November 24 - Remix'd

Today's opening set consisted of remixes. Only two in particular, but even so:

• Radiohead "Nude." Remix by James Houston via old computer parts.
• Styx "Mr. Roboto." Remix by POLYSICS, lyrics changed.

Around 3:30, it became time for "PRESS START!" This time, I decided we should go back to basics and play the original Sonic the Hedgehog; man, that guy was blazing quick for that time, wasn't he? Big change from the games of today.
After unsuccessfully navigating a maze of hot lava plumes and stupid robot caterpillars, I found myself without anymore lives, and so I decided we should reflect on our failure to overcome the hot elements with an appropriate song, Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire."
To close the show today, I put on two requests, likely from some younger listeners. Specifically:

• Boys Like Girls "Thunder"
• Dragonforce "Fury of the Storm"

Hope those of you that read this posting enjoyed this week's show. And if you don't read this posting, then I silently mock you for not keeping up on the latest G-man-related events!
Out 'till next week, see ya!

November 17th - Welcome back!

Having missed last week due to Memorial Day, the G-Man had a bit of catching up with tunes to do. Fortunately, this was not a difficult task. We started off with a simple set of the New, Improved Aquabats. Specifically, a block of songs from their most recent album, "CHARGE!!" This block included:

• Fashion Zombies!
• Stuck in a Movie!
• Plastic Lips!
• Hot Summer Nights (Won't Last Forever!)
• Awesome Forces!
• Mechanical Ape!
  

Between Stuck in a Movie! and Plastic Lips!, though, we ran into a snag: our CD player err'd. Having no way to access or play our CD, we resorted to playing through conventional means - via YouTube videos! Damn it all!
After getting over that matter, we moved on to a belated round of "PRESS START!" Under upgrades, we played a Sega Genesis game this show, instead of just a dinky Nintendo game. Our game this week was "Toejam and Earl," a tale of two hip, funky alien bro's who've crash-landed on planet earth in their totally rad spaceship; now they've gotta put their ship back together! Earl was flying solo in this expedition, so we led him around through four levels (And the secret Level zero) before realizing the time and putting his adventuring on hold.
We helped end the show this week with songs by "Lemon Demon," the internet celebrity responsible for such songs as "Dance Like an Idiot," "Lawnmower," and "Word Disassociation."
The show was concluded with an edited version of "The Song of the Count," edited with strategic bleeps to sound dirtier than it really is.
Again, questions, comments, suggestions all appreciated. See you next week!

November 3 Show - Take it Slow

Well, here we are with another show. Halloween's come and gone, Election day is literally the next day, and it's finally started to look like Autumn around here.

After a brief rant about how modern politics has become a boorish mud-slinging fest, I sent you, the listeners, to the other side of the Pacific with the Japanese band POLYSICS, playing songs from their album "Now is the Time!":

• "I My Me Mine"
• "Ah-Yeah!!"
• "Walky Talky"
• "Toisu!"
• "Oh! Monaliza"
• "Jhout"
• "Mr. Psycho Psycho"

After such time, I felt we had strayed too far from our times, and decided we should move on to our signature segment, "PRESS START!" Given the drab, harsh outside weather, I suggested we play a drab, harsh game. And so "Nightshade" it was! After narrowly escaping a bomb blast, we beat up some posh-looking guy, broke a chandelier, and escaped to the outside world! Where we ultimately succumbed to a ninja lady. A harrowing escape was attempted after being tied to a conveyor belt and sent to die in a printing press, but our escape only sped up our death, as it seems we flipped the wrong switch. Oh well, guess we're all over the front page now.
It meant we had yet another loss for us, the people who controlled Nightshade's fate. Rather than be depressed over it, I insisted we not dwell on our mistakes and instead focus on the now-in-season weather, by visualizing us all comfortable, and giving us music to do the same for us. Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" and Dave Grusin's "Mountain Dance" saw to that.
Sadly, all good things must come to an end, and thus so did our hour of comfort; I took us to Japan one last time to experience POLYSICS' song "Bye-Bye-Bye!" An appropriate song for the conclusion of a show.

That was our show for the week, so until next time...questions, comments, suggestions, ALWAYS appreciated. Really!