AUGUST 2015

Whew!  Summer class over...got an A.  This wasn't a total chore - it was a pretty easy class.

Two more...then I am done with graduate school...just nine more months or so.  Question is, what to do AFTER that?   Advance my career?  I just don't want to work more hours doing what I do, and instead want to focus on...

...have you been paying attention to my blog?   Yes, that is correct!  Music, acting, stuff like that.  And weightlifting and staying in shape, too.

I'm actually in a good mood.  I feel good, but as usual, I'm sullen...with no relationships, nowhere to fit in, nothing....So as long as the weather  is nice and I can get out and walk and ride the bike, I'm good.  Otherwise, I suck.

Chalk up another #1 for Mastodon.  They now have two.  Some day I will have to research what bands have the most #1s, most Top 5 songs, etc.  No doubt Godsmack will dominate most of those categories.

The eerie and haunting song by Kaley Victoria Rose pole vaults to #2, while another female voice on the song by DJ Borgeous makes a dashing appearance at #4.  "Wildfire" is just beautiful. Tove Lo - still holding on!  Eight months, and possibly more (we shall see in September) is amazing.

And yep, one year ago, the huge hit (on this charting, anyway!), "Top Notch", appears in the rankings.  Many of the bands seen in the August charts from now or yesteryear are those that will probably never chart again:  Manchester Orchestra, MR MS, Kaley Victoria Rose, etc. It's because I hear their single by accident, or on a whim.  I don't keep up with the bands.

I really should change that!


AUGUST 2015

1. "Aunt Lisa" by Mastodon 2, 1, 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVrl6c4I8qs

2. "The Garden and the Liddle Girl", by Kaley Victoria Rose 4, 2, 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM5Ex7JO2lo

3. "The Motherload", by Mastodon 1, 1, 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz56aruweJY

4. "Wildfire", by Borgeous -, 4, 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmZI7xFisHA

5. "Habits (Chainsmokers Remix)", by Tove Lo 3, 1, 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Xv0cNcsoY


AUGUST 2014

1. "Meltdown", by Love and Death 2, 1, 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp1dd_vq5Tg
2. "Hurricane", by MS MR 1, 1, 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sj684zcmzw
3. "Wishful", by Stars 5,3,2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUOJeM4cVp0
4. "Top Notch", by Manchester Orchestra -, 4, 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nswP4ydGYzo
5. "Splice", by Rare Monk -, 5, 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O66H08eIF_I


AUGUST 2005

1. "Home", by Three Days Grace
2. "Float On", by Modest Mouse
3. "Vertigo", by U2
4. "Somebody Told Me", by The Killers
5. "Speed of Sound", by Coldplay

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