A Good Week?

I guess they do happen.

Monday: Had my radio show that I feel went really well. I had a co-host in there with me and I always feel better when someone else is in the studio. I feel looser. Plus, the songs were selected with help from you guys (which songs exactly? -- keep reading).

Tuesday: Went to a carnival. Yep, at 23 years old I went to a carnival. There was a random one in our town and I was like "let's have a little fun" so I told my friend Jessica to not dare make any plans cuz we are going out. We had a really good time in that "we are too old to be here but eff it, let's have some fun." Went on a ferris wheel, watched her get hussled into spending 20 dollars on a stuffed monkey, and of course got a funnel cake. Ended the night by riding The Zipper. That thing was intense and I spent more time trying to grab my cell phone that was being flung around like a pin ball than enjoying myself. Ended the night with some mexican food. Taco salad's are my favorite.

Wednesday: Made the return to my bowling league after missing the week before because I was puking my lungs out. Bowled pretty awesome, if I do say so myself. 206, 180, 198. We won all our games cuz it's what we do. But really, what we do is have fun and that's what I did Wednesday night.

Thursday: Got my speech grade back and made a 97. Pretty happy about that. Then for dinner I got a craving for some breakfast type food so I asked Jessica if she wanted to go to IHOP (side story: Jessica and I haven't been hanging out much lately, so I guess this week was good too because of reconnecting). Had a really good time at IHOP meaning great service, great food. Then, I'm sitting there watching Lost when I get a call from jme. Wants to know what I thought about "The Men Who Stare at Goats" which I couldn't give her an answer because I haven't seen. But all the sudden the subject of Rock Band got brought up. I love technology. With us living hours apart, we were all able to jump on and get a full band going consisting of myself, her, her husband, and Kami. Ok, maybe that last one wasn't actually a part of the band. But it was really fun, I even got the Lady GaGa tracks so "Bad Romance" was definitely blasting in my living room.

Friday: Just chillin. If I can find somebody willing, I may go see Kick-Ass tonight. If not, probably more Lost and Tiger Woods on Xbox. Life is good right now.

And for Allison and anybody else who was curious, these are the songs I played on Monday's show with two exceptions. I played the acoustic version of "Anna Molly" and "Lingering Still" by She and Him, not "Sentimental Heart" but those two tracks weren't available. Also note that to be accurate, #1 on the playlist is #30 in the countdown and so on. To match with the list, go back here. Enjoy these tracks and hopefully you will enjoy the final spots in the countdown.

Random lyric of the day:

Summer comes and leaves you with a fever
That you caught
When you were young
Summer goes, makes you feel like life is real
And hanging on for more

Good News for Those Who Like Music News

Man, I'm on a blogging rampage this week. Hope you guys don't mind.

First off, I FINALLY have release dates for two of my favorite bands. Envy On The Coast's new cd, Lowcountry, comes out March 30 and Minus the Bear's new cd, OMNI, comes out May 4. Consider these dates marked on my calendar.

But on to the news worthy story: Fearless Records will release another "Punk Goes..." on April 27.

I have been a fan of this series for a while, with them releasing such stuff as Punk Goes (Pop, '90s, Crunk) which are all cover songs. (They also released two versions of Punk Goes Acoustic, but that doesn't really apply here).

Anyways, the one they will release in April will be called "Punk Goes Classic Rock," which means some of your favorite tracks are going to be butchered. But same may be given justice.

In these releases, they are always hit or miss. I have some huge favorites such as Halifax's cover of Paula Abdul's "Straight Up" and Alesana's cover of Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around." There is plenty more, but I would just be rambling. Some songs just straight up suck. And I can already tell from the following list, some of these are going to as well. But I think there are going to be some gems in there.

The following is the track list for the release. I'm sure some are already out as I have seen one of them in a past post by jeanette at Cooler Ranch or Nacho Cheese? But the ones in bold are the ones I am looking forward to. The ones in italics are the ones I am curious about because the original is one of my favorites. The rest I guess we will just have to wait and see.

1. Hit The Lights "More Than A Feeling" (originally recorded by Boston)
2. VersaEmerge "Paint It Black" (originally recorded by The Rolling Stones)
3. The Almost "Free Fallin'" (originally recorded by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
4. Mayday Parade "We Are The Champions" (originally recorded by Queen)
5. The Summer Set "Rock 'n Roll All Nite" (originally recorded by KISS)
6. We The Kings "Caught Up In You" (originally recorded by .38 Special)
7. A Skylit Drive "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" (originally recorded by Journey)
8. I See Stars "Your Love" (originally recorded by The Outfield)
9. Pierce The Veil "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (originally recorded by Blue Oyster Cult)
10. Forever The Sickest Kids "Crazy Train" (originally recorded by Ozzy Osbourne)
11. The Maine "Pour Some Sugar On Me" (originally recorded by Def Leppard)
12. Envy On The Coast "All Along The Watchtower" (originally recorded by Bob Dylan)
13. Every Avenue "Take Me Home Tonight" (originally recorded by Eddie Money)
14. Never Shout Never "Bohemian Rhapsody" (originally recorded by Queen)
15. blessthefall "Dream On" (originally recorded by Aerosmith)

Damn You Tito

This is what my weekend consisted of:

*Rented UFC 2009 and got really into it at first. I was knocking fools out left and right. Then I went up against Tito Ortiz. Who proceeded to handle me like nobody's business. So I fought him two more times. And lost two more times. However, I avenged my two losses to Chuck Liddell. What's that you say? You have no idea who these guys are? This is Tito and this is Chuck. And yes, this is a video game...

*Randomly saw the movie Up on Friday night. Very, very good. 3D was pretty cool too. Pretty much went because IGN gave it 4.5 out of 5. And I feel it lived up to it. My roommate stated he "had a smile on his face" the whole time.

*Speaking of my roommate, if anybody likes the electric side of music, check out a mix he posted here.

*Last night, I watched the Curious Case of Benjamin Button. And this morning I finished it. However, I actually liked the length. The movie was really good -- until the end. I don't know, call me a critic, but a movie that big deserved a bigger ending than just random shots of people. I just expected more...

*But the biggest thing is that I have dipped into the world of 20something bloggers. And wow, the response was pretty awesome. It's pretty cool to get random comments on your page and branching and all that good stuff. Feels different than the spacebook because on 20something, people actually want to reach out and be reached out to, or else, why would they be there? So because of that, I give the following shoutouts to:

You

You

You

You

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You

Thanks for the comments and for the new reading material. Now I'm off to either watch the MTV Movie Awards, fall asleep early, or both

Random lyric of the day:

No one will ever see things the way I do
No one will try
All my friends think that I'm gone
But I swear, I swear I'm not
I swear I'm not