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 each other a few tunes and let their thoughts flow.

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

DK: Yes! Scissors cuts paper. The streak ends.

“Daysleeper”

R.E.M.

DK: New R.E.M. Who do they have that’s not with them?

MP: The drummer, I think. Almost all the new stuff they played at the Tibetan Festival was very slow.

DK: Yeah, that’s what this is.

MP: Michael Stipe came out wearing a dress — a very, very skimpy dress.

DK: You know, I actually briefly met him. They were in town a couple years ago, and we cornered them somewhere and came up to him and he was just like, “No, I don’t want to do anything.”

I don’t know Stipe. Knock off the dress stuff. You don’t have the legs for it.

MP: I was actually turned on.

DK: You would be. Hairy legs sticking out of a summer dress.

MP: He’s so skinny, it’s disgusting.

DK: When I see a picture of Michael Stipe, he just looks like somebody that has leukemia or something.

MP: I have a feeling we won’t ever hear another “Shiny Happy People.” He’s just too depressed. I like this song, though.

DK: Yeah, it’s what you would expect of R.E.M. Interesting lyrics, telling a story. Did he just say 3 a.m.? That has become the it time in all these alt-rock songs. Everything happens at 3 in the morning. Me personally, I’m playing Sega at 3 in the morning.

MP: I’m watching “The Crocodile Hunter.”

“Too Cold”

Vanilla Ice

MP: We’re gonna jump over here to cassette.

DK: Here comes the Ice.

MP: It’s a little heavy.

DK: I don’t know, man. I kind of liked some of the old stuff, but I don’t know if I’m grooving on this.

MP: I was talking to the editor of U. Magazine today, and she just ripped it. She’s like “That new Vanilla Ice is horrible.” I just started laughing, and she said “You don’t like it, do you?” I just changed the subject.

DK: I admire him for wanting to change directions and do something different. But I think this might be a little much. A little too overblown. The last time I checked, DJs weren’t spinning this.

MP: I don’t know how people are going to react.

DK: It’s Ice meets Rob Zombie. I know we won’t be playing it.

MP: This guitar is roaring.

DK: I think this would be real big in locker rooms for football teams.

MP: He still can rhyme, though.

DK: Oh yeah. I’m not dissing the man. What he’s throwing behind it … I’ve never been a big fan.

“You’re The Boss”

The Brian Setzer Orchestra

DK: There’s a girl singing on this, and the first time I heard it, people quizzed me on it and I was like “I don’t know!” It took me forever to figure it out. So let’s see if you can figure it out.

MP: I hate these challenges, I get all nervous.

Gwen Stefani. I am the man!

DK: Impressive.

MP: Brian Setzer would be sweet to see live. Hear some old Stray Cats stuff.

DK: Actually, he redid “Rock This Town” on the track after this and it kicks ass.

MP: Gwen sounds pretty good. She should change over to swing.

DK: I’ve always thought, all ska is swing with a heavy guitar.

I can’t believe he’s coming to all places around us but not here.

MP: I want to learn to swing dance.

DK: Oh, it’s fun.

MP: You can do it?

DK: Oh yeah, a lot of it’s pretty easy. That stuff in the Gap commercial. That’s hard.

“Get ‘Em Outta Here”

Sprung Monkey

DK: Huh huh. You sprung my monkey. Can I spring my monkey on you?

CM. This song came out this summer, and I liked it quite a bit.

DK: Get ’em outta here!

CM: It’s an allegiance to San Diego, which is where they’re from. Have you ever heard this before?

DK: No. I kind of like this alt-rock/hip-hop thing though.

CM: They played this on KROQ, but that’s the only station I’ve heard play it.

DK: Sometimes groups like this, they don’t want to be on Top 40.

CM: I’m guessing they would let you spring their monkey.