April Fools and Eggmen....

 

So, this was kind of fun/funny to do, of course on of all days, today.

And the subject just crossed my mind, today should be an annual day to listen to that Fair to Midland tune.

But, I've been meaning to write something more about Social Media, specifically YouTube. The etiquette and maybe a few other housekeeping items,

When someone sees your channel or a video you post, especially in the case where they themselves have a channel of their own. They may subscibe and leave comments and like. If they are a YouTuber themselves, they know part of what is beneficial is to comment and like.

But I just know there's plenty of YouTubers and even just people on the different Social Media platforms that do not do this. It's mostly just a 1-WAY STREET.

They want you to watch their videos (or just follow or like their posts on other socials), subscribe, like and comment. But it does seem others like myself have to almost blatantly spell it out to gain their attention to even be aware of my channel or socials. And even if I do that, they may subscribe and maybe they will comment and like (if watch) 1 or 2 videos or for like a week or 2.

And in many cases, they don't even do that.

Unless they see your channel (or Social Media account) as more impressive or bigger and something that if others are giving you attention, than they may as well.

But when you don't have the large numbers of subscribers or followers, they don't necessarily.

That is PLAYING THE FAVORITES.

It's selifish, or lazy, or judgemental, or just kind of passive-agressive.

Social Media and it seems a lot of YouTube should be A GIVE AND TAKE.

I scratch your back, and you scratch mine. 

But if you don't have "status" to be appealing enough to them (1000 or even way more subscribers), it really doesn't seem to matter how many times you like, comment and even pass their videos along (and how much detail your comment has), they still don't give a shit enough about YOUR channel to follow-suit.

I mean I will confess, there are people who have subscribed to my channel who I check out their own channel and I don't subscribe. But almost all of those cases, either the content on their channel doesn't appeal to me (and is next to nothing like my content), or their content is very limited anyway.

But I'd say at least 3/4 of the time someone subscribes to me, and I look at their YouTube page and they include something I remotely can relate to or enjoy, I will subscribe.

And I would say I do make an effort to leave them comments on topics I can comment about.

But there are several channels I comment on, or did comment on, pretty detailed and somewhat regularly, who have yet to ever leave even 1 comment on any of my 776 Videos. And even in some cases, the subject matter (mostly music and Prog), they have made videos themselves about. And in at least 1 or 2 examples, I noticed said music (band/album), done after I talked about it.

In other words, they are mooching off my work, my channel, etc, and yet I've never seen them once admit or acknowledge that. It's like it would kill them to do so, because they don't like to admit that a smaller channel actually introduced them to something.

I mean it could be that they just don't like to give credit to other channels. I can only half understand that per the whole idea of  "well, if I shout out this channel, well then I have to shout every other channel" chore. And then they'll forget people.

But, that doesn't change the fact they are finding something and telling YouTube about it, and not being fully honest how they found it. Maybe the *how* shouldn't really matter? I just see it as lazy if not practicing being a favorites player.

"You know it wouldn't take a lot for people to help other less successful people easily, but they often don't" -J. Rudess (on "The Great Escape" on KFAI radio in 2002)

You know, and it does extend beyond YouTube. Go back to twitter and 89.3. I was talking about Local Natives and Warpaint long before most there, and yet never even once got any kind of due. It's lame, unfair, and something that I will never consider justified. But its happened and will continue to happen.

I would even say, many channels and Social Media I continue to comment-to or like on, that I guess I don't expect as much from given my feeling about the people. But I'm not certain how long or consistent I will continue to do that just based on the fact they don't reciprocate back to me. Not enough.

It really should be a GIVE and TAKE. But so many people, some I do have closer relationships with and want to help them out as much as I can genuinely, I don't think see using YouTube and Social Media that way.

They don't see it like a Social Contract to be using and trying to promote their own content. They see it as, ok, here's my video or post, please like it and share it, etc. But thanks for doing that, however the thought never crossed my mind to do the same for you who chimed in.

Maybe it's a lack of time? I dunno, but at some point, I have to draw a line and just say, sorry, I can't anymore. I have done that with some. But I also feel like given I'm at 776 Videos. Once I hit 1000 Videos, I may just to do a HIATUS for at least long form videos until I hit 1000 Subscribers.

No exceptions. 

Sorry, I've made 1000 videos, I deserve 1000 subscribers. And until that happens, my focus may be other outlets like this and the Substack. I might do Shorts or TikTok as I've mentioned. Or I may do an audio and/or video podcast. Mixcloud, Soundcloud, or just on Substack even. Unsure.

I mean it's 224 videos away, so that is probably over a year, maybe 2. And that may be enough videos and time to finish some of these projects I've done, I dunno.

But at least my feeling is given the lack of GIVE-AND-TAKE and reception/attention/recognition for my YouTube channel, if I put the time and effort into making 1000 fucking videos, I should be able to at least get 1000 subscribers as well. (probably way more actually, but I'm trying to be as realistic as possible).

Paige Bueckers..and some other Hoops notes

 

Some thoughts and observations:

PAIGE BUECKERS…and CAITLIN CLARK

Paige Bueckers basically said sorry Oklahoma, not gonna happen. Scoring a career high 40 points tonight in the Sweet 16 in a game that was basically over midway through the 3rd quarter.

It sucks she will not be able to play against USC with Juju Watkins again, who beat Connecticut earlier this season. I feel for Juju and USC, but I still want to see UConn beat them, even though if they do, it will sort of feel like it would need an asterisk.

But let’s say Paige and UConn win on Monday against USC. Looking at the bracket, I think they would end up playing the winner of UCLA vs LSU in the Semifinal on Friday.

And if UCONN were to win that, they could face South Carolina potentially.

If they win the National Championship, all the Caitlin Clark loudmouths are gonna have to back off.

Yeah, first off, that still needs to happen, but 2nd, the argument of Bueckers and Clark will be decided in the WNBA. And Bueckers will likely end up with Dallas who have the 1st pick in the draft.

That kind of sucks, but I get it. Fair is fair. And while I came to not care for the Mavericks and Dallas sports in general (Cowboys..who I once actually liked as a kid per I was a Tony Dorsett fan, but then the Herschel Walker trade happened and the Cowboys won 3 Super Bowls while the Vikings, well remained the Vikings, even with Moss; also to include the Dallas Stars who probably still should be in Minnesota), I can’t hold their WNBA franchise responsible so much for being annoyed by the Mavericks team and their fans from the aftermath of the playoff series with the Wolves last season.

And most of that was not caring for Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, and seeing the Wolves being a superior team, which I still do (I will likely always contend, the Wolves were out of gas, but had they played Dallas in the 1st round, the Wolves would have beaten them, maybe handily), but that’s also very different now with the trade, and where they are at now.

But if Paige goes to Dallas, I will actually hope her team does well, and see how to she does against the rest of the league, including the Lynx. But the Indiana Fever game(s) could be a must-see.

The Dallas Wings play in the same conference at the Lynx, but the Indiana Fever are in the East, so Bueckers and Clark would only play twice during the season. And if they met in the playoffs, it would have to be in the WNBA Finals. Same would hold true if Bueckers were on the Lynx.

Which I think like Lindsay Whalen, depending how things go, I think eventually, there will be effort to try and get Bueckers to the Lynx. It may be many years (like Whalen), but it will be brought up often. Like Dave Winfield, Paul Molitor and several others. McHale sadly never did get to play for the Wolves, but I imagine there may have been interest. He was too loved/and loved it too much in Boston I suppose.

But we will hopefully see, and my belief and contention, Bueckers has the chance and could easily be a better WNBA player than Clark. If she stays healthy of course (which is a big part of course given her injuries in college). But she’s a more skilled player overall, and as I’ve said many times, she’s a better athlete. She’s a better defensive player, and honestly, regardless of how many assists Clark gets, Bueckers is better at making her teammates better.

She has that whole cliche of a high basketball IQ. Clark? to me, she is basically a great shooter and she is good at drawing the defense. But it’s not like she could play all 5 positions, but Bueckers? it seems she could. In the WNBA she will be a guard, but she can play in the post and she can rebound. And even though they are about the same height, Paige is LONG, which makes her even more a threat potentially on defense.

I just think all these naive people who kissed Clark’s butt the last couple of years, failed to do any research and realize coming up in the different levels, Bueckers WAS BETTER. They knew and played each other regularly. They played with each other on some of the National Teams. And actually Clark wanted to go to UCONN, but Auriemma already had promised a spot for Bueckers and couldn't have foreseen the 2 of them together. Which, might have happened anyway, but didn’t.

However, given Clark’s being from Iowa, like Bueckers (whose from Hopkins, MN), likely grew up a Lynx fan. I mean she may have also been a fan of Chicago or Indiana, but the Lynx and Minneapolis were naturally the closest team geographically for her.

So, I suppose Clark also wanting to play close-to-home could end up with the Lynx. Or even both at some point? I kind of doubt it, but it wouldn’t be impossible. Paige likely will be able to play multiple positions, so they actually could both start.

What sort of sucks in retrospect about Bueckers and Clark in some ways is they both could have also ended up in college at Minnesota. But, that’s a broken record and most of the best players in Minnesota or surrounding areas don’t come to Minnesota still. I thought I read, Minnesota did recruit Clark (and Bueckers), but that is a revisionist fantasy pipe dream from a Minneota sports fan now.

But we’ll see over the coming weeks and then months. Seeing the idiots on Social Media though is still going to happen. But if UCONN were to win, no matter, Bueckers would have that. And that believed respect from those WNBA people that took shots at Clark last year for not winning title. I dunno, many of them went to UCONN, so maybe publicly they would give Bueckers a pass if she didn’t win given she’s from the same school. That would be a bit of a double standard.

My feeling though is even if UCONN don’t win the NCAA championship, the WNBA is what will really be indicative of how they compare. Again, health permitting.

COOPER FLAGG

Cooper Flagg while appearing to be probably the best player in the country, I have seen several other guys much like him. Lauded and considered 1 of if not the best players in college, that were a bust or merely a mediocre or role player in the NBA. Including from DUKE.

Adam Morrison? ..even Keith Van Horn

I honestly would hardly be surprised if the same happened to Flagg. He could easily get pushed around or just not be quick enough to warrant the hype he probably will get.

"Pretentious" misuse...use "Ostentatious" instead

Much like the ignorant misuse of the word "cringe" as an adjective, the word "pretentious" is egregiously misused as well. It has for much longer pathetically been MISUSED.

The word "pretentious" is derived from the word "pretend" or "pretending." 

It actually is more or less an *adjective* describing someone or something that is pretending. Or not serious, insincere or fake.

"Pretentious" DOES NOT mean full of oneself or EGO-DRIVEN. But it has been used as a condescending adjective to describe those (often artists) who are too serious or ego-headed. Believing they are smarter or better than others because they can create someting that only they can make or even understand.

"Oh, I can't understand that song because the band are so pretentious"

"On this album, the band are so obsessed and self-absorbed that they come across as incredibly pretentious"

That is incoherent NONSENSE grammatically. That basically means the music is just them being fake, or not really having any integrity in the meaning behind it. Its fake and not sincere in its intent.

No No No NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is the music trying to push boundaries and being AMBITIOUS? sure..but there's nothing FAKE or INSINCERE about it or the artists intent.

And these blowhards on Social Media and even other outlets (tv, radio..even movies and books), have adopted this pathetically INCORRECT use of the word, that like many of these verbal/vernacular trends ("not to mention"..even though when "not to mention" is used, it was just FUCKING MENTIONED!..lol).

I believe "pretentious" is used to try and sound cool and tough. It's used to sound more highly educated and smart, but in fact, it actually comes across as feeble and insecure.

Regardless, until its use fades out of the verbal zeitgeist of pop-culture, it will continue to be misused and influence countless others over the years to be misused.

PRETENSION?

a claim or assertion of a claim to something.

the use of affectation to impress; ostentatiousness.

that is what google brings up, although that 2nd defintion I would contend is

a) newer than the 1st
b) not necessarily given a negative, insulting tone.

But the loudmouths who word-drop "pretentious" so often always intend it to be used that way.

Regardless, the wording is still derived from the latin base which comes from the word "pretend," which goes back to how misused "pretentious" is and it really needs to change. Will it?..doubtful. The best bet is for it to fade and not be cool anymore to say.

edit:

After all these fucking years..at least a decade or more, basically all these trillions or more incorrect uses of the word "pretentious"..the word that actually should be used is OSTENTATIOUS.

"Ostentatious" describes a showy or extravagant display meant to impress, while "pretending" or "fake" implies a deliberate deception or insincerity, often about one's identity or abilities. 

being a show-off, bragging, attention-whoring, etc is not the same thing as not being serious
(or too serious), pretending or PRETENTIOUS.

But, the short response to all these uses of "pretentious" should be,
you mean "ostentatious."

or just quote it, and modify the quote by

pretentious ostentatious.

fixed.


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Election Audits

 

If they succeed, unless there is blatant evidence of Trump or Musk's work being done to those machines, I mostly see the benefit of this for the next election.

Between this, the Greg Palast stuff of Voter Suppression and the potential rigged elections in Poland that the Palmer Report comments mention, that could have easily occurred in the 2024 Presidential Election as well, I think History will show the 2024 Presidental Election was in fact NOT FREE and FAIR.

How did Dumpy win all 7 Swing States? the odds were miniscule.

Reverse Psychology?..

 I wonder as I've seen multiple sources suggest the best move for the Democrats those who oppose 100% of everything Dumpy and his brainwashed community does, if instead of just always criticizing them, play a better, more cunning game of Reverse Psychology.

Basically appease them, even act like you support them, Say, you've turned a new leaf and decided it's not worth it.

If you can't beat them, join them?

Because it could diffuse the tension and division, at least for a time.

Then of course, eventually when they either relax or just want to oppose you still, they indirectly could support your agenda?

It's kind of a risky move, but desparate times may call for desparate measures.

I dunno..food for thought at least.

Davanni's : A favorite restaurant of mine...

 

This may be much to do about nothing, and the Davanni's manager and/or staff may have declined to be interviewed, but if the group was approached about this, it seems there is a good chance they were promoting their politics there. Which if that happened, the manager seems to have had good reason to approach them. I've been do that Davanni's many times over the last 20+ years. My friend John doesn't live too far from there and him and I would often go there before movies at the Edina Theater or other events.

Not that it is my favorite Davanni's as there are several I go to, and the majority of the time I pickup/takeout.

But, I question if they were just *eating* and not spewing their Dumpy Rhetoric so much so, other customers may have complained.

As I posted on FB (and while it got 9 likes, it also received some trolling trash replies from some Dumpy supporters, which I will add ARE IN THE MINORITY in Minnesota), if I was eating at a Davanni's or likely any restaurant, and a Dumpy party was being held, I'd get out of dodge as soon as possible. Of course the trolls are drawn to these things in droves..Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. A lot of them are BOTS also. No thank you. I don't need to hear or or be exposed to their brainwashed trash. Would it be more effective to turn my phone's camera on and play Jordan Klepper-Fingering-the-pulse-of-Maga? maybe, but it would not be what I would expect to deal with when going to eat some comfort food.

Having Davanni's while being exposed to political discourse is hardly COMFORTING.

So, depending on what we may learn, it may be much to do about nothing and some local political minorities reaching for something that had no reason to be. But if there is evidence that the manager had good reason and customers complained, MORE POWER TO THE MANAGER.

I mean sure, it could just be a LEARNING EXPERIENCE and to understand WHAT THE POLICY IS. I kind of wonder if the manager had had a written document that detailed it, and read it to the group, then what happened may be totally justified.

I suspect much of what Davanni's posted on Social Media is just to try to cover themselves from a PR standpoint.

Zelenskyy to Dumpy/Vance

 

Album Milestone Anniversaries in 2025

I haven't gotten around to doing research for 2010, 2015 and 2020. 

Maybe in due time, along with collages. 

January

14: Rush - Permanent Waves (1980)

20: Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975)

24: Stackridge - Extravaganza (1975)

24: The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker (1990)

24: Van Halen - Balance (1995)

25: Pat Metheny - The Way Up (2005)

26: Chicago - Chicago II (1970)

26: Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)

27: Sculptured - Apollo Ends (2000)

28: Spiral Architect - A Skeptics Universe (2000)

29: Fish - Vigil in the Wilderness of Mirrors (1990)

Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways (1995)

Spock's Beard - The Light (1995)

February

1: Peter Hamill - Nadir's Big Chance (1975)

1: Bend Sinister - Through the Broken City (2005)

4: God is an Astronaut - All Is Violent All Is Bright (2005)

7: Karnivool - Themata (2005) 

8: Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True (2000)

8: People For Audio - And This Will Be Our Homecoming (2005)

11: The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (Japan) (2005)

13: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)

14: The Who - Live at Leeds (1970)

14: Rush - Fly By Night (1975)

14: Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)

15: Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day (1980)

16: Death - Spiritual Healing (1990)

22: Call Florence Pow - These Are the Plans...(2000)

22: Josh Rouse - Nashville (2005)

24: Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (1975)

25: Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair (1985)

28: Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)

28: Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom (1990)

29: Steve Stevens - Flamenco A Go-Go (2000) 

Ambrosia - Ambrosia (1975)

Kansas - Song for America (1975)

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975)

Return to Forever featuring Chick Corea - No Mystery (1975)

March

1: Steely Dan - Katy Lied (1975)

7: David Bowie - Young Americans (1975)

7: Echolyn - As the World (1995)

8: Kaddisfly - Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn (2005)

10: Billy Joel - Glass Houses (1980)

11: Crosby Stills Nash and Young - Dejavu (1970)

11: 10cc - The Original Soundtrack (1975)

13: Howard Jones - Dream Into Action (1985)

19: Depeche Mode - Violator  (1990)

21: Death - Symbolic (1995)

21: Kevin Gilbert - Thud (1995)

21: The Tea Party - The Edges of Twilight (1995)

21: Transatlantic - SMPT:e (2000)

22: Soft Machine - Bundles (1975)

22: The Decemberists - Picaresque (2005)

25: The Power Station - The Power Station (1985)

24: Genesis - Duke (1980)

26: Van Halen - Women and Children First (1980)

27: Rick Wakeman - The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (1975)

28: Faith No More - King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime (1995)

28: Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)

29: Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow (1975)

30: Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970)

Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green (1970)

April

1: Journey - Journey (1975)

1: The Dukes of Stratosphear - 25 O'clock (1985)

3: King Crimson - Thrak (1995)

3: Doves - Lost Souls (2000)

4: Pavlov's Dog - Pampered Menial (1975)

10: Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (1990)

11: Steve Hillage - Fish Rising (1975)

20: Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970)

21: Abba - Abba (1975)

22: Prince - Around the World in a Day (1985)

25: Camel - The Snow Goose (1975)

25: Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980)

25: Klimt 1918 - Dopoguerra (2005)

26: The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse (2005)

26: Time of Orchids - Sarcast While (2005)

Margot and the Nuclear So & So's - The Dust of Retreat (2005)

sElf - Porno, Mint & Crime (2005)

May

2: Human Radio - Human Radio (1990)

3: King Crimson - USA (1975)

4: Mew - Half the World is Watching (2000)

5: King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon (1970)

8: The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)

9: Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time (1975)

10: Al Di Meola - Splendido Hotel (1980)

17: System of a Down - Mezmerize (2005)

19: Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)

22: King's X - Please Come Home Mr.Bulbous (2000)

23: Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel [3/Melt] (1980)

23: Shaman - Reason (2005)

24: Gospel - The Moon Is a Dead World (2005)

June

1: a-ha - Hunting High and Low (1985)

1: Sting - Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985)

3: Deep Purple - Deep Purple in Rock (1970)

6: Soft Machine - Third (1970)

6: Ulver - Blood Inside (2005)

7: Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil (2005)

7: Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)

7: Shadow Gallery - Room V (2005)

10: The Eagles - One of These Nights (1975)

17: Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)

20: Neil Young - Tonight's the Night (1975)

20: Galactic Cowboys - Let It Go (2000)

21: dredg - Catch Without Arms (2005)

21: Subterranean Masquerade - Suspended Animation Dreams (2005)

24: Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight (1995)

27: The Chap - Ham (2005)

25: Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975)

28: Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee (1990)

30: Queen - The Game (1980)

Michael Nesmith and the First National Band - Magnetic South (1970)

Fairport Convention - Rising for the Moon (1975)

Renaissance - Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975)

July

4: The Flower Kings - Space Revolver (2000)

5: Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)

8: Various Artists - Back to the Future Soundtrack (1985)

11: Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1975)

11: Ultravox - Vienna (1980)

11: Shadow Gallery - Carved in Stone (1995)

11: Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)

12: The Ebb & Flow - Time to Echolocate (2005)

17: Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola and Jean-Luc Ponty - Rite of Strings (1995)

18: Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005)

24: Yes - Time and a Word (1970)

25: Caravan - Cunning Stuns (1975)

25: Fates Warning - Disconnected (2000)

26: Veda - The Weight of an Empty Room (2005)

28: Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1975)

Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (1975)

August

3: The Beatles - Help! (1965)

7: Jellyfish - Bellybutton (1990)

15: White Willow - Sacrament (2000)

16: Aviatic - Arrival (2005)

18: Daryl Hall and John Oates - Daryl Hall and John Oates (1975)

18: Yes - Drama (1980)

20: Queensryche - Empire (1990)

21: Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)

22: Gentle Giant - Free Hand (1975)

22: The Gathering - Mandylion (1995)

22: Spock's Beard - V (2000)

23: Greg Herriges - It Plays Me (2005)

23: Minus the Bear - Menos el Oso (2005)

23: Neverending White Lights - Act I: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies (2005)

23: The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (2005)

25: Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)

27: Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby (1975)

30: Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)

Miles Davis - Agharta (1975)

Kool and the Gang - Spirit of the Boogie (1975)

September

1: The Brecker Brothers - The Brecker Bros. (1975)

1: Electric Light Orchestra - Face the Music (1975)

3: George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)

4: Rush - Chronicles (1990)

5: Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)

5: sElf - Gizmodgery (2000)

6: Between the Buried and Me - Alaska (2005)

12: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)

12: At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)

12: VAST - Music for People (2000)

13: Sheena Ringo - 勝訴ストリップ (Shōso Strip) (2000)

13: Sigur Ros - Takk...(2005)

14: Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis? (1975)

15: Foghat - Fool for the City (1975)

16: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)

18: Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)

19: Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons [EP] (1995)

19: Oceansize - Everyone Into Position (2005)

19: Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites (2005)

20: Kansas - Masque (1975)

20: Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV: Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)

23: Santana - Abraxas (1970)

24: Rush - Caress of Steel (1975)

24: Megadeth - Rust in Peace (1990)

25: INXS - X (1990)

27: Gojira - From Mars to Sirius (2005)

27: King's X - Ogre Tones (2005)

27: Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)

Heart - Dreamboat Annie (1975) (UK)

October

2: Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (1970)

3: The Who - The Who By Numbers (1975)

3: The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)

3: Enchant - Juggling Nine or Dropping Ten (2000)

4: Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (2005)

5: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (1970)

5: Mike + the Mechanics - Mike + the Mechanics (1985) 

8: Talking Heads - Remain in Light (1980)

9: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! (2000)

10: Tears for Fears - Raoul and the Kings of Spain (1995)

10: Pure Reason Revolution - Cautionary Tales for the Brave (2005)

11: Kiss Kiss - Kiss Kiss (2005)

14: INXS - Listen Like Thieves (1985)

15: Rush - Power Windows (1985)

15: Opeth - Orchid (1995)

17: Bruce Springsteen - The River (1980)

17: Saigon Kick - Devil in the Details (1995)

17: Burst - Origo (2005)

20: U2 - Boy (1980)

23: Genesis - Trespass (1970)

23: King's X - Faith Hope Love (1990)

24: Roxy Music - Siren (1975)

24: Savatage - Dead Winter Dead (1995)

24: sElf - Subliminal Plastic Motives (1995)

27: Hawkwind - Levitation (1980)

30: U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)

31: Steve Howe - Beginnings (1975)

31: Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element I (2000)

Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte (1975)

Nektar - Recycled (1975)

Fates Warning - The Spectre Within (1985)

November

1: Michael Nesmith and the First National Band - Loose Salute (1970)

1: The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)

6: Queen - Made in Heaven (1995)

7: Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water (1975)

8: Paulson - All At Once (2005)

9: Badfinger - No Dice (1970)

9: Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)

10: Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis? (1975)

12: Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975)

14: Chroma Key - You Go Now (2000)

17: John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy (1980)

20: Emerson Lake and Palmer - Emerson Lake and Palmer (1970)

22: System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)

26: Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace (1990) 

27: Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant (1970)

28: The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)

30: George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (1970)

Robert Palmer - Riptide (1985)

December

1: Styx - Equinox (1975)

1: I Can't Believe It's Not Rock - I Can't Believe It's Not Rock (2000)

3: The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)

11: King Crimson - Lizard (1970)

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Gypsy - Gypsy (1970)

Electromagnets - Electromagnets (1975)

White Willow - Ignis Fatuus (1995) (Spring)

Cloud Cult - Who Killed Puck? (2000)

Klimt 1918 - Secession Makes Modern Music (2000)

Substack...

So i signed up there like a week ago. There's a "Podcast feature even on there, although I suspect to make 1, I'd have to use Audacity to record it with music clips.

Here's my first "Note"

 I’m a fan of John Pratt’s radio show “WDGY Wayback Wonders” on Saturday nights. On the show is a featured Week of an historical year of the WDGY Survey (and AT40 even?) of the songs from that specific time.

With all of the calendars I’ve researched and made recently, it crossed my mind the other day, could I make a podcast of a similar format?

Maybe on Mixcloud? The copyright issue almost always is the biggest issue. That and required time to produce it. I even thought, I could just record my own, for my own enjoyment and even dictation.

Playing full songs? or just playing clips and getting to play retro dj? And maybe a bit like The Album Years Podcast, it might be random years.

Should it only be for music released around said week/month/year? maybe, at least open it up beyond just the week though.

Food for thought…

Great Album Openers

 Rush - Hemispheres

Marillion - The Invisible Man

King's X - Out of the Silent Planet

The Family Crest - Beneath the Brine

Toy Matinee - Last Plane Out

Enchant - The Thirst

Fair to Midand - Dance of the Manatee

Mew - Am I Wry? No

Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same

Yes - The Gates of Delirium

Transatlantic - Duel With the Devil

The Mars Volta - Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus

Oceansize - The Charm Offensive

Renaissance - A Trip to the Fair

Crimson Glory - Lady of Winter

Everything Everything - To the Blade

Giant Sky - The Further We Go the Deeper It Gets Pt. 1-6

Karnivool - C.O.T.E.

Kiss Kiss - Janet

Spock's Beard  - The Light

Umphrey's McGee - Plunger

Jerry Goodman and Jan Hammer - Country and Eastern Music

The Flower Kings - I am the Sun Part 1

Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand

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 people need to stop this shit!

The word "CRINGE" is a VERB. It never has been, and never will be an ADJECTIVE.

CRINGEY is an ADJECTIVE

"CRINGE WORTHY" also can be used to DESCRIBE something.

But the word C-R-I-N-G-E is NOT a FUCKING ADJECTIVE. It's a VERB. A VERB A VERB.

It's AN ACTION.

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IT'S NOT A FUCKING ADJECTIVE!!!!!!!!!!!

People on Social Media need to learn some BASIC FUCKING GRAMMAR.

And STOP using "Cringe" as an Adjective!!!!!

Good Lord!

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Superbowl 59

 Will likely always be just a unforgettable footnote.

Terrible game, from 2 boring teams.

Awful waste of time of a Halftime show.

Let's get something straight...

 Dumpy did NOT win in a Landslide or even DECISIVELY.

He won by a small MARGINAL amount.

Popular Vote: 154, 891, 827 total votes

Trump: 77, 303, 573 (49.9%)

Harris: 75, 019, 257 (48.4%)

2,284,316 more votes which 1.47% more of the vote.

Other Candidates
Stein 782, 528

RFK Jr 756, 393

Chase Oliver  641, 289

Other Candidates 388, 787

Total 2,568,997 (1.65%)

Swing States (which I and many others believe may have had election interference given Dumpy won all 7). Total Votes = 31,888,797.

Arizona 5.53% (187,382)

North Carolina 3.22% (183,048)

Nevada 3.09% (46,008)

Georgia 2.19% (115,100)

Pennsylvania 1.72% (121,454 )

Michigan 1.42% (80,618)

Wisconsin 0.86% (29,417)

763,027 total more votes in the 7 Swing States which 2.39%.

Pennyslvania = 7,031,770 total votes

Trump 3,542,701 (50.4%)

Harris 3,421, 247 (48.7%)

121, 454 more votes (1.72%)

Other Candidates

Stein 34,513

Oliver 33,309

Michigan = 5,638,701 total votes

Trump 2,804,647 (49.7%)

Harris 2,724,029 (48.3%)

80,618 more votes (1.42%)

Other Candidates

Stein 44,697

RFK 26,847

Oliver 22,599

Terry 6,723

West 6,721

Kishore 2,438

Wisconsin = 3,414,473 total votes

Trump 1,697,298

Harris 1,667,881

29,417 more votes (0.86%)

Other Candidates

RFK 17,681

Stein 12,266

Oliver 10,501

Terry 4,056

West 2,749

De La Cruz 2,041

North Carolina = 5,679,647 total votes

Trump 2,898,423

Harris 2,715,375

183,048 more votes (3.22%)

Other Candidates

Stein 24,762

Oliver 22,125

West 12,099

Terry 6,863

Georgia = 5,250,047 total votes

Trump 2,663,117

Harris 2,548,017

115,100 more votes (2.19%)

Other Candidates

Oliver 20,684

Stein 18,229

Arizona = 3,389,319 total votes

Trump 1,770,242
Harris 1,582,860

187,382 more votes (5.53%)

Other Candidates

Stein 18,319

Oliver 17,898

Nevada = 1,484,840 total votes

Trump 751,205

Harris 705,197

46,008 more votes (3.09%)

Other Candidates

Oliver 6,059

Skousen 2,754

Others 19,625

So from a NUMBERS standpoint, he only got 2.84 million more votes which is just under 1.5%. And among the SWING STATES which in truth did and does decide the election based on Electoral College concerns, he only received just under 2.4% more votes.

1.5% 

and

2.4% in the most important races.

Electoral College

Trump 312 57.99%

Harris 226 42.00%

86 more EC votes which is 15.99%. Yeah that is closer to "Decisive" however, if you look at the margins in the Swing States, some of those were pretty close, so much so, to call those "decisive" does not fly for me and many others (also someday we may find out Trump and Musk manipulated the results).

If Harris were to have won (or even a recount was done) on those closest 4 Swing States, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, which were all between .086%-2.19% difference, she gets 60 more EC votes to 286 and wins.

I mean it's semantics, "Decisive" vs "Marginal" but if  this win is considered "Decisive" than BIDEN's was a LANDSLIDE. Or better, Obama in both 2008 and 2012 were massive Landslides. But while those were, especially the 2 Obama wins were definitely DECISIVE without a doubt wins, this Trump win, was a lot closer than those. 

I mean taking just the Popular vote, Biden beat Trump by more than Trump beat Harris then. So, the Biden win was more DECISIVE and clear-cut.

The fact those Swing States were basically pick-ems and Dumpy won all 7 will likely always question how free and fair this election was.

Now we just need him to get removed and deal with Vance until January 2029.

2024 Albums of the Year

 

Rank Item

1 Falling Up/The Chilling Alpine Adventure - Falling Up Presents the Chilling Alpine Adventure

2 Bend Sinister - Mostly Great Things

3 Pepe Deluxe - Comix Sonix

4 SJS - A Sequence of Mistakes

5 Willow - Empathogen

6 Ugly - Twice Around the Sun [EP]

7 DK the Drummer - Lockers Volume 1

8 Pure Reason Revolution - Coming Up to Consciousness

9 Doom Flamingo - Measurements [EP]

10 Dirt Poor Robins - Firebird

11 The Pneumatic Transit - Forbidden Trinkets

12 Toehider - Toad Hirer [EP]

13 Menomena - The Insulation [EP]

14 Cloud Cult - Alchemy Creek

15 The Crooked Fiddle Band - The Free Wild Wind & the Songs of Birds

16 Circe Link & Christian Nesmith - Arcana

17 Persefone - Lingua Ignota: Part I [EP]

18 Ours - New Age Heroine/Encore [EP]

19 Barock Project - Time Voyager

20 Dirty Loops - Beagle [EP]

21 The Warning - Keep Me Fed

22 Meer - Wheels Within Wheels

23 In Vain - Solemn

24 Darren King - Temporal

25 Gavin Castleton - Pattern Breaker

26 Yannis & The Yaw - Lagos Paris London feat. Tony Allen [EP]

27 DJ Slow - Helsinki Mixtape (Continuous Mix)

28 Everything Everything - Mountainhead

29 Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding - Milton + esperanza

30 The Kind City - This

31 The Decemberists - As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again

32 Geordie Greep - The New Sound

33 Akphaezya - Fell Down the Veil

34 Local Natives - But I'll Wait for You

35 Chromeo - Adult Contemporary

36 Early Music Minnesota - Origin Stories: Popular Violin Sonatas Performed on Historical Instruments/PLATTI Sonatas for Three

37 The Radicant - We Ascend [EP]

38 Toehider - Space Famous [EP]

39 Vennart - Forgiveness & The Grain

40 The Mavericks - Moon & Stars

41 Lenny Kravitz - Blue Electric Light

42 Paul Meany - The Distance [EP]

43 Radical Face - Mixtape

44 Another Sky - Beach Day

45 Tuxedo - Tuxedo IV

46 Sound & Shape - Pillars of Creation

47 Jonathan Nesmith - High Volume One

48 Godspeed You Black Emperor - No title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead

49 Béla Fleck - Rhapsody In Blue

50 Radical Face - B-Sides and Rarities (2002-2011)

51 Toehider - rediscovery

52 Public Service Broadcasting - The Last Flight

53 Matt Page - Apocalypse Garden

54 Airlands - Strange Beast

55 Azure - Fym

56 Toehider - Children of the Sun 3 [EP]

57 Josh Rouse - Live in Utrecht

58 North Sea Echoes - Really Good Terrible Things

59 TWRP - Digital Nightmares

60 Kyros - Mannequin

61 Sykofant - Sykofant (Between Air and Water)

62 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of the Last Human Being

63 Amanda Palmer - New Zealand Survival Songs [EP]

64 Toehider - Stereo Night Ash: Music For Relaxation, Meditation, Decatastrophizing and Deep...[EP]

That's kind of the list. I may write something more about it and the whole AOTY process soon. I an Edit or new entry, unsure.

2020-2024 list coming. Also that is video #750 on YouTube for me.