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Though I still can’t get the chorus out of my head!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/140788692</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/140788692</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate><category>Africa</category><category>Acappella</category></item><item><title>This week’s Earworm came from the 80’s Fest at...</title><description>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/5267865" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;This week’s &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earworm"&gt;Earworm&lt;/a&gt; came from the 80’s Fest at &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://swabbies.com"&gt;Swabbies&lt;/a&gt; on the River. This 80’s tribute band found every piece of hair-band gear and rocked it! Now we’re stuck with a 3-word chorus going over and over in our brains.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/127925431</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/127925431</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate><category>Breakin' the Law,</category><category>Swabbies</category><category>80's</category><category>Sacramento</category></item><item><title>For some reason, Tumblr didn&amp;#8217;t send todays update to twitter. Come check it out:...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;For some reason, Tumblr didn&amp;#8217;t send todays update to twitter. Come check it out: &lt;a href="http://ruiningmonday.com"&gt;http://ruiningmonday.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/124035562</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/124035562</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:38:55 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>This weekend included a great show by Notorious and one of our...</title><description>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/5162170" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;This weekend included a great show by &lt;a href="http://www.notoriousrocks.com"&gt;Notorious&lt;/a&gt; and one of our favorite sticky songs. 99 Luftballoons put Nena at #1 in the ‘83-84 charts and it’s got the perfect rhythm and lyrics to get stuck in your head. We got A LOT of reports that last week’s video stuck in your brains, let us know how this one goes.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/127681551</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/127681551</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate><category>Nena</category><category>99 Luftballoons</category><category>80's</category><category>83'</category><category>Notorious</category><category>Sacramento</category></item><item><title>Here’s a twist on a catchy tune and I think it has...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lj-x9ygQEGA?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here’s a twist on a catchy tune and I think it has potiential to be one of Ruining Monday’s all-time favorite videos! Watch this and let us know if the real lyrics get stuck in your head.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/119947096</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/119947096</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate><category>Total Eclipse of the Heart</category><category>Literal video</category></item><item><title>It’s that special time again… Monday, Monday,...</title><description>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/4937551" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;It’s that special time again… Monday, Monday, Monday! This song has been in my head all weekend and my diabetic better-half requested that I dedicate it to him in honor of his 30th birthday. So, here you go, chickens. Shout it out by the copy machine!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/116251565</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/116251565</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate><category>The Hits</category><category>The Hits cov</category><category>The Hits Cover Band</category><category>Pour Some Sugar</category><category>Def Leppard</category></item><item><title>Have you heard that Tuesday is the new Monday? Well, in honor of...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dZSv2_0lkO8?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have you heard that Tuesday is the new Monday? Well, in honor of Memorial Day, we chose not to ruin your Monday. That doesn’t mean a week’s reprieve though. Here’s the latest installment of music that you love to hate. I dare you to listen to the entire song and not have it stuck in your head.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/113248361</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/113248361</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate><category>southpark</category><category>loving you</category><category>ugh</category><category>shrieking</category></item><item><title>With our very own Mike Woodall performing the famous Eddie Van...</title><description>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/4698912" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;With our very own &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/radiostar14"&gt;Mike Woodall&lt;/a&gt; performing the famous Eddie Van Halen guitar solo!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/109492820</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/109492820</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate><category>Michael Jackson</category><category>The Hits Cover Band</category><category>Beat It</category></item><item><title>I&amp;#8217;ve got an awesome guitar solo coming your way tomorrow!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;ve got an awesome guitar solo coming your way tomorrow!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/109269868</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/109269868</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 18:41:19 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>You have the span of a guitar solo to try and guess this...</title><description>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/4585273" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;You have the span of a guitar solo to try and guess this song!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can tell that this video is from Friday night’s show and that I didn’t marry a cameraman. :) Thanks to everyone who came out that night!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more of The Hits, go to:&lt;a href="http://www.thehitsband.com/"&gt;Our Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/106263445</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/106263445</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate><category>The Hits</category><category>Journey</category></item><item><title>This is how all subway trips end up for me.</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AF-KagTq7qY?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is how all subway trips end up for me.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/104323135</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/104323135</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 15:25:56 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>For some reason, Tumblr didn&amp;#8217;t send todays update to twitter. Come check it out:...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;For some reason, Tumblr didn&amp;#8217;t send todays update to twitter. Come check it out: &lt;a href="http://ruiningmonday.com"&gt;http://ruiningmonday.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/103397859</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/103397859</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 10:57:58 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>



Week 2:
A Guitar Hero classic—Pat Benatar</title><description>&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Week 2:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A Guitar Hero classic—Pat Benatar&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/103393813</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/103393813</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate><category>80's,</category><category>Guitar Hero</category><category>pat benatar</category><category>Hit Me With Your Best Shot</category></item><item><title>It’s almost like these kids knew exactly what I was...</title><description>&lt;iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IL0aDXekfyM?wmode=transparent&amp;autohide=1&amp;egm=0&amp;hd=1&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;It’s almost like these kids knew exactly what I was thinking!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Check out &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/agreggofsociety"&gt;AGreggOfSociety&lt;/a&gt;, he’s doing some awesome stuff with PS22 Chorus!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/102029966</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/102029966</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:57:16 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>"When we listen to a song, it triggers a part of the brain called the auditory cortex. Researchers at..."</title><description>“When we listen to a song, it triggers a part of the brain called the auditory cortex. Researchers at Dartmouth University found that when they played part of a familiar song to research subjects, the participants’ auditory cortex automatically filled in the rest — in other words, their brains kept “singing” long after the song had ended [source: Prokhorov]. The only way to “scratch” brain itch is to repeat the song over and over in your mind. Unfortunately, like with mosquito bites, the more you scratch the more you itch, and so on until you’re stuck in an unending song cycle.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://health.howstuffworks.com/songs-stuck-in-head.htm"&gt;HowStuffWorks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/101750519</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/101750519</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:12:41 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>



Great video bringing together street musicians all over the...</title><description>&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://gizmodo.com/5231112/best-video-ive-seen-today-will-make-you-smile"&gt;Great video bringing together street musicians all over the world.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/101515043</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/101515043</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:01:00 -0700</pubDate><category>Stand By Me</category><category>Street Music</category></item><item><title>I&amp;#8217;ve had a few reports saying people liked the first episode! &amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s like a new...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;ve had a few reports saying people liked the first episode! &amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s like a new rickroll every week!&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/101494346</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/101494346</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:54:49 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>So, was it stuck in your head today? Let me know if you caught yourself singing a little dut dut...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;So, was it stuck in your head today? Let me know if you caught yourself singing a little dut dut duh-duh dut dut duh-duh&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/100863687</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/100863687</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:52:52 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Good morning (for now)! The first installment of RuiningMonday is up, come and check it out!...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Good morning (for now)! The first installment of RuiningMonday is up, come and check it out! &lt;a href="http://digg.com/u11rMq"&gt;http://digg.com/u11rMq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/100674050</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/100674050</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:50:30 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>



Week 1
For the first entry into Ruining Monday, I decided to...</title><description>&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Week 1&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the first entry into Ruining Monday, I decided to go with the catchiest, poke-yourself-in-the-eyes-because-it’s-making-you-insane song that I can think of. You’ve been warned.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/100659125</link><guid>http://blog.ruiningmonday.com/post/100659125</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate><category>Suzanne Vega</category><category>Instrumental</category><category>Repetitive</category><category>Grr</category><category>Annoying</category><category>Simple</category></item></channel></rss>

