Video Killed The Radio Star

Can you have the Luck of the Irish if you aren’t exactly Irish? Who knows. WHO CARES! I am feeling lucky…cue the Mary Chapin Carpenter song. A few weeks back, I got some mail about some money that was owed to me from a class action lawsuit I was involved in, but had no idea about. I love that! Anyway, I got a letter saying that I was awarded a little money and it will be on it’s way to me. When I say a little, I mean “a little”…enough for groceries and laundry.

Then, the very same week, I got a call from one of the radio stations I listen to saying that they had picked my TOP 5 @ 5 for that Friday. Side note: It is 5 songs that you request that they play at 5:00. I was thrilled! Wait…there’s more. I also won tickets to see Heart in concert on Friday night. SHUT UP! OMG! I was so excited, I tried to call everyone I knew…even long distance. So, at 5 pm on Friday, my songs were played: Joy Division, Barry Manilow, Erasure, Tears for Fears and B-Movie and my friend Claudia were off to see the Wilson sisters. We had dinner and several cocktails and sat in the theatre. Can I just say for the record that it must be unbelievable to wake up in the morning and be Ann Wilson. They were awesome, to say the absolute, very least.

So, this week has not been a good week for me. I have had sick kids, a boy with burned fingers because he wanted to see if the iron was REALLY hot, emotional drama and I am now not feeling well. But that all changed yesterday when I got a call from yet, another radio station letting me know that I won BON JOVI tickets. So, guess where I will be Friday, April 4th? No guesses? Really? At the BON JOVI concert swooning over Richie Sambora and the boys with my bic lighter in the air. WEEE

So, I love good luck. I don’t believe in it really, but I did play the lotto yesterday. No winners yet, but I can wait a little while longer. Just wait til that Stimulus check comes in…that should be good for the economy and ME! I am looking forward to using it to pay off some bills and take the fam to D-Land…which I was planning to do for the girls birthday, but never got around to it and frankly, didn’t have the money to.

OK. It is Thursday, so I have to dish out my Daily Dose. So, here goes. As if you weren’t bored enough! My friend Jackie who is on the verge on insanity with her impending nuptials just a few weeks away has chosen the subject, so blame her.
TOP 3 FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEOS

Wild Boyz by Duran Duran.
Ok. Simon Le Bon on that torture wheel thing where he keeps going under the water. GOOD GOD! I could blow him dry myself. Sorry, mom…that was t.m.i. I have loved Dsquared since they first arrived on the scene, but this is one of my all time favorites.

Mad World by Tears for Fears
This song came back to me after watching “Donnie Darko”. If you haven’t seen the movie, I do recommend it highly. I watched the video just recently with Claudia and I love the 80’s hair and eyeliner and that DANCING. The New Romantic sway and flailing arms. Sweet!

Vogue by Madonna
Right, like a good girl gone bad child of the aforementioned 80’s, I was a Madonnawannabe. I admit it and I have sought help for it. Recovery is a long, hard process. I love this video. She looks flawless. I love the old Hollywood glamour makeup, the full red-matte lips and her dance moves. This song always gets turned up louder in my mobile.

Honorable Mention – Girls, Girls, Girls by Motley Crue, Church of the Poisoned Mind by Culture Club, Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler, Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen and Hot For Teacher by Van Halen.

Ahhh…The Good Old Days. And none of them dropped the F-bomb!!!!


Mirth & Merriment, my people!