Sunday Morning Tuneage & Weekly TV (8/18/13)

This has to be the lamest tuneage in years and years.  Also, coming out of one of the weirdest and longest weeks of the past few years at work.  Since last Sunday, we essentially moved a 28,000 sq ft store a few blocks down the street to a 22,000 sq ft tent.  Late days and just plain beat from all the lifting and moving.  When I had a day off - it was sleeping and running back-to-school errands with the kids including a long day into Dallas for Dee's school.  Even put in a 8am - 6pm day yesterday.  So, this is what you get.  Lame.  Off today - rest and get back into what qualifies for "routine" this time of year.  I'll head to the gym in a second and then a lunch and start to feel right again.  Talking over what board games we're going to play later and listening to some tuneage . . . 

SUNDAY MORNING TUNEAGE

THE POLICE - EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE.  Is it possible that the biggest hit from the 1983 "Synchronicity" album is my least favorite on the disc?  This song was one of the biggest hits of the year, period.  It was a multi-Grammy Award winner too.  It's a catchy simple song but it still kinda creeps me out.  The people who use this at their weddings have never listened to the lyrics.  Love the Godley and Creme video too . . . 

SOMETHING RANDOM . . . nope.

DEADLIGHTS OF 2013. . . Trevor Storer was the founder of Pukka Pies.  If I ever get to an English soccer game - I'm going to have a steak/kidney flavored one at halftime . . . Henry Polic II was another voice from "Batman: The Animated Series" to pass away in the past month - he was the voice of Scarecrow . . . Eydie Gorme was  pat of the famous duo with her husband, Steve Lawrence.  But she had some great solo songs like "Blame It On The Bossa Nova".  Trivially she's the cousin of Neil Sedaka and she went to high school with Stanley Kubrick . . . Haji had just the right assets to become famous in Russ Meyer's FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL! KILL! and SUPERVIXENS . . . Jack Clement wrote and produced some pretty important Country songs including Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire", Charley Pride and Townes Van Zandt's albums.  He's credited with discovering Jerry Lee Lewis . . . Margaret Pellegrini was one of the last three surviving Munchkins - known as "Sleepyhead" . . .  

QUICK LIST (a random, uninformed list off the top of Shawn's head)

awaiting inspiration . . .

NETFLIX PLAY NOW OF THE WEEK . . . MY AMITYVILLE HORROR is a documentary about Daniel Lutz and the story behind his haunted house that became quite the important scary movie and book in my childhood . . . LAKEY PETERSON: ZERO TO 100 is another sport documentary (I love them!!) - she's an awesome surfer who happens to be beautiful. . . IT'S A DISASTER is a film I saw the cast of at San Diego Comic Con over a year ago - forgot that it looked really good - David Cross and Julia Styles star with a comedy troop from California.

Shawn's fave movies according to FLICKCHART

#83  - LOST IN TRANSLATION

#667 - THE FLY (1986)

#1498 - DIRTY DANCING

RANDOM PROJECT UPDATE -   will pick up a project again this afternoon.

SHAWN'S TOP ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME (a tribute to the art of the album)

#27  COMING SOON . . . 

Previous Rankings

#28 - The Clash - London Calling (1979)

#29 - Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988)

#30 - New Order - Power, Corruption, Lies (1983)

#31 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

#32 - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)

THIS WEEK IN TELEVISION

We'll start to get into some much better options starting next week . . . 

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