It’s been awhile since Chunk has spun the wheel that is my iTunes shuffle button and picked a daily song. There’s been so much good music this fall that it’s hard to get some of that older stuff we love so much out here for you all to hear.  Driving into work this morning, in the rain, I heard Every Girl Like Me, from the incredible country duo Sugarland.  The first 10 seconds or so, I immediately thought “Oh yesss!  Matt Nathanson’s “Come On Get Higher!”  Boy was I wrong.  This song is perfect for a rainy (or even sunny) Friday morning.  Their latest album, The Incredible Machine, was released this past Tuesday and has even more pop-rock appeal than ever before.  Anyone who claims they’re not a country fan will be upon first listen of this album.  I for one can say that I’m proud to be (and always have been) a Sugarland fan.  Happy Friday!

Sugarland - Every Girl Like Me

Granola? Check.  Yogurt? Check.  Katy Perry’s latest greatest creation blaring from iTunes? Check.  Flashback Friday, thanks to Chunk’s Truffle Shuffle = LFO “Girl On Tv.”  What the hell?  Yeah, completely forgot that in my collection of 22,000 songs in iTunes, there lies the Light Funky Ones.  But don’t judge me - cause I know you like a few of their songs too.  Yeah, YOU!  You can’t tell me that you don’t know “Summer Girls” or “Girl On TV.”  Though they sort of fall into that “one hit wonder” category, had many failed attempts to reunite their band, they definitely left a mark in the music world in the 90’s - even if just for a good laugh.  TGIF everyone! 

LFO - Girl On Tv

It must be something like “Run Fat Boy Run” because Chunk has been MIA the past few weeks.  Well, he’s back and has helped me choose today’s random song.  Chunk laid of the potato chips this morning and helped choose the shuffle of the day by spinning that wheel and up came the Canadian singer/songwriter Anjulie’s “Boom.”  I’m honestly too tired for this Monday to write anymore.  So google the girl.  :)

What ever happened to Panic! At the Disco?  Though they always sounded awful live, their first album A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out was freakin’ fun.  Their second album, not so much.  And then they disbanded.  In 2009 of last year, guitarist Ryan Ross & bassist Jon Walker left the band, because they had too much of the jumping and screaming and repetitious shit of creative differences.  They formed a new band called The Young Veins and haven’t looked back.  I am not all that familiar with their music however, they do have a nice Indie-Alt-Rock feel to their style.  Here’s one of Panic!’s hit singles, “Nine in the Afternoon.” 

Chunk hasn’t shuffled all that much these past few weeks.  Maybe it’s because he’s been eating too much food.  Or perhaps, it’s because I’ve been too damn busy moving, painting, re-organizing my life.  No, actually, I think it’s mainly because Simplify Media shut off their damn services.  Sell outs!! And now everyone seems to be trying to release their amazing “streaming” software for iTunes.  Thank God I found my Mojo.  I can successfully have Chunk spin the draddle iTunes shuffler and choose a random song of the day.

In my collection of 23,000 + iTunes (yes, it’s officially hit 23,000 as of this past weekend and if I ever lose my external hard drive in a fire, I’m fu*ked!), Chunk’s jolly love handles landed on none other than Elvis Presley’s “All Shook Up.”  If anyone out there still think he’s alive, think again.  Today he’d be 75 and with all those drugs potato chips he got shook up with, he wouldn’t have made it to 40.  Oh shit, he lived to be 42… well, in any case, the “legend” is dead.  Will kids in 2200 still think he’s a legend?

There’s A Thug In My Life - Rihanna by Wonky Pop

I think Chunk is hungry today… it could be the rain that got him going, but today’s shuffle from my 21,000 iTunes library (and growing everyday) is none other than G. Love & Special Sauce’s “Who’s Got the Weed” from their “Superhero Brother” album (circa 2008).  I may not dable in the ganja stuff, but it seems fitting for various reasons on this rainy day in San Francisco.  With it being so available (just hop on a muni, sit in the park for a few minutes or turn to your neighbor) and the legalization of marijuna to be on the ballot this coming November, the Pennsylvanian band would fit right in with the SF scene.

Here’s “Who’s Got the Weed” and one of my other favorites from G Love, “Wiggle Worm.”

Happy wet one day.

Who’s Got The Weed - G Love & Special Sauce by Wonky Pop
Wiggle Worm - G Love and Special Sauce by Wonky Pop

There’s nothing like a good mashup to get over the hump of the week, especially before a holiday weekend.  I am definitely counting down the hours until Friday hits so I can jump in my car, race home and sit my ass in front of the TV and catch up on my DVR of Real Housewives and Glee.  I MEAN… so I can go on holiday, hiking and BBQing all weekend…… yup, I can be a loser at times.

Chunk has truffled shuffled my iTunes and today’s shuffle of the day is the MTV mashup “Sex Kiss Machine” (ie, the mashup of Prince’s “Kiss” and James Brown’s “Sex Machine.”)  Happy Hump Day!