07/03/2007: Summer Megaparty: X-E’s Summer Jukebox!

X-E’s Summer Jukebox is
now active! A stunning combination of oldies, cock rock and songs from Pokemon movie soundtracks! It’s not finished, but in case anyone without a radio needs some easy breezy listening as they spend Independence Day playing Yahoo! Checkers, I figured now was the time. It’s a pretty eclectic (read: ridiculous) mix, but this is a pretty eclectic (read: ridiculous) site. I’ll add more songs soon.
Even when it falls on a Wednesday (ugh), the 4th is typically one of the lowest days of the year in terns of web traffic, or at least, X-E’s web traffic. If you’re about to head off for barbecues with celebrity friends for a day, have a good one. Us? We got nothing planned. Maybe a little grilling, or maybe I’ll track down a leftover smoke bomb from this article, or maybe I’ll waste the entire holiday reading up on carpenter ants, which for some reason are creatures I find quite kickass.
Discussion Thread: 95 comments
What’s with the closeup commercial

Posted by
Lord Smashington @ 07/03/2007 8:15 PM EDT
I gotta work the 4th. Had the opportunity not to but stupid me can’t say no.

Posted by
Tony @ 07/03/2007 8:21 PM EDT
Haha, you did it Matt, you actually got the Ataris version of Boys of Summer!!!! I play this on every jukebox I come across. Mainly because it’s usually the only Ataris song I can find on them, but it’s still special to me.
You can smell my stink on both the Christmas and the Summer Jukeboxes.
Thank you, Matt 

Posted by
Knegative @ 07/03/2007 8:26 PM EDT
Well it’s 10:24am, Wednesday 4th of July, just another day over this side of the world, nothing to get depressed about, nothing to get excited about. Except it’s time for me to go and have a smoke!

Posted by
Tan @ 07/03/2007 8:27 PM EDT
:D I love that song. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions…more will be added!

Posted by
Matt @ 07/03/2007 8:27 PM EDT
I had an accidental crush on Belinda Carlisle when I was little. I blame it on the video for “Turn to You” where the Go-Go’s are dressed as boys and aren’t wearing any makeup. How’s a 6 year old to know?

Posted by
iAMYou @ 07/03/2007 8:49 PM EDT
carpenter ants are like tiny hugable jesus-es (jesii?)

Posted by
Anonymous @ 07/03/2007 8:58 PM EDT
This is fantastic! I can’t wait for the future additions.

Posted by
Rainbowfeet @ 07/03/2007 9:08 PM EDT
Yay summer jukebox! Nothing can beat the Xmas one, though.
P.S. Last night at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin Robosaurus tore cars in half and drank beer in honor of the Transformers movie. My girlfriend took pictures of him going nuts in the parking lot. Here they be:
YOU GOT THE TOUCH! YOU GOT DA POWAAA!
I wish I had a Robosaurus. :/

Posted by
Matt @ 07/03/2007 9:12 PM EDT
I didn’t know that Vacation song was by Vitamin C. I always secretly liked it a lot. It’s so damn catchy.

Posted by
Travis @ 07/03/2007 9:16 PM EDT
this loser’s a lover now

Posted by
larry @ 07/03/2007 9:16 PM EDT
I like how there’s nothing to show that it was the toothpaste, not the new jacket that did it.

Posted by
RewolfJ @ 07/03/2007 9:25 PM EDT
Hello everyone, thanks for the jukebox, Matt! I just bought a DS, and the web browser isn’t working with my router. I guess I’ll have to buy the USB Wi-fi adaptor. It’ll be cool to web surf on the DS, though.

Posted by
Hoverbored @ 07/03/2007 9:39 PM EDT
Yay Summer Jukebox! One of your best ideas, Matt.
I really don’t know what I’m doing tomorrow. I work early, until 1PM, then I might go over to my uncle’s and see what he and my stepsister are doing, or I might just hang around until the fireworks. I depends on how I feel after work.

Posted by
starwenn @ 07/03/2007 9:42 PM EDT
Other than possibly seeing the Transformers movie, I got no plans tomorrow.
Matt: I just reread your fireworks article. Did you ever light up “The Strobe?” What did it look like?
Also, was that Tom Selleck in the Closeup commercial?

Posted by
JLAJRC @ 07/03/2007 9:51 PM EDT
“Walk the Dinosaur” makes me want to watch the Super Mario Bros. movie.

Posted by
Tougi @ 07/03/2007 9:56 PM EDT
Yea for the Summer Jukebox!!
(not sure about remix/reimagining of the LAND DOWN UNDER though)
FUN FACT ABOUT CARPENTER ANTS: They were the ants that you could send away for when you purchased an UNCLE MILTON ANT FARM. That may sound stupid, and it is, but they did last longer than the average backyard ant in my experience.

Posted by
The Manimal @ 07/03/2007 10:03 PM EDT
Excellent. I will now open the window so that the glorious tunes of the summer jukebox can join me out on the patio with my merlot and Harry Potter novel.
Anyone here care to discuss HP Book 7 rumors, or is that too eclectic for this site? 

Posted by
eliza @ 07/03/2007 10:04 PM EDT
Jukebox = AWESOME. Love it! I’m going to listen to it while I do dishes.
Eliza - I broke my “only buy thrifted or environmentally/socially friendly goods” rule today by buying 2 awesome items of Harry Potter stuff from Hot Topic. I can’t even wait for this book, my countdown widget is crawling as it ticks down the seconds!
Hermione’s a dude, I hear…
NICE! TURTLE POWER!
All you need now is some Talking Heads, Matt…they are old school and summer-y.
I am currently working at a bookstore. I cannot even begin to explain how big a deal Harry Potter 7 is, or how excited I am for it. I will be dressing up and attending the midnight box-opening party, oh yes.

Posted by
Muppet Baby @ 07/03/2007 10:23 PM EDT
Jessica Marie, thanks for the laugh :) Ever since I saw an interview with JK Rowling saying that all the answers could be found in the old books, I have been re-reading them frantically. I can’t stand surprises!

Posted by
eliza @ 07/03/2007 10:26 PM EDT
Eliza: Didn’t JK say 2 characters die yet one ’spoiler’ I read killed off 3! What have you heard?

Posted by
Tan @ 07/03/2007 10:28 PM EDT
Wow! How did I miss “T-U-R-T-L-E Power” when I scanned the song list? I LOVE this song! I’m wild about the Mario movie, but Turtles? Best movie ever made. Though hearing the awesome ending rap from Ninja Turtles reminds me of the awesome ending rap from 3 Ninjas. Soooooooo good. If the ninja/rap/endind credits connection wasn’t enough for you, get this - it’s called “Kid Power.”
And I guess having both a Will Smith song and a song called “Wild, Wild West” makes me wish the jukebox would let bounce into Smith’s rap from the Wild, Wild West movie.
Aw, and you have the Butthole Surfers! And Rock Lobster! And the Mortal Kombat song! I have a lot of listening to do. This almost makes up for the fact that I can’t go to a Kwik-E-Mart. Okay, that’s not true.

Posted by
Tougi @ 07/03/2007 10:28 PM EDT
Eliza I tend to shy away from HP rumors because they can ruin the excitment. However, predictions are another thing and I recently satisfied my Harry Potter craving by reading Mugglenet.com’s “What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7?” It was a fun little read and I agreed with a lot of their theories. I have been re-reading the books since May and started book 6 over the weekend. I’m very excited for movie, but I am beyond excited for the novel. I am considering wearing my Harry Potter costume to Wal-Mart on release night, but I’m thinking I might be a bit too old to do that at 30. Of course I always have my fizzing whizzbee’s shirt.

Posted by
iAMYou @ 07/03/2007 10:33 PM EDT
Got the jukebox going now. It’s the simple pleasures in life I tell ya.
I got giddy when I saw you had Wipeout on there. Must go get my microphone out now.LOL

Posted by
shortcake 79 @ 07/03/2007 10:35 PM EDT
iAMYou, I totally understand. I’m not one for spoilers, but I love the ideas bouncing around right now!
Tan, other than Voldemort I don’t really know who else will be killed. I’m guessing Snape, only because he made the Unbreakable Vow to protect Draco from harm, and Draco will probably have a huge role in the next book. What are you thinking?

Posted by
eliza @ 07/03/2007 10:37 PM EDT
Ok, what I read was this:
‘Good News: Dumbledore IS ALIVE!!
Bad News: Snape is forced to kill Dumbledore.
Ron Weasley dies.
Then later; Hermione dies.
AND they are REALLY dead and not coming back by the end of the book!
So then: Harry kills himself in order to destroy Voldemort!
In the end of the book Harry is reunited in the Deathly Hallows Ghost World with his parents, Ron, Hermione, Sirius and Dumbledore…kind of like the end of Return of the Jedi! ‘
I don’t like that sounds of it.
FYI - after all these years of singing it drunk at parties, I finally learnt the ACTUAL words to ‘land down under’ and never realised they used ‘Where beer does flow and men chunder’
Chunder is such a charming word….

Posted by
Tan @ 07/03/2007 10:53 PM EDT
JK has said Dumbledore is definately dead.
However, I feel Harry may get to speak with him in some form, like in a portrait in the head master’s office. The other portraits talk so I assume Dumbledore’s will be able to do so as well.
I don’t think BOTH Ron and Hermione will die, but it’s possible one of them may. Sadly.
I also wonder if it’s possible for Harry and Voldemort to kill one another? I know one cannot live while the other survives, but what if neither survives? That’s a pretty surefire way for JK to make sure there aren’t future books written by someone else. Of course, they could always do prequel type books, but I know enough back story on most of the characters that I wouldn’t feel a pressing need to read one.

Posted by
iAMYou @ 07/03/2007 11:03 PM EDT
Eek, that’s a lot of killings! I just have a hard time believing that Harry will die. Practically speaking, she’s got two more movies after this new one, and killing off the main character is not going to get people interested in seeing those last two.
In other news, I saw a commercial for the Harry Potter video game for the Wii. That game will be mine!

Posted by
eliza @ 07/03/2007 11:06 PM EDT
I know she has said Dumbledore is defiantely dead but I dunno, I just found him dying in the last book way TOO easy. He’s supposed to be this grand amazing wizard - and there is so much that can be done in the magic world and that happens? I reckon he let Snape kill him. But agree like you said, he will be back in some shape or form.
The info so far seems to point to Harry and V both having to die but then again in a realm where she can make up the rules, surely there is something out of the blue she finds to maybe not ‘fulfil the prophecy’.
I really don’t like the pairing of Ginny and Harry, she’s never done anything for me. I wouldn’t be happy about Ron and Hermione either. So I guess the scope of possibilities is endless and I’m sure there will always be something else I’d prefer.

Posted by
Tan @ 07/03/2007 11:07 PM EDT
I spend my days at the bookstore now pre-ordering Harry Potter 7 for customers and talking about rumors…it is great fun. So far most of our staff is betting that JK Rowling will write another Harry Potter book (or at least one on the back stories of Harry’s parents, Lupin, Sirius, et al.) within 5 years, after her attempt at adult fiction fails miserably.

Posted by
Muppet Baby @ 07/03/2007 11:09 PM EDT
I am walking out of Transformers. It rocked. Alot.

Posted by
kb @ 07/03/2007 11:12 PM EDT
*dancing to summer jukebox*
Harry who?

Posted by
ellaenchanted @ 07/03/2007 11:13 PM EDT
I’m not a big fan of the Ginny and Harry pairing either, but I definately want Ron and Hermione to get together. I love Ron. I just think he’s adorable.
The only reason I found the death of Dumbledore somewhat believable is because he had to drink that horrid potion to gain the fake horcrux. The potion had weakened him, and without that storyline I wouldn’t have been to eager to accept his death, but with it I find it quite plausible.

Posted by
iAMYou @ 07/03/2007 11:16 PM EDT
I was wondering what the jukebox logo would look like. Neat. I wouldn’t mind having a summer themed real life jukebox. And I’ll get a jukebox, a real one, eventually for the den I will have in the future someday. That and a bar with a tap. They have handles for those that are Moe’s Tavern themed, also duff beer themed. I thought I would plug in one more simpsons thing before it gets bad. Also a simpsons talking dart board. My future den/bar is coming together now. OH and moe’s tavern barstools. They make those I believe.
I am listening to the summer jukebox on a windows media player skin called “blue crush” from a movie that was out a year or two ago. It’s shaped as a boogie board I recemmend downloading it, it’s on the microsoft site.
We ate pizza tonight and I have mountain dew! Cheers!

Posted by
Goob @ 07/03/2007 11:27 PM EDT
If Voldemorte has horcruxes then why can’t Dumbledore? and I hope Draco gets the boot. So is it unanimous which side Snape is on?

Posted by
Tan @ 07/03/2007 11:27 PM EDT
Muppet Baby, working at a bookstore was my dream job growing up. That is, before I realized how antisocial and unhelpful I can be at times. Do you intentionally wear glasses, sip at lattes and sneak off to read on stacks of books in the back aisle? Or do you actually have to ‘work’? 

Posted by
eliza @ 07/03/2007 11:33 PM EDT
Oh no… horcruxes are very dark, evil magic. I don’t think Dumbledore would ever rip his soul apart to make them.
I’m sooo undecided about Snape. I really want him to be good, but it’s looking less likely.

Posted by
iAMYou @ 07/03/2007 11:34 PM EDT
hey guys, you’ll never guess where i’m posting from!

Posted by
hoverboard @ 07/03/2007 11:36 PM EDT
Summer Jukebox = awesome.
Ate at a buffet with the gf and our good friend (fellow geek) then hung out here for a while.
Found out the 7-11 near my house sells Buzz Cola.
Tomorrow is the 4th, BBQ and fireworks day!
Transformers was awesome (I said in previous thread). I tried putting a spoiler in a spoiler space, but that part of the post got omitted. For the best I suppose.
Life is good.
Where, Hoverbored? Could it be from your brand-new Nintendo DS?!

Posted by
Thomas @ 07/03/2007 11:44 PM EDT
Very funny, Thomas. I posted the last comment on my new DS. I love that Turtle Power is on the jukebox, coz I love the soundtrack to that movie.

Posted by
Hoverbored @ 07/03/2007 11:48 PM EDT
Matt, I love you forever for including ‘Walk the Dinosaur’ on here. I haven’t heard that song since I was like twelve. HELL YES.
Tomorrow I have nothing fun planned other than going to see relatives, who are in their 90s. So it’ll be something to do, but not exactly a wild party. But who cares - I have the day off work!
Goob, your post reminded me of something I had totally forgotten about. When I was about 15, the oldies station here ran this promotion where if you wrote down every single song they played between certain hours of the day, you could enter to win a REAL JUKEBOX loaded with albums by all the artists they played. My mom and I were both thrilled with this idea so my mom seriously spent hours and hours writing down songs. We totally didn’t win, but it was pretty funny watching her sit by the radio all day with a notepad. My mom is awesome.

Posted by
jazzy @ 07/04/2007 12:00 AM EDT
I love how the Beach Boys have three songs on the jukebox. Good Vibrations, Kokomo, and Wipe Out. Yep, that’s the Beach Boys singing on that track with the Fat Boys.

Posted by
Hoverbored @ 07/04/2007 12:04 AM EDT
Kokomo always brings to my mind, being in Primary school and having to do this pointless (yet fun at the time) choreographed show that we did for gym class? It took place outside of my school in the paved playground area. The parents were all in folding chairs watching their kids try to move in synch to music and to each other, while utilizing parachutes and hoola hoops. Did anyone else ever have to do this in primary school???? I always forget about this weird event until I hear Kokomo.

Posted by
Crazy_Mainer @ 07/04/2007 12:20 AM EDT
I won at karaoke tonight. I am now the proud owner of a mad 3rd place $10 gift certificate for Applebee’s for my madcap rendition of Under The Bridge, even though I couldn’t stop picturing the Ghost with the Most through the whole ordeal. I almost ordered the pineapple burger…. almost. Next time.

Posted by
Mystie @ 07/04/2007 12:44 AM EDT
Magnificent Jukebox, Matt. Only thing that would’ve made it better is the inclusion of Rythm of the Night in there somewhere.

Posted by
DocDragon @ 07/04/2007 1:12 AM EDT
I knew a kid who was bitten on the lip by a carpenter ant. His own fault for being a fugmo simian who walked around with his bottom lip hanging down all the time.
Its madibles were stuck in his lip for about a week.

Posted by
Somethin' Funny @ 07/04/2007 1:18 AM EDT
Nice! When I first started this playlist I thought I started one of my own by accident. Why else would I be listening to The Go-Go’s and Escape Club? But then you had Jimmy Buffet so I knew there had to be something terribly wrong.
Plans for tomorrow? Oh, hell yes. Transformers Movie.

Posted by
Shawn @ 07/04/2007 1:34 AM EDT
Happy 4th of July everyone!
I had a little shindig at my place tonight for some old college friends. It was pretty fun. I am definitely getting old, but not that old yet. How do I know this? Simple. I bought far too much beer for the party. Apparently my friends and I are too old to drink like we used to (or lack the interest in it) and I am still to young to realize in advance that I was going to blow lots of money on leftover beer that I don’t really want.
Sweet.
Nice Jukebox selections. Here is a quick story about Escape Club’s Wild Wild West. The year was 1989. My aunt and uncle had driven up to visit us and brought with them my then three-year-old nephew, Andrew. That song came on the radio and the kid was doing his best to sing along with it, usually just a moment or two behind as he listened to the lyrics. He was doing a pretty good job of mimicking the singer and getting the lyrics pretty close.
Well, given that I was probably the only person in the car that was familiar with the song beforehand and knew the lyrics in advance, I patienty wait with bated breath for one moment. Sure enough it came. Picture a three-year-old boy, in his car seat, bobbing his head back and forth to the beat, singing…
Gimme gimme wild west
Gimme gimme safe sex
Well, we thought it was funny. I guess maybe it has lost its charm over the years. Perhaps you had to be there.

Posted by
Magic Toe @ 07/04/2007 1:40 AM EDT
*Gargles over summer jukebox goodness*

Posted by
Me @ 07/04/2007 1:42 AM EDT
Matt
What’s up with the link on the third jukebox? It’s called closeup.wmv?
Add them links to the right bar :P!
Only a month and a half until Drug Stores start putting up Halloween decorations! 

Posted by
Me @ 07/04/2007 1:48 AM EDT
***Transformers Spoilers Transformers Spoilers***
I liked it. I liked it a whole freakin’ lot. It was HILARIOUS. Optimus saying “My bad” is just too surreal. It will warp your brain. They made me feel for Bumblebee and that is a MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT as I’m a Cliffjumper kinda guy. I have to agree with a person over at Shrine and say ‘what happened to Barricade?’ He was on his way, what happened to him? Starscream left the scene during the credits, but did I just miss what happened to Barricade?
My main, and only, gripe is the treatment my boy got. I don’t mind how he died. The smallest bot took on the biggest, that’s cocky and that’s awesome. So is getting torn in half “You wanna piece of me?!?!?” “YEAH, I WANT TWO.” My problem is with the reception he got from Prime. “Oh, look, one of us died, but its cool we met you dorky kids!” So blasphemous I want to buy another Jazz and pop out his waist pin so I can recreate the scene on my desk.
Yeah.
***Transformers Spoilers Transformers Spoilers***

Posted by
Knegative @ 07/04/2007 1:58 AM EDT
Gah, it’s July 4th? Not mid-June?

Posted by
dohopoki @ 07/04/2007 2:17 AM EDT
jazzy I am glad I reminded you of something
and me reminding you reminds me of something
the local radio station used to have this thing on the weekend up until about 9 at night once an hour or half hour or so they would pick a caller and do what was called the broken jukebox or something i dunno lol anyway you would pick any letter and any number up to 100 or so and it would be a random song. I tried one weekend and we couldn’t get to do the jukebox but we had fun hassling the dj. I have a sound effect cd and my cousin acted like he farted, we cranked up the cd full blast and it was the grossest fart on the cd IMO and do you think the dj knew? LOL my cousin said the guy said ‘ew that was gross!! are you ok?” I think he just giggled and hung up, my cousin that is.
Anyway, my other older cousin he’s in his early 40’s, his b-day was on sunday (the 1st) I just remembered so I think I am going right now to pay kudos to him and watch toxic avenger and maybe some random zombie movie. The sicko exposed me to that stuff when I was 10-12 it was great. When he lived with us it was the best part of my childhood.
and Hoverbored (or anyone that gives a shit honestly) My sister when I was a kiddie she signed up for the Columbia house membership and she was having problems deciding which cassettes to order. I looked through the stamps that had cassette and cd pictures on them (loved those things always have always will, I think half of it is enjoying the fact someone is giving you free stickers! Sheets of them!!) and I instantly saw the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles one. Not having a personal preference for music at the time I wanted that one. I listened to it a lot. I still have it but it’s too warped to listen to now.
Mystie Yay hon! I watched the video of you singing on youtube. Horribly fantastic. That is why I want to go to Bingo to win stuff but that is so an old lady thing so I will try to put it off. Do secretly play on pogo though. Enjoy your 10 bucks at Applebees.

Posted by
Goob @ 07/04/2007 2:21 AM EDT
SUMMER JUKEBOX, DANCING, PARTY, JITTERBUG, SUNNY, FUN, VIBES, SUMMER JUKEBOX
thats all i have to say right now…

Posted by
Gweff @ 07/04/2007 2:28 AM EDT
KNeg I so agree with you - Transformers was the best time at the movies we’ve had this summer; it was just ‘right on’ in so many points.
My only ‘complaint’ if it really is one is more about a style choice: I hate ’shaky cam’ during movies with action scenes. It makes it hard to follow things sometimes. But that was such a minor issue.
And I truthfully even thought when your ‘boy’ met his fate “dude, KNeg is gonna be pissed!”
Since my stepmother and step sister are fighting -again- my dad called me and said “4th of July is cancelled”. I told him he better get on it, ’cause he’s got a lot of phone calls to make. His response was “huh?”…my humor is always lost on him…..
Soooo…my plans are up in the air as well. Probably play games, then find a BBQ to chill at. It is Alabama, I could walk out my door and be in one most likely; they’ve been shooting fireworks all night. But it makes me happy….

Posted by
Shuanfu @ 07/04/2007 2:47 AM EDT
Sorry for the lack of relevance but I just got back from the Transformers movie (awesome, by the way) and was wondering: should I get Ironhide or Starscream?

Posted by
Ben @ 07/04/2007 3:01 AM EDT
I may be the only person who finds this amusing, but I was listening to the Halloween song on the jukebox (btw, AWESOME JUKEBOX!) while I was reading about the carpenter ants. For those of you who don’t know, John Carpenter made the Halloween movie and I believe wrote the song or somesuch. Too lazy to look that up.
On the subject of carpenter ants - I hate ‘em, because one of the suckers bit me when I was two and wouldn’t let go for the longest time. My mother even ended up pulling the body off, leaving a severed ant head still embedded in my leg. Eeeuccchh.
Back to the jukebox, I totally love all the Halloweeny stuff :). I always have a latent association of X-E with Halloween, since it was in October, when searching for random Freddy stuff (and kudos for the ‘do the Freddy’ - seriously one the the most surreal songs ever) that I found the site. Been hooked ever since ;).
Now for the Harry Potter stuff. Keep in mind, I’m not a megafan, so I don’t know everything about the series. Alright, random Frakkyfire thoughts on Harry Potter: Personally, I don’t have a strong feeling about Harry/Ginny either way; I dont’t think Harry will die, and I wouldn’t be able to read the older books again if he did, since it’s from his POV; I *don’t* like Ron/Hermione, as I think that she is more on the same emotional and mental level as more adult people, and it seems that Ron is rather immature; I like Snape and think that he’s not truly good or evil, just wonderfully nasty; and … um … well, that’s about it. Dumbledore’s dead for good and might show up via painting, but that’s already been said.
I hate to bring up old news, but I just saw Pirates 3, and I’m upset. It was an awesome movie, but *POTC3SPOILERSBUTPEOPLEPROBABLYALREADYSAWTHEMOVIEANYWAYS* they should not have killed Norrington!!! He was such a cool character. *sniff* I liked him. *ENDPOTC3SPOILERS*

Posted by
Frakkyfire @ 07/04/2007 3:06 AM EDT
Ben, search Youtube for MatrixPrime and check out his reviews. Sitting through the color-scheme parts is a little dull, but watching the transformation process may give you a good idea of which figure to get.
I’d say Ironhide, but I’m a died-in-the-wool Autobot guy 

Posted by
Knegative @ 07/04/2007 3:07 AM EDT
Transformers was the most fun I’ve had at a theater in years. Was it high art? No. And anyone looking for anything deep need not apply. But it was FUN. I haven’t had fun at the movies in a long, long time. This was the first summer movie to deliver in years.

Posted by
Wukong @ 07/04/2007 3:13 AM EDT
I got herded into a line when I got to the theatre and the show time whizzed by and I’m like this is the 10:40 line, right? I was in the 11;20 line!! I ran into the theatre and grabbed a seat just as “Feature Presentation” hit the screen. That’s timing, people.
The whole theatre clapped so many times it was crazy. I think I was the only one who whoo’d when Jazz picked his form, but I’m used to that, I’m usually alone whooing for Keanu or Rachael 

Posted by
Knegative @ 07/04/2007 3:28 AM EDT
Ben: Sadly, I have most of the TF toys….
Ironhide is a bit tricky, but is hands-down my favorite. Starscream is cool, but not my favorite.
My rank of those I have would be: Ironhide, Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Bumblebee, Wreckage, Brawl (or is it Devastator now?) Starscream, Blackout, Jazz, and lastly Barricade.

Posted by
Shuanfu @ 07/04/2007 4:11 AM EDT
Yes! This is so awesome. Flawless playlist. The Men at Work song raised a rousing debate over here about what it’s actually about (I was closest). Loving the Rupert Holmes and double-stack B-52’s.
Frakky, you have my sympathies wrt to the PoTC thing, I was way bummed about that too. I’m pretty sure they’ll bring him back if/when they do another sequel though, and of course fanon resurrected him faster than you can say convoluted mythology where no one stays dead long ;).
Speaking of people who stay dead, I always figured if we saw anything more of Dumbledore it would have something to do with the Pensieve but that’s just one of my pet theories that always end up bring wrong. I really don’t want to get spoiled again this time (still annoyed with the SA forums over that) so hopefully I don’t have to worry about anybody around here :). I think Ron/Hermione is really sweet, personally, and I’ve been rooting for Harry and Ginny ever since Chamber of Secrets. I don’t think they’ll be ending up together though, but then I’m only figuring Harry to have a 50% shot of surviving. I’m glad there’re other HP fanatics around; it’s nice to know I’m not the only one who can’t wait for 7/21.
(And Dumbledore would never have a horcrux, you have to kill someone to make one, remember.)

Posted by
squee4242 @ 07/04/2007 4:22 AM EDT
“The whole theatre clapped so many times it was crazy. I think I was the only one who whoo’d when Jazz picked his form, but I’m used to that”
Somebody in my screening whoo’d when he did that.
And also, “Whassup, lil’ bitches”= best line from any robot ever in the history of robots.

Posted by
Anonymous @ 07/04/2007 5:10 AM EDT
No matter how old I get, I will always have a soft spot in my heart for The Power Of Love.

Posted by
Punisher Bass @ 07/04/2007 7:07 AM EDT
Woooo summer jukebox! Summer just got 36% more awesome!
I know I already posted, but I have to say that that “Monster Rap” song is the shiznatt! With such classic line as “Invisible hands…who goosed me?” and “Freddy Krueger gives good glove” what’s not to love?
And Squee - if they do make a fourth, they *better* bring him back! 

Posted by
Frakkyfire @ 07/04/2007 9:29 AM EDT
Ben, he provided the entire score.

Posted by
Me @ 07/04/2007 11:25 AM EDT
Oops, meant Frakkyfire

Posted by
Me @ 07/04/2007 11:37 AM EDT
heehee, i’m posting this from the pooper. i love my new Q. thank for anothe summer, Matt. and damn all of you for your irresistible transformers spoilers.

Posted by
jokun @ 07/04/2007 11:58 AM EDT
Ah, I thought he did. I’m always wary of stating stuff that I think is right - it invariably ends up wrong. Thanks “Me”!

Posted by
Frakkyfire @ 07/04/2007 12:00 PM EDT
I only have two, but I don’t have any major problems with my movie figures. It’s hard to rank them because Prime is easily the better toy, aesthetically and transformation-wise, but Jazz has become the main thing I toy with on my desk while surfing the net (replacing a rainbow, glow-in-the-dark slinky).
I’ve heard that the line will continue into Summer 08 with figures in different sizes and such. I’m holding out hope for a Jazz with actual arms.

Posted by
Knegative @ 07/04/2007 12:40 PM EDT
You mean Dumble-D doesn’t come back and activate his “Moustache Power?” Rats.
I had a problem with carpenter ants once. Woke up one morning and had tiny little bookshelves and coffee tables scattered on my nightstand. Then they were singing “Close to You” and “Top of the World” all night long. Once I broke out the Black Flag, though, everything turned out all right. Henry Rollins uber antses!

Posted by
kingklash @ 07/04/2007 1:08 PM EDT
Happy Fireworks Day, y’all. Hope your holiday is more exciting than mine’s going to be.
Hmm. I think I’m one of the only people on the planet that doesn’t really care for Harry Potter, even though I’ve tried. I read five of the books and watched all the movies so far, but I’m still not really into it. I feel like I’m from another galaxy because I hated Order of the Phoenix, which everyone else seems to love.

Posted by
Annette @ 07/04/2007 1:45 PM EDT
ugh- i got absolutely nothing to do today. no fruit salad. no hot dogs. no stupid napkins with american flags on them. no aunt mildred who loves to pinch my cheeks until they feel like they’re going to fall off. sigh, nothing.

Posted by
Andrew @ 07/04/2007 1:52 PM EDT
For those of you who didn’t know yet, the winner of this year’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest is Joey Chestnut, who ate 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes, beating Takeru Kobayashi.
Ouch. It’s about time an american won it again!
Remind me to go to Coney Island this summer before Astroland closes.
best band in the whole jukebox, the B-52’s! Matt, you just made my day!

Posted by
Tanuki @ 07/04/2007 2:40 PM EDT
It’s been raining on and off here all day. Still debating if I’m going to run out for fireworks or not…. hm hm hmmm…

Posted by
Mystie @ 07/04/2007 2:47 PM EDT
HAPPY JULY 4TH/INDIPENDENCE DAY TO ALL MY YANKIE BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!
LUV JOSH, BITCHES!

Posted by
JoshuaC @ 07/04/2007 2:50 PM EDT
The Escape Club? Matt you crazy bastard!

Posted by
phunqsauce @ 07/04/2007 3:13 PM EDT
MagicToe - When Wild, Wild, West came on the radio when i was a child i would just yell the word “sex” when he said the safe sex line. It doesn’t take much to make a 7 year old feel like a comedian.

Posted by
phunqsauce @ 07/04/2007 3:25 PM EDT
Knegative, Shuanfu, and I think Me, thanks for your help! I did watch the MatrixPrime reviews for both and decided to get Ironhide. So as soon as the nearest Target, Wal-Mart, Toys’R'Us or whatever store has these is open tomorrow, I’ll go pick him up. Also, I want to apologize for my earlier transgression against the Autobots by considering Starscream. (even if he is a fighter jet, which is what got me to love him as a kid from just seeing the toys)

Posted by
Ben @ 07/04/2007 8:47 PM EDT
Matt, was this summer jukebox actually come from an idea that I sparked a few blogs back? If so, I will feel really special. Kind of like when Biff stole the Almanac and changed the future of Hill Valley.

Posted by
kingchachi @ 07/05/2007 12:08 AM EDT
Chachi — I had been kicking it around in my head but probably wouldn’t have gone through with it without everyone’s suggestions…so, yes!

Posted by
Matt @ 07/05/2007 12:13 AM EDT
WOW!! My 4th was lame, but coming into work and being able to blast TURTLE POWER right alongside Alice Cooper seems like today is my day to pester the people who actually had a good time last night (read: hungover)Thanks again for the daily diversion!!

Posted by
Nate @ 07/05/2007 10:05 AM EDT
T-U-R-T-L-E POWER

Posted by
lee @ 07/05/2007 2:34 PM EDT
I’m lovin’ the Aphex Twin. I have a lot of his shit, but not this one! What a ridiculous/awesome song!

Posted by
IXPlodestuf @ 07/05/2007 2:39 PM EDT
I watched the first TMNT movie a few days ago.
Best. Movie. EVAR.
The Jukebox reminds me of the Freddy songs that you hid on the Horror Convention article.

Posted by
Ian @ 07/05/2007 5:28 PM EDT
Matt, OMG I feel so special.
Thanks for the daily updates. This summer has been boring but at least your updates manage to get me in the summer spirit a little. But I’m kind of just ready for the holiday season.

Posted by
kingchachi @ 07/05/2007 8:38 PM EDT
I’m sure you didn’t create the ID3 or file names yourself for the jukebox, but T.U.R.T.L.E. Power is DEFINITELY not MC Hammer! If you don’t correct this I will make sure the entire nation of Istanbul boycotts your site.

Posted by
TheRawUncut @ 07/06/2007 4:45 PM EDT
Finally, a fitting jukebox to listen to when it’s not near Halloween or Christmas, even when I listen to both year-round.

Posted by
Alex @ 07/08/2007 8:38 AM EDT
hey matt. you have “rock the casbah” twice. any way you can replace the extra with “career oppurtunities?”

Posted by
matty @ 07/08/2007 12:04 PM EDT
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