Monthly Archives: August 2011

Just Go Away

Mike "the Situation" Sorrentino may have to find some new attire for his "gym, tan, laundry" routine. On Tuesday, clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) said it would offer "substantial payment" to MTV's The Jersey Shore's cast members to stop wearing the brand on air.

We are deeply concerned that Mr. Sorrentino's association with our brand could cause significant damage to our image. We understand that the show is for entertainment purposes, but believe this association is contrary to the aspirational nature of our brand, and may be distressing to many of our fans," an Abercrombie & Fitch spokesperson said in a statement. "We have also extended this offer to other members of the cast, and are urgently waiting a response."

Makes me, almost, want to shop at A&F. Well, no, on second thought, not even almost.

href, TNC.

Name That Tune #19 !

Here we go again!

You know how it goes: there are twenty song clips below, from twenty different songs, from twenty different artists. Name the song and the artist.

The theme is: New Wave!



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Rules

  1. You get 1 point if you name the song.
  2. You get 1 point if you name the artist.
  3. Therefore, you get two points if you name both.
  4. Leave your answers in comments.
  5. If you've never commented here before, you'll be in moderation until I free you. Don't worry, I'll get to it.
  6. Your answers will be hidden from everyone but me.
  7. The contest ends on Monday, August 22nd, 12:00pm my time - east coast US. I'll reveal the comments, and the answers, and total up the points, then.
  8. I'll provide hints for any that haven't been named, as of Friday noon.
  9. The person with the most points will win a wonderful prize !

Update: Friday hints
All songs have been correctly identified by at least one person: no hints for you!

Clip Hints Clip Hints
Song #1 -- Song #11 --
Song #2 -- Song #12 --
Song #3 -- Song #13 --
Song #4 -- Song #14 --
Song #5 -- Song #15 --
Song #6 -- Song #16 --
Song #7 -- Song #17 --
Song #8 -- Song #18 --
Song #9 -- Song #19 --
Song #10 -- Song #20 --

General Hints

  • New Wave!

Start Your iPods

Monday morning!
Start em up!
Five songs!
Describe!
Go!

  1. Them Crooked Vultures - Spinning In Daffodils. I can't tell one Josh Homme project from another. Everything he does sounds the same to me. I like it, but he has such a distinctive guitar and vocal style and it completely dominates everything he gets near.
  2. Faces - Open To Ideas. A pretty standard 70's soft rock love song. Might as well be an Eagles song. Skippable.
  3. Nod - I'm Something New. This reminds me of The Modern Lovers, a tiny bit. A kind of shambling Frankenstein version of "I'm Straight", maybe. It's probably not my favorite Nod song, but I don't hate it, dog.
  4. Norah Jones - The Nearness Of You. A no-nonsense piano and vocal jazz standard. Jones is very good at this kind of thing. Reminds me of drinking wine in the afternoon near the shore (because this is the kind of stuff wine bars like to play).
  5. Pink Floyd - Pow R Toc H. Tinkling psychedelia. Though I like the strange melodies in this one, the song as a whole never quite comes together for me.

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