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We were talking about this at work, so I thought I would make a running list. I am sure there are plenty that I can’t think of. However, here are my favorite covers, all of which are better than the originals.

1. The Sundays - Wild Horses (originally done by: Rolling Stones)
2. Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love (originally done by: Soft Cell)
3. Primus - Amos Moses (originally done by: Jerry Reed)
4. Fear Factory - Cars (originally done by: Gary Numan)
5. Cake - I Will Survive (originally done by: Gloria Gaynor)
6. Foo Fighters - Little Nikki (originally done by: Prince)
7. Aerosmith - Come Together (originally done by: Beatles)
8. The Donnas - Strutter (originally done by: Kiss)
9. Lisa Bonet - Baby, I Love Your Way (originally done by: Peter Frampton)

If I have the energy later, I’ll do covers that are attrocities of mankind. Such as covers of the song Keith Whitley - When You Say Nothing At All. People, just stop it, you are raping that poor man’s grave every time you try to cover it. Necrophelia is not only socially unacceptable, it’s illegal.

Edit: It occurred to me I might need to mention the original artists of the songs.

So, I work in a corporate environment, and occassionally have to bite my tongue. This is against my nature, and takes a great deal of effort for me to do. I also have learned you don’t put anything in print that could get you in trouble. I have a perfect example…
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Well, I was invited to my cousin’s daughter’s 4 year old b-day party. I gladly accepted and made sure to buy the little tike a gift that would drive her parents crazy. Why? Cause that’s what family does. I was sorta dreading the party. I don’t exactly “fit in” with the crowd she hangs out with. Now, that’s not to say I don’t enjoy the company of many of her friends, but well, I stick out like a sore thumb. My attire is akin to something out of an Old Ralph Donna Gap Laren Abercrombie Navy Karen & Fitch commercial. So I visually contrast with the hemp jeans and t-shirts older than those wearing them. I can’t help it, I feel guilty for my faux likeness to “The Man” when I’m around them. Plus the gf was with me and she makes me look like a Birkenstock toting, “legalize it” evangelizing hippie. Yeah, we were gonna go over like a fart in church.

There were plenty of normal hygene’d hippies there. People who understood the basics of American culture and what is “socially acceptable”. But there were several whos’ odors just reached up and slapped you accross the face. I mean, just pungent ass. After several offensive passings (after which of each I felt violated and my lifespan shortened) I had to ask my cousin.

“What’s up with so-and-so and the B.O.?”

“That’s how she rolls. [blah blah blah]… natural pheromones.” Sorry, my hippie BS filter kicked in.

The idea of this initially amazed me. Using one’s odors to attract others. Actually, that wasn’t so odd. Toilet water (perfume/cologne) is used all the time to attract attention. The difference being those are “usually” regarded as pleasant or at least non-offensive odors. Granted, there are exceptions. I know people who like to bathe in their toilet water. At least that’s what it smells like. But the idea of one’s natural odors that are traditionally regarded as “stinky” used to attract others? I just don’t get it. How someone could think the emanation that just burned through my nose hairs could turn someone on is beyond me.

The ironic thing about it, these people didn’t appear to be terribly dirty (except the dreads). But I know plenty of people who have dreads and don’t elicit my gag reflex. They didn’t have visable dirt on their skin, their clothes weren’t sweat-stained. Hell, even their nails were pretty clean. It’s like they have researched funk and found a way to harvest their musk to its highest potency.

So I’m theorizing that pheromones only work on those that want them to work. Maybe I didn’t give it long enough to sink in. Maybe if my face hadn’t gone numb I would have felt an undeniable attraction to her. Guess I’ll never know, cause my sniffer swore to me if I do that again, he’s packing up his shit, taking my lips and kissing my ass good-bye.

I was cruising the web today when I found this article. The line that really hit home:

Until we can tell IKE to take a hike, we’ll continue to suffer at the hands of clients who think a cutting edge site is one that has a spinning logo and blinking text – leaving us with a bad feeling in our guts, and a commercial portfolio we’re embarrassed to show anyone.

So, that old guy comment was dead on. I was at my GF’s sorority formal and I made an allusion to Road House. No one laughed. Well, I figured I they didn’t get the allusion. Rather than be considered obscure, I decided I would try to explain the comment. Much to my dismay, when I said the title of the movie it came from, blank stares. I start explaining the movie, who’s in it, etc… Finally one guy was like “I think I saw a clip or something from that movie when I was a kid”. Holy FUCK I’m getting old.

However, I did get my retribution. Everyone was showing up in suits, tied up and apparently choking. I roll in with my usual style, untucked but nicely pressed shirt. Well put together, just a slight bit casual. All night, all the little guys were pleading with their dates, “Please, look. He’s doin it!” As if that wasn’t enough, I had to throw in a snide “This is only for big boys” here and there.

I have found a social life again, somehow. I have been going to happy hours, softball practice (first one today), volleyball, movies, bars, music venues, even family cooking occassionally. The key here is low cost. I actually was really concerned about my financial situation till my next check, but I was able to call in a portion of a loan and get me through till then. Novel concept.

I just had a hilarious revelation. I mentioned a while back that I was working on a side project, Knotty Dayz. Well, when you search for “Knotty Dayz” (with the quotes) on google, you get my post about it, not the site itself. That in itself needs to be fixed, and will be soon. However, for consistancies’ sake, I did a search on “Musings of an Idiot” and my page wasn’t till page 2 of the results. Irony…