Subliminal Panda Playlist: Prepared & Ready to Go

1. Y’all Ready for This? – Jock Jams

2. Signal in the Sky (Let’s Go!) – The Apples in Stereo

3. Get Ready 2 Rokk – Freezepop

4. Prepare for the Fight (Dummies Club Mix) – The Lovemakers

5. Ready to Run – The Dixie Chicks

6. Ready for Fun – Veggie Tales (customized Brianne version)

7. Preparedness – The Bird and the Bee

8. Not Ready to Love – Rufus Wainwright

9. Be Prepared – Scar from The Lion King

10. Here We Go – Dispatch

11. Ready to Die – The Unicorns

12. Get Ready – The Temptations

13. Here We Go – Jon Brion

aired  2/11/12 on URY on the infamous *whisper* show

BONUS:

1. Preparanse – The Impostors Soundtrack
2. Here It Goes Again – OK Go
3. Poised and Ready – Brendan Benson
4. Not Ready to Make Nice – The Dixie Chicks
5. Hurry Up Let’s Go – The Shout Out Louds
6. Here I Go Again – Whitesnake
7. Here We Go – Brandston

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February 12, 2012

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Ukulele Update: York Uke 15/30

Oh hello.

I’ve decided to record 30 cover songs on my Fluke uke onto YouTube in a month. I started January 23rd, and it may take me to the end of February to complete it, but I’ll get it done. As of today, I have published 15 songs on YouTube. Feel free to check ’em out and vote, if you like ’em. Absolutely no one except my family will know every song on the list. Don’t feel bad. I’m the weird one.

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February 8, 2012

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Alcoholic Watergate Hamburgers

I don’t know why I’m writing anything here, my point is so clear from the title.

It’s been mentioned recently in my Linguistics course that the perception of speech by listeners is a strong factor in language change. Sometimes, listeners become aware of the true phrase, and are mocked as in the FedEx commercial: “We get fringe benefits, not French benefits.” Putting myself on the chopping block, I used to think that the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate was the Wanda Fuca plate, and that Prog Rock was Prague Rock. (Rock on Czech Republic!) The other option is that listeners are not corrected, misinterpret the divisions of words, and make new words based off of that assumption. These are 3 examples.

[and then suddenly…]

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February 7, 2012

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#6 2012

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February 6, 2012

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Subliminal Panda Playlist: Alive or Dead but not Bon Jovi

1. Living Room – Paris Combo

2. Newport Living – Cute Is What We Aim For

3. LG Fuad – Motion City Soundtrack

4. We Trying To Stay Alive – Wyclef Jean

5. Alive with the Glory of Love – Say Anything

6. Exquisite Dead Guy – They Might Be Giants

7. Summertime and the Living’s Easy – Mahalia Jackson

8. Help, I’m Alive – Metric

9. Got It All (This Can’t Be Living Now) – Portugal. The Man.

10. Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying (How to Save the Scene and Stop Going to Shows) – Fall Out Boy

11. Alive – Ima Robot

12. Dead – They Might Be Giants

13. Dead and Lovely – Tom Waits

14. Still Alive – GLaDOS & Jonathan Coulton

15. Your Ex-Lover is Dead – Stars

aired 2/4/2012 on URY

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February 5, 2012

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Short List: Jack Knife Songs

1. Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin

“just a jack knife has old Mac Heath babe”

2. Hey Bulldog – The Beatles

“jack knife in your sweaty hands”

3. Man in the Hall – State Radio

“a semi just jack knifed on the turnpike”

(thought of these in 2 minutes, there are more.)

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February 2, 2012

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Short List: Ramona Songs

1. Ramona – Guster

2. Ramona – Beck (Scott Pilgrim)

3. To Ramona – Bob Dylan

4. Ramona – Jim Reeves (cover of the Blue Diamonds)

5. Ramona – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

6. Cruisin’ (Lucy and Ramona) – Michael Nesmith

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February 1, 2012

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Elsewhere: The Burning House

The Burning House is a tumblr where people submit photos of what they would take if their house was burning down. I’ve submitted my photo there, but most of the pictures are higher quality, so I’m hedging my bets and posting it here while the iron is hot. #idioms

Living in a dorm at University, we have fire drills and burnt toast false alarms a lot, and I tend to just grab my key card, boots, jacket, and scarf, because it is so very cold outside. Sometimes I grab my purse, containing many practical things, so I can grab food if we’re stuck outside for long. But if I think about my priorities and possessions I couldn’t replace easily, or that mean a lot to me, this list, shown in the picture, would be the result:

I would take:

  • Grover hat
  • Failte, my panda bodyguard
  • Dispatch water bottle
  • Fluke ukulele
  • Glasses (for style and vision)
  • Pearl earrings and necklace from Grandmere
  • Passport
  • iToca (contains “it’s ok” playlist to deal with the possible trauma)
  • My university key card
  • My Vade Mecum (MacBook Pro)

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January 31, 2012

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#5 2012

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January 30, 2012

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Subliminal Panda Playlist: Reduplicative Songs

1. Sing, Sing, Sing – Benny Goodman

2. Goodnight Goodnight – Hot Hot Heat

3. Tonight Tonight – Hot Chelle Rae

4. Sorry, Sorry – Super Junior

5. Me Me Me Me – Louis XIV

6. Yeh Yeh – They Might Be Giants

7. Chipi Chipi – Maria Ester Zamora

8. Run Run Run – Phoenix

9. Ooh-Ooh ft. Redman – De La Soul

10. Jumble, Jumble – The White Stripes

11. Fa Fa – Guster

12. Bang Bang – Dispatch

13. Dance, Dance – Fall Out Boy

aired 1/28/2012

BONUS SONGS:

a. Hey Hey – Dispatch
b. Swing, Swing – All-American Rejects
c. Television, Television – OK Go
d. Jumpin, Jumpin – Destiny’s Child
e. Louie Louie – The Kingsmen
f. Tomorrow Tomorrow – Elliott Smith
g. Dance, Dance, Dance – The Beach Boys
h. Zoom Zoom ft. Dr. Dre – LL Cool J
i. Kiss Kiss ft. T-Pain – Chris Brown

There are many other songs which fit this theme. Make your own playlist today!

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January 29, 2012

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