NOVEMBER 2015

Very late this month, but it doesn't matter since I knew at the beginning of the month exactly how it would look.

 First, my monthly bitch about life...I have not much to say. It is what it is.  I am unhappy overall, as usual.  Much of it has to do with my father - he is just fucking miserable, and that has created a life of frustration, drudgery, and enslavement for my mom.  She is old school - loyal, hard working, not one to venture into the unknown -  otherwise, she would have divorced his ass years ago.

 This has caused for me a lot of emotional pain over the years.  

 The Church has an entry for the first time since June 4th, 2005. Their most recent album is...boring. I tired of it pretty fast, but "Vanishing Man" really is a cool song.  I will have to get the album back to rotation to absorb other potential charting songs.   I remember liking the album, but its because I like The Church, and not because it was good on its own. 

 I saw them in concert a few months back and I was disappointed at spending money for it - the acoustics were bad and the show was pretty dull.

 Chevelle creeps up to striking distance, while the ambient, pretty song "Wildfire" still holds on to the top spot!

 I swear I do not remember "Stricken" by Disturbed at all!  I have two of their albums but haven't thought to listen to them in YEARS.   That song is playing now on youtube...it's vaguely familiar, but I could have thought it to be a new song.  It's not bad.  I think they had a new album in 2015.  I will have to verify that and check it out soon.

 Happy Thanksgiving!

NOVEMBER 2015

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

 2. "Take Out the Gunman", by Chevelle 3, 2, 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0fCzvAdR3

 3. "Halloween", by Mastodon 4, 3, 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syLkrvUko7Q

 4. "The Garden and the Liddle Girl", by Kaley Victoria Rose 2, 1,5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM5Ex7JO2lo

5. "Vanishing Man", by The Church -, 5, 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul13hip5LOM

NOVEMBER 2014

1. "Top Notch", by Manchester Orchestra
2. "Splice", by Rare Monk
3. "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here", by Alice in Chains
4. "Let You Go", by Monica Richards
5. "Maldita Historia", by De La Tierra


NOVEMBER 2005

1. "Best of You", by Foo Fighters
2. "An Honest Mistake", by The Bravery
3. "Remedy", by Seether
4. Speed of Sound", by Coldplay
5. "Stricken", by Disturbed

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