"Look at all his music post thingies." --My High School Drama Teacher
Q: How many kids with ADD does it take to change a light bulb?
A: You guys wanna go ride bikes?
MP3's
Ok, MP3's on this blog (designated by the links that seem like maybe they're songs) are for sampling purposes. So, if you like something you find on this site go buy some stuff by that artist. Go see a show.
If you're not happy that I put an MP3 up on this blog, just email me to take it down and it'll be down.
All MP3's are up for 10 days. Or when I remember to get take them down.
If you want to email me to say hi, ask me to take something down, ask me to put something up (i.e. bands wanting me to check out their music), or anything else, email me at aodblog@gmail.com. You can remember it because it's the Appetite FOr Distraction blog!"But James, you say, why isn't it afdblog?" The answer is, of course, I didn't pay attention to the letters in the initials of my blog. Le sigh.
The title of this post, in case you were worried, just comes from my having had that part of that song in my head when I was typing it. Not a cry for help, just a bit of sing-a-long!
It's a VERY exciting show this week, I think you'll agree, so I'll let you get to it! Enjoy!
***Featuring***
AWOLNATION
blink-182
Cold War Kids
Empire of the Sun
Fitz & the Tantrums
The Lumineers
Miike Snow
P.O.S featuring Moncelas Boston & Sophia Eris
The Strumbellas
The Struts
twenty one pilots
Vampire Weekend
Feast on this 5-song smorgasbord of early 90's hits! There's some GREAT stuff here this week!
Wilson Phillips - Release Me (9/15-9/22)
Man, Wilson Phillips did some catchy songs, didn't they? I always think that they've only done "Hold On", but this song is pretty killer, as well!
Glenn Medeiros featuring Bobby Brown - She Ain't Worth It (7/21-7/28)
VERY noteworthy song here, even though you, like me, may not have ever heard of it. This article talks about it and here's a hint: it has to do with that word in between "Medeiros" and "Bobby"
Roxette - It Must Have Been Love (6/16-6/23)
There's a joke in Pitch Perfect involving this song and in order to get it, it's important to know that this song was a hit in 1990, not the 80's, a fact I didn't realize for quite some time. It's an element of the Riff-Off, if you want to go check it out.
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet (3/24-3/31)
Is this Alternative? It has sort of a Four Non-Blondes vibe, so I think it maybe is. Very cool!
Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise (1/6-1/13)
This song gets an honorary spot on this feature at this point because it TECHNICALLY had 4 weeks at #1, but two of them were in the 80's and this is a feature about the 90's. And so I'm making a judgement call. Rather than trying to remember to include it in the "4 weeks at #1" post or not including it at all, it will go here.
There's no official video for this song, but he did just perform it on SNL, so I'm going to post that. Don't be surprised if we revisit this one soon, with the release of a video
Well we are cooking with grease over here at the AFDAT10C. Two podcasts out in less than a week? Are you kidding me? I am not kidding you. And they're good. And the music is good. And dare I say, the intros are good, too!
So I hope you enjoy the episode in all it's silliness. Believe me, things get a little silly in this one :)
***Featuring***
AWOLNATION
Cold War Kids
Empire of the Sun
Fitz & the Tantrums
The Lumineers
Miike Snow
Nothing But Thieves
The Strokes
The Strumbellas
The Struts
twenty one pilots
Vampire Weekend
I'm a little late in posting this one because my sister graduated from college this weekend! Isn't that nuts?1 Remember when she graduated from High School? I was already 2 years into doing this podcast and I did a flashback countdown of songs from the first week of June from the week *I* graduated from High School. If I'd been on my game this week, I would have done a similar Flashback Countdown for this week in 2005, when i graduated from College. Oh well! Live and learn :)
I just realized that I missed celebrating the 6th anniversary of the podcast. It's crazy that I've been doing this for more than half a decade!
***Featuring***
AWOLNATION
Cold War Kids
Empire of the Sun
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
Miike Snow
Nothing But Thieves
The Strumbellas
The Struts
twenty one pilots
The Wombats
