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Rad & Bad: February 25, 2010

Today is February 25, 2010 – Here is the Rad & Bad.

Got lots to talk about this week: Katie Couric, the Luck of the Irish, Disney movies, & a few songs I love and hate.  Plus, a few surprises along the way.

Also, check me out on the shows I host, “My Indie Life” and “Chicago Rocks.”Auto Tune the News: This is an online phenom that I am absolutely obsessed with.  It is a series of songs/videos in which the Gregory Brothers (three brothers: Evan, Michael, & Anthony  +  Evan’s wife Sarah) create songs to popular news stories by auto tuning Katie Couric/Joe Biden/Sarah Palin’s voices.  It is hilarious, entertaining, and actually very catchy. This whole week, at one point or another, I have found myself with their songs in my head.  They even had a T-Pain guest appearance.  One of the things about this that I find amazing is that Katie Couric actually sounds like she could be a good singer, all thanks to the craze that has swept the nation, AUTO TUNE.

Interesting piece of trivia: Before Auto Tune the News’ success, Michael Gregory was an American Idol Reject! So adorable.

St. Patty’s Day and other great excuses to get wasted: This one doesn’t require much explanation.  I just love it when I can get absolutely smashed and don’t have to explain myself to anyone cuz there’s a great excuse for it…it’s like, “Hey, It’s St. Patty’s day, I’m half-Irish. Let’s get drunk!”  or “Guess what I am for Halloween? An alcoholic!” or my favorite, “It’s Friday!”

Any way you put it, the message is still clear.  Drinking is great – and when you have an excuse to drink, it feels even better. It feels RAD.  BTW, who’s comin’ out with me this Friday?

Johnny Tsunami: “Go Big or Go Home.” This was the Disney Channel before crap like Demi Lovato & Selena Gomez. This was way before “High School Musicals: 1, 2 & 3″. I love this for a few reasons. First, the acting’s actually not terrible. I LOVE Lee Thompson Young. I used to watch “The Famous Jett Jackson” on Disney & I always thought he was so hot. Second, the premise of this movie is so ridiculous but it’s also fun.  Johnny Kapahala is a surfer who has to move to Colorado; For some reason in this town, the public school kids snowboard & all the private school kids ski, which is just a ludicrous idea, but whatever. I’ll roll with it.  I think this might be my favorite of the Disney Channel Original Movies – followed closely by Brink starring Eric Von Detton.

“BedRock” by Young Money: Oh my goodness. The first time I heard this song, I was in the car by myself, and I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I was kind of just going about my day, not really paying attention to the song on the radio, but then these words caught my ear, “Call me Mr. Flintstone, cuz I can make your BedRock.” That’s like the worst pick-up line I’ve ever heard.  And to top it off, they are saying it through song.  Just an overall pan of the song, and of Young Money in general. This is a big boo…

Heart Attacks on a plate: I’m speaking specifically about the onion “brick” from Hackney’s & the Bloomin’ onion.  And do you want to know why these are so bad:  because they are so freaking desirable.  I love onions, and so deep-frying them only makes them that much tastier. I used to waitress at Hackney’s and I remember we would all call the onion brick, “Heart Attack on a Plate,” but that didn’t really stop anyone’s mouth from watering when we carried them out.  Ugh…I hate that unhealthy foods exist, because that’s all I want to eat all the time.  But also, I don’t want to die at the age of 30.  So I just pine and lick my lips at the thought of these forbidden morsels.  I know I will be better in the long run for not eating this crap, but I will also be more grumpy.

Stay tuned for the next installment, which may or may not be all about bacon.  Bye!

Lexi Scherr