WPM

The crowd of folks who come in week in and week out for our Music Trivia contests on Tuesdays are all good people that I love dearly. And although I play no favorites, I have enjoyed hanging out with the kids from the Junebugs team, who are built around a core of hairstylists that work at Trim on 12th Avenue South.

They always play really well. Rich, Judy, Cali, Jenny, Travis, Joi, Jason... the crew knows a lot about music. And even a pared-down version (just Travis, Jenny and Joi) were ahead until the last question. That's our bonus question where you can go all or nothing on just one answer.

So where is MacArthur Park that Donna Summer sang the disco song about? Los Ang-guh-leez, California. They said Frisco, and a visiting team called the Last of the Red Hot Mamas took the game.

Travis was a little.... how shall we say... bitter. Oh boy, he was hatin' me. And so, he said, "Just for that I'm picking your karaoke song!" His threat was revealed to be "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies, which I dutifully, but not beautifully, sang. I muddled through. It was all right.

Jenny and Travis followed up with other tongue-twisting songs, and then Joi, who is a righteous black woman, flashed us the "WPM" sign. For those who aren't in the know, "WPM" stands for "White People Music." And you know WPM when you hear it.

Not all songs by white people are WPM. Here's a small list of WPM, so you can understand what we're talking about:

"Physical" by Olivia Newton-John

"Friends In Low Places" by Garth Brooks

"Please Come To Boston" by Dave Loggins

"Nothin's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship

"No Rain" by Blind Melon

You get the idea. Well, we prolonged the WPM when we launched into a George Michael block. Even Rocket Ron got in on the act. What a riot. It was worth it all to hear Travis sing "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go!"

Sound like fun? Get down to the Lip!

Peace,

Tom