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Blogocentric Formulations
Logocentric (adj). Regarding words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality (especially applied as a negative term to traditional Western thought by postmodernist critics).
Sometimes I just write whatever I feel like. Other times I respond to prompts, many taken from the following places:
 "The Soundtrackers Group" 
"Blogging Circle of Friends "
"Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise"
"JAFBG"
"Take up Your Cross"
Thanks for stopping by! 
February 2, 2016 at 9:18pm February 2, 2016 at 9:18pm
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Song: "The Impression That I Get"
Artist: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Album: Let's Face It
I blogged about the ska punk movement in music in a previous Soundtrackers challenge ("Being mistaken with Save Ferris" ), so I won't spend too much time rehashing, but I definitely wanted to use one of the bands that I mentioned in that last post. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones were, aside from Save Ferris and Reel Big Fish, my favorite band of the ska punk scene. I love the way their big band sound mixes with the rock and punk influences, and, well, it just isn't all that often that you see a band with seven or eight members in it.
"The Impression That I Get" was their bestselling single off 1997's Let's Face It. It's the song that most people will identify with the band, and there's not a whole lot else that they're known for... except one small thing. They were the band featured in Clueless during the club scene where Ty falls down the stairs. They performed their songs "Someday I Suppose" and "Where'd You Go?" which I actually prefer, but never quite caught on as much as this track and this album did. I remember watching Clueless when I was younger and instantly needing to know who the band was because I thought they had such a unique sound. I tend to love bands that I discover through movie and television soundtracks, and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are certainly no exception.
The band is actually still performing today, although they never quite recaptured the popularity they had in the late 90s. Not that any other ska punk band really did, but - like most of the bands in the genre - the last several years have been a mix of returning to independent recording, taking a hiatus, reconnecting and playing smaller shows, etc. I know ska punk music didn't catch on as much around the rest of the country as it did in California and New York during my high school years, but it remains one of my favorite niche music genres.
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February 2, 2016 at 2:49pm February 2, 2016 at 2:49pm
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Song: "Return of the Mack"
Artist: Mark Morrison
Album: Return of the Mack
The Soundtrackers are back! Yay! As long as we're on the topic of grand returns, I can't think of any one-hit wonder more appropriate than Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack," which was a huge hit my freshman year in high school. It is a little odd, though, that Mark Morrison chose to name his debut album (and first single) "Return of the Mack," considering that - as a debut - he's not really "returning" from anything, is he? I suppose it ended up being a bit of a self-fulfilling prophesy in the end, since he pretty much returned to the obscurity from whence he came after this near chart-topping hit.
Interestingly enough, this hit single never made it to #1 on the United States Billboard Hot 100. Despite going multi-platinum, the song was held out of the #1 spot by Hanson's "MMMBop." Talk about adding insult to injury; the only thing worse than being held off from a #1 track is being held off from a #1 track by a terrible song from a terrible band. 
Part of the reason why Mark Morrison never really took off could have a lot to do with his extracurricular activities, which have landed him in more than his share of legal trouble. He actually spent three months in prison while his song topped the charts in the U.S. for trying to bring a firearm aboard an airplane. He followed that up with charges for possessing an offensive weapon, armed robbery, being caught driving without a license (twice), suspicion of kidnapping and car theft, inciting a fight over a missing medallion, assault, suspicion of bribing a police officer, and... wait for it... being sentenced to community service for starting a fight that resulted in a fatality... and then paying a lookalike to perform that community service while he went on tour.
It's not every day that you get the opportunity to blog about an artist whose rap sheet is longer than his discography, so I had to jump at the chance. Oh, and the song's pretty catchy too. 
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