2003.07.25
So, previously I discussed my newfound philosophy of dance mixes and here's the latest and bestest incarnation of it--up to three CDs now. I like randomly theming mix sets, starting them with an appropriate .wav, and stumbled on a Star Trek theme...although I still like to push the best songs to the first mix, I used a very geeky method to assure all three were ok (divided the music into hiphop, covers, and misc, and then each of those into two tiers, and then as even a distribution as possible of the 6 categories...Captain Kirk got the first pick from each category though.)
When I posted my last attempt at the perfect dance mix, Deevaa wrote "I want a copy of your CD!!" in the comments section, so I sent her a set, all the way to Australia this morning.
"But a woman..."
(soundclip)
Groove Is In The Heart (Deee-Lite)
Burning Down The House (Tom Jones w/ The Cardigans)
Bust A Move (Young MC)
Baby Got Back (Sir Mix-A-Lot)
The Bad Touch (Bloodhound Gang)
Hip Hop Hooray (Naughty By Nature)
Little Miss Cant Be Wrong (Spin Doctors)
Like A Prayer (Bigod 20)
Jump Around (House of Pain)
A Little Less Conversation Radio Edit (Elvis vs JXL)
Things That Make You Go Hmmmm... (C + C Music Factory)
Summertime (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)
Slam (Onyx)
99 Red Balloons (Goldfinger)
Smack My Bitch Up (Prodigy)
I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
"Logic is a little tweeting bird"
(soundclip)
All The Things She Said (t.A.T.u.)
Sexbomb (Tom Jones w/ Mousse T)
Stress (Jims Big Ego)
Shake Your Thang (Salt N Pepa)
Walk Like An Egyptian (Bangles)
Take On Me (Reel Big Fish)
Humpty Dance (Digital Underground)
Unbelievable (EMF)
Wild Thing (Tone Loc)
One Way Or Another (Blondie)
Push It (Salt N Pepa)
Walk This Way (Run D.M.C.)
I'm Too Sexy (Right Said Fred)
Me Myself And I (De La Soul)
It Takes Two (Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock)
Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice)
"not just a biological unit..."
(soundclip)
All Star (Smash Mouth)
Gonna Make You Sweat (C+C Music Factory)
One Week (Barenaked Ladies)
OPP (Naughty By Nature)
Tainted Love (Marilyn Manson)
Funky Cold Medina (Tone Loc)
Private Idaho (The B-52s)
U Cant Touch This (M.C. Hammer)
Hungry Like The Wolf (Reel Big Fish or Less Than Jake)
You Be Illin (Run DMC)
Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Parents Just Dont Understand (D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince)
What I Like About You (The Romantics)
Joy And Pain (Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock)
My Sharona (The Knack)
Now That We Found Love (Heavy D. & the Boyz)
Link of the Moment
You can click on the links above to hear the sound clips I found at Star Trek in Sound and Vision, a site with tons and tons and tons of audio and video clips from all things Star Trek. A really amazing amount of material.
News Line of the Moment
Slate.com had a great front page caption for their story on Blair: "Finally, a Politician for Grown-Ups (Too bad he's English)". I respect Blair a lot, though Bill the Splut was greatly amused when I mistyped his name "Bliar", given his involvement in the whole WMD spindoctoring.
Also the other day Slate.com had a good piece on typical summer jobs for teens, giving "They say you learn how to", "You really learn how to", "Upside", "Downside", "Wages", "Minimum age", "How do I get this job?", and "Hook-up factor" for each.