Certain Songs

I never get tired of cover albums done well. Do they reinvent the wheel? Of course not, but they sure can off a heck of a lot of well needed distraction from what ever you have that needs doing.

My latest dose of distraction comes in the form of Hot Rats, two thirds of the UK band Supergrass. This is such a fun record. Great versions of songs by Pink Floyd, The Doors, and the Cure just to name a few. And, how can you NOT love a good Beastie Boys cover??


* '(You gotta) Fight For Your Right(To Party)' MP3

Flawless Business Plan Seeking Teleportation Scientist

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* Beastie Boys - 'The Sounds Of Science' MP3

One day left until we can FINALLY overthrow the Bush dictatorship!!!

This last new protest song is perfect for the change that Barak Obama is trying to make in this country..."It Takes Time To Build"...just perfect. We have spent the last 8 years growing apart as a nation, and growing more and more isolated from the rest of the world. Hopefully, if all goes well tomorrow...we can start to rebuild some of those bridges.

I was watching Mr. Obama speak in Columbus yesterday and he mentioned George Bush for the first time, and folks - not suprisingly - started to boo. Barak immediatley told them not to boo...just vote. He is such a class act, and a consumate leader. Compare that with the hate and fear filled McCain/Palin rallys when chants of 'kill him' would break out and these so-called 'leaders' didn't say a word. George Bush has done such an incredible job of dividing this country...it's staggering to think of what he accomplished in 8 years.

Rock the vote.

Beastie Boys - 'Time To Build' MP3

White Castle Hottie - m4m - 25 (Short North)

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You were making sliders on the grill. I bought 24 just to see you cook em up. Needless to say my stomach hurt real back afterwords. But it was worth it just to see you frying up sliders. Call me if you remember. I'm sure you remember cleaning up the bathroom.


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I am torn. I can't decide if ordering 24 White Castle hamburgers to impress a girl is one of the most grand romantic gestures I have ever heard about, or just really, REALLY stupid....i am leaning towards the latter.

Beastie Boys - 'Hold It Now Hit It' MP3

( Have you ever counted the White Castle references on 'License To Ill'?)

The Beastie Boys remarkable, albeit commercially unsuccessful follow up to 1986's blockbuster debut "License To Ill", is still some of the best hip hop in my collection. The B Boys left behind most of the heavy guitar licks and most of the beer references that made 'License' so much fun and turned to the Dust Brothers for the production of this LP.

What results is a watershed hip hop album, that set the gold standard in production for years to come...influencing several artists for YEARS to come...including Beck and countless others.

Here are two of my favorite tracks...'Shake Your Rump' and 'High Plains Drifter'...long live the Beasties!

02ShakeYourRump.mp3

05HighPlainsDrifter.mp3

Yet another post inspired by a total stranger. This one though I have to tread through carefully, as I was once guilty of the crime I am condemning...sort of.

I was walking down to the corner convenience store to pick up a couple of things and I see out of the corner of my eye this huge pick up truck pull into the lot. I swivel my neck around to check it out and there in the back window I saw it. One gigantic white sticker, taking up almost the entire length of this guy's back glass, one word: Hustler
in an old English font. Super hip. I mean if you are advertising that you are a 'Hustler' you obviously are, right? And you are just extremely proud of your status as a 'Hustler' and rightly so. I bow down to your modesty...

Whatever. But as I was walking back home the Sonic Youth song 'Teenage Riot' came on my mp3 player. Then it all came back to me. My 1995 emerald green Chevy Cavalier. The first real car I ever had and to this day the worst. I had band stickers plastered all over the back of my car. My brand new car. I was the one shouting for attention..."hey, look at me I like Sonic Youth." I think I had visions of hot alt-rock girls pulling up next to me at stoplights and commenting on my stickers...that never happened. Not once.

If i can remember correctly I had black and white Sonic Youth and Beastie Boys stickers on the left rear of the car. A Hole sticker that was really lame, even by car sticker standards on the rear right. And the crown jewel of the collection. A huge black rectangular sticker with PAVEMENT in yellow letters right in the middle of the trunk door. Yeah, and like 4yrs later when I went to get rid of the car it took what seemed like WEEKS to get them off...I was not so smart. Apparently I thought I would own that little two door cavalier that broke down ever three weeks forever. I have never been good at being a big picture thinker.


I guess I am saying I shouldn't be so quick to judge. Today's hustler might be tomorrow's me...scary thought...but I hope this guy's hustling days are just a phase. For his sake and for society's!