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When looking for music, there’s always a song that jumps out at me. I’m not quite sure where it will fit, but I know it will.

I worked with Jason Young on EP 6 “Date 5: The Big Squeeze” whose song “Showgirl and the Clown” off his solo album “Ate” from “Heartour” as he calls himself colored the infamous couch scene.  Jason, who is also the drummer for the band The Ruse, sent me their album“Midnight In The City” and I was hooked. When the first track “Beautiful Is Gone” played, I knew I’d find a place for it.  Sure enough, EP 10 “Date 9: My Own Private Freakdom” features the whir wind of a song that grabs your attention from the very first note. Not to mention, the lyrics are so amazing and perfect for this episode and the date it depicts.

Check it these lyrics: Click Beautiful Is Gone to play the song.

“Our love has come so far but not at all.

I rememer the start you can’t recall.

By the time it was right you didn’t want to fall.

It it’s over say it’s over.

Blindly I let you destroy me.

Love is not so beautiful when your lungs are caving in.

And beautiful is gone.

Oh don’t lie to me when we both know baby beautiful is gone.

I pushed you so hard but not at all.

You closed your eyes.

I could see it all.

Run out the door see no more of you and what you do.

Blindly I let you destroy me.

Love is not so beautiful when your lungs are caving in.

And beautiful is gone.

Oh don’t lie to me when we both know baby beautiful is gone.

Beautiful is gone.

What’s in store now that you have shut the door?

Peek in through the open crack.

I can’t keep from crawling back for more.

Crawling back for more.

Say it’s over if it’s over.

Blindly I let you destroy me.

Love is not so beautiful when your lungs are caving in.

And beautiful is gone.

Oh don’t lie to me when we both know baby beautiful is gone.

Beautiful is gone.”

Music and Lyrics by The Ruse

Here’s some information about The Ruse below and be sure to check out their website with tour dates in New York and Virginia.

The Ruse have been known to deliver songs that will crawl into your head and take hold of your heart. Love Sex Confusion, the band’s fourth studio album of new songs, brings a blend of guitar-laden tracks and commanding drum and bass lines that generate the feeling of a live performance.

“We wanted to make the songs on the album much more ‘danceable’ than we did on previous albums,” guitarist Jim Bilus says. “Overall, we wanted to make a rock and roll album that would really shine when we played it live. We tried to create a bigger and brighter sound that would be fun for our audience.”

Love Sex Confusion is equal parts of lead singer John Dauer’s powerful operatic vocals, guitarist Jim Bilus’ rocking garage-y guitar riffs, and the burly rhythms dispensed by drummer Jason Young and bassist Mark Stolze. The album was produced by Jorge Vivo and the band in their hometown of Los Angeles. With Love Sex Confusion, the Ruse continues to combine honest lyrics with a selfless message, swinging from stripped down rock to moving, moody, and melodic ballads.

No stranger to television, the band has had over a dozen tracks and a cameo role on MTV’s “The Hills;” they performed in an episode of HBO’s “Entourage;” and several songs from the band’s last album, Midnight in the City, are in current use on MTV’s new show, “The Buried Life.” JamLegend.com will make Love Sex Confusion songs available for fans to play – the Ruse is a JamLegend.com favorite with over 900,000 plays on the website.

iTunes has featured the Ruse’s “Beautiful is Gone” as Single of the Week and the band has had the distinct pleasure of playing an opening show for U2 at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles, CA.

Band Highlights:

*iTunes Single of the Week (June 2009) for “Beautiful is Gone”

*Reached number 21 on Billboard’s “Heatseekers” Chart (June 2009)

*Guest Star and performance on Season 3 of MTV’s “The Hills”

*MTV Video Music Award Nomination for Breakout Artist LA 2008

*6 Coast to coast US tours in 3 years

*12+ songs featured on MTV’s “The Hills”

*Numerous TV and movie placements

*Cameo on HBO’s “Entourage”

*Featured on ABC’s “20/20″

*Shows at Bowery Ballroom, Gramercy Theater, Mercury Lounge, and 9:30 Club in NYC/DC

*Shows at The El Rey, Troubadour, House of Blues, Roxy, Key Club, and Viper Room in LA

Discography:

2010 “Love Sex Confusion” LP

2008 “Midnight In The City” LP

2007 “Live At The Viper Room” EP

2006 “Light In Motion” LP

2005 “Invasion” LP

http://www.rusemusic.com

http://www.myspace.com/theruse

http://www.twitter.com/theruse

http://www.facebook.com/rusemusic

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This dating story is courtesy of my girl friend over at www.mydatingdisaster.com.

“MyDatingDisaster.com” is a  collaboration of real life stories straight from Men and Women in the combat zone.  We strongly believe that airing our (and other peoples) dating disasters provides comedy, comfort and great stories for Men and Women in the single world to come and vent and just sit down and have a  laugh. Most important to realize that you really are not alone !!!!!

This is her story…

When I was in college I used to go home during school breaks and work at the job that I  had when I was in high school at the mall as a way to get extra spending cash.I figured that if I was going to be at home I might as well make as much as I could for the upcoming school year.  Most of the staff remained the same.  We were all very close.  They were my extended family.  Part way through the summer, a new guy was hired.  He had worked with the company a few years back and had recently moved to the area.  Since I was always there picking up an extra shift if I could, we managed to have a lot of shifts together.  Quickly, we became friends.  The guy was really cool and we had a lot in common.  Soon we started spending time together outside of work.  Grabbing a bite to eat or a drink.  Nothing too serious. I had recently broken up with my boyfriend and the last thing I was looking for was a relationship.  After a few weeks, he told me that he had feelings for me.  I didn’t know what to do.  I liked him, but I knew that I was leaving for school.  I also didn’t want to get into another relationship.I explained how I felt to him.  He told me that he understood and that he only wanted to spend as much time with me as he could before I left.  How could I resist?  We decided to go on our first date.  We ended up going out for dinner and a movie.  Everything went well.  We agree to do it again.  Maybe I was just being silly!  Towards the end of summer, we were spending a lot of time together.  Virtually all of our shifts at work were the same.  I mentioned something to him about it and he told me that he had requested it a few weeks back.  At first, I thought this was sweet.  He really did want to be around me as much as he could before I left.  Things were progressing outside of work, as well.

One night we decided to take it to the next level.  We were messing around like usual.  Things were going great.  Clothes started flying off.  Now, we had gotten to this point before, but always stopped ourselves before it went to far.  I didn’t want anything to get weird between us.  Sex always changes everything.  I also knew that it would take it to a level of seriousness that I wasn’t ready for.  But, at that moment I didn’t care about any of it.  I wanted him.  I didn’t stop.  He quickly picked up on my lead.  Then he stopped and asked me if I was sure.  I told him that I was.  By this point, we were naked.  Hands were exploring.  I started fondling his penis.  He was getting hard.  You’d think that everything was going really good at this point.  And it was or so I thought.I noticed that after he got hard that his penis was not  erect. Everytime I touched it, it flopped back down.  It was the strangest thing.  I had been with several guys up to this point and never once had I seen anything like this.  It wouldn’t stand up on it’s own.  It was a classic case of “limp dick”.  I was horrified.  Keep in mind this is all going on without him knowing that anything is wrong.I didn’t know what to do.  Should I say something?  Did he even know that this wasn’t normal?  I opted against it.  I didn’t want to make him feel weird.  After a little bit of foreplay, we started having sex.  The entire time I couldn’t get the imagine of his limp dick in my hand out of my mind. Needlesstosay, it wasn’t the best sexual encounter of my life.  But, it definitely was the worst.  It didn’t work for me at all. There wasn’t anything there.  We never connected.  I was trying to get it over with as quickly as possible.Once it was over, I made up some excuse of having to get home.

After I left, I didn’t know what to do.  Sex had definitely changed everything between us.  I ended up avoiding him.  I changed my schedule at work, so we saw each other less there. My best friend also worked at the same place and she told me that he had told her about our “earthshattering sexual experience”.  She congratulated me!  I was so horrified by the experience that to that point I had told no one.  I knew that I couldn’t continue avoiding him or what had happened.  I told my best friend what happened.  She laughed so hard that she peeed her pants.  Thanks for that!  Before I left for school, I went out one last time with him for lunch.  It had been a few weeks since the “incident” and he was eager to spend time with me.  He started hugging and kissing me.  He told me how much he missed me.  Here was this great guy standing in front of me telling me how much he cared about me.  And all I could think about was the fact that he had limp dick.For a brief moment, I thought that maybe I could look past it.But, I knew that I couldn’t. I lost all my sex drive for him in the instant that it happened.  On the flip side, he thought it was the greatest experience he had ever had.  How could it possibly work if that is the best he’s got?  It wouldn’t.  I told him that I had really enjoyed our time together over the summer, but we had to leave it at that.  A summer fling.

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