So, August is winding down. It feels like it just got here, like just yesterday I was seeing the Mariners play the Padres, watching Logan Gilbert put on the pitching performance of a lifetime and seeing a cardboard cutout of Nezuko at Uwajimaya. But, they say time speeds up as you age and I'm 34, so I guess rushing to 2/3rds of the way through 2023 is normal at my age.
I met my nephew for the first time this past weekend. He is adorable and he smiles whenever he looks at me. However, the enormous responsibility my brother and sister-in-law need to care for him, plus the fact that he will scream without warning shows me that I am in no way ready for fatherhood. Caring for a small human being just seems highly stressful, and my own life is already really stressful and chaotic just handling appointments, entertainment, bills and family matters. I thought making a family was in the cards for me at multiple times in my life, but right now, I think I'd rather be an uncle and maintain control of my own affairs while interacting with my nephew as it works with my life, rather than excessively strain myself caring for someone else.
The Mariners are amazing right now, in first place for the first time in I don't know how long. It feels unreal and part of me is thinking it's all going to collapse, which is also how it feels about the indictments. Both of those fronts have been battering cruelly for so long it's hard to think anything good can happen, especially with pundits, reporters and people praising those you don't like or hate in your face, which makes you hate them more because you can't escape them. But another part wants to hope, wants to think it will stop, however, it would rather focus on smaller, easier to obtain goals, like playing Smash Bros., Gigabash with Godzilla or Blazblue Crosstag Battle with Yang and Blake or Mitsuru and Elizabeth, both voiced by Tara Platt. Speaking of, she has a cool-looking independent film project, "The Way of Things" on Seed and Spark, and I want it funded, not just because she's in it, but because it has a creature with a deer skull head probably playing a part like the horned fawn in "Pan's Labyrinth" by Guillermo del Toro, a film I watched with friends about fantasy and conquering darkness.
Here is how my favorite music stands at the 2/3rds mark of 2023:
1.) Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)-Daughtry feat. Lzzy Hale
2.) Peace like a River-Dolly Parton, Dionne Warwick
3.) Lose You-Sam Smith
4.) Who We Love-Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran
5.) This Is Why-Paramore
6.) The News-Paramore
7.) Running Out of Time-Paramore
8.) I Finally Do-Erika Harlacher
9.) You Are The Music (Live 5/16/1992)-Trapeze
10.) Way Back to the Bone (Live 5/16/1992)-Trapeze
11.) Coast to Coast (Live 5/16/1992)-Trapeze
12.) Midnight Flyer (Live 5/16/1992)-Trapeze
13.) Die For You (Remix)-The Weeknd, Ariana Grande
14.) Still Alive-Demi Lovato
15.) Heart Attack (Rock version)-Demi Lovato
16.) Confident (Rock version)-Demi Lovato
17.) Sorry Not Sorry (Rock version)-Demi Lovato, Slash
18.) SWINE-Demi Lovato
19.) FLOWERS-Miley Cyrus
20.) Thousand Miles-Miley Cyrus, Brandi Carlile
21.) Violet Chemistry-Miley Cyrus
22.) Muddy Feet-Miley Cyrus, Sia
23.) Wildcard-Miley Cyrus
24.) Wonder Woman-Miley Cyrus
25.) Flowers (Demo)-Miley Cyrus
26.) Used to be Young-Miley Cyrus
27.) Out of that Truck-Carrie Underwood
28.) Give Her That-Carrie Underwood
29.) Take Me Out-Carrie Underwood
30.) I Miss Strangers (Acoustic)-Death Cab For Cutie
31.) I’ll Never Give Up On You (Acoustic)-Death Cab For Cutie
32.) All-Star Jam-Metal Hall of fame All-Stars
33.) Eye for an Eye-Rina Sawayama
34.) Winner Takes All-Nita Strauss, Alice Cooper
35.) Through the Noise-Nita Strauss, Lzzy Hale
36.) METAL KINGDOM-BabyMetal
37.) Divine Attack-Shingeki-BabyMetal
38.) Mirror, Mirror-BabyMetal
39.) MAYA-BabyMetal
40.) Believing-BabyMetal
41.) Monochrome (Piano version)-BabyMetal
42.) The One (Unfinished version)-BabyMetal
43.) METALI!-BabyMetal, Tom Morello
44.) Everybody Needs Someone-Noah Cyrus, Vance Joy
45.) The King of the Koopas-Brian Tyler
46.) Peaches-Jack Black
47.) Superstars-Brian Tyler
48.) Neon Knights-Paul Gilbert
49.) Kill the King-Paul Gilbert
50.) Country Girl-Paul Gilbert
51.) Man on the Silver Mountain-Paul Gilbert
52.) Holy Diver-Paul Gilbert
53.) Heaven and Hell-Paul Gilbert
54.) Long Live Rock N Roll-Paul Gilbert
55.) Lady Evil-Paul Gilbert
56.) Little Wing-Jenn Ford
57.) Gold Dust Woman-Jenn Ford
58.) Nothing Compares to You-Jenn Ford
59.) Whipping Post-Jenn Ford
60.) Turn the Page-Jenn Ford
61.) Hotel California-Jenn Ford
62.) Black Hole Sun-Jenn Ford
63.) Eagle Flight-Revolution Saints
64.) Talking Like Strangers-Revolution Saints
65.) Need Each Other-Revolution Saints
66.) Set Yourself Free-Revolution Saints
67.) Save it All-Revolution Saints
68.) Heart Wants What It Wants-Bebe Rexha
69.) Call On Me-Bebe Rexha
70.) I’m Not High, I’m In Love-Bebe Rexha
71.) I am-Bebe Rexha
72.) Seasons-Bebe Rexha, Dolly Parton
73.) If Only I-Loud Luxury, Two friends, Bebe Rexha
74.) One in a Million-Bebe Rexha and David Guetta
75.) Meant to Live (Our version)-Switchfoot
76.) Peaches (Bowsette Version)-Cristina Vee
77.) This is the Song-Duff McKagan
78.) Pass You By-Duff McKagan
79.) It Can’t Come Too Soon-Duff McKagan
80.) Lighthouse-Duff McKagan
81.) Kaleidoscope Jesus-Lauren Daigle
82.) Moon River-Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck
83.) Ain’t Enough Rocks-Brandy Clark, Derek Trucks
84.) Dear Insecurity-Brandy Clark, Brandi Carlile
85.) Northwest-Brandy Clark
86.) Breakfast in Birmingham-Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile
87.) Home-Brandi Carlile
88.) Closer to fine-Brandi Carlile and Catherine Carlile
89.) Damage Gets Done-Hozier, Brandi Carlile
90.) Rescued-Foo Fighters
91.) Under You-Foo Fighters
92.) But Here We Are-Foo Fighters
93.) The Glass-Foo Fighters
94.) Show Me How-Foo Fighters
95.) Rest-Foo Fighters
96.) If you’re Blue-Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
97.) (Make The Music Go) Boom-Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
98.) So Hyper (Live)-Grace McKagan
99.) Checkmate (Live)-Grace McKagan
100.) Jimmy (Looking Like Trash) (Live)-Grace McKagan
101.) Surrender (Live)-Grace McKagan
102.) Everybody knows Everything-Joel Hoekstra’s 13
103.) Crash of Life-Joel Hoekstra’s 13
104.) Torn Into Lies-Joel Hoekstra’s 13
105.) Far Too Deep-Joel Hoekstra’s 13
106.) Not Tonight-Joel Hoekstra’s 13
107.) I Would Cry for Love-Joel Hoekstra’s 13
108.) Find A Way-Joel Hoekstra’s 13
109.) Revelations-Kim Petras
110.) Minute-Kim Petras
111.) Coconuts-Kim Petras
112.) Adrift-Laura Bailey, Ashley Johnson
113.) Challenging a Queen-Laura Bailey, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
114.) Cast A Spell-Laura Bailey, Allegra Clark, Rahul Kohli
115.) Worthy (Bmblb pt. II)-Jeff Williams, Ariyel
116.) I am a Huntress-Casey Lee Williams
117.) Maybe That Girl is Enough-Jeff and Casey Lee Williams
118.) Born to Raise Hell-Girlschool, Biff Byford, Duff McKagan, Phil Campbell
119.) Plans-firerose and Billy Ray Cyrus
120.) Jumpin’ Jack Flash-George Lynch and Jeff Pilson
121.) Come Together-Durga McBroom, Jackie Lomax, Snowy White
122.) I Want You (She’s So Heavy)-Arthur Brown, Steve Stevens
123.) You Never Give Me Your Money-Graham Bonnet, Rick Wakeman
124.) Move-Idina Menzel
125.) Dramatic-Idina Menzel
126.) Paradise-Idina Menzel, Nile Rodgers
127.) Make Me Hate Me-Idina Menzel
128.) Royalty-Idina Menzel
129.) Perhaps-Guns N Roses
130.) Rock Star Cheater-Hurricane
131.) Under Pressure-Hurricane
132.) Behind Your Shadow-Hurricane
133.) Innocent Girl-Hurricane
134.) Don’t Change Your Love-Hurricane
135.) I’m on to You-Hurricane
136.) Disconnected-Hurricane
137.) World on Fire-Dolly Parton
138.) We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You-Dolly Parton
139.) Bygones-Dolly Parton, Rob Halford, John 5, Nikki Sixx
140.) Let it Be-Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Peter Frampton, Mick Fleetwood
And, though I wanted to wait until September 17th, here is my Halloween Playlist for 2023:
1.) Bark at the Moon-Ozzy Osbourne
2.) Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath
3.) Paranoid-Black Sabbath
4.) Methademic-Black Sabbath
5.) Into the Void-Black Sabbath
6.) Crazy Train (Live)-Ozzy Osbourne
7.) Exciter-Judas Priest
8.) Eat Me-Ozzy Osbourne
9.) Trashed-Black Sabbath
10.) Born to Raise Hell-Girlschool, Biff Byford, Duff McKagan, Phil Campbell
11.) Guardians/Rising from Ruins-Judas Priest
12.) End of the Beginning-Black Sabbath
13.) Bygones-Dolly Parton, Rob Halford, Nikki Sixx, John 5
14.) Methademic (Live)-Black Sabbath
15.) Hell-Bent for Leather-Judas Priest
16.) Patient Number 9-Ozzy Osbourne, Jeff Beck
17.) End of the Beginning (Live)-Black Sabbath
18.) Immortal-Ozzy Osbourne, Mike McCready
19.) Ace of Spades-Motorhead
20.) Mistreated (Live 1977)-Rainbow
21.) Neon Knights-Black Sabbath
22.) Breaking the Law (Live 2015)-Judas Priest
23.) Cochise-Audioslave
24.) Bark at the Moon-Adrian Conner
25.) Into the Void (Sealth)-Soundgarden
26.) Fly On The Wall (Live)-Miley Cyrus
27.) METALI!-BabyMetal, Tom Morello
28.) Parasite-Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde
29.) Winner Takes All-Nita Strauss, Alice Cooper
30.) Sorry (Not Sorry)-Demi Lovato, Slash
31.) Mr. Darkness-Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde
32.) Born to Raise Hell-Motorhead
33.) Neon Knights-Paul Gilbert
34.) Necromancer-Judas Priest
35.) Enter Sandman-Motorhead
36.) Hot Line-Black Sabbath
37.) The Fallen-Black Sabbath
38.) Kill the King-Paul Gilbert
39.) Starbreaker-Judas Priest
40.) Stormbringer (Live 1975)-Deep Purple
41.) Vincent Price (Live 2014)-Deep Purple
42.) Iron Man (Live 1983)-Black Sabbath
43.) Separate Ways-Daughtry, Lzzy Hale
44.) Man on the Silver Mountain-Paul Gilbert
45.) NIB (Live 2013)-Black Sabbath
46.) Rainbow in the Dark-Dio
47.) Iron Man (Live 2017)-Black Sabbath
48.) Degradation Rules-Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi
49.) Into the Void (Live 2017)-Black Sabbath
50.) Paranoid (Live 1983)-Black Sabbath
51.) Burn (Live)-Black Country Communion
52.) Stormbringer-Whitesnake
53.) Nothing Else Matters-Miley Cyrus, Andrew Watt, Robert Trujillo, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Chad Smith
54.) Darkside Blues-Ozzy Osbourne
55.) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath/Paranoid (Live)-Black Sabbath
I am planning to see Geoff Tate in Everett on October 13th and buying Stray Gods in September, as well as getting Carrie Underwood, Duff McKagan and Dolly Parton's albums. Purchasing will be a little strained due to buying Christmas and Birthday gifts for my family. I'm also trying harder to take care of myself by putting food and medication first and giving people space, focusing on me. I am the only person I can for sure make happy, so I need to focus on that, but be honest about what I think is wrong and right and hope others agree. It seems to be working so far, I feel freer and more rewarded. I hope this leads to better things in the future. Take care of yourselves and I'll see you next post.
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