Wednesday, May 31, 2023

End of May, Start of June part 2

 

Top 10 Laura Bailey roles;

1.)    Rise Kujikawa

2.)    Lucina

3.)    Jester

4.)    Sarada Uchiha

5.)    Imogen

6.)    Kushina Uzumaki

7.)    Chun-Li

8.)    Vex’ahlia

9.)    Platinum the Trinity

10.) Anko Mitarashi

 

Top 20 white-haired characters;

1.)    Edelgard

2.)    Elizabeth

3.)    Melony

4.)    Elsa

5.)    Mirajane

6.)    Lysithea

7.)    Taarna

8.)    Weiss Schnee

9.)    Margaret

10.) Purah

11.) Impa (Age of Calamity)

12.) Dani Phantom

13.) Ivy

14.) Black Cat

15.) Winter Schnee

16.) Danny Phantom

17.) 2B

18.) Inuyasha

19.) Micaiah

20.) Robin (Fire Emblem)

 

“Ghost of You” was another standout track by Elegant Weapons, I really enjoy when modern metal/hard rock albums make a bluesy piece, like “Enough of Your Love” by Iconic last year.

 

I’ve discovered that part of my family’s compassion is conditional.  A close relative said they’d break all ties with me and make sure other close relatives did the same if I didn’t keep my apartment spotless.  This just sends me into a depression that keeps me from action, even if they didn’t mean it, it says their familial compassion has a limit and if I don’t stay inside the bounds, they will cut it off and do their best to keep me out of the family until it’s time to bury me.  It’s times like this I miss Three Houses and spending time with Edelgard and Annette, enjoying pastries and conversation about them and the cats that roam the Monastery as they encouraged me and Tara Platt’s calming voice and Abby Trott’s excited voice put my mind at piece, feeling capable of handling the monsters and hurtful people in the game.  Where is that in my reality?  Why am I surrounded by hatred, homophobia, cruel jokes, extremism and a demand to always be perfect?  I can’t make noise or the neighbors will be angry, I can’t relax or the place becomes a mess, I can’t spend money or I’m broke and hungry, I can’t enjoy my music or gaming without thinking some extremist will come in and say it’s leading me to hellfire!  This causes me to overspend on metal music and LGBTQ+ music because I just want to fucking scream!  But I can’t do it out loud!  The Mariners are currently playing the Yankees with baseball’s golden calf, Aaron Judge on full display and every time I see the fucking Yankees score runs I just hear an obnoxious, half-drunk voice yell, “GO YANKEES, GO YANKEES, GO YANKEES, RAAAAAA!”  I’m sick of all this tension and I just want to let it out in a glorious explosion of spending money or screaming while I smash something to debris.

 

Here's my actual, updated Pride Month playlist, Brandi’s duet with Tanya Tucker was released Monday night;

 

1.)          FLOWERS-Miley Cyrus

2.)          Don’t Stop Me Now-Queen

3.)          Breaking the Law-Judas Priest

4.)          The Story-Brandi Carlile

5.)          Fat Bottomed Girls (Live in Paris)-Queen

6.)          Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)-Daughtry feat. Lzzy Hale

7.)          Running Wild (Live 1979)-Judas Priest

8.)          Don’t Call Me Angel-Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Lana del Rey

9.)          Victim of Changes (Live 1979)-Judas Priest

10.)        Broken Horses-Brandi Carlile

11.)        Breaking the Law (Live 2015)-Judas Priest

12.)        Malibu-Miley Cyrus

13.)        I Want It All-Queen

14.)        Thousand Miles-Miley Cyrus feat. Brandi Carlile

15.)        We Will Rock You-In This Moment feat. Lzzy Hale and Taylor Momsen

16.)        Who Wants To Live forever (Live)-Queen and Adam Lambert

17.)        Guardians/Rising from Ruins-Judas Priest

18.)        Raw-Raw-K.Flay

19.)        Seasons-Bebe Rexha and Dolly Parton

20.)        Raise Hell-Brandi Carlile

21.)        Ain’t Enough Rocks-Brandy Clark, Derek Trucks

22.)        She’s Not Him-Miley Cyrus

23.)        Heart Attack (Rock Version)-Demi Lovato

24.)        Gimme The Prize (Kurgan’s Theme)-Queen

25.)        Simple Things-Elton John and Brandi Carlile

26.)        Rainbowland-Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton

27.)        Northwest-Brandi Clark

28.)        Painkiller-Halestorm

29.)        I’m Still Standing-Elton John

30.)        Who We Love-Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran

31.)        Edge of Dawn-AmaLee

32.)        Love Wins-Carrie Underwood

33.)        All I Want Is To Be Your Girl-Holly Miranda

34.)        I Got You-Bebe Rexha

35.)        Rain On Me-Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande

36.)        Closer-Tegan and Sara

37.)        Easy-Demi Lovato and Noah Cyrus

38.)        Home-Brandi Carlile

39.)        Naturally Wild-Ray Wylie Hubbard, Lzzy Hale and John 5

40.)        Violet Chemistry-Miley Cyrus

41.)        Chosen Family-Rina Sawayama, Elton John

42.)        Stay With Me-Sam Smith

43.)        Heart Wants What It Wants-Bebe Rexha

44.)        Becky’s So Hot-FLETCHER

45.)        Her Body is Bible-FLETCHER

46.)        Midnight Sky-Miley Cyrus

47.)        Heart to Break-Kim Petras

48.)        Heart of Glass (Live)-Miley Cyrus

49.)        Wrecking Ball x Nothing Compares 2 U (Live)-Miley Cyrus

50.)        Dear Insecurity-Brandy Clark, Brandi Carlile

51.)        Breakfast in Birmingham-Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile

52.)        Still Alive-Demi Lovato

53.)        Exciter-Judas Priest

54.)        Delivering the Goods-Judas Priest

55.)        Whataya Want from Me-Adam Lambert

56.)        Eye for an Eye-Rina Sawayama

57.)        Good as Hell-Lizzo feat. Ariana Grande

58.)        I’m not High, I’m in Love-Bebe Rexha

59.)        The Wonder of the Cross-Vicky Beeching

60.)        Nothing Else Matters-Miley Cyrus, Andrew Watt, Robert Trujillo, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Chad Smith

61.)        FLOWERS (Demo)-Miley Cyrus

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

End of May, Start of June

 Going to start with some random thoughts inspired by Internet users:


Dream Power Rangers Team;

Tori (PRNS), Vida (PRMF), Tommy (MMPR), Kimberly (MMPR), Rocky (MMPR), Xander (PRMF)

 

Dream Super Sentai Team;

Miku (Megaranger), Tsuruhime (Kakuranger), Daigo (Dairanger), Kazu (Dairanger), Jiraiya (Kakuranger), Luka (Gokaiger)

 

Dream PRSS Team;

Tori, Vida, Tsuruhime, Tommy, Jiraiya, Kazu

 

Dream supergroups;

Miley Cyrus-vocals, Alex Lifeson-guitar, Geddy Lee-bass, vocals, Dave Grohl, drums, vocals

Rob Halford-vocals, Allen Collins-guitar, Geezer Butler-bass, John Bonham-drums (also this plus Randy Rhoads-guitar)

Miley Cyrus and Brandi Carlile-vocals, guitar, Rob Halford-vocals, Joel Hoekstra-guitar, Richie Faulkner-guitar, Geezer Butler-bass, Dave Grohl, drums, vocals

 

Now let's get down to business

 

Favorite music 5/22/2023-5/26/2023

- “Home” by Brandi Carlile

-Elegant Weapons debut album (especially “Do or Die,” “Lights Out,” “Bitter Pill” and “White Horse”)

- “Show Me How” by Foo Fighters

 

 

Music I’m looking forward to this week:

-Tanya Tucker’s new album, produced by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings.  Carlile and Tucker duet on a song and another is a cover of a Brandi Carlile song.

-A new album by Foo Fighters, it’s the first since Taylor Hawkins died.  The three singles show a band determined to carry on in spite of such a great loss and showcase them doing what they do best.

-Black Sabbath’s “Live Evil” deluxe edition.  A live album with Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice, also their first legal live album (a popular bootleg from 1973 was released as part of a legal live album later).  It has tracks recorded in Seattle and Ronnie singing Ozzy songs, sometimes doing them well, other times missing a mark for some.

-A Joan Jett EP, she released a good new track in the last couple weeks and it’s always nice to hear her sing and rock out.

 

This is my Pride Month Playlist for 2023:

1.)          FLOWERS-Miley Cyrus

2.)          Don’t Stop Me Now-Queen

3.)          Breaking the Law-Judas Priest

4.)          The Story-Brandi Carlile

5.)          Fat Bottomed Girls (Live in Paris)-Queen

6.)          Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)-Daughtry feat. Lzzy Hale

7.)          Running Wild (Live 1979)-Judas Priest

8.)          Don’t Call Me Angel-Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Lana del Rey

9.)          Victim of Changes (Live 1979)-Judas Priest

10.)        Broken Horses-Brandi Carlile

11.)        Breaking the Law (Live 2015)-Judas Priest

12.)        Malibu-Miley Cyrus

13.)        I Want It All-Queen

14.)        Thousand Miles-Miley Cyrus feat. Brandi Carlile

15.)        We Will Rock You-In This Moment feat. Lzzy Hale and Taylor Momsen

16.)        Who Wants To Live forever (Live)-Queen and Adam Lambert

17.)        Guardians/Rising from Ruins-Judas Priest

18.)        Raw-Raw-K.Flay

19.)        Seasons-Bebe Rexha and Dolly Parton

20.)        Raise Hell-Brandi Carlile

21.)        Ain’t Enough Rocks-Brandy Clark, Derek Trucks

22.)        She’s Not Him-Miley Cyrus

23.)        Heart Attack (Rock Version)-Demi Lovato

24.)        Gimme The Prize (Kurgan’s Theme)-Queen

25.)        Simple Things-Elton John and Brandi Carlile

26.)        Rainbowland-Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton

27.)        Northwest-Brandi Clark

28.)        Painkiller-Halestorm

29.)        I’m Still Standing-Elton John

30.)        Who We Love-Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran

31.)        Edge of Dawn-AmaLee

32.)        Love Wins-Carrie Underwood

33.)        All I Want Is To Be Your Girl-Holly Miranda

34.)        I Got You-Bebe Rexha

35.)        Rain On Me-Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande

36.)        Closer-Tegan and Sara

37.)        Easy-Demi Lovato and Noah Cyrus

38.)        Home-Brandi Carlile

39.)        Naturally Wild-Ray Wylie Hubbard, Lzzy Hale and John 5

40.)        Violet Chemistry-Miley Cyrus

41.)        Chosen Family-Rina Sawayama, Elton John

42.)        Stay With Me-Sam Smith

43.)        Heart Wants What It Wants-Bebe Rexha

44.)        Becky’s So Hot-FLETCHER

45.)        Her Body is Bible-FLETCHER

46.)        Midnight Sky-Miley Cyrus

47.)        Heart to Break-Kim Petras

48.)        Heart of Glass (Live)-Miley Cyrus

49.)        Wrecking Ball x Nothing Compares 2 U (Live)-Miley Cyrus

50.)        Dear Insecurity-Brandy Clark, Brandi Carlile

51.)        Call on Me-Bebe Rexha

52.)        Still Alive-Demi Lovato

53.)        Exciter-Judas Priest

54.)        Delivering the Goods-Judas Priest

55.)        Whataya Want from Me-Adam Lambert

56.)        Eye for an Eye-Rina Sawayama

57.)        Good as Hell-Lizzo feat. Ariana Grande

58.)        I’m not High, I’m in Love-Bebe Rexha

59.)        The Wonder of the Cross-Vicky Beeching

60.)        Nothing Else Matters-Miley Cyrus, Andrew Watt, Robert Trujillo, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Chad Smith

61.)        FLOWERS (Demo)-Miley Cyrus

 

Please be kind to your LGBTQ+ neighbors.  State governments are pressing hard to wipe them out in what could be a template for our whole Nation.  Britain has fallen down in its ally status, Japan doesn’t have legalized marriages except in some districts, and transgender people in the US comment it feels like 1929 Germany, not long before Hitler took over and blamed minorities for his country’s problems that he set up an economy of murder, wiping them out and hiring many solely to abuse the minorities; Jewish People, Afro-Germans and the LGBTQ+ community, who he made singled out by forcing them to wear pink triangles, which is why they’re on some Pride flags.  Never again, especially not here, which brags and boasts of freedom and Nazi-slaying.  America may not be the greatest nation on Earth, but it’s my home and I love it, I love living in a country where Soundgarden, Guns N Roses, Don Felder, Sammy Hagar, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joel Hoekstra’s 13, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jimi Hendrix, Geoff Tate and Miley Cyrus belong to it.  I love Major League Baseball.  I love the movies this country can create, sometimes with outside help, like Star Wars, The Lost World; Jurassic Park, Jurassic World; Dominion, Wonder Woman, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, The Little Mermaid, Frozen 1 and 2, Wreck-it Ralph and Ralph Breaks the Internet, Aquaman, Like A Country Song, The Shack, The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Godzilla; King of the Monsters.  I am a patriot, but Republican politicians and those who obsess over them think that means something that is not me.  We must stand up, protest and vote wisely, or the only option to retain all that is to break this country apart.