Category Archives: rock ‘n roll

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In Need Of Medical Attention

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I can already tell this is going to be a really rough day at work. I might need some treatment later.

Dean & Britta – Night Nurse

UPDATE! (12:56pm)

Wow, this day is even worse than I had initially thought! Send in Dr. Feelgood!

Mötley Crüe – Dr. Feelgood

UPDATE! (3:19pm)

The day is still stucky, and Dr. Feelgood has stolen all my pain pills. Oh, doctor! doctor!

Thompson Twins – Doctor! Doctor!

UPDATE! (5:02pm)

I’m still here! I’m angry! I’m still not having a good day! Send in Dr. Rock!

Ween – Dr. Rock

UPDATE! (6:07pm)

I’m still here, and will be probably until 7:45pm or so. But I took my headphones out of the computer and I’m listening to music. So screw medicine.

The Pixies – Debaser

Apples In Stereo – Signal In The Sky

Pizzicato Five – Twiggy Twiggy

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Just Some Guys From Queens

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Did you know that the fictional comic book character Peter Parker, who would later become Spider-Man, grew up in Forest Hills, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens?

Did you know that the punk group the Ramones were from that same neighborhood in Queens?

Did you know that the Ramones covered the theme song from the 1960’s Spider-Man cartoon?

Well, you do now.

The Ramones – Spider-Man

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Is This Enough?

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Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough (video)

Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough (Top of the Pops, 1981)

Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough (Odeon, 1982)

Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough (Swopshop, 1982)

Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough (Hamburg, 1984)

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Jumpin’ Jack Repetition

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Hi, excuse me while I share my weird and boring sense of humor with you.

A couple months ago I caught a little bit of The Rolling Stones: Rock and Roll Circus on the teevee. Our cable box happened to be on PBS, and that’s what was playing there.

I was curious what some earlier parts of the show looked like, so went back a little with the DVR (it keeps around two hours of airtime of whatever channel you’re watching in memory).

So I see the Stones play “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, and after the first verse there’s this odd sort of shot. It starts out on these goofballs in yellow ponchos dancing, then we quickly pan over to Brian Jones, who gives a premeditated, hipper-than-thou nod straight into the camera.

I immediately busted out laughing. I mean, I couldn’t control myself. I then proceeded to rewind the DVR probably fifteen or twenty times so I could see it again. What was it that was so funny to me? It wasn’t just the dancing goofballs, or the whip pan, or Brian Jones nodding to me, it was somehow the combination of all three that I found absolutely heee-larious.

Anyways, I have isolated this shot and repeated it a number of times, and have uploaded it to YouTube.

The results are below. You’re welcome, I guess?

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Little Somber Minutemen

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I was bouncing around, looking for videos on the YouTube.

I found this acoustic performance of the Minutemen performing their song “Corona”, which you may recognize as the theme song used in the MTV show, Jackass.

It’s nice, and a very different feel from the original.