What's a minx? It's two minks.

It seems like people need to be cattle prodded into getting anything done. So while the idea and the name of this blog are Dan's, I have taken it upon myself to set the thing up and write the first post, dammit.

As it is 5:30a, I will not put too much thought into this. I will go into iTunes, click "shuffle," click "play," and write about the first five songs that come up.

Gorillaz, "New Genious (Brother)"
Aren't the Tom Tom Club supposed to be "members" of this "band?"

::looks it up::

Well, Tina Weymouth is, anyway. This would explain why "Genious" is spelled the same way as "Genious of Love." Wait.

::looks it up::

Okay, I definitely saw someone spell "Genious of Love" like that. Please tell me I'm not going crazy.

Anyway, yeah, the song belongs on Ultra Chill 3002 or whatever.

The Flaming Lips, "Sunship Balloons"
I have no concept of any of the songs on the "Ego Tripping" EP existing as a separate entity. I just know there's "Assassination of the Sun," then a bunch of other sunshine crap, remixes (grr), and another Christmas song at the end. It's a good EP, though, at least to the best of my memory, which is shot.

I wonder what the next Lips album sounds like.

Beastie Boys, "Flute Loop"
It is indeed a flute loop with the Beastie Boys. There's not really much else involved. Must be why they didn't bother to give it a better name. The Beasties themselves have doomed this one to the part of Hell reserved for filler. Pity, it's a nice loop.

Steve Winwood, "Back in the High Life"
I was three or four when this song came out, so I first knew Steve Winwood from this harmless crap. Thankfully, a two-disc (two-tape, actually) compilation by Island taught me about Traffic and the Spencer Davis Group (among many, many others... Island is one of those "seal of quality" labels).

I seriously think I remember this being used in a beer commercial (High Life, get it) a year or two after the song came out.

Pearl Jam, "Bugs"
I've never actually listened to Vitalogy in full. This track makes me think I should. It consists of accordion, maracas, and Vedder ranting about bugs, the various places they can be found, and what he can do with them. It's ridiculous on every level, and I bet no one expected this. To wit:

Bugs in my pockets
bugs in my shoes
bugs in the way
I feel
about you.

Dan, you'd better get in here soon...