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The Happy New Year's Playlist!!!

I stopped looking forward to drunken, vomitious revelry on Dec. 31 approximately 4 years, 20 days ago. Which is not to say I won't raise a pint or six this evening. I'll just do it while watching The Jungle Book with the FF and Kid Lulu, my 4-year-and-20-days-old daughter.

As I've hyped recently, my big night is this Friday. I wish I could blog on the go, as I traverse Tampa Bay, searching for adult beverages and related bad habits. Those would be cool blog entries, especially the one at 2:15 a.m. when I beg Marissa for bail money.

Anyway, here's a gaggle of tunes for tonight, New Year's Eve songs that work thematically and besottedly. Have a good one, boys and girls!

10.) Rockin' at Midnight-- the Honeydrippers
9.) Party Up (Up in Here) -- DMX
8.) New Year's Day -- U2
7.) The Final Countdown -- Europe
6.) Through the Years -- Kenny Rogers
5.) Happy -- the Rolling Stones
4.) Eve of Destruction -- Barry McGuire
3.) The New Year -- Death Cab for Cutie
2.) Living After Midnight -- Judas Priest
1.) Happy New Year -- ABBA

Comments

[Bassnote]

I'd completely forgotten about the Honeydrippers! Thanks for throwing that one out there Sean, it is going on my personal New Years playlist. Here's a few more from my personal list, they are mostly 80's tunes.

Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
Time Out Of Mind - Steely Dan
Time Out For Fun - Devo
Party Machine - Hoodoo Gurus
Nemesis - Shriekback
World Destruction - Time Zone (feat. John Lydon & Afrika Bambaataa)
Lips Like Sugar (12" remix) - Echo & The Bunnymen
Kids In America - Kim Wilde
Living In A Dream - Pseudo Echo
Midnight Rendezvous - The Babys

[Sean Daly]

You know, I'm toying with putting the Honeydrippers on my 4-Hour Party Mix. I think it'll work. Maybe in Hour 2...

[sparky]

Keeping true to my Hair Metal fetish. What about Midnight Maniac - Krokus. And along the same line Ballroom Blitz also by Krokus.

Happy New Year!

[Sean Daly]

A Krokus reference! Holy crap, that's awesome, Sparky. Nice work.

And Happy New Year to you and yours.

[Al]

Nice, Krokus! How about these:

"Rock You" by Helix

"Dancing in the Street" by Martha & the Vandellas

"We Built This City" - Jefferson Starship (hehe, enter Daly's scream of anguish)

"Shake Me" - Cinderella

"Loud & Clear" - Autograph

"Turn Up The Radio" - Autograph

"Are You Ready" - AC/DC

Basically all of VH II (Bottoms Up, Light Up The Sky, D.O.A.) and of course, Jump!

"If I Were a Carpenter", "Tall Cool One" by Robert Plant

"Midnight Rider" - Allman Bros.

"Midnight Rambler (Live)" - Rolling Stones

[sparky]

SD, and Spears thinks his bloggers rock.

Tell the FF and Lulu that we send our best from the great white North. Got 4" of the crystalized rain last night.

[Al]

Sparky, you're Canadian? Watch the World Juniors this morning?

[Sean Daly]

I gotta say, Al, I love how you rep your homeland. Down with Denmark, right?

Sparky is about as Canadian as Don Ho.

[Sean Daly]

Have you ever heard Willie Nelson's "Midnight Rider"? Is it sacrilege to say I dig his version better than the Allman's?

[Al]

Oh......whoops. Sorry, I thought he was being serious, Sean.

By the way, I am impressed, Sean. An Amerk who knows about the World Jrs.? That's rare.

A Christmas tradition with my family, we sit down and watch the games. Went to the gold medal game a few years ago when it was here in Vancouver. Absolutely bonkers. One of the most exciting times in my life.

Having a big cold doesn't help my investigative abilities right now.

I'm like Margot Kidder in Superman III & IV! Zing!

[Al]

No, never heard Willie's......I don't think it's terrible to say, as I'm not a huge Allman Bros. fan.

By the way Sean, I'm listening to John Waite's album "No Brakes"......it's FREAKIN' EXCELLENT! I'm lost in the tracks.

[Al]

In a dry Howard Cosell voice....

"Will....we....hit 100 posts....on this blog, Don?" (Turns to Meredith..)

[Sean Daly]

The World Jrs, Krokus, Margot Kidder -- now where else are you gonna get this sort of topical diversity?

I love the enduring passion for pucks in Canada. Talk about something be ingrained in the ol' DNA. Amerks, as you would say, should ADORE hockey. It's a tremendous live sport, it's nonstop action (save for the beer-friendly period breaks) and it features WWF-style goons who pound the sh-- out of each other. Now granted, it's not a widespread high-school sport. But soccer is, and yet that's had no effect on its fledgling pro-level popularity.

Enlighten me, Al. Why isn't hockey bigger in the U.S. of A.?

[Sean Daly]

"No Brakes" is pure heaven, isn't it? Spears has been resistant to its charms, but maybe you can knock some sense into that guy.

[Sean Daly]

Alas, I'm at the paper right now. Gotta split in a few. So probably no 100 posts today.

However, there's now strange light on the party horizon for me. Might be something cooking in the 'hood. If the FF and Lulu sack out early, things could get interesting in FLA.

And maybe if I start celebrating in the streets, I'll duck inside and see if there are any revelers online.

[jane]

My two cents: "Last Good Day of the Year" -- Cousteau

happy new year everyone!

[Al]

Oh, mercy. Mr. Daly, here's my partially educated opinion on hockey in America. Trust me, many books have been written on this. All better than my essay here below:

Baseball is your national pastime. Let's face it, at the start, Ruth, Mays, Cobb, et. al. were Amerks. Still a ton of them in the league. The public, except for the Black Sox Scandal after the First World War, had kids who they could cheer for because they could identify with them. They came from the cornfields, from the cities, from all walks of life.

Baseball, before the steroid era, could look back to history (eg. Ken Burns' Baseball) or could count on tradition (kids playing Little League like how kids play road hockey up here)

Same with football, to a large degree in America. Fans have grown up with the NFL. It's tradition: the Thanksgiving weekend, the Super Bowl.

Other Canucks poop on the Canadian Football League because it's not as hyped up, as bombastic as the NFL. They always forget that the CFL isn't a watered-down version of the NFL, nor it is trying to be. It's a different game, the field is larger, with one less down, etc. I identify more with CFL players than NHL ones; CFL players usually have to have a job in the off-season.

[Sean Daly]

Jane's here?! Wow, and here I was seconds from a clean getaway. You have big plans tonight, Jane?

[Al]

Which brings me to hockey, finally. Why is it not as popular in America? Well, actually, it is popular in America, but only in specific parts in America (eg. Detroit, Minnesota, Buffalo). I personally don't think that many people in Columbus, Atlanta, or Nashville can relate to the players or the game. It's like how I approach baseball. I like driving down to a Mariners game once every couple of years in Seattle, but I go more because it's a different and fun thing to do, rather than being a committed fan.

That's why places like Toronto can charge twice the price of Vancouver tickets (which are one of the highest in the league, it's outrageous). Because though the Leafs haven't won since 1967, they know that they have a 10 year waiting list for season's tickets. They, and Vancouver, and all Canadian teams, have committed fan bases. With more teams, the league has been watered down, and therefore the talent has too. Add some silly rules, like the shootout, a gimmick to entertain the fans. I personally would trim the league of some teams as commish.

Final Point: The NHL was part of the big 4 sports by the '90's. After the Stanley Cup final in 1994 (which my Canucks lost a heartbreaker)to New York, ratings for that game were sky-high in America. The 1995 season was cut to 50 games due to a lockout. The Devils won in 1995 due to the trap system, a very boring style of defensive hockey......and the NHL has been fighting to stay ahead of bowling in ratings since. Another problem: their national TV contract is with NBC, for 10 games a year. What an embarrassment. A long way down from the 1980 Olympics.

[Al]

Whew! I'll send you my paper on the birth of hockey from university someday........if you want it. I'm done!

[Sean Daly]

Well said. (And a totally unfair question to slap on a Canadian with a cold.) There's a lot to be said for tradition, I guess. And yet with an inventive marketing campaign + a less-bumbling NHL, I think hockey could be helped a great deal.

Next time you're in Tampa Bay, Spears and I will take you to a Lightning game.

[Al]

Darn it Daly, why isn't Stephanie still in charge of your blog? Why I am doing all this work for a man, instead of a gorgeous woman!

And why haven't you guys done a Sports of the 80's Podcast! I can cover hockey.

[Sean Daly]

Forgot about the lockout. What a disaster. And a 10-game-a-year contract? Oy, that is a mockery.

Hmm, where are all the ladies? What, two guys talking about hockey isn't sexy enough for them?

[Sean Daly]

Don't get me started on the Sports of the '80s show. I bug Spears about that all the time. He claims he wouldn't have enough clips for it. He worries there wouldn't be a big audience for it.

I tell him, with enough weiner jokes and sound bites from "St. Elmo's Fire," you can sell anything.

[Al]

He-he, well thank you for the offer. That would be a man-wich of a time, if Steph couldn't make it.

You with some tacos, Spears with Wild Turkey smuggled in his pants, beautiful Norwegian women around us.......

....Ironically I cheered quietly for the Lightning in 2004, due to Calgary defeating Vancouver in the playoffs.

You're right, better marketing and more games on TV would help. You're more astute than the current commish. I've always said, and Don Cherry has always said, it's not goals people come for. It's scoring chances, a chance to see an amazing deke or a breakway or a penalty shot. It's excitement. With the watered down league, it rarely happens when Columbus is playing Atlanta, for example.

[Al]

Dude, trust me. I have famous football clips and the Miracle on Ice final seconds and baseball clips from the '80's, on MP3's, due to a book I got from the library a while back. It had famous sports moments on a CD.

I even got the Catch, Montana to Clark, I think.

[Al]

Wouldn't be a big audience? Are you kidding me? It's a trip down memory lane!

"THE BAND IS ON THE FIELD! THE BAND IS ON THE FIELD!" (Cal/Stanford)

Trust me, you guys do an excellent job with covering music. Let's push the boundaries and go sports-crazy for an episode. Did Joe Montana or Mario Lemieux play it safe? No, and that's why we love or hate them for it.

[Al]

Alright. I'm done. Thanks for a nice chat. And please do a Sports in the 80's. Tell Mr. Spears, I can help you guys out.

Sorry but I have to go out for errands. Have a safe New Year's and I'll pop in more rarely after tomorrow, due to school/work crashing the party.

[Sean Daly]

Trust me, you don't want to get sucked into Stephanie's world. When she walks through the office, it's like a Tex Avery cartoon. The sound of clacking heels, killer one-liners and grown men sobbing. Cutthroat, I tell you.

Me? I'm immune to it. I've seen her eat, and it's not pretty. But she has the rest of this place in the palm of her hand. Be forewarned.

[sparky]

You guys could play the Youngblood soundtrack. You have Hockey, and doesn't it have a Journey song on it to bring Spears in.

As far as being a Canuck, nope as American as Apple Pie and Budweiser. Although I am/was a big Fan of Molson before the merger with Coors. How did you guys let that happen?

[Al]

Well, that's the ugly side of globalization, don't look at me.

I didn't have a say in Molson selling out, unfortunately.

It's just a matter of time before you guys come north for our water, I'm afraid.

[Al]

Although having Sean & Steve as neighbours wouldn't be thaaaaat bad....

"Spears! Turn down that Invisible Touch Album! We get it, you're moping!"

"Daly! Turn down the Tone Loc! And tell your Norwegian friends to cover up!"

[Stephanie Hayes]

Hey, thanks Al! You're not so bad yourself (in my imagination, you're Fabio... at the very least, Fabio after he got smashed in the face with that goose at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.)

And listen, Daly, you talk about me like I can't hear you. I just ate monster Chipotle in a very dainty fashion, I'll have you know. And my teeth are spotless.

Happy New Year, Pop Kids. Off to have funsies.

[DG]

I'd love to see the partyers' reaction when, in the middle of some killer New Years Eve tunes, you throw on Kenny Rogers' "Through the Years".

Here are a couple favorites:

Rockin' After Midnight - Marvin Gaye
In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Time - Pink Floyd
Minutes to Memories - John Mellencamp
Midnight Rambler - Rolling Stones
Sister Midnight - David Bowie

Thanks, by the way, for that Booker T info. Costello always writes some great liner notes; I'm looking forward to getting the disc.

[Marissa]

Aw dang! I missed another marathon chat with Sean. Although, y'all were talking sports. I'm not much for sports, but I did partake in a few Atlanta Thrashers Hockey games. I really enjoyed it and hoped a good game would break out during the fight.
I dated a guy with season tix. I saw Fuel after one of the games. That was sweet. We ate wings, drank beer and sang at the top of our lungs to "Shimmer" Goooooood times. I won't discuss what happened afterwards. This is still PG-rated time.
I hope all you crazy cats have an awesome and safe New Year's Eve. The snow is falling like mad out there. I'd guess we have about 3 inches. When it comes to snow, 3 inches is enough.
I hope somebody is willing to keep me company on the blog lol I have Mike's Hard Lemonade and Asti on ice. (I work in the morning)
xoxox

[Sean Daly]

Almost 9 o'clock. The FF and Lu are getting sleepy. Should I stay or should I go? These are the dilemnas that plague me on a Daly basis.

By the way, am I hallucinating or did Stephanie Hayes really say "Off to have funsies"?

Bottle of wine, three Blue Moons, one Rock Star and vodka, "The Way You Move" by OutKast playing on the SoundDock...

[Marissa]

Sean!!! I'm here. I have Mike's in hand..well, belly now.

[Marissa]

Oh, and yes Stephanie did write that. I think she's tops-funny, but oy! ::her age is showing::

[Bassnote]

The family and i are hunkerin' down for a home style new Years celebration. We went to see 'The Water Horse', picked up some Lou Malnati's pizza, and lit a fire in the fireplace. We'll be watching the ball drop and toasting in the new year.

[Marissa]

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is on the tube. My son is anxiously awaiting the chicken parmesan to finish cooking.
Me? I'm sipping a Mike's Hard Lemonade~Cranberry flavor. If I don't sip it, I'll be zonked out by 9 pm central time.

[Sean Daly]

Yeah, yeah, she's "tops-funny." And an awesome writer. And devastatingly...uh, okay looking and stuff. Stupid Stephanie Hayes and her rocket ride to fame and fortune.

We tried to take Kid Lulu to the flicks the other day, but halfway thru "Enchanted" she ejected popcorn and Sprite all over the first three rows of the theater.

"Roger Rabbit" is great. I have the nerd version on DVD. Jessica Rabbit makes me think I have issues. But of course, in the long run, I'm fine. I mean, really, everybody wants to make sweet love to a cartoon, right? Right? Hello? Bassnote? Spears? Anybody?

Mike's gives me cotton-mouth. And a wicked headache. That said, grab me one next trip to the fridge.

9:33. I'm not giving up. Lulu: dozy. The FF: half-lidded. I will get arrested tonight. Oh yes, I will.

[Marissa]

Don't get arrested! I can't get down there fast enough for bail lol do they take PayPal?
I was too lazy to take a detour to get real liquor. Plus, it's snowing like crazy here. I hate driving in this mess.
I lusted the Tarzan cartoon character. he was a lean, mean, fine machine!!

[Jeff in Cuba]

I'll be around tonight.

After non-stop events throughout the holidays, we promised the kids we'd spend New Year's Eve with just the family.

Everyone's watching "Hairspray" and waiting for the ball to drop.

[Marissa]

I got Hairspray for Christmas. I was lukewarm with it when I saw it at the theater. However, watching it with my kiddo at home made it more fun. I think me dancing along amused him greatly.

[Sean Daly]

Okay, the FF and Lu have progressed to reading books under the covers. Now it's just a matter of tracking down my loser friends and convincing them to come back and get me...

[Marissa]

Awww Sean's got a need to party. How old are you again? Not wanting to hang out on line like a lame-o, eh?

[Jeff in Cuba]

My 2-year-old is doing all the dancing, and it certainly adds to the entertainment value.

What exactly does John Travolta bring to this movie?

[Marissa]

That's why I didn't enjoyit the first time. I was too focussed on his prosthetics. It bothered me that HE is Edna. Traditionally, they use a Drag Queen.

[Sean Daly]

C'mon, Marissa, don't be like that. You know I cyber-dig you. But I'm Spazzy McSpazzatron, this is what I do. It's a gift and a curse. Don't try and change me. I can't sit still. Gotta be the life of the party. Even one I wasn't invited to. I'll be back in an hour. Check in on me. C'mon, I'll hang with you all night long.

[Marissa]

Im here for you in cyberland, Sean. You know that. I mean seriously...who's more devoted than I? Don't ruin the mood by saying someone else

Oh, someone said "don't hover over me" today at work and I about split a gut. I couldn't explain it. The person just thought I thought they were that funny.

[Jeff in Cuba]

Don't worry Marissa, as soon as Sean asks to hear "The Humpty Dance" they'll send him packing.

[Marissa]

LOL Good one, Jeff. I'm still gasping from that choice. I won't deny that I've done my share of booty shakin' and that song was in the mix, but I wouldn't choose it.
The good news is that WE'VE all helped him compile the party list. I believe he's on the road to recovery.

[Jeff in Cuba]

The first step to recovery is admiting you have a problem.

Which puts Sean squarely at Step Zero.

[Marissa]

Ah, true. He is firmly set in denial that the song sucks

[sparky]

I just watched the Simpson Movie and now I am singing Spiderpig Spiderpig does whatever a Spiderpig does. DOH!

[Marissa]

I did that all day after I watched it. My co-workers begged me to stop. I couldn't!

[Jeff in Cuba]

The "Spiderpig" song is another one my 2-year-old likes to use to get attention.

It was a big hit at church on Sunday.

[Marissa]

OH no! Well, at least it was the 2 yr old and not your eldest child.

[Carla]

Soooo, Do Steve & Sean take turns on who has the blog party and which day? I see we're all on Sean's blog tonight!

I've already been knocked out for a while (which is why I'm late). No liquor involved yet... just hope I can stay up till midnight!

[Marissa]

I think it's just luck of the draw, Carla. perhaps they discuss it in advance. I don't know lol
Sean's are impromptu. Whereas, Steve plans his.

[Carla]

Hey Marissa.. Have you managed to get our copies of the 4 hour party playlist from Sean yet??

[Carla]

Jane, you and I deserve our free copies!! lol

[Marissa]

I think so! I'm going to try to woo him into really making us copies. I'll see if my girlish charms work. If that doesn't work, I may have to release my concealed weapons.

[Carla]

EGADS!!! Just be gentle with Sean! lol

[Marissa]

lol I think he'll be willing to share the playlist if we ask nicely.

[Carla]

I got the Simpsons movie for Christmas... haven't watched it yet. Plan on watching it tomorrow. But the Spiderpig song gets stuck in my head whenever I see the commericals for the movie!

[Marissa]

I bought it for my son. We've watched it a couple times. He laughs so hard he gets the hiccups lol

[Jeff in Cuba]

We've lost the 5-year-old and the 7-year-old, and the 2-yea-old is pretty glassy-eyed.

It might be a fairly quiet midnight.

[Marissa]

I'm going to try to stay awake myself. I tend to fall asleep watching a movie on NYE.

[Carla]

Sorry, was over at Steve's blog, leaving a When Harry Met Sally comment.

It's kind of quiet here tonight... once again making me think we have no lives!! lol

[Marissa]

i know i dont' have a social life that's typical. Not all of us can be like Spazzy

[Carla]

You mean Hoverboy? Speaking of, where is the dance king.. doing the Dance of the Seven Buttons??

[Bassnote]

My daughters (ages 7&8) are wide awake, but my wife is begging me to let her go to bed.

[Jeff in Cuba]

The 2-year-old is gone, so now it's just me, my wife and our 10-year-old daughter.

Any guesses on who is in the best shape?

[Marissa]

He was calling his friends so he could go out since FF and Kid LuLu were fading fast. He needed to get out and cut loose.

[Marissa]

I'm guessing the 10 yr old, Jeff.

[Carla]

I'm thinking the 10 year old has it in the bag!!

[Jeff in Cuba]

Carla, you're a weiner!

[Marissa]

heyyyy I said it too and first!! I'm not a weiner?

[Carla]

Don't feel bad Jeff, if this doesn't show I'm getting older, I don't know what will...

No liquor has been opened tonight (and I'm thinking none will). I'm already struggling to stay awake! So sad!

[Marissa]

You guys are ahead me, though. I have longer to go!

[Jeff in Cuba]

My mistake. Everbody's a weiner.

[Marissa]

Enough magnets for all!

[Carla]

I think you and I are in the same time zone, aren't we Marissa? I'm in the Central time zone.

[Marissa]

Ohhh so we are! I forgot where in the South it changes from Central to Eastern

[Carla]

I know in Tennessee, the eastern/central time zone line is near Knoxville.

So, we'll be ringing in the new year at the same time... now the question is, will we both be awake!! lol

[Marissa]

yeah, I will be. My son will see to it.
I was just IMing with my friend who is currently in ROME Italy. Ugh, the brat.

[Marissa]

Steve must have found his Karaoke party to attend. That or he's had all the Wild Turkey he can stand and passed out watching The Sure Thing for the umpteenth time.

[Jeff in Cuba]

Even though the rest of Cuba is in the Atlantic Time Zone, we choose to be in the Eastern Time Zone.

So everyone in the little town across the fence has already rung in the new year and gone to bed.

Lucky Communists!

[Carla]

LOL Jeff!!

[Marissa]

Wow! I had no idea that's how it worked down there. You have only a couple mins, though

[Jeff in Cuba]

We'll it's 2008 in our house, so...

HAPPY NEW YEAR

OK, can I go to bed now?

[Marissa]

You may go to your slumber, JEff. Happy New Year to you and your family!

[Jeff in Cuba]

Same to all of you and yours.

Later

[Carla]

Happy New Year Jeff!! Sorry I missed it... my computer crashed! GRRR!

Still here Marissa?

[Marissa]

Everybody have fun tonight! Everybody wangchung tonight...blah blah yada yada dee da... Crap! I'm bored and it appears I'm alone.
I'm cracking open the Asti. Damn it.

[Carla]

You're not alone Marissa... I wouldn't leave without saying goodbye!

[Marissa]

I thought maybe you fell asleep lol

[Carla]

Naaaa, not yet. Stupid computer, I was trying to do too much at one time and it froze up on me. Had to reboot!

Kind of weird, seeing the time stamp of Jan 01, 2008! Kind of like we're rushing the new year already, and it's not even here yet!! lol

[Marissa]

Yeah! It's weird. And here we are. We're freakin' sitting on the blog. When I first started reading the blogs and subscribed to the podcast, I never said, "hey! what a great way to usher in the new year. I'm going to find a friend and chat! That'll really impress everybody" LOL

[Bassnote]

Well we watched the ball drop, and my wife went straight to bed. My daughters are still waiting for midnight here.

[Carla]

I know what you mean Marissa.. I know what you mean!! LOL. All joking aside, at least we're not ringing in the New Year alone!

[Carla]

Hey Bassnote.. you here to keep Marissa and I company as we await 2008?

[Marissa]

True, Carla. I'm not really all that embarrassed by how I'm spending my NYE. My son is content flipping channels in an obnoxious manner.
I managed to talk to my friend on the other side of the world because I was home tonight. Sure, neither Steve nor Sean are here, but that's fine. I'm sure they are thinking about us wherever they might be ::cough::

[Bassnote]

I'm trying Carla, but my daughters keep pulling me out of the room.

[Carla]

Yeah.... SURE they are!

[Carla]

lol!!

[Bassnote]

They have this funny idea that I should be spending New Years with them, and not on the computer.

[Carla]

How old are your girls Bassnote?

[Carla]

Marissa.. It's a shame that Steve nor Sean aren't here tonight. I keep getting that thing to verify what I'm typing. Could use a 'hero' right now!

[Bassnote]

7 and 8. this is their first New Years that I'm letting them stay up til midnight... and probably the last.

[Carla]

awwww.... and they want nothing more than to spend it with Daddy! Too cute! I'm amazed that they are zonked out by now, though!

[Marissa]

Oh, go hang with them, Bassnote! Happy New Year!!

[Marissa]

Oh! that ticked me off so badly yesterday, Carla. I was going into a Sean Daly fit of rage over it.

[Carla]

Now that's scary! Don't know if I ever want anything ticking me off that bad! lol

[Bassnote]

They are starting to show signs of fatigue. I told them that they are in bed at 12:01. My wife gave up at 11pm.

[Carla]

I'm sure you're happy to spend time with the girls and all... but I'm thinking your wife is a smart woman!! lol

[Marissa]

I always remember my parents holding out all night. I tried to introduce the same tradition my parents had when I was a kid: snacks out all night, movies, merriment. My son wanted nothing to do with cheese, crackers and sausage from Hickory Farms. He ate dinner, showered, put on his jams and is now watching, err, flipping channels.

[Carla]

I don't remember too many New Years Eves when I was little. I love my sleep, I guess! The one that does stick out in my head, was one where they were showing a bunch of sitcoms that had a New Years Eve theme that very night. I remember the Alice episode where Flo was without a date and had to work at Mel's diner all alone! LOL. Funny the things we remember!

[Marissa]

I recall one year when there was a WKRP in Cincinnati marathon.

[Carla]

LOl.. to funny!

[Carla]

Happy New Year Marissa!! Happy 2008!

[Marissa]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!

[Marissa]

What a NYE! I'm actually quite thrilled for 2008. It's the Year of the Riss!

[Marissa]

Oh, I'm agitated now. lol Steve was on his blog at 12:23 his time! grrrr

[Tom]

Happy New Year guys! Just thought I'd chime in...

[Bassnote]

Happy New Year ladies. The kids went to bed right after the coundown. I'm going to toast in the new year with a glass of Bailey's, then it's off to bed.

[Carla]

Just posted over there! You staying up Marissa... or are you off to bed? I'm going to bed here shortly. I'm in the middle of an email and then it's time to cuddle with my pillow and get some serious sleep!

[Marissa]

I'll be up for awhile. I have booze in me that needs to wear off. Happy New Year you guys!

[Carla]

Happy New Year Bassnote!! Glad you chose to spend it with, well your girls first and foremost.. but us too!

[Bassnote]

Hope 2008 is a great one for us all! Goodnight everybody.

[Marissa]

I'm here eating Wheat Thins, drinking cheap champagne, hmmmm

[Carla]

Happy New Year Tom! Welcome 2008!!

[Carla]

Marissa.. I thought you were trying to get the alcohol out of your system before going to bed... whatta doing woman, putting more in? LOL

[Marissa]

I gave up. EFF IT! I don't celebrate often. It's a shame I'm aloooooooooooooooooone. LOL

[Carla]

Your son zonked out yet?

[Marissa]

No, he's wide awake

[Carla]

Then I won't feel so bad about bailing out on you. Hopefully he'll keep you company, until either Sean comes home in a drunken stupor and wants to chat, or you decide to get some sleep yourself.

I'm outta here. It's 2008 and I feel like I'm starting out the new year trying to get a cold.

I'm sure we'll speak at some point tomorrow. Happy 2008 all!! Night!

[Marissa]

Lonely... I'm so lonely...

[Al]

Helllllllo America!

[Al]

When I was young, I never needed anyone.....those days are gone.....

[Marissa]

AL!!! Happy New YEar!!!

[Al]

Bum bum bummmmm......Allll by myyysellllf.....don't wannna beeeee by myself...anyyyymore!

Haha, this is pretty sad. Right up Steve's alley.

[Marissa]

How's the Great White North?

[Al]

Hi Marissa.....not New Year yet here in Pacific Standard Time.

But Happy back at you.

[Marissa]

Ohhh How are you? Did you find out that I don't resemble Elizabeth Shue?

[Al]

It's not snowing.....and my dream of the forward line of the Canadian women's soccer team hasn't happened yet.

So this year was a bust!

[Marissa]

I'm getting lots of snow here Illinois. I would bet about 4-5 inches.

[Al]

To answer your question, no, I didn't. Sorry. I sort of gave up typing during those marathon chat sessions. I'm more a talker, not a typer. Ol' Two Fingers.

[Marissa]

You didn't click my link right below me?

[Sean Daly]

Whoa!! Hey gang, just got back. Happy New Year!!!

Believe it or not, I crashed a party where EVERYBODY knew you guys. Huge fans of the blogs, the podcast, etc.

Marissa, Jeff, Bassnote -- all stars.

Marissa, people were asking about you especially.

[Al]

4-5 inches? That's what she said....Heyyyyohhhhh!

"That's right ladies and gents, just sit back, relax, we have some classic Van Halen coming right up here on tap."

I'm reverting to the guy I'll be in 20 years!

[Al]

Ummm....there was no link showing up, sorry?

[Marissa]

Awww I'm a supa-star!!! What did they ask?

[Marissa]

I"m such a freakin' 'tard. I should have not logged on the computer and pretended I was truly a party vixen livin' life to the fullest. Instead, I'm drinking a bottle of cheap champagne alone.

[Al]

Sean, just for you, the first Huey Lewis album is on!

Sooooner or later, you're gonna realize some of my lies are true!

[Marissa]

Sean, Al doesn't know what I look like. He doesn't see my name highlighted which is a link to my blog.

[Sean Daly]

This party was actually pretty freaky. Stephanie is out being 24 years old right now (i was working at a beach paper in Ocean City, Md., when I was 24, thinking I was magnum p.i.), but there was a huge debate about sausage hang vs. no sausage hang. People voted for Steph, but still loved the boys.

[Al]

Oh well, I'm alone too.

"And we can build this dream together, standing strong together, nothing's gonna stop us now....."

Haha, oh Jefferson Starship....

[Marissa]

I'm partial to the sausage hang. A chick being there causes a disturbance in the force.

[Sean Daly]

Marissa, they wanted to know if we had a tawdry affair going on. I said I was innocent (I ALWAYS say I'm innocent). I gave you total props, the straw that stirs the drink, the sugar in our coffee, etc.

Wow, I can't type worth a sh-- rigjt npw.

[Al]

It's ok. Pictures ruin the intrigue. That's why my career will be in radio!

[Marissa]

and someone who truly didn't LIVE the 80s just isn't suitable. No offense to the youngins you've had in there. I'm sure you enjoyed the view.
Plus, not being able to fulfill the duty of saying WEINER is just wrong.
I offered to send in many versions of me saying the word "weiner" I haven't had a response yet from Steven Q. Spears

[Al]

Hey Sean, fun recap of the year in Sports:

http://www.cbc.ca/photogallery/sports/915/

Me likey pictures. Taking sports photos was a heck of a lot harder when I did it a few years ago for my old high school.....they used something called "film"...

[Marissa]

I just don't want to be thought of as a psycho chick. Being the lusty, siren of the 80s Nation is all right.

[Marissa]

Okay, Al. I'm forever remain whatever you want me to be. I have to get this line right or Steve will kick me out of the club: "I have a head for business, and a bod for sin"
Yeah, I kind of feel like Tess McGill right now. loooooooopy

[Al]

Marissa's correct on that point. You need someone with amazing stories and who lives and breathes Asia, Live Aid, and that magical time when every boy wanted to be Freddie Mercury or Diamond Dave.

I download a ton of '80's music and buy it thanks to you guys. Sean, I love the Outfield, John Waite, heck even more of Genesis than the hits now. And a ton of other bands. Thank you guys, seriously. As I've said many times, you make my drive in fun, once a week.

[Al]

Oh it's time for Phil Live, "I've beeeeeen waiting for this momenttt all my life...."

[Al]

I love this song, but it makes me reflect on all the chicks in my past......

[Marissa]

I brought my Rick springfield cd to work today. It wasn't appreciated and I cried. Well, not really, but I told them all to go to he11.

I also downloaded the Damian Marley song, and put it on a cd of funky tunage for working on NYE. My 71 yr old semi-retired coworker liked it better than the 33 yr old woman. I tell ya! Kids these days.
I played the devil outof that song, Sean.

[Marissa]

Oh dang it! Sean left without a goodnight?

[Sean Daly]

I met a dude tonight who's just as loyal as the rest. He knew every weinerish innuendo, every reference to Steve's hirsute knuckles. He's kinda shy to join the club. But I told him Marissa doesn't bite...hard.

[Al]

Why am I looking up the Patty Hearst case?

And why can't kids use the Dewey Decimal system anymore?

And why are they bringing out Debit Monopoly? Kids are being dumbed down.

[Marissa]

You know, in a short time I've earned a serious rep around here. I try to make a mark wherever I go...but not teeth marks.

In high school, I was the biggest dork. Tall, skinny, glasses (still have those). I don't think anyone knew I existed other than "that really tall chick"

[Al]

I think we need a "Stuck in the '80's" fan convention! Man, I'm random right now.

[Sean Daly]

Wait, there's more! My cool neighbor Erin (she shows up every now and then) was also at the party. She listened to the Marley's "All Night" over and over today. Made me feel good. I'm gonna make sure that song plays at least four times Friday night. Really, wish I could give you guys a play-by-play.

At the very least, I'll provide the entire 4-hour playlist on Thursday, That way, you can steer me from a horrible mistake.

[Al]

Marissa, I played football and rowed, but I was still a loser. So I feel your pain.

I think you Amerks call rowing "crewing".

[Marissa]

Sean, I want you to burn me a copy of the playlist and mail it to me. I'm not greedy or anything.

[Marissa]

I was thinking how cool it would be to have a not-a-reunion reunion for all us 80s freaks. I promise, I will NOT lay a hand on anyone...unless they insist.

[Sean Daly]

Okay, I gotta pass out. Not only are my entries reading waaaay too earnest, but it's taking me 10 minutes to type every entry.

I adore each and every one of you.

I'm posting a cool entry in the morning. Check back when I'm clean and sober.

[Marissa]

I played that song in my car 3 times ont he way to work. Then, several times at work. It's such a kick booty song. And yeah, I danced around the lab.

[Marissa]

phhhttttt i suppose i ought to go to bed. I have towork at 9 am central time.

[Al]

I'll be the designated driver!

Sean, have 2008 dreams! Whatever that means.

[Al]

Alright, I'm gone in one minute.

As I say when I'm P.A.'ing, "Last minute of play in the overtime periodddddd...."

[Marissa]

Awe, I'm feelin' all special and stuff right now. Might be the alcohol.

[Al]

Have a good night Marissa. One minute to midnight here.

Seeya!

[Marissa]

Happy New Year, Al (and anybody who drops by).
I'm heading to bed and praying I don't feel the pain in the morning.

[jane]

Aaaaaand it looks like I was just a wee bit too late for the wee-small-hours-of-the-morning fun... looks like a good time was had by all here.

By the way -- '80s Hockey Talk is sexy, at least to this chica. '80s NBA Talk = really supah sexy. My favorite sports team of all time -- the Boston Celtics of that era. I had a bigass poster of Bird, McHale and Parrish captioned "The Jolly Green Giants" on my bedroom wall in many of my bachelorette pads. If you and Spears ever do go with a Sports in the '80s thing, I'm your NBA girl.

[Carla]

I'm with you Jane... but it's the NFL for me! I'm all about some "Team of the 80's"... SF 49ers! Love me some Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and Dwight Clark!

[jane]

The '80s 49ers -- now that was a team. Being a Bucs fan since the VERY beginning (my parents bought us season tickets the very first year -- painful, painful experience), I didn't have the joy of rooting for a successful football franchise (save for the '79 playoff-making Bucs), so I appreciate the success of others.

I could also talk college football of the era -- specificially Gator football -- as I lived it, baby. Boo-yah!

[Carla]

Jane.. I was born in Florida... so I do know a little sumthin' sumthin' about the Gators! (Not much mind you, I was only there until I was 8).

Ahhh, The 80's Niners.. they could do NO wrong .... well until they released that song of them singing "We're The 49er's" ... LOL. And yes, before you ask, I DO have a copy of it on my ipod!! lol

[Spears]

Anyone wanna move the live chat over to the 80s blog?

[Carla]

I'm there Steve.. Actually, I'm so good, I'm on both blogs! lol