"Stardust Kids" mashup of "David Bowie vs MGMT" by A Plus D

Song of the Day for November 8th, 2010: "Beamer" by Coach Bombay

And today's song is....Beamer, by Australian indie-electro-pop band Coach Bombay. Coach Bombay has been called the bedroom project of Melbourne musician Terry Mann, which according to Mann has the goal of brightening your day with upbeat blips, pops, beats, and delusions of grandeur. The other band member is Luci Hodgson who also does parts on the vocals. They have a website which can be found here, and an unearthed page with the usual free mp3 downloads, inlcluding one of this song here. Woot!

Song for November 7th, 2010: "Lost In The Moment" by Daniel Lee Kendall

And today's song is...Lost In The Moment, by Australian indie musician Daniel Lee Kendall. Daniel Lee Kendall originates out of Central Coast (NSW) in Australia and writes his own songs. There really just isn't that much bio-info on this bloke, so you are going to have to go to his myspace page here, or his unearthed page here for more info. Also note that this song and a couple others of his are still available as a free mp3 download on his triple j unearthed site, linked just above.

Song for November 6th, 2010: "She & I" by Bird And Prey

And today's song is...She And I, by Australian indie-punk band Bird And Prey. Bird And Prey originate out of Brisbane, Queensland and consists of members Josh Aubry  (Vocals),  Jahman Davine (Guitar), Angus Durham (Guitar/keys), Beau Jenkins (Drums),  and Chris de Wet (Bass Guitar). Not a whole lot more info on them, but you can check out their myspace page here or you can check out there Unearthed page and free mp3 downloads here.

#43 of VJ Samsonite's Top 100 80's Dance Hits Countdown! "Hypnotize Me" (1986) by Wang Chung

Ok, so #43 of our Countdown is....Hypnotize Me by British 80's new-wave group Wang Chung. According to wikipedia the name of the band came from the Chinese word 'Huang Chung,' which literally means "yellow bell" in Chinese but the band surmised their translation of it as meaning the sound that a guitar made. In fact it wasn't until 1983 that they changed their name from Huang Chung to Wang Chung because apparently english speaking people kept referring to them as Hung Chung.They originally formed in 1979 and consisted of core members Jack Hues (vocals/guitar) (real name is Jeremy Ryder), and bassist Nick Feldman, and like so many other 80's acts they split up in the 90's only to reconvene in the 00's and are still playing concerts to this day. Wang Chung had their greatest musical successes in the US markets, producing 5 top 40 hits there between the years of 1984-87. Hypnotize Me first appeared on the their 1986 Mosaic album, where it peaked at #36 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at #13 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. I first encountered this track watching the 1987 movie Innerspace as it was on the soundtrack and featured in a dance club scene in the movie itself. Wang Chung were famous mainly for Dance Hall Days and Everybody Have Fun Tonight but I personally think that Hypnotize Me was their best song, and that there a few others of theirs that were also better than the two most popular ones. Anyways, moving on to #42....

DJ BC Mashup: "Could you Be Lovegamed" Lady Gaga VS Bob Marley

Party Ben Mashup: Kid Cudi - Day 'N' Night

Song for November 2nd, 2010: "Resurrection (Penguin Prison Remix)" by The Temper Trap

The song is...Resurrection (Penguin Prison Remix) by Australian alternative rock band The Temper Trap. I have posted about this band before but for the sake of tradition: the band consists of members Dougy Mandagi, Jonathon Aherne, Lorenzo Sillitto, Sebastian Kirwan, and Toby Dundas, they originate out of Melbourne, Australia, and they have been active on the music scene since 2005. This song is more recent release and remixed version of their song Resurrection, which appeared on their June 2009 and first studio album titled Conditions. A free mp3 download of this remixed version can be found here.

#44 of VJ Samsonite's Top 100 80's Dance Hits Countdown! Peter Schilling: Major Tom (Coming Home) (1983)

Here is #44! And the song is...Major Tom (Coming Home)," by 80's German synth-pop artist Peter Schilling. Peter Schilling was born on January 28, 1956 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and he began his music career back in the 1970's. His songs were known for featuring sci-fi sorts of themes, such as astronauts, aliens, holocausts, and other dark sorts of post-apocalyptic imagery. Major Tom (Coming Home) is considered to be his one international hit song and was featured on his 1983 album titled Error in the System. According to wikipedia, it was intended as a re-telling of the 1969 David Bowie song Space Oddity. There isn't a whole heap more of information out there on Schilling, other than he had a few other single releases worth mentioning and checking out including The Different Story (1986) and Terra Titanic (1984). I included this track on the Countdown I spent many a night dancing to it at a local 80's night and the DJ used to always play this song, and obviously the chorus is the sweetest part. It is a bit hard to locate the English version of the song as Itunes and Amazon seem to only carry the German language version, which is annoying, but as they say 'seek and ye shall find.' Enjoy, and we are already on to rest of the countdown!

Song for November 1st, 2010: "Holidays (feat. Alan Palomo)" by Miami Horror

And the song is....Holidays (feat. Alan Palomo), by Aussie electro-pop group Miami Horror. Miami Horror is a four-piece group out of Melbourne, Australia which has been active on the music scene since 2007 and consists of members Benjamin Plant (producer), Josh Moriarty, Aaron Shanahan, and Daniel Whitechurch. The group has released an EP titled Bravado (2008), as well as a full studio album titled Illumination (just released in August of 2010) from which today's song comes off of. Much of Miami Horror's music has been influenced by 70's and 80's dance-pop and electro-synth, which makes for an interesting mixture going into the '10s. I recommend checking out both the Bravado EP and Illumination album as they both have great tracks on them!

Steve Judd's Global Forecast November 2010

DJ Topcat Mashup: "Folsom Prison Gangstaz" with Eazy E & Johnny Cash

Brief Movie Review for "Me and You and Everyone We Know" (2004)

 3/5 Stars ***
Definitely not a formula movie, and reminds me a bit of the same kind of awkward tension and humor that was in Napolean Dynamite, but quite a bit less comedic. The people are definitely not glamorous personas, but more like true-to-life awkward and lonely people. I wouldn't watch it again but it may be worth checking out if you are into the indie-genre.