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It’s Earth Day, so let’s celebrate a bona fide WORLDBEATER. You surely know him, you’ve sang his songs, but you had no idea he was this talented. He has more talent in one of his almond, 100-yard gazing eyes than you do in that whole tackily follicled head of yours. Read the list, then click the link at the bottom to accept his greatness.

SITCOM THEMES WRITTEN WITH THEN-WIFE GLORIA LORING:

Diff'rent Strokes (1978)

The Facts of Life (1979)

Hello Larry (1979)

GAMESHOW THEMES WRITTEN:

Wheel of Fortune (1975) composed the theme song called "Big Wheels."

The Wizard of Odds (1973) composed and sang the theme song.

The Joker's Wild (1972), composed the closing theme song from 1974 to 1975 called "The Joker's Jive."

Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974) composed the second theme song called "The Stars Come Out."

Blank Check (1975) composed the theme song entitled "Hip Check" which was used on every episode except the pilot.

The Diamond Head Game (1975) composed the theme song entitled "Diamond Head."

Stumpers! (1976),

Whew! (1979),

Animal Crack-Ups (1987) sang the tune, but composed the music with his son Todd called "Animals Are Just Like People Too."

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It was so relieving to see Tapes n' Tapes play First Ave's mainroom last night with a fervor unseen since Lollapalooza 2007.

The local-boys-gone-national seemed road weary and jaded after being thrust to the top of the indie heap after releasing "The Loon."

For those who don't know, it's named after their favorite MPLS bar, and they took the stage like it was Saturday night and Grape Apes were on 2fers.

Unleashing new material from "Walk It Off" intertwined with "Loon" faves, they showed their true mastery of the crescendo - starting soft and subtle, lullling the crowd into a trance before unleasing a melodic assault. Don’t believe me? See “10 Gallon Ascots,” which was a part of the well-played encore.

The promising new material and first-hand knowledge of advancing road aging should keep our hometown heroes in tact through their sophomore trek.

I know this after witnessing them rocket into their first-ever single “Just Drums,” Tapes pounded it out like it was their first show at the Hexagon.

Fare thee well until next time TNT, in the word’s of Dee Snyder: Stay Hungry!

Lollapalooza 2008 lineup is in, Rage, Radiohead and NIN!!! Plus lots of hold over faves from the last 2 years. Told ya Gnarls would be back. Check it.

Who you tryin' to get "Crazy" with SA, Don’t you know I’m Cee-Lo?

Some creeps in the blogoshpere had me and my boy Danger Mouse pegged for a sophomore slump in 2008.

Turns out we as Gnarls Barkley reeled off an early pick for album of the year consideration – this release might even be more fleshed out and heartfelt than our debut smash.

The earlier album had Leif Knutson’s pick for single of the year on it, though it failed as a single. That wacky cracker thinks we did it again with “Blind Mary”- though it probably won’t even be the 5th single off the “Odd Couple” album. He just won’t stop listening to it.

I wonder what we’re up to this summer…when Mouse isn’t pimpin’ his production of the Black Keys new album, perhaps another Lollapalooza headlining slot?

I am really wearing thin on that Sara Bareilles Rhapsody commercial – and it’s not just about the omnipresent song, it’s mostly due to the turbodouche kid bopping his head to the B-made beat like he wrote it himself.

Or maybe he just broke up with his internet girlfriend so he wants to stream music from his tv to keep off the idiot box of the 21st century and avoid his wispy bearded heartbreak.

Why does he have to turn it up so loud when he starts it over, did he accidentally leave his hearing aids in his retainer case?

Almost makes me wish I was deaf, though I do occasionally suffer tinnitus.

At least start showing the Cool Kids version again for Pete’s sake!

And what’s with that Denny Hecker and his phone-in commercial performances – I always assume he’s on the beach in Antigua getting his legs rubbed down with a Pina Colada ring around his lips when I hear that poorly digitized voice over.

If you need me I’ll be staring at the wall bopping my head to the ringing in my ears.

I love music. Wanna fight about it? Good, I love cage fighting too.

I’m a lanky 6-footer who will throw you into omo, gogo and locoplatas from the rubber guard faster than you can say Vale Tudo.

Rarely do I get to enjoy my two true loves of music and mixed martial arts at the same time. When I do it is usually during a Ring Walk – where a fighter leaves the locker room for the cage and walks in as intimidating fashion as possible, to the song of his choice.

Most of these meat heads walk out to Drowning Pool’s “Bodies” or some mid-90’s Rage Against the Machine bombast.

My fave fighter of all time, Dangerous Dan Henderson, was guilty of the latter in his 2007 ring walk vs. Rampage Jackson.

Though the 37-year-old Hendo redeemed himself ten-fold last week in his ring walk vs. Anderson Silva.

He may have lost both fights, but he has established his place atop of ring walk immortality with this dusky jewel.

Never before had I enjoyed a ring walk more than the fight following it.

You’d have a better chance of dodging a Silva flying knee than seeing this song coming, limp-wristed hipster.

Now get back to scarf shopping at your online thrift store.

I remember watching those 80's benefit superstar Live Aid-type videos as a youth and laughing at them.

Something was always amiss with all these massive egos in the room performing charicature's of their voices and personas to feed the children or what have you.

Though rarely have I laughed until I vomited as I did today.

Here it is, folks: Your new happy place: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36w-CyqCO1A

You're welcome.

For you newfound Kanye Haters: Welcome to the bandwagon. This quote made me sick and I’m a nihilist!

Discuss.

-Why is MTV featuring the music of Bad Brains 25 Years after they should have? I sincerely hope it creates another Hardcore scene – we are ripe for one in these Reaganesque times.

-After failing to secure a VISA, Amy Winehouse will be performing live-ish via satellite at the Grammys. Also, Babyshamble Pete Doherty to mainline horse tranquilizer via live-streaming syringe cam.

-Velvet Revolving door: Slash gets out of rehab just before studio sessions for 2007’s “Libertad,” Scott Weiland enters rehab during the album’s promotional tour, for the humpteenth time.

-I have determined that Nickelback is Slayer for girls, more on this later.

I was watching Best Week Ever recently -- which I am unsure is completely funny – when I saw a clip snarkily named Most Rockin’ Moment of the Week on the VIEW. They then cut to Whoopi Goldberg introducing one of my favorite bands, The Moldy Peaches, who lulled into a sarcastically slow strummer.

The duo has not played together in years, but made an exception to promote the Juno soundtrack, which “Anyone Else but You” is featured on.

Obviously the comedic brain wizards on BWE whiffed on the dark, perverse anti-folk humor of the Moldies.

I’ve been following them since college, and have met the wonderfully warped babysitter-babysitee – therefore can vouch: they do Rock. Street Cred Central verified.

This rant solves my ponderance – BWE is not funny, not hip and possesses no street cred – at least in comparison to the View. Center square for the win!

In other news, if you haven’t heard Band of Horses other than on a car commercial, you need to feed your soul.

The Onion is reporting (seriously) that English punk band Gallows, will not be playing the House of Blues Tuesday at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA.

The group was supposedly barred due to the group’s lyrical content, not to mention their raucous onstage antics.

First Cannibal Corpse, now the Gallows? What a Mickey Mouse operation! I am never taking my imaginary kids to Disneyland.

It’s no secret, I’m a music fanatic. But until last entry it was unknown that I am an MMA Junkie – AKA cage fighting freak.

What do the two have in common? Perhaps only one thing: the ring walk.

There is a BIG fight this Saturday between B.J. ‘The Prodigy’ Penn and Joe ‘Daddy’ Stevenson for the vacant Lightweight Championship.

Penn is arguably my favorite fighter, though his ring walk song is anything but intense, he is a Hilo, Hawaii native and comes out to some traditional Hawaiian cultural stuff but hey, dudes a freak physically speaking and totally psychotic, so he could come out to Cotton Eyed Joe for all I care.

Joe ‘Daddy’ walks out to a hilarious hip-hop version of the legendary Machio jam You’re the Best -- Not exactly music to maim to either.

If I were marching toward the cage, I would probably go with Slayer’s Raining Blood. But that would make me sprint to the cage and flying knee the first thing I saw.

What’s you’re song? No George Michael (but I call “Father Figure” just in case).

To quote the great GG Allin:

 I’m (This blog ) not into religion, or political at all, I don’t give a F*%# what Reagan (Bush) does, I just wanna drink, fight and f…

I’m rambling again, but I digress. If you live outside of a newsroom you probably missed John McCain’s speech Wednesday in Michigan, before which the crowd was treated to some good old fashioned top 40 hip-hop.

He came out to the Black Eyed Peas “Lets Get it Started” which sans radio edit is titled “Let’s Get Retarded”— seems more appropriate to stick with the original version, stitch face. Not because of your political slant, but because you tried to ban my second love, MMA, in its infancy. Look it up: No one has died during a sanctioned MMA bout, how many boxers have died in the ring?

Your wife being made foxy again after that $50K tune up (in fact she looks like a retired porn star, which many in the MMA fanbase can appreciate) may have you feeling good vibrations,  but that does not grant you license to close your speech with Marky Mark’s 1991 chart-topper.

True, nothing gets a crowd of privileged white folk riled up like the rap jams (note to McC’s campaign manager: this is only true to privileged white folk born after 1972.), but for my generation’s sake, please stick to the Dixieland Fox Trot you’re used to.