#musicmonday

Mama was a good girl. She was old and kinda fat, but she never met anyone she didn't want to love on. She wasn't super nice to Sally, but Sally was never super nice to her. She was at least 9 when Aesop was a new kitten, and Aesop was 8, almost 9. She led a good, happy life; snuggling in laps and purring so hard you could hear her in the next room. When I got her back, about a year and a half ago, she had gotten so fat that she couldn't even get on the couch with me without help, and was so fat she couldn't even meow audibly. She had lost so much weight that she was running around climbing on stuff like a energetic kitten, and acting like one too. She could even meow again. Once Aesop went, she started moping around, crying, not like in pain, but sad, and she just laid by the front door like she was waiting for me to bring Aesop home. She would still occasionally get in my lap, but she would just lay there and sleep.

I came home from work Friday morning, and couldn't find her. I eventually found her curled up behind the tv stand, and she was gone. I had to dig another fucking hole, but I think she would have been happy to be next to Aesop in the backyard; out where the squirrels and chipmunks play.

After Sally goes, hopefully many years from now, I'm not ever getting another pet. Not even fish. I can't do this again.

Anyways, here's a sad song. At least it's a good one. This is Puscifer with The Humbling River.  

#musicmonday

Toadies is a Texas alt rock/grunge band, and Rberneck was one of thecds that stayed in rotation in my Pontiac Sunfire in highschool. Between blsting Possum Kingdom and I Come From Tha Water and then listening to Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop, I don't know how I have any hearing left today, Those two cd's were the soundtrack to road trips down to Panama City Beach to hit up Alice's White Rabbit to search for KMFDM cd's and t-shirts and anime chain wallets.

Oh, the 90's.

Anyways, Rubberneck is a pretty great 90's album, so go listen to it on YouTube or something.

And, as always, enjoy.

#musicmonday NSFW

NSFW (@WheelerWalkerJr)
So, it has been a rough couple of days for me. I took Thursday night off of work work because I was feeling sick. Turns out, It was a good thing I took the night off, because otherwise I wouldn't have been there for my little buddy Aesop when he passed. So, after lots of snotting and crying and vomitting and hole digging, I burried Aesop in the backyard, out where he was always watching the squirrels play. I come in, and figure I'll sit on the couch and try to decompress only to get a message that my Grandmother(on the side of the family I rarely talk to) passed away LAST weekend. At least one of my cousins thought to maybe tell me. After that, I take my nighttime sinus/col/flu meds and pass out. I wake up 8 hours later, only to find out that the vommiting of both solids and liquids is back(I've been sick on and off since last weekend). I decide to hit the ER, and it turns out I was suffering from a fever of almost 103, dehydration, a severe sinus infection, and bronchitis. I still feel like shit, but after a weekend of being lazy as shit and meds, I'm feeling well enough for work tonight. But I'm still in a really shitty mood, so I'm ignoring my self-imposed rule for #drunkontacos to remain a hard pg-13 for this week's #musicmonday.  It says "NSFW" right there in the title. If you are offended, you can put a little spicy mustard down my crack and eat my ass. If you aren't offended, awesome; we can be friends, because the music of Wheeler Walker Jr is something pretty special. It is country, which we don't like, but it isn't "modern county" which we hate. And it is some of the most honest country music I have ever listened to. And it is highly entertaining. Good stuff.

Godspeed Aesop.

Enjoy.

#musicmonday

Today's #musicmonday is a pretty lazy one. Low hanging fruit and all that jazz. To be fair, though, I just got done stripping apart the main computer that runs the site and a fair bit of production work, and swapping video cards. Sounds pretty easy, until you see exactly how big the new MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X card is. It's kinda ginourmous. I'm not saying that this song isn't worthy of a #musicmonday mention, it VERY much is. I'm just saying that not a lot of thought went into picking it. L.A. face with an Oakland booty, you know? Anyways, I was able to get the PC put back together with a mix of Tetris skills and sitting on the door while I put the screws in, and Windows finally recognizes the GPU, so I'm off to try it out on some vidja games. If you have any comments, call 1-900-Mix-a-Lot, and kick those nasty thoughts!

#musicmonday

What has 4 horns and can't get laid?

A ska band. But we still love ska. Well, I (#wally) and #adam still love ska. #bigmike and #dammitkyle tolerate it. And #doesntdeserveahashtagbrent hates ska. Don't ask me why. I think it is because he is saving his leave to go fishing while he(like myself) can't eat fish. Or that could be his excuse for something else. He said that as the reason for something. I don't pay attention very well. I'm pretty sure #sammie likes ska, but I'm basing that on the fact that she is a fun person. Fun people like ska. Period. 

This band is Party Like It's, and they are a ska band that almost exclusively does covers. For a ska band, that is a great thing. Ska's bread and butter is taking popular played out music and adding horns and one way strumming and making those songs enjoyable. Ska bands are the other exception to me suggesting top 40 songs(the first exception being mashups).

Anyways, here is to hoping you enjoy these songs and that ska makes a comeback at some point!

#motovlog

#bigmike, #wally, and #alexwiththeducati went to the 2016 Georgia Motovlogger Meetup, and there were 600+bikes. Good times were had by almost all. Got to see and say "hi" to #DoItWithDan, #Walterrific, #Motonosity, #ChaseOn2Wheels, #BrittanyMorrow, and #FazerMatt (to name a very few)!

#musicmonday

Wikipedia claims that Good Charlotte is a rock band, but we all know they are pop-punk, but we'll try not to hold that against them. Why? Because they released a song that was WAY too honest about famous people getting away with stuff back in 2002. 
I highly doubt any mainstream top 40 band could get away with calling out celebrities on their crap today. Plus, if we give them crap for it, we have to give crap to Blink 182 as well...

OJ. Marion Barry. Yeah, they couldn't get those mentions past an exec at a major label today. 

Plus, it helps that the song is pretty catchy.

Enjoy!

#musicmonday

So, most folks are probably familiar with My Chemical Romance's first album, which is a masterpiece. Unfortunately, even more people are familiar with Black Parade, their second album, which is pretty much just mainstream flotsam. And even more unfortunate is that folks don't know their third album, which is an ultra-modern take on the classic prog-rock concept album. The album is the story of the band's post-apocalyptic alter-egos battling against an evil corporation in the far flung year of 2019. It's all very beginning of Final Fantasy 7. Mind you, FF6 is the superior game, but the initial setting of 7 is pretty interesting as FF settings go.

Anyways, enjoy! 

#motovlog

So, it's been a while since I(#wally) have been able to put up a new #motovlog. Mainly because I've been super busy with work stuff and super lazy with everything else. Thus, #bigmike took a GoPro with him on his trip up to #thedragon! He got some great footage, and there is some excitement to be had at the end! Plus you get to see footage of most of the #drunkontacos #crew. I think it came out #extremelywell, not even factoring that this was his first attempt to use a professional video editing suite. I think we just might have a #winner!

#musicmonday

So, This week I'll share another song you have probably heard. In fact, it's in the same category of Living Colours' Cult of Personality.

Faith No More was around from 1979-1998, and has gotten back together a few time since. A lot of people liken them to Red Hot Chili Peppers, and their fans get pretty angry when you do so. Me, personally? I'm not a big fan of 99% of their songs. But this isn't about 99% of their songs. 1% of their songs is Epic. Epic came out in 1989, and has been on the air steadily since. It was one of the earliest mainstream successes of 90's rock, and it came out in the 80's! And the song definitely lives up to its name.

Enjoy!

#musicmonday

This week I bring you Ladybaby. If you are following us on Facebook, this should come as no surprise.

Ladybaby is a fusion metal and J-pop idol band featuring two young Japanese girls(one who is actually 18, and the other 15), and Ladybeard.  Rick Magarey is actually from Australia, but moved to China to work towards a career in martial arts and stunt work. He became involved in pro-wrestling there, and moved onto Japan, where he became the cross-dressing wrestler known as Ladybeard. 

I would absolutely LOVE to see him come to America and get signed with WWE or NXT(WWE's farm league). I imagine a rivalry between Stardust(Cody Rhodes) and Ladybeard would be one of the most entertaining things that American professional wrestling could have done in the last decade. Well, aside from having Arrow's Stephen Amell enter the ring last summer. That was pretty awesome. And it heavily involved Stardust as the villain.  Huh.

Enjoy!

#musicmonday

And we lost another one.  

Prince; one of the coolest cats this world will ever know.  

Goodnight, and thank you very much. 

#musicmonday

This week we are going to look at a song that you have probably heard more than a few times, but have never seen the video for.

Living Colour's Cult of Personality has been a regular on the local rock station's rotation for as long as I've lived here, even back to the days when it was a pirate station. If you have ever been to spring break in Panama City Beach, you know 97X. I've been listening to it since 1989.

This song is damn near 30 years old, and it is still just as fresh as it was back then. There are only a few songs that stay this fresh this long, and I'm planning on bringing you a few more of them in the near future.

Enjoy!

#musicmonday

Bonus!

Let me just start off with me acknowledging that Body Count is an awesome band, but I'm pretty much just going to reference Ice T, and mainly for the same reason that when you mention Frank Sinatra's band, you just say "Frank Sinatra."

Not only was he in BOTH Breakin's, and Johnny Mnemonic, AND played a future post-apocalyptic kangaroo in Tank Girl, AND gave an AMAZING performance in Survivng the Game, AND was the best part of ANY Dick Wolf produced show, but Ice T is ALSO my spirit animal. And in this video, it really shows.

One of the long running agreements among the #drunkontacos crew is that I will have to eventually make a video explaining just why in the HELL it is a bad idea to not heed my most dire warnings when I tell you that you will NOT put pickles, not only on my food, but also on my plate. Seriously. I'm a nice guy, but that will set me off in ways that you don't want to see a 6'5, 325lb, tattooed, pierced, and mohawked dude be set off. Seriously. Tables might get flipped. Things might combust. Worlds might end.

Anyways, this song is amazing; Ice T just wanted a ham sandwich.

Oh, and Suicidal Tendencies made the original version, and it was kinda awesome too.

#musicmonday

BONUS!!!

Okay, this week you are in for something VERY different. Everyone knows this song, so it isn't a recommendation, it's just a reminder that this awesome song exists. So here is Stacy's Mom by Fountains of Wayne. 

The main feature this week, is actually the bonus! Weird, right? Well, I had some folks ask me how I format and create my #musicmonday posts, and the creative process therein. So, what I'm doing is shooting a first person video showing EXACTLY how I go about making one of these posts. Currently, there is a little "bonus" image where I normally insert my bonus video, but as soon as I get done typing this up and closing out this video, I'll upload the video and put it where the stand-in image is currently. 

Enjoy!

P.S. the final bits of creating this entry involve me saving the draft, then converting it to a scheduled post, and making sure the url is what I want it to be, and selecting the options to share to Facebook and twitter. I VERY rarely post anything directly to twitter, but amost everywhere else will post over to twitter, so almost 100% of our content ends up on our twitter page. 

#musicmonday

Bonus?

Okay, so this week will be a little different. I'm not going to really say much about the artists or song.

 Kim Wilde was the original artist, and released her version in 1981. Apoptygma Berzerk released their version in 2008, more than two and a half decades later.

Okay, now that that is out of the way, I can announce this: A good friend of mine, who is also an author, will be doing a couple of guest #musicmonday 's. It is obviously not this week, and it won't be next week either. I will be working with her to post a little introduction for her over the next coming week, but here is a hint, there has already been a picture of her with me (#bigfatwally)  over on our Instagram! And next week, if all goes according to plan, I will have a special treat for a couple of the folks who have asked me about the process of making these posts, or any content for the site, really.

Anyways, both of these versions of this song are pretty great, so enjoy!

#musicmonday

BONUS!

Okay, in the intro motovlog, I (#bigfatwally) promised I wouldn't be sharing any current top 40 hits, but that I would probably feature some remixes. Well, today is the day. Nine Inch Nails is one of those bands that I absolutely listened to in high school, being the angry nerd that I am. I also listened to a lot of KMFDM. Anyways, NIN has always been one of my favorites. And I love songs bing re-purposed. What better way to do so then to take the darkest song from the soundtrack for Lost Highway and throw it into a blender with one of the most up beat songs by one of the most sickeningly sweet modern pop-idols.  Don't get me wrong; Tay-Sway is VERY talented, but she is just a little too positive for this grizzled old music lover.

Also, as a bonus this week, a NIN mashup featuring the not-as-popular follow-up from the lady who brought us Call Me Maybe. It may not be as strong a composition, but it is still really well done, and kinda catchy.

Enjoy!

P.S. Why can't folks start making KMFDM mashups???

#musicmonday

BONUS!

Well, I'm sitting here at Denny's on Sunday night just typing away (yes, sometimes we build content a little ahead of schedule) and trying to get used to the "fullsized" keyboard on the #zakubookair, just trying to figure out who and what song we should feature this week. And it comes to me: What says "eating at Denny's" better than country music?

Well, Yelawolf doing his take on country would say it best. So here we are. Yelawolf's latest album Love Story is one of the best new country albums in a VERY long time, and it isn't even a country album. Yelawolf is a rapper from here in Alabama, but I can't think of any musician in the game today that embodies the idea of America and country than he does... The whole album is pretty awesome. 

Enjoy!

Bonus!!!

Here is Yela being even MORE country. We don't like modern country music too much, but you can't deny how good this is!

#musicmonday

BONUS!!!

Okay, so me sharing ska on a #musicmonday was an inevitability... So, here is Reel Big Fish's cover of Hungry Like the Wolf with a fan edited video cut together from Lupin III. 
I actually got to see RBF on my second trip to the Warped Tour In Panama City Beach. I went down there with this guy that was kinda "mentally challenged." He wasn't born that way, but it was due to complications after he jumped into a river to save a drowning kid and got impaled on a piece of rebar. True story. He saved that kid. Anyways, after the show was over, we ran into this girl and her boyfriend who were broke and needed a ride. We took them to Burger King, got them some food, and gave them a ride home. Her parents were SUPER thankful they had made it home because they had been told they weren't allowed to go to the show (the were locals). They were so thankful I wasn't some sort of crazy murderer/rapist that they gave me their phone number, and told me anytime I wanted to come down to the beach, to call them and I could stay with them. So I did. Awesome folks. I lost touch with them after a while, and that was almost 20 years ago, and I can't even remember their names, but they were awsome. Thanks for the steaks and the place to stay when I went to Florida to get my first tattoo, awesome folks whose names I can't remember!

P.S. BONUS! Here's RBF's cover of Lita Ford's Kiss Me Deadly set to FLCL! I was reminded of this song when a friend of mine was on stage dancing to the original version Saturday night at our local classy(not being sarcastic, the place is actually really nice) strip club. See, Moe(my friend the security guard, not the dancer), I told you there was a ska cover of this song!

#musicmonday

Wally(ME): Hey!

Big Mike(BM): What's up?

Me: You remember that scream-o song, from back in the day? The one that got the acoustic cover that was so good?

BM: Was it by Thrice?

Me: Maybe.  We were listening to it that night that we did that paper route in the Accord. 

BM: MAN! I miss that Accord. I LOVED that thing!

Me: I can't believe we took it down those dirt roads and jumped it; THAT shit was crazy!

*6 years later*
Me: Oh yeah! It was Finch's Letters to You! I love that song!