A little tubing road trip...Canada-style

Michele over at The Music Chamber is clearly occupied with something else right now...and I have a little hankering for some tubing.

Up first, one of the best soundtrack tunes of the '80s...from Vision Quest, and the group Red Rider:




Then from Red Rider lead singer Tom Cochrane...one of my favorite songs of the '90s and certainly one of the best road-trip songs ever:



If you are so inclined, what are your favorite road-trip tunes? Please post tubing links in the comments section...I'll repost them here.

Update: Jawa mind-meld...minutes after this post goes up, Kafir posts his tribute to Paultards using Lunatic Fringe...

Check out the melodious sound of her voice

Good friend of This Goes to 11 and proprietor of The Music Chamber, Michele, has posted her cover of one of my favorite '80s songs...Under the Milky Way by The Church. Go here to listen...wow.

Here is the original:

Come to the Music Chamber!

Michele from Cutting School is a good blog friend who I met commenting over at Six Meat Buffet. She is a terrific writer (who I suspect has an alter-ego, but I will let that be our little secret), and knows music. And although I suspect she could, she doesn't look down at me because I happen to like bands such as Men Without Hats:








Anyway, she has created a new blog...just for music (especially bad 80's music) and music video fans just like me. It's the Music Chamber...and I will be spending time there. Probably too much time.



Oh...and she's got great legs too:

Hoping for this in my Christmas stocking

Please...Santa?



Oh...and I'm not gay. I'm not, I'm not, I'm NOT...

(ripped off from Hot Air)

Work has me by the...uh...

Well, at least as not as bad as this guy:

Oklahoma City police say that on June 17, Brian Christopher Thomas went into Henry Hudson's Pub wearing a Longhorns T-shirt and quickly became the focus of football trash talk from another regular, Sooners fan Allen Michael Beckett.

The ugliness that followed left Thomas, 32, nearly castrated and Beckett, 53, facing aggravated assault charges that could put him in prison for up to five years.

I wonder if Thomas tried to order this beer:

Now the question is...can the prosecutor even find a jury that will convict?

“I've actually heard callers on talk radio say that this guy deserved what he got for wearing a Texas T-shirt into a bar in the middle of Sooner country,” Oklahoma City attorney Irven Box told The Associated Press.

Thomas told police that when he decided to leave and went to the bar to pay his tab, Beckett grabbed him in the crotch, pulled him to the ground and wouldn't let go, even as bar patrons tried to break it up. When the two men were separated, Thomas looked down and realized the extent of his injuries. It took more than 60 stitches to close the wound.

Ouch.


Well, anyway...business is surprisingly good. Which means less time for blogging. So here...back by popular demand...the Leningrad Cowboys:





I'm in danger of becoming a fan. Though I can't get my hair to do that. Here's their website.

Here's the real thing. Bastards won't let me embed...

No more "anonymous" comments...Gratuitious 80's Video

From now on, commenters here at This Goes to 11 will need to have a screen name. No more "anonymous" comments. Have the guts to at least stand behind a persona...

So this post won't be a total waste:

C-Ya!

Hey y'all...gonna be travelling for 10 days. However unlike some lazy-ass bloggers, I'll have a lap top with me and will be checking in periodically.


First stop...Cooperstown, New York for the induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame of Anthony Keith Gwynn:




I'll be spending the rest of the week in New York, where maybe I'll see a show, maybe go to a few great restaurants, or maybe I'll just look at strange people:





Then it's off to Nashville, Tennessee for the first annual Insufferable Pricks Party Convention...otherwise known as Prickfest:

Scheduled to appear at Prickfest:

The Boyz at Six Meat Buffet

Vinnie and Merri

Beth from MVRWC

Linda from Something...and Half of Something ...

And perhaps a few other assorted characters. Expect limited reportage from the convention as the goings-on are a continuation of that Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.

Until I check in:

Six Meat Buffet is Tubing!

Time to "Tube" over at Six Meat Buffet. One of my favorite pastimes...come on over for a discussion of 80's music (both good and bad), complete with video representation.

My latest contribution:





Join the fun!

Spinal Tap Rocks Live Earth (Updated: Big Bottom added!)

I tried to stay away from Algore's (pbuh) hypocritical celebration of himself, but this cannot be ignored:



Although I must say I was very disappointed in the green room accomodations:



Huge hat tip to Cranky at Six Meat Buffet who caught this before I did. I knew Tap was playing...but I really tried to avoid all things Live Earth yesterday.


BTW...it was a scorching 68 degrees yesterday in Algore's (pbuh) greenhouse-effected London yesterday. Which by the way, is two degrees cooler than normal for July 7th.


It's a good thing too...since Spinal Tap drummers have this habit of spontaneously combusting on stage:





And did you hear that the South Africa concert had a woefully low turnout? Apparently the people in Johannesburg are suffering so much from a heat wave still recovering from a cold spell that recently hit South Africa:

Officials at Live Earth Johannesburg have blamed the effects of climate change for poor audience attendance at Saturday's (07Jul07) South African event.

Organiser John Langford believes extremely cold weather in the region - it snowed last week (ends06Jul07) for the first time in a quarter of a century - kept people away from the concert, which starred Joss Stone, UB40, Angelique Kidjo and Baaba Maal.

Speaking before the event, Langford said, "We're expecting 10,000 here tonight. It's a bit chilly, and we've had a strange winter... is it climate change? We had snow in Jo'burg last week for the first time in 25 years."

Didja get that? Global warming is now causing snow. Algore (PBUH) better get going on another concert to save the world before it's too late...


(Update): Hot Air has this clip of Tap's finale:

Monday Morning Boingo

It's Monday and I'm unmotivated. I need a pick-me-up:

Join the celebration!

Preston over at 6MB is hosting a celebration of something or other that began yesterday. As usual he's a little confused...but go on over and join the party.

Commenter Yiddish Steel had this contribution to the celebration. Which inspired me to add this:



To me...one of the greatest moments in Rock history.

Gratuitous 80's Video

Just because I felt like it.

Anyone else remember this MTV video?



Afterthoughts: What is it about the name "Lola" and music? I've never actually met any women named "Lola". Is my life missing something?