Being a child of the 80′s, I remember when everyone had a boombox. They were everywhere and pumping out everything from Run DMC to Slayer. I figured they were a thing of the past.

But then, the other day I stumbled across this state-of-the-art beauty and had to share. Check it out – TDK Life on Record 77000015360 3-Speaker Boombox Audio System(affiliate link).

From time to time I am going to offer up some music that makes me, for one reason or another, all bubbly inside. I will call these periodical offerings the True Goat Music series.

Basically, I just wanted to do my part to help you feed your music player with a steady toe-tapping, groove healthy diet. Also, staying true to the Musicgoat mantra, I will be recommending old and new music from genres and styles all over the map.

Here you go…over the last month or so these are a few artists that have made my spring in Minnesota the beez kneez. Read below and see if you anything fits.

Donovan Frankenreiter – Move By Yourself – I saw a write up on him on iTunes last spring and I remembered his name from when I saw him open for Jack Johnson on the “On and On” tour. I picked this album up and it didn’t leave my cd player for at least a month.

Outside of his original acoustic sound he has a serious 70′s style groove going on all over this this album. When listening to this album you get the feeling that Donovan is a pretty laid back guy, someone who is taking life in stride by stride. He will translates that feeling to you flawlessly since many of the songs are perfect 10′s on the infectious scale. With the grooves and attitude gushing out of Donavan you can’t help but get the feeling that he doesn’t have any problem getting laid.

Favorite song is Fool. Straight blues baby. This album is best served with a lot of sunshine and a hacky sac (cocktails optional).

Matisyahu – Live At Stubbs – If you like your music with a bit of reggae, a dash of hip hop, and spiritual overtones for some unlikely inspiration, than you will dig this.

Check out “Chop ‘em Down” and be careful, this song is sticky. My 4 year old song was walking around the house for days humming this. Note to beatbox fans everywhere, you have to check out his song entitled “Beatbox.” The things the guy can do with a mouth and mic.

Coolest part about this album you get it as a free music download, right now, at a site called eMusic
. Serve with good friends and a nice relaxed outdoor setting.

Van Halen – Fair Warning – I don’t mention them because they are back in the news but because they are just damn good. The album you never hear about flat out rocks from start to finish.

You might have to be a guitar player to truly appreciate some of what I think is Eddies best work, if not take my word for it. Meanstreet and Hear About it Later both rule. Unchained and So This is Love will put you in the mood to party. If your not cruising around in your car on a sunny day serve with cold beer, some buddies and and some good looking women.

That does it for this addition of True Goat Music. Grab some new music from the artist above and put them into heavy summer rotation. You won’t regret it.

A few weeks back a friend of mine sent a “name the hair band” quiz to me. I tried it out and learned something interesting about myself. I figured I would pass the quiz on to you but before I do… you wanna hear something funny?

I had zero wrong.

Now I wasn’t completely surprised by my wizardry since my head was constantly buried in Hit Parader and Circus magazines back then but it does raise a question. What is wasted youth? I’m sure there are better ways to waste ones youth but this certainly ranks up there.

Anyway, good or not, this stuff is fun. I will just throw it in the guilty pleasures bin along with a the Loverboy and Kenny Rogers cd’s in the collection.

Before you laugh to hard you might want to give it a try.

In case you were wondering, I just wanted to let you know that, until I raise enough cashola to really pimpify the site, from time to time I may be experimenting with some different looks for the site.

I’m not sure on about the red on this one but I definitely think the black works.

I stumbled across a song from my youth the other day and thought I would share the lyrics with you. It’s a great song to get the positive vibes rolling.

See if you can guess who the artist is and what genre they are associated with. I’ll let you behind the curtain at the bottom but you may be surprised. Read the rest of this entry

For the first official MusicGoat post I am going to discuss how it is that a semi responsible married guy with two kids can have a good time on the weekend and wake up the next day feeling 98% normal.

Based on 10 years of punishing research I have come to the conclusion that there are only 4 things you need to do;

1) Have decent meal. This may be the most critical step. Before going out you need to get something to soak up the beer and slow its effects. Indulging on an empty stomach is a fast track to toilet city and a screaming headache.

2) Drink the right beer. Back in 1997 I visited England with the local military outfit and made my first big breakthrough. During our leave we partied hard despite the pre-dawn wakeups and heavy day schedule. It was clear after lots of Newcastle Brown Ale, barely four hours of sleep, and a 3 mile run the next morning, there was something up with this English brew. Thank you England!

3) If your a smoker, smoke the right cigarettes. If there is such thing as a healthy cigarette than this brand represents. The makers of Natural American Spirits bill their cigarettes as all natural and additive free. This tasty whole leaf, additive free tobacco shaves off a few guilt points and keeps the morning after under control. As a social, only-when-i-am-drinking smoker, and former fulltime Marb Red smoker, I can tell you there is a unmistakable difference in the way your skull feels following a nite on the town. Can’t miss.

4) Don’t mix. Stay away from any other beverage other than your good friend, water. Now I realize this is much easier said than done especially for those of you who like like to man up with shots but all your work up to this point becomes irrelevant if you decide to take this route.

Just so you know, unfortunately I am not affiliated with any of the above mentioned products. I am only a satisfied customer trying making an honest effort to save you pain and suffering.

Armed with this party strategy you shouldn’t have any problem avoiding a hangover. Remember, eat something, drink Newcastle, smoke american Spirits and don’t mix. Try it out and enjoy the good life without regret. Cheers!