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Friday Random Ten
(they don’t compare)

It’s that time again.
Just hit shuffle, let it play
and note the first ten.

1. Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart – Johnny Cash (Live at Folsom Prison)
“In the calendar of your events I’m last week.”

2. Russians – Sting (Dream of the Blue Turtles)
“There is no monopoly of common sense
on either side of the political fence.”

3. Karma Police – Radiohead (OK Computer)
“For a minute there I lost myself.”

4. Scenic Routes – Lost Dogs (Scenic Routes)
“Paint the common things with mystery and renovate our history.”

5. Running Away – Fuel (Natural Selection)
“So I thirst for the water I find myself wanting now.”

6. One – Tait (In the Name of Love)
“One life with each other;
we get to carry each other, carry each other.”

7. Home Again – Lost Dogs (Nazarene Crying Towel soundtrack)
“When the world is cruel and heartless, you can always come home again.”

8. American Baby – Dave Matthews Band (Stand Up)
“Nobody’s laughing now;
God’s grace lost and the devil is proud.”

9. Babylon – David Gray (White Ladder)
“The love that I was giving you was never in doubt.”

10. Rats – Pearl Jam (Vs.)
“They don’t push, don’t crowd,
congregate until they’re much too loud.”

Other listing fools:
Andrea, Ashley, Ben, Brian, Ellen, Kate, Luna, Marisa, Sherri

Evaluations:
Favorite song: 6 (and it doesn’t matter all that much who sings it; just a great song)
Most thematically outdated song, yet offered the most socially-relevant quote: 2
Song without a link to the artist because the website is like a black hole: 8
Artists seen live: 2, 4 (&7), 8 & 10

I’ve also seen DMB in concert. Saw him at Hershey Stadium and it was one of the oddest experiences of my life. First off, I felt very, very old. Second, I was surprised at how busy security was. Must have been something to do with really drunk high schoolers. We watched some girl running full speed toward the VIP section. A security guy stuck out his arm and clotheslined her. Flat on her back. My companion and I were highly entertained. OK concert, very amusing scene. What did you think?

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My nephew’s going to DMB (for what must be his 8 billionth time) tomorrow PM…

And I’m being very good and not re-polling although I’m in Virginia now and my new answer could skew results.

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Hey there Missy (er, Melissa),

I haven’t seen DMB in something like 8 years, but back in those days I thought he was a pretty good show.

Granted, I’m aware of the “frat boy” image associated with his core audience in recent years. I’m not sure that image was the pertinent one back when I caught my first show of his in ‘95 at the Mann – I tend to think not (perhaps that changed as he became more popular).

Or perhaps my memory of that ‘95 show has been cast in such a favorable light in my own memory that I think more highly of him than I ought. The atmosphere I recall was much more indie than pop. Then again there was the second-hand pot smoke from the row in front of us, but I refuse to believe that colored my perception of the show.

That aside, I was really hoping the haiku introduction would be more well-received. Hmmm…

Not so much ill received but over my head until you pointed it out.

But it’s not like explaining a joke where the joke sucks when you have to explain it. This time you can blame a heathen audience (well, at least me. No sweat owning up to the miss)

I thought your haiku at the beginning was very clever. I enjoyed the simplicity with which it expressed the guidelines of the Friday Random Ten.

(Just wanted you to know that it did register with me and that I appreciated it. I guess I should have mentioned it on Friday).

Lots of people call me Missy, it you prefer it, you can go with that. I like both.

I enjoyed DMB, it’s not that I didn’t, but the crowd proved to be a distraction. I saw him about 7 or 8 years after you did, so I think the scene might have changed.

I feel terrible that I completely missed the haiku. Was it there the whole time or did you just add it to mess with our minds? Anyway, I like it, I just didn’t see it.

No worries Marisa. I wasn’t terribly deflated that nobody mentioned it; I just expected someone to, that’s all.

And as for you, Missy, what are trying to suggest about me anyway? – that I would actually change something like that just to mess with people? Well, now that you mention it, that does sound mildly amusing – I’ll have to give it a shot sometime.

You could really mess with us and change all the songs…

And I believe Chris’s green wench is currently unoccupied if you’re looking to really torture us.

Stop giving me ideas…

Haiku… AND it rhymes!!

Brillyant!

…Want ideas, don’t want ideas – hmmmm, someone needs to make up his mind…

“Haiku… AND it rhymes!!

Brillyant!”

-you know, I’ve never been real clear on the rules for haiku, at least as far as rhyming. Are there any? And while I’d like to say the rhyme was intentional, I’m afraid I can’t. That’s just the way the words happened to fall.