http://www.songspeak.com making mixtapes :: music + lyrics + tv + movies + commercials Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:45:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You know how you can be listening to a song for years and years and never hear things that someone else hears? That’s what’s so great about popular music, really. There’s a little something for everyone. My bandmate Steve has brought something to my attention that I hadn’t ever realized/heard in the opening lines of one [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/yusta/ Last Friday, I met a friend at Mohegan Sun to see Barenaked Ladies, for which I had complimentary tickets. The show, in a nutshell, was great. I left work promptly at 5pm and made it to Mohegan Sun in an hour and 40 minutes. Not too shabby. My friend arrived shortly thereafter and [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/barenaked-ladies-are-me-and-my-friend/ So I’ve been hearing a new song on mix 93.1 that I kinda like. Apparently, it’s sung by La Roux, and I always thought it was called “Burnin’ Through” because that’s what it sounds like she says. Apparently I’m horribly mistaken and it’s called “Bulletproof“. Man, is my face red. On [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/this-time-baby-ill-be-here-burnin-through/ This morning on the way to work, I passed a billboard that I’ve probably passed countless times before. For some reason, I never really noticed it like I did today. It was for Basketville in Putney, Vermont. And all I could think of is that right out front, Justin Timberlake is dressed [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/bring-it-on-down-to-basketville/ Over the past few days, my wife has been re-watching her all-time favorite TV show on DVD, thanks to Netflix. Degrassi High. I watched the series with her once years ago (I had bought it for her on VHS tapes in the dark ages before DVD’s were all the rage), and it’s really [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/everybody-wants-something/ Oh no! According to E!, Steve Carell confirmed that he’s leaving NBC’s The Office for greener pastures. My guess is that Michael Scott will get transferred to Nashua so he can be near Holly, but I’m just pulling that out of my butt. Can The Office survive without Michael Scott? Maybe not the fake tv office, [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/michael-scott-is-leaving-the-office/ Mind us. We’ve been busy doing things outside instead of posting much on Songspeak. We don’t love you any less. Promise. matt wrote this on 06/22/10 for SONGSPEAK which is a pretty awesome blog. | post permalink | no comments yet, be the first! | TAGS: v-a-c-a-t-i-o-n in the summertime ]]> http://www.songspeak.com/summer-taking-vacations-summer-not/ Reggie Watts is an awesome beatboxer looper rapper theater actor dancer comedian whose album, Why $#!+ So Crazy is hilarious. Get it. As evidence, I present to you the profanity-generous Fuck Shit Stack matt wrote this on 06/08/10 for SONGSPEAK which is a pretty awesome blog. | post permalink | no comments yet, be the first! | TAGS: a capella, [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/why-so-crazy-reggie-watts/ So as we all know, LOST has its series finale this past Sunday. Like all series finales, a lot of people pissed and moaned that it was horrible and that the final few minutes really sucked, blah blah blah. But you know what other iconic show series finale people complained this much about? The Sopranos. Even [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/everybody-loves-the-sopranos-lost-inspires-a-series-finale-roundup/ Let’s get this straight. I don’t watch American Idol. I only found out the winner because I googled it today. Great job America. You did it again. Pick the most bland, soundalike contestant of the season as the winner. Seriously…is anyone going to be able to tell the difference [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/more-like-lee-dedumb-if-you-ask-me/ Awhile back, Jason Alexander joined Valerie Bertinelli as a spokesperson for Jenny Craig. This was all well and good. I mean, I’m all for losing weight and getting healthier. And then, this happened: I saw this on TV the other day, and, well, my jaw just dropped. Did I really just see [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/george-is-gettin-naked/ Last night was L O S T finale night at Matt’s. I won’t bore you all with the details of the show, as that’s been covered fairly extensively on the interwebs. This story takes place before the recap show even aired. Matt had grand plans to order takeout from El Guanaco. [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/dr-knicker-bocker-knicker-bocker-number-9/ Depending on which one of us you ask, the LOST finale was either awesome or not awesome, but one thing I think both Jamie and I agree on is that the LOST-ified Target commercials that aired during the 7,000 commercial breaks were awesome and amusing. If selling barbecue sauce, smoke detectors, and replacement computer keyboards to [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/highlarious-target-commercials-aired-during-lost-finale/ Becker and Tobias Funke… I mean Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, produce a little show called LOST, which comes to its nerdgastic series finale this Sunday, May 23rd, from 7-11pm. That’s right folks, 4 hours of just absolutely riveting worthless nonsense that will make you feel empty inside after you’ve realized you spent the past [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/sarah-silverman-interviews-huge-fucking-nerds-lost-producers-damon-lindelof-and-carlton-cuse/ A couple weeks ago I was driving my wife, daughter, and mother-in-law down the highway. Every time we passed a tractor trailer truck on the left, my daughter diligently pumped her arm up and down, trying to get the driver to honk the horn. One of the truckers actually did it, much to [...]]]> http://www.songspeak.com/big-tire-chunk/