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My God, doesn’t that picture say it all. New Coke was a huge Product Flop (Although, some theorize that it may be been the most genius marketing idea ever).
There were many more, and we went over the top 10 in our July 26th, 2018 episode, but if you’d like to see the Full Top 50 List, check it out in this article from 24/7 Wall St.
On our June 7th, 2018 episode we did a News Update where we talked about this soldier, from the National Guard base at Fort Pickett in Blackstone, Virginia, who led the police on a chase in an armored vehicle (basically a tank), and we needed to let you see it to believe it.
All of us on the show agree the best segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live is “Mean Tweets”, and it didn’t get much better than when he had the cast of Avengers: Infinity War do it.
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No matter how positive you may be, there’s always that moment where you get caught up with negativity. Whether it be from a social interaction, something that happened at work, or out in the dating world, it happens. But on our April 19th, 2017 episode we found out you could fix that in as little as 4 minutes. Dr. Dani Gordon says to do the following steps:
For the first minute, identify the negative thought pattern you’re stuck in before the brain enters into negative mode. “Don’t miss potential threats,” Gordon warns, “and write them all down to get them out of your head.”
For the next three minutes, concentrate on flipping over to the approach network way of thinking by first calming the mind and focusing on breathing. Yes, meditate for a minute. After you steady your breathing, really concentrate and isolate the specific negative thoughts freaking you out. “Don’t worry about why those negative thoughts are there,” Gordon explains, “just observe them.”
And finally, the most crucial step in the 4-minute brain hack is to visualize a positive outcome. Just like an athlete visualizes scoring the game-winning touchdown, focus on the best possible results. “Envision the best possible outcome in as great a detail as possible: Where is this scene? Who is present? What emotions are you feeling? What are you saying and doing? What are other people’s responses, right on down to their facial expressions or the actions they take?”
Dr. Gordon stresses that the faster a person identifies a negative thought, to stop and focus on eradicating the “habit” of turning an unfavorable feeling into hours of downward spiraling into negativity.
So, give it a try, and let us know how it works by emailing us and we’ll share your results on the show.
It was an interesting find on our March 22nd, 2018 episode when a video popped up with these dudes who switched the bass and guitar parts to different Metallica songs.
It’s actually kinda cool.
Who doesn’t love discovering new music? And we like to guide you along the way with a little thing called Music You Can Use.
Make sure to take a listen to our March 1st, 2018 episode to hear what we think of them. Included this week was a song off a Johnny Cash collection, Forever Words, which will come out April 6th. It’s the first posthumous release from the late Chris Cornell, turning a Cash poem “You Never Knew My Mind” into this heart wrenching song. Get your tissues ready.
We didn’t stay sad though, because Godsmack’s coming out with a new disc April 27th called When Legends Rise, and they just gave us the single “Bulletproof”.
And we love our female singers (Still trying to get Mikki to sing for us), so we were really excited to share this song from Dorothy, “Flawless”.
Now, although we’re a little mad at Matt Bellamy for downing the guitar as a lead instrument, we still like his work with Muse. This is their new single, “Thought Contagion”.
Korn is a band us on the show grew up on, but how does Jonathan Davis sound as a solo artist? We found out with this track, off the American Satan soundtrack, “What It Is”.
Finally, we’re getting the 2nd album from Three Days Grace with singer Matt Walst, Outsider, March 9th. This is our first taste of it with “The Mountain”.
Do you have suggestions for a future Music You Can Use? Let us know by commenting on this post.
We got the teaser during the Super Bowl, and today we got the full thing during Good Morning America. How come they don’t ask us to debut it?
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It’s a question we asked ourselves on the February 1st, 2018 episode. So, we took this test from BuzzFeed.
What you need to do is download the episode, and take the How Rude Are Your Texting Habits Test with us.
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This will probably shock you as much as it shocked us.
According to neuropsychologist, Dan Katz, all Skittles are the same flavor.
“So, Skittles have different fragrances and different colors — but they all taste exactly the same.”
Katz says this works because our brains are used to processing certain sensory cues together. For example, our brains associate the color yellow, a lemon smell and a slightly acidic taste with each other. When you’re offered two of these three sensory cues, your brain will fill in the blanks.
Of course, we had to put this to the test. And you could hear if this is true, or just a bunch of junk in our January 25, 2018 episode.
We always love to pass along new music when it hits our ears, and we did just that on the January 11th, 2018 episode.
Kicked things off with Black Label Society. New album from them, Grimmest Hits (Surprisingly not a Greatest Hits) will be available January 19th, and this is the first single,
“Room Of Nightmares”
Then we took a hard right from that to talk about Justin Timberlake. He has a disc coming out February 2nd called Man of the Woods, and if you didn’t like him before, wait until you hear this very Prince sounding song, “Filthy”
Of course we had to bring up the fact that a band local to us, Breaking Benjamin, finally gave us a taste of their album Ember. No release date just yet, but word around the street is you’ll be able to preorder it on the 26th. The taste came from a song called “Red Cold River”
And finally the Stone Temple Pilots are back! This time with singer Jeff Gutt, who you’d know if you watched Season 2 or 3 of the X-Factor. Man, does he sound like the late, great Scott Weiland. Don’t believe us, check out this tune, “Meadow”
