FRIDAY RANDOM TEN

Churchy LaFemme reacts to the second Friday the Thirteenth in as many months.

It’s Friday, and our favorite triskadeikaphobe, Churchy LaFemme, is here to exercise his sense of panic... for if there’s a Friday the Thirteenth in a non-leap year February, there will surely be another one coming along a month later. But that doesn’t bother us, for we have the assorted spewage of the Little White Choon-Box to comfort us.

As for our weekend plans, SWMBO, the Mistress of Sarcasm, and I are off to the Washington-Baltimore metroplex this weekend, there to hook up with Elder Daughter and attend the Bar Mitzvah of SWMBO’s second cousin Jake. It promises to be an enjoyable couple of days... a happy Family Occasion.

Meanwhile, what’s on the box? Lessee:

1. Mystery Dance - Elvis Costello
   
   Romeo was restless, he was ready to kill
   He jumped out the window ’cause he couldn’t sit still
   Juliet was waiting with a safety net
   He said, “Don't bury me ’cause I'm not dead yet”
   
   (CHORUS)
   Why don’t you tell me about the mystery dance
   I wanna know about the mystery dance
   Why don’t you show me
   ’Cause I’ve tried and I’ve tried, and I'm still mystified
   I can’t do it anymore and I’m not satisfied
   
   Well, I remember when the lights went out
   And I was tryin’ to make it look like it was never in doubt
   She thought that I knew, and I thought that she knew
   So both of us were willing, but we didn’t know how to do it
   
   (REPEAT CHORUS)
   
   Well, I was down under the covers in the middle of the night
   Tryin’ to discover my left foot from my right
   You can see those pictures in any magazine
   But what’s the use of looking when you don’t know what they mean?
   
   (REPEAT CHORUS)
   I can’t do it anymore and I’m not satisfied
   I can’t do it anymore and I’m not satisfied
   I can’t do it anymore and I’m not satisfied
   I can’t do it anymore and I’m not satisfied
   I can’t do it anymore and I’m not satisfied
   I can’t do it anymore and I’m not satisfied
   
   
2. Something/Blue Jay Way - The Beatles
   
   From the “Love” mashup album.
   
   
3. Perfect Disguise - Modest Mouse
   
   
4. Prelude #2 in C Minor (from the Well-Tempered Clavier) - Wendy Carlos
   
   
5. Family Tree - Ben Kweller
   
   
6. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan
   
   
7. Aw Heck (Live) - John Prine
   
   
8. Avenu Malcanu - Phish
   
   
9. Life’ll Kill Ya - Warren Zevon
   
   
10. Chinese Combo Number - Weird Al Yankovic
    
    Both Weird Al and I have spent our lifetimes making up dopey lyrics to popular songs, probably due to being influenced by Mad Magazine at a tender age. Only difference is, Weird Al makes a living at it.
    
    

It’s Friday. What are you listening to?