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I always forget how much I like any genre when I'm not into it. Right now I'm like "symphonic metal, it will never catch on", but then I look at my CD collection and that's like 10% of it 🤣 And emo, when I'm not in the mood I am like "ha, fancy being 33 listening to that!" Then the mood hits and OHMYGODFUCKMENOWJIMMY

to be fair to TRF i have like metal amnesia. every time i'm not playing it i forget it exists. now you think that's a joke but it's really not. My brain everytime is like...."oh let me try this metal every one speaks of. bet it's not that good" ALSO to YOUR point........yea guys i do like metal..........jeez i'm not some caveman, lol. i think people just think of me as an AOR bitch i'm not kidding when i say i do forget metal though . i dunno know if it speaks to the genre or me. lol Mick

Joni Mitchell- Hejira Phwoar! What an amazing album!

The setup.

Katy Lied - Steely Dan

Ended up having a great eclipse viewing day. It's so strange watching the dark approaching. It looks like a storm is headed your way and then when it gets to you, it's crazy how dark it gets. One of my pictures.

That looks like my cousin, SAL....

Oh I haven’t spun that one in years. A-Punk and Oxford Comma are classics I do remember!

They stole it!

But it's the Master's Tardis from that episode.

The Keeper of the Timeline Jumpers is more like it.

I’ve been horrible on reading for the last two weeks. I’m on the 4th book of the Prince Warriors series with my son, and I’m at the Gospel of Luke in my study Bible, but I am going through both slowly and have basically stopped reading Taliesin. It’s not for any fault in the book as I have found it interesting, it is just laziness. I need to get myself going again. Rhyta, where are you at?

I've been all digital for a few years now. The majority of my interneting is done on my phone and with Spotify on it I have the full discography of every band I like right there. So I listen to everything on Spotify now. I still have a stereo and CDs and I still buy CDs because I like owning and looking at the whole packaging but I haven't actually listened to a CD in ages.

listen to how laszy i am. i listen on the go too..........BUT i'll still be at home with a CD player and my joni boxset and still just cue up spotify. i just have gone all digital with listening now. Physical media people will be all disgusted but......you do you, lol Mick

Exactly! I am rarely home spinning albums anymore. I'm often out and about listening on the go, which is why Spotify is important to me now

yay. now you can properly enjoy her now that the old bitch is like "well i guess i'll let the kiddies listen on the liver spotify or whatever that contraptions called. Mick

I love how Mick posts often metal bands he loves, then he leaves the genre for one minute and then everyone is like WOAAAAAAH WOW every time he comes back to it later on 🤣

Low bar, though . . .

Sick! I guess I’d just never seen you mention them before.

Avs had a much better night, 5-2 over the Wild. MacKinnon got a hat trick, first time he has 50 goals in a season (with the 3rd goal it is 51). With an assist on another goal, he is closer to Kucherov in the Hart race with 137 points. Makar had 3 assists and a goal as well. This is more like the Avs I love

All I got to see in Livingston County, NY. It was still cool to see all the lights flicker on across the valley. And experience it with my parents (who lived a mile from this vantage point). It sucks it was cloudy (my fault for playing Dark Side of the Moon on the way there), but it was still pretty awesome for a quick drive.

Before, and peak.

My view from before to almost the end. No totality where I live... But good enough for a couple of times in a lifetime kind of event.

FORT WORTH — For one Ft. Worth family, Monday's excitement was eclipsed by an even bigger event: the birth of their baby. Alicia Alvarez gave birth at 1:04 p.m. at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center to Sol Celeste. She came into the world at 6 pounds, 9 ounces - and nine days early. "I started feeling contractions around 4," Alicia Alvarez said. "I didn't think in my wildest dreams that she would be born during the eclipse." When Alicia Alvarez's labor pains picked up, their only concern about time was making it to the hospital. "We ran into a lot of traffic because everybody was going to the eclipse, wanted to see the eclipse," she said. "So it took us about an hour and 30 minutes to get here." Sol Celeste, whose name means celestial sun in Spanish, made her appearance just as the sun was disappearing. "I just saw, while she was in the bassinet, that it started turning dark," said Alicia Alvarez. The Alvarezes actually decided they were going to name her Sol months ago. They chose that because they had named her big sister Luna, which means the moon. "I wanted something that they could share together. So I loved the continuous name of Sun and Moon, and it was just the continuous love," she said.

Fight the Good Fight - Triumph

Kansas

Fishing, that thing I did infrequently for three years total fish caught:....3?

We've had more goals in Champions League today than the Hawks will score in a month.

i fukking love Periphery. they were one of the first bands i got into when i learned to like screamed and harsher vocals but they are awsome. like this prog-y djent-y melodic mush and i love it, lol Mick

Me & Mr Jones - Amy Winehouse

Thanks! Well, it was supposed to be for some big government guy . My son works for the government (not an elected guy) but he did get the chance to sign up to be a seat filler and his name got drawn, the guy couldn't make it. Can't have any empty seats when you're filming, lol !

I find when I revisit old favorites I haven't heard in a while that I hear things that I didn't notice before. Sometimes it's good to take a break from a band even when you love them a lot. It's always nice to reapproach them with fresh ears.

Oh wow I wish

Jazz - Queen

1986 - The Fly

Here are 2 photos my son took- he was picked as a seat filler for the concert. This one is of the entrance, everyone's road cases, and the Washington monument in the background. The second one is his view in the concert!

Yes! My son was there as a seat filler (he lives in DC and some Senator didn't show up) and was in the fifth row. He was blown away by Metallica! I enjoyed the whole thing but they were the most awesome. It was fun when they showed audience shots of James Hetfield through the show and he was having so much fun singing along to Elton!

Worked from home today (last time for a few days - likely won't again till Thursday this week) so that gave me another chance to pull more vinyl out of the moving box. First out: Patty Smyth - Never Enough After her success with Scandal and their "The Warrior" album Patty went solo and this was her first album. It's the only album by her I ever picked up. So you would think I did not care for it. Well, I have a complicated reaction to it. I was hoping for more songs like the title track to the Scandal album - that was a big hit. The first song (the title track) on this album is in that direction. After that it resembles most of the songs on The Warrior. So it did not quite go in the direction I wanted. That being said, I like The Warrior. Its an album that when I listen to it I never skip a song. And this album I rather enjoy - "Isn't It Enough & "Sue Lee" are the other standout songs on the album for me. In fact, I never skip a song on this album when I listen to it. So its a good album - did not go in the direction I wanted but I still like the entire album. Next out of the box: Journey - Evolution This starts with the very good "Majestic" & "Too Late". Then it has "Lovin, Touchin, Sqeezing" & "City of The Angles" which were hits but I don't care for them and generally will skip listening to them. There are some other ok songs and side 2 has the very good "Just The Same Way" which is (IMO) the best song on the record. A decent album and a sign Journey was going in the right direction. But other than the 3 songs I mentioned I like, nothing I am crazy for. Good album cover though. Next out: Journey - Escape First off, good album cover. Side 1 has the excellent "Don't Stop Believing" and the equally (IMO) excellent "Stone In Love". Then the very strong "Who's Crying Now", "Keep on Run-in'" & "Still They Ride". Side 2 starts out with 3 songs that did not impress me but then closes with the very strong "Mother, Father" and the excellent "Open Arms". IMO this is Journey's best album. Very good - but it does have 3 songs that don't do much for me on side 2. On the other had it has a bunch of very strong or excellent songs. Next out of the box: Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry An album I never skip a song on when I listen to it. Don't care for the art work - Dee Snider in make up etc does not thrill me. But the songs fit tougher well with 3 big hits ("We're Not Gonna Take It", I Wanna Rick" and "The Price") which deserved to be hits and everything else is very good. Like this album still. Next out of the box: Whitesnake - Whitsnake Excellent album. Another album I never skip a song on when I listen to it. Side 1 does have the over played "Here I go Again" but its still a good song. Plus it has the awesome "Still of The Night" and the very good "Cryin In The Rain" & "Bad Boys". Side 2 is not as good but like I said, I still don't skip anything there. Last out of the box: Def Leppard - Hysteria This is where DL went wrong. At the time I was disappointed in the album. I considered it a major drop off from their first 3 albums (esp their 2nd and 3rd albums). Like a huge drop off - and trust me I really tried listening to it. The first 3 albums had generated a lot of good will from me to the band. Their are some songs on it I liked and still find to be ok. The title track, "Armageddon It", "Pour Some Sugar On Me", "Animal" & "Gods Of War" are all ok. But not close to anything on their 2nd and 3rd albums. Over all I was disappointed at the time and its not aged well. Best song of the day? Either "Don't Stop Believing", "Stone In Love" or "Still Of The Night". Worst album? Hysteria. Best album? Hard to pick - their are 3 albums I never skip a song on plus Journey's best album. Journey's best album however has a few weak songs on it so its down to the 3 albums I don't skip anything on. I guess Whitsnake gets the nod as the best album of the day. Good day musically though. Then I took part of the PM off to watch the eclipse. Where I live we got 90+ % of the eclipse. Very interesting and enjoyable.

In the coffin the rest of the week?

The nice man about 10 feet away let me take a shot through his telescope

Only about 60% totality expected here but right now, lots of cloud cover, and the temperature has dropped. I got to see the partial in 2017 so it's ok if the weather doesn't cooperate. Update, sun is out so I could see it, with my eclipse glasses. Looks like a Pac Man took a bite out of it.

I'm in the DFW area and I think we are going to get around 2 minutes of totality.

Im so close to the route, i have my solar glasses, im ready. I just have to stay awake..i worked last night.

A test photo with the glasses held over an iPhone. 2-1/2 hours to go. Not a cloud in the sky

Careless Memories - Duran Duran

It's an embarrassment of riches that I continue to celebrate. Nothing has changed for me there.

I’m finishing Alice in Wonderland with Through the Looking Glass.

A fine band

Very well executed. You guys kept the tempo under control, and your drummer in particular seemed very much in control, taking his time to execute the fills with precision.