I’ve been trying to create the perfect country music station on Pandora for quite some time. But every one I make seems to play more Kenny Chesney than I would like. (Note: I hate Kenny Chesney, it’s the same song over and over again.)

But I think this week I finally got it, and I only had to use one artist: Lady Antebellum. I haven’t heard one Kenny Chesney song yet! Now all I need to do is find a way to cut out the negligible amount of Carrie Underwood that seeps in.

Sometimes at the gym, I just listen to Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the USA” and Cobra Starship’s “Good Girls Gone Bad” on a continuous loop.

Something new has been going on in my life for the past… week or so. Something that I almost cannot explain. Something I probably don’t want to explain, but I will.

This new phenomena in my life, it makes me giggle like a desperate 8th grade girl. I am waiting for the day to come where I am not still completely excited and needy for it. My life was entirely normal a week ago before this thing started. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME?!?!

Okay, okay. I’ll just come out with it. I listen to the Jonas Brothers.

I bought the single for Burnin’ Up on iTunes a week ago on a whim. A WHIM, PEOPLE! Oh how I wish I could turn back the hands of time. But I cannot. This song is so damn catchy I cannot stop listening. I was cleaning the house last Thursday listening to my iPod, and I kept switching back to this song because no other song would do.

I confessed all of this to my sister Audra, who promptly informed me that she herself was “burning up” for Nick Jonas. Me too, Audra. ME TOO!

Have you seen the video? OMG adorable. Seriously, how did they get that guy from Profiler to be in it?  Gawd, why am I such a sucker for crappy pop songs? One day I will have taste! One day…

I work in an office next to a YMCA, and very often, I sneak out of that office for an hour to enjoy the two things I love the most, music and running. As this is my first guest post on Cloudy Day, and as I run a music blog, I thought I’d hit on the musical note, and follow up Will’s post about girls talking with the actual Girl Talk.

Girl Talk is Mashup DJ Gregg Gillis, a Pittsburgh native who just released his fourth album last week, a 12-track club banger called Feed The Animals that’s pretty hard to summarize, because, as you’ll hear, the album shifts gears every 15-30 seconds, pairing songs like Jay-Z’s Roc Boys over Radiohead’s Paranoid Android, T-Pain and Dolla’s Who The F*** Is That over Avril Lavinge’s Girlfriend, and my favorite mix, Timbaland’s Drop over a mix of Tom Petty, Of Montreal, Good Charlotte, Cheryl Lynn and Schooly D.

The album as a whole covers hundreds of samples, and is already gearing up to be this summer’s party soundtrack, and as one reviewer put it: “If you only buy one album this year, you might as well buy this one – it seems to have all the others on it.”

Below are three of my favorite tracks on the album. Hope you enjoy.

(Click here to cop the album for free.)

1. Shut The Club Down – Girl Talk
2. Give Me A Beat – Girl Talk
3. In Step – Girl Talk

I’ve had this idea in my head for almost a month– every since I saw people making Muxtapes. After many hours at the gym skipping through songs on my iPod, I’ve finally made my own Muxtapes. Two opposing Muxtapes to be specific. So anyhow, here they are. Notes given as necessary.

Songs that Make me Wish I Had a Boyfriend

1. Kings of Leon – On Call
   - I remember a couple of weeks ago I walked into Mellow Mushroom and one of the cooks in the kitchen was singing this out loud. It made me smile.
2. Gomez – Catch Me Up
3. Josh Turner – Would You Go With Me
   - I told my friends last summer this would be my wedding song and I had dibs! I don’t quite feel the same, but it’s still pretty.
4. Nada Surf – I Like What You Say
   - Yeah, I know they used this song in John Tucker Must Die, but just give it a chance!
5. Harry Connick, JR – For Once In My Life
6. Ryan Adams – My Winding Wheel
   - I will have a hard time being with someone who doesn’t appreciate Ryan Adams. It wouldn’t be impossible, just difficult.
7. Howie Day – Secret
8. Dave Barnes – Everybody But You
9. Dierks Bentley – Good Things Happen

Songs that Make me Want to Join a Convent

1. Foreigner – Cold As Ice
2. Damien Rice – Rootless Tree
   - I got a speeding ticket while listening to this song. This wouldn’t have happened if I was in a convent.
3. Cobra Starship – Keep It Simple
   - Gabe Saporta, I heart you. But this is by far your most man-whorey song!
4. Jimmy Eat World – Carry You
   - Don’t aaaaaaaaaaaaaask.
5. Dierks Bentley – Lot of Leavin’ Left To Do
6. Keith Urban – I Told You So
   - If you think this song is all cute and sweet, LISTEN AGAIN! So spiteful, Keith.
7. Color Me Badd – I Want to Sex You Up
   - Pretty much any desire I ever have for sex is squashed the minute this song comes on. I’m guessing my father would be happy if I had this on repeat for the rest of my life… or at least until my 30th birthday.
8. Miranda Lambert – Kerosene
9. Nickel Creek – Helena
   - If a guy told me that guys like him never sleep alone at night, I’d kick him.