Master Poto’s Tune of the Week. Week 5 I bring to you the new single by the band The Dirty Heads called “Spread Too Thin”. The song is easy to listen to, easy to relate too, and just perfect for some easy listening. I hear these guys and I always think of sitting on a beach with a nice cold beer in my hand. Enjoy this sweet tune and the pretty funny music video they made to go along with it.
I thought the article I posted a few weeks ago about the drunken Canadian idiots who rode naked through the carwash were some of the dumbest members of the gene pool, but this guy truly takes the cake.
Get this! A guy gets out of the liquor store and then straps his 4 young kids to the hood of the car AND drives away! If that isn’t the definition of a wack job..and a shitty father then I don’t know what is!
Master Poto’s Tune of the Week 4. This week I’m sharing a song by the Welsch band The Joy Formidable called “Whirring”. This trio literally packs a wall of sound into their music. This is can especially be heard on their album “The Big Roar” in which this track “Whirring” is found. This song has been out for probably about a year now in the US, but everytime it pops up on my iPod I feel like I’m hearing it again for the first time. So check them out and enjoy “Whirring”!
Master Poto’s Tune of Week. Week 3 is by an artist named Gotye with featuring artist Kimba. The song called “Somebody That I Used to Know” has taken the airwaves by storm over the past few weeks. It’s just something so different than the other stuff currently out there that it really stands out. I’ve listened to it a good 30 times and there’s just something about the tones and percussion used that makes me want to listen again and again. The song is clearly written about a break up or end of a relationship. I feel like I can truly relate to this song when I think back to one of my more recent relationships past. So give it a listen and see what you think!
Master Poto’s Tune of the Week. Week 2 is dedicated to one of my personal favorite bands Say Anything. Today is the release of their newest album “Anarchy, My Dear” so I hope you all enjoy the self titled track off this new album ”Say Anything”. I’ll be listening to this new album all day at work, and if you haven’t heard anything from Say Anything before, be sure to check out some of their older records like “Baseball”, “…Is A Real Boy”, ”…Was A Real Boy”, “In Defense of the Genre”, and their self title “Say Anything”. Enjoy!
The Lost Wallet
While walking through the streets of New York City this weekend my cousin and I stumbled upon an electric blue fo-gator skin wallet sitting on the ground. I picked it up and jokingly said ”Guess some 19 year old girl is paying for our drinks tonight!”. It was after opening up the wallet though that I got serious and began looking for information about the owner with hopes of returning it. And lucky enough for the owner, she had left a business card tucked inside with her cell phone number. After leaving a message I received a very relieved phone call from a woman named Tracey who had indeed lost her wallet.
During our conversation one of the first things she asked me was what I wanted. I actually became very confused and had to ask her to clarify that statement. Strangely enough she had the assumption that I would only return the wallet on condition of receiving a reward. When I told her that I just wanted to get the wallet back to her and wasn’t looking for a reward she was then very confused.
I find it really sad that we live in a day and age where the good samaritan is such an oddity that people don’t even recognize him. The thought that someone might find the wallet and actually return it to the her just because it’s the right thing to do never crossed Tracey’s mind! I understand that there are people in the world who wouldn’t have taken the same approach as myself, but am I really part of the minority now? Are there more people who would have kept the $160, credit cards, and wallet without making an attempt to contact the owner than those who would have tried to return it?
It seems to me as if the core values of society are just not what they used to be. Now don’t get me wrong, I believe in progressive thinking and modernity, but when did being a good person become old fashioned and out of style? Are our values as a society so far in the toilet that common courtesy is something to be desired?
Regardless, I just got back from mailing the woman her wallet back (still containing all the money and cards that were originally in it). Do I feel like a better person? No, not particularly. But I will go to sleep at night knowing that I did the right thing. My only hope in this experience is Tracey will pay it forward and help someone else in the future the way I helped her. It only takes one act of random kindness to change the world after all!
"It’s a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to."
JRR Tolkien
