1. Tesla - Modern Day Cowboy
2. Pearl Jam - Daughter (from "Vs.")
3. Joe Satriani - Satch Boogie (from "Surfing with the Alien")
Theme: Cowboys & Aliens. The new movie from Iron Man director Jon Favreau, stars Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig. And just in case James Bond and Indiana Jones aren't enough to draw you to the theater, my future wife Olivia Wilde is apparently naked for some reason in the movie.
1. Dio - Last in Line
2. Alice Cooper - School's Out
3. Heart - Magic Man
Theme: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2). The final installment in the Potter film series has Harry picking out a Wizard college and getting his diploma. Or some giant wizard war or something. I'm not sure.
1. Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
2. Rush - Subdivisions
3. Bob & Doug McKenzie - Take Off
Theme: Canadian artists. Today is Canada Day - essentially Canada's birthday. So wear your Gretzky jersey, fry up some back bacon, put your thinking toque on, and drink some Molson in honor of the Great White North.
Well today is Roxanne Steele's birthday. I almost used her birthday as today's theme... but promised her that for her birthday I wouldn't play "Roxanne" by The Police. So here's the theme that could have been:
1. The Police - Roxanne
2. Judas Priest - Living After Midnight (from "British Steel")
3. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
1. KISS - Lick it Up
2. Bob Seger - Turn the Page
3. AC/DC - If You Want Blood (You Got It)
Theme: The KISS Comic Book. Released from Marvel Comics on this day in 1977, the book was printed with all four original KISS members' blood mixed into its red ink.
1. Bad Company - Run with the Pack
2. Van Halen - Mean Street (from "Fair Warning")
3. Boston - Smokin'
Theme: The FDA's newly announced warning labels for cigarette packaging and advertising. They're larger, more disgusting, and curb any desire to put my mouth on the product. Kind of like your mom.
If you're heading to see Motley Crue and Poison in Milwaukee on June 25th, here's a little preview of what Tommy Lee's drum solo (with 360-degree drum roller coaster) will look like:
1. Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter
2. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)
3. Ozzy Osbourne - Road to Nowhere
Theme: The Yellow Brick Road from "The Wizard of Oz." Star Judy Garland was born on this day in 1922, and we're also kicking off a "Blizzard of Ozz Weekend" on WAPL. Enter here to win a copy of Ozzy's newly remastered "Blizzard of Ozz" CD and tickets to see the Green Bay Blizzard in the Indoor Football League playoffs!
1. Bon Jovi - Born to Be My Baby
2. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
3. Guns n' Roses - November Rain
Theme: The birthday of Prince. The guy is probably more talented than your favorite musician, and has had sex with more women than you could possibly imagine. And he's weird.
Coed Magazine posted the list of the "highest" countries in the world. We're not talking about mountain peaks here. We're talking marijuana consumption. Surprisingly, the Netherlands doesn't even appear on the list, despite having legal marijuana for sale in hash bars and coffee shops.
Here's the Top Five:
5. France
4. Denmark
3. New Zealand
2. United States
1. Canada.
Yep. Our neighbors to the north already beat us at education, health care, and hockey player production. They might as well get high more than we do too.
1. Guns n' Roses - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
2. Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower
3. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Theme: Covers of Bob Dylan songs. Dylan celebrates his 70th birthday today.
I don't buy it, but it does give me an excuse to share my Top Five Apocalypse Movies, plus an Armageddon Soundtrack (not to be confused with the soundtrack from the movie Armageddon. There will not be any horrible Aerosmith ballads listed here.)
Top Five Apocalypse Movies:
#5 -The Terminator / Terminator 2: Judgement Day
In a world where we are increasingly dependent upon technology this one gets scary. Communication, transportation, finance, and nearly every other aspect of your life is now run by computers. Your mobile phone tracks you everywhere you go. Then SkyNet becomes self-aware and this happens.
If you go by the TV show Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Skynet became self-aware on April 19, 2011 and began its attack against humanity on April 21. I hope they weren't off by a month.
#4 - Planet of the Apes
A planet where apes evolved from men? Yes. But that only happened because (spoiler!) You blew it up! Damn you! Damn you all to hell!
#3 - The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2)
Yes, it's a post-apocalyptic wasteland where everyone's fighting over a few drops of gasoline. But all those car chases are awesome!
#2 - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
If we've got a nuclear holocaust coming, at least Dr. Strangelove has a pretty sweet plan for the survival of the human race.
#1 - Ghostbusters
If the world is going to end, I'd really like to see the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man bring it down. Or at least that hot Sheena-Easton-looking Gozer chick. Plus, as long as Peter Venkman is in our corner this might be the only Apocalypse we could actually stop.
And now your official Elwood Soundtrack to the Apocalypse (aka "Lenny Bruce is Not Afraid"):
R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)
Nine Inch Nails - The Beginning of the End
Van Halen - The Seventh Seal
U2 - Until the End of the World
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Dave Matthews Band - When the World Ends
Van Halen - Judgement Day
Metallica block:
The Four Horsemen
Blackened
My Apocalypse
Fade to Black
Smashing Pumpkins - The End is the Beginning is the End
Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction
Def Leppard - Armageddon It!
Soundgarden - Blow Up the Outside World
Nine Inch Nails - The Day The World Went Away
Traveling Wilburys - End of the Line
Pink Floyd - Goodbye Cruel World
The Doors - The End
I know I'm forgetting some... let me know if you think of any more!
Love your computer or iPad, but long for the days of clacking keys and writing like Hemingway? Well, this item won't improve your prose, but it will give you that old-timey typewriter to type on with a USB input into your computer!
1. Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls
2. Warrant - Down Boys
3. Alice in Chains - No Excuses
Theme: The Brady Bunch. The show about a family of very lovely girls and a fellow with three boys of his own, with housekeeper Alice in the middle. Ann B. Davis who played Alice celebrates her 85th birthday today.
1. Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
2. The Cars - Good Times Roll
3. Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock
Theme: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The former WWE Superstar and star of the #1 movie in the country over the weekend, Fast Five, celebrates his birthday today.
Cupcake Vodka. Yep. It's vodka. That tastes like cupcakes.
"Cupcake Vodka Original is six-times distilled to remove impurities while delivering a mouth-feel reminiscent of an indulgent delicious treat."
I haven't tried this stuff, and I'm not sure I want to. I prefer to keep my alcohol consumption separate from my sweet tooth. And if this review from Gawker is any indication, it's probably a good idea to keep it that way. My favorite line from the review:
We're shocked they missed the opportunity to go for the sad girl with cravings trifecta and have a red velvet cupcake vodka with a picture of a cat on the bottle.
But if you want a real laugh, check out the first comment!
Sweet bachelor pad by day... zombie-proof concrete bunker by night. Check out this real-life zombie-proof house and mark its location so you know where to run when the undead apocalypse is upon us!
As I mentioned a couple days ago, the PlayStation Network got knocked offline last week and is still down. Well, the news just got worse as Sony announced yesterday that an "unauthorized person" hacked into the Network and has obtained users' personal information including name, address, password, login, and possibly even users' credit card info.
If you're a member of the PlayStation Network, you definitely want to read this release from Sony to make sure you're doing all you can to protect yourself from future identity theft.
1. Pearl Jam - Black
2. Collective Soul - Where the River Flows
3. Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
Theme: The levee breach on the Black River in Missouri. The levee has failed in at least four places and is causing major flooding in the Poplar Bluff area. Check out more on the story here.
1. Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
2. Cinderella - Shelter Me (from "Heartbreak Station")
3. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Breakdown
Theme: The PlayStation Network outage that has kept PS gamers offline for the past five days. Of course if you have an Xbox 360 and want to play against me sometime, look for gamertag SonicElwood.
1. Rush - Working Man
2. AC/DC - Moneytalks
3. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Taxman
Theme :: Tax Day. Normally on April 15th, this year's Tax Day was postponed to the 18th because of a Washington D.C. holiday. Hope you got your taxes in!
1. Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe
2. Pearl Jam - Better Man
3. Poison - Every Rose Has its Thorn
Theme :: Pete Rose. The former Cincinnati Reds player and manager was banned from baseball for wagering on games while coaching. He celebrates his 70th birthday today.
1. Sammy Hagar - Marching to Mars
2. Night Ranger - Don't Tell Me You Love Me (from "Midnight Madness")
3. Queen - We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions
Theme :: NCAA Tournament Champions, UConn, who defeated Butler on Monday night to wrap up March Madness.
