Good morning! We are the Penguins, new co-authors of this blog. We’re here because we saw that you’ll need some old penguin-wisdom. It’s very useful in many situations. (For example when your tail is frozen then you’ll just have to… You know … or ask a penguin if you don’t.) Of course morning is the best part of the day. Yes, yes, especially after couple of months of polar night.
OK, enough about us, let’s get to the point.
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I love Beethoven, especially the poems.
-Ringo Starr

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, ‘Is there a meaning to music?’ My answer would be, ‘Yes.’ And ‘Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?’ My answer to that would be, ‘No.’
-Aaron Copland

The trouble with real life is that there’s no danger music.
-Jim Carrey
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We’ve already got coffee-rock, now it’s time for electronic coffee. In this playlist you can find:

“Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” by Daft Punk
“Krupa” by Apollo 440
“Everybody Needs A 303″ by Fat Boy Slim

For whole list and more details see the WakeUpVibes page.

• The only guy in ZZ Top who doesn’t have a beard is Frank Beard.
• None of Elvis’s films got nominated for Oscar, but he did win three Grammy Awards - for his gospel recordings.
• John Lennon wrote “Good morning, good morning” after hearing a Corn Flakes commercial.
• Marilyn Monroe got a white poodle named Mafia from Frank Sinatra.

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“Gooooooooood morning, Vietnam! Hey, this is not a test! This is rock and roll! Time to rock it from the Delta to the D.M.Z.!” It’s 6 a.m. in 1965 and Adrian Cronauer (played by Robin Williams) starts his career in a military radio station in Saigon during the Vietnam war. With excellent humor and good music he quickly wins all the soldiers hearts but not all the authorities.

“Good Morning, Vietnam” is a movie about war but more than that it’s a movie about one man’s fight against the war and the only weapon he has is his radio program. The movie is based on a real person, but it’s actually more of a solo of Robin Williams. Even though it’s his first big role, it seems as if he has been acting in movies for all his life. Notice that Williams improvised all the broadcasts!

One of the most famous parts of the movie is the unforgettable Louis Armstrong’s “Wonderful World” segment, where the song is contrasted with the horrors of the war. This part has been quoted often in many different movies.

And last but not least - this sixties soundtrack with all the broadcast clips is almost as great as the movie itself.

Be pleasant until ten o’clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
–Elbert Hubbard

There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.
–Unknown

Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.
–Josh Billings
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We’d like to know about our visitors taste in music, so we’ve created a new poll. Please let us know what you like by voting for your favorite genre. If the style you like the most is not in the list, leave a comment about it to this post.

…and happy wake-ups to all of you from Albert T. and the Penguins!

(Don’t ask about the Penguins)

There are situations when you can’t do without caffeine. Maybe you have an exam next morning and you have to study or maybe it’s the Olympics opening ceremony on the other side of the Earth and you want to watch it in the middle of the night. Maybe there was a party last night and you have to go to work early. At one time or another we’ve all been in this kind of situations.

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As you might have noticed, Christmas is all around and there have been rumors that Santa Claus is coming to town.  Long story short, we created a Christmas playlist:

“All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey
“Deck The Hall” by Nat King Cole
“Santa Claus Is Back In Town” by Elvis Presley

For whole list and more details see the WakeUpVibes page.