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When I first heard about this, “far fetched” quickly came to mind. No way in hell this can be true. It sounds like some drunk kids with a little too much time on their hands concocted some funky story and it spread on the Internet. Right? Right?….

Wrong. All I can say is:
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You won’t believe me until you finally try it for yourself, which is why I was skeptic until I actually went out with Fitz and Tucker to watch it with a bunch of other people. See, there’s this rumor that’s floating out there these days that says this: If you watch the Wizard of Oz with the sound turned down while simultaneously playing Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, you’ll quickly see that they go together. And I’m not talking “yeah, it kind of sounds like it could go along with the movie as a sound track or something” together. I’m talking “Holy shit, did you just see and hear that?! There’s NO WAY that could be coincidence!” or “DUDE! Listen to the lyrics! WOAH!” together.

You really have to see it to believe it. Keying up the CD and movie together in sync is by far the most important part, but once you’ve got it, you can sit back, relax, and be amazed at just how similar the two are. I’m sure you’ve all heard the CD before (and if you haven’t, what the hell is wrong with you?) and you can remember just how strange and random it is. There’s bells, whistles, odd clinks and clanks throughout the tracks. And while the CD is pretty short (hovers around 45 minutes), there are hardly any words to most of the songs and even when there are words, they appear to be totally random.

Not when you listen to it while watching the movie. Every time Dorothy falls, a loud clang will happen RIGHT AS she falls. Door and windows opening during the movie go hand in hand with creaking and squeaking noises from the tracks. If you know a little background about the movie (such as, at the time of its release, it was by far the most expensive movie ever to be created) you’ll be treated to even more surprises. Take for instance the scene where Dorothy wakes up in Oz and the movie is suddenly in color. Right at that moment, the song “Money” starts playing, which is filled with sounds of cash registers opening and closing.

The fact that Pink Floyd won’t confirm or deny the accusations only helps fuel the fire. Some say that if you put the CD on repeat and let it run through the whole movie, it keeps playing in sync, but I found that one to be a bit of a stretch. However, I would agree to put the CD on a loop so that you go through the whole CD and then start back over with the first two songs again. After that, it tapers off and there really isn’t anything cool, but still. I’m telling you folks, if you ever get a chance to witness this feat firsthand, be sure to. You won’t regret it.

One thing you’ll quickly notice from hanging out with the guys is that they love the card game Spades. It’s quite addictive and the rules are pretty simple to learn, but you can go somewhere else to learn them. All you need to know is this. Most games you play to 500. First team there wins. You can go into the negatives and usually, the lowest you’ll ever get is around –200 or so. During a REALLY bad game you might hit –500, but that is so rare only a handful of people can actually attest to witnessing such an event. Oh yeah, the Ace of Spades trumps all. Nothing can beat it. That was something I should have kept in mind.

I’m going to share with you a recent game that took place where I made history. That’s right folks, me and Johnny scored what is possibly the lowest score ever in the history of Spades. We came, we saw, we sucked. I couldn’t stop laughing by the end of that game. To my credit, I could have SWORN that Ace of Spades was an Ace of Clubs. Johnny’s expression as I laid down that Ace was priceless.

”You meant to do that, right? That was uh, like, part of your plan, RIGHT?! This is some strategy I’ve never heard of, RIGHT?!?!?

Hell, I’m proud of that -1454. You’ll never see a score like that again. Good times =)