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 …

J: Paper wins.

“We Jazzed the Hour”

Dazy Head Mazy

J: This is an E.P. of new stuff, it’s a little different from what’s on the last CD. Dazy Head Mazy is going to be playing on Central Campus Friday night, so it should be a good time. They had a story about it in the Daily on Monday and spelled the band’s name wrong.

MP: That’s always good.

This is an example of a guy who does not look anything like he sounds. The first time I saw him, I was like, “What the hell?” He doesn’t look like a singer in a rock band, he looks like someone who sits around and watches football all day.

J: The first time I met them, up in Minnesota, we went to Country Kitchen and Will, the lead singer, was doing Tommy Boy impressions the entire night. Sometimes he slips them in the middle of songs, and that just adds to the interaction with the crowd.

MP: This song definitely showcases their vocal talent. I have this band’s very first demo CD that they sent here before their first show in Ames.

J: They only printed 1,000 of them and they won’t print anymore. One guy offered them $150 for one, but they couldn’t do it.

MP: Did you get his name?

“Real Life”

Bon Jovi

MP: This is from the “Ed TV” soundtrack and I think it was written about the movie.

J: Is this Jon Bon Jovi or is it Bon Jovi?

MP: No, this is the band.

J: Didn’t he go country for awhile?

MP: Probably. And acting.

J: There’s some movie we always look at at the video store that has Jon Bon Jovi in it and we always pick it up and go, “Hey, this looks good … nah, it’s got Jon Bon Jovi in it.”

MP: I love old school Bon Jovi, though. They used to have such great sing-along anthems. “You Give Love A Bad Name” and “Living On A Prayer,” and even “Bad Medicine.” Then they started writing all these ballads and people don’t sing along to those.

J: You want something that you can just yell and not care if you’re in tune or not. That’s one of the new things with bands around here, they’re starting to cover “Living On A Prayer” or “Wanted Dead or Alive,” and it’s hilarious because the entire crowd goes nuts.

MP: This song pretty much sucks, though.

“Summer in the Sandbox”

Domestic Problems

J: These guys are also going to be in town on Friday night, at People’s. This song is about looking back on a five-year-old kid’s love life in a sandbox. The horn section just blows me away.

MP: I’ve never seen these guys, but I’ve heard good things.

J: Their lead singer is a lot like Will, another big guy with an angelic voice. The first time I saw him he was wearing a Pioneer Seed Corn hat and these KAT 4-inch-wide suspenders. He engages the audience, whether you’re a fan or not.

MP: You can definitely hear some Barenaked Ladies influence.

J: They’ve got one song called “Ernie’s Tragic Love Triangle,” about Ernie, Big Bird and Snuffleupagus and the tension that rises on Sesame Street.

MP: I had a few sandbox affairs when I was a kid.

J: I had my own sandbox made out of an old tire. I swear to God, I kept finding toys that I had lost a year before. I thought that sand was about 5 feet deep. I was a little discouraged when we took it out and I found there was only 3 inches of sand in there.

MP: You never see sandboxes anymore.

J: They’re probably unhealthy or something. Like people freak out about kids finding glass in them. That’s just part of the fun. That’s a toy.

“Can’t Find My Way Home”

Alana Davis

MP: This is a brand new cover of one of my favorite oldies. I’ll see if you recognize the voice. Here’s a clue: she recently became well known from a cover. Obviously she can’t write her own songs.

J: I don’t know.

MP: Alana Davis. She did “32 Flavors.”

J: Oh, I hated that song. That’s probably why I didn’t recognize the voice, because as soon it would come on, as fast as my thumb could hit the radio, it was gone.

MP: She has a great voice, that song didn’t do her justice. Her dad is a famous jazz musician and so she takes that sort of approach to her singing.

J: There’s a hint of the original, but the rest she definitely stylized.

MP: I’ll never forget this song because my dad has the album, and it has a naked girl on the cover. You know, those old school ’70s covers with naked girls with sorta saggy boobs — ’70s-style boobs.

J: You’re like, “Dad, this is my favorite band in the world.”

MP: Yeah, I had no idea it was actually a super group with Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood.

J: You see, you can judge a song by it’s topless cover.