Music (Mike) Monday

April 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Corndog, a friend and former co-worker, asked if I would be able to pick her up from the airport this past weekend.  I obliged and met her at the pick-up area late Friday night.  Once we were out of the airport I informed her our tunes for the drive back would be provided by Mike Posner.  She was fine with that.  Somewhere in-between catching up I mentioned that I was pretty excited about his new album and sang a little of the the new song to see if she’d heard it.

“Corndoodles, I LOVE it! Pretty sure I jam out to it in the lab con-stant-ly…it goes ‘she looks like sex, sex, sex’…have you heard it?!”

“Umm, no…or maybe it’s the way you’re singing it.”

“I’ll post it for you when I get back to apartment!  Then you can see if you’ve heard it!!”  (Yes, I really was that excited)

She was pretty amused by my “Bow Chicka Wow Wow” duet, but her response to “Looks Like Sex” went a little something like this:

“Ok…I can honestly say two things: 1)that I’ve never heard that song before, and 2) it weirds me out that you like it…pretty big jump from Justin Nozuka:)”

It’ll grow on her, or I’ll sing it so much that it becomes not so weird anymore…and then it’ll grow on her.

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Music Monday + Two Days and a Bonus

September 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

A very long time ago I posted this with the intention of making it a weekly thing. Well…we all know that didn’t happen. However, I am going to share some of my new and old musical faves in honor of The Malaysian’s favorite cliché: “Sharing is caring, my fren.”

My first introduction to the Morning Benders was via Rebecca Woolf’s blogseries “Track Tuesday”, or maybe it was just a random video link she posted. Either way, I liked it, really, really liked it. Enjoy.



(“Excuses” by The Morning Benders)



(“Sail” by Awolnation)


Em gets all the credit for sharing “Sail” and even more credit for sharing the phrase “…blame it on my ADD, baby…Saaaiiillll” over and over and over again while I assisted him with some film school homework. The evening went a little something like this:
“J, I’m ready. Can you stand over there?”
“Here? Do I need to do anything?”
“Bllaaammmee iiittt ooonn mmmyyy ADD, baaaabbby…Saaaiiiilll.”
“You’re so weird”
“Bllaaammmee iiittt ooonn mmmyyy ADD, baaaabbby…Saaaiiiilll.”
And our conversations continued like so from about 5pm to 9pm.  That line is now for-ev-er imprinted in my memory thanks to Em.  Actually liking the song after he played the video for me ended up being a total bonus.
One of the Houston pop stations played the next chosen song sporadically but I was always too late to get the artist or title until one morning while commuting to work.  Lucky for me some guy on the Metro was jammin’ out loud enough for the entire train to hear.  I made sure to listen closely.  When I got back to the apartment my YouTube search commenced until I found what I was looking for.  I shared this “jam” of the moment with Em in response to him sharing “Sail” with me.  He approved.



(“Sure Thing” by Miguel)


Even though all their songs sound similarexactly the same, I still like to keep this one stashed away as my goto emergency pepper upper. It’s got that little something special that makes you want to jump in the air and smile, so join with me when I say, “Jager Bombs…Lemon Drops…Buttery Nipples…Jeli-O (Jell-O) Shots…Kamikaze…3 Wise Men”.



(“Shots” by LMFAO)


“…cups in the air Everybody let’s take shots!”

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Manic Macro Music Monday-ish

March 27, 2010 By

“Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’…into the fuuuture,” popped into my head before I even started typing.  Steve Miller’s chorus from “Fly Like an Eagle” embodies my feelings about all the different things I want to accomplish but end up postponing due to lack of time, one of which is posting at least a few blog entries per week.  My solution—themed days.  Does anyone have a suggestion for a quick weekly post?

Thoughts thus far include:  Music/Movie Monday, Sketch Saturday, Song Sunday, Macro (photo) Monday.

I asked a guy at work for any ideas after giving some examples.  His first question was, “Do they have to have the same letter?”  No, they don’t, but I do want it to be at least semi-catchy and to the point.

Postings for the next few days will contain all of the above suggestions, because trying to fit them into one entry would be way too long.  We’ll start with music.  My first pick is one of those songs that’s great for belting it all out—complete with dramatics, air instruments, and some awesome dance moves.  Plus, I love it from way back when MTV actually played music videos.

Without further ado, “HEY MOM! CAN WE GET SOME MEATLOAF?” Yes, you can.

The “-ish”:  If you’re confused about why this is being posted today despite having “Monday” in the title, it’s because I began typing on Monday and it took me until today to actually finish it.  That’s just the way it goes with two jobs and too many personal project to count, man.

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