Happy Birthday to Me! While Bridging The Verse may only be in its infancy at less than one year old, I am reaching what could be considered my quarter life crisis time. Could’ve fooled me.

However to put it in the words of Brandon Boyd:

A decade ago,
I never thought I would be,
at 23, on the verge of
spontaneous combustion. -Woe-is-me.-

Or alternatively in the words of Tom DeLonge Mark Hoppus:

And that’s about the time she walked away from me
Nobody loves you when you’re 23

All that aside:

You say it’s your birthday
It’s my birthday too, yeah
They say it’s your birthday
We’re gonna have a good time!

However, I am going to ask for a birthday present from all my readers. Below the songs is a badge about signing up on Facebook for a petition to earn money from Kohls’. Blogging is a hobby of mine. During the day, I work in a special education school district and the district would benefit so so greatly from a grant. Help me out and sign up. Here’s the best part, you get 20 votes but can only put 5 towards any one  school so put 5 my way and use the rest on your own schools. Thanks so much!!!

Incubus – Pardon Me [YSI]

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Blink 182 – What’s My Age Again [YSI]

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The Beatles – Birthday [YSI]

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So the video for remix for DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win” is now out (available below) and I really am not feeling this remix. First off, it’s clearly a Ciroc ad and the emcees on are somewhat questionable. Not all of them though. Busta can still spit rhymes faster than I can even process thoughts sometimes. However, it’s unfortunate he’s at the beginning with Diddy and Minaj to follow and leave me with a bad taste in my mouth.

So I did the next best thing. I took Busta’s verse and added it to the original “All I Do Is Win.” I know some of you won’t like me for that because I did cut down Snoop’s verse to comfortably fit in Busta’s verse. However, in my opinion, it doesn’t get much better than Luda and Busta on the same track.

Oh yeah and Ciroc is Diddy’s vodka which is why he’s there (in case you didn’t know). I guess he was upset that Luda repped his cognac (Conjure) in the original mix. Anyway, here’s my personal “re-mixing” of “All I Do Is Win.”

DJ Khaled – All I Do Is Win (Original + Busta Rhymes) [YSI]

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DJ Khaled – All I Do Is Win (Remix) Video

P.S. – Didn’t your director tell you guys not to wear reflective glasses because we can see all the lighting in them and it’s really distracting. That may be a bit picky but that’s what happens when I come from a film background.

July 31 is National Dance Day! For any of you who are SYTYCD fans, I’m sure you already know this. Founded in 2009 by Nigel Lythgoe, Adam Shankman, Carrie Ann Inada, and Katie Holmes, The Dizzy Feet Foundation offers scholarships to dance students through its Scholarship Program. Scholarships of up to $10,000 are be granted annually. This year, Nigel and the DFF has set July 31 as National Dance Day. In other words, get out there and dance: in a conga line, on your own, as a flash mob, etc, etc.

Anyway, Napoleon and Tabitha, AKA Nappy Tabs, have put together a short dance for National Dance Day (video below) for everyone to learn and this is the song they have it choreographed to. Download the song, learn the dance, and celebrate National Dance Day. As described on their site:

As part of his commitment to support dance education and physical fitness in communities throughout the United States, Nigel Lythgoe is launching National Dance Day on July 31, 2010. National Dance Day will include a variety of dance themed activities for people of all ages. It will empower, challenge and inspire everyone to try various styles of dance ranging from hip-hop to ballroom to anything that moves. Above all, it will encourage everyone to DANCE as a means to stay fit and be healthy.

Just have some fun. Here’s Flo Rida to help with that. Check out DFF’s website or So You Think You Can Dance on Fox for more info.

Flo Rida – Club Can’t Handle Me (ft. David Guetta) [YSI]

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Nappy Tabs Choreography

So last night at karaoke I was singing Lupe Fiasco’s “Daydreamin’” ft. Jill Scott and when I finished, a friend of mine said, “Nice I Monster remix you did there.” I kinda just looked at him blankly. I had no idea what he meant. So I looked it up when I got home. Turns out Lupe sampled from a song by European electro group I Monster who, in turn, heavily sampled from a 1970 song by Gunter Kallman Choir. But it doesn’t end there. The 1970 song was “Daydream” and was actually a cover of a song that came out in 1968. In other words, it goes kinda something like this:

♫Lupe Fiasco – Daydreamin’ (2006)

♫     I Monster – Daydream in Blue (2004)

♫           Gunter Kallman Choir – Daydream (1970)

♫                   Wallace Collection – Daydream (1968)

So I log onto Facebook the other day and a friend posts this on my wall:

it’s been seven hours and 15 days since you took your love away. i can go out every night and sleep all day since you took your love away. since you been gone i can do whatever i want. i can see whomever i choose. i can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant, but nothing can take away these blues. cuz nothing compares. nothing compares 2 you.

Well that instantly changed the rest of my night. Not because nothing compared to me but I decided it was time to listen to Prince the rest of the night. Prince is that good. He is an excellent composer, lyricist, and one of the best guitar players around. Anyway, two songs weren’t even enough today, so here are three four from the artist formally known as a symbol, Prince, including the catalyst for all of this: Nothing Compares 2 U. BTW, I had a lot of trouble what other two songs to go along with it, so I chose 3 more.

Related side note: I wouldn’t mind being Prince.

Prince – Nothing Compares 2 U [YSI]

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Prince – Let’s Go Crazy [YSI]

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Prince -  Raspberry Beret [YSI]

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Prince – Darling Nikki [YSI]

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P.S. – Check out Foo Fighter’s cover of Darling Nikki and Incubus’s cover of Let’s Go Crazy

Remember Pepsi Blue? No? There were monks and a rock band in the commercial. Still no? That’s fair I guess. That PepsiCo catastrophe only lasted about a year and half, yet they marketed the sh*t out of with help from Britney Spears, Papa Roach, and this still relatively unknown band, Sev. I would never have known about this band if it wasn’t for the Pepsi Blue commercials so I guess some good came out of it. Here are three versions of the same song. I have no idea where I got them from or really even know the stories behind each. My guess is that the 1999 mix is off an EP or single, the 2002 mix is from the album release, and the Monk remix was promoted  as a single after the Pepsi Blue promotion. By the by, the commercial is below for those of you who want to relive the the glorious-ness of 2003 Pepsi adverts.

Sev – Same Old Song (1999 mix) [YSI]

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Sev – Same Old Song (2002 mix) [YSI]

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Sev – Same Old Song (Monk remix) [YSI]

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Like her or not, you have to respect the amount of success Gaga has had in the past year.

And today Miss Stefani Germanotta turns a mere 24 years old. I wish her a very happy birthday and great success in the future. Posted for you today is Gaga’s medley from the 52nd Grammys featuring Elton John. If you are interested in the video too, contact me (contact link on home page).

Lady Gaga (ft. Elton John) – Grammy Medley (Poker Face, Speechless, Your Song) [YSI]

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Every little thing gonna be alright!

Sorry there wasn’t a Saturday post. This weekend sucked. I broke down 220+ miles away from home and the stress level was quite high due to that. As I was driving with my friend this weekend after all this happened, I actually felt a lot better when he put this on. Music truly is my drug, compulsion, and addiction. And I’m completely ok with that. I hope you feel a bit better with a bit of Bob Marley in your life.

Bob Marley – Three Little Birds [YSI]

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Yes Paddy is spelled right because Patty is short for Patricia whereas Paddy is short for Patrick. Anyway, have a drink for me and enjoy your Irish heritage. Everyone’s Irish today.

Flogging Molly Buck-O-Nine – Irish Drinking Song (Drink and Fight) [YSI] (Downloads are labeled incorrectly as “Flogging Molly.” Was just brought to my attention that I was wrong. Woops. Only human)

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Dropkick Murphys – Kiss Me, I’m Shitfaced [YSI]

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Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies [YSI]

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Dropkick Murphys – The Spicy McHaggis Jig [YSI]

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Off Kilter – Goodbye Muirsin Durkin [YSI]

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Like John Legend or David Gray? Then definitely give a listen to Alex Boyd. I heard this song and just felt it. Alex says it best himself, “It’s impact is in it’s honesty.” I really dig this soulful sound and am looking forward to a possible freshman album release this summer.

Keep an eye here for more future releases from Alex. Also make sure to check out his myspace.

Alex Boyd – Light Up Tonight [YSI]

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