“Lateralus” by Tool which clocks in at 9:24
Easter.
Eggs.
Intentional hidden messages.
They are everywhere, just look.
In nature, movies, TV shows, on this website… Read more…
“Real Emotional Trash” by Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks which clocks in at 10:09
(In which we use Google Maps to get a better understanding of this song)
Making sense of Stephen Malkmus’s lyrics is largely a hit-or-miss endeavor. Some are so straightforward they read like a picture book. See Jenny. See Jenny run to the Ess Dog. The Ess Dog drives a Volvo with ancient plates.
File “The Hook” under this category. Synopsis: A 19-year old is captured by Turkish pirates only to earn their respect by age 25 and eventually run the crew by the time he’s 31. Simple enough, yes? Read more…
“Seventh Son of a Seventh Son” by Iron Maiden which clocks in at 9:53
I didn’t want to listen to Iron Maiden, but I had to. No choice. I listened because my most basic survival instincts told me to. See, there was this “kid” in homeroom with me in 7th grade - not quite a bully in the classical sense of the term (most likely because he wasn’t smart enough to put together the facts of his own existence and realize that he was, indeed, made to be a bully), but pretty much as close to being a bully as one could get while still maintaining some sense of niceness, innocence, and friendship. Not that he was my “friend” per se, but he kind of demanded to be just that for those few minutes we were in homeroom each day. Read more…
“Tornado” by Mandy Reid which clocks in at 8:41
Coming of age in central Massachusetts, the prospect of a whirling cyclone bearing down on my mulleted self never really posed a clear and present threat. Sure, I had heard about a substantial tornado passing through in 1953 and even braved some of the residual winds and rain of a small twister passing through my hometown in 1989. These were small potatoes though, and my lasting memory wasn’t a crippling fear of the tornado but a desire to cop one of the inevitable “I Survived the Twister of ‘89!” shirts that made their rounds soon afterwards. Read more…
“Tonight, Tonight, Tonight” by Genesis which clocks in at 8:54
Mad Libs! Wanna play?
Alright. This one’s going to take some effort on your part, but it just might be worth it. Let’s try it and find out.
The first thing you’re going to need to do is to either find a writing utensil and some paper, or prepare your mad excellent copy/paste skills. I recommend the copy/paste tactic.
Next, just simply copy the list below and paste it into some kind of text document. Then fill in the blanks with the kinds of words asked for, and THEN come back here and click through to the rest of the post, grab the rest of the post and put it into your text document, and fill in the blanks accordingly with the words you came up with.
Ready? Okay then, fill in the blanks below.
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_____ (exclamation #1)
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_____ (an amount #1)
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_____ (location/place #1)
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