My Top 5 Songs

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...

2010 slogs on. Life has changed drastically in one year, since May 2009. I mean, in almost every aspect - what I do for a living, my attitudes, my values...all as a result of being displaced by the recession. And I never thought I would let my job affect who I "realy am". The jokes on me. It's all for the better, though, because I've learned a lot about myself this last year. I've taken hobbies and even second jobs I never would have been motivated to do. The music world continues to be, for me, an escape. It's been great the last year, with so much good music from bands I love. Godsmack just released a new one, too! I suspect I'll be seeing some of their stuff on the chart in the upcoming months. ;) TWO from Alice in Chains within the top 3! The Silversun Pickups are still representin', and the French band Phoenix has their delightful song breaking in. I suspect this is the only song I'll ever hear from them, but let's just enjoy what we have,...