do not read this post if you would prefer not to have your entire day ruined

i should apologize for what i am about to do to you. but i refuse. i am a broken man and, like all broken men, i need the company. this is all about dragging you down along with me on my painful fall from grace.

it all started about 24 hours ago. i clicked on a link and by the time i had read to the end of the page, i knew my life was ruined. my brain is now an addled shell, incapable of doing anything other than play this game. it might seem innocent enough at first, but come reader, take my hand as i guide you down the path of your destruction.

the little puzzle we are about to play comes from the always excellent coudal partners, (an innovative and fun design/advertising firm that happens to maintain a great blog). the premise is simple. in their own words:

The idea is to mash up the name of a book with the name of a band. Here's a few of our examples to get you started:

The Things They Might Be Giants Carried
The Who Moved My Cheese
The Old Man and The Sea and Cake
Charlie Daniels and the Chocolate Factory
Catch 182
Horton Hears a Hoobastank

and so on.

i've tried to focus on other things. i have tried to concentrate at work, to pay attention to my family. but it's a wash. i must ... come ... up with ... more mashups. agh! fuck! here's but a wee smattering of some of the examples i've come up with in the past day. i'm rather proud of some of these:

Stevie Wonder Boys
Sly and the Sorcerer's Stone
A Million Little Richards
The Lion in Johnny Winter
The Man Who Would be King Curtis
Days of Iron and Wine and Roses
Neutral Milk Hotel New Hampshire
Napalm Death in Venice
He's Just Not That Into U2
A Tree Grows in Brook Benton
The Year of Magical Thinking Fellers Union Local #282
The Divinyls' Secrets of the Pointer Sisterhood
Of Human League Bondage
'Til Tuesday with Maury
Chicken Soup De La Soul
The Art of White Noise
Tom Jones
Modest Maus
The Red and the Black Crowes
The Ice-T Storm
Kavalier and Otis Clay
Twisted Sister Carie
Guns, The Germs and Steel
Are Men Without Hats Necessary?
Them
Das Bootsy Collins

i know, i know. i am painfully witty. thank you. do me a favor -- spare me the paeans and start coming up with your own examples. post them in the comments. this way i will know that i am not alone in having my life destroyed.

help me.

UPDATE: downward spiral continues. can't sleep. haven't eaten in two days. what do i have to show? nothing. just this:

Don Quihenley
The Virgin Suicidal Tendencies
If On A Winter's Night a Blues Traveler
Roots
Fear of Flying Burrito Brothers
The Bravery New World
The Blind Willie McTell Assassin
Les Paul Miserables
The Joy of X
Journey to the End of the Night