The Mental Jukebox Thursday 12.20.07

This is actually only a partial list because I am a doofus. I left my list at work, right there on my desk, with a big friggin' PostIt note on the cover that says, "Take this with you!" So, with the exception of the FSOTD (First Song of the Day)and maybe two others, these are all songs from tonight.

Soon We'll Be Living In The Future-- Straylight Run

I don't wanna like it! It's all catchy and pseudo-profound with overtones of Motion City Soundtrack! Yeah, it rocks a lot.

Yakety Sax-- Boots Randolph

If you're an old fart like me, you're thinking Benny Hill. If you're my kid, you're thinking Stewie's sexy party. Both are equally correct.

Here It Is Christmas Time-- Old 97's

One of the best Christmas songs ever? Don't know. But it's climbing up my list.

You're the One That I Want-- John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John

I don't know, man. I just don't know.

All the Things That Go To Make Heaven and Earth-- The New Pornographers

Neko Case is in this band. 'nuff said.

Honky Tonk Man-- Dwight Yoakum

Really, who doesn't love Dwight Yoakum? Who is willing to look me in the eye and say they don't love Dwight Yoakum? That's what I thought.

Jesus Just Left Chicago-- ZZ Top

Dwight Yoakum could kick Billy Gibbons' ass. Amazing war-beard notwithstanding.

Burn Down the Malls-- Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper

These guys were the rockabilly Matt Taibbi of the '80's. Go no further than "I Saw Jesus At McDonald's At Midnight" for a life-changing experience.

Montana-- Frank Zappa

When Frank says, "I'm gonna buy me a horse/Just about this big," you know just how big he means. Yippee-ki-yo-ki-yay.

I was at West Town Mall until almost eleven o'clock tonight. Four fucking hours in the madness and the stink. Take it away, Mojo and Skid...

Thursday-- 11.15.7

There's a wide spectrum of music here. Personally, I fear madness. Possibly brought on by syphilis. Spirochettes. They eat your brain, you know.

If there is a song on this list you've never heard, don't leave it at that! Find it and listen to it. That's what music is there for. Broaden your horizons and have a little fun.

Generator-- Foo Fighters
The Down Boys-- Warrant
It's Not For Me To Say-- Johnny Mathis
Allentown-- Billy Joel
Makin' It-- David Naughton
The Finer Things-- Steve Winwood
Less Talk, More Rokk-- Freezepop
I Hate My Frickin' ISP-- Todd Rundgren
Buenos Aires-- Golden Palominos
Level 4 of the video game Parappa the Rapper. The level where Parappa has to make the seafood cake and he's watching the celebrity chef on TV. The celebrity chef who is a chicken. Remember? "Crack, crack, the egg into the bowl/Cheep, cheep, cheep's the name of my soul." Okay. Never mind.
Cable Car (Over My Head)-- The Fray (Damn you, Grey's Anatomy, for aligning yourself with this song so that I think I hear it in every single episode!)
I Got Id-- Pearl Jam
Carol of the Bells-- Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Come and Get Your Love-- Redbone


This guy said, "I'm take a great song and make a video for it, using nothing but the most random-ass pictures I can find. Most of them from National Geographic. They will have nothing to do with love, except maybe for the part where the song mentions love, and you can see the guy in the chair with two dogs. That might work."