Song for Wednesday - Into the Mystic by Van Morrison

I know we generally do songs on Fridays but I don't care. Wednesday night is race night and I want a nice sailing jam. Here it is; please enjoy:

Red Solo Cup!

As Rare as Russian Unicorns

I've been feeling a bit overloaded this past month.  6 weeks of working full time and taking night law school classes has been tiring. Luckily, the ladyfriend has been very supportive and even kicked my butt a few times when I needed it. I have the ability to fall asleep in .27931 seconds and she makes sure I don't when I have work to do which has been quite helpful lately. I'd write more about how lucky I am and how awesome she is, but I don't want to embarrass her too much :-)

Generally being tired, studying law, and trying to keep up with current events has led to some very strange dreams when I do get the opportunity to sleep. Just this past evening in fact, I was hanging out with Richard Branson on a 27' sailboat and we were off to race it when we crashed into an island that had Warren Buffett on it. The night before, I did some time-traveling with Dr. Who in the TARDIS.

In light of these strange dreams, I thought I would treat you all to a song this friday that is 3 parts awesome and 1 part weird. It's a bad lip reading video of Michael Bublé's Haven't Met You Yet. Please enjoy:

Song for My Audience of One

I was going to put up the video for Los Angeles by The Rosewood Thieves but I found this one and it caught my attention.

So I'm going to put that one up here as the song of the day instead.

Enjoy it.

Or don't.

I don't really care.

Since I put it up for an audience of one.

Forecast: Sexy with a Chance of Puns

I'm not going to put up the  "Come On Eileen" video mainly because I think the "Come On Irene" joke isn't all that funny. Nor will I mention that Gene Kelly above could be "Singin' in Irene...Just singin' in Irene"......I'm feeling classier than that, so.... please enjoy the Rolling Stones' "Rain Fall Down".
 

Stock Market Songs

So like the stock market, I've been all over the place this week. Baltimore, DC and Annapolis. Very busy at work, to looking for stuff to do. Finished law school orientation on this week with a pretty decent Baltimore BBQ as well. Now I'm looking forward to the first official day of classes which start on Monday.

Anyway, here are a mix of songs that won't necessarily give you the roller-coaster ride that watching CNBC will, but it's where I've been musically this week.



A bit of studying and a bit of partying will top off this week pretty nicely I think. Hope you all have a good weekend!

WHFS & Blink-182

The late 90's are back! My favorite radio station from high school is back on the air (after an abrupt cancellation) and I'm going to the Blink-182 show tonight with my littler sister. Should be blast!

El Guincho - Pop Negro

I'm not normally one for Latin music but Pop Negro by El Guincho has been pretty addictive lately.

I'm not sure why. Maybe it's the beat, maybe the musical hooks, or maybe just because it was the background music for some good poker games at a friend's place. Either way, I find myself moving towards music that was not created purely to be blasted to, at, and from the club/bar/dance floor.

Maybe it's the radio and their love of overplaying the same set list of songs but I think it has more to do with getting older.





Pictures from this past Wednesday Night race and the Governor's Cup 2011 to follow (eventually).

"Sail" Video

So not too long ago I saw a video that had the song "Sail" by Awolnation as the background to some pretty sweet racing footage.

I've been searching for several days but can't seem to find that video anywhere. If anyone could find it, that would be awesome and they should definitely leave a comment about where to find it.

Anyway, here is the official video for the song which isn't nearly as good but what can you do?

How You Like Me Now?

Haven't been out sailing in far too long. Work and life have been getting the best of me lately. Hopefully I have some races coming up though including The Great Bay Race, Gov Cup (down to St. Mary's), Battle of the Chesapeake, Annapolis Race Week and, of course Wednesday nights.

Throw in a business trip to New Orleans and the start of law school and you have something close to my busy schedule. Maybe I'll be able to fit in reading a booking this weekend?

Maybe?

Lose my Thread

So I've finally gotten my internet back up thanks to the people over at the MD corporate office of Comcast. Seriously, if you have any problems with Comcast, tweet @comcastcares and they answer you 10x faster than their automated phone system does.

Been able to get some sailing in these past few weeks which has been good. Had the tactician from one of the other boats we race against come over and show us a few cool new moves that we've been putting to work on Wednesdays. If you race and don't set the spinnaker from the cabin, I would seriously reconsider. It now takes a 1/3 or 1/4 the time that it used to, to set the spin.

I also had my car broken into this past week which has really sucked. Broke my driver side window for an iPod. I'm seriously considering leaving my car unlocked because anything they steal would cost me less than it costs me to replace the freaking window. Luckily, the lady-friend was able to get me a deal on the glass replacement. I'm becoming a pretty consistent customer at the body shop which is no good.

Anyway, hopefully I'll have some more time to blog coming up. Alas... in the mean time, please enjoy this throwback.

Song for Friday - Making Big Decisions Gives Me White Knuckles

Let it Go...

If the video seems to stop at the end for no reason, don't worry. It did that to me too and I don't know why.

Song for Good Friday

So I recently started getting into the show Scrubs. I've caught episodes here and there on Comedy Central but I'd never really followed it. Now that I have Netflix though, I'm crusing right along and have almost made it through the first season.

Anyhow, here is the music video to the theme song. Enjoy and I hope everyone has a good holiday weekend!

Song for Friday!

Mission - Almost Accomplished!

1 more letter of recommendation needs to show up soon so I can finish my law school applications!

Luck of the Irish

I love St. Patrick's Day.

I have for as long as I can remember but I really developed a fondness for it when I could drink on St. Patrick's Day.

The problem is that not everyone is really up for going out on St. Patrick's Day since it tends to fall in the middle of the week; or at least has for the past few years. This ranks pretty high on the lame scale so, in response, I tend to enjoy St. Patrick's Week. This runs from Mardi Gras (today - Fat Tuesday) to the weekend after March 17th (more like 2 weeks but still...). This allows me plenty of time to get any neceesacry work done, and still hang out still signing Irish folk songs like Black Velvet Band and Wild Rover at the bar.

So this year, the plan is to have all my law school applications in by the end of this week; I'm hoping for Thursday. In honor of Mardi Gras, tonight, I'm going to 9:30 Club here in DC with a friend of mine to see the Pogues on their farewell tour. Should be some pretty good stuff. One of their songs is a personal favorite that is on my current sailing mix and I thought you all would enjoy.



After I get all the applications turned in, I'll be making some noise this weekend at the Shamrock Fest '11 where one of my all-time favorite Irish bands, The Dropkick Murphys, will be playing. With any luck, I'll also be making it up to see This The Rescue, a friend's band playing up in Towson that same night.


And on St. Patrick's Day, I'll probably try to get to our neighborhood Irish pub before it gets packed and enjoy me some Guinness.

So wish me luck on these applications! Its going to be a long couple of nights.

PS: Beware the Ides of March.

The xx - VCR

Blackfinn DC Club Hits - Songs for Monday!

Hit up the town this past Friday with some friends and hung out at Blackfinn in DC. It was a pretty good atmosphere and since I'd won a happy hour there, the drinks were pretty cheap as well. Getting as many drinks as I did for under $20 was unheard of. Had a good time chatting with my friends Ryan and Mike; catching up.

Since I haven't done a Song for Friday in a couple weeks as a result of being out of town in New Orleans and on a snowboarding trip, please enjoy a couple of the club hits that were rocking Blackfinn this past Friday.

Decemberists in January!?!? - Yep

So I recently purchased the new Decemberists album - The King is Dead, which is pretty good and worth a quick trot over to Amazon to check out if you're into that kind of folksy music. Quick word though; if you're going to buy it, make sure to get it from Amazon as its a few bucks cheaper than iTunes and it doesn't have the same DRM protection.

Anyway, I really enjoyed the album and thought I should share. Below is the first song which really kicks off the album.



While that is a great song, I have a college friend coming down for the weekend and while he would graciously endure this song, he would speak up at the end, almost as an interjection and say "Hey um, Pete....? I'm gonna change this."

So in his honor, and since I won a free happy hour for this evening, I give you something slightly more peppier for this more overcast weekend. Something to to go out and party to as well as remind me that spring and launch time aren't that far away...