It's all kiltboy 's fault for posting the link to that Storm Large video [NSFW!] -- which I watched.  Then I watched it again. Then I watched the 3 "making of the video" videos.  Then I watched the video again a few more times.
And now I've been stuck singing '8 miles wide' over and over -- i simply can't get it out of my head.  Thank goodness I work remotely -- I'm just certain that the corporate drones at work would keel over dead if someone walked through the cube-farm singing the chorus:

musicbyoscar  and I have been asked to perform a few Irish ditties, along with 'Drunken Sailor,' at a friend's St. Pat's party tonight.
I'm not sure what Drunken Sailor has to do with St. Patrick's day -- but our friend likes that song as much as I dislike that song.  So, I'm letting Oscar handle that one.  I'll still to basics like 'Molly Malone.'
I did however buy us very cool shirts for St. Pat's.  We have matching green bowling shirts from BowlingShirts.com that say "Sappy Paint Hatrick's Day" on the back.  I'm loving them.

Southside Johnny released a new CD of all Tom Waits tunes including a remake of my favorite Juke's tune, New Coat of Paint.  I'd describe the music style as "Jazz-Tinged, Soulful, Big Band Blues" (although others might see it as "blues-tinged, soulful, big band jazz").  Honestly, it's quite different from Southside's usually rockin' blues style.  It may have taken a few years to complete, but the final product was worth the wait.  Maybe Southside is finally growing up (he turns 60 later this year) -- this is the most "adult" sounding music he's ever created. 
If you don't want to take my word on how fabulous this new album is, just read some of the reviews it's gotten:

• Huffington Post
• BC Music
• AllMusic
• Independent Music Magazine
• SoulTracks
• Billboard.com

I was browsing around amazon the other day and stumbled across an album by Tom and Mark Wisner called Chesapeake Born.  It contains a recording of "Blowed and Torn" (a song I always enjoyed whenever I heard it sung at MDRF).  You can buy an MP3 of the song for 99 cents or for 5 Pepsi points.  (or if you're really cheap, you can listed to the snippet for free)