Editor’s note: 2 DJs and a Boombox is exactly that. Dark Knight, a popular radio personality, and Moss Pit, a local mobile music DJ, play a few tunes for each other and let their thoughts flow.

Dark Knight and Moss Pit: One, two, three …

MP: Scissors cut paper. Me first.

“How Do I Deal”

Jennifer Love Hewitt

MP: She can actually sing.

DK: Yeah, she’s put out like two or three records.

MP: I didn’t know that.

What surprises me about this record [“‘I Still Know What You Did Last Summer’ soundtrack”] is that Brandy doesn’t have a song on it, and she’s in the movie. At least they could’ve done a duet or something.

DK: I don’t know, after what I heard happened with her and Monica, I’m a little worried.

MP: Didn’t one of them perform it solo or something?

DK: Brandy went on the “Tonight Show” and she wanted to do that song, but Monica couldn’t be there to do it with her, so she just did it, which probably wasn’t the smartest thing in the world. You don’t sing a duet by yourself.

Supposedly, at the MTV Awards, Brandy ripped on one of Monica’s dancers, and they got in a fight. Monica got a black eye and Brandy got a fat lip — that was what was reported, anyway.

MP: That’s nuts.

DK: I think Brandy does good music, but I also think she is a little full of herself.

Entertainment Weekly just did an article about the both of them and talked about how different they were during the photo shoot. Brandy was all, “Ooh this is tight, I’ll wear this.” And Jennifer is running around, hugging her mom, and just being friendly with everyone.

MP: I think Jennifer Love Hewitt likes to wear those tight shirts too.

DK: She’s been quoted as saying, “What better accessories can you have than these?”

“Alice (Who The X Is Alice?)”

Gompie

DK: This is a song I have occasionally played as a nice little stress break. It’s one of those that you listen to and think, “What the hell was in their head?”

MP: I always like those.

DK: It’s kind of a rip on those soul songs of the ’70s where they’re telling a story and singing all whiny.

MP: The Swing Crew does a cover of this. And the whole bar screams, “Who the … “

DK: He’s telling a sob story about the girl who got away, and all his friends are like, “Who the hell are you talking about?”

You never know, this could have been something Peter Frampton threw away. If he would’ve done this on “Frampton Comes Alive 2,” he might’ve been bigger.

What the hell ever happened to Peter Frampton?

MP: He’s coming alive somewhere, I’m sure.

“You Get What You Give”

New Radicals

MP: This song’s getting a lot of hype, but I don’t know what I think. I thought I would get your opinion.

DK: This goes along with a lot of those bands — I can’t think of how to describe it — rock music with heart-felt lyrics. Some of these bands are good, some of them are bad.

A good example would be Matchbox 20 or Ben Folds Five. A bad example would be The Verve. They do it, but it’s not as good.

MP: This could easily be a Verve song.

DK: When I first heard it, I thought it was Ben Folds Five.

MP: Yeah, it has that feel, I suppose.

DK: This is not the kind of song that would make me go out and buy the CD, but it’s all right. Of course, there’s a lot of all right music out there.

MP: I would hate to be a music programmer for an alternative station. You’re gonna get 20 bands a month that sound like this.

DK: That’s why I think alternative stations are starting to skew different directions now. Everything alternative sounds all the same.

“Grade Nine”

Barenaked Ladies

DK: A lot of people haven’t heard this one. It’s just real nuts.

These are guys that grew up in the ’80s. They take normal stuff and make fun songs. Any group that can write song lyrics about Duran Duran, Aquaman and George Lucas gets my vote.

MP: This song’s actually got a lot of the same characteristics as “One Week.”

DK: I read an interview where they were asked why they did a song like “One Week,” singing real fast, and they said they’ve been doing songs like that forever.

MP: This is a great song. Grade nine, wow, that was a scary time.

DK: Me, grade nine, oh boy. We’re talking Coca Cola rugby shirt, hair sprayed beyond belief and pinned jeans. I never want to be that guy ever again.

MP: Coca Cola rugby? I don’t blame you.