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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.


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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.

Ghosted by Magic Toe @ 07/04/2007 1:40 AM EDT

*Gargles over summer jukebox goodness*

Ghosted 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! :D

Ghosted 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***

Ghosted by Knegative @ 07/04/2007 1:58 AM EDT

Gah, it’s July 4th? Not mid-June?

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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…

Ghosted 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….

Ghosted 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?

Ghosted 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*

Ghosted 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 ;)

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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 :P

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.)

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted by Punisher Bass @ 07/04/2007 7:07 AM EDT

Woooo summer jukebox! Summer just got 36% more awesome!

Ghosted by Jeff Mack @ 07/04/2007 9:06 AM EDT

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! ;)

Ghosted by Frakkyfire @ 07/04/2007 9:29 AM EDT

Ben, he provided the entire score.

Ghosted by Me @ 07/04/2007 11:25 AM EDT

Oops, meant Frakkyfire

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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”!

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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!

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted by Invader Norbert @ 07/04/2007 2:39 PM EDT

best band in the whole jukebox, the B-52’s! Matt, you just made my day!

Ghosted 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…

Ghosted by Mystie @ 07/04/2007 2:47 PM EDT

HAPPY JULY 4TH/INDIPENDENCE DAY TO ALL MY YANKIE BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!
LUV JOSH, BITCHES!

Ghosted by JoshuaC @ 07/04/2007 2:50 PM EDT

The Escape Club? Matt you crazy bastard!

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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)

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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!

Ghosted 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!!

Ghosted by Nate @ 07/05/2007 10:05 AM EDT

T-U-R-T-L-E POWER

Ghosted 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!

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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?”

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

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