So, award-winning songwriter Lou Carlozo (who?) has written a song called "Black Friday Blues" to salute the kick off to the 2009 shopping season!  It's pretty funny, so I just had to share...(although I was working on a song of my own!)

Compliments of AOL Video. Click here to view this "Black Friday Blues" video.  (By the way, you'll have to suffer thru a brief "ad" before the video song begins.) For those of you who would like to have a "Shoppers Sing Along", the lyrics are written below.

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"Black Friday (Can't Get No Zhu Zhu Pet) Blues" By Lou Carlozo

When the turkey's all done getting stuffed, then it's your turn
Twenty shopping bags you'll try to drag while your cash burns
You'll line up at midnight, stay awake the whole night through:
Going, going, Bakugan!!! No zhu zhu pets for you...

When Black Friday's done
Maybe you can get away
You're gonna need a vacation
From your happy holiday
Who gets to do the dirty work
So the kids can play?
There's no other way...

Tell me who needs XBox or the Nintendo Wii?
What we need is a video game called Shopping Spree
Jockey for your parking space, set debit cards on stun
Fight the mobs with martial arts, now don't that sound like fun?

When Black Friday's gone
Where's your happy Saturday?
You're gonna need a second job
With those bills to pay
So max out your credit cards
Sell your kids on eBay
What do you say?

Peace on Earth ... with Death Star Legos in every aisle
Goodwill toward men ... and robot dogs with programmed smiles
Today it's the perfect gift, tomorrow perfect trash
Oh well, if all else fails, there's always cold hard cash
There's always cold hard cash
There's always cold hard cash

When Black Friday's done
Maybe you can get away
You're gonna need a second job
With those bills to pay
Who gets to do the dirty work
So the kids can play?
What do you say?

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So remember:  "When you have shopping on the brain, it helps to have a song in your heart."  May you find all the bargains you're looking for on Black Friday...and be safe!

106.5 The Arch wants to send you and 3 guests for a night out to see The Joffrey Ballet in NUTCRACKER at the Fox, playing December 3rd through 6th!

Here's a video of DANCE stl's 2009/2010 Season Preview:

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Presented by Dance St. Louis

We've done it - we've secured The Joffrey Ballet again with Robert Joffrey's sumptuous storybook production for our Nutcracker at the Fox. The Joffrey's virtuoso dancers perform exquisite choreography by Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino. The Ballet Orchestra of St. Louis plays Tchaikovsky's beloved music. The plush Victorian sets and costumes are inspired by antique toys and Christmas cards. And more than 160 young St. Louis-area singers and dancers add their talents to the cast. It's one of the world's great Nutcrackers, all gift-wrapped in the fantasy of the Fox. Gather your family and friends for this seasonal treat - the ultimate holiday entertainment!

Everyone must have a ticket, regardless of age.

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Shop the streets of the holiday village, enjoy the live entertainment on the main stage, or be a kid again at the full-scale indoor carnival...all this and much more!

There's a NEW holiday tradition being added to St. Louis's social calendar this year! "Holiday Magic" comes to America's Center, December 4-6, and it promises to be an exciting and entertaining event for families and shoppers. Enjoy wood carving demonstrations and hands-on crafts, a dazzling light show with over 40,000 holiday lights choreographed to holiday music, and a full-scale indoor carnival.

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This song is about lead singer Brent Smith leaving his native Knoxville, Tennessee, to pursue a career in rock 'n' roll. He says, “This song for me is the most personal song on the record because it's about how I grew up and my childhood. It's about throwing caution to the wind and going after what you truly want in life."

After seeing them live several times, in my opinion Brent Smith has the best voice in rock n roll right now.  This is their biggest hit to date and is from their most recent record “The Sound of Madness.”

The other Joe celebrating a birhday today is our Vice President, Joe Biden.  So, who's older?

Joe Biden  67

Joe Walsh  62

Other projects?!  Rod, do you mean to tell the us that your album of cover songs, "Soulbook" is more important than a world tour by The Faces?!?  I don't get it.

There's no dates for The Faces yet, but, Ian McLagan will play Off Broadway at 3509 Lemp Ave on Tuesday (11/24) at 8p. 

The Alliance on Mental Illness is holding its Gala Saturday night. Its at the Marriott St Louis West in Town and Country. Doors open at 5:30. A silent auction-dinner-and entertainment begin at 7. ((Find out more-call 314-962-4670 or visit http://www.namistl.org)

There's a benefit Saturday at Gettemeier's Bar and Grill in Florissant. It benefits 29 year old family man Josh Hendrix-who is battling cancer. The fun starts at 2. ((For more information-call 314-265-0492 or 636-466-0281))

Friday night in Maplewood. Its the Maplewood Arts Walk. 15 of Maplewood's studios and galleries will be opening their doors and showing off their stuff. Starts at 6pm. ((For more info-call 314-645-3600 or visit http://www.cityofmaplewood.com)

The Florissant Arts Council presents the operatic comedy Duelling Divas Saturday night at 8 at the Florissant Civic Center. ((For more-call 314-921-5678))

Don't forget the Boy Scouts will be picking up their Scouting for Food bags Saturday.

Van will be at the Mid Rivers Ultimate Electronics in St Peters Friday night from 5 til 8.

Rick will be at the brand new Carondolet Park Rec Plex--I-55 and Loughborough Saturday between 2 and 4.

Don't forget about Commercial-Free Saturday Nights here on the Arch. Lots of great music--no commercials--every Saturday night 8 til midnight.

First the winner of the NL Cy Young Award has been chosen.  Yay.

Roger Daltrey is working on a new book, and surprisingly it's about him!

Also, if you didn't see a clip of it yet, here's the Utah meteor from Wednesday.  (It's like daytime...only at night!)

And just for laughs.  Oprah.

I hope something here hits the spot!

In the early days of their career, this band toured with bands like Van Halen, Def Leppard and Poison giving them the label of a “Glam band”, which they hated.  You never saw them with teased hair or make-up in leather pants, but rather T-Shirts and jeans.  And their music is better described as “Bluesy Metal”.  I saw them a few years ago at Pop’s and they sounded fantastic.  Shiprocked is their final scheduled tour date for this year, but definitely try to catch them next time they are in town.

This song is from their 1991 album “Psychotic Supper”.  “What You Give” from Tesla on School of Rock.

Ringo Starr is joined by his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney for a duet on "Y Not," the drummer's forthcoming solo album due out Jan. 12, 2010 on Hip-O Records/UMe.

The album also includes vocal turns by Joss Stone, Ben Harper and Richard Marx as well as musical and songwriting contributions from the Eagles' Joe Walsh, Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard and Van Dyke Parks, among others.

But despite the star-studded guest list, Starr is handling the production duties himself for the first time in his storied career. "I was the least involved in the production of the Beatle records," Starr said in a statement. "And then with my solo records, I worked with some other great producers like Richard Perry, Arif Mardin, and Don Was. So it just seemed like that's the way that it goes. Then suddenly, it's another point in your life, and you say, 'I'm going do this now.' So I'll be producing anything I make from now on."

McCartney's contributions to the album include playing bass on the song "Peace Dream," as well as lead vocal duties on "Walk With You," a song composed by Starr and Van Dyke Parks. Other songs on "Y Not" include the album's opening track, "Fill In The Blanks," a rocker written, played and sung only by Starr and Walsh; and "The Other Side Of Liverpool," an autobiographical song exploring Starr's pre-Beatle days encountering poverty and violence in his hometown. "So I'll be producing anything I make from now on," Starr said. "That's the good news. It's a confidence thing, I suppose. And 'Y Not' is really another way of me saying, 'Yes, I can.'"

This week-join host Rick Wallace and his guest-Mike Keller-the Executive Director of the Independence Center. Find out all about this great program--and--find out why Thanksgiving is a very special day for them.

Talk of the Town-Sunday morning at 6:30-on 106-5 The Arch.

http://www.independencecenter.org/

((Pictured: Rick Wallace and Mike Keller))