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Your Daily Awesome – Rick Astley

02 Sep

Long-time readers may be aware of my somewhat unhealthy obsession with Rick Astley’s music.  I mean, Rick Astley DID teach me everything I need to know about social media!

Make sure you click on the link, because it kick-started the “Awesome” phase of this blog, further developed here.  And of course, we are still very much awesome these days, with the “Your Daily Awesome” series in high gear.

So with that being said, this was an awesome morning.  I opened up my laptop and had a message from my friend Matt LaCasse (by the way, make sure you check out his fantastic blog, with great insights on sports, PR and #cookchat!).

Matt informed me that Rick Astley had just released new music!!

His VERY AWESOME single “Lights Out” was leaked in June, but now it’s officially released, so here it is!

And here’s a special “Bonus Awesome:” Rick Astley and Tony Hadley, singing “Don’t Cha,” by the Pussycat Dolls. This is just too much awesome!

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Your Daily Awesome – Jump On It!

01 Sep

You may not know this about me, but I love music.  And I was a DJ for a long, long time.  No joke.  In high school, I

Performing "Thriller" at a friend's wedding! Good times!

DJed 2-3 parties a weekend, proms, bar/bat mitzvahs, birthdays, etc.  And in college, I was a radio DJ, even managing the entire station for a full year.

And because I spent so many parties on the working side, I tended to go a little nuts when I could relax and enjoy an evening on the dance floor.

One song a group of high school buddies and I particularly enjoyed was the Sugarhill Gang classic, “Apache.”

The song is kind of ridiculous, as is the popular dance that goes along with it.  While copyright issues prevent me from sharing the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” version of the song, including Will and Carlton’s EPIC dance routine, I CAN let you enjoy the song itself.

So, here is one of my all-time favorite songs, APACHE!!!

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Performing "Thriller" at a friend's wedding! Good times!

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Your Daily Awesome – 8/31/10

31 Aug

I’ve got a late-summer cold.  It’s horrible.  It’s 95 degrees out and I’m taking NyQuill.

Which brings me to today’s Daily Awesome…Lewis Black’s NyQuill diatribe!

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Your Daily Awesome – 8/30/10

30 Aug

I saw “The Other Guys” this weekend.  Not a fan.  All the pieces were there, but something just didn’t click.

However, while the movie was decidedly unawesome, it did make me think of one of the most awesome things in recent memory: Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals!

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Lyrics Quiz – August 2010

27 Aug

It’s been a looooong time, and it’s a fun Friday, so let’s dip back into the ol’ Content Toolbox and dust off

Young woman singing into microphone, eyes closed

everyone’s favorite game – The Lyrics Quiz!

For those new to the game, I’ll give you a song lyric.  You name the song.  Post your answers in the comments section.  No peeking, Googling, Yahooing, Binging, etc.  You may phone a friend, and saying each line loudly in a dull, emotionless tone can help you figure them out.  And make people give you the stinkeye.

Good luck and have fun!

Oh…a prize.  Ummm…the winner gets something good.  Like self-esteem.

Here we go!

1) Time’s standing still/Waitin’ for some small clue/I keep getting chills/When I think your love is true

2) Candyman teasing the thoughts of a sweet tooth tortured by the weight loss

3) Half my life is in books’ written pages/Lived and learned from fools and from sages

4) Someday love will find you/Break those chains that bind you

5) Tell me how to win your heart/For I haven’t got a clue

6) The more I know/The less I understand/All the things I thought I knew/I’m learning again

7) There’s only two types of people in the world/The ones that entertain and the ones that observe

8 ) Tin roof/Busted

9) And it feel’s/it feel’s like heaven is so far away

10) Take back your picture in the frame/Take back your singing in the rain

BONUS) Any way the wind blows doesn’t really matter to me

Good luck!

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The Most Awesome Blog Post Of All Time

24 Aug

Note – You may not be able to handle this post.  That’s OK.  It’s not for everyone.

I throw around the word “awesome” quite often.

However, I feel I have let you down by not defining it, in a pop culture context.

“Awesome” things in pop culture are things you see and your only thought is “DUDE, THAT WAS AWESOME!”

Whew.  Glad I got that off my chest.

So now, to further clarify, here are some videos that are AWESOME.

And let’s end this list right about where we started it:

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