I have Huey Lewis Sports on Vinyl. I think I got it for 25 cents or something. Awesome. Actually, I think my brother has it now, but won't admit he stole it. But, really I can't expect anyone would confess to such an embarassing crime. We were going to go to the Hall and Oats concert a couple summers ago when they were in St. Paul and we were going to get the pastel Izod sweaters and tie them around our necks and stuff, but we never executed the plan.

There is a really funny South Park that has "Heat of the Moment" on it. sweet.

Oh yeah, also, I think a song that has both the words "hip" and "square" is automatically nominated for all time lamest song ever. Its like a rule or something. They should have an award show for worst song ever (kinda like the academy awards) and the person or band or whatever that unleashed the "winning" crappy song on the rest of us should have to perform it live after they win their award. It would be awesome to be one of the people who got to vote, you'd be in a room with all of these other judges or whatever and you'd be all serious discussing wich song is the most terrible. You'd be like, "well that's a good point roger, but i think that reo speedwagon's lyrical construction of a song nearly entirely out of cheesy cliches puts their song over the top. And I think we need to take a closer look at it." Or you know, whatever, you can imagine what it would be like. Also, it would be all tense in the theater where the award was being given out, you'd have all these crappy musicians nervously sitting on their hands, hoping they wouldn't be the one picked. And then the big coup de grace-you make the crappy band or whatever play their song live. And you make it an annual event, so like barry manilow gets all nervous every year. Also, having this award show has the pleasant side effect of making the new kids on the blocks of the world think twice before making a crappy record.

Chad, that's a fascinating plan, but how would you get the bands to come to the awards ceremony? In handcuffs and leg irons?

Yeah, I thought about that. While I don't think that any of my ideas are foolproof (or even likely to work for that matter), here's what I came up with and my reasoning behind it: My understanding is that most famous people, once they've had a taste for it, need the high or whatever that fame generates. And they don't seem picky about the vehicle that takes them back to fame. I mean, have you seen that celebrity boxing show they had on MTV? Or that one reality show that Flavor Flav is on? Second, I don't think that a lot of these rock star types are wizards at financial planning or budgeting. People of note in this regard are MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice. So maybe throwing a little money at them and giving them a little exposure is all you need to do. Then again, maybe not. I'd really like to see it, though.