Musings for Tuesday 8/28/07

Rock n Roll Circus

No Rock n Roll circus this week...I will be vacationing in Wisconsin Dells. Listen next Wednesday (9-5-07), but keep listening to the ODU, and don't forget to vote for Rock Wars.

Musings for Thursday 8/23/07

Rock n Roll Circus

Playlist for Wednesday night's show on www.odu.fm


8:00-8:45 (More Cowbell)

Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult
Gold Dust Woman- Fleetwood Mac
Ain't Seen Nothin Yet- BTO
Cherry Pie- Warrant
Mississippi Queen- Mountain
Rock of Ages- Def Leppard
Can I play with Madness- Iron Maiden
Fly Me Courageous-Drivin n Cryin
Never Been any Reason- Head East
Hair of the Dog- Nazarath
Frankenstein- Edgar Winter Group
Give it to Me- J Geils Band
Limelight- Rush

8:45-10:15 (Rock Wars: Round 3)
Have a Cigar- Pink Floyd
Go- Pearl Jam
Honky Tonk Woman- Rolling Stones
Walk this Way- Aerosmith
Happiness is a Warm Gun- Beatles
Something- Beatles
Young Lust- Pink Floyd
Mother- Pink Floyd
Keep the Faith-Bon Jovi
I'll Be there for You (alt vers)- Bon Jovi
Bron-y-Aur-Stomp- Led Zeppelin
Goin to California- Led Zeppelin
Jeremy- Pearl Jam
Gone- Pearl Jam
Mother's Little Helper- Rolling Stones
Waiting on a Friend- Rolling Stones
Back in the Saddle- Aerosmith
Dream On- Aerosmith
Still they Ride- Journey
Feeling that Way/Anytime- Journey

Musings for Tuesday 8/21/07

Rock n Roll Circus

Here are the tents for Wednesday's show. Don't forget to vote for your favorite band in Rock Wars...see sidebar for details.

• More Cowbell
• Rock Wars Round 4
• Doors and Windows

Log into http://www.odu.fm/ and listen from 8-11pm central on Wednesday, and catch the replay on Friday from 10Am-1pm

Guitar Hero

Cool site for you guitar hero fans... check out http://www.scorehero.com/ to log and manage your top scores, and compete against others in cool contests.

Musings for Thursday 8/16/07

Rock n Roll Circus

Here is the playlist from Wednesday's Show:


8:00-8:45 (Two words separated by & or and)
Black and Blue- Van Halen
Love and Memories- O.A.R.
Friends and Family- Trik Turner
High and Dry- Radiohead
Twist & Shout- Beatles
Crimson & Clover- Joan Jett
Love and Affection- Nelson
Round and Round- Ratt
Cups and Cakes- Spinal Tap
Devils and Dust- Bruce Springsteen
Fire and Rain (live)- James Taylor
Skin and Bones- Jet
Leather & Lace- Don Henley and Stevie Nicks

8:45-10:15 (Rock Wars: Round 3)
A Day in the Life- Beatles
Who's Crying Now- Journey
You Give Love a Bad Name- Bon Jovi
Communication Breakdown- Led Zeppelin
Bringin on the heartbreak- Def Leppard
Rock Rock (til You Drop)- Def Leppard
Mother- Pink Floyd
Brain Damage/Eclipse- Pink Floyd
Black- Pearl Jam
Yellow Leadbetter- Pearl Jam
In My Place- Coldplay
Paint it Black- Rolling Stones
It's Only Rock n Roll- Rolling Stones
Blvd. of Broken Dreams- Green Day
Toys in the Attic- Aerosmith
What it Takes- Aerosmith
Best of You (acoustic)- Foo Fighters


Don't forget to vote for Rock Wars (see sidebar for matchups)
rmj@odu.fm

Musings for Monday 8/13/07

Lists

Here are a couple of fun lists from ew.com. These are in no particular order, but they have listed the 40 best movie endings with you tube links for some of the recent entries.

40_Best_movie_endings_(1-20)

40_Best_movie_endings_(next_20)



Rock n Roll Circus

Here are the tents for Wednesday nights show on www.odu.fm 8-11pm central

• "and" and &
• ROCK Wars Round 3 continues
• Great band missteps

Hope you can listen

another musing for Thursday

List

Thanks to mental floss (damn I have to start subscribing to this magazine), these guys were college roommates...

• Actor Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore
• Tony Dungy (Colts coach) and Flip Saunders (Piston Coach)
• Robbin Williams and Christopher Reeves
• Charlie Weiss (Notre Dame coach) and Joe Montana
• Steve Mariucci (NFL football coach San Francisco/Detroit) and Tom Izzo (Michigan State basketball coach)

Just more useless info from ringmasterj.com

Musings for Thursday 8/9/07

Rock n Roll Circus

Here is the playlist from Wednesday's show: (only 2 tents...we were longwinded)


8:00-8:45 (The "have's and have not's")
Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous-Good Charlotte
Plush- Stone Temple Pilots
Bone Broke- White Stripes
Poor Man's Son- Survivor
You Never Give me Your Money- Beatles
Rich Girl- Hall & Oates
Ain't too Proud to Beg-Temptations
Eat the Rich- Fozzy

8:45-10:15 (Rock Wars: Round 3)
Yellow Ledbetter-Pearl Jam
Fix You- Coldplay
Long View- Green Day
Monkey Wrench- Foo Fighters
We Can Work it Out- Beatles
Golden Slumbers-Beatles
The Best of Time- Styx
Why Me- Styx
Highway to Hell- AC/DC
Thunderstruck-AC/DC
Stone in Love- Journey
Separate Ways- Journey
Wild is the Wind- Bon Jovi
Runaway-Bon Jovi
Rocket Queen- Guns n Roses
Don't Cry- Guns n Roses
Tangerine-Led Zeppelin
Dazed and Confused- Led Zeppelin
Authority Song- John Mellencamp
Love & Happiness- John Mellencamp

Musings for Tuesday 8/7/07

Rock N Roll Circus



Here are the Tents for Wednesday's Show on www.odu.fm :
(listen Wed. 8-11pm Central)
- The have's and the have not's
- Round 3 Rock Wars (only 16 Artists remain)
- Rock lineage...from Wolfmother to The Beatles

Hope you can listen, and don't forget to vote for Rock Wars...see the side bar for info.

ALSO: COMING in SEPTEMBER 2007 SONG WARS !!!! Details to follow in coming weeks.

Lists

Cracked.com has a fun list about great bands...bad songs. Hmmm, I smell a Rock n Roll Circus tent. I am not sure when Buster Poindexter became a badass, but nevertheless...

When_Badasses_go_soft (link)

Musings for Friday 8/03/07

Guitar Hero

I know you guys are dying to hear about my progress in Guitar Hero, so here is the update. Keep in mind I have only had the game a few weeks, and I have 2 small children so I can't play as much as you video game addicts. I have succeeded in 5 starring all the tunes on easy level (I know, we're proud of you), and I am getting better on medium level. If you are unfamiliar with the game, on medium level, another fret is added and the notes become more complex and faster. Here are my medium level star levels out of 5:

Songs I have 5 stars on Medium level:

I Love Rock n Roll
I Wanna Be Sedated
Thunderkiss 65
Infected
Iron Man
More than A Feeling
You Got Another Thing Comin
Spanish Castle Magic (5 starred this on my first try)

Songs I have 4 stars on medium level:

Smoke on the Water
Take Me Out
Sharp Dressed Man
Hey You
Heart Full of Black
Symphony of Destruction
Ziggy Stardust
Cochise

3 Stars, or in other words, I suck at these songs:

Killer Queen
Steller
Fat Lip
Take it off
Unsung
Higher Ground

In my defense, "Killer Queen" is the only song I have played a number of times, but still can't get it. I have 5 stars on all the songs in the first set except "Smoke on the Water", and my four star rating on that one is simply due to the length of the song, and how long one has to go without losing concentration.

Video

Here is an amazing video from the X Games. This is a horrific accident, but this guy walked away. Skip to the end to see the slo-mo replays. Make sure to watch his feet to see the distance the shoes fly.

X_Games_accident (link)

Musings for Thursday 8/2/07

Rock n Roll Circus

Here is the playlist for Wednesday's show...

8:00-8:45 (Instuments)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps- Beatles
Bang the Drum All Day- Todd Rundgren
Piano Man- Billy Joel
Guitar Man- Cake
Heavy Metal Drummer- Wilco
Mr Tamborine Man- Byrds
Ma Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama- Frank Zappa
Voices- Cheap Trick

8:45-10:15 (Rock Wars Round 2-ALT Rockers)
Fooling Yourself- Styx
Pink Houses- John Mellencamp
Faithfully- Journey
Lost Highway- Bon Jovi
Given To Fly- Pearl Jam
Amimal- Pearl Jam
Angry Chair- Alice n Chains
Heaven Beside You- Alice n Chains
In My Place- Coldplay
Yellow (Acoustic)- Coldplay
Buddy Holly- Weezer
El Scorcho- Weezer
Tarantula- Smashing Pumpkins
Zero- Smashing Pumpkins
Extraordinary Girl- Green Day
When I Come Around- Green Day
All My Life- Foo Foghters
My Hero (unplugged)- Foo Fighters
Lithium- Nirvana
Rape Me- Nirvana

10:15-11:00 (Naughty Girls)
You Oughta Know-Alanis Morrisette
Celebrity Skin- Hole
Bitch- Meredith Brooks
Fuck and Run- Liz Phair
Criminal- Fiona Apple
Seether- Veruca Salt
When He Cheats- Carrie Underwood
I Kissed a Girl- Jill Sobule


Don't forget to vote for Rock Wars...see the sidebar for the matchups.

Next week Round 3 begins with all new seeding...only 16 artists will remain