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Friday Random Ten – The “It Took You How Long To Graduate?” Edition

Holy shit. Friday, 2:30 PM Eastern, I am a college graduate. Took me long enough.

1) Public Enemy – 911 is a Joke
2) Sufjan Stevens – A Good Man Is Hard To Find
3) RZA – See the Joy
4) Donovan – There Is a Mountain
5) The Slackers – Pets of the World
6) Mount Sims – No Yellow Lines
7) The Mekons – Country
8) Bad Brains – I Against I
9) U.S. Maple – Running From Kabob
10) Otis Redding – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long

Bonus Track: Slick Rick – Children’s Story
Bonus Bonus Track: Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Ignition (yes, an R. Kelly cover)

Bonus Downloads:
Apologies to all the DMB lovers, but I’ll take any chance I can to insult Dave Matthews. Thanks to Don Lennon for the faux sincerity.

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36 thoughts on Friday Random Ten – The “It Took You How Long To Graduate?” Edition

  1. From an old Fred Stoller bit on Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist: “My mom wanted me to finish college, so that I could say I’m a college graduate. Like I can’t say that now? ‘I’m a college gagagit’… ‘I’m a college gargatuate!’ DAMN! Three credits short!” Congatchumations!

    1. Japanese Cowboy (Ween)
    2. Got Glint? (Chemical Brothers)
    3. River Man (Nick Drake)
    4. Only a Fool Would Say That (Steely Dan)
    5. Never My Love (Booker T. and the MGs)
    6. Please Don’t Stay (R.L. Burnside)
    7. What The World Needs Now Is Love (Chambers Brothers)
    8. Here in the Dark (T-Bone Walker)
    9. I’m Alright (The Go-Betweens)
    10. You Want it Back (Propellerheads + Jungle Brothers)

  2. 1 Elvis Presley feat JXL – A Little Less Conversation (remix)
    2 Spike Jones – the Charleston
    3 Wham! – Jitterbug
    4 Laziest Men on Mars – Terrible Secret of Space
    5 Cat Stevens – Peace Train
    6 High and Mighty Color – Pride
    7 1776 – The Lees of Old Virginia (as performed by Brent Spiner)
    8 Pat Benitar – Love is a battle field
    9 Zap Mama – Rafiki
    10 B-52’s – Rock Lobster

    Wham! alone makes this offically a “Fail at Life.”
    lets see if a bonus two give me any redemption

    Johnny Cast – Hurt
    Macross Plus – Torch Song

    well, at least I don’t have to kill myself.

  3. Many congrats, Lauren!

    As for the random ten, I just got back from taking my last final, and I’m too tired to fire up iTunes. 😉

  4. 1) The Clash: I Fought The Law
    2) Eric Clapton: Someday After A While
    3) Butthole Surfers: Pepper
    4) Led Zeppelin: Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
    5) Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter
    6) Pink Floyd: The Trial
    7) Bob Seger: Night Moves
    8) Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode
    9) Beastie Boys: POW
    10) Van Halen: Pretty Woman

    Do I really have that much classic rock?!

  5. Congratulations, Lauren. Now don’t mess it up by going to graduate school. 🙂

    FRT – The “Yes, I’m Writing My Dissertation…Sort Of” Edition:

    1. Arrested Development – “Tennessee”
    2. Marshall Crenshaw – “Someday, Someway”
    3. David Bowie – “Let’s Dance”
    4. Prince and the Revolution – “Take Me With U”
    5. The Clash – “The Right Profile”
    6. .38 Special – “Second Chance”
    7. The Flying Lizards – “Money”
    8. Bran Van 3000 – “Drinking in L.A.”
    9. Puddle of Mudd – “She Hates Me”
    10. Michael Penn – “No Myth”

    Christmas Bonus Track: The Waitresses – “Christmas Wrapping”

  6. Ellos me quieren lievar – Napoleon Puppy
    These Foolish Things – Liane with the Boheme Bar Trio
    PROKOFIEV: Sonata in C for 2 Violins, Op. 56: Allegro – Markus & Christoph Henschel
    IVES: Scherzo, “Holding Your Own” – Emerson String Quartet
    Indirect Enquiries [Peel] – Wire
    Rue de la Paix – Liane with the Boheme Bar Trio
    BACH: An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653 – Kevin Bowyer
    Wilson – Saint Etienne
    Melange – Klaus Schulze
    Dixie Flyer – Randy Newman

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  8. Congratulations, lady. You’ll have to do a post about being done, in a couple of months, maybe. Eat lots of cake and drink lots of wine. Yer a college grad-jit!

    FRT: The “This Paper was Due in May” Edition

    1. Sufjan Stevens: Oh God, Where Are You Now?
    2. Division of Laura Lee: Access Identity
    3. Rufus Wainwright: Shadows
    4. Autour de Lucie: Je Suis un Balancier
    5. Radiohead: Scatterbrain (As Dead as Leaves)
    6. Floetry: Headache
    7. Bloc Party: Pioneers
    8. 2Raumwohnung: 2Millionen von Sternen
    9: The Strokes: Is This It? (apropos, perhaps…)
    10. Don Caballero: Details on How to Get ICEMAN on Your License Plate

  9. Apologies to all the DMB lovers, but I’ll take any chance I can to insult Dave Matthews.

    I also hate DMB. Too whiny.

    Haters.

    Congratulations, Lauren! I still have at least 3–but probably 4–semesters to go, and while I won’t take quite as long as you did, I’ll come damn close, so it’s all good. As was said above, it doesn’t matter how long you take, as long as you get there.

    No Friday Random Ten™ for me today…I have too much vegging to catch up on, and I can’t allow computers to ruin it for me. 😀

  10. 1. Streets of Baltimore, Gram Parsons
    2. Laissez Faire, Bruce Daigrepont
    3. King, UB40
    4. Pigs in Zen, Jane’s Addiction
    5. Up and Running, Béla Fleck
    6. Satisfied Mind, Lucinda Williams
    7. Anytime, Neil Finn
    8. Country Girl, CSNY
    9. Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key, Billy Bragg & Wilco
    10. Like a King, Ben Harper

  11. Congratulations! You and Natasha over at Pacific Views are like my “I Can Do This” pole-stars. I’m in the phase where I rehabilitate my horrendous GPA from the first, abortive attempt with some community college. Then, this fall, the shit goes down in earnest. I remain terrified and excited (and a bit older than you, I think, so some of us are taking even longer than you did).

    To paraphrase River Phoenix from Sneakers, that’s not easy, what you just did. Congrats again.

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