Audio: Wistity Do Da!
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
So I'm actually going to do my Wednesday wist ON a Wednesday! Yay!! Aren't you all proud of me :O) Since I'm sure you want to hear about the music and not about me, I'll get my groove on...
How do you participate in Wednesday Wist? You take whatever music player you use, put it on shuffle, grab the first 5 songs and write what that song makes you remember. If it's a new song...and you can't relate it to a memory....do you like it? Leave a comment if you do it on your site and if you don't have a site, comment your wist here! Oh...and feel free to comment about my songs as well!!!
Bon Jovi - Runaway:
"So you sit home alone ’cause there’s nothing left that you can do, there’s only pictures hung in the shadows left there to look at you. You know she likes the lights at nights on the neon Broadway signs. She don’t really mind, it’s only love she hoped to find."
- This is totally a good (or bad) driving song. I used to crank this all the time in high school just cruising around in the car. Always gets the energy flowing, that's for sure. Thought I do have t make sure that energy isn't all directed into the gas pedal!
Clint Black - No Time to Kill:
"There's no time to kill between the cradle and the grave, Father Time still takes a toll on every minute that you save. Legal tender's never gonna change the number on your days. The highest cost of livin's dyin', that's one everybody pays. So have it spent before you get the bill, there's no time to kill"
- This is part of my own personal theory on life. Why waste too much time looking back? remember the good times and feel free to look back on those, but let the bad stuff go, and don't spend all your time looking back. It's hard to move forward if you're not looking at where you're heading!
Alanis Morissette - Ironic:
"Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you, when you think everything's okay and everything's going right. And life has a funny way of helping you out when, you think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up in your face."
- A little more insight into my own theory on life. Never take the good things that happen for granted (even the little ones) because they can disappear just as quick and they came along. Conversely, never assume thing cant get any worse, and never dwell because things will get better. I still do have a problem with the lyrics in this song though since most of what she mentions is unfortunate, but not really ironic at all... anyway...
- A little more insight into my own theory on life. Never take the good things that happen for granted (even the little ones) because they can disappear just as quick and they came along. Conversely, never assume thing cant get any worse, and never dwell because things will get better. I still do have a problem with the lyrics in this song though since most of what she mentions is unfortunate, but not really ironic at all... anyway...
Robert Miles - Fable (Message Version):
"Tell me your fable. A fable.."
- Most people remember Robert Mile for "Children" and most of the rest of his music sounds pretty similar. I like fable because it adds in just enough vocals to kick it up a notch. It's weird it's somehow energizing, yet relaxing. Figure that on out and get back to me ;O)
Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith:
"Faith: you know you're gonna live thru the rain. Lord you got to keep the faith. Faith: don't let your love turn to hate. Right now we got to keep the faith."
- Out of 1231 songs right now only 14 of them are from Bon Jovi, but apparently iTunes feels like playing songs that give you more insight into Slacker's Theories on Life. So yeah. I think too many people lack faith. And by faith, I'm not necessarily implying faith in any deity, but faith in general. Faith with other people, faith in themselves, faith in anything really. Maybe that explains some things in society eh?
Ok, so there you go, another Wist is now complete. This one gave you some nifty insight into me, hop ya enjoyed it!
posted by Chief Slacker @ 6:09 PM,
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Audio: Wistfully Late
Thursday, January 19, 2006
I'll do it on time one of these weeks, I swear!
So since I was sick yesterday, here is this week's belated Wednesday Wist.
How do you participate in Wednesday Wist? You take whatever music player you use, put it on shuffle, grab the first 5 songs and write what that song makes you remember. If it's a new song...and you can't relate it to a memory....do you like it? Leave a comment if you do it on your site and if you don't have a site, comment your wist here! Oh...and feel free to comment about my songs as well!!!
On with the show:
Nine Inch Nails - Physical (You're So):
"I wanna take you baby, I wanna take you out. I wanna wine and dine you. Oh I wanna twist and twist and shout."
-Ahh yeah, takes me way back to 92-93. I was in middle school and had a huge crush on this one girl Tracy. She was a total tomboy, but in a really hot way. Definitely wouldn't have minded being physical with her. :O)
-Ahh yeah, takes me way back to 92-93. I was in middle school and had a huge crush on this one girl Tracy. She was a total tomboy, but in a really hot way. Definitely wouldn't have minded being physical with her. :O)
Econoline Crush - Hollowman:
"Maybe I'm phony, baby, Just like you.Maybe I'm lonely and you're something to do, Something to do.Maybe I'm broken and I can't be fixed. Misunderstood, misguided, misfit, I'm it."
-Econoline Crush was part of my post-college music expansion period. I was trying to get out and find new stuff from lesser known bands. I heard them and loved them. Soon after I heard Surefire on the radio. Hollowman I heard the first time live in downtown Minneapolis.
Metallica - Hero of the Day:
"'Scuse me while I tell ya how I feel. Cause things return to me that still seem real."
-Even though I won't be buying any more of their CDs because the whole Lars Vs. The World - "Give me more money so I can feed my kids (off gold plates)." affair. But I can definitely enjoy the ones I already have right?
The Offspring - Why Don't You Get a Job:
"My Friend's got a girlfriend and he hates that bitch. He tells me everyday. He says 'Man I really gotta lose my chick, in the worst kinda way.' She sits on her ass he works his hands to the bone, to give her money every pay day. But she wants more dinero just to stay at home."
-The Offspring rock, their songs are always hilarious and often about something all of us can agree with. Reminds me of my roommate's girlfriend sophomore year. Two quotes: "Homework? You computer is for me to play games on, you can do homework later!" and (after getting $2 to get snacks at the vending machine) "I only got stuff for me, if you wanted me to get something for you, you should have given me more money. 'I don't have much money.' Well, the money you do have is for me to spend!"
10,000 Maniacs - Candy Everybody Wants (Unplugged):
"If lust and hate is the candy, if blood and love tastes so sweet, then we give 'em what they want. Hey, hey, give 'em what they want."
-I remember listening to this CD with my second girlfriend. Usually had it on while driving around, or doing various activities a her church. Man I miss those days of puppy love when things weren't serious.
So there's another wist for ya! Hope you enjoyed it! make sure to check up on the Slacker Music Library as it got a bunch of new editions!
posted by Chief Slacker @ 6:08 PM,
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Audio: Straight Up, With a Twist
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Internet Gremlins hereby thwarted, I now bring you my Wednesday Wist, even if it's a day late. Call it a Thursday Twist, call it what you will, but it's music and it's here :O) So listen up ya slackers and enjoy!
Since it's been a while or, if you don't know,:
How do you participate in Wednesday Wist? You take whatever music player you use, put it on shuffle, grab the first 5 songs and write what that song makes you remember. If it's a new song...and you can't relate it to a memory....do you like it? Leave a comment if you do it on your site and if you don't have a site, comment your wist here! Oh...and feel free to comment about my songs as well!!!
This week's Wist comes from my new and growing Music Library due to the discovery of iTunes on my computer.
1. Shakespeare's Sister - Catwoman:
"I'm a super-human 3D Baby, a Hollywood brainchild to drive you crazy. I'm coming your way real soon, I'm the catwoman, from the moon."
Mostly know for their big hit "Stay" they actually do have some other pretty fun tracks on this CD. I first heard this CD back in high school when I borrowed it from a friend since I liked "Stay". After I heard the CD though I had to buy it because it was fun :O)
2. Disturbed - Believe:
"Penance can't absolve your sin. All your belief, cannot absolve your sin."
Pretty much all disturbed songs remind me of living in my crappy green house on campus circa 2000. A roommate there introduced me to them and I definitely like a good deal of their music. He may have walked out on the rent and still owes me about a grand, but at least I got good music out of it. heh.
3. Dido - Take My Hand:
"Take my hand and if I’m lying to you, I’ll always be alone. If I’m lying to you. Take your time, if I’m lying to you. I know you’ll find that you believe me. You believe me."
This becoming the "Lies and Deception" themed Wist or what? heh. This is actually the first song I ever heard by Dido and I heard it live. A girl I was dating took me to this concert and I just loved the music. Still do :O)
4. Jackyl - I Am the I Am:
"I am now where I wanna be, No longer under your rule, your thumb, I am now free. I am now in touch with me, I now walk the walk, I rule, I am now free."
I love Jackyl, their songs are usually just funny. Some nice Dixie rock to go along with it too! And have you seen Jesse James Dupree's mustache? hehe Best since Rollie Fingers.
5. AC/DC - What Do You Do For Money Honey:
"You're working in bars, Riding in cars, Never gonna give it for free. Your apartment with a view, On the finest avenue, Looking at your beat on the street. You're always pushing, shoving, Satisfied with nothing. You bitch, you must be getting old."
this is a question I've been asking myself lately s I explore the job market again. Exactly what will I do for money. I had an interview weds morning that seemed to go pretty well, but it was only the first round of probably three. So who knows.
Anyway, there you go, a little music for ya on this Thursday morning. Enjoy!
posted by Chief Slacker @ 6:07 PM,
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Audio: Slacker Music Library
So it's been a while since I updated you on the status of the growing music library on my computer and since then I have added a good number of the CDs from my collection. Just in case you're wondering what I'm listening to (and I KNOW you are!) here's the current library! Enjoy!
Current Library
Data:
Updated: 09Feb2006
Total Songs: 1599
Length: 70.7 Days
Size: 6.39 GB
Content (Newly Added Items In Bold):
10,000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged (Whole CD)
3 Doors Down - The Better Life (Whole CD)
A Perfect Circle - eMOTIVe (Whole CD)
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (Whole CD)
AC/DC - Back in Black (Whole CD)
Ace of Base - The Sign (Whole CD)
Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
Aerosmith - Big Ones (Whole CD)
Aerosmith - Pump (Whole CD)
Aerosmith - Aerosmith's Greatest Hits (Whole CD)
Aerosmith - Get a Grip (Whole CD)
Aerosmith - Nine Lives (Whole CD)
Alanis Morrissette - Jagged Little Pill (Whole CD)
Almost Famous - music from the Motion Picture
Audio slave - Audioslave (Whole CD)
The Bangles - Greatest Hits (Whole CD)
The Beach Boys - 20 Good Vibrations - The Greatest Hits
Black Sabbath - Reunion (Whole CD, Both Discs)
Bon Jovi - Blaze of Glory/Young Guns II
Bon Jovi - Cross Road (Whole CD)
Breaking Benjamin - We Are Not Alone (Whole CD)
Bryan Admas - So Far So Good (Whole CD)
Bush - Sixteen Stone
Bush - Razorblade Suitcase
Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland (Whole CD)
Caroline's Spine - Attention Please (2 Tracks)
Caroline's Spine - Monsoon (3 Tracks)
Charlie Daniels - Super Hits (Whole CD)
Clint Black - Greatest Hits (Whole CD)
Club Mix '97
Club Mix '98
Collective Soul - Hints Allegations & Things Left Unsaid (Whole CD)
Collective Soul - Collective Soul (Whole CD)
Collective Soul - Disciplined Breakdown (Whole CD)
CPR - CPR (Whole CD)
The Crow - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Whole CD)
Cze-Johnson Fever's Greatest Hits - High School Dance Edition (Whole CD)
Dangerous Minds - Music from the Motion Picture
Danzig - Thrall-Demonsweatlive (5 Tracks)
David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans CD Single (Whole CD)
Def Lepard - Vault: Def Lepard's Greatest Hits
Demon Knight - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (5 Tracks)
Dido - No Angel (Whole CD)
Disturbed - Believe (Whole CD)
Disturbed - The Sickness (Whole CD)
Econoline Crush - The Devil You Know (5 Tracks)
Evanesence - Fallen (Whole CD)
Extreme - Pornograffitti (Whole CD)
Extreme - III Sides to Every Story (Whole CD)
Faith No More - The Real Thing (Whole CD)
Fiona Apple - Tidal
Future Leaders of America - Lvl IV (2 Tracks)
Garth Brooks - The Hits (Whole CD)
Genesis - We Can't Dance (Whole CD)
Green Day - Insomniac
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (Whole CD)
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I (Whole CD)
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II (Whole CD)
Incubus - Make Yourself (Whole CD)
Jackyl - Push Come to Shove (Whole CD)
Jann Arden - Living Under June (Whole CD)
Jewel - 0304 (Whole CD)
Jimmy Page & David Coverdale - Coverdale/Page
Josh Johnz - The Labyrinth (Whole CD)
Korn - Issues (Whole CD)
Korn - Life is Peachy (Whole CD)
Korn - Untouchables (Whole CD)
Live - Throwing Copper (Whole CD)
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (5 Tracks)
Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell (Whole CD)
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (Whole CD)
Megadeth - Youthanasia (Whole CD)
Metal Church - Hanging in the Balance
Metallica - Black CD (Whole CD)
Metallica - Load (Whole CD)
Michael Jackson - History [Disc 1] (Whole CD)
Michael Jackson - History [Disc 2] (Whole CD)
M:I 2 - Music From and Inspired By
Monster Magnet - Powertrip (Whole CD)
Nickelback - Silver Side Up (Whole CD)
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (Whole CD)
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (Whole CD)
Nirvana - Nevermind (Whole CD)
Nirvana - In Utero (Whole CD)
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (Whole CD)
The Offspring - Americana (Whole CD)
The Offspring - Smash (Whole CD)
Pearl Jam - Ten (Whole CD)
Phil Collins - Serious Hits... Live! (Whole CD)
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Whole CDs)
Poe - Hello (Whole CD)
Prince - The Hits/The B-sides (Disc1) (Whole CD)
Prince and the New Power Generation - O(+> (Whole CD)
Radiohead - The Bends (5 Tracks)
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (Whole CD)
Rednex - Sex & Violins
Rick Springfield - The Day After Yesterday (5 Tracks)
Robert Miles - Dreamland (Whole CD)
Rob Zombie / White Zombie - Past, Present & Future (Whole CD)
Romeo + Juliet - Music From the Motion Picture
Santana - Supernatural (Whole CD)
Seal - Seal (Whole CD)
Shakespear's Sister - Hormonally Yours (Whole CD)
Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (Whole CD)
Soundgarden - Superunknown (Whole CD)
Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Stabbing Westward - Wither Blister Burn+ Peel (Whole CD)
Staind - Break the Cycle (Whole CD)
Stone Temple Pilots - Core (Whole CD)
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Styx - Greatest Hits (Whole CD)
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (Whole CD)
Testament - The New Order
Tool - Undertow (Whole CD)
Trapt - Trapt (Whole CD)
Twisted Sister - BNig Hits and Nasty Cuts (6 Tracks)
Ugly Kid Joe - America's Least Wanted
Van Halen - Live: Right Here, Right Now
Van Halen - Balance (Whole CD)
Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want (Whole CD)
The Wall Flowers - Bringing Down the Horse (Whole CD)
Warrant - Cherry Pie (Whole CD)
White Zombie - Supersexy Swingin' Sounds
The X-Files - Son'gs in the Key of X
Yes - Talk
ZZ Top - Greatest Hits (Whole CD)
posted by Chief Slacker @ 6:05 PM,
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