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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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Discussion Thread: 95 comments

What’s with the closeup commercial

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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 :D

Ghosted 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!

Ghosted by Tan @ 07/03/2007 8:27 PM EDT

:D I love that song. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions…more will be added!

Ghosted 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?

Ghosted by iAMYou @ 07/03/2007 8:49 PM EDT

carpenter ants are like tiny hugable jesus-es (jesii?)

Ghosted by Anonymous @ 07/03/2007 8:58 PM EDT

This is fantastic! I can’t wait for the future additions.

Ghosted 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!

Ghosted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 07/03/2007 9:11 PM EDT

I wish I had a Robosaurus. :/

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted by Travis @ 07/03/2007 9:16 PM EDT

this loser’s a lover now

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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?

Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 07/03/2007 9:51 PM EDT

“Walk the Dinosaur” makes me want to watch the Super Mario Bros. movie.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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? :P

Ghosted 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…

Ghosted by Jessica Marie @ 07/03/2007 10:08 PM EDT

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.

Ghosted 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!

Ghosted 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?

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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

Ghosted 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?

Ghosted 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….

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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!

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted by Muppet Baby @ 07/03/2007 11:09 PM EDT

I am walking out of Transformers. It rocked. Alot.

Ghosted by kb @ 07/03/2007 11:12 PM EDT

*dancing to summer jukebox*

Harry who?

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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!

Ghosted 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?

Ghosted 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’? :P

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted by iAMYou @ 07/03/2007 11:34 PM EDT

hey guys, you’ll never guess where i’m posting from!

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted by Invader Norbert @ 07/03/2007 11:43 PM EDT

Where, Hoverbored? Could it be from your brand-new Nintendo DS?!

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted 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.

Ghosted by Shawn @ 07/04/2007 1:34 AM EDT

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