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Saturday:
Let’s not close out the week with you thinking that ol’ anonymous is not a hip and happenin guy. I’ve logged many a year listening to great music and could have filled several weeks worth of songs of the day. Maybe anit-blog will invite me back someday if the outcry from this week is not too severe. One of the great new artists of today that I just think is fantastic is Michael buble. Like his music, like his stage performances : really just like everything.

Song of the day: Everything (live) by Michael buble I think I saw myself in the crowd

Good Night America!!

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Friday:
It’s quittin’ time for the week and that means only one thing. Time to put the tropical shirt and the parrot hat on and mix yourself a fantastic virgin margarita and let the sounds of Jimmy B take you away for your own weekend vacation. Enjoy the ride on your trip around the sun.
Song of the day: One more trip around the sun Jimmy buffet

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Thursday:
The second greatest musical group of all time: (next to the Beatles) need I give any more of an introduction? The Eagles have endured decades, keeping the music fresh and current. They have been copied, mimicked, covered, smothered, scattered and loaded more than an order of hash browns at le House. Sit back and let your day be edified by a cut from the Eagles.
Song of the day: New Kid in Town (live farewell tour) Eagles I think I saw myself in the crowd

Top 10 Reasons I Don't Go To The Gym

1. It is tiring
2. I don't like sweating
3. It is hard work
4. Those round plates are heavy
5.

6. They don't sell burritos there
7. There are no escalators to the entrance
8. If I wanted to be out of breath, I would live in Denver
9. Too much good tv to watch
10. I gotta do another lame post for my blog

Another Great Moment.......

Brought to us by the lamest sport on planet earth.

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If this were twitter, you would be reading about what I had for lunch, or something terribly fascinating like that. Well, here is what I had for lunch. Really, I did. At Taco Bueno.

Detroit Suck City

Well, it happened again. The Rangers go into Detroit for a 3-game series with the Tigers, and get swept. That makes 11 straight losses for the FIRST PLACE RANGERS in Detroit. Tigers come to Texas? No problem. The Rangers can win. Rangers go to Detroit? Big problem. Rangers never win. I thought about this day and night for like 3 weeks in a row, and I have some suggestions as to why the Rangers cannot win in Detroit. Maybe it is all of these things, maybe just one, or maybe a few, but I do think the answer is somewhere on this list.

- If they win, they are afraid that Eminem will rap about killing them on his next "album"
- They are afraid that the UAW bosses are gonna break their kneecaps until the UAW's demands are met
- The city was founded by the French
- They can't get "Detroit Rock City" out of their heads (or any other crappy KISS song for that matter) and it is terribly distracting
- Iggy Pop still refuses to put his shirt on and helps his hometown team by dancing (read: writhing in apparent pain) in front of the Rangers dugout thus driving the team back to the locker room
- It is impossible to focus on the game when you are afraid that your car is getting stolen in the stadium parking lot
- They figure if they play bad enough in Detroit, the yahoos in D.C. will give them billions of dollars (which Tom Hicks could desperately use)
- It is the most liberal big city in America and nothing can perform well when liberalism rules the day...and I mean nothing
- Tigers is a really scary mascot
- There is a constant fear that their CEO will be fired by the federal government and replaced with a puppet leader that will do everything he is told

Well, it's got to be one of those things, but the Rangers don't have another game in Detroit this year, unless they meet in the playoffs, so they should be fairly safe. Phewww.

Go Texas Rangers.

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Wednesday:
Suddenly my youthful days of rock n roll were over for a while and I found myself drawn to country music. I attended several concerts from this first mega group of country music ALABAMA which dominated the country music scene for years. Long before George, Garth and Keith urban was this monster group. Let’s enjoy a cut from them. I had a certain infant son that was carried around the house dancing in my arms to this song many, many times. I think it is what helped instill in him a love for music.

Song of the day: Mountain Music (live) by Alabama I think I saw myself in the crowd

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Tuesday:
We all have songs that remind us of growing up. Usually that remembrance is intensified if we actually saw this group in concert. There is a connection that endures time. Without divulging too much about anonymous let’s just say that I was going to concerts in the early 70’s and beyond. That certainly gave me a wide variety of musical artists to choose from and I did attend my fair share of concerts. But the one group that seem to capture for me the essence of my teen years that has had an enduring sound is the group The Chicago Transit Authority: affectionately known as CHICAGO
SONG OF THE DAY: Saturday In the park (live) by Chicago I think I saw myself in the crowd.

Saturday In The Park by Chicago

Kevin And Cami's Song

Before I got married, this was my song...


But, Cami suggested we change it to At Last by Etta James



Click Here For Studio Version
And I would agree.

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Well, I think handing over the reins for song of the day was a raging success. Let's try it again. This time with Anonymous. Heaven help us all this week. Here is his/her note.

Monday

I am honored to have been selected from the thousands of readers and viewers of the anti-blog to choose the chansons du jour this week: A distinguished honor indeed. I thought the Liberal Menace did a fine job and kept the vehicle somewhat down the middle of the road instead of veering off into some of the darkness that could by some be called music. I thank her for that.

For my first posting I will break the rules of the anti-blog a little bit and actually put something out there that has some meaning. Most of us as we have gone through the process of finding “true love” have ultimately found a song that captures the feelings and emotions that both parties in the relationship had. Thus, we call these “Our Songs”

So good old anonymous will tell you the song that was “our song” when I found true love with Mrs. anonymous. I invite all readers to reminisce and perhaps if you dare respond in the comment section as to “your song”.

Song of the day is: Bread singing “Make It With You”

Thanks, Liberal Menace

Well, that was a good week of music.


You have brought some top-notch music to the blog and we all thank you. I hope you had fun picking a song every day. It seems like it should be cumbersome at times, but it really is not. You can see why this is a very fun part of my day everyday. Thank you for picking such a variety of songs to put up. And mostly thank you for not selecting Concrete Blondes. Ha.

And thanks for showing off your French. It took everything I could muster to come up with Chanson du Jour and you come in with articles and days of the week. Show off. We will have to do this again some time soon.

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la chanson de la fin de semain

"easy" by faith no more (i recommend the version posted by artsyfairie08 that is live from chile 1991. anonymous may be able to pick up some dance moves from mike patton here)

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It looks like the Liberal Menace is wrapping up for the week. Just so you know, oh menacing one, we do do a song on Sat, even though no one looks at blogs on the weekend. You are welcome to fill that slot if you are interested. You deserve it.

Alright, here is today's song. Just a side note. I love this movie. I always thought it creepy how well Depp played a character that is always tripping. Huh. What kind of research goes into that role? Special bonus for anyone that can count the number of illegal substances in this video. Here is the message from The Liberal Menace.

let's go out with a BANG, shall we?

vendredi de la chanson (aka freaky friday)

Q: what do you get when terry gilliam directs johnny depp and benicio del toro in a movie based on a book written by the legendary hunter s. thompson?

A: an okay movie with a mind blowing insanely great soundtrack which contains one of the best cover versions of a song - EVER!!!

please enjoy "viva las vegas" by the dead kennedys

(too bad i didn't stumble across their take on "rawhide", with an all midget casted video, earlier in the week, that would have been a great monday bonus bit - it's freaktastic!)

anti-blog: if you think it's unpostable, then i guess you could substitute "take the skinheads bowling" by camper van beethoven.

anonymous: if, after this, i have to redeem myself in your eyes... i'd probably do it with the paranoid ramblings of jem in "they"

FYI: all of this could have been avoided if greg pritchard's audition on britain's got talent were embeddable.

hope your time comes soon anonymous, looking forward to a week of eagles and little river band.

Viva Las Vegas by Dead Kennedys


Rawhide by Dead Kennedys - only a link because of a couple of words that are PG/PG-13 rated

Take The Skinheads Bowling by Camper Van Beethoven


They by Jem


Greg Pritchard's Audition - I don't know what to say

From The Liberal Menace To Anonymous, With Love

Well, Anonymous, The Liberal Menace was a little disturbed you did not like the great Cake songs and has offered this as a peace offering. No exciting video, just the song. A Bread cover. The Guitar Man by Cake

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la chanson de jeudi

was going to do a week of musicians/bands covering other musician's/band's songs. but then i came across this incredible performance by a super-mondo-talented dude...

hope you enjoy this as much as i did:

Girlfriend by Matthew Sweet


Just for kicks, here is a picture of Matthew Sweet as I remember him from so many years ago. It would seem that Matthew has had too many Sweets. Aha. Aha.

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Youtube wasn't working for me all day. Sorry this is so late. One more doozy from The Liberal Menace (the artist formerly known as i blog).

la chanson de mercredi

i must confess i'm quite the anglophile. and though i don't dress the part, i'm a goth girl at heart. so it's no wonder that i love this next band.

everyone ??? please enjoy iggy pop's song "the passenger" as performed by siouxsie and the banshees (posted by 1darkdreamer)

this isn't the official video, it is a tv spot filmed at a resort in penrhyndeudraeth, north wales (say that 10 times fast - if you can even begin to pronounce it) which was also the locale for a fantabulous show called "the prisoner". (hence, the scenes of patrick mcgoohan running from the bubble)

also, in honour of wednesday/hump day i'd like to treat you guys to a little snippet from my favourite british transvestite comedian/actor, eddie izzard. it's called "cake or death" (posted by ekulmas123909)... most his stuff is unpostable as it contains the f-bomb, but if you can handle that sort of thing, check out "death star canteen" - probably my favourite bit by him. "englebert humperdink" is great, too but i don't know if that is considered postable by the anti-blogger.


The Passenger by Siouxsie and the Banshees


And the comedic stylings of Eddie Izzard (who is tragically best known, I'm assuming, as the genius dude in Ocean's 12 and 13 - although he was great in those movies)


And the PG Rated, but very funny Engelbert Humperdink

Oh What A Beautiful Morning!

Radiohead is in the recording studio for album #8. 'Nuff said.

I'm Kicking Myself

Flight of the Conchords came through town a couple weeks ago and I was not on the ball enough to get tickets and make plans to go. What an idiot I am. The sports radio show I listen to talked about it and said it was awesome. What an idiot I am. I could have heard some classic songs like Sugarlumps and these three:

They are PG/PG-13ish so watch at your own risk. They are not that bad except for a couple words. Very funny.

Friends
Hurt Feelings
We're Both in Love With a Sexy Lady

Or the follow-up to the Sexy Lady song...Song For Epileptic Dogs


Or the dissing rappers song referred to in Hurt Feelings


Or Carol Brown


Anyway, you can see that I really missed out. What an idiot I am.

A Complete 180

Well, if you have spent one iota of time on this blog you know 3 things: 1) I like music, 2) I am not funny, and 3) I am a conservative and by extension am not a big fan of Obama's policies (like the man, just not anything he does). But, lately I have started to think maybe I am too hard on the man. Let me explain.

For the past 8 years, the left has painted W. as an imbecile, a bigot, a murderer, a trampler of the Constitution, and a mentally deranged man. While some of that may be true, his list of mental and psychological disorders pales in comparison to that of our new President. So, maybe it is unfair to speak so harshly about President Obama when all he is doing is making decisions and statements that are guided by genuine mental health issues, and not because he is an imbecile, a bigot, a murderer, a trampler of the Constitution, and a mentally deranged man like his policies would indicate. Let's take a look at a list of psychological disorders and phobias that Obama has and try to determine if he is an ideologue and a sophist or if he just has issues.

1. Schizophrenia - yes, the man has multiple personalities. He talks like a conservative and acts like a drunken liberal. Just the other day he said that the nation's debt and the spending pattern we are on (because of his policies, not Bush's) are unsustainable. Well, sir, stop it then. See, he has two opinions.

2. Amnesia - he sat in Reverend Wright's church for 20 years and never heard ANYTHING inflammatory, racist, or Anti-American? Highly unlikely. I think Obama just forgot. That's it.

3. Dyslexia - when he said that he had visited 57 states and only had 3 to go during the campaign. He knows there are 50 states, he is just dyslexic

The rest are phobias, but I think they explain a lot about his policies.

4. Xenophobia - fear of people different than you. This is why he is anti-business. He has a fear of executives that go out and accomplish something and make money for themselves. Self-reliance and business ambition are foreign to Obama. He only knows dependence and political ambition. But, luckily for our President, this fear also rules out soteriophobia, which is the fear of dependence on others. He is all for that. 300 million Americans should all depend on the wealthiest 5% for our well-being.

5. Allodoxaphobia - fear of opinions. All politicians have this. That is why they only surround themselves with and listen to like-minded people, like Obama has and every other politician.

6. Chemophobia - fear of chemicals. I have never seen a man so afraid of CO2. He thinks it is going to wipe us all out. So, we should all stop breathing, so we can live.

7. Chrometophobia - fear of money. That is why he never handles or deals with real money. All the money he spends "for us" is completely imaginary. We don't have it. It doesn't exist. It's not because he has a fear of debt. He just has a fear of money. So he spends trillions that don't actually exist.

8. Logophobia - fear of words. "Global War On Terror" "Terrorist Attacks" "Pro-Life" are all very scary to Obama. Let's say "Overseas Contingency Acts" "Man-made Disasters" and "Right Wing Extremists" instead. That sounds much better.

Let's talk about his preposterous healthcare proposal. It takes a lot of fears to come up with something this delusional.

9. Monophobia - fear of being alone. This has two sides. He does not like being the "only Western country" without a failing government healthcare program. All of the other western powers have bankrupted, inefficient, poor healthcare. Why shouldn't we? The other side is what he is planning on doing to doctor's offices. He intends on packing them with people because of a shortage of funds and doctors. That way we will never have peace and privacy at the doctor. We will all be together.

10. Neopharmaphobia - fear of new drugs. Drug companies are evil. At least that is what the left and Obama tell us. New drugs are bad. We should all stick with penicillin and wheatgrass. So, Obama plans on penalizing drug companies and demonizing them.

11. Opiophobia - fear of medical doctors' experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients. The government should do it. Not medical doctors.

12. Iatrophobia - fear of going to the doctor. He assumes that we all share this fear with him, so he wants to set up government healthcare so that the doctors will be so overbooked and so poorly trained and so unmotivated that we just won't want to go visit the doctor. But, the good news here is that we know he does not have macrophobia, which is the fear of long waits. His policies indicate the opposite. He loves long waits. Government healthcare provides long, long waits for all Americans, rich or poor, when they want to go to the doctor. Perfect.

His other policies indicate even more phobias.

13. Plutophobia - fear of wealth. Wealthy people are bad. They are all greedy and selfish and don't care about anyone else. So, Obama's policies and tax hikes are taking all wealth creation right out of the country. Problem solved. Which I guess shows that he does not suffer from peniaphobia, the fear of poverty. He has seen every single one of his policies acted out in other countries throughout history. They have never worked and have, without exception, created poverty. Yet, he is still moving forward with that agenda, which shows he is not peniaphobic.

14. Motorphobia - fear of automobiles. Today he raised emissions standards and mpg standards (yes the same standards that have contributed to financial woes already) on auto makers in the US. Since raising standards like this and favoring unions (check out the illegal move he did in the Chrysler bankruptcy filing by putting unions ahead of secured lenders - oops), he is killing the auto companies. But, because he is afraid of autos, I guess that makes sense.

15. Hoplophobia - fear of firearms. This one is self explanatory.

16. Megalophobia - fear of big things. This one he does not have. Look what he has done to the size of the Federal government, the deficit, etc. They are ginormous. Which shows that he does suffer from phronemophobia, which is the fear of thinking. If he thought for one hot minute about what he was doing and compared it with governments in the past, he would see that he is running our country into the ground.

Now, I realize that Obama is not the only world leader or US President to suffer from these things, but I think by looking at these things, his policies and ideas come into focus. He is not an imbecile. He just has issues and fears. Like the rest of us. Here are a few of mine, lest we think that I am picking on poor Obama.

1. Levophobia - fear of things on the left side of the body. But not my body, the body of government.

2. Sinistrophobia - fear of things to the left (but I am strangely not afraid of i blog, who is to the left of me.)

3. Politicophobia - fear or abnormal dislike of politicians. Left or right. I don't care. I don't like them or trust them.

4. Acrophobia - fear of heights.

5. Scorpiophobia - fear of scorpions. OK, I made this one up. But it should be one. Those things are ooky.

To find your own fears, or to come up with a witty rebuttal of Republican fears, check out my new favorite site, phobialist.com

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Another song selection and note from our contest winner, i blog...

mardi la chanson

everyone who knows me knows i am a BIG fan of cake (both the musical and the type 2-diabetes-inducing kind). and i have it on good authority that mrs. anti-blog does as well. but put away your insulin and syringes, because i'm serving up a double portion of the musical variety. (only because i had a REAL hard time choosing between these two):

please enjoy some cake...

"i will survive" (as posted by mikemoring) and "mahna mahna" (as posted by hamtarucard).

(yeah, i know, the last one isn't a real video. one doesn't exist. but i just love the animaniacs. besides, the song is so brilliantly fantastic, it don't need no stinkin' video)

Mahna Mahna by Cake


I Will Survive by Cake


Well, i blog, I wouldn't be able to pick between these two either. I guess you can have your Cake and eat it too. Thanks for choosing an edited version of the latter for the innocent who read the blog.

Hobbies Part (How High I Can Count - without taking my shoes off)

Remember you can always click on the picture to enlarge it...

Advertising at local Christmas parades




Back Massages


Calling out and mocking 3rd graders that criticize my vocabulary


Crashing TV sets



Posing like European tourists at Disney World


Taking precious real estate thus preventing little kids from enjoying the fair

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Let's kick off a week of music from our only reader that dares identify herself, i blog. She won a quite challenging competition and now has full control of the music. We should see a dramatic increase in readership this week now that I am not putting up my garbage music. Here is the first selection. She added a little blurb at the beginning. Here it is.

sooo, let's roll:

lundi de la chanson

to pay homage to my formidable opponent (anonymous) i choose, "rawhide" by the blues brothers. every time i hear this song, i have flashbacks to a certain summer in colorado, watching him bust a move with reckless abandon whilst this song is blaring at near maximum volume.

Rawhide by The Blues Brothers

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Okay by Kaiser Cartel



Well, I bid everyone adieu for a week. I failed to mention earlier in the week that the winner of last week's contest, i blog, will be in control of the music for the upcoming week. I can only assume that she will be emailing me songs to put on the blog. So, let's all give her a nice jensenfun welcome and enjoy her music for a week. She deserves it for putting up with all the garbage I put up on this blog. Anonymous' time will come soon enough. I have to mentally prepare for that week, though.

And no, i blog, I will not acquiesce if you ask me to put up the Wyclef Jean "Yes We Can" song. I do have my limits.

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Just a Boy by Angus and Julia Stone

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Shape of My Heart by Noah and the Whale

Good Policy Change

Alright, last stupid picture for the day, I promise. I think this is a good policy change. Can you imagine the manager's meeting in which this topic was discussed? Oh to be a fly on the wall....

VP - I just don't think it is becoming of a company of our stature to be doing that
Manager - But, some of the customers still prefer it this way
VP - Well, I understand that is the way things have been done in the past, but it is 2008, not 1608. I mean, we got to get with the times
Manager - I'm just telling you, we are going to have some really upset customers
VP - What are they going to do? Take their business elsewhere? Who else would do for these people what we have done for them? No one. You hear me? No one. No one will accept goats as payment. It's 2008!
Manager - Fine. Your decision.
VP - I'm changing the sign, right now.

Think This Would Fly?

For those of you who know Cami and I, we have a great relationship. We joke with each other almost as much as we dote on each other and help the other person out. It works. But, Cami is a no nonsense, take no crap from nobody person. That is one of the things that attracts me to her. Do you think she would approve of this?

Cami's True Feelings

This is what Cami would call my favorite drink, Coke, if it were up to her.

This Book Will Not Make Storytime

Unless we want AK to grow up being as smart as her father, we will not be reading her this book. Am I offbase here?

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80s-tastic music straight from 2008. Out of London, please enjoy Young Love by Mystery Jets

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Chinese Translation by M. Ward


FYI - Earlier we played a song by She & Him. He is the "Him" in the band and the girl from Elf is the "She". See how that works?

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When The Night Turns Cold by Tobias Froberg

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The last song of the week. If you haven't picked up on it yet, the similarity between all these songs is that they have all be covered by the punk band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old) by Garth Brooks.


Final Hint: Gimme a break. You all have gotten the general clues but the specific clues eluded you. All you had to do was read the first word of each of my hints and you would have had the answer.

PS - If you have not listened to the music collection (7 albums worth) of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, go ahead and do so now. I rarely recommend music to people because tastes vary so much, but pretty much everyone likes these guys. They just goof around with all the songs we know and love. Each of their albums has a theme: 60s rock, 70s rock, country, R&B, Broadway, etc. It is a lot of fun to listen to. And don't bother telling me that they are a terrible band. They are the first ones to make fun of themselves. They never intended on making cds when they formed, because they thought the music unlistenable. But, it is great.

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A personal favorite of mine. Ever since I saw Blues Brothers.
Stand By Your Man by Tammy Wynette


Almost forgot the hint: Gimme some credit, everyone, for coming up with such "awesome" clues to a "variety" of songs.

I Got Two Words For You...

FIRST PLACE RANGERS. Suck on that egg MLB. The Rangers are first in their division. Better than the Mariners, Athletics and Angels. Yep, that's right. We're number one. 5 game winning streak (although the Rangers are down 9-1 in the fifth right now), pitching well and hitting well. Winning games. Go Rangers baby.

It's Like Our Teachers Always Said. You Gotta Follow The Instructions

Or you might make a grave error.

Nice

One more reason soccer is a worthless (albeit very funny) sport.

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You've Got A Friend by James Taylor and Carole King


Hint: The first time I saw old footage of James Taylor, I thought he was such a punk. He just looks like a fogey now.

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Alright, here is song #3 this week. Remember, they all have something in common. Do you know what it is? Mandy by Barry Manilow


Hint: And to think it was my friend Eric who liked this song because his girlfriend had this name, and not "Fat Mike".

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Alright, now let's see the second of six songs that have one thing in common. And I will try to make sure that they ONLY have one thing in common. Any ideas? The Phantom Of The Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber


Hint: First time I ever saw this movie with Cami, I knew I would never see it again with her. She griped about the "horrible singing", as she puts it, and just couldn't see why ALW would choose that dude as the phantom. Oh well.

Just for giggles, here is a pic of the goofy, yet talented, Andrew Lloyd Webber with ex-wife (?) Sarah Brightman.

The Red House

Could this be the best commercial ever? I think so. I will definitely be paying a visit to Big Head and 10-Gauge for all my furniture needs. Enjoy this equal opportunity business


Note:
1) I hope they don't give those feeble handshakes in person
2) What exactly is a "Hickspanic"?

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Did everyone enjoy the 3 days off of Chanson du Jour? I hope you did because I am bringing the heat this week. This week we are going to have a week-long competition. Every day I will play a song that is somehow, in some way attached to the rest of the songs. There is some common thread that weaves them all together. Please note this very important detail: the similarity has NOTHING to do with the artist, genre, year of release, etc. The songs are what we are looking at. What do they have in common? Each day I will give you one general clue and one specific clue. Sound like fun?

So, what is the point of this seemingly pointless exercise? If you can guess correctly the connection between all 6 songs, I will let you, the winner, select the Chanson du Jour for an ENTIRE WEEK. I will have no say. I will give up control for one whole week to the winner, if there is one. Good luck.

Here is the first song. Oh Girl by The Chi Lites


Hint: Me and my friends would always do dumb stuff under the "cover" of night (this may look like only one clue, but as promised, it is one specific clue and one general clue. Doing it in one clue is just a testament to my unparalleled intelligence, or something like that)