Editor’s note: 2 DJs and a Boombox is exactly that. Jake, a former DJ at Campustown bars, and Moss Pit, a local mobile music DJ, play a few tunes for each other and let their thoughts flow.

Jake and Moss Pit: One, two, three …

MP: Scissors win it for me.

“Dizz Knee Land”

Dada

MP: I’m going to start out the spring break edition with somewhat of a spring break song.

J: I liked this song a lot the first couple times I heard it. Then I hated it for a while. Now, when I hear it, I like it.

MP: I liked this song so much I listened to this CD all the time, and although it’s not that great, I eventually liked it just from listening to it so much.

J: Sometimes that’ll happen. You listen to a CD enough that you don’t realize that it’s bad.

MP: You just can’t beat the guitar hook in this song.

J: Right. This is the definition of pop rock. Funny lyrics, too.

MP: I went to Disneyland when I was seven. My family went out there in 1984, and I’m taking the same route this spring break, except we’re going to San Diego.

J: I’ve never been to Disneyland or Disney World.

MP: I can’t believe that. You were deprived.

J: Well, my dad’s a science teacher, so a big trip for us would’ve been the Science Center in Des Moines.

MP: You would’ve been stuck at the Epcot Center anyway.

When we went, it was Donald Duck’s birthday, and I really thought we had perfect timing. I had no idea they celebrated his birthday all year.

J: You’re like, “Donald will remember me forever.”

MP: Have you ever heard anyone cover this?

J: No, not that I can remember, but that doesn’t say that I haven’t heard it. It gets to be 12:30, 1 a.m. and …

“Me and Bobby McGee”

Janis Joplin

J: We made a video of our spring break mega-tour one year, and this was playing as we were driving towards Arizona from the Rio Grande as the sun was setting. It was one of those rare moments when me and my friend just couldn’t even speak. We were completely engrossed in the moment.

And that was even before we listened to the lyrics and found out it was an “on-the-road” song.

MP: I love how music always seems to fit perfectly with trips.

J: Not even thinking about it, we always had music playing when we turned on the video camera. And when we watched it, people thought we edited it in because it fit the situation so well. Like it was midnight in Oklahoma when we listened to “Yellow Ledbetter.”

MP: I’ll always remember our trip to California when I was a kid. The one record we listened to was Van Halen’s “1984.” And it was 1984, so it’s easy to remember.

J: So Van Halen and Donald Duck are forever together in your head.

“Better Days”

Citizen King

MP: This is a new band I just got yesterday. I’d say its Soul Coughing meets Beasties.

J: That’s kind of a dysfunctional family.

MP: So many bands are coming out right now that are mixing rapping with different kinds of music. I love it.

J: It’s making it impossible to pigeonhole any group or genre because there’s crossover from everything. It used to be called “stealing everything,” but now it’s almost “dipping into everything.”

MP: Have you seen this video?

J: They have videos on MTV? It’s amazing how many bad shows they can find to play instead of videos.

MP: One thing about these kind of bands is that most of them have really good live shows. The guys rapping aren’t playing instruments, so they are able to high step around stage and raise the roof.

J: It’s all about audience interaction.

“Don’t Follow”

Alice In Chains

J: This is another classic traveling song. It wasn’t from spring break but actually last year’s Big 12 tournament.

MP: That still works.

J: We threw this in on the way down ’cause it’s a great song, but when we were coming back on the ice-covered interstate, we honestly thought, “We’re never coming home.” So it kind of became a catchphrase for us.

We call it the “Missouri Eulogy,” ’cause we figured we were dead.

MP: Alice In Chains is a solid group, but they’re not the kind of group where you’re like, “Oh, it feels like an Alice In Chains day.”

J: This song was one of the 10 songs I always played at the jukebox at CYs, playing darts.

MP: I would say one of the only times I don’t like to have music on is when I’m driving in a hectic situation.

J: That’s when I have to have it playing. Otherwise, I stare at the road and overanalyze everything.

MP: A nice little harmonica solo here.

J: That I wouldn’t suggest doing while driving in a hectic situation.