My Three Songs: 07/30/10

1. Bad Company - Shooting Star
2. Tesla - Modern Day Cowboy
3. Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Ballad of Curtis Loew

THEME: Laurence Fishburne.  In addition to starring in Apocalypse Now, the Matrix trilogy, Boys N the Hood, and CSI, Fishburne also played "Cowboy Curtis" on Pee-Wee's Playhouse.  

Yeah, that's Morpheus.

Wanted: professional early-rising non-smoker with liver of steel.

The bad news: you can't smoke at work.  You also can't drink coffee.  Or wear perfume or cologne.  And work starts at 6am (did I mention you can't have coffee?).

The good news: you get to drink vodka.  Scratch that - you have to drink vodka, because you are a professional vodka taster in Poland, sampling more than 20 bottles in an 8-hour shift.  Quite possibly the best job ever.  And that's only because I don't think there's a quality control job in the adult film industry.  If I'm wrong, sign me up for that one instead.

Meantime, read about a lucrative career in the liquor-drinking business at this link.

Conan the Barbarian: The Musical

Happy Birthday Arnold Schwarzenegger!
The fact that someone actually wrote and recorded songs for these is amazing...

My Three Songs: 07/29/10

1. Queen - Killer Queen
2. Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
3. Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55

THEME: Son of Sam.  The serial killer took his first victim on this day in 1976. 

Spartacus 1985: The Music Video

Turning the classic Spartacus into an 80's music video...

My Three Songs: 07/28/10

1. Bad Company - Shooting Star
2. Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
3. Dokken - Dream Warriors

THEME: Star of the Road Warrior, Mel Gibson, who on this day four years ago was arrested for drunk driving... and also called the cop, "sugar t*ts," said he owned Malibu, and threw in some anti-Semitic rants.

Of course, Mel went to rehab and is all better n... oh, nevermind.

Chewbacca Riding a Giant Squirrel While Fighting Nazis

Exactly what it said...

Check out the source.

Total Recall: The Musical

Continuing this week's videos of great movies turned into something else entirely...

My Three Songs: 07/27/10

1. Foreigner - Feels Like the First Time
2. Electric Boys - All Lips n' Hips
3. The Cars - Just What I Needed

Theme: The First Electric Car.  Tested for the first time in Boston on this day in... 1888.  Yep, you read that right - 1888. 

 Thomas Edison and an electric car in 1913 (courtesy of the National Museum of American History)

Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack... and boogers and mold and rat feces.

Mmm... enjoy that ballpark frank with a side of relish and e.coli.  This week ESPN posted the inspection reports from vendors at all MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL venues.  And the results are not good.

Lambeau Field
Green Bay Packers
Vendors with critical violations: 18%
Inspection report excerpt: Two locations were cited after inspectors found an employee who "did not wash hands after blowing nose or eating food prior to handling customer food or ice."

Miller Park
Milwaukee Brewers
Vendors with critical violations: 33%
Inspection report excerpt: Mold was growing in ice machines at six locations.

So just remember that you've got a 1-in-5 chance of getting some dude's slobber on your nachos next time you're at a Packers game, and a 1-in-3 chance that your soda is being cooled with fungus when you're cheering on the Brewers.

By comparison, Wrigley Field had zero violations, despite the fact that I have to pee in a trough every time I buy bleacher tickets. 12% of vendors at Soldier Field had violations, almost all due to a lack of hot water. But I'd rather deal with cold water than a snot-covered bratwurst any day.

Check out the complete list here.

And remember to never, ever, under any circumstances eat anything in Florida.  Or at a Wizards game.

Rambo: The Musical

My Three Songs: 07/26/10

1. Van Halen - Somebody Get Me A Doctor
2. The Doors - People are Strange
3. Journey - Stone in Love

Theme: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The film's director, Stanley Kubrick, was born on this day in 1928.  And just for fun...

30 Years of Caddyshack

 Caddyshack premiered July 25, 1980 - 30 years ago today.  So to celebrate, enjoy this link to 30 Things You May Not Know about Caddyshack. And of course this little piece of video genius.

Chevy Chase/Caddy Shack/Very Funny Clip!

Jane Austen's Fight Club

My Three Songs: 07/23/10

1. Pink Floyd - Have a Cigar
2. Jackyl - Down on Me
3. Aerosmith - Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)

Theme: Monica Lewinsky.  The former White House intern who took her service to the Office of the President very seriously turns 37 today.

And just because it happens to be 37...  (NSFW)



"In a row??" Classic.

My Three Songs: 07/22/10

1. Motley Crue - Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
2. ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
3. Ozzy Osbourne - Over the Mountain [from Diary of a Madman]

Theme: Mad Men.  The new season starts Sunday on AMC.

The 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time

Warning: language definitely NSFW!

Your Girlfriend Wants a McFlurry

Looks kinda chunky.  You should really see a doctor about that, Shrek.

My Three Songs: 07/02/10

Today's lineup:

1. The Cult - Fire Woman
2. BoDeans - Good Work
3. Pink Floyd - Brain Damage / Eclipse

Theme: Fireworks With Floyd.  Happening again during the Festival Foods Fireworks at Appleton's Memorial Park on Saturday, July 3rd.  Click here for details.

Salmon Vodka?

Normally, it's simple math:  Meat + Booze = Awesome.  Burgers and beer.  Fish and wine.  Steak and a cocktail.  All delicious.  In fact I just made a Beer BBQ Chicken recipe in the crock pot and it was freaking delicious.

But the Alaska Distillery has taken things too far with their new product: Smoked Salmon Flavored Vodka.

I love salmon.  I love vodka.  I'm getting queasy thinking about Smoked Salmon Flavored Vodka.  Some things should just not be combined.

So don't expect to see this in the Liquid Lunch liquor inventory anytime soon.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=11040438

My Three Songs: 07/01/10

Today's songs...

1. The Doors - Roadhouse Blues
2. Doobie Brothers - China Grove
3. Alice in Chains - Would?

Theme: Elwood Blues from the Blues Brothers.  Dan Aykroyd celebrates his 58th birthday today.

Wafflesicles? Hell yes, wafflesicles!

Screw those old-school waffle makers with their round or square waffles that you have to cut up and eat with a fork.  I want my breakfast foods the way God intended: on a stick.

Just get me a wide-mouth bottle of Aunt Jemima that fits in the cup holder in my car, and I'll be dipping these things while driving in no time!

The Wafflesicle Maker Has Changed Breakfast Forever