While she was away giving a speech on behalf of Your Socialist Government Who Wants to Enslave Us All, she had a "field assignment" to taste-test which fast-food burger is better: 5 Guys or In-N-Out Burger. According to her scientific one-person study, and after exhaustive laboratory testing.... she says 5 Guys is better.
(I can't recall. I last had an In-N-Out cheeseburger [and shake] in Vegas 10 years ago). So that settles that.
Stephen King wrote a piece in a recent Entertainment Weekly about songs he liked, and I thought I'd take a spin through the iPod and - before picking NFL games- display my intellectual laziness (and continue my Quest to Fill Up the World Wide Web) with a friggin' list Lists suck, and this will no doubt prove that....
Lake, Christmas Island : it's the sweet little song that plays at the end of episodes of my older son's favorite show, "Adventure Time." I "get" the show now, it's about a boy and his weird best-pal dog with stretchy legs. A little absurdist, yes. But the song captures the essence of what I think the show's about.
Pearljam, In My Tree and The End : Eddie Vedder has penned some beautiful songs, and these are two examples (I'm partial to "Parachutes" as well). "Tree" borrows it's theme from the Beatles classic "Strawberry Fields" and is plaintively sung. The End is another sweet song, Vedder's vocals sound world-weary and, well, like a guy who's ready for the end but doesn't wanna die alone or without taking his last few moments to express his love.
Liz Phair, Supernova: Lordy, I had the big old Liz Phair crush with this song. Wish she'd written it about me...
Social D, cover of Under My Thumb: the Stones classic, sped up. This song rocks.
Lady Gaga, Bad Romance: shut up, I'm not gay. Great song, I'm waiting for the metal re-mix
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Television the Drug of the Nation: oldie but a goodie. "Race baiting is the way to get selected, Willie Horton or will he not get elected"
Abba, Dancing Queen: oh, hold up....some songs are great because - when you're a parent - your kids love 'em too.
Against Me!, Ache With Me, White Crosses, Lehigh Acres: AM! pumps out pop-punk with some folkie songs tossed in. Good songs, not necessarily deep-thinking stuff but good stuff. "...easy money in the sunshine state..."
The Prodigy, Stand Up: pretty cool song, I'm not a big electronica fan. This song's prominently featured in the movie "Kick Ass" (a good comic book movie that suffers only because there are so many comic-book movies being cranked out). Song puts a smile on me, and I have no idea why - and that may be the highest praise I could offer any song.
Morrissey, The World is Full of Crashing Bores: like the guy writing this blog. The Bard of Manchester's voice is getting older but his songwriting skill is undiminished. Funny and poignant.
Black Francis, Threshold Apprehension: another older song. The Pixies made great music, then their "leader" went solo. I loved most of his songs, this one's really good, "Grand Marnier and a pocketful of speed/ we did it all day till we started to bleed..."
Beatles, Help!, I am the Walrus, and Strawberry Fields: Only got "into" the Fab Four a few years ago, and I have no idea why. My mom is a big fan, and I grew up hearing the stuff. I guess I thought I was too cool for it. Of course, they put out tons a great songs, and these are two of my favorites. You've heard 'em.
Steve Earle, I Can Wait, Rake: Steve Earle puts out great music no one hears. I Can Wait is about 10 years old now, but it's a beautiful song. Rake is a Townes Van Zandt cover that Earle's voice and spare instrumentation conveys tremendous sorrow and defiance all at once. Days Aren't Long Enough is likewise a beautiful song, a duet with his current wife, I think.
Pete Yorn, Burrito: I dig this song. Simple but fun.
Rolling Stones, Rocks Off: a truly great Stones song. They put out a bunch, and Exile on Main Street is a tremendous example of what they used to be. Rebellious, dangerous, and they could rock.
Oh, I think that's quite enough of that. Thanks for the induglence...or is that crickets I hear??
Onwards, ever forward:
It's week 4 of your fantanbulous NFL season and I'm awful at picking games so far. There's always this week and it's a bye week for some teams so I might have a better record....
Washington at Philly: who knows what to expect? A football game? A Haynesworth all-you-can-eat smorgasbord?(perhaps he'll use his $21 million to feed Sudan?). Dogfighting. Hey...are you like me? Rooting for Vick and McNabb to have 1,000 passing yards between them so some dumb color analyst can call the game a "dogfight." I'm here all week! It pains me to have to choose, EAGLES.
SF at Atlanta : FALCONS
NY Jets at Buffalo: Bills have to win sometime. Not this week. JETS
Cincy at Cleveland: Cleveland showed life on Sunday vs. Ravens. BROWNS at home.
Detroit at GB: PACKERS at home. My Team of Destiny has to lose sometime.
Denver at Tennessee: TITANS at home
Seattle at St. Louis: tricky game to call. A shaky vote for SEATTLE
Carolina at NO: long season for Panthers. SAINTS
Baltimore at Pitt: I just nabbed Charlie Batch to spot-start on my last-place fantasy team. This is the dreaded KISS OF DEATH. Therefore, RAVENS
Houston at Oakland: TEXANS
Indy at Jax: COLTS
Arizona at San Diego: CHARGERS at home, though Cards could easily win this one because Norv Turner coaches San Diego
Chicago at NY Giants: oof. BEARS
NE Patriots at Miami: another tough call. Patriot defense is really poor right now and Miami's D is pretty good. I can see Miami winning this one with great defense and a steady offense. A shaky vote for my PATRIOTS here, all because of #12.
Adieu, adieu. Love to y'all. Thank you both for reading.
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