Wow...it's Monday again already?

Because honestly, the past four weeks have just flown by in a crazy blur. I took a long weekend and went to visit family, then came back and worked for ten days straight (except for the one day I *had* to call out to get my car fixed - there was no other time, since I worked through both weeks and a weekend!), then took another long weekend to visit Spank in Atlanta. It was a much, MUCH needed girl's weekend!

There was junking/thrifting/antiquing/flea marketing:

Clockwise from top left: some really cool, way oversized silver bangles; mid-century pendant lamp; adorable fish wall hangings; tall, skinny mid-century table lamp; and vintage red lamp (part of an identical set. I have a pair of very similar ones, but mine are smaller. And I totally have shade envy!)

I got a manicure for the first time since the mid-nineties:

And speaking of the nineties, I've been really nostalgic for that decade musically lately.  This band wasn't around for very long, but they had an impact on me, and (some of) the lyrics to this song really resonate with me:

Blind Melon - "Tones of Home"

And also during the visit, much music was discussed.  We're planning our concerts up to the end of the summer, and here's one of my favorites from one of the bands we'll be seeing in August:

Weezer - "Dope Nose"

Also a nineties band, but that song wasn't a nineties song...

So after that long weekend, I came back and am now in the middle of a nine-day-in-a-row stretch.  At this point I'm stressed and irritable and no one can stand to be around me.  I'm trying to learn to take care of myself through the stress and constant motion, though, because I think this might just be another "new normal" for me.

C'est la vie.

What music is on YOUR mind this week?

This post is part of Monday's Music Moves Me at Dolly's place.

It's a southern thang

Southern rock, that is! And that's the theme over at Dolly's this week.

Here's one of my favorite bands and a Southern Rock band from my generation, The Black Crowes. I know many people are familiar with them from their early days (Shake Your Money Maker, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion), but they've actually had a pretty long and illustrious career beyond that. This particular song is a single from their 2001 release Lions, and I love it so much because it's different from what you'd expect of the genre and sounds heavily inspired by southern gospel, blues, and the hippie music of the sixties.

(Edited to add: I didn't realize this "video" was 4+ hours; I only thought I had the first one!)

The Black Crowes - "Soul Singing"

Music Monday - this time with more Ms!

I just returned from a lovely visit back home to see my parents and youngest son....it was wonderful, but is good to be back, too. My next trip home will definitely be sooner rather than later!

Here is my selection for #MusicMonday and #MondaysMusicMovesMe and #MusicalMonday:

Muse: "Madness"

Enjoy!

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Happy first Monday of Spring!

Lots going on here. For the most part, the weather is warming up (though a cold snap will have lows below freezing tonight and tomorrow) and this has vastly improved my mood. I am more ready than ever to tackle projects (and I have been! Whee!), the main one being myself. But those are all other posts for other times; Mondays are all about the music around here!

Sponge: "Plowed"

What are you listening to today?

This post is part of Monday's Music Moves Me at X-Mas Dolly's and Music Monday at Lady Java's Lounge (via Be There 2Day)

New Music on Monday

At the time of this writing (Sunday evening), it's been a very stressful day. Work was wild. Then later the pup scratched my eye. Then The Walking Dead tried to take me the rest of the way out. Now my sinuses have revolted and I can't get them to turn off and I'm just over today already. So here is my #MusicMonday selection for this week, and it has nothing to do with getting scratched by your pet, TWD, or sinuses. Yay for new music!

Chevelle: "Take Out the Gunman"

I just LOVE this song. Love this band. And they have a new album (from which this song is the first release) coming in April. Hope I get to see them on tour! I need to make that happen.

Come hell or high water

I am getting a #MusicMonday post up in time this week!

Actually, does snow count? Because over the past week, we were under about THREE WHOLE INCHES of snow (but there was ice underneath that), causing me to miss a few days' work and therefore, not stay caught up on anything I needed to get done outside of the house. Which is kind of why this is late-ish (only it's not truly late because it is still Monday).

So Spank contacted me a few weeks ago about Motley Crue's Farewell Tour (for this decade) coming up this summer. Seriously, I thought they'd already done that back in the late nineties, but I guess I was wrong.

This was my absolute favorite band of my teenage years. I always made it a point to go see them whenever they were in town, I had all their albums, and had my walls plastered with their posters. Until recently, I had all my tour shirts from eighties (but that's another story for another post). I'm sure you get the picture. I used to be a pretty huge fan. My "fanship" of the band may have wavered over the years, but it wouldn't be right for me to not see them on their farewell tour. So I will be going. I believe the date is in August.

The song I'm sharing today is one of my all-time favorites by them. It wasn't one of their hits or singles and it's not off my favorite album, but I really loved this song because to me it seemed more bluesy and stripped-down than their others had been. I played this repeatedly throughout the entire summer of 1985:

Motley Crue: "Raise Your Hands to Rock"

Will you be seeing Motley Crue on their farewell tour this summer? Who WILL you be seeing this summer?

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I've been waiting for a long time

to gush about coconut oil, so today is the day I will do that via coffee chat!

(Photograph © Keira-Anne via Flickr's Creative Commons)

How do I love coconut oil? Let me count the ways!

• Health: heart-healthy, lowers cholesterol, boosts metabolism, fights infection, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, oil pulling for oral health, diminishes pain and appearance of spider veins, helps alleviate itching and heal insect bites, restores moisture to dry, chafed, chapped skin and lips
• Cooking/baking: dairy-free butter substitute, as an ingredient in power snacks, and COFFEE CREAMER!
• Skin Care/cosmetic: all-purpose makeup/eye makeup remover, moisturizer, ingredient in homemade lotion bars, homemade deodorant, homemade body butters and scrubs, in homemade sunscreen, homemade lip glosses/chapstick, etc., heals dry, cracked, calloused feet and heels

There's really so, so, so much you can do with it and I recommend checking out Wellness Mama's entire Uses for Coconut Oil post. It's very informative, and I love learning so much about natural and holistic alternatives for everyday items. I have already used it as a moisturizer on just about every part of my body, as a lip emollient, in a body scrub, as a mouthwash (oil pull) - I know it sounds CRAZY, but it will leave your mouth feeling so fresh and clean! - and also helps break down and prohibit tartar/plaque.

For a fun and decadent homemade pick-me-up, head over to The Glitter and Glam and try her homemade Honey Coconut Oil Mask. It will definitely make your skin feel amazing!

Coconut oil is relatively inexpensive, too, for all its uses. I was able to buy a 16 oz. jar of the Earth Fare brand organic extra virgin coconut oil for $9.99. If it's only one beauty and holistic item that I think every household needs, it's coconut oil.

What about love?

Well....it's certainly inspired lots of music over the years, and even I have a few favorite love-inspired tunes.

Here's a sappy one from the mid-80s:

Survivor - "The Search is Over"

And two that are a little more my speed::

The Scorpions - "No One Like You"

Blink 182 - "Rock Show"

But my FAVORITE of the bunch? This super-amazing cover of a super-amazing song...and it doesn't hurt that I was absolutely in love with early-nineties Mike Ness!

Social Distortion - "Ring of Fire"

That's all I'll post, but I'm pretty sure any song by Journey, Chicago or Air Supply would fit, too.

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Hey! Don't I know you from somewhere?

If I look familiar, it just might be because I used to blog somewhat regularly over here. As it happens, a busy, busy life took over for a while. I sure didn't mean for the blog to take so long of a nap there, but it really couldn't be avoided. Work is good, the New Politics show was SOOOOOOO GOOOOOODDDD (and I still haven't started my review yet, but perhaps it will be done soon). I've gotten way behind on my tv-watching, but on the flip side I will get a bigger paycheck next time around. And I am slowly getting my feet wet again in the health/fitness waters. I look forward to spring and more outdoor workouts!

In the meantime, it's still winter. Ick. But I was outside yesterday, and it really seemed like spring is in the air. It was warmer, but still quite chilly. But it smelled like spring outside, and that's what's important.

Also? It's Monday, and that means music! This is the latest from a band on my "Bucket List of Bands to See," Avenged Sevenfold with "Shepherd of Fire." I like the song a lot, but this video? Looks like it came straight out of one of my dreams (minus the hot guys). And I wonder why I never feel rested!

This week it's all about the buttons

Not clothing buttons (nope, not a craft post), but remote control buttons. Since I last stopped by here, I feel like life has been on fast forward. Season and mid-season premieres, and the finale of the latest season of Project Runway All Stars. Last week blurred into a super productive Saturday in which another huge batch of homemade all natural laundry detergent was made. I'll be making another post soon with the recipe I used and a review, since this is the second batch and I've made some tweaks and made quite a few observations. Saturday melted into Sunday which meant work. Then the Golden Globes (Yay! Jared Leto won!). Then a massive headache which took a few hours and nine ibuprofen to kill. Then sleep, because today was a double at work. The first of three in a row, whew! Can we hit pause yet? For just a few moments?

So now it's Tuesday, and I'm getting my Music Monday post in an entire day late. The theme for Monday's Music Moves Me over at Dolly's is "songs in the key of life." Since I've never been one to assign certain songs to certain events, all I have from prom, wedding, first dance, first kiss....all the life moments....are my favorites from those times, and those wouldn't necessarily sum up my thoughts on my life moments. Nor are they necessarily songs that were popular during those times. So I'll just chime in with what I've been listening to a lot here lately, and that's A Perfect Circle's latest, their "greatest hits" compilation Three Sixty. I think Maynard James Keenan is nothing short of a musical genius, and APC's music is the perfect combination of progressive, aggressive, and dreamy. Here's "Rose," originally found on Mer de Noms.

Today's coffee chat topic over at Time Out For Mom is "What is the one thing you will do differently in 2014?"

Gee, just one thing? But there are SO MANY things I want to and will do differently this year. I guess if I had to pick just one, it would be to let backslides be backslides, instead of becoming a huge lapse back into bad habits/bad judgment. Case in point? By now, I wanted to re-introduce workouts into my daily routine. I haven't yet. And I may not for another two weeks, as I have LOTS of work, then a trip to my home state to belatedly celebrate the holidays with family and my youngest son's birthday with him, THEN a trip to Atlanta to visit Spank for the New Politics show. And I AM SO EXCITED - for ALL of it! But especially family. It's been about four months since I've seen them.

But I digress. Since I've gotten off the eating healthy wagon and failed to bring an integral part of my get fit plan into the mix, I have backslid. I accept this, and I have already promised myself I will do the best I can despite all the crazy-ness of the coming two weeks. I'm in need of a reset.

What are you listening to this week? What are the songs in the key of your life? What is the one thing you will do differently in 2014?

Signs, signs, everywhere a sign

Hello, first Coffee Chat of the new year! Today's chat theme is random, so I'm going to take this opportunity to grab my sleepytime tea (I know by the time you read this, it's going to be time for the strongest stuff imaginable, but trust me, I do best ending my night with a blog post a la Doogie Howser. Anybody remember him?) and talk about how excited I am that in less than twenty-four hours, I will be able to resume my weekly dates with Raylan Givens! Now, this is nothing new to anyone stopping by here who has been friends with me on Facebook for a while. But for those who don't? Let's just say that for some reason, I just can't resist posting "Time for my weekly date with Raylan Givens!" on my Facebook wall before every episode. I know that by now it's surely lost its humor, (Was it ever humorous?) but also by now it is a tradition with me, so I shall continue it. It would be bad luck not to, right?

Ahem.

Anyway, this post almost didn't happen because I'm freezing my ass off down here in Alabama, and all I want to do is crawl under my covers and put my cold toes under my warm dogs' furry bodies when they hop up to snuggle me. And yes, I said Alabama, as in the deep south where we don't usually have many nighttime lows that fall below freezing, but we're now halfway through a two-day stretch where our daytime highs have been in the teens with wind chills of 0 and below. If you're from the north, feel free to freeze-shame me if you must. I am way too cold to care! But the joke is on you, because in a few days I will be sitting in fifty-five sweltering (by comparison) degrees. So there.

But I digress. This post did happen because, as I said, I got a sign. That sign was me flipping through the channels and landing on Conan long enough for me to see him announce that Timothy Olyphant would be a guest on tonight's show. And since I love Raylan Givens, who is portrayed by Timothy Olyphant, I felt compelled to watch. And blog.

The musical guest on this same show is Panic! At The Disco. They're not a band I normally like, but I've been seeing them all over the place here lately, and after this Conan performance, I will have seen them twice tonight. It's a sign, right? It's almost like they're stalking me - like Josh Hartnett did about five years ago. For a while there, every time I turned my tv on Josh Hartnett showed up on it at some point. Whether it was the Emporio Armani commercial or one of his many movies, he was everywhere I turned. Now Panic! At The Disco is everywhere I turn, and their stalking me worked because their latest, "Miss Jackson," is really growing on me. And now? I am enthralled by lead signer Brendan Urie's facial expressions.

So...it's been fun chatting with you, and I leave you with today's music: Panic! At The Disco's "Miss Jackson" (and Brendan Urie's expressive visage.)

Let's chat. Who's stalking you? Which tv shows are you excited about for 2014? What music are you listening to this week?

Hello, 2014!

You and me? We are off to an amazing start! So far I have lost three pounds, purged a ton of stuff from the house, folded lots and lots of laundry and tackled the massive piles of papers and junk on my desk. I even have my work clothes ready for tomorrow. I will be well on my way to accomplishing everything I hope to if this momentum holds!

With this new year, I am following fellow Music Mama Mari's lead (sort of) and chose a word to define what I want to do in 2014. Or, for me, a word to define what I need in order to accomplish my goals for the year. My word is persistence. After the divorce of last year and the fallout which ensued in its wake, I have a LOT of cleanup left to do. I feel know it is in my best interest to get back to good in some key areas, and the ONLY way I can do that is through persistence:

• Health
• Fitness
• Financial well-being
• Frugality (*not* the same thing as financial well-being as I see it)
• Happiness
• Creativity
• Knowledge
• Patience
• Serenity

Those are just the building blocks, and not by any means a complete list of goals. And it should go without saying that I plan to spend as much time as I can with family and friends.

Also new for the new year? Well, the blog got a makeover. (Link provided for those of you reading in a reader. Yes, you can subscribe now!) It was about time, too. Gone are the magazine-style front page and Facebook comments. I lost them when I tried to re-position them, but hopefully someday they'll be back. What do you think?

I am excited about so much for the coming year, but especially music! The Girls at the Rock Show have their first concert of the year planned for later this month, a band I've been wanting to see since I saw them for the first time in September, and also a band which made my favorite albums cut over at The Music Mamas: New Politics!!

Today's Music Monday selection is New Politics' "Tonight You're Perfect":

So long and goodnight, 2013

And what a year you have been!

Chapters closed. New chapters began. Once again, I am nowhere near the same person I was just one short year ago. If I walk away from 2013 having learned just one thing, it's that it's okay to be afraid, but it's not okay to let my fear hold me back. I tried new things, both on the job and home fronts. Things I was afraid I'd hate, but turned out to be blessings in disguise. And I let go of some cherished friendships that I was afraid to see coming to an end. But I did so knowing that I tried, and hopefully I served my purpose in their lives well while I was in them.

I learned a lot about myself this year, too, the most important thing being that when faced with challenges, I am stronger than I usually give myself credit for. I think we all are.

Aside from that (well, and gaining weight - yuck!) this year has been the best! I'm still gainfully employed, have my beautiful family, and some amazing friends I can count on. I started a new blog for all things live music (go check it out! There's not much there yet, but with any luck, 2014 will see lots more content added :) )

And while we're talking about music, this is the last Music Monday of 2013. I'm not quite sure where to go with it. I did write a post featuring some of my favorite albums of the year over at The Music Mamas, and I'd be really honored if you have the time to go read it!

So much happened in the music world. We lost lots of great musicians this year. We also discovered lots of amazing new musicians. I only made it out to TWO (yes, two) shows this year! But hey, that's twice as many as I made it to in 2012. And the two I attended? They were THE ones to see: The Killers in August and my birthday gift to myself/getting-my-maiden-name-back-celebration, Thirty Seconds To Mars in September.

Oh, and this happened: (you can read all about it in Spank's TSTM concert review for Girls at the Rock Show)

So yeah.

Best. Year. Ever.

(If you're me.)

In addition to this being the last Music Monday post of 2013, it is my last post here for the year as well. So I raise my glass to you. To our heroes. To another year of friendship. To good health and prosperity to us and our loved ones. To an abundance of love, life and laughter. To times gone by. To new beginnings.

Now prepare to get chills as you listen to Jimi Hendrix's INCREDIBLE version of "Auld Lang Syne."

Be sure to come back and visit in 2014 - the blog is getting a nip/tuck in the next few days. She deserves it.

Howdy!

Just wanted to drop in for a quick Music Monday post before Christmas. Is anyone doing the Music Monday hops this close to Christmas? I hope so, because I have missed all my Music Monday people!

I haven't really gotten into the Christmas spirit this year because, just like Thanksgiving, I'm working too much to go visit family, and my son will be gone. (Visiting family, gift-giving and merriment is scheduled for Mid-January around my youngest son's birthday, so while everyone else is over the holidays and struggling to keep their New Year's Resolutions, the party will just be getting started for me!) So aside from taking a moment to reflect on the "reason for the season" when I have a day off on Christmas day, I'll just be spending late Christmas Eve and Christmas Day cuddling my furbabies, reading, getting caught up on housework, getting caught up on my tv-watching, and working on my obligatory year-end post which I really hope you'll all return for.

Christmas really snuck up on me this year - still seems to me like it ought to be two or three weeks away! Even though a tree didn't go up and cards weren't sent this year, I will still indulge in some holiday music here for a quick minute. And guess what? It doesn't even feature anything from the fake Megadeth Christmas Album! Here are a few of my over-played, certainly previously-posted-here yet beloved-all-the-same Christmas tunes:

Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley

Run Run Rudolph - Chuck Berry
Or is it "Run, Rudolph Run"? According to this YouTube vid, it is. But I never knew that!

I Wish It Was Christmas Today - Jimmy Fallon, Horatio Sans, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan
(I guess SNL removed their official video. Boo. Hiss.)

Oh Monday

Why do you hate me so? You're not even really "Monday" to me (I don't usually get real weekends and real Mondays in retail), but you certainly remembered me this week. Or maybe it's the exhaustion talking. There's been lots of work, some very stressful car trouble, the launch of a new website with a Killer concert review (no, really, it's a review of a recent Killers show), and probably a ton of other important stuff I am forgetting.

But I digress.

Monday is for music, so music it shall be. Last week we had a party in a Pink Cadillac, so this week I think we'll drive all night in a Slick Black Cadillac - it's a fully equipped rock and roll machine, after all!

Slick Black Cadillac - Quiet Riot

Fun fact: before Randy Rhoads joined Ozzy Osbourne's band (quite a few years prior, actually), he founded Quiet Riot.

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Get your motor runnin'

Because today's Music Monday post theme over at Dolly's this week is *MY* suggestion (clears throat and dusts shoulders): songs about cars. In other words? RIGHT UP MY ALLEY!

This selection is an old favorite from Bruce Springsteen - and this is very important because Bruce Springsteen is really not my kind of music. But there's something about this one that has always hooked me from the get-go, from the groovy bass lines to the horns to the slighty twangy, rockabilly-ish sound and lyrics such as

"They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple
But man I ain't going for that
I know it was her pink Cadillac."

Pink Cadillac

And since I wouldn't be me without a heavier song, here's another:

Jesus Built My Hotrod - Ministry

Be sure to come see all the cars The Music Mamas came up with, as well as with all the other Music Monday participants at the following sites:

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I Know It's Only Rock and Roll

.....but I'm not sure how I feel about it.

And by "Rock and Roll," I mean "Rocknroll." As in Ned Rocknroll, Kate Winslet's new husband (who was born with a different name but LEGALLY changed his last name to Rocknroll). Mr. and Mrs. Rocknroll announced two months ago that they are expecting their first child together, and I have not gotten over it yet. You might say I'm just a wee bit obsessed with celebrity gossip, and this offbeat name has grabbed me from the start. Now a little baby is going to have the last name Rocknroll. That's just bizarre to me. But I will go on record to say that I hope they name the child Ivana or Olive if they have a girl!!!!

Fascinating.

Anyway.....

Enough of that. All kidding aside, the main reason I picked this bit of old news was mainly so I could segue into my Music Monday selection - and this week I'm going with "Rock and Roll Music" by Chuck Berry. Enjoy!

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The Conjuring: Yes, it was scary. Musically surprising, too.

This past Friday, my pal Stacey and I went to see The Conjuring. Like Sinister before it, this film is helping restore my faith in horror movies. Like Insidious before it, this film was directed by James Wan and starred Patrick Wilson. (And others. But Patrick Wilson was reason enough to me to see this movie.). Based on the true story of paranormal research trailblazers Ed and Lorraine Warren's account of the Perron family possession of 1971, the film was off to a painfully slow start. But once the action started? OH BOY, hold onto your seat!

As a lifelong horror fan, it takes an awful lot to scare me, and most movies just don't anymore. In fact, many of the "scares" that elicited the audience screams you see in the trailers for The Conjuring came from a few instances of what movie critics refer to as "cheap scares," such as loud noises or sudden appearances of frightening faces/objects/etc (or harmless ones that leave you sighing in relief temporarily). Having said that, this movie isn't full of them, and they're not just there as an easy way out. They were necessary and well-placed, and I am assuming the events depicted happened to the family in real life. There is a tremendous amount of tension and dread leading up to the action. The whole story is fueled by a soundtrack that made my skin crawl - an insanely creepy score supplemented by some equally creepy (at least in the context of the movie) songs such as The Zombies' "Time of the Season" and Betsy Brye's "Sleep Walk." And a truly spooky song by Dead Man's Bones, "In the Room Where You Sleep."

What some of you may or may not know and find interesting (I know I did) is that Dead Man's Bones is actor Ryan Gosling's band. I was pleasantly surprised, and you might be too. This is not what I think of when I think of Ryan Gosling and music together.

"In the Room Where You Sleep" - Dead Man's Bones

Without getting overly spoiler-ish - go see it if you enjoy horror! The subject matter is something that just goes so much deeper than the axe-wielding-homicidal-maniac-on-the-loose. While I also love a good slasher flick, I much prefer horror that seeps in, wraps icy tendrils of fear around your psyche, preys on your emotions, and just doesn't let go. The Conjuring went a LONG way in doing that for me. It may not have absolutely terrified me - very few movies do - it did cause me to sleep with the light on that night. And if you know me, you know that's saying a lot.

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The music that moves me today

Over the weekend, I got a most important and exciting text from Spank telling me that Thirty Seconds To Mars will be in Atlanta on September 27, with tickets going on sale THIS WEEK!!!! As you can tell, I am pretty ecstatic about this. This concert announcement is just one of the many amazing things to come from July 2013. And the concert itself is eleven days after my birthday, so I am excited to be able to celebrate it with some Atlanta area friends and this band.

Obviously, Thirty Seconds To Mars is moving me this week.

Here's another one from their latest, LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS, "City of Angels." It's beautiful.

What music has you moving this week?

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Music for the first of July

Wow, can you believe the year is truly halfway over? I can't. I mean, it was only a month ago that summer-ish weather truly arrived, so it feels to me as if the year is still young. It certainly doesn't seem right that we're already in the third quarter of the year!

Musically speaking, I'm looking forward to new releases from Oliva, Sick Puppies, and Five Finger Death Punch. But the music I'm most excited about this week? Okay, the much-anticipated album Hesitation Marks isn't going to be released until September, but Nine Inch Nails has new music, and the David Lynch-directed video for "Came Back Haunted" was uploaded to the official NIN Vevo two days ago, complete with this disclaimer:

"WARNING: This video has been identified by Epilepsy Action to potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised."

And here it is!

Over at Dolly's this week, the theme for Monday's Music Moves Me is "funny songs" - suggested by Chronicles from the Man Cave. The last time we had funny songs for the theme, I was just a bit harried and caught off guard, but since then, I've had time to think about a few more. So here they are!

This first song is from Wednesday 13's alt-country band, Bourbon Crow, and it never fails to crack me up! "Drink Till You Ain't Ugly"

Did any of you ever watch the Adult Swim show Metalocalypse? For those of you who did not, Metalocalypse follows the antics of the (virtual) band Dethklok, while the musicians who provided the music for the show toured and performed the songs live under the same name. I think "Face Fisted" is a riot, especially in terms of the "virtual" band! But there is profanity and immaturity galore, so do proceed with a sense of humor.

And my last selection for the "funny songs" category is from a pretty famous movie that every comedy fan and every music fan should own - or at least see - This Is Spinal Tap. I know that the Stonehenge scene is synonymous with the movie and is indeed funny, but I chose "Rock and Roll Creation" instead. The song itself may not be all that funny, but the video/movie clip is beyond hilarious! From the Phallic pods which don't open for all of them, to the roadie desperately trying to break Derek Smalls out by unplugging the pod, pounding it with a hammer, and blowtorching it all to no avail. What can I say? If you've seen this one before, then I know you'll want to see it again. And if you haven't seen it yet, then you really should!

What music are YOU listening to this week? What are some of the funniest songs you know?

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