Speaking of pirates...This week's dial stopper is in honor of one of Emma's and Jack's new favorite songs. (I wonder who could have possibly introduced them to this music...)
In honor of that improbable Game 5 win...
(see here for the background on this song)
What would "Talk Like a Pirate Day" be without a little Captain Jack?
Inspired by my previous post...with a twist...
Not sure why this song popped into my head today, but it did, so here you go...
Tomorrow is Linda's and my 10-year wedding anniversary. Yes, I said 10 years. We've actually known each other for 16 years - since our first year at Bowdoin. In 16 years, we've helped each other through the good and the bad of our undergraduate years, med/graduate school in Iowa (yes, I said, Iowa), residency, two kids, living on the Hopi Indian Reservation, my numerous "career" changes, two George W. Bush terms (no good, all bad), and countless family crises (large and small, real and imagined) and celebrations (often one and the same depending on your point of view). We drive each other crazy, we keep each other sane. If that makes sense to you, you "get it", much like Billy Idol...
Ti amo, mia lumaca!
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Well, here I sit finishing up the poster printing I started yesterday. Of course, the process isn't frustration-free today either:
1) I met the IT guy at the room so he could let me in and log me onto the computer. He shows up and says "I hope the door isn't locked, that's the one key I don't have". Wah!? Now remember, this is the same guy that let me in yesterday (he had a key then), the same guy I talked to on the phone 15 minutes ago and who told me to meet him here so he could unlock the door for me, and the same guy who called security yesterday to come and lock up the room (oh, just to cover all bases, this is the same room as it was yesterday). Of course the friggin' room is locked. As my grandmother says (surprisingly) "Jesus, Mary and Joseph!" I shouldn't be surprised though since this is also the same guy who was "hoping" no one needed the regular printer this summer.
2) The IT guy finds someone with the key. Once inside I realize that the roll of paper I left on the printer is no longer there - it's been swapped out with smaller, cheaper stuff. My roll is nowhere in the room. WTF!! Luckily, the guy with the key had some ideas where it might be and after searching through about 5 different rooms we found it in a storage closet on the other side of the building. So much for being out of here in a couple of hours.
So, today's dial stopper is fitting. Just change the words in the chorus from 'I' to 'IT' (as in Information Technology) and it's perfect:
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Although I already posted an FDS today, I wanted to share this live video of Putnam Smith, a fellow Bowdoinite who graduated a couple of years ahead of me. He and his then-musical-partner, Bryn (collectively known as Bryn and Putt) used to play at Jack Magee's Pub (and before that in the old Moulton Union pub) on campus and I very fondly remember attending as many shows as I could. They did a kick-ass cover of R.E.M.'s It's the End of the World As We Know It and the Lemonhead's Being Around (at least I think that was it; I just remember everyone calling it the "booger song") . I recently discovered that Putt has continued making music and is performing in the Northeast this summer. Check out his music at his website - his new CD, this blue, is excellent.
Haven't posted a FDS in a while, so to get me started again, here's one of my all-time favorite songs from one of my all-time favorite bands. It's even got an oceany theme to it!
I must thank Miriam over at The Oyster's Garter for this week's dial stopper - she posted this Dresden Doll's video and I thought it was simply brilliant the moment I saw it. So I stole it.
Does that video look familiar? It should (and therein lies its brilliance):
This week's dial stopper brought to you by one of the best live bands in the history of music. And the letter 'C'. (confused? you must have missed this post)
Something new, even though it sounds a bit like old-school Pumpkins. And is it just me or does the lead singer here look a lot like the Bard of the Spineless, Kevin Z, with his hair grown out a bit more?
While embroiled in the Great Invertebrate War of 2008, I seem to have forgotten about the Friday Dial Stopper last week. That just won't do. Especially since this last week's dial stopper is more than just a dial stopper - it's the epitome of an entire generation, it defines a genre and changed the direction of music. It would have been a shame to let such an important piece of music slip by, so instead I give you this late edition of FDS.
Since I won't be near a computer on Monday, here's a duo of dial stoppers in the spirit of the season. Have a happy and safe St. Patty's Day - even if you're not Irish. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum whiskey.
Slow blogging week - I don't think I've sat at my computer for more than a few minutes at a time, and even then it was just to enter grades or type something up for class. But I couldn't let the week go by without the Friday Dial Stopper...
Not sure if this one has the stuff to stay a dial stopper for the long haul, but it's still new enough to be one now. (apologies for the relatively poor feed on the video - it's the best original video I could find to embed - YouTube's version has had its embedding capability "disabled by request")
Here's another Friday Dial Stopper that breaks the rules. I don't think I've ever heard this song on the radio. However, if it ever were to be played, my dial would come to a screeching halt faster than Roger Clemens's plans for a post-baseball life of celebrity benefit appearances.
And speaking of baseball, today's Dial Stopper is for you, Johnny B.
This week's Dial Stopper breaks the rules a bit. I've never heard this song on the radio, so technically, my dial has never stopped on it. However, it's one of the songs that I always hope to hear on my Pandora stations and one of those songs that will always cause me to stop what I'm doing at the moment to turn it up and listen. It's as close to a dial stopper as I can get in the absence of any actual dial. Not sure I get the video though.
Going old school here. Pre-MTV so no good videos for this dial stopper, so I went with just the music this week. Legendary band with countless classic songs, but this one is my favorite. Enjoy!
Great song. Awesome band. Really weird guy.
This is one of those songs whose video makes it a dial stopper. I like this song in its own right, but whenever I hear it I immediately think of the video, and that just makes me smile. I must have seen this on MTV about a half million times my sophomore year in college. It seems like such a happy song and the video has a feel-good vibe. Who'd have thought the song's about heroin addiction? Go figure.
Bonus trivia: this is the only song I know of whose video was the inspiration for another song
The Musical Illusionist and Other Tales
by Alex Rose
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Your Inner Fish
by Neil Shubin
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
At the Water's Edge by Carl Zimmer
Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins
Endless Forms Most Beautiful by Sean Carroll
The Ethical Assassin by David Liss
Genesis by Robert Hazen