Blogs are so passe and pretentious. Oh well, here's my blog about music that's stuck in my head when I wake up in the mornings along with adventures of the Cash family and wacky wacky crazy wacky shenanigans.
Man oh man I love Aimee Mann- I'm a little late posting but here is Aimee Mann's song "Stupid Thing" which is from her 1993 album WHATEVER.
I really love this song- and to celebrate my love for this song I'm going to do a little blog giveaway!
I'm going to give away another compilation disc but I'm starting a new set. Here is the compilation disc you could win. It's called "Now That's What Brady's Subconscious Calls Music! Volume 1" The word is out about this compilation and critics are hailing it as "pretty OK"
Here's a picture of what your disc will look like:
To be clear, this is a compilation of songs I've blogged about here over the last half-year or so. My mom listened to it and described it as "above average"
Along with the CD you could be the lucky recipient of a 25$ iTunes card. This way you can download what you want rather than listen to the garbage that's on the compilation disc.
The way to win is simple- you just "Like" or "Comment" or share on the posts I share on Facebook, either on my blog page "The Songs Stuck In My Head" or my personal Facebook page. Or you can make a comment on this blog post to automatically be entered. I'll try to get the stuff to you before Christmas too.
Also if you're my friend on Instagram, Vine or Twitter you can find me @lurpino where I will be sharing posts about this contest. You can comment or "like" any of those posts as well to be eligible to win. YES THIS MEANS MULTIPLE ENTRIES ARE POSSIBLE! Feel free to unfriend and unfollow me if I get annoying.
I'll contact the winner this Sunday- December 20th!
Lyrically, Aimee Mann is one of my favorites, but her music is really melancholy and sad. I'm a happy person, but I do have a somber side and good lyrics like Mann's always resonate with me.
Today's song is such a song. It will never be one of her most popular songs, nor will she ever be a terribly popular song writer. But her craft is good, and I'm happy to share it, I hope you'll listen.
Here's "It's Over" from Mann's 2008 Album "@#%&*! Smilers"
Wednesday, hump day. I woke up with this song "Going Through the Motions" by Aimee Mann playing today:
This is from Mann's "The Forgotten Arm" album from 2005. This song is actually about a man struggling with addiction- but I found the title appropriate to each of us. Do we feel like we're going through the motions each day?
I propose that we do something about the banality of life and make your day more interesting!
Here's how it works, I will list 10 things to do when you first wake up, 10 things midday, and 10 things in the evening. Randomly use the random number generator, and whatever number you land on, at the given moment of the day, you must do whatever it says. This will give you 3 tasks to do throughout the day. If you don't then you're just going through the motions like everyone else.
MORNING
1. Go for a walk down your street backwards.
2. Go to the grocery store and buy a big fat steak. Cook it rare and eat it. *
3. Instead of wearing normal clothes, dress up like a superhero and wear it all day. Make a costume if you don't have one already. Give yourself a superhero name.
4. Put a cucumber on a string and drag it with you everywhere. Call it "Fifi"
5. Go to the yellow pages. Close your eyes, open up the page and point somewhere. Wherever your finger is, go visit that place and give them your patronage.
6. Make the commitment to wear your pajamas all day. No matter what you may have planned.
7. Make a milkshake for breakfast. A really good fattening one.
8. Don't send a single text message all day. Call the person instead.
9. Rearrange the furniture in one room.
10. Call someone and convince them to try this list.
*Consuming undercooked meats may cause bad stuff to happen to you.
MIDDAY
1. Go around your house and place a moustache on every picture of someone you have in a frame. CAUTION- Use a dry erase marker.
2. Start a blog about Mr. Belvedere.
3. Go to your local CD store- close your eyes and pick a CD. Whatever it is, buy it. And listen to it.
4. Do the same thing at the Library with a book. No matter what book it is, read it. All of it.
5. Go to the supermarket and buy 10 different kinds of cheese. Get kinds you've never heard of. Invite a friend or 2 over for a cheese tasting contest.
6. Go to my cousin's blog: http://www.panhandlingwithclass.blogspot.com/ post a comment and tell her she's dumb. She could use a reality check.
7. Buy some Hi-Chew candy and give it to someone. Spread Joy.
8. Go for a mile long walk in nature.
9. Meet a friend for lunch at a restaurant you've never tried. It can not be a restaurant chain or fast food.
10. Share this list with your minions on facebook/twitter/pinterest/google+/youtube/Foxnews.com.
EVENING
1. Look up Aimee Mann's guest appearance on "Portlandia." Then laugh while you watch it.
2. Go do some Yoga- I've never tried it but I hear it's great.
3. Go to a top ten films of all time list (google search it) and watch a movie on the list you've never seen.
4. Gather all the pennies in your house. Prepare them to be taken to the bank and put into a savings account or donate them to a charity.
5. Dress up nicely and create a name tag that says "tour guide." Take a few friends and/or family to your local video store and treat it like you're giving a tour at a museum, since it is fast becoming a piece of ancient history.
6. Create a YouTube account and post your first video. If you already have a YouTube account, then post a video of yourself mouthing the lyrics to "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with passion and conviction.
7. Write a handwritten letter to a grandparent, or someone far away. It must be a real letter- no emails.
8. Turn on the television. The first block of commercials you see, decide you're going to buy whatever is being advertised in one commercial, whether it's a product or service.
9. Organize a spontaneous sporting game of some kind that requires several people to play: Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Ultimate Frisbee. Don't make up excuses, play the game now.
10. Take cookies to the neighbor whose door is to your right as you exit the front door of your house. Even if you don't like them, or don't know them, take them cookies anyway.
I hope to run into one of you giving a tour guide at a blockbuster in a batman outfit with cookies in hand for your neighbor. Let me know how boring your day-to-day life is after completing these tasks.
