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Playlist of the Day: The Opposite of a Smart Bomb

2/1/07, 8:59 am EST

Boston bomb scareIt turns out yesterday’s massive “bomb scare” in Boston was actually a nationwide ad campaign for Aqua Teen Hunger Force, but that didn’t stop authorities from arresting the kids who placed the lite brite boards around town. We hope they have a good lawyer — and an iPod.

  • “Bomb Scare” — The Sames
  • “Cartoon Heroes” — Aqua
  • “Hunger Strike” — Temple of the Dog
  • “Just a Little Misunderstanding” — Contours
  • “You Dropped a Bomb on Me” — The Gap Band

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Hobie Baker | 2/1/2007, 9:37 am EST

Why isn’t any of the media coverage of this talking about how stupid the Boston police are? Everyone’s blasting the college kids who placed the ads (come on — they were just hired to put up some ads!), the ad agency, and the Cartoon Network, but they aren’t pointing out that these ads were in a dozen different cities, and in no other city did the cops flip out like this. If you look at photos of the device on CNN, it looks like a LIte Brite — how is that a potential bomb? I know we all have to be vigilant and whatnot, but maybe after the first or second one they could have told everybody, hey, these things aren’t bombs. No, they’re too eager to get everybody freaked out. Idiots!

Hobie Baker | 2/1/2007, 9:42 am EST

Whoops, I forgot to post some songs…

Peace of Mind – Boston
Over React – Bizarre (of D12)
Bombtrack – Rage Against the Machine
Lite Brite – Munition
Misunderstanding – Genesis
Cartoon – Soul Asylum
Cartoon Nightmares – Insane Clown Posse
Bombs Away – the Police
The Big Blast for Youth – Minutemen
The Shakin’ Fears – P.W. Long’s Reelfoot
Boom! – System of a Down

For Whom The Bell Tolls.... | 2/1/2007, 9:59 am EST

“I Think I’m Paranoid”- GARBAGE

Bennymangina | 2/1/2007, 10:04 am EST

Yeah, I mean how stupid can you be. Not one person on this huge taskforce realized that it was a character from a show. There is a huge glow in the dark version down in Baltimore right over a bridge, at first I was all like that is probably a terrorist’s bomb masked as a ad for the cartoon network, but then I was all like oh year we are spending a billion a week fighting terrorist everything is cool.

Jay | 2/1/2007, 10:08 am EST

Blur: Don’t Drop the Bomb if you are the Bomb

destroy all hamsters | 2/1/2007, 10:17 am EST

“Suspect Device”-Stiff Little Fingers

kevy b. man | 2/1/2007, 10:50 am EST

A.T.H.F.- Dangerdoom

Fuck Fox News

RubberSoul | 2/1/2007, 11:05 am EST

Nuclear Device — The Stranglers
Spanish Bombs — The Clash

J | 2/1/2007, 11:17 am EST

How fucking stupid are the people of Boston? Uh, I meant policemen of Boston.

Judy | 2/1/2007, 11:22 am EST

Tiny Bombs || Superchunk
Don’t Be Scared || Andrew Bird
The Bomb || Ice Cube
The Wake-Up Bomb || REM
Things that Scare Me || Neko Case
A Bomb In Wardour Street || The Jam
Mind Terrorist || Public Enemy

AnnieNum21 | 2/1/2007, 11:26 am EST

Don’t Drop That Bomb On Me – Bryan Adams

M.R. James | 2/1/2007, 11:26 am EST

“Evacuation” – Pearl Jam

Snord | 2/1/2007, 11:40 am EST

Bom Bom Bom – Living Things
You Light Up My Life – Debbie Boone
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb – U2
Paranoid – Black Sabbath
Exploder – Audioslave
The Final Countdown – Europe
Ka-Boom Ka-Boom – Marilyn Manson

Snord | 2/1/2007, 11:41 am EST

Honest Mistake – The Bravery
The Worst Joke Ever – R.E.M.

Zach | 2/1/2007, 11:47 am EST

The Big One- Randy Newman

Mister Nickels | 2/1/2007, 12:08 pm EST

We have Explosive – The Future Sound of London
Paranoid – Atari Teenage Riot
Time Bomb – Rancid
Bomb Yourself – TV On the Radio
Dynamite – The Roots
Sofa King – Danger Doom

…as in the po po were sofa king stoopid.

Adam | 2/1/2007, 12:09 pm EST

Bombtrack – Rage Against The Machine
Heroes & Villains – Brian Wilson
TNT – AC/DC
Please Forgive Me – David Gray
Blown Up The Outside World – Soundgarden

Lip | 2/1/2007, 12:12 pm EST

I Want Candy – MC Pee Pants

Hey Destroy All Hamsters, GREAT SLF PIC!

Buster C | 2/1/2007, 12:19 pm EST

This really makes me feel unsafe. They actually detonated a fucking lite bright. Is this what homeland security is supposed to be, this is a joke that we now live in fear of the Mooninites. But the Monninites do come from a society that our brains can not understand so I guess this all makes sense.

jungleland | 2/1/2007, 12:31 pm EST

I’m afraid of my Lite-Brite now…damn!

ljs with love... | 2/1/2007, 12:45 pm EST

they’re not fucked, man… did anyone see the press conference? hilarious.

Taltos1667 | 2/1/2007, 12:52 pm EST

You Dropped a Bomb On Me – The Gap Band
Psychotic Reaction – The Count Five
Nightengales and Bombers – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

Ouroboros | 2/1/2007, 12:56 pm EST

“Cherry Bomb” – The Runaways
“Red Alert” – Quiet Riot
“False Alarm” – Yo La Tengo
“Teenagers” – My Chemical Romance
“The Kids Are Alright” – The Who
“The Kids Aren’t Alright” – The Offspring

P. | 2/1/2007, 12:58 pm EST

boston is full of p****’s!!

Lobsters | 2/1/2007, 1:04 pm EST

They’re still doing that “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” crap? Jeez!

elise | 2/1/2007, 2:03 pm EST

a bomb in wardour street-the jam

jaimelyn | 2/1/2007, 2:20 pm EST

just so you know, the consensus in Boston it utterly embarrased, mortified, and p’d off. We’re ashamed of our government officials for being so out of control buffoons. It’s totally horrific.

Reverend Brian DiBonaventure | 2/1/2007, 2:53 pm EST

Isn’t it sad that the powers that be are so out of touch that they caused this to happen? And now those responsible for the ad have been arrested, but those responsible for the paranoia remain free and in public office. Perhaps if they stopped imagining their faces superimposed on Rudy Giuliani’s body on the cover of Time Magazine, they would have figured out early on what was going on instead of escalating it to the point of mass hysteria. And for all of those people who are saying that this type of SHOCK advertising has no place in a post 9/11 world, I have this to say, its been five years, your grieving has become a mental illness, so while you duck and cover, I’ll stand with my head held high because I am not afraid.

bordstiff | 2/1/2007, 3:39 pm EST

“fun and games” – pennywise
“please dont let me be misunderstood” – animals
“wont get fooled again” – the who
“helicopter” – bloc party
“aint that a shame” – fats domino

props for:
“suspect device”
“honest mistake” &
“paranoid”

Kyle | 2/1/2007, 4:01 pm EST

The Boy Who Destroyed The World- AFI
Panic Attack- Atmosphere
Ballad of Big Nothing- Elliot Smith
Nothing as It Seems- Pearl Jam

B | 2/1/2007, 4:10 pm EST

Umm, yeah…can you have those TPS reports on my desk by noon….yeah thanks.

Jake Burns | 2/1/2007, 4:16 pm EST

In one day posters mention Stiff Little Fingers and the Stranglers! I’m going to Heaven now.

Woods Grannie | 2/1/2007, 4:17 pm EST

I’m an old southern female “out of the loop” hicktown nobody, who was married to a Vietnam military intelligence man! LITE BRITES and TERRIOSTS! What a trip! Now the real fun begins! Between the 15min press, the real bad guys (on all sides!) and the ignorant masses who never vote, I have one thing to make me feel better: A quote of my lovely now deceased grandmother, “I’m glad I won’t live long enough to see the end of this!” Everyone VOTE and PLAY NICE!

capitol alphabet | 2/1/2007, 4:26 pm EST

Set them free and give them an ipod and 10 light brights each

Kurt Godel | 2/1/2007, 5:36 pm EST

Oink, Oink – David Peel & the Lower East Side
Piggies – The Beatles
Dick in a Box – Justin Timberlake
I see Men as Trees Walking – Buzz Martin the Singing Logger

Dr. Ralph | 2/1/2007, 10:13 pm EST

Boston; More than a feeling Pretenders; Middle of ther road (don’t drop a bomb on my street) Electric Light Orchestra; anything.Beatles; Why don’t we do it in the road? Queen; Sheer heart attack

Andrew Miller | 2/2/2007, 3:16 am EST

How about OK Go’s “Good Idea at the TIme.”

This would’ve never happpened pre-9/11. This country has lost its sense of humor. Sane people would laugh this off and head to the bar. I’m glad those two guys that got arrested are taking it so lightly.

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