AUGUST 2016

Before you blink, the summer will have passed by.  And it's been pretty good. I made time to get away for a few days, have been bike riding, planning ahead for acting, and so on.

Life has been OK lately.  I am stressed from chronic neck pain and stiffness, and the headaches that result from my trying to work out the stiffness.  I will get that checked in due time.

In the meantime, here is my Top 5 for August.  The song from 36 Crazyfists had been on my list of current songs for quite a while.  The competition from hard rock/metal songs has been tough the last year or more, because of Mastodon in large part.  Anyway, welcome, 36 Crazyfists, to a song tracking blog that has zero readers!  They have been around since 1994 - I only heard of them from this song, "Also Am I".   Great song.....I'm listening to them now via youtube, a song called "Slit Wrist Theory", which is pretty damn good, too!


That is all - I actually have an audition for what sounds like a cool little student film.  It is this Saturday - have to get ready for it.  Yes, I am THAT important....(joke!).



AUGUST 2016

1. "Cirice", by Ghost 1, 1, 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Ao4t_fe0I

2. "Shock Me", by Baroness 2, 2, 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS5osAdTnm0

3. "Ember City", by Mastodon 3, 3, 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN4B6bGm0Ao 

4. "Also Am I", by 36 Crazyfists -, 4, 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLkm-Bpkgv4

 5. "Vanishing Man", by The Church 4, 1, 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul13hip5LOM

AUGUST 2015

1. "Aunt Lisa", by Mastodon
2. "The Garden and the Liddle Girl", by Kaley Victoria Rose
3. "The Motherload", by Mastodon
4. "Wildfire" by Borgeous
5. "Habits (Chainsmokers Remix)", by Tove Lo


AUGUST 2006

1. "Talk", by Coldplay
2. "Wings of a Butterfly", by H-I-M
3. "Hate Me", by Blue October
4. "De La Soul", by Gorillaz
5. "Best of You", by Foo Fighters

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