NOVEMBER 2012

Home stretch for 2012...November already. Wow. I love the autumn, but I pretend in November...I pretend that I forget this is the month of my birthday. I don't really acknowledge it, nor do I like anyone else to make the slightest deal about it.  I think about it for a second or two, then put it out of my mind.

This is because of the constant frustration I experience, year after year. It is my own fault, but I am just not happy - or, if I am, it's not for long. I am just an unhappy person. And lonely.

Tim Hecker's instrumental is #1 again - just unchallenged, since I find a lot of entertainment in atmospheric music lately. There are two new entries - songs that are months old, that I have been enjoying, but finally boiled over into the Top 5.

I like this month's top 5 - it would make a good mini-playlist on an I-pod.


NOVEMBER 2012

1. "In the Fog, Part I/II/III", by Tim Hecker 1, 1, 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytQLA77X6Qw

2. "Irresistable Force", by Jane's Addiction 4, 2, 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVOi5Hdbd7Q

3. "Morning Dove", by Echo and Drake -, 3, 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC7DaYd_4H0

4. "Please Ask for Help", by Telekinesis -, 4, 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCaQEMcSaQE

5. "End to the Lies", by Jane's Addiction 2, 1, 8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIFcc0OzMHQ



NOVEMBER 2011
1. "Open the Door", by Implodes -, 1, 1
2. "Winter Harvest", by The Accident Experiment 4, 2, 4
3. "Last Name London", by Theophilus London -, 3, 1
4. "Drive", by Queensryche 5, 4, 2
5. "Mirame", by Blondie 3, 3, 3


NOVEMBER 2002
1. "I Stand Alone", by Godsmack 1, 1, 7
2. "Aerials", by System of a Down 3, 3, 2
3. "The Way You Like It', by Adema 2, 2, 6
4. "Crawling in the Dark", by Hooba Stank 4, 3, 7
5. "Thousand Miles", by Vanessa Carlton -, 5, 1


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