New Mystery CD!

And now for another exciting installment of...Other people's crap! I was at work today checking in a half ton truck when I found an unlabeled burnt cd inside. There was no way to trace the owner (it was delivered from another location after sitting around for awhile) so I grabbed 'er just so I could share it with you, dear readers. Or reader. Or . Anyway as before I have no listened to this yet and have no sweet clue what's on it.

Track 1: uhhh blank so far. Ok nevermind might want to turn up the volume. Ugh ewww. Lame 90s sounding Hootie and the Blowfish type puke. Engaging Google. Oh lame. Three Doors Down- "So I Need You". Knew I recognized the bleeting voice.
NEXT

Track 2: Oh could it possibly be more 3 Doors Down? Yup. I hope this isn't all 3 Doors Down or well this would be a rather anti-climatic post. If it's a mix shame on them. First rule of mixes: don't put two songs by the same artist at once. Duh. Amateur.

Track 3: Beck- "Loser". Hmm this could get interesting.

Track 4: What the fuck?? Oh Beck. Don't recognize this one. It's called "Timebomb" and while I usually like Beck I am not a fan of this. Not only are we putting artists back to back we are also putting them on the desk in alphabetical order wow...once again MIX FAIL.

Track 5: Uhh sounds like the Cars or something...or at least 80s or modern music pretending to be 80s. Oh I was right. The Cars - "Good Times Roll". Score.

Track 6: UGGGGGGGH Mr. Jones by The Counting Crows? Whhhhhhhy? Make it stop.

Track 7: The Killers- Mr Brightside. Almost wanted to call it Mr. Bright Eyes. Same thing. Well if this song is interpreted to be about Conor Oberst...which um maybe. Just go with it.

Track 8: AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH I thought it couldn't get worse!!! CREED??? And here's where my computer self-destructs. No joke this cd is scratched to high heaven and it stopped this song :D

K. Looks like iTunes can no longer handle this...trying dvd player...
Oh I was wrong it's not Creed but Owen and Gerry and their parody. How...local.

Track 9: Snooze. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Californication. We really have no imagination eh?

Track 10: Sam Roberts. Snore.

Track 11: Bagpipes? Well I hope it isn't Korn. Oh nope. Definitely worse actually. Steve Earle- "Copperhead Road". Well...it's definitely pick-up truck music.

Track 12: What?? More 3 Doors Down? That Superman song this time. You suck unimaginative cd maker and apparent huge 3 Doors Down fan.

Track 13: Another radio type song? So...really why don't you just listen to the radio instead...seriously? Sounds like "Born on the Bayou" by CCR but I can't decipher the lyrics enough to Google it so we'll never know. Damn.

Track 14: NO NO not this horrible guy. I hear him on the radio and I hate him and dunno who he is. Ok apparently I hate David Wilcox and, among other songs, this song "Riverboat Fantasy". I especially hate his other one that goes "to satisfy that woooooooooman" God I hate that song. At least now I know where to direct my hate.

Track 15: Well, this sounds shitty. Are we surprised? No. Oh apparently it's Live with "Selling the Drama". Huh.

Track 16: Oh great. Pearl Jam.

Track 17: Oh wow I haven't heard this one in eons. "AM Radio" by Everclear. I didn't like it at the time. And well...it almost seems welcome amongst the rest of this...

Track 18: Something that's country. No clue what. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with "Fishin in the Dark" apparently. Charming.

Track 19: The man in the moon is a Newfie. I guess.

Track 20: Last song! Ok we're a little slow to start here...come on....ok dijeridoo (sp?)??? What the fuck is this? Still undetermined at press time.


Wow lame cd.

Fun with Mystery CDs

So, I work at a Car Rental company part time. People leave a lot of things in cars that they never come and claim, especially CDs. Today it was my task to clean out the lost and found and throw out things we couldn't possibly trace or return to people. In the lost and found there were many many unclaimed burnt CDs. So I figured hey, this could be a fun blog entry/series so I took them home with me.

So instead of embarrassing myself, I will embarrass strangers by revealing what is on some of these mystery CDs. And who knows? Maybe I will find something good. It could happen.

I haven't listened to any of these CDs. Each one I analyze will mark my first listen. If I do not know a song I will do my best to figure out what it is (gotta love Google).

CD #1: Unlabeled Ridata(never heard of it) CD-R

Track 1: Umm no idea what this. Great start. Enlisting Google. Ok apparently it's Aly & AJ - "Potential Break Up Song" and it's terrible. Moving on.

2: Britney Spears - "Piece of Me"
I shamefully admit to sorta enjoying this song. Whoops. Anyway, so far I am guessing a girl made this cd...

3: No clue. Terrible sound quality. Google says this is Rooster - "Staring at the Sun". This is so generic. No idea who Rooster is but eww.

4: Yay more generic fun. Somebody covering "I Melt with You" very terribly. Oh appears to be Bowling For Soup. What a dumb name for a band.

5: Man this person is all over the generic map. Oh it's that apple bottom jeans song. I think it's called "Low" or something. if I was drunk I would probably dance my ass off because I know this one and when I am in that kind of mood that's all that is required.

6: Another generic rock song that sucks. Apparently it's more Bowling for Soup. A song called "Punk Rock 101". I am disgusted. I kinda want to cry.

7: Sappy crap. God I can't make out what this dude (?) is saying so I can google it...Oh ok so THIS is the Jonas Brothers. Appalling. I honestly thought it was Shania Twain at first hahah.

8: More sappy crap. Sounds kinda familiar though...Google says it is Elliott Yamin- "Wait For You". Thrilling.

9: Glockenspiel? Omg this person has the worst chipmunk voice ever! Apparently this is by someone called 1st Lady and it's called "Never Be Replaced" God this is SO BAD. If you want your ears to bleed listen to this.

10: Oh now we've got something with a little country flavour. It's called "Our Song" by Taylor Swift. It sucks.

11: Another slow jam? Geez. I know this one! Well I've heard it before anyway. Oh more Taylor Swift "Teardrops on my Guitar". She really needs to suck it up and stop wallowing. It's unattractive.

12:God I hope the next CD is better. Or more interesting even. This song is more of the same. Potentially more Taylor Swift? Let's find out. Yup I am right. "Come in With the Rain"

13: Oh god this sounds like soft rock from the 80s with a country voice. Oh this is such sap. I am gagging. "Good Morning Beautiful Day". Potentially by Keith Urban. Google isn't sure.

14: More slow jams? Good god. Rascal Flatts - "What Hurts the Most" Puke.

15: Last song! Yay! And as expected it sucks. More Rascal Flatts.


Well that was terrible. I think I was right in assuming a girl made that CD though. Or a very emotional man? I don't wanna know actually...

Burnt CD Vault Volume #4

Once again I revisit the poorly thought out music of my youth for the entire internet to see. Not that the entire internet reads this. Not that anyone reads this. But every once in awhile (and I mean every once in awhile) I need a creative outlet for myself. So I turn here to my poorly read, rarely thought of blog.

This cd is pretty embarrassing but it will make for a good laugh. It's titled "10" and there is no date but I believe I made in 2001 and if not then it was definitely early 2002 as I know I must have been in grade 11 when this was made. Some of my choices are down right despicable but what can I do now? The cd is already made.

1. Atomic Kitten - "Whole Again"
Umm...? What was I thinking? This song is horrible! I bet Diane Warren is responsible.

2. Shakira - "Underneath Your Clothes"
This may make me the lamest person ever, but I still kinda like this song. Or last some deeply hidden romantic part of me does.

3. Joan Jett - "Bad Reputation"
This song always brings to mind that scene in 10 Things I Hate About You where Julia Stiles' character driving around to it and thinking she's badass. Call the cops!

4. Shannon - "Let the Music Play" (the cd's label also informs me that this song is cut off)
Some weird ass 80s shit that only lasts 1:53. Thank god.

5. Maren Ord - "All I Want"
First of all, who? And all I can say is I must have been nursing a serious crush when I made this cd. Because I used to be lame like that. Sappy crap!

6. Heart - "Crazy on You"
I do like this song still.

7. Dave Matthews Band - "Greystreet"
Apparently at one point I was a big enough DMB fan to download their unreleased shit (I know, SICK). I believe all these unreleased songs would become Busted Stuff which was so bad I didn't even like it when I was a fan of the band and pretty much knew all the songs on it before it was released.

8. Michelle Branch - "Everywhere"
What next? I'm seriously ODing on all the girlie on this cd.

9. Staind - "For You"
...STAIND?! EWWWWW

10. Tori Amos - "Landslide"
Boring cover of an already overly covered song.

11. Puddle of Mudd- "Blurry"
Jesus Christt

12. Fleetwood Mac - "Rhiannon"
Random but better than most of the other shit on this cd. And I don't even really like Fleetwood Mac.

13. System of a Down - "Chop Suey"
Honestly, System of a Down has held up better for me than I would have expected they would.

14. The Clash - "Should I Stay or Should I Go"
Very pedestrian choice there, Vanessa.

15. The Calling - "Wherever You Will Go"
Whyyy? Yup I was totally madly in love with some dude when I made this cd. I had to be. My judgement was totally clouded.

16. Air- "Sexy Boy"
I completely forgot about this song. I still quite enjoy this one. It's certainly better than Puddle of Mudd.

17. The Specials - "A Message to You Rudy"
I sure hope Rudy listened and thought of his future. The Specials liked cautionary tales.

18. Y Kant Tori Read (Tori Amos) - "Pirates"
Some ridiculous 80s shit Tori Amos released before she was famous that I somehow convinced myself was good. I remember I wanted to find this album so badly as it's highly coveted by Toriphiles since it has been out of print for a million years (with good reason). I have it all downloaded and burnt on cd though. Because you know, the music was so worth owning.
I'm kinda glad I don't really like Tori Amos that much anymore...

Well, that's it folks. Till the next time I get bored and inspired to write something useless...

Clearly I love blogging!

Wow I last posted in this thing in like, August. And in my last post's wake is at least 10 abandoned drafts on various topics that I started writing and then got bored so that was the end of that. I guess it's a damn good thing I didn't pursue journalism in the end!

So I guess it's time to update for all my fans out there (all -2.4 of you).

About a year and a half ago I reviewed the always delightful MuchMusic countdown. Then about 6 months later I tried to do the same with Billboard and failed as a knew none of the songs. Well. We're in luck popular music fans! Because I get to listen to the utterly fantastic commercial radio stations in my city at work now, I know ALL KINDS of new songs! Aren't you excited to hear what I think about them. No? Too fucking bad. I am gonna tell you anyway.

BILLBOARD TOP 10 FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 03, 2008!!!!!

1. Flo Rida feat T-Pain - "Low"

Never heard it but if T-Pain is involved then it can only be an amazing work of art comparable to a hip-hop Beethoven symphony.

2. Chris Brown- "With You"

Damn, that kid can dance! Love him, his music not so much.

3. Rihanna- "Don't Stop the Music"

Catchy enough, I guess. Dunno what a "mumma say mumma sa muuuu mop po sop" is though.

4. Sara Bareilles- "Love Song"

No idea. I've probably heard it and it probably sucks.

5.Alicia Keys- "No One"

No one. No one. No oooooooonnne is as annoying as youuuuuu.

6. Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic - "Apologize"

I don't get why the song is credited like this. This is not how these things work. It's not "Bob Rock featuring Metallica- Enter Sandman" or 'Rick Rubin featuring Johnny Cash- Hurt" so what the fuck, man? Oh and by the way, this song sucks ass.

7.Snoop Dogg- "Sensual Seduction"

Snoop: when did you turn into Barry White?

8.Sean Kingston- "Take You There"

Gross. Oh and what is with you assuming I'm short? And where are you gonna take me, exactly?

9. Webbie, Lil' Phat & Lil' Boosie- "Independent"

The modern day Little Rascals. (P.S. no idea what this song is)

10. Buckcherry- Sorry

You better fuckin' be sorry.


The state of modern music scares me, I mean, IT'S AWESOME!!!!

Some of my favourite music videos of all time part 1

I am going to start this by saying that to your average person I have very very strange taste. I'll warn the more conventional of you that this list will not include your "Thriller"s or your "Smells like Teen Spirit"s. No, I am not interested in creating a MuchMusic-esqe list of pieces of artistic achievement but rather just sharing my favourite videos of all time (in no particular order) with all you regular readers of my blog (Lora).

So yeah without further ado...


Devo- Jocko Homo



I love this video so much mainly because it is so effing weird. And vaguely creepy for some reason. It doesn't make one lick of sense but I love watching it. That's generally the reasoning for what makes most of my favourite videos my favourite as you will see.

Kraftwerk- Trans Europe Express



This video was my very first introduction to Kraftwerk. I was about 15-years-old and when I first saw this video it totally creeped me out but at the same time I found it oddly fascinating. It took a few years before I finally got around to exploring the rest of Kraftwerk's catalogue but I am glad I did. And it was all because MuchMoreMusic randomly decided to play this on that retro boogie dance party show they used to have.

Kraftwerk- The Robots



I know. I know. Another Kraftwerk video. But I couldn't chose. I seem to love videos that I find awesome and also at the same time are vaguely creepy.

The Smiths- How Soon Is Now?



My first intro to The Smiths. I was probably 12-13 the first time I saw this and it instantly pulled me in. And now 10 years or so later The Smiths are my favourite band ever. I love everything. The song and how the imagery captures it perfectly. They couldn't have done a better job with this.

Alright so that's my first installment. I need to think of some more/ I don't want to bog down an individual post with too many videos. Holla.

Legends? : U2

Before I start today's tirade, let me say something. I don't dislike every U2 song. I like a few. They are as follows: "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "New Years Day", "Pride (In the Name of Love)" and "All I Want is You". The rest of it....well you'll see.

U2's first release was called U2 Three in 1979. Now I dunno if that was exciting for any one or not as I was still just an unfertilized egg in 1979. So yeah. But I do know that this particular release was never reissued on CD. So there's a a little fact for all you out there in internet land.

ANYWAY. It is unclear to me if U2 started out as a band with the intention to save the world. However I suspect they might have because even their early releases feature Bono screaming his guts out like he is the new messiah or something and dammit we better listen to his glorious message. In '85 he was at Live Aid pumping his fists in the air and displaying his proud and epic mullet. (If you have not seen u2's Live Aid performance, I suggest you seek it out. Watch on mute if you want but you have GOT to see his hair!)

Ok so what is my big problem with U2? After all they've managed to stay afloat for over 27 years and still have a wide fanbase and critically acclaimed work. What could possibly be wrong?

Well first of all, I can't stand Bono. You're a fucking rock star dude. Yes you have some powerful beliefs I guess and potentially good intentions. But it just seems so forced. Like those rich kids in university who don't wash, smoke a lot of weed and pretend that they've been oppressed their whole lives, Bono seems to be putting on a show because he feels guilty. Guilty to be making millions to make music when others are starving and living in war zones. So he gets on his soap box and lends his name to a cause or two so he can sleep better at night.

Next, I can't stand that ringing guitar sound they are famous for. It just gets so irritating after awhile. Once in awhile would be ok. But they overdo it and have for years and years. It's just so pompous to me as most their music is. It's like "Look at us! We are doing something important!" Gag me.

And strangely despite all their efforts to be important and epic, I find most of their music dreadfully boring. It just doesn't hook me in. I just kind of forget music is playing when it's on until it has been played so much that I want to shoot myself when I hear it. That's when it gets to the point where I wish whatever has to happen to just make them stop making music would just happen already and save us all from our misery.

Life Ruiners: Diane Warren

Even if you think you have no idea who Diane Warren is or why she's a life ruiner, you do. She has found a way to sneak into our everyday lives and ensure that she will always be a part of the pop culture landscape. And there is nothing we can do to stop the apocalypse. Nothing.

For those of you who don't know, Diane Warren is a hit-making machine. She writes sappy love songs that have been performed by everyone from Aerosmith to Milli Vanilli (haha performed) to Celine Dion. Her songs are everywhere. And they almost always suck. There are 25 pages of listings on the All Music Guide of songs written by this woman. Ugh. Why? I have never been more inclined to vehemently wish writer's block on someone.

Not only are the songs formulaic, sappy, lame, over-produced and over-blown but the lyrics are appalling. Diane lives in a world where romantic love is everything. To have it takes over your life and to lose it takes over your life. Either way there is nothing else we should care about other than matters of the heart.

This is the woman responsible for probably just about every song played at weddings for the couple's first dance. It sickens me. The sentiments are so false and unrealistic. It's Diane Warren's fault that we all grow up with such unrealistic ideas about "love" and what it entails. Well Diane Warren and Disney. Disney gets us before we even know love exists and then Diane Warren finishes the job.

Think of all those sappy songs in your teen years that gave your 13-year-old self hope that you would finally meet your soulmate someday. Diane Warren wrote em. Think of the songs played at school dances that caused all the girls to cry in the bathroom. Diane Warren wrote em. Think of the song played as the last dance at your prom (if you stayed that long, I know I didn't). Diane Warren wrote it. Think of all those American and Canadian and god knows what else idols singing their hearts out to total shit. Diane Warren wrote and INSPIRED it.

In short, I don't think there is any disputing. Diane Warren is single-handedly responsible for all suffering on this earth.