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...myself. It's Stimulating!


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Yes, it's the Friday Random Ten! Tell the rabble what they've won, Don Pardo!


It's an all-expense paid sampling of my computer's music files, randomly selected! Will this be the week that the truly heinous an embarrassing tracks appear? Or will it be all-Mekons? join us and find out!

Okay, that morphed into a TV trailer, but what the hell, I feel a bit giddy today. A word of warning: You shouldn't mix 2 hours of sleep, caffeine, and horse tranquilizers. That's a Big Boy Drink, son.


1. Eric's Trip from the album “Daydream Nation” by Sonic Youth a classic. 10.

2. Some New Town from the album “Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today” by Slobberbone Unfortunately, deceased Slobberbone. Saw them a couple of times in a local dive, they were loud, sweaty, and loose. Totally rock n roll. “Hope you live/ where everyone's happy/ and hope you live/ where nothing gets crappy” 10.

3. Evil Love from the album “Too High To Die” by Meat Puppets The Pups. Total classics. Peyote influenced, open-range punk from Arizona's best long haired power trio. Too High To Die was a near-miss at mainstream success, but the videos were just too weird for MTV. Rather than having hot chix, they featured, as I recall, the Pups themselves in dresses. Now, while these gentlemen are wiry and attractive, in a wild west kind of way, they make decidedly non-photogenic girls. 10.

4. These Are The Days from the album “Eventually” by Paul Westerberg The founder of the Replacements? Please. Even his weak stuff is better than anything approved for airplay on a Clear Channel station these days. Seen him drunk, seen him sober, he's got the Stuff. 10.

5. The Great Intoxication from the album “Look Into the Eyeball” by David Byrne The Man in the Big Suit. The Psycho Killer. Brian Eno's buddy; The guy in the big red car. Brought the funk to the punk. Too many violins, but hey, indulge the man. 10.

6. Time Table from the album “Foxtrot” by Genesis Old stuff, with Gabriel. This is the album that established the groundwork for the Lamb, with Supper's Ready. 10.

7. Live from the Parking Lot at the Silbury Theatre from the album “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” by Monty Python The album of the trailer of the preview of the book of the movie of the TV series. 10.

8. Dick's van 3 from the album “Where Were You?” by Mekons Singing in tha truck. 10

9. Everything Changes from the album “100% Fun” by Matthew Sweet Everybody's been down on the man since he refused to keep releasing remakes of Girlfriend. Fuck 'em, this is good. 10.

10. Black Dog from the album “Pickin' On Zeppelin - A Tribute” by Various Artists Bluegrass Zeppelin. A Must. 10.

a couple of bonus tracks, cuz there were some abbreviated things in there:

11. All I Knew from the album “The Business (Disc 3)” by Madness Obscure madness, from a career retrospective. less ska, more pop. All good. 10.

12. Segue - Ramona A. Stone/I Am With Name from the album “Outside” by David Bowie Truly weird art/punk concept album from the man who taught Madonna how to re-imagine a public persona. He's really just a big chameleon-style lizard from outer space. Luckily for us, they don't want to eat us, just to screw groupies. 10.

13. Anchors Aweigh from the album “Besides” by Buffalo Tom Another punk rock power trio, this time from the East Coast. Developed from Dino Jr. knock-offs to top shelf Pop/punk songwriters. 10



That's lucky thirteen for a Friday.

Look at that, a perfect 10. I must be cool. LOOK AT ME, I“M COOL!!

Dang.

Now, see what I mean about unpredictability, Zelmo? Is there an XM station where you can find Monty Python followed by a non-song track from the Mekes, with some instrumental bluegrass thrown in? It's just too random, is the thing.






Oh, and by the way: Our Girl Molly is on fire today. Go read. My favorite line: ”The best Congress money can buy.“ Oh, and this:

For those of you who missed it: The Pentagon is now investigating itself to find out why it was paying American soldiers to write phony stories about how well things are going in Iraq and then paying a politically connected Republican public relations firm to in turn bribe Iraqi news outlets to run the phony stories. Presumably, this fooled a lot of Iraqis.

And also: Fafnir summarizes powers and duties of the Only President We Have.

Apparently, I want to get eaten by terrorist bees. It's true.

Also, along those lines, here is a link to the famous President Bush Kitten-Smashing Poll, including a letter to Abu Gonzales to get the legal review of the President's ability to kill kittens with a hammer, and the resulting wave of support from True Americans FOR the President's authority to kill kittens with a hammer. August is totally gonna get audited this year.