26 March 2008

Chapter 108: Video Killed the Radio Star...?

Alright. The rules are--
1. Put iTunes on Shuffle.
2. Fill in the answers with the song titles that appear.
3. No exceptions.
4. Have fun!

And here we go...

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?
"Dead Man's Party" - Oingo Boingo

[Really, that wouldn't be quite what I'd say...]

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
"Winter" - Stockholm Monsters

[...huh?]

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"Pacific State" - 808 State

[Why do I have a bad feeling this just doesn't add up?]

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
"Christf-ck" - :wumpscut:

[...no comment.]

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"Bela Lugosi's Dead" - Bauhaus

[Sh-t. Now I'm scared stupid. This isn't fun at all.]

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
"Pure Energy" - Information Society

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
"Electricity" - OMD

[No seriously, why am I doing this?]

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
"Bizarre Love Triangle" - New Order

WHAT IS YOUR BEST MEMORY?
"Otis" - The Durutti Column

WHAT IS YOUR WORST MEMORY?
"Computerwelt" - Kraftwerk

WHAT IS 2+2?
"All Day" - Ministry

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
"All Night Long" - Peter Murphy

[Now that's ironic.]

WHAT IS YOUR BREAKUP SONG?
"Cuts You Up" - Peter Murphy

[...actually, I kinda agree.]

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"How Soon Is Now?" - The Smiths

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"The Metro" - Berlin

[--wait, huh!?]

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"Ceremony" - New Order

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Russian Roulette" - Lords of the New Church

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"Don't Go" - Yazoo

[...you sure about that?]

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"Rock the Casbah" - The Clash

[...actually, that might not be a bad idea! *LOL*]

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"The Back of Love" - Echo and the Bunnymen

[WTF!?]

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
"Put Your Head Inside the Puppet Head" - They Might Be Giants

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"Pretty In Pink" - The Psychedelic Furs

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
"Transmission" - Joy Division

HOWS LIFE?
"I Want Candy" - Bow Wow Wow

WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
"Video Killed the Radio Star" - Buggles



...damn, that was... *shakes her head*

~ "Sunshine"

25 March 2008

Chapter 107: Let There Always Be Neverending Light.

Tomorrow I have a meeting with Sandra and the Crew Trainers/Manager Trainees. There's a lot to accomplish in this meeting. I can only hope to hang in there, because people count on me to hang on in there, to be there for them, for their sake, as their "Sunshine."

I don't really have a "Sunshine" of my own. I don't know who to call my own ray of "Sunshine," the light that keeps me standing.

For now, I can only rise above.



Let there always be neverending light.

~ "Sunshine"

24 March 2008

Chapter 106: Questioning...

Sometimes, I have to wonder, what hope exists for someone who lives in a small town and misses the one she loves who's so far away... who wishes she was closer to his town. Problem is... well...

how could she leave the one town she'd grown to love?

*sigh* I'm wondering how on earth I got stuck in this problem.



There's gotta be more to life than questioning love, I swear.

Until the next round,

~ "Sunshine"

23 March 2008

Chapter 105: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today--ALLELUIA!!

Alleluia, Christ is risen!!
The Lord is risen indeed, ALLELUIA!!

Many Easter Cheers to you Underground readers today. Trust me when I say that, this will be the earliest in another 200-some-odd years, and the last time it was the VERY EARLIEST [March 22] was in 18??, and even THAT won't happen again for another 200-some-odd years! So yes, this Easter is as early as it's gonna get, folks!

And, starting this year I'm recelebrating Easter Week, as I used to back in the Roman Catholic Church, but it'll be with a nice, new twist. This week, starting with tonight, I'm going to do something a bit, er, different. In fact, this morning I did that already--I recolored the red in my hair THIS MORNING and still made it to Choir practice on time! This year also starts a new tradition for me--getting Choirmaster Peter a cute plushie toy. Peter <3's plushies--or, quoting him, "I love fuzzies!" ^_^ He's so adorable, that Choirmaster. And, did I ever say he is just simply fantabulous? He's a composer, and a brilliant one at that!! I could go on and on about him, but, being that I'm more alongside trying to finish this entry and actually get some sleep [work tomorrow *sigh*] I won't go on and on about him. Though really, I wish I could. *shrug*

Meanwhile, Siren's visit was simply wonderful, however short. He arrived in town at around 9:30 Friday night, had to head out at 6 last night to head home for Easter. I miss him already, but at least we're still talking and stuff, so it's all good. It was fantabulous, and hopefully he'll get to stop by again soon!

I'll stop here for the moment--according to my clock it's 9:00 P.M., and that means I have to be up in 7 hours. Time to get the uniform together...



Alleluia, Christ is risen!!
The Lord is risen indeed, ALLELUIA!!

~ "Sunshine"

18 March 2008

Chapter 104: Can You Feel the Pulse?

Lately, I've been fighting with and reconstructing this one particular playlist on my iPod aptly titled Pulse. And at the moment I'm plotting to return some attention to one album in particular that, thanks to my happy singlehood for some odd reason, is giving me a good reason to feel like a sex goddess.

The album is "Mezzanine." The group is Massive Attack.

1] Angel
2] Risingson
3] Teardrop [with Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins]
4] Inertia Creeps
5] Exchange
6] Disolved Girl
7] Man Next Door
8] Black Milk [with Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins]
9] Mezzanine
10] Group Four
11] [Exchange]

Now, seriously, if you were to be in my situation [hello, IT girl, anyone?], you'd need a good soundtrack. I'm adding the entire damn album to this. Because yes, it's that good. And considering that I've got a helluva lot to do and a whole lot even more going on, chances are, I'd better get a good soundtrack for this.

Let's face it, I've got an interesting mix of electro and indie. And as it's capable of making me dance, it rightly deserves to be in my iPod.

So, can you feel the Pulse? I know I do.

Until the next round...

~ "Sunshine"

Chapter 103: The Music Roster Post, Part 2 - From WSUR... it's the Top 10!

Thank God for the iPod, StarMixes and music recommendations from friends. It's the return of WSUR--Starian Union Radio!

Every Tuesday I'll be posting the Top 10 songs from what-all I've been listening to. Sounds like a plan, right? If so, then on that note it's time for a few Top-10 Charts to be updated, as well as new Charts to be created...!

The Top 10 New Order Tracks--
1] "Krafty" [Riton Re-Rub]
2] "Round & Round" [12" extended mix]
3] "Mesh"
4] "Procession"
5] "Blue Monday" [Warren Lapham mix]
6] "Turn the Heater On"
7] "Vanishing Point"
8] "Paradise"
9] "Shellshock" [12" extended mix]
10] "Turn"

The Top 10 Joy Division Tracks--
1] "Transmission"
2] "She's Lost Control"
3] "Shadowplay"
4] "No Love Lost" [Warsaw version]
5] "The Sound of Music" [Peel Session]
6] "Love Will Tear Us Apart" [1980 single]
7] "Atmosphere"
8] "Komakino"
9] "Warsaw" [from An Ideal For Living]
10] "Heart and Soul"

The Top 10 Smiths Tracks *new chart!*--
1] "The Queen Is Dead"
2] "Still Ill" [Peel Session]
3] "Rubber Ring"
4] "Pretty Girls Make Graves"
5] "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"
6] "Handsome Devil" [Peel Session]
7] "William, It Was Really Nothing"
8] "How Soon Is Now?"
9] "Ask"
10] "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others"

The Top 10 Kraftwerk Tracks *new chart!*--
1] "Nummern/Computerwelt 2" [Numbers/Computer World 2]
2] "Trans-Europe Express" [12" full version]
3] "Autobahn" [from The Mix]
4] "Expo 2000" [UR Infiltrated Mix]
5] "Tour de France 2007"
6] "Aero Dynamik" [Kling Klang Dynamix]
7] "Die Roboter"
8] "Neon Lights"
9] "Europe Endless"
10] "Ohm Sweet Ohm"

The Top 10 Old-School Tracks--
1] "Life's What You Make It" - Talk Talk
2] "Heaven" - The Psychadelic Furs
3] "Marcia Baila" - Les Rita Mitsouko
4] "The Back of Love" - Echo and the Bunnymen
5] "Video Killed the Radio Star" - Buggles
6] "Whip It" - Devo
7] "People Are People" - Depeche Mode
8] "Kiss Them For Me" - Siouxsie and the Banshees
9] "Oh L'Amour" - Erasure
10] "Getting Away With It" - Electronic

The Top 10 Somewhere-Indie Tracks *new chart!*--
1] "Skull" - Sabadoh
2] "Teardrop" - Massive Attack
3] "Australia" [Peter Bjorn and John remix] - The Shins
4] "My Moon My Man" - Feist
5] "Lost In The Supermarket" - The Clash
6] "Cheapskate" - Supergrass
7] "April Fools" - Rufus Wainwright
8] "Little Thoughts" - Bloc Party
9] "Lights" - The Editors
10] "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" - Radiohead

...and there you have it!! :-) The latest from Starian Union Radio!!

Until the next round... cheers! <3

~ "Sunshine"

Chapter 103: The Music Roster Post, Part 1 - Spinner's Points of View... musically.

Hee, I can't believe I stumbled onto this:

Spinner.com - 20 Meanest Love Songs.

For those NOT interested in reading about all 20 of 'em [unlike myself--I'm such a strange history nut], here's the list...

20] "Go Your Own Way" - Fleetwood Mac
19] "Under My Thumb" - The Rolling Stones
18] "Ex-Factor" - Lauren Hill
17] "The One I Love" - R.E.M.
16] "I'm Looking Through You" - The Beatles
15] "Hit 'Em Up Style [Oops!]" - Blu Cantrell
14] "I Want You" - Elvis Costello
13] "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" - Meat Loaf
12] "Possession" - Sarah McLachlan
11] "Caroline No" - The Beach Boys
10] "Tunnel Of Love" - Bruce Springsteen
9] "Cry Me A River" - Justin Timberlake
8] "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" - Nancy Sinatra
7] "Idiot Wind" - Bob Dylan
6] "Dry" - PJ Harvey
5] "You're So Vain" - Carly Simon
4] "Unhappy Birthday" - The Smiths
3] "You Oughta Know" - Alanis Morissette
2] "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" - Glen Campbell
1] "Smile" - Lily Allen

The 25 Most Exquisitely Sad Songs In The Whole World.

...and for those who are too lazy and rather read the list and not the stories...

25] "The River" - Bruce Springsteen
24] "Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinead O'Connor
23] "No Surprises" - Radiohead
22] "A Change Is Gonna Come" - Sam Cooke
21] "Space Oddity" - David Bowie
20] "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" - Carly Simon
19] "Lost Cause" - Beck
18] "I've Gotta Get A Message To You" - The Bee Gees
17] "Back To Black" - Amy Winehouse
16] "Shilo" - Neil Diamond
15] "My Mom" - Chocolate Genius
14] "Anyone Who Had A Heart" - Dionne Warwick
13] "Naked As We Came" - Iron & Wine
12] "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning" - Frank Sinatra
11] "Brick" - Ben Folds Five
10] "In The Real World" - Roy Orbison
9] "Concrete Angel" - Martina McBride
8] "Dance With My Father" - Luther Vandross
7] "Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley
6] "He Stopped Loving Her Today" - George Jones
5] "I Know It's Over" - The Smiths
4] "Hurt" - Johnny Cash
3] "Eleanor Rigby" - The Beatles
2] "Gloomy Sunday" - Billie Holiday
1] "Chicken Wire" - Pernice Brothers

Now, if you're tired of their say-so, it's time for the latest in WSUR, the official radio of the Starian Union and the StarKnight Chronicles...

[What goes down in the Underground...]

Mondays start the new workweek. Wednesdays tend to differ, depending on if I need to work or not--usually I'm off, and usually visiting "Uncle" Joseph. Thursdays is the Daughters of the King meeting night. Fridays and Saturdays are normally hectic--never the same drama twice. Sundays = Church day. I update the blog accordingly, with a rant or two, the occasional music post, and sometimes the most random nonsuch.

So stay tuned, because things are fixing to get interesting... and, save your forks--the best is yet to come...

~ me