Month: June 2007

The Friday Random Guess 10, Five-Day Weekend (and a Blackout!*) Edition:

  1. “Bicycle Race” by Queen, guessed by Kim
    I don’t wanna be the President of America
  2. “Long Black Veil” by Johnny Cash, guessed by Kim
    If you were somewhere else, then you won’t have to die
  3. “Callin’ Out” by Lyrics Born
    I’m never running from a challenge, never been sheepish
  4. “The Road” by Tenacious D
    It don’t take no guff
  5. “Songbird” by Eva Cassidy
    For you the sun will be shining
  6. “Island in the Sun” by Weezer, guessed by Kim
    You don’t need no memory
  7. “Hole in the Bucket” by Pete Seeger (or others), guessed by Rob
    But the stone needs water, dear Liza, dear Liza, dear Liza
  8. “Ain’t That the Way” by Ani DiFranco
    One more little piece if you stay a while
  9. “Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town” by Talking Heads
    Here come a riddle, here come a clue
  10. “Boy Band” by the Arrogant Worms, guessed by Betty
    The words are stupid and the music’s bland

I’ve got to say, you’ve done mighty poorly with these the past couple of weeks (answers here and here). Hopefully this week will be better. As always, good luck!

* Yup, the electricity went out last night. And, if my failing to get the answering machine when I call home is any indication, it’s still out. I feel worst of all for our dog, who can’t be too comfortable without the air conditioning in this heat.

Ah, Dick “I am the law!” Cheney:

The Oversight Committee has learned that over the objections of the National Archives, Vice President Cheney exempted his office from the presidential order that establishes government-wide procedures for safeguarding classified national security information. The Vice President asserts that his office is not an “entity within the executive branch.”

Oh, if only he wasn’t part of any branch of government.

I’m watching this commercial for Subway’s new “overstuffed subs,” and I’m convinced it must be some kind of parody, maybe a public service announcement against over-eating. Because they’re just ridiculously big. They don’t even look like real food. (Which, I guess, this being Subway, you could maybe argue they’re not.) I can’t find anything about them on Subway’s website, but the commercial seems legit.

Here we are again, with a song in our hearts:

  1. “Spring Haze” by Tori Amos
    And it bleeds into where you resist
  2. “Chiron Beta Prime” by Jonathan Coulton
    You may recall we had some trouble last year
  3. “Standing in the Way of Control” by the Gossip
    And it’s hard to face the truth when you think you’re dying
  4. “Little Earthquakes” by Tori Amos, guessed by Thud
    We danced in graveyards with vampires ’til dawn
  5. “Harder Than the Fall” by Ruthie Foster
    I was passing time between midnight trains and neon signs
  6. “Readymade” by Beck
    Canceled rations are running thin
  7. “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)” by the Byrds, guessed by Eric
    A time of war, a time of peace
  8. “Lullaby of Birdland” by Sarah Vaughan
    And there’s a weepy old willow
  9. “Let’s Get Out of this Country” by Camera Obscura
    Everyone else thinks it’s the bee’s knees
  10. “Days” by the Kinks
    Now I’m not frightened of this world, believe me

Hopefully we can do better than last week’s quite frankly pitiful peformance. Still plenty to guess there as well. As always, guess the lyric, win no prize. And, as always, good luck!