This one is fun though! Jami and SinisterDan discovered this. And now I get to copy and paste stuff without having to write much more which means I can do it in a hurry and get back to this darn job thing I have.

First, the meme:
You are in a band. Your band is about to release their first CD. Now, follow these directions to build it. Go to

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.

2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The tail (last three or four words) of the very last quote is the title of your album.

3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4. Use the graphics program of your choice to put them together into your first CD.

And here we go…

1. My band name is…. actually, I already have names for the band I want to be in. Either Lift To Shower or The Love Puddles. But I digress… My band name is:

May 2006 In Oceania

Actually I like that!

2. And now introducing our first album that we made under contract with Simon Cowell after coming in second on American Idol. He’s actually a really nice guy when you get him alone. May 2006 In Oceania is proud to present its debut album:

With One’s Own Opinion

You see we came up with that when we got into a huge argument and decided to spend an entire day solving our problems with music, i.e. “With one’s own opinion, do I majorly thrash my guitar. Pass the heroin.”

3. & 4. And here’s a sneak peak at our album cover:

Photo by Laney Butler

5. Oh, yeah. I’m adding a fifth part to the meme. I went to a random title generator site and came up with the names of the 12 tracks and they can be exclusively revealed here!

1. Some Words
2. The Obsessed Alien
3. Worlds of Silk
4. The Women’s Men
5. The Heart of the Winter
6. Rose in the Flames
7. Dark Dreaming
8. The Wet Thorn
9. Sparks of Night
10. The Healer’s Edge
11. The Destiny of the Person
12. Voyager in the Fairy

“Voyager in the Fairy” is our 10-minute opus, progressive, self-indulgent song that will wow die-hard fans, but critics will compare to Pink Floyd, Yes and Radiohead and dismiss it as an exercise in musical masturbation. We will, of course, defend it as our masterpiece, trash some major magazine, ruin our chance at getting interviews, which will eventually lead to our break-up before the second album is complete.

Our “Behind The Music” episode airs on VH1 next week. Things happen fast in the volatile world of music. Now if you’re excuse me, I have to go play Guitar Hero in order to rehearse for my solo debut.

Listening to: “Three-Way” - The Magnetic Fields

Phillip and ToonsNTunes have kept this meme alive and well. I checked and today is the anniversary of when I first did it, so as an annual event, here is “Guess The Song 2: Electric Boogaloo”. No, there are no songs from either Breakin’ or the sequel in the list.

This time I did it a little differently. I put the 14,705 songs on Eduardo on random and waited for a song that most would have a chance of having been heard (read: the first 20 songs have hit the charts — except #4 which was too funny to pass up) and to the heck with the obscure stuff that only I would get. All you have to do is put your guesses (title & artist) in the comment section. If you are right, I’ll give you credit and put up a link to your blog. Most importantly — have fun!

1. Uptown. Downtown. -songtitle- drives ‘em wild with his run around style. Inside. Outside. -songtitle- sends ‘em silly with his starshine-shimmy-shuffle smile. Mama done chased -songtitle- down through the hall, but laugh -songtitle- laugh, he don’t care at all.
   “Little Willy” - Sweet
   Big Daddy
2. You know you want it. The thing that makes me. What the guys go crazy for. They lose their minds. The way I wind. I think it’s time. La la la la la. Warm it up. La la la la la. The boys are waiting.
   “Milkshake” - Kelis
   Toons N Tunes
3. I play it off, but I’m dreaming of you. And I’ll keep my cool, but I’m feelin’ -songtitle- to say goobye and I choke. -songtitle- to walk away and I stumble. Though -songtitle- to hide it. It’s clear. My world crumbles when you are not near.
   “I Try” - Macy Gray
   Phillip
4. Bombs are flying. People are dying. Children are crying. Politicians are lying, too. Cancer is killing. Texaco’s spilling. The whole world’s gone to hell, but how are you?
   “I’m Super” - Big Gay Al
   Kevin
5. This happened once before when I came to your door. -songtitle- They said it wasn’t you, but I saw you peep through your window.
   “No Reply” - The Beatles
   Big Daddy
6. Well, I’ve tried before to tell her of the feelings I have for her in my heart. Every time that I come near her, I just lose my nerve as I’ve done from the start.
   “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” - The Police
   Big Daddy
7. If you wake and don’t want to smile — if it takes just a little while — open your eyes and look at the day. You’ll see things in a different way.
   “Don’t Stop” - Fleetwood Mac
   Big Daddy
8. The world is a vampire set to drain. Secret destroyers hold you up to the flames and what do I get for my pain? Betrayed desires and a piece of the game.
   “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” - Smashing Pumpkins
   Toons N Tunes
9. We got fun and games. We got everything you want. Honey, we know the names. We are the people that can find whatever you may need. If you got the money, honey, we got your disease.
   “Welcome To The Jungle” - Guns ‘N Roses
   Funky Brown Chick
10. I call ya. You ain’t in. What’s this cold reaction? Where’ve you been? Ooo, baby, layin’ it on the line. This is last call. You say that’s all. You can take it fine.
    “Breakdown Dead Ahead” - Bozz Scaggs
    Big Daddy
11. I want to run. I want to hide. I want to break down the walls that hold me inside.
    “Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You)” - Pet Shop Boys
    Toons N Tunes
12. And after all the obstacles it’s good to see you now with someone else. And it’s such a miracle that you and me are still good friends. After all that we’ve been through, I know we’re -songtitle-.
    “Cool” - Gwen Stefani
    Kiss My Mike
13. If you’ve got a problem. Don’t care what it is. You need a hand? I can assure you this: -songtitle-. I’ve got two strong arms. -songtitle- It would sure do me good to do you good.
    “I Can Help” - Billy Swan
    Funky Brown Chick
14. You keep saying you’ve got something for me. Something you call love, but confess you been messing where you shouldn’t have been messing and now someone else is getting all your best.
    “These Boots Are Made For Walking” - Sam Phillips
    Toons N Tunes
15. Thought that I was going crazy just having one of those days. Didn’t know what to do ’til there was you and everything went from wrong to right and the stars came out and filled up the sky. The music you were playing really blew my mind.
    “Love At First Sight” - Kylie Minogue
    Toons N Tunes
    (I was glad this came up for I knew you’d love it)
16. While she’s deceiving me, she’s cuts my security. Has she got a hold on me? I turn to her and say, “Don’t switch the blade on the guy in shades.”
    “Sunglasses At Night” - Corey Hart
    Toons N Tunes
17. Stand up in a clear, blue morning until you see what can be alone in a cold day dawning. Are you still free? Can you be?
    “While You See A Chance” - Steve Winwood
    Big Daddy
18. She was pure like snowflakes no one could ever stain. The memory of my angel could never cause me pain. Years went by I’m looking through a girlie magazine and there’s my homeroom angel on the pages in-between.
    “Centerfold” - J. Geils Band
    Big Daddy
19. With all my heart I love you, baby. Stay with me; you will see my arms will my arms will hold you, baby. Never leave because I believe I’m in love.
    “Sweet Love” - Anita Baker
    Big Daddy
20. Lovely is the feeling now. Fever — temperature’s raising now. Power is the force of vow that makes it happen. It asks no questions why so get closer to my body now. Just love ’til you don’t know how.
    “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” - Michael Jackson
    Big Daddy
    (This one was hard. I had to look up the lyrics because I couldn’t understand a thing he was singing.)

Bonus obscure lyric: Wanna be the ruler of the galaxy! Wanna be the king of the universe! Let’s meet and have a baby now! Wanna be the empress of fashion! Wanna be the president of Moscow! Let’s meet and have a baby now!
“Song For A New Generation” - The B-52’s
Toons N Tunes

EDIT: Wow, good job, everyone. I’ve never seen this meme with everything marked out. I may have to go a little more obscure next year.

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Listening to: “You’ve Got A Friend” - Dusty Springfield

I give up.

I was tagged by Hayes, Leland and Shannon with this and since I had nothing better today, I give you my 8 items meme thingy about me and stuff.

Shall we begin?

ONE
My earliest memory involves two members of the female gender. I was playing trucks with a neighbor girl in a sand box when she got mad at me and threw sand in my eyes. Running home crying — c’mon, I had stinging granules in my ocular cavities — my Aunt Wanda scooped me up, rushed me to the sink and saved me from certain death. For some reason, she was always my favorite aunt on my dad’s side.

TWO
I spent over 100 American dollars on a rare CD a couple of years ago simply because I wanted one song for which I had been searching over 10 years. The album? Robin Gibb’s Secret Agent for the song “Boys Do Fall In Love”. Yes, I’m a music whore.

THREE
I grew up in the South with a Mormon mom, a British father and Southern Baptist friends. I like to think that I think differently.

FOUR

When my parents finally got rid of our red Rambler station wagon with which I grew up, I cried as if we had lost a family member.

FIVE
My one and only girlfriend and I went on a date to see Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan. She wanted to get all cozy and kept playing with my hand and putting my arm around her. I needed that arm to wipe the snot off my face. For god’s sake, woman! Can’t see that Spock is dying?!

SIX
Speaking of movies, my favorite of all time is Amelie. I saw it eleven times in the theaters. You’d think my two-years of high school French would have come back to me by then. Nope. All I still remember is “Je ne sais pas”. You can imagine how I squealed when Audrey Tautou said it in the film and I didn’t need to read the subtitles.

SEVEN
I was circumcised twice.

EIGHT
I loved “The Banana Splits Adventure Hour” especially the cartoons they would show between their antics. Shorts like “Arabian Knights” (”SIIIIZE OF AN ELEPHANT!”) and “The Three Musketeers” particularly because I had a huge crush on Porthos (he’s the one on the right). I still love me some big, brawny red heads with facial hair.

I’m supposed to tag eight other people, so eight of you that have eight fun and interesting things you want to blog about, go for it! Let me know if you do.

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Listening to: “Night Sight” - Air

My friend, Christopher, sent this name game to me in that old-fashioned email format. *Scoff!* However, I thought it was fun, so I turned it into the hip and fashionable blog meme format.

YOUR REAL NAME:
Howard Semones

YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 4 letters of real name + izzle.)
Howaizzle
Isn’t that what you do when you go out caroling?

YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color + favorite animal)
Green Poison Frog
Actually, I think that would be more like my indigenous-person name. No one in the tribe would want to touch me though between the poison skin and the chance of getting warts. *sigh*

YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (your middle name + street you live on)
Latha Bellaire
Yes! My middle name is Latha. Wanna be startin’ summin? Otherwise, that does sound like a soap opera name.

YOUR PORN STAR NAME: (your first pet’s name + street you grew up on)
Shelly Hickory
I likes to give the switch spankins while wearing a wig and makeup. Don’t judge!

YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name + first 2 letters of your first name)
Semho
Great. I’d be a hooker. “How about you let the force be in me for an hour at no extra charge, you Jedi love machine?” (Yes, I am avoiding the ‘how big is our light saber’ joke.)

YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (second favorite color + favorite alcoholic drink)
Gray Pucker
“Stop, or I’ll use my dreary, depression-causing kissing power on you.” Oh, wait. That’s what I say to Cameron every night.

YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (your parents’ middle names)
Latha Elaine
Oh, that name will so help me blend in and hide from the bad guys. (And that’s right, I’m a Junior. Bring it!)

YOUR GOTH NAME: (black + the name of your pet)
Black Bumper
I’d wear a lot of rubber and car-part accessories and run into people no faster than 5 MPH. You know, just to be safe. And I’d be cool! …in a my-insurance-rates-keep-skyrocketing kinda way.

YOUR ARABIC NAME: (second letter of your first name + third letter of your last name + fourth letter of your middle name + second letter of your moms maiden name + third letter of you dad’s middle name + first letter of a siblings first name + last letter of your mom’s middle name)
Omhotme
The US Government probably thinks I’m a terrorist now. A hot, sexy love terrorist. Let me strap on my love explosives, baby.

The tag part — whoever wants to do it. Just let me know so I can read it, but I’m probably already subscribed to your blog and I’ll find out eventually find out anyway.

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Listening to: “So Unsexy” - Alanis Morissette