1. Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem (me)
2. Changes by David Bowie (me)
3. Hey Nineteen by Steely Dan (Dereksmommissy)
4. When You Were Young by The Killers (For A Different Kind Of Girl)
5. Growing Old by Origin (Mr. Big Dubya)
6. Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen (FlipFlopsChels)
7. Landslide by The Smashing Pumpkins (My A-Cup Runneth Over)
8. When I’m 64 by The Beatles (Connecticut Mom)
9. Like A Stone by Audioslave (A Vapid Blonde)
10. I’m An Adult Now by The Pursuit Of Happiness (Major Bedhead)
11. Time by Pink Floyd (Harmzie’s Way)
12. My Back Pages by Bob Dylan (Ramblings Of A Tired Mama)
13. Old Friends/Bookends by Simon And Garfunkel (All Blogged Up And Nowhere To Go)
14. Bastard by Ben Folds (Not-For-Profit Dad)
15. Come Dancing by The Kinks (Pet Cobra)
16. Ooh La La by Faces (Confessions Of A Recovering Journalist)
17. 100 Years by Five For Fighting (PapaRocks6)
18. Middle Of The Road by The Pretenders (A Smeddling Kiss)
19. Growing Old Is Getting Old by Silversun Pickups (Luke, I Am Your Father)
20. Once In A Lifetime by Talking Heads (EarnestGirl)
21. Wake Up by Arcade Fire (me)
22. Midlife Crisis by Faith No More (me)
23. Pig by Weezer (me)
24. Wouldn’t It Be Nice by The Beach Boys (me)

1. Bitchin’ Camaro by The Dead Milkmen
2. Slick Black Cadillac by Quiet Riot
3. Fuel by Metallica (Hegemom)
4. Mercedes Benz by Janis Joplin (Issa’s Crazy World)
5. Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen (Pet Cobra)
6. Cars That Go Boom by L’Trimm (TwoBusy)
7. My Hooptie by Sir Mix-A-Lot (Mr. Big Dubya)
8. Tennessee Plates by John Hiatt (Charming & Delightful)
9. Crawling From The Wreckage by Dave Edmunds (Major Bedhead)
10. Paradise By The Dashboard Light by Meat Loaf (For A Different Kind Of Girl)
11. Jesus Built My Hotrod by Ministry (Sarah And The Goon Squad)
12. Little Red Corvette by Prince (The Zero Boss and Punk Rock Parents)
13. Cars by Gary Numan (Stay At Home Mom Going Quickly Insane)
14. Panama by Van Halen (My Mommy’s Place)
15. Low Rider by WAR (Coffeequeen)
16. Big Yellow Taxi by Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton (The Weirdgirl)
17. Black Sunshine by White Zombie (Dereksmommissy)
18. Brand New Cadillac by The Clash (All Blogged Up And Nowhere To Go)
19. Highway Star by Metal Church (The Imperfect Parent)
20. Detroit Rock City by Kiss (me)
21. El Camino by Ween (me)
22. Cadillac by T. Rex (me)
23. Sausalito Summer Nights by Diesel (Major Bedhead)
24. The Passenger by Iggy Pop (The Weirdgirl)
25. Jerry Was A Race Car Driver by Primus (me)
26. Stickshifts And Safetybelts by Cake (Spellweavers and Undomestic Diva)
27. Yuppie Cadillac by Jello Biafra and The Melvins (me)
28. Fast Cars by The Buzzcocks (me)

1. Close To Me by The Cure (me)
2. New York Groove by Ace Frehley (me)
3. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man by Prince (Dereksmommissy)
4. Private Eyes by Hall & Oates (Mr. Big Dubya)
5. Don’t Bring Me Down by E.L.O. (Pet Cobra)
6. I’d Like That by XTC (Too Much About Paul)
7. Take The Money And Run by Steve Miller Band (Nms3g2b)
8. Stuck In The Middle With You by Stealers Wheel (Cubicle Dad)
9. Jack & Diane by John Cougar (Chunkybumble)
10. 20th Century Boy by T. Rex (Confessions Of A Recovering Journalist)
11. Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel (Deb On The Rocks)
12. Zak And Sara by Ben Folds (Major Bedhead)
13. Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani (Kimblahg)
14. Radio Ga Ga by Queen (For A Different Kind Of Girl)
15. Where It’s At by Beck (me)
16. The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song by The Flaming Lips (me)
17. Mickey by Toni Basil (Spellweavers)
18. No Fun by The Stooges (Sarah And The Goon Squad)
19. Party All The Time by Eddie Murphy (TwoBusy)
20. Single Ladies by Pomplamoose (A Vapid Blonde)
21. Rock The Casbah by The Clash (The Weirdgirl)
22. I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (Luke, I Am Your Father)
23. Faith by George Michael (My Mommy’s Place)
24. Saturday Night by Bay City Rollers (Swirl Girl’s Pearls)
25. Particle Man by They Might Be Giants (me)
26. The Boy With The Arab Strap by Belle And Sebastian (me)
27. My Best Friend’s Girl by The Cars (me)
28. TV Party by Black Flag (me)
29. Quick And To The Pointless by Queens Of The Stone Age (All Blogged Up And Nowhere To Go)
30. Pumping On Your Stero by Supergrass (me)
31. Car Wash by Rose Royce (me)

1. Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles (me)
2. Pump Up The Volume by M/A/R/R/S (me)
3. Tainted Love by Soft Cell (ClumberKim)
4. Turning Japanese by The Vapors (FlipFlopsChels)
5. Cantaloop by Us3 (Major Bedhead)
6. Rock On by David Essex (Mr. Big Dubya)
7. Cars by Gary Numan (Pet Cobra)
8. Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang (Parentopia)
9. Jump Around by House Of Pain (Four Funny Kids)
10. Hooked On A Feeling by Blue Swede (Cubicle Dad)
11. Informer by Snow (A Smeddling Kiss)
12. Driver’s Seat by Sniff ‘N’ The Tears (Confessions Of A Recovering Journalist)
13. Breakfast At Tiffany’s by Deep Blue Something (Cool Zebras)
14. No Myth by Michael Penn (The Weirdgirl)
15. What’s Up by 4 Non Blondes (me)
16. She Don’t Use Jelly by The Flaming Lips (me)
17. Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice (Don’t Lick The Ferrets)
18. Epic by Faith No More (Mommymae)
19. What Is Love by Haddaway (Nms3g2b)
20. Popular by Nada Surf (All Blogged Up And Nowhere To Go)
21. Venus by Shocking Blue (Attygal)
22. Creep by Radiohead (Mommy Is Moody)
23. Just A Friend by Biz Markie (Kimblahg)
24. Banditos by The Refreshments (Major Bedhead)
25. Standing Outside A Broken Phonebooth With Money In Hand by Primitive Radio Gods (Turning Trix)
26. Deeper Shade Of Soul by Urban Dance Squad (My Mommy’s Place)
27. In A Big Country by Big Country (Coffeequeen)
28. Joey by Concrete Blonde (LaurieWrites)

I’d like to thank everyone who came out for the show. It was a fun one.

1. O.P.P. by Naughty By Nature (me)
2. Super Bon Bon by Soul Coughing (me)
3. Shoop by Salt-N-Pepa (Sarah And The Goon Squad)
4. Rockafeller Skank by Fatboy Slim (Sashalyn)
5. Dancing Queen by ABBA (Kimblahg)
6. Toxic by Britney Spears (me)
7. Groove Is In The Heart by Dee-Lite (For A Different Kind Of Girl)
8. Papa Don’t Preach by Madonna (PapaRocks6)
9. Speed Racer by Aphex Twin (The Weirdgirl)
10. Spaceman by The Killers (Major Bedhead)
11. Don’t Be Cruel by Bobby Brown (me)
12. Hey Ya by OutKast (The Weirdgirl)
13. Don’t Trust Me by 3OH!3 (me)
14. I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas (me)
15. Sexyback by Justin Timberlake (Sashalyn)
16. Super Freak by Rick James (Swirl Girl’s Pearls)
17. Hangin’ Tough by New Kids On The Block (Ramblings Of A Tired Mama)
18. Get It On (Bang A Gong) by The Power Station (All Blogged Up And Nowhere To Go)
19. Bounce by Jonas Brothers (me)
20. The Humpty Dance by Digital Underground (DC Urban Dad)
21. Fight For Your Right by Beastie Boys (Ramblings Of A Tired Mama)
22. Bust A Move by Young MC (Mommymae)
23. You Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate (I dedicated this one to Motherhood Uncensored)
24. Cotton Eyed Joe by Rednex (Cool Zebras)
25. The Sign by Ace Of Base (me)
26. Lady Marmalade by Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya, and Pink (me)

I’d like to thank everyone who came out and listened to the show. It was a fun one!

On Tuesday night, I did another one of my Nameless Twitter Radio Shows. This week’s theme was Christmas music. Since I love Christmas music so much, I stopped taking requests halfway through and played songs I wanted to hear. Here’s the playlist:

1. Lonely Christmas by Sloppy Seconds (me)
2. Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas by eels (me)
3. Christmas In Hollis by RUN-DMC (Phenom’s World)
4. Christmas Song by Weezer (Mommy Is Rock N Roll)
5. Mele Kalikimaka by Bing Crosby (Cool Zebras)
6. Let Me Sleep by Pearl Jam (Luke, I Am Your Father)
7. Mr. Heatmiser by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (PamARamA)
8. I Believe In Father Christmas by Greg Lake (For A Different Kind Of Girl)
9. Do They Know It’s Christmas? by Band Aid (Sarah And The Goon Squad)
10. Wizards Of Winter by Transiberian Orchestra (Everything Under The Sun)
11. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer by Jack Johnson (FlipFlopsChels)
12. Baby It’s Cold Outside by Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone (Kimblahg)
13. Long Way Around The Sea by Low (All Blogged Up And Nowhere To Go)
14. Let It Snow by A Fine Frenzy (Mommymae)
15. What’s This? from A Nightmare Before Christmas (Dereksmommissy)
16. Silent Night by The Dickies (me)
17. White Christmas by Stiff Little Fingers (me)
18. Why Can’t It Be Christmastime All Year by Rosie Thomas (me)
19. My Bells Are Ringing by Lenka (Greeblemonkey)
20. 2000 Miles by The Pretenders (Mr. Big Dubya)
21. Rocking Around The Christmas Tree by Cartel (me)
22. Snoopy’s Christmas by The Royal Guardsmen (me)
23. All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey (me)
24. Lonely Christmas Eve by Ben Folds (me)
25. Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) by The Darkness (me)
26. Ghost Of Christmas by Manic Street Preachers (me)
27. Come On! Let’s Boogey To The Elf Dance! by Sufjan Stevens (me)
28. Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You by Billy Squier (me)
29. Swiss Colony Beef Log from South Park (me)
30. Frosty The Snowman by Fiona Apple (me)
31. Christmas Tree by Lady GaGa (me)
32. Winter Wonderland by Hellogoodbye (me)
33. Oh Come All Ye Faithful by Twisted Sister (me)
34. Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade (me)

I’d like to thank everyone who came out for the show. On Tuesday night, I’ll be doing my New Year’s Eve Show two days early.

The Cynical Dad Xmas 2009 Mix Tape

For the past howevermany years, I’ve made a mix tape (they started out as tapes but now they’re CDs) of Christmas tunes every December. And because I’m a narcissist, I’ve posted my playlist here for the past four years.

Welcome to Year Number Five:

1. Don’t Be A Jerk (It’s Christmas) by SpongeBob SquarePants
2. Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas by eels
3. All I Want For Christmas Is You by My Chemical Romance
4. Why Can’t It Be Christmastime All Year by Rosie Thomas
5. Snoopy’s Christmas by The Royal Guardsmen
6. You Shook Me All Noel by dj BC
7. Lonely Christmas by The Smugglers
8. Another Christmas Song by Stephen Colbert
9. Let’s Wrap Each Other by The National Splits
10. I Wish It Was Christmas Today by Julian Casablancas
11. Just Like Christmas by Low
12. Christmas in Hollis by Thunderbirds Are Now
13. Merry Christmas From The Family by Robert Earl Keen
14. All I Want For Christmas by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
15. Tinsel Politics by Standard Fare
16. This Christmas by The Elves of Heaven featuring Martin Clancy
17. My Gift To You (It’s Me) by The Four Corners
18. Christmas Tree On Fire by Holly Golightly
19. Christmas Tree by Lady GaGa
20. Oh Shit It’s Christmastime by Mad Tea Party
21. It’s Christmas (And I Hate You) by Josh Weller, Paloma Faith & The Arctic Circle Ensemble & The Puffin Voices
22. A Christmas Duel by Cyndi Lauper and The Hives
23. A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn’t So) by The Flaming Lips
24. What a Wonderful World by Joey Ramone

One of these years maybe I’ll actually post the actual mp3s.

1. Toe Jam by Brighton Port Authority (me)
2. Keep Your Hands To Yourself by The Georgia Satellites (me)
3. Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World by U2 (For A Different Kind Of Girl)
4. Detachable Penis by King Missile (Mr. Big Dubya)
5. Wrapped Around Your Finger by The Police (FlipFlopsChels)
6. My Vagina by NOFX (Ramblings Of A Tired Mama)
7. In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel (A Smeddling Kiss)
8. Under My Thumb by The Rolling Stones (Dereksmommissy and ClumberKim)
9. U + Ur Hand by Pink (We’re Not In Kansas Anymore, Toto)
10. Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor (Sashalyn)
11. Brown Skin by India Arie (Greeblemonkey)
12. Lazy Eye by Silversun Pickups (Coffeequeen)
13. Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue (The Imperfect Parent)
14. Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen (me)
15. Fat Lip by Sum 41 (me)
16. Red Right Hand by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (Raging Dad)
17. Eyes by Rogue Wave (Updating Ensueth)
18. Big Balls by AC/DC (Phenom’s World)
19. Mouth by Bush (Chunkybumble)
20. Tongue by R.E.M. (Funky Biscuits)
21. Where Your Eyes Don’t Go by They Might Be Giants (The Weirdgirl)
22. Ebony Eyes by Bob Welch (Syzdekistan)
23. Big Butts And Blow Jobs by The Scabs (Mommymae)
24. Hands by The Duchess And The Duke (Luke, I Am Your Father)
25. Cheek To Cheek by Eva Cassidy (Sarah And The Goon Squad)
26. Brown Eyed Girl by Reel Big Fish (Cool Zebras)
27. Hands Off by Junkyard (me)

I’d like to thank everyone who dropped by. This Tuesday, we’ll be playing Christmas songs. Hope to see you then!

1. Everything’s Ruined by Faith No More (me)
2. Money Changes Everything by Cyndi Lauper (me)
3. For The Love Of Money by Bulletboys (Dereksmommissy)
4. Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) by Pet Shop Boys (Mr. Big Dubya and Parentopia)
5. If I Had $1,000,000 by Barenaked Ladies (Cool Zebras)
6. Lawyers, Guns, And Money by Warren Zevon (Major Bedhead)
7. Money For Nothing by Dire Straits (Sashalyn)
8. Money by Pink Floyd (Mommy Confessions)
9. Money Talks by AC/DC (FlipFlopsChels)
10. Forever In Blue Jeans by Neil Diamond (Dirt & Noise)
11. I Will Buy You A New Life by Everclear (The Weirdgirl)
12. Head Like A Hole by Nine Inch Nails (For A Different Kind Of Girl)
13. Worker’s Song by Dropkick Murphys (ClumberKim)
14. Money by The Flying Lizards (me)
15. Gold Digger by Kanye West (me)
16. Money Money Money by ABBA (Confessions Of A Recovering Journalist)
17. Take The Money And Run by Steve Miller Band (Funny Things Are Everywhere)
18. 400 Bucks by Reverend Horton Heat (Down With Pants!)
19. Gimme Some Money by Spinal Tap (My Mommy’s Place)
20. Money’s Too Tight (To Mention) by Simply Red (Greeblemonkey)
21. Dollar Bill by Screaming Trees (Luke, I Am Your Father)
22. Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems by Notorious B.I.G. (me)
23. C.R.E.A.M. by Wu-Tang Clan (me)
24. Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich by Warrant (me)
25. Paid In Full by Eric B. & Rakim (Mr. Big Dubya)
26. Shopping Spree by Atom & His Package (me)
27. Sell Out by Reel Big Fish (me)
28. Material Girl by Madonna (The Weirdgirl)
29. Shitloads Of Money by Liz Phair (me)

If you have any suggestions for upcoming shows, leave them in the comments.

1. A Christmas Duel by The Hives and Cyndi Lauper (me)
2. Christmas Tree On Fire by Holly Golightly (me)
3. Let’s Wrap Each Other by The National Splits (All Blogged Up And Nowhere To Go)
4. The Dreidel Song from South Park (FlipFlopsChels)
5. Your Sign by Bill Engvall (Cool Zebras)
6. Father Christmas by The Kinks (Mr. Big Dubya)
7. A Christmas Carol by Tom Lehrer (Major Bedhead)
8. Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl (Confessions Of A Recovering Journalist)
9. Merry Xmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight) by The Ramones (The Imperfect Parent)
10. Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses (ClumberKim)
11. The Chanukah Song by Adam Sandler (The Weirdgirl)
12. The Twelve Days Of Christmas by Bob & Doug McKenzie (Funny Things Are Everywhere)
13. Suddenly It’s Christmas by Loudon Wainwright III (Jfo_in_dc)
14. I Want An Alien For Christmas by Fountains Of Wayne (Trysha’s House)
15. Bizarre Christmas Incident by Ben Folds (Sashalyn)
16. What We Do On Christmas by Atom And His Package (me)
17. It’s Christmas (And I Hate You) by Paloma Faith & Josh Weller (me)
18. Don’t Shoot Me Santa by The Killers (me)
19. Naughty Naughty Christmas by Danger Danger (me)
20. I Won’t Be Home For Christmas by Blink-182 (A Smeddling Kiss)
21. Shouldn’t Have Given Him A Gun For Christmas by Wall Of Voodoo (me)
22. Yellin’ At The Xmas Tree by Billy Idol (me)
23. I’ve Got A Boner For X-Mas by Nerf Herder (me)
24. You Shook Me All Noel by dj BC (me)
25. Homo Christmas by Pansy Division (me)
26. Merry Christmas From The Family by Jill Sobule (me)
27. Christmas At Ground Zero by “Weird Al” Yankovic (Syzdekistan)
28. Another Christmas Song by Stephen Colbert (me)
29. I Will Be Hating You For Christmas by Everclear (me)
30. Christmas Time For My Penis by The Vandals (me)
31. Yule Shoot Your Eye Out by Fall Out Boy (me)

I’d like to thank everyone for coming out for last week’s show! This week’s theme will be songs about money.

Here are my picks for Week 13 (home teams in CAPS, Bill’s picks in red):

Eagles (-5.5) over FALCONS
Rams (+9) over BEARS
BENGALS (-13) over Lions
Raiders (+14.5) over STEELERS
Titans (+7) over COLTS
Broncos (-5) over CHIEFS
DOLPHINS (+4) over Pats
Saints (-9.5) over REDSKINS
PANTHERS (-5.5) over Bucs
Texans (PK) over JAGUARS
Chargers (-13.5) over BROWNS
Cowboys (-2.5) over GIANTS
49ers (PK) over SEAHAWKS
Vikings (-3) over CARDINALS
PACKERS (-3) over Ravens

This Week

Me: 1-0
Simmons: 1-0

Last Week

Me: 8-7-1
Simmons: 6-9-1

Season

Me: 90-83-3
Simmons: 97-76-3