scoots

here’s my one long blarg for the month. relax, it’s worth it.

i have this great friend named kap. he’s true to everything in life, especially himself. the guy’s been through a lot, just know that. the reason I’m telling you this is to give you unneeded background. ha ha. so kap and i got together last night, at the one and only lantern. i think only zook knows the place, and can probably describe it better than me because he’s a writer. but since we’re sticking to basics, understand that it’s a bar. with popcorn. galore.

moving on. the two of us are talking about the usual-- work, family, etc., when the topic turns to (go figure) music. here’s why: over the speakers, the bar followed up a rolling stones song with an mc hammer song. it didn’t fit. it certainly wasn’t a smooth transition. so we ask ourselves “how would it ever be possible to follow the stones with mc hammer?” and we took a few minutes to go from song to song, citing many artists of many genres of many musical movements until we made the transition. it was a lot of work, but we did it. whatev you say?

well here’s the best part: out of this came a game we made up. pick out two completely different songs or bands/artists, and link them with other songs/artists to make a smooth jukebox transition.

we named it “Transitive Properties Of Tuneage.” T-POT for short. we know, the name’s got to go. but the game is soon to be a party favorite. it’s also remarkably marketable. “remarketable”, you might say. it’s far better than this seven degrees of kevin bacon crap. and if they sold a game like pictionary for profit, then T-POT is destined for greatness.

try it out. it’s tough.

here are some good ones for starters:

bob dylan to destiny’s child.
poison to vanilla ice
n'sync to led zeppelin
elton john to jay-z, then back to queen.

the other dou-chez’s here will indubitably have more.