Doug Van Pelt

Temptation came my way

I had a voicemail on my cellphone when I turned it on this morning. It was from a woman named Sandra, calling to follow up on an employee's reference from past employment here. They wanted to hire this person, but wanted to know what happened when she left. The name of the employee was someone I've never heard of. She described a type of medical care, and I knew that it was absolutely the wrong number. However, this situation left open the door for an awesome prank. I could have called back and told the wildest tale I could think of (terrorist activity, whatever). I can only imagine the phone call I'd get back from a higher up in the organization or something. I don't know how long it would be possible to draw something like that out. Boy, that would be fun ... but terribly, terribly wrong. While the temptation was there, I passed.

On the way to work today I was listening to some more of this album I have to rate for the new issue. It was Wordplay from the parody people known as Apologetix. They cover the Whitesnake song, "Here I Go Again," changing the words to "Here I Go (Against All I've Known)." They do Nickelback, Bon Jovi, The Who, Hoobastank, Velvet Revolver, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Kanye West, Dobie Gray, Weezer, Green Day, The Killers. Oh my...

Everyone's got their own take on Apologetix. They either love 'em or hate 'em. I think I'm the minority in that I'm ambivalent. When trying to judge them for what they are (and comparing them to Weird Al, etc), they come out fairly solid. But there is a cheese factor.

Why'd they cover U2? I thought their schtick was to parody secular artists. Maybe these guys don't respect the U2 way.
Sigh.

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I guess today is the deadline!

Posted by Doug Van Pelt at January 19, 2007 12:23 PM