LISTEN: Bluejay - Marvel Fortune

A blue jay is a beautiful bird, an animal that easily grabs your eye with its brilliant shades of blue. But there's more to the attractive surface of the blue jay. They're smart, curious, and creative birds. Maybe it's stretch to link a band's namesake to its sound, but, much like a blue jay, Brooklyn's Bluejay have an appealing sound that darts in all sorts of creative directions, not aimlessly, but rather with purpose.

What I Like About The Romantics: "Talking In Your Sleep"

Most people are probably familiar with Detroit power pop/new wave band The Romantics through their hit "What I Like About You." Maybe you had no idea that was The Romantics. Maybe you thought "The Romantics" was just a movie starring everyone and their mother. Whatever the case may be, the band wasn't just a one hit wonder. Sure, "What I Like About You" is some pop rock perfection and all, but I recently came across another great single they had back in 1983 called "Talking In Your Sleep."

Following basic television's transition from an analog transmission to a digital transmission, we non-cable folks were more than overjoyed to receive a few extra channels in addition to the eight or so channels we already had. One of these extra channels is "TheCoolTV" where music videos from all different eras are played 24/7 (what MTV used to be, I suppose). Anyways, so there I was a few evenings ago chowing down when I flipped on the channel and "Talking In Your Sleep" was playing. I tuned in just after the video had started, but managed to use my detective skills (thank God for bass drum covers) to find out what band I was watching.