April 2012
9 posts
Throbbing Gristle (not Gisele)
Type throbbing into google and the suggestions are “throbbing gristle”, “throbbing headache”, and “throbbing tooth pain”. This is not begining well.
First song “what a day”. To be honest it’s a tad bit catchy, but also I’m pretty sure it is the song that the kidnappers blast into the kidnappees cell in the movie Ransom. I think it was...
Skrillex
Other than feeling like I was in a dream being chased by a machine that wanted to eat my family, this was a tame challenge. No revelations here. DeadMau5 sucks… No news here. Sorry Brenton I turned up the volume and I’m keeping this station.
I would not buy the music except to torture others as it appears that I’m immune to the poison. If I ever feel animosity towards a...
Lata Mangeshkar
I’m not even going to bother with the song names. I’ve been given Lata Mangeshkar, who is apparently a classic Desi vocalist who sounds like a failed Disney protaganist. The song itself is very complicated, orchestral, and well-done, but the production was old, making the flutes sound like bandsaws and the strings like a chain dragging through an echoy garage. Not much to like so...
Laurie Berkner
Childrens music doesn’t always hurt, or does it? If this was non-stop Barney music, that would have been torture. Maybe this would have been hard if I was not already used to annoying kids music.
At the 15 minute mark, I feel pretty good about this challenge.
Update at the 20 minute mark- Bluebird by Milkshake has me a little concerned about my mental stability for the remaining 10...
Jimmy Sturr & His Orchestra
There are many reasons why I would prefer not to be taken back to memories of the square dancing portion my fifth grade PE class curriculum. Many reasons. However, if that is the worse that this round of the pandora challenge can muster, then I count myself a lucky man.
Most of the pain was spent enduring Jimmy and his strangely popular album “Polka in Paradise”. A trip to New...
Waka Flocka Flame
I start with a slow jam of sorts called Round of Applause. It features Drake. It is one of the worst things I have ever heard. The rapping somehow manages to be both horribly offensive and non-sensical. He just said “OMG.”
Next, Lil Wayne with “John.” It’s really just cussing over ProTools. Additionally, it appears an AK-47 is his f***ing address. He also wants to be...
Captain and Tenille
I do like to think of myself as the first ever survivor of two #PandoraChallenges. In this experience, it started with ‘Shop Around’ which set the tone. The most interesting part was when I nearly fell out of my chair listening to Muskrat Love. I laughed with tears in my eyes. Those laughs quickly subsided when Olivia Newton-John came on. Two ONJ songs can endanger a...
Slayer
My playlist started and ended with Slayer. In the middle, there was Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeth, and Pantera. What made this particularly painful was that it was absolutely unrelenting. When a commercial finally happened, it was a sweet relief, if only for 15 seconds. The #30MinutePandoraChallenge turned everything upside down.
Toby Kieth
There was a while where I thought I could die. It was during a Kenny Chesney song about a sexy tractor. Currently seeking a good therapist to help cope with the experience - if you know of someone good. Let me know.
