I didn't fully realize, but the more I think about it, the lost views and the gained and lost subscribers I see on my YouTube channel are due to Bots.
Bots watch and sub, and then unsub. They get flagged by YouTube.
And when I get new subscribers and don't see who it is, there;s a good chance it's a Bot.
Lovely..blech.
Another reason my plans at 1000 videos make sense...
But of course many views are from non-subs of course, lol.
sElf - Summersound 3:35
Klimt 1918 - They Were Wed By the Sea 4:35
The Receiving End of Sirens - This Armistice 5:55
Shaman - Reason 4:46
Gospel - Congratulations...You've Hit Bottom! 3:41
Shadow Gallery - The Andromeda Strain 6:46
dredg - Hung Over on a Tuesday 4:05
Dream Theater - These Walls 7:36
The Chap - Oozing Emotion 2:41
Time of Orchids - All We Ever Wish 8:06
Subterranean Masquerade - Six Strings to Cover Fear 6:48
Cloud Cult - Transistor Radio 4:08
Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country 5:11
The Most Serene Republic - Where Cedar Nouns and Adverbs Walk 4:32
Ulver - It Is Not Sound 4:37
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This is a beta test/dry-run deal. That's a playlist for May/Mid Spring 2005.
15 Songs/Tracks 2 hours, 11 minutes exactly or 131 minutes.
Script? haven't done it yet or for this one, but I may try. I would estimate if this is the 2 hours 11 minutes it is, with talking, the Podcast would go maybe but not quite 3 hours, but close.
The Trash that never ends from the weak feeble minded trolls are among several reasons I've Paused twitter indefinitely.
The clips of Paige were decent in her 1st preseason game with the Dallas Wings.
1st game for fuck's sake.
"4th best rookie in the game" bullshit.
These mofos needs to go back to Troll school.
The plan is looking to be:
YouTube: likely on Pause at or around 1000 videos barring something changing to focus on this in the short and maybe long term. Shorts and.or TikTok on the other hand may be still done. This likely will be sometime in 2026 or 2027..maybe 2028 even. It mostly depends on when I hit 1000 videos
Instead of 20 Songs and 3 hours..it'll likely be more like by decade
60's: 5 songs
70's: 5 or possibly up to 10 songs
80's: 5 or possibly up to 10 songs
90's: 10 songs or possibly more
2000's: 10 or maybe closer to 20 songs
2010's: 10 or maybe closer to 20 songs
2020's: 10 or maybe closer to 20 songs
Windows of time:
Selecting 1 month that includes songs from releases released in January along with the releases from the previous month and the following month. Aka a 'Season" and a part of the season that, that month is. So the following months are considered:
January: Early Winter (+December and February)
February: Mid Winter (+January and March)
March: Late Winter (+February and April)
April: Early Spring (+March and May)
May: Mid Spring (+April and June)
June: Late Spring (+May and July)
July: Early Summer (+June and August)
August: Mid Summer (+July and September)
September: Late Summer (+August and October)
October: Early Fall (+September and November)
November: Mid Fall (+October and December)
December: Late Fall (+November and January)
So January (Early Winter) would include songs from December and February,
February (Mid Winter) would include songs from January and March, etc
And the songs chosen are intended to be nearly all from the information I have on the release Date or Month.
Playlists and then a podcast at some point? Initially, a Playlist and I may do a writeup (or script per say). The hope would be if the time is allowed, to record an actual Podcast where I get to play historical DJ and put it up on Substack or Mixcloud. Clips? well..not ideally, but that may find a way to get around copyright concerns (and Mixcloud or Substack vs YouTube, Spotify, etc).
And the Radio Station name (or Podcast even) may be called KAMR or WAMR
(AMR = All Media Reviews, K or W being common for the 1st Letter in a Radio Station depending on location based on where they are broadcasting from relative to being East or West of the Mississippi River I guess).
Doing the same Month/Season multiple times? yes because some albums/releases will not necessarily be included due to the song/time limit. So going back to a month/season would make sense depending on how committed I get. It may be several years though before the same month/season is done again.
Research? while I've done a lot, there's still a lot to do of course. I estimated, it's approximately 720 Months/Seasons going back to 1965 through the present. I will do as much as I can, but also may do some on the fly aka I have many of them in order and listed, but will miss some, and then go back at some point. Hence that among other reasons to plan to do the same Month/Season again eventually.
Kevin Gilbert
Jeff Buckley
Jimmy Gnecco
Casey Crescenzo
Joey Eppard
Matt Mahaffey (sElf)
Jessy Ribordy
Fjokra
Gavin Castleton
Sheena Ringo
Michael Mills (Toehider)
Bryan Scary
Jared Draughon
Jake Allen?
Many others I'm not listing here..but this guy Jake Allen..omg, I'm getting attched to his 2020 record Affirmation Day over the last couple of days.
Something is brewing and if given the time, I'll try and write something and/or film a video on YouTube about this guy.
Definitely 1 of those cases where you hear someone's music and it hits you like a ton of bricks how amazing much of it is.
Bryan Scary and I suppose, include Sheena and even Jared Draughon's in the last time this happened to me over the last couple of years.
What may get me maybe the most in some ways is he is may be the 1st one of these people who I know is/was a fan and influenced by Kevin Gilbert Per THIS ARTICLE. Sure, there are many of them (NDV of course, Dave Kerzner, Randy McStine even...), but none of those have fully really grabbed me in the way Kevin did,..or just in some way. Nick I do appreciate his talents and him working with many bands..I suppose mostly Spock's Beard of course. But for whatever reason, beyond his fronting of Spock's, his solo music never has gone far like Kevin, Casey, Matt Mahaffey or Bryan Scary..but thus dude
Jake Allen from Michigan..I dunno..I'm really really loving much of his music. The textures, lyrics, dynamics, blending of styles..although not super diverse and weird..it's enough for me to appreciate.
This is the preliminary list, and only with 5 or more from actual Record Store Day (and not Black Friday Record Store Day).
The Black Friday List I will edit-in or post in another entry.
And then combine the 2 to get some kind of approximate Net totals for the Leaders/Most.
I was just thinking of trying to have these graphed out, although it would have to be with a free relatively easy-to-use platform (Google Docs may even be able to do that).
But also a long/longer RANT and YouTube Video(s) about my contention that Record Store Day/Black Friday Record Store Day has a lot of the same artists, while many artists have rarely if ever had Special Releases.
I'm also unfortunately concerned about my cat Mocha's health right now as she is dealing with for the 2nd time in a few months, some kind of upper Respiratory Infection (a cold?) as she has been sneezing intermittently the past 24+ hours, Which may dictate how soon a video and more of this stuff will show up. But hopefully soon (and a 2025 RSD video with or without the wife)
EDIT:
Number of RSD Items
33
David Bowie
19
Grateful Dead
16
Sun Ra
14
Soul Jazz Records Presents
The Doors
13
Bill Evans
12
Prince
The Cure
The Flaming Lips
11
Miles Davis
Rockabye Baby!
The Kinks
The Rolling Stones
10
Bruce Springsteen
9
Tangerine Dream
America
Def Leppard
Dio
Elton John
Frank Zappa
Hawkwind
Motorhead
The Residents
Vitamin String Quartet
8
Air
Blitzen Trapper
Ennio Morricone
Frankie and the Witch Fingers
Garbage
Iggy Pop
Johnny Cash
Lou Reed
Madonna
Ramones
Small Faces
7
Aerosmith
Bob Dylan
Charles Mingus
Doctor Who
Gorillaz
Oneohtrix Point Never
Pearl Jam
Sublime
The Allman Brothers Band
The Zombies
Thelonious Monk
U2
6
Blur
Charlie Parker
Cold War Kids
Cypress Hill
Czarface
Devo
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Frank Turner
Gene Clark
Jethro Tull
Jimi Hendrix
John Lennon
Phish
Pink Floyd
Shocking Blue
Taylor Swift
Tegan and Sara
The Animals
The Notorious B.I.G.
5
311
Alex Chilton
Buena Vista Social Club
Built To Spill
Canned Heat
Captain Beefheart
Cheap Trick
Chet Baker
Chief Keef
Collective Soul
De La Soul
Dirty Heads
Donna Summer
Duran Duran
Eric Church
George Harrison
Jerry Garcia Band
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
John Prine
John Williams
Lil Uzi Vert
Link Wray
Peter Tosh
Public Enemy
Randy Newman
Rough Guide
Saxon
Soul Asylum
Superchunk
The Groundhogs
The Monkees
The Replacements
The Who
Uncle Tupelo
Yes
RORY MCILROY wins The Masters FINALLY!
I'm totally happy for Rory. Sad for Justin Rose though. Rose is 44, been around forever, and may not get many more chances to win The Masters. But maybe like Nicklaus, he could do it next year? Oddly, I used to kind of not care for Justin Rose when him and Mickelson had a bit of a conflict. But now? I feel the opposite. I totally like Justin Rose. Phil? of course he is largely responsible for LIV gaining momentum and pulling players from the PGA tour.
But with McIlroy
This season, Rory's won Pebble Beach, The Players and now The Masters.
I think after finally winning a Major again (after 11 years) and completing the Career Grand Slam, it seems the pressure he had is now lifted. I wouldn't be surprised to see him win another 5 Majors in the next 10 years.
The same kind of thing happened to Mickelson. It took him many years to finally win a Major, which was The Masters in 2004. And then he won 4 more over the next 9 years (+1 more a couple of years ago at the PGA). And Phil was close to the same age (34) as Rory is now (35) when he won that 1st Major at Augusta in 2004.
But if Rory won 5 more, he'd be at 10 which would put him in sole 4th place behind Nicklaus (18), Tiger (15) and Walter Hagen (11). I guess we'll see, but I sense Rory's not going to stress so much about winning another Major and of course the career Grand Slam and The Masters.
I could see him winning a few more Masters actually, like Phil did. He is good enough, although he's maybe the best ball striker on the tour still. Like most players, his short game and putter make or break his ability to win. I think also part of it is mental toughness and getting past the bad holes. The missed birdie putts or occasional bogey or even double bogey, knowing 1 hole doesn't end your chances of winning. You just get through it and move on to the next hole and round.
Timberwolves face The Lakers
So, playing the Lakers in the 3 vs 6 matchup is better than being in the Play-In. And dealing with Doncic. I think this could go 1 of a few ways.
REVENGE on Luka and being the underdog.
Unsure, but I totally hope the Wolves and ANT especially take it upon them in this series as a Revenge to last Season and Luka. The way he had his way in that Dallas series with them, but in truth, the Wolves put so much into the Nuggets series, Luka and Kyrie just caught the Wolves off-guard. And the Wolves were out of gas, plus I still firmly believe Ant was not 100%. I know, Luka wasn't either, blah blah blah.
Also beating the Lakers would in some ways be REVENGE for 2004 too.
FOULS
February 27 2025 Lakers 111 Wolves 102.
Lakers shot 46 Free Throws.
46 FUCKING FREE THROWS!
Yeah, no conspiracy there.
If the officiating gets trigger happy, and the Lakers shoot a shit ton of FT's, than the Conspiracy is in Full-Force.
Adam Silver and his league needing fans to get ratings/viewers for the Lakers, LeBron and Luka deep playoff run. And those Parlays.
In other words, if the Lakers win, the Conspiracy and the Foul disparity will be of myself and many's beliefs.
If it's close or the Wolves do win? not so much.
Per on paper, the Wolves are a better, deeper team. They are bigger, better defensively, have way more players to hit 3's. And have been playing a lot better of late.
I guess we'll see. I do think some guys like Randle, DiVincenzo, NAW and even Jaylen Clark could play a big role in how well this series goes for The Wolves.
And also if Ant just goes off. If he goes off, it may negate Luka or LeBron.
I'm working on something about the History of Record Store Day. Namely the Special Releases and the lists in regards to Artist Statistics.
Unsure when I'll be able to put it up in here and also a Video on YouTube..but if the time is allowed, it could be pretty soon.
NCAA National Championships
Paige Bueckers 1
Caitlin Clark 0
Nuff said.
edit:
omg, so fucking predictable. The Clark rubes won't shut up on Social Media about Strong and Fudd won the game for UCONN and they didn't need Bueckers.
BULL FUCKING SHIT!
Strong and Fudd had BETTER GAMES than her, sure.
But having Bueckers on the floor drew defense in BOTH GAMES in the Final 4.
What did I say about MAKING HER TEAMMATES BETTER??????????? HUHHHHHHHHH?
Did Paige have her best game? Did she have a GREAT game? not exactly on paper, BUT SHE DIDN'T NEED TO.
HER PRESENCE ON THE COURT (drawing the South Carolina Defense constantly), her Defense and avoiding turnovers, grabbing loose balls among so many other things NOT SHOWING UP ON THE STAT SHEET still supports HER VALUE.
Idiots..but not surprising.
WNBA tho..we'll see..some of these mofos are gonna have to shut the fuck up.
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 as 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.
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.pretentious ostentatious.
pretentious ostentatious.
pretentious ostentatious.
pretentious ostentatious.
pretentious ostentatious.
pretentious ostentatious.
pretentious ostentatious.
pretentious ostentatious.pretentious ostentatious.pretentious ostentatious.pretentious ostentatious.
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.