Six songs strike again!

Will the horror ever end?

KKCK:

Pop Evil “100 in a 55″
The name of this band might sound odd on a pop station, but this rock ballad is right out of “Rock Ballad 101″ final exams, and it’s an A+.  If more CHRs jump on this, it’s a career changer for them.

Keri Hilson w/Ne-Yo & Kanye West “Knock You Down”
I’m still not blown away by Keri Hilson’s voice, but adding Ne-Yo AND Kanye West?  That makes the song hard to ignore.  I will admit to liking this song.  Well, I admit to liking the Kanye parts.

Taking Back Sunday “Sink Into Me”
Way back when, KKCK gave TBS a shot with “Make Damn Sure”.  They’re back with their “new” sound, which is their old sound after a Red Bull or two.  I think the song is missing a loud “WOO” in one spot, but then it really wouldn’t be a TBS song.

Franz Ferdinand “No You Girls”
I thought “Lucid Dreams” would continue our tradition (so far) of playing the lead single from every Franz album.  Somewhere along the line, “Lucid Dreams” got a lot longer and weirder.  “Ulysses” was the next single, but it really didn’t grab me.  As luck would have it, “No You Girls” is now the “official” first single that’s really the third, so we’ll take it with an asterisk.  I don’t think this song is as good as the original mix of “Lucid Dreams” (the new version sounds really keen on headphones), but it is a better single than “Ulysses”. 

Jonas Brothers “Paranoid”
So, this is new, “more mature” sound of the Jo-Bros.  Less vocal harmony = mature?   

D.K. “Gettin’ to the Guap”
This rapper is currently residing in our fair city of Marshall, and he was kind enough to drop off some home recordings.  I read an article a few days ago about how home recording studios are putting big time studios out of business, and his stuff only strengthens that argument.  He’s won over our listeners, and hopefully we can help him win over a few more.  He has this song and others posted at his MySpace site.

Pick to click: Pop Evil

Marshall has been stupid hot and windy lately.  I’m not a fan.  Luckily, we’re back to room temperature outdoors as of tomorrow.

Knight Rider and Terminator: TSCC are dunzo.  The only show I’m tempted to pick up in the fall is the “V” revival, but barely. 

Things in my hood are 98 % good.  The other two per cent is just random crap in my head.  I’ve had some weird bouts of nostalgia lately.  I’d almost call them “trivial regrets”.  Once or twice a day I randomly remember something that happened in the past that I wish I’d handled/done differently, but it’s usually something that has had zero to .5 % impact on my life.  I’m a big believer in the “no regrets” philosophy of life, but my brain likes to rebel on that sometimes.  It just picks weird ways to do battle. 

Kate has been better, but she’s a real trooper.  She’s had a few migraines of late, and now her surgically repaired knee is looking more and more like a malpractice suit in the making.  Then yesterday she threw out her back something fierce.  It isn’t helping that Braeden is entering his “touch everything I’m not supposed to” phase.  Braeden met up with some of Darth Vader’s finest in Sioux Fallsrecently, which was a blast.  He’s also entering a phase a friend of mine’s son went through that he called “baby bonk”.  To Braeden’s credit, he’s inherited his mom’s hard head. 

What I’m hearing about the new Green Day album seems to be a lot of “meh”, and I’m inclined to agree to a certain extent.  Following up what most people consider a landmark album is always tough.  I think they shouldn’t have rushed it out for the summer.  Some of the album sounds like it has great potential, but overall it seems lacking something.  If this was the follow up to any of their other albums, maybe the conversation would be different.  A big disappointment for me was the new advance copy of the new Elvis Costello.  The album never got out of first gear, so if you like your Costello music on the slow side only, maybe give it a spin or two.  I haven’t listened to the new Tori Amos yet, but I’m sure I’ll enjoy it.

Terminator: Salvation opens this weekend.  I’m hoping to see it sometime soon, but it might get pushed back to next week.  Hopefully I’ll find time to watch T2 again sometime before then.  Why not T3?  I’m still hoping that if I keep ignoring that one it won’t exist.

I’d type more, but I’d like to hit my 5 PM self-imposed deadline for once.