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Friday is List Day…

Roy

Months and months ago, I noticed the friday random ten from here or Pandagon (I forget where I noticed it first). I thought it was a fun idea, so I adopted it and added other random lists to create Friday List Day at 79 Soul. I figured I’d share here, too.

Random Ten

1. Death in Vegas – “Dirge”
2. Kid Koala – “Fender Bender”
3. L7 – “Shit List”
4. KMFDM – “Terror”
5. The Animals – “Bring it on Home to Me”
6. Alice in Chains – “Grind”
7. Cibo Matto – “King of Silence (Dan the Automator Remix)”
8. The Strokes – “Is This It?”
9. Camera Obscura – “Let’s Get Out of This Country”
10. Blur – “On Your Own”

The Last Six Video Games I Played

1. Worms (Dreamcast)
2. Toy Commander (Dreamcast)
3. Super Bust-a-Move (Dreamcast)
4. You Don’t Know Jack (PC)
5. Soldat (PC)
6. Mario Party 5 (Gamecube)

By all means, share your random ten- or whatever other list you feel like sharing- in the comments. Happy Friday everyone!

31 thoughts on Friday is List Day…

  1. Roy: I think you have my digital jukebox. Please return.

    1. Trans Europe Express by Senor Coconut
    2. I Got By In Time by The Jam
    3. Gary Gilmore’s Eyes by The Adverts
    4. One-Eyed Enos by Toots and the Maytals
    5. Beat’s So Lonely by Wimberly, Texas’ own Charlie Sexton
    6. No Big Thing by Holly Golightly
    7. Hung Up With Summer by Big Star
    8. ‘Round Midnight by Jimmy Smith
    9. Randy Lynn Rag by Joe Maphis
    10. Glam Racket by The Fall

    P.S. Dreamcast! Don’t those play Laserdiscs?

  2. Hmmm….Last six video games?

    1. Rainbow Six Vegas (360)
    2. Phoenix Wright (DS) – Ace Attorney (yes I know it’s lame for an attorney to play attorneyesque video games…I embrace my inherent lameness.)
    3. Zelda (Wii)
    4. Phoenix Wright (the second one) (DS)
    5. Oblivion (360)
    6. Crackdown (360)

  3. yeah, I like a FRT, myself
    1. Blonde Redhead- “Down Under”
    2. The Fire Show- “The Making of Dead Hollow’
    3. Seafood- “FSCII- The Quiet”
    4. Arab Strap- “Famous’
    5. Dinosaur Jr.- “Start Choppin'”
    6.Ted Leo and the Pharmacists- “Squeaky Fingers”
    7. Western Keys- “Seattle, WA”
    8. Fireside- “Ambulance”
    9. Havergal- “Type Written Trees’
    10. Bluebird- “Lightning”

  4. You might be right, norbiz- I was listening to Gary Gilmore’s Eyes on my way to work this morning.

    That being said: Don’t hate on the Dreamcast! I lurv my Dreamcast! There were so many great games for that lovely white box. Terrible controller design and poor support were big problems, but, seriously- Power Stone 1 and 2? Aweomse! Chu Chu Rocket? Toy Commander? Worms? Crazy Taxi? Soul Calibur? Awesome x Great!

    I don’t think it’s lame to play Ace Wright just because you’re a legal Ace yourself. Then again, I haven’t invested in a DS yet, so I’m probably just a little jealous that you can play it at all. How was Crackdown, though? I’d been thinking about giving it a try, but I’d heard vague comparisons to GTA, which is enough to give me pause. I don’t want to invest in something that I’m not going to play because of the squick factor.

  5. The Last Six Movies I watched on DVD

    1. Ringu
    2. Grizzly Man
    3. The number 23
    4. The Ring II
    5. Coffee and Cigarettes
    6. Five Obstructions

  6. How was Crackdown, though?

    Crackdown was at the same time fun and sucky. I had a great deal of fun scaling tall buildings and blowing things up with a grenade launcher. But story-wise…there is no story. You just run around killing bad guys and trying not to run over pedestrians. AND worst of all…you know how you do all that work to build up your guy (no women so far, Irking!) so that you can play on the super hard level with a leveled up guy and have even more fun? Nope. You have to start with a new character for each new game. What fun is it to build up a character if I can’t use it to whomp things?!? I think they might have added online play, but I was playing it before the updates.

    As for the squick factor, it’s not even close to being like GTA. Its like GTA in that there is an open world, but not in the way women are portrayed.

  7. Last 6 Video Games:

    1. World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade (PC)
    2. Ragnarok Online (PC)
    3. The Sims 2 (PC)
    4. Zelda Collector’s Disk (GC)
    5. Sim City 4: Rush Hour (PC)
    6. Phoenix Wright (DS)

    Roy, I’m eternally jealous that you have a Dreamcast. I had one when I lived in the UK but for obvious reasons couldn’t bring it with me. Sigh. I loved that thing.

  8. Last six games played:

    World of Warcraft, PC
    Neverwinter Nights Platinum, PC
    Final Fantasy XII, PS2
    God of War II, PS2
    Metroid Prime 2 Echoes, GameCube
    God of War, PS2

    I haven’t been able to afford the latest generation of consoles, alas. But I still got a lot of love for my PS2.

  9. Last six video games played:

    1. Yggdra Union: We’ll Never Fight Alone (GBA)
    2. Puzzle Quest (DS)
    3. Dofus (PC – multiplayer French game)
    4. Miss Management (this is my own game — this has got to be the cheesiest answer, putting the game I’m making on my list, but I have to play it all the time, of course)
    4. Oblivion (PC)
    5. Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (Wii)

  11. Holly,

    I puzzle quest fun? I was think of getting it but I recently got a new toy. So my portable gaming suffered. (As has my grammar and spelling while responding to blogs…)

  12. 1. bettie serveert – brain-tag
    2. hum – afternoon with the axolotis
    3. animated coochie wonders – automatic lesbian
    4. the clash – this is radio clash
    5. jenny lewis w/the watson twins – rise up with fists!!
    6. kind of like spitting – a song for you
    7. maria taylor – xanax
    8. the faint – take me to the hospital
    9. morningwood – jetsettermusicletter
    10. mates of state – fraud in the ’80s

    last 5 books i’ve read:

    1. fyodor dostoyevsky – the house of the dead (okay, so i’m CURRENTLY reading it)
    2. gregory maguire – son of a witch
    3. gaston leroux – the phantom of the opera
    4. william s. burroughs – junky
    5. michael muhammad knight – the five percenters: islam hip hop & the gods of new york

  13. Last six video games:
    Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
    Final Fantasy 1 DoS (Emulated/Mac)
    Angband (Mac)
    Madden 2006 (PS2)
    New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
    Europa Universalis II (Mac)

  14. My FRT:

    1. “Kick Out The Jams”, MC5
    2. “Closing Time”, Semisonic
    3. “My Sweet Lord”, George Harrison
    4. “Pop Goes The Weasel”, 3rd Bass
    5. “Mr. Wendal”, Arrested Development
    6. “Houses Of The Holy”, Led Zeppelin
    7. “Black Coffee In Bed”, Squeeze
    8. “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”, Yes
    9. “Funkytown”, Pseudo Echo
    10. “Too Much Of Anything”, The Who

    Last five non-work books I read:

    (if I gave you the actual last five I’ve read, your eyes would glaze over)

    1. Frank Herbert, Dune
    2. Iain M. Banks, Against A Dark Background
    3. Minette Walters, The Breaker
    4. Minette Walters, Acid Row
    5. George R.R. Martin, A Feast For Crows

    (by the way, if you like fantasy literature, and you haven’t yet read Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series, you must. Now.)

  15. The last 3 video games I’ve played:

    1. World of Warcraft (BC)
    2. Never Winter Nights 2
    3. Civilization 4

    Raiding 4 nights a week takes up most videogaming time 😛

    The last 5 books I’ve read:
    1. Lucifer’s Hammer – Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
    2. Singer From the Sea – Sherri S. Tepper
    3. Darwinia – can’t remember
    4. Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austin
    5. Evolution – Stephen Baxter

  16. Last 5 games I played:

    1) World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade
    2) Tomb Raider Anniversary
    3) Civilization IV
    4) Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (modded somewhat)
    5) Heroes of Might and Magic V

  17. Last 6 games:

    1) Company of Heroes
    2) Marvel Ultimate Alliance
    3) Crackdown
    4) Earth Defense Force
    5) Medieval 2: Total War (I play this game almost with nearly the exclusive goal of fucking with the Papal States. As the Andalusian Moors, I sacked Rome after invading southern France. As the Danes, I packed the College of Cardinals and elected the first female Pope.)
    6) Peggle

    As for the squick factor, it’s not even close to being like GTA. Its like GTA in that there is an open world, but not in the way women are portrayed.

    Yeah, but it’s portrayal of, say, Mexicans is not so great. “We are Mexicans. We love fast cars, hookers, and huge mustaches,” is more or less a summary.

  18. The last six video games I’ve played:
    1. Wii Sports (Wii)
    2. Gunstar Heroes (Genesis)
    3. Super Mario World (SNES)
    4. Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES)
    5. Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii)
    6. Super Paper Mario (Wii) (gods bless you, Nintendo!)

    FRT:
    1. Jimmy Cliff, “That’s The Way Life Goes”
    2. Lil Wayne, “We Takin’ Over (remix)”
    3. Nas, “Got Ur Self a Gun”
    4. Paul Anka, “Hello”
    5. The Smiths, “What Difference Does It Make”
    6. Justice, “B.E.A.T. (Curtis Vodka no school remix)”
    7. Leonard Nimoy, “Everybody’s Talkin'”
    8. Richard Wagner, “Rhinegold”
    9. The Arcade Fire, “Rebellion (Lies)”
    10. Eric Rigler, “Born in the U.S.A. (Bagpipes)”

  19. Going with last 5 PC games that I’ve played:

    1) World of Warcraft
    2) Tropico
    3) Diablo II
    4) Counter-Strike: Source
    5) Port Royale

  20. Kristen,
    Puzzle Quest is surprisingly fun and addictive, yeah. I mean, the story is pretty unoriginal and the interface is a little fussy sometimes, but the basic idea (“you’re playing bejeweled… with special moves… for a reason!”) is pretty rock-solid. It’s way too easy to whip out and play a few rounds on the bus or train or in any spare moment, really.

  21. Oh, I do love Counter-Strike. I haven’t touched that in a long time. Have you checked out Soldat, Anatolia? It’s essentially Counter-Strike or some other fast paced online FPS, shifted to a 2D plane. It uses the same basic controls, has similar weapons, but… it’s all side-scrolly.

    Also: Free.

    It’s also got a ridiculous amount of physics running in it for a 2d game.

    Very weird, but fun and pretty unusual these days.

  22. I haven’t tried Soldat, Roy, but I’ll look it up. Thanks for the recommendation. I mostly love the surf maps in CS:S. I find myself going back to the same old tried and true games. I’d play Master of Orion II all weekend, if I could find the discs.

  23. Ooooh, Master of Orion II.

    Yeah. I still play that.

    Oh, and X-Com UFO Defense. I looove that one. I play the bajebus out of it. I don’t even want to beat the game anymore. I want to see how long I can survive. I just keep getting more troops, outfitting them, and attacking UFOs. Head to Mars? What?

    Pshaw.

  24. FRT:

    1. Faith No More – Malpractice
    2. Static-X – Push it
    3. Akira Yamaoka – Silent Hill (Otherside) (Does this actually count?)
    4. Pearl Jam – Jeremy (Im not actually a fan of Pearl Jam, I just fucking love this song)
    5. Iron Maiden – Losfer Words
    6. Mr. Bungle – RetroVertigo
    7. Tenacious D – City Hall
    8. Queens of the Stone Age – Go with the flow
    9. Rage Against the Machine – Township Rebellion
    10. Talk Talk – Lifes what you make it

    Last 5 video games:

    (In no particular order)

    1. Baldurs Gate Tutu (PC)
    2. Baldurs Gate II (PC)
    3. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition (PC)
    4. Icewind Dale II (PC)
    5. Knights of the old Republic II: The Sith Lords (XBox)

  25. (is it cheating if you don’t actually listen to the songs due to time constraints?)

    Alice in Chains- Rain When I Die
    TF:TM Score- Transformation
    Disturbed- Down with the Sickness
    Nirvana- Territorial Pissings
    Postal Service- Such Great Heights
    White Zombie- Children of the Grave
    Alice in Chains- Bleed the Freak
    Nirvana- In Bloom
    EMF- Unbelievable
    Alice in Chains- Got Me Wrong

    Special Bonus Flashback for the Young Folk: cheesy video for a song I hadn’t heard in over 10 years until it popped back into my head and I decided to look it up… and found that it had been posted three days earlier. That is some freakydyne serendipidous ish.

  26. Video games!

    Puzzle Quest (DS)
    Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (PC)
    Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
    Diablo II (PC)
    Guitar Hero (PS2)

  28. Friday Random Ten:

    1. “Gonna Build a Nation”- Cyril Ferguson
    2. “Route 66 (Get Your Kicks On)”- The Cramps
    3. “California Still Rules”- Je Suis France
    4. “I Am Not Surprised”- The Organ
    5. “Bonjour Jeune Fille”- The Blow
    6. “Mystic Song”- The Berg Sans Nipple
    7. “You Make No Bones”- Alfie
    8. “What’s Ya Take on Cassavetes”- Le Tigre
    9. “Catch”- The Cure
    10. “Forward to Death”- The Dead Kennedys

    Last 5 Books Read:

    The Dharma Bums, by Jack Kerouac
    Cunt: A Declaration of Independence, by Inga Muscio
    Full Frontal Feminism, by Jessica Valenti
    Continental Drift, by Russel Banks
    Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte

  29. FRT:
    1. Dangerous Mouths: Missy Elliot/Redman
    2. Mama Call- Manu Chao
    3. Izzy Izzy Ah- Missy Elliot
    4. Hombre- M.I.A.
    5. Cock the Hammer- Cypress Hill
    6.

  30. Crap! did not mean to do that.
    6: MXPX- No Brain
    7. Thievery Corp.- All that We Percieve
    8. aM TV- Ladytron
    9. A Forest- Nouvelle Vague
    10. Paperback Bible- Screaming Trees.

    Last DVDs watched:
    1. Buffy TVS Season 2 disc 3
    2. Buffy TVS Season 2 disc 2
    3. Abyss
    4. Undeclared disc 3
    5. Undeclared disc 2

    I’d do video games, but it would just read WoW, WoW, WoW, ad nauseum. I’m Horde on Sen’jin.

  31. @Arianna —

    I play Horde on Tichondrius. I wonder how many WoW players on this site play Horde as opposed to Alliance?

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