Top 500 Songs (350-301)

350. Open Your Window - Harry Nilsson (above)
349. Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills and Nash
348. Love Me Do - Beatles
347. The First Cut Is the Deepest - Cat Stevens
346. Doctor Lester - Toots and the Maytals
345. Barabajagal - Donovan
344. Bla Bla Bla - Toots and the Maytals
343. Bear Necessities - The Jungle Book
342. Fire and Rain - James Taylor
341. Boy In the Bubble - Paul Simon
340. Here Comes the Night - Them
339. Mr. Tanner - Harry Chapin
338. Flying Shoes - Townes Van Zandt
337. Gotta Get Up - Harry Nilsson
336. Universal Soldier - Donovan
335. Ramblin' Rose - Nat King Cole
334. Barefoot Children - Jimmy Buffett
333. God Gave Rock 'n Roll To You - Argent
332. Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
331. Johnny B. Good - Chuck Berry
330. Dweller On the Threshold - Van Morrison
329. 1941 - Harry Nilsson
328. Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
327. Wonderful World, Beautifual People - Jimmy Cliff
326. Sad Cinderella - Townes Van Zandt
325. Candle In the Wind - Elton John
324. Penny Lane - Beatles
323. Season of the Witch - Donovan
322. Jennifer Juniper - Donovan
321. And It Stoned Me - Van Morrison
320. Eleanor Rigby - Beatles
319. Lately - Jodeci
318. Tell Me Mama - Toni Tony Tone
317. Maybe - Harry Nilsson
316. Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills and Nash
315. Miss You So Badly - Jimmy Buffett
314. Frankie and Johnny - Sam Cooke
313. Under the Sun, Moon and Stars - Jimmy Cliff
312. Sailin' On - Toots and the Maytals
311. Wild World - Cat Stevens
310. Rivers of Babylon - The Melodians
309. You've Got a Friend - James Taylor
308. September Gurls - Big Star
307. Oh Jamaica - Jimmy Cliff
306. Lonely Island - Sam Cooke
305. New York's Not My Home - Jim Croce
304. Get Up Jake - The Band
303. Over and Done With - Proclaimers
302. I Need Your Love - Toots and the Maytals
301. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (below)

Pineapple Express

First off, any Vassar people reading this take notice of this first statement. James Franco in Pineapple Express is more Tristan Jemiolo than he has ever been before. And he was fantastic.

I went in thinking this was just going to be stoner comedy, but it was much more of an action movie. Don't get me wrong, it was extremely funny, but the action was on par with the lethal weapons.

My favorite part was at the very end after all of the ridiculous fighting and shooting and car chases. Franco, Seth Rogen, and Danny McBride are hanging out in a diner talking about how crazy their day was. They're all bleeding and dirty, and they're laughing at how they almost died like eight times.

Seth Rogen roles

1. Neil- You, Me and Dupree
2. Michaels- Superbad
3. Dale- Pineapple Express
4. Ken- Freaks and Geeks
5. Ben- Knocked Up
6. Cal- 40 Year Old Virgin

Top 500 Songs (400-351)

400. Wouldn't It Be Nice - Beach Boys (above)
399. One Particular Harbor - Jimmy Buffett
398. Constellations - Jack Johnson
397. Touch the Hem of his Garmet - Sam Cooke
396. I Feel Fine - Beatles
395. When I Fall In Love - Nat King Cole
394. Hard Road To Travel - Jimmy Cliff
393. Waltz #2 - Elliott Smith
392. Til Your Well Runs Dry - Peter Tosh
391. One Headlight - Wallflowers
390. Symphony - Diana Ross & the Supremes
389. Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills & Nash
388. Love Is Here - Diana Ross & the Supremes
387. Eight Days a Week - Beatles
386. She's My Scorcher - Toots & the Maytals
385. I Never Dream - Lynyrd Skynyrd
384. I'm Losing You - Temptations
383. Circle of Life - Elton John
382. I Believe - Stevie Wonder
381. Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
380. Lover's Cross - Jim Croce
379. Creola - Jimmy Buffett
378. Celebrate Me Home - Ruben Studdard
377. Black Balloon - Goo Goo Dolls
376. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
375. Yellow - Coldplay
374. Life Is a Carnival - The Band
373. Philosophy - Ben Folds Five
372. Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor
371. Village Green Preservation Society - Kinks
370. Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
369. Tell Me Mama - Little Walter
368. Another Saturday Night - Cat Stevens
367. Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
366. Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers
365. Bem Bem Maria - Gipsy Kings
364. Only a Pawn in the Game - Bob Dylan
363. Matthew and Son - Cat Stevens
362. Bright Lights - Matchbox Twenty
361. Almost Like Being In Love - Nat King Cole
360. Reelin' in the Years - Steely Dan
359. No Place to Fall - Townes Van Zandt
358. Kokomo - Beach Boys
357. Lonesome Death of Hattie Caroll - Mason Jennings
356. A Place in the Sun - Stevie Wonder
355. Down South in New Orleans - The Band & Bobby Charles
354. Sweetheart Like You - Bob Dylan
353. Sitting in Limbo - Jimmy Cliff
352. Change the World - Eric Clapton
351. I Want Her, She Wants Me - The Zombies (below)

Top 500 Songs (450-401)

450. Little Martha - Allman Brothers Band (above)
449. Hold On - Jamie Walters
448. Where Have All the Good Times Gone? - Kinks
447. Revolution - Toots and the Maytals
446. You Get What You Deserve - Big Star
445. I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song - Jim Croce
444. Paint It Black - Rolling Stones
443. Blue Wind Blue - Townes Van Zandt
442. Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley
441. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
440. Broadway - Goo Goo Dolls
439. Monica - Kinks
438. And When I Die - Blood Sweat and Tears
437. Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
436. Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold - Townes Van Zandt
435. You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
434. 3 A.M. - Matchbox Twenty
433. Paperback Writer - Beatles
432. Still In Paradise - Jimmy Buffett & Bankie Banx
431. The Shape I'm In - The Band
430. Stand By Me - Ben E. King
429. Sabotage - Desmond Dekker
428. Fairfax Street - Harry Nilsson
427. Past Time Paradise - Stevie Wonder
426. Jimmy Mack - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
425. Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Temptations
424. Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
423. Imagine the Swan - The Zombies
422. The Joker - Steve Miller Band
421. Trenchtown Rock - Bob Marley
420. Midnight Confession - Grass Roots
419. W*O*L*D - Harry Chapin
418. It's You - Toots and the Maytals
417. I Wanna Be Like You - The Jungle Book
416. A Whole New World - Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
415. Is This Love? - Bob Marley
414. A Fool Such As I - Elvis Presley
413. Equal Rights - Peter Tosh
412. I Will Take You There - Harry Nilsson
411. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Diana Ross & the Supremes
410. Burning Love - Elvis Presley
409. Music - James Taylor
408. Apeman - Kinks
407. I Ain't the One - Lynyrd Skynyrd
406. I'm No Immigrant - Jimmy Cliff
405. Wasted Words - Allman Brothers Band
404. Back In My Arms Again - Diana Ross & the Supremes
403. Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
402. When My Baby's Beside Me - Big Star
401. Deacon Blues - Steely Dan (below)

Memorial Day Top 500 (500-451)

So it is supposed to be the Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 Songs, but this year T-time didn't have his list ready so it was the middle of June Top 500. The idea came from the radio stations that play their top 500 songs over the three day Memorial Day weekend. Me and T-time would listen to these countdowns but not enjoy a lot of the songs. We decided that the next year (2007) we would make our own list and play it. This summer was the second annual Top 500 countdown. We each made our own list of our 500 favorite songs and then combined the two to create our Top 500 songs. 1 point for 500th...2 points for 499th...etc.

Today's installment will be songs 500 through 451.

500. Granny - Cat Stevens (above)
499. Heart of Gold - Neil Young
498. Story of a Life - Harry Chapin
497. Redwood Tree - Van Morrison
496. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
495. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
494. Hard Day's Night - Beatles
493. In A Dis Ya Time - Itals
492. Sooner Or Later - Grass Roots
491. When I Grow Up To Be A Man - Beach Boys
490. If I Ever Fall In Love - Shai
489. Fraulein - Townes Van Zandt
488. I Never Loved A Man - Aretha Franklin
487. Floridays - Jimmy Buffett
486. Let Me Be The One - Blessid Union of Souls
485. I Am That I Am - Peter Tosh
484. Rainy Night In Georgia - Sam Cooke
483. Good Riddance - Green Day
482. Between the Bars - Elliott Smith
481. Son of a Son of a Sailor - Jimmy Buffett
480. Angry Blues - James Taylor
479. Soul Shakedown Party - Bob Marley
478. Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
477. Where Do the Children Play? - Cat Stevens
476. Wishing Well - Terrence Trent Darby
475. Sunny Skies - James Taylor
474. Greensboro Woman - Townes Van Zandt
473. Hey Tonight - Creedence Clearwater Revival
472. 007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker
471. Hangin' Around - Counting Crows
470. Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
469. Nowhere Man - Beatles
468. She's Got You - Jimmy Buffett
467. Do You Remember Walter? - Kinks
466. Jumper - Third Eye Blind
465. Quicksilver Dreams of Maria - Townes Van Zandt
464. Space Oddity - David Bowie
463. Blue Monday - Fats Domino
462. FM - Steely Dan
461. She's a Rainbow - Rolling Stones
460. Five Years - David Bowie
459. Turn on Your Radio - Harry Nilsson
458. Someday Never Comes - Creedence Clearwater Revival
457. Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
456. Pomps and Pride - Toots and the Maytals
455. Highway Song - Blackfoot
454. Picture Book - Kinks
453. I Wish It Would Rain - Temptations
452. Bring It Home Jerome - Bo Diddley
451. Starman - David Bowie (below)

stay tuned...

G-Men

It is usually a standard practice of the media to peg the defending champions in every professional sport as the team to beat the next season. I have never agreed with this way of denoting the team that was most likely to win. Don't get me wrong, there are those small amount of media members who don't do this, but the majority of analysts and reporters do. "You have to beat the best to be the best." The Spurs were the best team in the NBA last year even though they were in the middle of the pack during the regular season.

Here's the problem I have now. I haven't heard one NFL analyst claim that the Giants are the best team in the NFL "because they are the champs." All of the sudden media members are using actual reasoning to choose who the teams to beat are? Not that I'm a Giants fan, but after all of the times that the defending champs have not deserved to be the pre-season favorite, how come the G-Men haven't got one mention as the best team in the league...Patriots, Colts, Chargers and Cowboys are all mentioned before them.

Caseys

As much as I wish this post was mainly to showcase Connor Casey, I sadly admit that it is not. Connor is absolutely one of the best of all time and his 18 points in eighth grade to beat Lake Region will never be forgotten. Another interesting tidbit that this photo brings up is how Connor used to be extremely jealous of the beard I could grow when we were sophomores in high school...look at his glorious beard now.

The reason I wanted to post this picture is...get a load of the man, the myth, the legend....classic John Casey in the background with the pink shirt. I only wish he had one foot up on a bench and had his hand up in the air to say "hey danny" while turning his head the other way. Anyway, all of those who know the Caseys, enjoy.

Dark Knight

I know this is way behind,but I really needed things to settle in. Right off the bat I am going to say that Dark Knight was unbelievable. I saw it the first day it came out and was amazed by it. Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker was fantastic. I can't think of a villain that did a better job. For a two and a half hour movie it wasn't at any point boring or dragging along. I was on the edge of my seat throughout. The one problem I had the film was that it could have used some more Bruce Wayne. Christian Bale did such a good job in Batman Begins, but wasn't given as much time to shine in Dark Knight. Heath definitely made up for the lack of Bruce and then some.

I love the idea of a third film with Batman on the run from the law where everyone in Gotham hates him...could make for great stuff. At this point they're going to need to get a couple of great villains to keep up with the action they've had up to this point.

A couple of quotes on Dark Knight--

Larry: "The crazy thing to me about this movie is that i hyped it up so much yet was still amazed immediately afterwards."

Jaydon: "The movie instantly is in my top 5 and might be my number 1 i just dont know yet."

Batman Movies Ranked--

7. Batman Returns
6. Batman (Adam West)
5. Batman & Robin
4. Batman
3. Batman Forever
2. Batman Begins
1. The Dark Knight