THURSDAYS are now SONGS THAT TAKE YOU BACK

I have been broadcasting LIVE on the blog every day of the week for a while now and I decided it was time to introduce some guidance to my random selection of music. If you would like to suggest a "theme" for the other 4 days of the work week please do. I want something original though....don't give that regular old Awesome 80's type schlock. Come up with something we can discuss back in forth in the LIVE CHAT on Stickam. You don't need a Stickam account to chat...just click on the image of me in the upper left corner, and when prompted choose a temporary screename and that's it! If you want to video chat then create an account and add us as friends and boom we're talking live.

So the first theme is for Thursdays, cause today is Thursday, and it's SONGS THAT TAKE YOU BACK! You know what I mean those songs that immediately suck you right back to a particular time and place. They bring back more than just emotion they bring back images, and smells and put you right back in that moment. You can hear mine, and even get the inside scoop on why these songs matter to me by adding me as a Twitter friend and then listening and following the Tweets! I will endeavore to save all the tweets and post them at the end of the day. Should be fun, but it'll be GREAT if we get YOUR participation. email me requests and the story behind them and I'll share them with everyone ala Casey Kasem.
UPDATE:So here are the Tweets from Twitter. These are only MY memories tied to the songs indicated. I revised them cause sometimes 140 characters just isn't enough....these are in reverse order and do not represent every song played. Thanks to those who joined me.

5/3/07 - SONGS THAT TAKE YOU BACK:

Black-Pearl Jam: Breaking up with a REALLY HOT GIRL is much harder..Dr.Hook was right ..Jess cheated... I played this alot...and drank alot...and smoked alot...

Darling Nikki-Prince: New in town, 14 and horny, meet Tara J(Tai) she took the edge off the horny...you can get any girl to give it up while watching Purple Rain..it's better than Spanish Fly!

Paint It Black-The Stones Digging through moms records..7yrs old...popped this on ...what is this...Oh I LIKE THIS..."MOM who are these guys?"

You're Sixteen-Ringo:Wow...I'm like 5 or 6 making Christmas cookies with my folks...back when we were all still happy and together...can taste the icing still ...

All Night Long-Lionel Richie:Riding in a hot smelly van camping across Europe with my Dad..Lionel Richie only Pop music tape in our posession...can see Mont St. Michel rising up out of the water ahead..14yrs old..what a sight

Run To The Hills-Iron Maiden: Alan Amorosso's house...posters everywhere of Eddie..Playing D&D

Heart&Soul-Huey Lewis: Man was this a great time. Watching MTV..eating chips alone, not really, but lonely

Dreams_Fleetwood Mac: I'm young real young dozing on the way to my Grandmothers Toronto skyline visible through the car window..beautiful

Pony-Ginuwine: Working for The Pros...jaimi C and I doing stuff you shouldn't do on my office copier...Cherries Lounge and Karaoke

Flash Gordon-Queen: Ok I am truly a geek but this reminds me of a lazy Sunday...cheap matinee...dropped off by Mom...alone in the movies


Need You Tonight-INXS: Donna Hughes....every INXS song reminds me of Donna..and sharing M&M's in biology class..wonder where Donna is now?

Rapture-Blondie: First time I ever heard Rap..lived in Germany this was on Armed Forces radio..1st awareness of someone who was really stoned..Debbie Harry of Blondie on SNL ..man was she high.

Whipping Post-The Allman Brothers: Performing with Mario Parillo (RIP Mario) and Fred Coury (of Cinderella) in Blues project called "Dirty Pool" circa 1996 @ Aids awareness festival, South Jersey, standing "O" from the very wet crowd

Faith-George Michael : School dance...my friends serenading me and my then GF..Faith H. Won Dirty Dance Contest with Kari D that night No more me and Faith..but Kari..ah Kari
Roll with the Changes - REO : Ahhh... dating Lynn T. big REO fan..couldn't get to 2nd base while she babysat but discovered some great music.

Back in Black - AC/DC: 2nd album I ever bought with my own $$ Duane & Steve and getting in trouble 5th grade..Atari...thought I was cool about

It's Probably Me - Sting : visiting Laura at college, dark times for us..trying to hurt each other...so much in love...so curious about life

Lean on Me - Club Nouveau : Band Trips, I was a band geek we traveled to competitions this was a favorite spontaneous sing along on the bus about

Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young : I spent the summer in Toronto away from my high school sweetheart. Played this alot

Woke Up This Morning - A3 -Watching The Sopranos 1st season w/ Jen..Valopicella and vodka ...lust..lust...lust..

American Pie - Don Maclean : I used to play summers in Alex bay in an acoustic Duo. Plenty of $$, plenty of smoke, always got requested

Time Stands Still - Rush : Memories of Vicki, Kelda, Canei wine and smokin. God Vicki could kiss.. I can smell her perfume when this plays



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LIVE TONIGHT 9pm YAMAGOO CREW

Alrighty y'all we're gonna be live tonight from Greggie C's so be here on the blog at 9pm SHARP! (we're never on time so be patient! Tonight will feature the WHOLE yamagoo crew in one place for the first time broadcasting live. We even have some "special" guests! Don't be afraid to log in to chat with us. You DO NOT NEED TO REGISTER TO CHAT. Chat is FREE and no personal info is required! Plus you'll be able to see multiple cams, not just the main cam. See you tonight!




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Yamagoo Summit Recap...

Hey Gang! DJ J here in New Hampshire...hot off the Yamagoo Crew Summit Lite, and on my way to a Surprise 25th Anniversary Party in Wheelock,VT. Lets catch up shall we....

The Yamagoo Crew Summit(Lite) included 4 states, 2 live webcasts with 40+ viewers (Thank You ALL!) who got to eat lunch with DJ J, DJ Greggie C, and Vince (yet another DJ) and got to hang out in Greggie's studio upon completion of the install of a window into the vocal booth. The studios looking real good! We also installed a permanent mount for the "Yamagoo Studio Cam" and figured WTF! Why not broadcast an impromptu mix session with Greg, The Captain, and myself. So we did!! I have 3 hours of video to sort through from the live mix show but I promise a video by the end of the week! Cross my heart. We had alot of people hit us up that night, many stayed, a few logged in to live chat with us. It was a GREAT vibe. Fast forward to the next night and we're live from the infamous "Bistro" which is a secret and well hidden oasis for Yamagooers, where we streamed a rehearsal of Pro Bono, featuring Greggie C on lead vox/harmonica/COW BELL! (Freakin Sweet)...We've already posted some of Pro Bono on Yamagoo Tube...and I have another 3 hours of video from this to screen. There will be tons more and I promise a quick re-cap by the end of the week as well. While we were blown away by the response 40+ viewers live..we hardly let anyone know...it was sort of spontaneous.. We sent out a couple MySpace Notices but nothing too huge....posted a banner on the main page and BLAM! Instant live internet show...WITH chat! (We also emailed people but not too many, and called 1 or 2) Pretty successful for no pre-planning. It begs the question ...Do we need a Yamagoo Email List?? For now just leave a comment with some contact info and SIGN UP in caps and we'll let you know whats happening, while I cook up something more permanent.

The good news is really that we've decided to do more webcasting...We are in the process of getting webcams to the whole Yamagoo Crew and do some more instant webcasting live on Stickam....by the way you don't need to register with Stickam to chat during a broadcast...single click the video thumbnail, pick a chat name and hit enter, but if you do sign-up you can watch everyone else whos online with a cam in the chat. Greg and I have agreed to try and "get live" all day at work when we can. Get your Stickam account and spy on us all day live on line! Too weird? ABSO-FUCKIN-LUTELY! Yamagoo...Fire up!