WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT SONG?

     Search and search as I might, I still not have located the artist or title to some song I hear at work. Lyrics searches have proven futile and no one I've spoken to has ever heard of it either. How frustrating! With luck, it'll turn up in search engines eventually; but for now, I'll just have to toss it to you guys.

     I have some lyrics and fragments. This is what I've gotten (not necessarily in this order):

"Something tells me I should skip this drink" (start of the song)
Things could change the moment I (think?)
I don't think they're coming for me ever since I dared to arrive
Until the moment they go away from here
I can't rest my mind 
Something tells me this is not a paranoid assumption to be lightly cast aside"

"I've been trying to sleep with open eyes
According to my calculations they'll be here before sunrise
And please don't you look at me this way
You'll find out first hand why
When they come around"

"I don't want to be found here..."

And as soon as they go away from here
We can both learn why...
Something tells me logic's a position I'm certain I'll be wishing was(n't) right"


[inaccuracies in these lyrics are entirely possible but I thought for sure "paranoid assumption" would be enough for a search engine!]


"What's the Name of That Song?" by Sesame Street
ADDENDUM: I contacted Muzak regarding this when I found out they offer help to those wanting to know the name of the songs they hear at stores. I haven't heard back from them yet and I contacted them on November 1st. With luck, this stupid mystery will be over soon.
     November 24th and still no answer. Sigh...

     Well, at least the MUZAK site shows the last ten songs played in one of their windows. If I'm patient, it should show up eventually...

     That patience has finally paid off. The song's title is "Greeting Committee" and it's by a group calling themselves The Pillbugs which I personally find all the more interesting given the sheer number of pillbugs we had crawling around this apartment shortly after the quest to find this song began. One of those cryptic otherworldly won't-figure-it-out-until-it's-too-late kind of clues I suppose. ^_^ I immediately purchased the song online because well, I had to. There was no way I was letting that one go unanswered. So congratulations Pillbugs, you are officially a few cents richer on account of me. If you put "Pillbugs - Greeting Committee" into a Google search, it should come up on a site called LaLa and you can listen to it there. My mind can rest now...

ADDENDUM II: I just got a message from Muzak saying the song was "Rhythm of Life" by Oleta James... WRONG!!! :-P (January 20, 2010)

(originally posted to That Other Journal on October 17, 2009)

8-TRACK PORN

I had no idea stuff like this even existed. A listener to the Opie and Anthony Show sent this in a while back. You've gotta hear it to believe and the commentary on it is fucking hysterical. Enjoy!




(originally posted to That Other Journal on October 10, 2009)

THIS IS LIKE FINDING THE B-SIDE TO "COME ON EILEEN"

They were talking about the top cover songs according to I think Spin magazine today on Opie and Anthony. It was another one of those "Too cool for the room" type lists, omitting many truly awesome covers and giving other ones (like Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy") far too high a place on the list. But then as soon as Bow Wow Wow was brought up, I got to wondering what else they had done. Quite a drop-off...but then, is that really a surprise when a band puts out as its single a song they didn't even write? Please to be enjoying! d(^_^)b


"Do You Wanna Hold Me?" by Bow Wow Wow
And speaking of which...


"This Is What She's Like" by Dexy's Midnight Runners
I wonder what Timbuk 3 followed up "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades" with? (Did you really think I wasn't going to search?)


"Life Is Hard" by Timbuk 3
(originally posted to That Other Journal on October 7, 2009)

YEAH! WAIT, WHAT?

For those of us who have seen the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, click on the link below. You will enjoy it. :-)


Yeah, that about sums it up

(originally posted to That Other Journal on September 9, 2009)

OR DOES IT...?

     I received the check for Best Friend's and my security deposit yesterday. We got the full amount plus the paltry interest it earned (all $7.66!!!). From the amount of damage Best Friend did to the drywall because she just had to have curtains, I thought for sure we'd get hit with something. Also, it was damaged the whole time but neither of us noticed until a few months after moving in, one of our kitchen cabinet drawers was broken. The panel you'd pull to open would occasionally just fall off.  But nothing. Best Friend was right that I was worrying too much so now when I tell her she's getting the full half of the deposit back (plus all that interest) minus the cost of the final PSE&G bill which she has yet to pay me for...only been a month!...when I tell her that nothing was deducted, I'll just have to take it as she gloats in her rectitude. I guess she's gotta have one, right?

     And thus ends our tumultuous year together.

(originally posted to That Other Journal on August 28, 2009)

WE ARE ALL KOSH...

Here's something completely pointless and probably won't work right but will nevertheless amuse for a few moments because well...we're us.

www.toppa.com/ask-kosh/


Try it and feel free to comment me on any good ones you managed to get.


ADDENDUM: The above link also offers a download of various things Kosh had said over the course of the series. Most notably absent was "And so it begins" (which would make for a good Windows Start chime)...How could you not have what is probably (thanks to Season 5) the most famous thing Kosh has said. And of course, no matter where I go, I can't find a site that lets you download the phrase, it's only for playing on Quicktime...ugh. Now I've gotta do it myself...

(originally posted to That Other Journal on August 28, 2009)

FOR THE WANT OF AN APPROPRIATE TITLE...