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: Paper covers rock, I get to go first this time.

“Miami”

Will Smith

DK: This, from what I’m hearing from industry insiders, will be the next single off of Will Smith’s latest album. You gotta wonder why a guy from Philly is singing about Miami.

MP: He’s got the Puff Daddy “Unngh.”

DK: For Puffy, that’s a lyric.

MP: I recognize that music.

DK: That’s one thing Will Smith does good. He uses the harmony or beat from old songs, but it’s hard to recognize.

MP: There’s an ’80s synthesizer thing goin’ on.

DK: Sounds like a Casio. Of course, 15 years ago a Casio was high-tech. It’s funny; you hear him now and you take like an old Fresh Prince song — totally different.

MP: He was so young when he did …

DK: “Nightmare On My Street,” or “Parents Just Don’t Understand” or, my favorite, “Girls Ain’t Nothin’ But Trouble,” just ’cause who would have thought to use the “I Dream Of Jeannie” theme? That was genius for like a 17- or 18-year old kid.

MP: Back then, sampling a TV theme was unheard of.

DK: I’ve been to Miami. It is a nonstop party. I remember waking up at 5:30, and there were people on the street whooping it up. And this was on a Tuesday morning.

“High”

Feeder

MP: You might recognize this from the “Can’t Hardly Wait” trailer. Definitely Top 40-esque. You’ll probably want to add it.

DK: You don’t know how many times I’ve heard that.

MP: I saw these guys open for Stabbing Westward down in Des Moines. They really surprised people.

DK: This reminds me of just about every Collective Soul or Pearl Jam song that came out in like ’93. I was never real fond of the grunge thing.

MP: Feeder is probably one of my favorite new bands of the year.

DK: Just don’t tell me somebody’s calling the lead guy the next Kurt Cobain ’cause I could not handle that.

I like songs like this where they’re mellow, and then they go into the chorus and start ripping. It shows a little more creativity.

MP: And a lot more bands are doing it. The chorus is “I’m going out for a while, so I can get high with my friends,” but the verses aren’t about drugs at all. They’re about getting dumped on and feeling hurt.

DK: Every time I got dumped, the first thing I did was call up a buddy. So, I’m sure that’s what they’re saying. Everybody’s definition of getting high is different.

MP: It’s kind of an overdone theme, but …

DK: It’s always relatable. Getting dumped by somebody happens to everybody every second of everyday. Even in a little field in Malaysia, some guy’s probably getting dumped on by some woman.

MP: Definitely not a woman being dumped by a guy.

“That’s Amore”

Dean Martin

DK: Over the last few days, I’ve watched “The Rat Pack” movie twice. I love Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy and all that good stuff.

I think I was born in the wrong decade, because when I was like 15, I started really getting into Frank and Duke Ellington. I still love this stuff.

MP: I’m picturing this scene from a movie with snow falling down in front of a beautiful house. This kind of music works so well in movies.

DK: Have you seen “The Rat Pack?”

MP: No, I haven’t.

DK: It really gives you a perspective of what these guys were like. Dean Martin was always perceived as drinking and smoking. But they show some scenes in there where you get the idea that him being a drunk was an act. They show him backstage pouring apple juice into a cocktail glass and walking on stage, drinking it like it’s whiskey.

MP: Sounds like me in high school.

DK: There’s never going to be music like this again. Nobody can do what these guys did. They actually sang — and they told a story in a song — and musicians don’t do that anymore.

“Satisfaction”

Vanilla Ice

MP: I gotta pull out some Vanilla. This is from the live album. It was one of the first songs he ever did. He tried to put it on “To The Extreme,” but The Rolling Stones wouldn’t give up the rights. So he had to put it on a live album.

DK: I like this.

MP: I think if it would’ve been on “To The Extreme,” he would have released it right after “Ice Ice Baby,” and it would’ve been huge.

I talked to his record company last week and the new record should be out to press by next week. She knows all about me and told me I’m going to have the last laugh when the record comes out.

DK: What is that? Barry White in there?

MP: You know it’s old school when he’s talking about having the No. 1 record.

DK: The problem The Stones probably had with letting him do this song was Vanilla’s lips weren’t big enough.

MP: Ahh yeah.