He wrote another song via fan suggestion.  This one is about an awkward moment on Facebook.  Enjoy!

As we head off into 2010 we all like to think about things past.  One website has taken all of the guessing out of what was the best, worst, top, bottom and so on of the last decade.  No really, it’s just about every imaginable list possible.  Click here to check it out.

What are your plans for New Year’s Eve? If you’re still looking for an epic way to spend the evening, head on over to The Moore for some Cake! (the Cake at right on the pic above, that is… existence of cake on left is not yet confirmed.)

I had a chance to catch up with Cake frontman John McCrea on the tele yesterday and chatted with him about the holidays. Listen in:

How did you spend your Christmas?
How did you spend your Christmas?

How’s the new cake album coming along?
How’s the new cake album coming along?

Is Cake power fueling California?
Is Cake power fueling California?

Trees? Did someone mention trees?
Trees? Did someone mention trees?

Cake is at The Moore theatre for New Year’s Eve. Check it out!

- Shawn

*Make it your resolution to follow “Ask the MD” on Twitter in 2010!*

According to YepYep.com, here are some the most irritating people of 2009:

10. Jessica Simpson
9. John Mayer
8. The Kardashians
7. Carrie Prejean
6. Chris Brown
5. Perez Hilton
4. Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt
3. Kanye West
2. Miley Cyrus
1. Jon & Kate

Dishonorable Mentions:

Levi Johnston
Octomom
Lindsay Lohan

So, we asked who YOU thought deserved to be on the list.  The Mountain listeners’ voted (in no order)

Tiger Woods

Rush Limbaugh

Tyra Banks

Taylor Swift

Lady Gaga

Donald Trump

Octomom

The Kardashians

Joe Jackson

But the NUMBER ONE by far was Sarah Palin!!

In the wake of recent incidents, airports are beefing up security.  Some passengers are choosing to use the full body scanners at security, but do you know what those images are really showing security.  Well, now you do.  So, would use it?

A Chicago man came home from to find his apartment full of hundreds of wrapped Christmas presents. Sounds good, right? Well, they aren’t really gifts — as a prank, his friends wrapped up all the stuff in his apartment when he was out of town.  Louie Saunders’ “presents” contain everything from sofa cushions to the beer in his fridge.

His friend came up with the idea after Saunders gave him a key to his apartment. The prank took 16 people, 35 rolls of wrapping paper, and eight hours to finish.  Saunders says the good part is that every time he unwraps a “present,” he gets something he really needs.

How about a little optimism for our Song Of the Decade?

While it came at the very end of a very rough 10 years, Pearl Jam’s “Just Breathe” might be just the balm to set the tone for the next ten years. The message is simple: hold the things you love close, take a deep breath, and you’ll get through it. We’ll all get through it together!

“Just Breathe” might not start a fashion trend or launch a new genre of music, but it shows a band who already did that maturing into reflective, sensitive adults, and over the course of 10 years… isn’t it time we all grew up a little? Put materialism behind us (who has material possessions anymore??) and recognize the things that are truly important: the people we love?

(Note: This video of “Just Breathe” is live from Key Arena, 9/21/09!)

- Shawn

If things had turned out a little better this decade, if the bubble hadn’t burst, if our personal wealth hadn’t plummeted, if there hadn’t been wars and terrorism and the threat of a global pandemic, Outkast’s “Hey Ya” might have been THE song of the new millennium.

With it’s fusion of funk, rock, and soul and iconic lines like “Shake it like a Polaroid picture,” “Hey Ya” turned hip hop on it’s ear and got even the most jaded of hipster to storm the dance floor. Yes, having a flashy, happy, booty shaking anthem as our Song Of the Decade in a decade from pop and hip hop music dominated the charts feels right, but a party tune as the decade comes so somberly to close? That’s for you to decide!

- Shawn

Did you ever get that gift that you really REALLY REEEAAALLLYY wanted??  This kid did!!!