Out of the Wilderness

Rihanna and Mark Ronson, wilding to the top of the charts

Two of the top 5 songs on the iTunes list of top sellers are Rihanna’s “FourFiveSeconds” and Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk.” The most curious link between the two songs is the use of the word “wilding.” Most sites list Ronson’s lyrics as “whilen” and Rihanna’s as “wilding” but based on the Urban Dictionary definition of “whilen”:

1) to express erratic behavior
2) to act outside of societies normal behavioral standard

And the Dictionary.com definition of “wilding”:
the practice by a group of youths of going on a random spree of violent criminal activity

I’m gonna go ahead and assume they’re both referring to the act of wilding. Now, this has been around since 1989 after the Central Park 5 were arrested in New York City. Evidently some teens were out wilding and it got them into trouble. Like, years in prison trouble. The group of teens, now adults, were released from prison after some other guy confessed to the crime. So their convictions were vacated, which basically is another way of the city saying, oops. But since a documentary was made a few years ago about the trial and convictions, wilding has become a thing. No surprise it’s now used in music as a way to say, I’m about to get my crazy on.

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What’s up with Michelle Pfeiffer in a couple of new songs

You ask why, I ask why not Michelle Pfeiffer? She’s becoming to music what Betty White was to TV and movies a few years back. Michelle’s name is in two popular songs and at first I was going to write this fantastic piece about the why’s and the who’s but USA Today already did it here.

The songs are Vance Joy’s “Riptide” and Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk.” And every time I hear her name mentioned I think of her as the kick-butt Marine in Dangerous Minds. What’s your Pfeiffer favorite? Comment below!

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The Bachelor: The Final 2 Revealed

Pictures of the ice in Nashville 2/17/15

It’s so icy outside, I could barely even walk my dogs down the street without falling down. If only I had 4 legs, too! On the way back I noticed beautiful icicles in a nearby tree. Then of course, a few pictures of my icy-eyed dog. I would have pictures of my beagle, too, but she was off exploring with her nose.

Episode 8: Remaining girls on The Bachelor (2/15/15)

Episode 7 was a “Chris and Kelsey Tell All” where ABC capitalized on Kelsey’s popularity (if you can call it that) then rolled right into episode 8. Chris Soules said goodbye to Nashville-resident-Megan right at the top, and there wasn’t a rose ceremony at the end. Tonight (Monday 2/16) will most likely start with a rose ceremony then go into the hometown dates.