#34 of VJ Samsonite's Top 100 80's Dance Hits Countdown: "Rebel Yell" by Billy Idol (1983)

Now presenting #34 of VJ Samsonite's Top 100 80's Dance Hits Countdown, and the song is...Rebel Yell by a true British-punk-rocker and legend Billy Idol. Now, this is the second Billy Idol song to appear on the Top 100 Countdown, and like I said before, it may not be the last one. And, from my previous post:  Idol's real name is William Michael Albert Broad, and he was born on  November 30th, 1955 in Stanmore, Middlesex, England, which makes the  Brit rocker 54 this year! Idol bounced around a bit in his earlier  years, and in fact was first a member of the punk-rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1976, but before they were actually called Siouxsie and the Banshees. In 1977 he moved on to join Chelsea, and then with bandmate Tony James he quit and co-founded the band Generation X,  at which point he switched from guitar to lead vocals. In 1981 Idol  moved to New York and started up his successful solo career. Rebel Yell was released in 1983 as Idol's 2nd studio album, which produced 4 singles that appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The album itself peaked at #6 on that year's Billboard Hot 200 albums chart. MTV featured 3 of the hit videos off of this album for the songs Flesh for Fantasy, Eyes Without a Face, and Rebel Yell. This past Summer I was shocked to hear that Idol has since started doing small time gigs for Summer-fairs in relatively random and rural US cities?? Now, the reason why I was shocked, is because you look at some other bands from the 80's who are still charging over $500.00/ticket at their shows and yet Idol is playing these smalltime gigs, and he really is one of my favorite 80's artists, I guess them's the breaks, or something like that...Anyways, onwards to #33!

Song of the Day for December 23rd, 2010: 'Progress (ft. Mantra)' by Ishu

Today's song is... Progress (ft. Mantra) by Ishu. Ishu is a Melbourne-Australia-based producer, and Progress comes off of his recently released A World in Progress album, which hit stores on November 9th, 2010. This is the first single released from the album, so check it out. Not a whole lot of info on this artist, but you should check out his Myspace page HERE, and this MP3 is currently available as a free and legal MP3 download at the Triple J page HERE. Check it!   Ishu - Progress Ft. Mantra by FBi Radio 

Song of the Day for December 22nd, 2010: 'Can't See You (feat. Laneous)' by Rainman

The song for today is....Can't See You (feat. Laneous), by Australian hip-hop artist Rainman. Rainman has been out in the Australian hip-hop scene since at least 2006 or before, and he hails out of Brisbane, Australia. This song comes off his upcoming album, not yet titled or known when it will likely be released. If you like this song you can still download it as a free and legal MP3 from his Unearthed page HERE, and if you want more info on the artist etc. check out his Facebook page HERE. Triple J Hottest 100 Vol 17

Brief Movie Review for 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' (2009)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor) (2009)
**** 4/5 Stars 

This was quite an intense movie, and is not for the light-hearted. A Swedish investigative journalist gets a jail-sentence for defaming a mega-corporation with faulty documents. He then gets asked by another mega-corporate shipping company tycoon to investigate the case of his missing step-daughter, who disappeared over 40 years ago. Enter a tattooed and pierced young computer hacker with a troubled past and rapist parole officer to offer help. This movie is somewhat scattered but it flows together in the end. It is also based on a series of books, so be sure to check those out if you enjoyed the movie. I would recommend this one, and might watch it again.

Song for December 21st, 2010: 'Point the Bone' by Dubmarine

Today's song is...Point the Bone, by Australian Electronic-Indigenous group Dubmarine. Dubmarine is based out of Brisbane, Australia and consists of members D-Kazman (Rhymes & Melody), Cat Walker (Vocals), Joel Alexander (Keyboards and Vocals), Paul Donehue (Percussion and Samples), Paul Watson (Bass Guitar), Jeremie Nagabbo (Guitar and Vocals), Wayne Katz (Drums), Nick Torpy (Trombone 1), and Mikael Strand (Trombone 2). This song, and a few others are set to be featured on their debut album titled Depth of Sound, which was just released on June 16th, 2010. This album is up on ITunes and Amazon at the moment, and you can still download the free and legal MP3 from their Unearthed artist page HERE, and if you want even more info on the artists be sure to check out their website HERE.

Song of the Day for December 20th, 2010: 'Hey Boy' by Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.

Today's song is....Hey Boy, by Mark Ronson and The Business Intl. Now I have done a couple of previous posts for this artist, so to expedite this process the rest is just a simple copy and paste from a previous post:

Mark Ronson is known for working with other artists, primarily as a DJ and producer in producing hit pop-hop and electronica tracks such as his 2003 release Ooh Wee (feat. Ghostface Killah, Nate Dogg & Trife) which appeared on the Hitch movie soundtrack that year. Mark Ronson has released 3 studio albums, and has won a BRIT Award for Best Male Artist in 2008. The Bike Song comes off of his still unreleased Record Collection album, due to come out sometime in this year of 2010.This song features singer Kyle Falconer from indie rock band The View and rapper Spank Rock. Hey Boy features guest artists  Rose Elinor Dougall and Theophilus London, and it was released with the album in September of 2010. I highly recommend Record Collection as an album, and in fact it is a top contender for top albums of 2010, but there are so many other good ones that I cannot really say where it will land and I will just leave that ranking to the so-called professional muscian critics. Big Ups yoself!

Vote Now in Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2010: Tell them what songs made your top 10 in 2010!

VJ Samsonite just voted in triple j's Hottest 100!

What do you think of their favouritest tracks of 2010? Hot or just lukewarm?

ADRIAN LUX - Teenage Crime, BLACK KEYS, THE - Tighten Up, DRAPHT - Rapunzel, GYPSY and THE CAT - Jona Vark, HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY - Coming Around, MARK RONSON and THE BUSINESS INTL - Somebody To Love Me {Ft. Boy George & Andrew Wyatt}, STONEFIELD - Through The Clover, WOLF GANG - The King And All Of His Men, WOMBATS, THE - Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves), URTHBOY - Your Thing

To vote now click HERE! 

((Note: I voted for 'Jona Vark' by Gypsy and the Cat as my number 1 for 2010)

The song of the day: 'Hey Somebody' by Big Scary

And the song of the day is...Hey Somebody by Australian 2-piece rock band Big Scary. Big Scary has been active since at least 2008, it consists of Tom Iansek (vocals and guitars) and Jo Syme (drums), and originates out of Melbourne, Australia. This song was released in 2009 as a single, and the band has released 2 more recent EP's since that time, so if you like this song be sure to check out their latest stuff. You can still download this song as a free and legal MP3 at their Unearthed page HERE, or you can check out their Myspace page HERE, snarf snarf! 

#35 of VJ Samsonite's Top 100 80's Dance Hits Countdown: 'Working For the Weekend' by Loverboy (1981)

And #35 of the Top 100 80's Dance Hits Countdown is.....Working For the Weekend, by 80's Canadian rock band Loverboy! Loverboy was formed in Calgary, Alberta Canada back in the year 1980, and it consisted of members  Mike Reno (lead vocalist), Paul Dean (lead guitar), Scott Smith (bass guitar), Doug Johnson (keyboards), and Matt Frenette (drums). The band is currently based out of Vancouver, B.C. in Canada, and have since picked up member Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve. Loverboy has quite a classic 80's rock sound, and they are best known for this Working For the Weekend single and their Turn Me Loose (also 1981) single. Throughout the years Loverboy has produced 4 albums that have achieved multi-platinum status, thus selling millions of albums since their early days in the 1980's. Working For the Weekend comes off of their October 1981, 2nd studio release album titled Get Lucky.  The song peaked at #2 on the US Mainstream Rock chart and at #29 on the Pop Singles chart. The Get Lucky album itself would attain the peak spot at #7 on the Billboard Hot 200 albums chart, and would remain listed on the Hot 200 chart for over 2 years and sell around 4 million copies in the USA alone. This album was later remastered and re-release in 2006 with 4 bonus tracks of previously unreleased demo songs. Now, many of you will probably recognize this song from the coal-mining scene in the 2001 hit Ben Stiller comedy film Zoolander. I must say that is the scene that comes to mind when I hear this song, which also makes this the second 80's dance hit off of this Top 100 Countdown that was on the Zoolander Soundtrack, whoever produced that soundtrack sure knew their 80's music! This song was also featured in the 2003 film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, an episode of the television series Scrubs, as well as an episode of Saturday Night Live in the famous Chippendale's audition skit with Chris Farley and Patrick Swayze (RIP to them both).  I would also add that Working For the Weekend was ranked at #100 on VH1's 100 greatest songs of the 80's, so I am not the only one including it on a Top 100 80's list aye!  ;-D This post also found at http://your80smusicauthority.blogspot.com/

Song of the Day for December 17th, 2010: "Used to Be the Sensitive Type" by Grand Atlantic

Today's song is....Used to Be the Sensitive Type, by Australian indie-alternative-rock band Grand Atlantic. Grand Atlantic have been active out on the rock scene since 2005 and they come from Brisbane, Australia (aka Bris-Vegas). The band members are Phil Usher (Guitar & Lead Vocals), Mat Von Diehm (Drums), Morgan Hann (Guitar and Vocals), and Sean Bower (Bass and Vocals). They have a few albums out, and are currently working on recording their latest one over in New Zealand. Used to Be the Sensitive Type comes off of their 2009 release album (2010 in the USA) titled How We Survive. This track is not up on youtube yet, so sod it, there is no video, but there is a player tab below. If you like this track you can still get it as a free and legal MP3 download off of their Unearthed page HERE. Also, be sure to check out their myspace page HERE.

dj BC mashup: 'Shorty Shutup' Busta Rhymes vs TIng Tings vs Zombies

This mashup by dj BC is pretty sick, and the video has some video from the Bootie-Boston thing. Enjoy!

Song of the Day for December 16th, 2010: 'Love Song' by Maoli

Today's song is....Love Song, by Hawaiian Island music group Maoli. Maoli have been active on the Hawaiian music scene since 2005 or so. They are based out of the island of Maui, where the band was founded by Glenn Awong (lead vocalist, guitarist, and song-writer), and includes members Corey Lum (vocals, guitar), Hubert Kaina (vocals, keyboards), Kakana Akiu-Corpuz (bass guitar), and Matthew Casil (drums). I am told that 'Maoli' means 'Native' in the Hawaiian language, and all the band-members grew up in Hawaii, and thus the name of their band. Love Song comes off of their recently released second studio album titled Rock Easy, which was just released in August, 2010 and is now available on ITunes and Amazon. For more detailed information on the band check out their website HERE, or their myspace page HERE.

Song for December 15th, 2010: "Turtles" by Skryptcha

Today's song is....Turtles, by Australian hip-hop MC Skryptcha. Skryptcha is 22 yr-old MC from Sydney, Australia who has been active out on the hip-hop music scene since 2003 and is signed on with Obese Records. Turtles comes off of his 2009 release EP titled Left to Write. It should also be noted that he just recently released his first full length studio album titled The Numbers in August of 2010, which is up on ITunes and Amazon now, so be sure to check it out if you like what you hear. I look forward to hearing more from this MC, and I have been impressed with all of the Obese Records artists of I have come across, so check them out too.