The Greensburg Drag

I had to make a 6-hour car trip to Greensburg PA today. To pass on a car trip, I used to listen to music. Then I got bored with music and started listening to sports radio or political talk radio. That is until I got into podcasts about three years ago. But in the past 6 months or so I have reinvigorated my love of music.

In my musical hey-day, I loved music. I was obsessed with it. I have seen more than 200 acts live and for a period of about 5 years, my only summer vacation was to go to a handful of concerts in the summer. Anyway, on this long car trip, I jammed out to some tunes for the entire 3 hour trip home. I thought it would be interesting to review my playlist, which was a straight shuffle all on my ipod.

Here it is:

Tennessee Jed - Grateful Dead (Dick's Pick 10)
One Arm Steve - Widespread Panic (Live in the Classic City)
One More Saturday Night - Grateful Dead (5-8-77..the Cornell Show)
Split Open and Melt - Phish (Live Phish 9)

(Side Note #1: Interesting how the first four songs were all jambands. A real retrospective on my "tours" seeing these types of concerts. I have seen Widespread once, Phish twice, solo Trey twice, Phil and Friends/The Dead five times, and Rat Dog a handful of times. Sadly, I never saw the Grateful Dead. )

Homecoming - Kanye West
Strangers - The Kinks
Devil Town - Tony Lucca (FNL Season 1 classic)
Baby's In Black - The Beatles
Revolution Blues - Neil Young (saw him three times in concert)
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
Rodeo Clowns - Jack Johnson (saw him once)
American Music - Violent Femmes (saw them once)
Whatever Gets You Through The Night - John Lennon
Good Life - Kanye West
The Weight - The Band (everyone must see The Last Waltz)
On Call - Kings of Leon
Join Together - The Who
Ayo Technology - 50 Cent
Harry Hood - Phish (12/31/02)
Jack-Ass - Beck (saw him once...this is the best song no one knows about)
Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon
Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley (saw the Wailers a couple times)
Politik - Coldplay
Kielbasa - Tenacious D (saw them at the E Factory in Philly)
Can I Kick It? - Tribe
While You Wait For The Others - Grizzly Bear
Cecilia - Paul Simon
Lovely Rita - The Beatles
Battle Without Honor Or Humanity - the Kill Bill theme
Get On The Good Foot - James Brown
So Says I - The Shins (they play this song on Gilmore Girls when Rori goes to spring break)
You Found Me - The Fray
Lovegame - Lady Gaga
Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap (Marissa shoots Ryan's brother Trey on the O.C.)

...and there you have it. Good tunes = Good times.

Hey! the Yankees - Red Sox

Yankees - Red Sox are on MLB. I was on the road all day today and am late to the party. The Yankees are nursing a 2 1/2 game lead on the Sox even though they are 0-8 against the Red Sox this year.

Here's hoping Jaba keeps his s&^t together.

Update 8:52 pm: Yanks chase John Smotz...maybe forever. Boy, does he look old.

SYTYCD - How bad do the judges want Evan to lose??

Don't get me wrong, he is the worst dancer of the four. But the judges are making him out to be such an underdog he is bordering on martyrdom.

What to Watch tonight - 8/5/09

Tonight is the last competition on So You Think You Can Dance I admit it. I am sucked in. I am even looking forward to it a little. Jeanine is still my pick but it will probably be Brandon who ends up winning.

The other great show of the night is Top Chef Masters. I kinda dig the camaraderie and past the Chefs share. It is very summery. And the food looks great. I do, however, miss Tom and Padma.

TV HALL OF FAME

Being that it really is the dog days of summer for TV viewers, I am going to start a TV Hall of Fame for my elite of the elite shows. As far as criteria, here is what I have come up with:

1. I have to have seen every episode
2. Had to have actors in it - NO reality
3. The series has to be complete or at least on the verge of being complete (Lost as opposed to 30 Rock or Mad Men)

...beyond that they will be the best shows ever in my humble yet expert opinion.

Fast Food Nation - Hmmm...

In the spirit of Food Inc. I watched Fast Food Nation last night. It was fairly bad. I was more gross than engrossing. The story line was sad and slow with a touch of random.

WOW!!! Paula NOT returning to American Idol!

According to her twitter page, Paula Abdul is leaving American Idol. It won't be the same without her. This is the beginning of the end of the show in my mind. Where will I get my laughs? And you know Simon can't wait to bail.