My Top 5 Songs

OK, my final class for graduate school is...a bear. I am struggling, but persevering. Besides that, things are going OK.  I am feeling good physically - I am working out, not indulging too much in chocolate or sweets (my kryptonite), and taking care of my back.  I have to see a doctor next week for a persistent problem in my throat, though - it's like a cold, but without a sore throat or other symptoms.  I only have a restrictive passageway at times (trouble swallowing food), and phlegm.  Isn't that just sexy?  But it's not a cold or a virus or anything - antibiotics don't work. That's it for now - gotta hit the books. Music.... Late this month, but that's OK. I am pretty sure the monthly Top 5 the way it looks now is how it would have had I updated it at the beginning of February.   Another entry by Mastodon!  This may not be the last one (it is currently the fourth) from the album.  There could be at least one more Top 5er. ...

February already! The Super Bowl is in 2 days (this blog is about a week late), and let's hope the Steelers trounce Green Bay. I've been feeling better lately because of music. Music just affects my soul like nothing else. I like to saturate my head with just a single song, 'hearing' it in my memory all day long - that alone is better than having no music at all, from a radio, from streaming, or wherever else. OK, let's talk about the charts! Chevelle is #1 again, for only the second week, but has been in the Top 5 for EIGHT weeks. It's a catchy song, no doubt. "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" reminds me of "Freak of the Week", by Marvelous 3 for some reason. This song is fun indulgence. Its saving grace is the refrain. Here comes Godsmack again! This is the third song from the most recent album - sort of. "I Blame You" is not on the actual CD I bought, but its on the accompanying DVD, as is "Whiskey Hangover", a song that ...

Well, April is here. I can see the overcast on my spirits recede. Maybe actually seeing the sun has something to do with it. Warmer weather, all of that. Keeping busy helps. I have been incredibly busy with 3 jobs and doing some acting on the side as well. Now for my picky comments...! I had to look up the Metallica song. I honestly didn't remember it, and now I know why. Metallica is great, but that particular song wasn't that memorable - not bad, but not a killer song. It didn't last long, as I peeked ahead on what I recorded a decade ago! Alice in Chains hits #1! It has some strong competition, though, from Alberta Cross' song, and Chevelle's new single, which probably will storm my top 5 next month! But the very nice and almost mellow "It's Your Decision" breaks in. It's a thought-provoking song. Ah, nice to have AIC back. I raved about the Silversun Pickups last June or July - there are even a few more songs from their most recent album that a...

2010 slogs on - one month down, 11 more miserable ones to go. I can't believe how my mood has changed. Even with just recording my top songs. No one may ever seen this blog, but still, it was fun to just let loose in my virtual world, to myself, if to no one else. But now I'm just mentally tired of life in general. Of course people have had it worse than I do, but it's not as if I've always been unappreciative of the luxuries I DO have, like central heat and air conditioning, and so on. I just feel like a waste of life. Did I just type that!?! I'm just find little reason to enjoy being alive. Oh well.... ....Godsmack pretty much ruled my charts over the early part of this past decade. In February 2000, they had TWO songs in the top five; both eventually became #1s! Im not very gaga over any band anymore, one reason being my age - you sort of lose unbridled enthusiasm as you get older. that's ok, it's understandable. but there will always be a place in my...

It's been a rough summer on a number of levels. I've been unemployed for several months now. I'm working a pretty crappy temp job. My personal relationships are suffering because they just arent working out for me. I feel I'm taken advantage of, or in the least, not really valued by certain people. But alas, the world of music! It's my savior. Here it is, for August, 2009...also with the chart from a year ago, from a decade ago, and from 1996. I include 1996 because that is when I started doing this and I want to document it in a blog so I can trash the note cards I've kept for 13+ years! It's fascinating to me to see what I was really into so long ago! I mean - "psychic hearts" in 1996 - that brings back some memories of a girl I really liked. My life could be worse- I could have married that annoying wench! Last year I really enjoyed the legendary Bauhaus' last album. They are the grandfathers of goth, and one of my favorite bands. Som...