The Scrabbled: Making Fun of Each Other since '99

I recently got a $100 gift card for Google Adwords to advertise my freelance business. Adwords works by charging a variable dollar amount per word or phrase, based on popularity. So if I want to buy the phrase “web development,” which is likely quite popular, I’m going to pay a lot of money for each click. If I buy “purple monkey blender,” however, it’s going to be quite cheap.

So I put it to you guys: what key words or phrases should I buy? I am completely open to the idea of buying nothing but joke words and phrases. I might do a few serious ones.

I have chosen only singles to make life easier. I have given myself no limit with regard to time periods as emo has been around forever and was only given a name about 20 years ago.
To me emo has always been about the presenting of a certain type of lyric on a classic musical canvas.
Anyway a ‘proper’ emo list would just be Keane, Athlete and Belle and Sebastien and I hate 2 of them.

I made lots of lists. Links to Mixtape Attack reviews where they exist.

Since there are only 2 days left in the year, nobody has started this yet, and John is presumably busy with the move…….

List them.

Inspired by Christina’s comment on the Jesse James movie thread. I can only think of one and some may not agree: Fight Club. The movie was much better than the book with a considerably more satisfying ending.

Are there any others?

Have you? I’m sticking with “favorite” and not “best” cause I don’t think any of us have listened to anywhere near enough music to say what the best is.

THOUGH I SHALL TRY.

So that music site that no one talks about is doing a list for the aughts (2000-2009) of the top 200 albums.

Tomorrow they list the top 20. I thought we’d have a little predicting fun tonight. Actually, I could probably name everything Pitchfork will select. These are more selections that I would like to see.

So I’m working on a standard format for these posts. But since it’s still in the works, I’m going to continue discussing logistics with everyone. Soon, I’ll just be listing the last week’s tracklist, and the current week’s theme. Plain and simple.

The first compilation is titled Scrabbled Comp #1: Initial Compilation. Get it? Anyway, it’s 12 tracks long, which will be the minimum from here on out. Click here to listen from your computer. Go you know where to download it.

I am going to start a weekly Monday night ritual. Every week I am going to come up with a mixtape concept and you, the Scrabbled community, will assist in its creation.

Then I’ll make it a playlist on my iTunes to be entertained by, thank you.

In no particular order:

• Vince Guaraldi Trio – Great Pumpkin Waltz
• The Cure – Fascination Street
• Type O Negative – Love You to Death
• Nine Inch Nails – Dead Souls
• Echo & the Bunnymen – The Killing Moon

Post yours!

List ‘em! I’ll start with Trouble by Coldplay. What can I say? The piano line gets me.

This place is dead this week! Let’s argue about things.

I’ve always liked them. But I’ve never considered myself any sort of expert in them. To date, I’ve only seen a handful of the classics. But I have Netflix. And while I don’t have my summer off, I would still like knock off a few items on my list. So I’m watching Kung Fu movies. Dozens of them. And I need recommendations. I’ve looked at a bunch of Top 10 lists for the genre and gotten some ideas for flicks I’ve missed, but I’m curious to see what you guys think. And I say “kung fu movies” in the broadest of meanings, so go nuts. I am equal-opportunity asian-dudes-beating-each-other-up movie fan.

List below. What about you?

There was a thread on reddit today that asked what songs give you goosebumps. I meant to leave a single suggestion and ended up getting a bit carried away, and writing a stream-of-consciousness list of what I think are some truly great moments in music history. My list below. Add yours under it.

So I’ve been on spring break since last Wednesday. I’ve been busy with Seton Hall work, rest, reading, and the outdoors. I haven’t been online too often.

I still can’t believe that Twitter post is alive. I’m probably going to miss my Lost responsibility tonight too.

Anyway, I just stopped in Jersey City to pay rent and I made a fresh set of CDs for my car. I thought it’d be a nice thing to share, seeing as I haven’t posted anything of interest in a while.

That’s right. Fun. No snobbery here. What songs make you grin and laugh and run around and feel like a little kid again?

I’m not sure who here is aware, but my sister, Natalie, is pregnant. She is having a girl but has not released the name of the child, though we all know it starts with the letter ‘M’.

So the due date is March 20th, which apparently, is the 10-month mark of the pregnancy. So in actuality, ‘M’ can enter this world any day now.

I just received a text message from Natalie about some cramps and pre-labor contractions.

I have to throw together Baby’s First Mix CD as soon as possible now! Any suggestions? I’ll write “from theScrabbled” on it. I was aiming for some soft, pretty music and maybe something with an educational edge. Who knows? What have you got?

Wanna all vote? Okay, let’s vote!…

Should it be what we want to win? Or what we think will win? There is a difference right?

I only included the “major” awards.

According to the Wikipedia page the Style Invitational has been going on since 1993. Every week, readers are invited to submit a humorous response to some creative prompt. This week’s asks the audience to write a funny diary or journal entry for someone, famous or not, for any point in history.

Was thinking about this on the way to work. when critics spout about certain classic albums, I often wonder how much they actually listen to them. Sure Nevermind is a classic, but how often do you really ever put it on? I can’t remember the last time. I must be years. Granted, this is just one album and it’s just me, I’m sure there are some of you who listen to the album with some regularity. But you get the gist.

What classics or, hell, just what previous favorites of yours never make it onto your playlist anymore?

Name your favorites. Mine are below.

(hint: if you don’t feel at least a tiny bit guilty or ashamed about listing the song, it probably doesn’t qualify)

Tomorrow I’m taking the entire day to cycle through the city (mainly below 34 St.) and tour some stores I’ve heard about. I wouldn’t necessarily call it a shopping spree exactly, just a nice way to tour the city with landmarks.

I plan on posting about my discoveries/opinions later on.

List of stores after the jump…