Rounding out the Weekend

I had this friend, TR. We sorta dated a little bit, lost touch, got back in touch and dated a little bit. We were always really good friends. The kind of friends who make the deal that if we haven't found anyone else by the time we were x number of years, we'd get married. And we would have. Turns out, we both found other people...he got married about 6 months before The Spouse and I did. Bears noting, because he was a great guy. We lost touch again during everyone's newlywed phase but if we ever reconnect it will be like no time has passed. He's one of the good ones.

He and I used to play a game called "DJ". We'd take turns playing cuts off of albums (yes, kids...this was long, long ago), riffing off each other's selections. One song would feed into the other, themes would be developed and then abandoned with defiant, bold choices...we could literally play this game for hours.

Sometimes these weekends feel like I'm playing that game again. One song reminds me of another (if you can believe it, I got to Scandal via Roxette). Someone "calls in" a request and it gives me a ton of ideas. I've already started the list for next week. (JP, it is a sickness).

Soooo, I got an email from Dana in NY (Grace in the City over there on the right, btw...very nice read, imo) with a suggestion. It gave me pause. But after I vetted the video I totally got it. This selection pulls all this weekend's themes together nigh unto perfectly. It's not hair metal, but there is a lot of hair. There is "rap-like" material (which we will not even attempt to call rap in deference to Mr. Iwanski and his well-reasoned case for the genre, which can be found in the comments section from yesterday). It's even a little gay. But more profoundly, this video completely violates my "video must be in sync" rule. But it's ok in this context. Kids, if this doesn't hand you a laugh, ain't nothin' will.

Thanks for playing.