
I thought it might be fun to spell check the latest songs on the new album by Iceland's favorite brood rockers, Sigur Ros. The titles are funny enough as they are but some became downright hysterical when spellchecked. What do you think?
Gobbledigook
(Gobbledygook)--1st one's never the funniest...
Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur
(Inner Merry Singer Vittles)--Mmmnnnn, yummy!
Godan Daginn
(Gonad Dragon)--Great name for a metal band, no?
Vid Spillum Endalaust
(Void Spilled Endoblast)
Med Sud I Syrum
(Med Sod I Serum)
Ara Batur
(Arab Batter)
Illgrese
(Filigrees)
Fljotavik
(Flutelike)--Iceland's version of Jethro Tull!
Straumnes
(Stamens)
Monday, September 29, 2008
Having Some Fun With Spell Check, Part I
Friday, September 26, 2008
10 Fun Facts About Journey's Steve Perry

Did you know...
...that he suffers from "lethologica", the bizarre affliction which describes the state of never being able to remember the word you want to say?
...that he has over one hundred vocal sounds, while his dog Sherri only possesses a mere ten?
...that Steve's urine, since birth, has glowed a bright tangerine color when put under a black light?
...that he once injected Nutmeg at Christmas and almost died?
...that, like the tiny ant, Steve always falls over on his right side when intoxicated?
...that he was recognized recently (2006) by the Dykema Corperation for being the first person to discover that rubber bands last longer when refrigerated?
...that his left eye is, in fact, larger in diameter than his brain?
...that due to a "special" odor his lungs produce while asleep he will eat an average of 14 spiders each night?
...that after an afternoon of drinking with his brothers, Steve accidentally urinated through his tights while swordfighting Michael Redgrave while visiting relatives at Stratford-upon-Avon?
...that Steve's brother, Shaun Ellis Perry, has recently spent 18 months living in captivity with a trio of wolf pups that had been abandoned by their mother at birth, educating them as wild wolves in the hope that they could survive in the wild? Their mother, Penelope Poofta Perry, has since disowned both siblings.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
10 Fun Facts About Steely Dan

Did you know…
…that Walter Becker and gonzo journo Hunter Thompson were arrested after they filmed a sci-fi porn movie at the world famous annual Munich Beer Festival in 1973?
…that Donald Fagen had his forehead tattooed with the web address of a gambling site after auctioning off advertising space on his head to pay for his black jack debts?
…that Walter Becker got locked in Yankee stadium after he fell asleep on the toilet?
…that Donald Fagen is a “Super Fan” of up and coming fringe sport "Extreme Ironing"?
…that Walter Becker has invested a large sum of his album royalties in a “love motel” in Soa Paulo for amorous dogs and cats?
…that drug charges against the duo were dropped recently because the judge was using a sex toy, a penis pump, in court?
…That Donald Fagen found a great horned owl which was starving in his backyard because it had gone blind? Fagen, generous sort that he is, paid to have new eye lenses implanted so he could train it to bring him his beloved Saltine crackers.
…That Walter Becker has a morbid fear of ferns?
…That Donald Fagen holds the world record for owning the largest collection of belly button lint? He has been collecting for over 20 years and has more than half an ounce of the stuff.
…That Steely Dan’s original drummer was William S. Burroughs?
The above was created, with tongue firmly planted in cheek, out of respect for the fantastic folks over at the Any Major Dude music site.
Friday, June 6, 2008
10 Fun Facts About Jim Croce

Did you know…
#1. That Jim’s famous ‘fro was actually a wig? It’s true! His hair was burned off at age 6 in an unfortunate smelting accident.
#2. That his hit “I Fell In Love With A Roller Derby Queen” was originally entitled “I Fell In Love With A Whore From Dairy Queen”?
#3. That he subsisted on nothing but pine needles and guacamole for the last 6 years of his existence? It was a ‘new age’ diet recommended to him by ex-roomie Arlo Guthrie.
#4. That for the entire 30 years that he was alive he never once cut his toenails? Look closely at his concert footage and you’ll notice that he always kept his feet wrapped in velvet “Crown Royal” bags.
#5. That he once swam over 2938 km down the Mississippi River just to retrieve his Jerry Garcia balsa wood hookah?
#6. He would only wear blue jeans that contained a unique purple dye found only in a rare form of sea urchin?
#7 That he once sneaked into Ed McMahon’s house and lived undetected in his closet for a full year?
#8. That he and 6 others still hold the record to this day for “Most People To Fit Inside A Single Soap Bubble”? It’s true! Google it, if you don’t believe me!
#9. That his moustache actually housed an entire generation of trained circus fleas, which were actually a Croce heirloom passed down by his father, Hercules Croce?
#10. That before Stanley Kubrick took over, Jim Croce was considered to play Alex, the lead "droog" in A Clockwork Orange?
