An assignment for all of you

I thought I'd list 4 songs that you may or may not have heard on the radio that I have heard and have enjoyed at least portions of.

I don't listen to pop radio EVER, but I have a bit more since I've been in Danville, and I've been glad, because most songs have at least parts that are interesting to listen to.

So without further ado, here are the 4 songs, the bands that perform them, and why I like each song.

1. "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston.
--Admittedly, most of this song is pretty generic pop stuff, but there are a couple reasons I like it. It uses the beat from "Stand By Me", which is pretty cool and works pretty well in this song. Also, there is a short section which is a capella, and the singer sings his own backup. Or, he at least synthesizes his own voice into backup vocals.

2. "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Fergie.
--The refrain in this song is horrible. However, the song also has verses! The acoustic guitar in the background during the verses is pretty good. Plus, there are at least synthesized strings incorporated into the verses later in the song, including some cello right at the end of the song. For some reason, the cello and other strings make me really enjoy this song, even though I absolutely can't stand 1/2 of it.

3. "4 in the Morning" by Gwen Stefani.
--I've always liked her No Doubt stuff better than most of the crap she's come out with since the mid-90s, but I really like this song. I think the guitar riff that repeats through most of the song in pretty sweet. Plus when she sings/raps it has a really awesome syncopation and rhythm.

4. "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White Ts.
--Another song I first heard on Cities 97, I just happen to like this song start to finish. The acoustic guitar works really well, plus some of the lyrics, which I usually never notice, I happen to particularly enjoy.

All four of these songs can be heard regularly on you local canned pop radio station. Just goes to show you that even the most produced and unoriginal seeming songs have good moments in them.

Maybe you should save a little for later...

Yesterday at work, I followed the Twins score online for the first game of their doubleheaders against the White Sox. The Twins won the first game 20-14. Yep, 20 to 14 in a single game of baseball. That is a lot of runs. Just guessing, but I'd bet that the Twins scored more runs in that game than in their previous, say, 4 games combined. Wow.

But like I said, that was just the first game of the day. What would the Twins do to follow up in the second game? Well, it turns out they won the second game 12-0.

So in summary, the Twins went 2-0 in baseball games yesterday, scoring 32 runs. Perhaps they could have spread those 32 runs out over 5 games. They would have scored 6 runs in 3 of those games and 7 in the last 2. They probably would have gone 5-0.

Then again, with some of the Twins pitching this year, they might have gone 0-5 in those games. I guess I'll take what I can get.

Finally!

I finally received my digital camera that I ordered one of the first days of June. As promised, here is a picture I took with it in Danville.



This is some little pull-tag inside the trunk of my rental car. As you can see, the instructions for using it are simple. You pull on the tag, hop out of the car, and run away very fast! Most likely, you were in the trunk against your will, so the running fast is crucial.