NOVEMBER 2011

New digs! I still have to fix up the new place, and put all this stuff away (I've been here over a week now!), but I love it! It's a bit more expensive, but with only electric to pay - no gas, no nothing else. It's convenient, and closer to everything (saving on gasoline). The neighborhood is one of the better ones in this city.

I feel so good about everything! I got my 3 jobs and one graduate class under control (for now!), and I think I can stay on top of everything until the end of the semester - and hopefully pull an A in the class.

Musically, there is a lot going on. There are good bands out there, a lot of creative music I hear, even within the pop mainstream. I think Lady Gaga sucks, but then I always thought the pop divas did, even Madonna. Without video, a lot of sexual innuendo or just exposed skin, and a hint of scandal, there is little else for the music to stand on. Her stuff in particular isn't even that good for dance/club/house whatever genre you call it.

I don't mean to be negative. I am only pointing out that aside from what a lot of people find detestable (like Gaga), there is a lot of great stuff. You just have to find it. It will never get a large audience - there is just too much entertainment saturation. An arena-busting Pink Floyd, for example, will never happen again (don't quote me).

The Top 5 is a little crazy this month. Blondie's #1 "D-Day" took a tumble OUT of the charting (I got sick of it in a hurry). "A Crime", last month's #2 by Sharon van Etten, dropped like a hot potato, as well (I still like it a lot - it just lost steam).

"Open the Door" is a morose instrumental by a Chicago band called Implodes. They might be described as a 90s-type 'shoegaze' band. I read about them in a local arts magazine when they visited here, checked out their youtube stuff, and was hooked on this short song and its haunting melody.


NOVEMBER 2011
1. "Open the Door", by Implodes -, 1, 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RED_55Q6O3I

2. "Winter Harvest", by The Accident Experiment 4, 2, 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhgRnN7ZZ3o

3. "Last Name London", by Theophilus London -, 3, 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFJ9doyaMUs&ob=av2e

4. "Drive", by Queensryche 5, 4, 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocdHJDNjF-w

5. "Mirame", by Blondie 3, 3, 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob5aQdLQZBQ


NOVEMBER 2010
1. "Good Day to Die", by Godsmack 1, 1, 4
2. "Letter from a Thief", by Chevelle 2, 2, 5
3. "Crying Like a Bitch", by Godsmack 3, 1, 6
4. "Snuff", by Slipknot -,4,1
5. "1901", by Phoenix 4, 2, 7

NOVEMBER 2001
1. "Down With the Sickness", by Disturbed
2. "Greed", by Godsmack
3. "Schism", by Tool
4. "Smooth Criminal", by Alien Ant Farm
5. "Butterfly", by Crazy Town

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