton, and I had my first debt collection call. I tried to pretend that I was in fact, not Dustin Wilson, but his brother. "But you guys sound the same..." the woman on the other end of the line complained.

"We're twins."

Needless to say she didn't buy it, and I had to listen to her list my sins of credit card debauchery from top to bottom. Well, this song came on, and I just felt 1,000 times better. And it still makes he happy. And I'm listening to it right now.

I hope you get this song stuck in your head. Forever and ever.

Oh, what a pity.

Last night I was asked, "Is there a song you don't like?"

Pretty much every song I hear I have a very annoying habit of singing along with it, or just pointing it out:
"That's Escape Club, you know that song Wild Wild West?"
"Nah, I don't have the album, but every time Blood on The Dancefloor comes on, I just know it."
"Yeah, I have the deluxe Lady Gaga album. What's wrong with that?"

And so on.

BUT. There is one song I absolutely cannot stand, and will not stand. Here you are Day 2- Your Least Favorite Song: Micky by Toni Basil.

The Pleasure of Finding Out Things

Can't sleep. So here goes the 30 song Challenge. I'll start with day 1 and work my way to 30.

Song #1 Your Favorite Song - Talking Heads- This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)



I especially like the Jonathan Demme version (here, from Stop Making Sense) than the recorded version. I especially enjoy David Byrne re-creating the Fred Astaire dance with the lamp.

30 Day Song Challenge- I shall now participate.

• day 01 – your favorite song
• day 02 – your least favorite song
• day 03 – a song that makes you happy
• day 04 – a song that makes you sad
• day 05 – a song that reminds you of someone
• day 06 – a song that reminds you of somewhere
• day 07 – a song that reminds you of a certain event
• day 08 – a song that you know all the words to
• day 09 – a song that you can dance to
• day 10 – a song that makes you fall asleep
• day 11 – a song from your favorite band
• day 12 – a song from a band you hate
• day 13 – a song that is a guilty pleasure
• day 14 – a song that no one would expect you to love
• day 15 – a song that describes you
• day 16 – a song that you used to love but now hate
• day 17 – a song that you hear often on the radio
• day 18 – a song that you wish you heard on the radio
• day 19 – a song from your favorite album
• day 20 – a song that you listen to when you’re angry
• day 21 – a song that you listen to when you’re happy
• day 22 – a song that you listen to when you’re sad
• day 23 – a song that you want to play at your wedding
• day 24 – a song that you want to play at your funeral
• day 25 – a song that makes you laugh
• day 26 – a song that you can play on an instrument
• day 27 – a song that you wish you could play
• day 28 – a song that makes you feel guilty
• day 29 – a song from your childhood
• day 30 – your favorite song at this time last year

Top 10 of the Top 20's

Here it is- Top 10 of the 20's.

1.Descendents- Suburban Home
2. Black Tambourine- Throw Aggie From The Bridge
3. Son Volt- Windfall
4. They Might Be Giants- They'll Need A Crane
5. Pulp- Disco 2000
6. Little Grizzly-Today Is The Day
7. The Modern Lovers- I'm Straight
8. The Nails- 88 Lines About 44 Women
9. Tullycraft- Twee
10. The Clash- Lost In The Supermarket

It took a bit and listening to a ton of my music (which I haven't actually just SAT for a couple of hours and LISTENED) and a lot of cancelling things out. There were a lot of songs that came on the radio that I would crank up, there were a lot of songs from the bands I interviewed that were great. And although I listened to Stehen Malmus and The Jicks- Hook non-stop for weeks, it wasn't a tastemaker. But these are the songs that have followed me through the last 10 years, and I have a rich memory of where and when I first heard them all. One of them driving around really late at night and eating my eggs over medium at IHOP in the middle of the Metroplex, one of them on a dancefloor, trying to dance and not spill your drink at the same time. They are all important, and although written by other people I feel like they area also mine in a weird way.

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