Part of my recent problems are that my toilet's flushing mechanism was broken this past weekend, so in addition to yesterday being the earliest they could fix it, I also have issues with the fact that a couple times the repairmen in my apartment blamed me for things that weren't my fault in my plumbing. That didn't happen this time and everything is fine with the toilet now, but I need to decrease my Facebook usage because aside from family, BabyMetal and Brandi Carlile, I'm getting paranoid, irritated and unhappy there. I posted a lot to BlueSky yesterday despite not thinking I would, mostly since it was voice actress/professional DNDer Laura Bailey and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Fogerty's Birthday yesterday. I also posted videos of baseball from last year I recently found on YouTube; Julio's Home Run Derby performance, Bo Bichette's All-Star Game RBI sacrifice fly and Trea Turner's tremendous August. Though I didn't get a ton of likes, it felt good to post, like custom-painting a wall. The hardest thing right now is thinking about the tough paths to getting Berengaria and Amalia on the same team in Unicorn Overlord and getting Edelgard, Shez and Byleth on the same team in Fire Emblem Warriors; Three Hopes. I know I can do it, it's just not going to be easy and at times, not going to be fun, either.
Since May is drawing to a close, I thought I'd share my updated "Favorites of 2024" playlist. It's different on Spotify, it doesn't have the Zakk Sabbath tracks, because Zakk Wylde prefers that music be released physically only just like classic Black Sabbath was.
1.) Dangdang-Mamamoo+
2.) Night
In-Brittney Spencer
3.) Simple
Man-Artimus Pyle Band, Sammy Hagar
4.) The
Needle and the Spoon-Artimus Pyle Band, Lindsay Ell
5.) Call
Me The Breeze-Artimus Pyle Band, Billy Ray Cyrus
6.) Saturday
Night Special-Artimus Pyle Band, Warren Haynes
7.) Save
All That Remains-Revolution Saints
8.) Think
About-Moon Byul
9.) TOUCHIN&MOVIN-Moon
Byul
10.) Colors-Solar
11.) But
I-Solar
12.) Honey,
Honey-Solar
13.) Blues-Solar
14.) Doctor
(Work It Out)-Pharrell Williams and Miley Cyrus
15.) BLACKBIIRD-Beyonce,
Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy & Reyna Roberts
16.) II MOST
WANTED-Beyonce and Miley Cyrus
17.) Psycho
Killer-Miley Cyrus
18.) JOLENE-Beyonce
19.) War
Pigs-Zakk Sabbath
20.) Paranoid-Zakk
Sabbath
21.) Iron
Man-Zakk Sabbath
22.) Electric
Funeral-Zakk Sabbath
23.) Hand of
Doom-Zakk Sabbath
24.) Rat
Salad-Zakk Sabbath
25.) After
Forever-Zakk Sabbath
26.) Children
of the Grave-Zakk Sabbath
27.) Into the
Void-Zakk Sabbath
28.) Panic
Attack-Judas Priest
29.) Devil in Disguise-Judas
Priest
30.) Crown of
Horns-Judas Priest
31.) As God Is
My Witness-Judas Priest
32.) Giants in
the Sky-Judas Priest
33.) Bye-Ariana
Grande
34.) True
story-Ariana Grande
35.) The boy is
mine-Ariana Grande
36.) Yes,
and?-Ariana Grande
37.) Imperfect
for you-Ariana Grande
38.) Supernatural-Ariana
Grande and Troye Sivan
39.) Leave it
All Behind-BabyMetal, F.Hero and Bodyslam
40.) RATATATA-BabyMetal
and Electric Callboy
41.) Since You
Been Gone-Graham Bonnet, Marty Friedman
42.) French
Army-Tom Holkenborg, Antonio Di Iorio
43.) Memories
Resurface-Tom Holkenborg, Antonio Di Iorio
44.) Myth and
Ritual-Tom Holkenborg, Antonio Di Iorio
45.) Egypt
Fight-Tom Holkenborg, Antonio Di Iorio
46.) Frozen
Rio-Tom Holkenborg, Antonio Di Iorio
47.) Crack
Cocaine-Billy Morrison, Ozzy Osbourne, Steve Stevens
48.) React
Respond-Pearl Jam
49.) Dark Matter-Pearl
Jam
50.) Running-Pearl
Jam
51.) Fortnight-Taylor
Swift, Post Malone
52.) Who’s
Afraid of Little Old Me?-Taylor Swift
53.) I Hate It
Here-Taylor Swift
54.) The
Prophecy-Taylor Swift
55.) Cassandra-Taylor
Swift
56.) Whole
Again-Jennifer Knapp
57.) Undo
Me-Jennifer Knapp
58.) In The
Name-Jennifer Knapp
59.) His Grace
Is Sufficient-Jennifer Knapp
60.) Romans-Jennifer
Knapp
61.) Hold Me
Now-Jennifer Knapp
62.) Are You
Going to Be My Girl-Lee Aaron
63.) Even it
Up-Lee Aaron
64.) What Is
And What Should Never Be-Lee Aaron
65.) Is It My
Body-Lee Aaron
66.) Go Your
Own Way-Lee Aaron
67.) Someone
Saved My Life Tonight-Lee Aaron
68.) Incinerator-Bear
McCreary, Serj Tankian
69.) Event at
the Horizon-Bear McCreary, Esjay Jones
70.) Redshift-Bear
McCreary, Brendan McCreary
71.) Type
III-Bear McCreary, Rufus Wainwright
72.) Antikythera
Mechanism-Bear McCreary, Raya Yarbrough
73.) The
Automaton’s Heart-Bear McCreary, Brendan McCreary
74.) Tatarigami-Bear
McCreary, Brendan McCreary
75.) Red
Eyes-Bear McCreary, Ryan Hurst
76.) Last
Stop-Bear McCreary, Brendan McCreary
77.) Escape
from the Machines-Bear McCreary, Slash, Joe Satriani
78.) The Last
of the Old Gods-Bear McCreary, Sigurjon Kjartansson
79.) Leviathan-Bear
McCreary, Corey Taylor
80.) The End of
Tomorrow-Bear McCreary, Slash, Brendan McCreary
81.) Crossroads-Slash,
Gary Clark Jr.
82.) Oh
Well-Slash and Chris Stapleton
83.) Born Under
a Bad Sign-Slash, Paul Rodgers
84.) Papa was a
Rolling Stone-Slash, Demi Lovato
85.) Burning
Down the House-Paramore
86.) Legendary-Bon
Jovi
87.) Living
Proof-Bon Jovi
88.) Enlighten-Black
Country Communion
89.) Stay
Free-Black Country Communion
90.) Red
Sun-Black Country Communion
The Bon Jovi and Black Country Communion albums are going to be released the first two weeks of June, and look thus far to be good releases. Beyond that aren't many things that have been announced on my radar, there's a deluxe edition of Van Halen's For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge with previously unreleased live tracks, but I always feel weird putting old live tracks in playlists like this in deluxe albums unless they come from bands like The Beatles or Jimi Hendrix. It's probably going to depend on how the other live tracks fare, they've only released "Poundcake" so far, which I'm very familiar with, having heard it live by Sammy Hagar and The Circle and owning an MP3 of them performing it live at the previous show. The remaining concerts for this year so far are a Pride Anthems at the Mt. Baker Theater in June and an Experience Hendrix with Zakk Wylde and other great guitarists at Seattle's Paramount in September. I am considering seeing Joanne Shaw Taylor at the Neptune in November, but it's just before Election Day and I don't want to think about that at all. Other plans are Washington State Summer Con in June, the Reno Aces at the Tacoma Rainiers in July and the Philadelphia Phillies at the Seattle Mariners in August.
Here is also my playlist for June, my Pride Month playlist for 2024. I only found out Monday Brandi Carlile covered "Tie Your Mother Down" by Queen.
Pride Month 2024 (iTunes):
1.) The
Edge of Dawn-AmaLee
2.) Panic
Attack-Judas Priest
3.) Nothing
Else Matters-Miley Cyrus, Andrew Watt, Elton John, Robert Trujillo, Yo-yo Ma,
Chad Smith
4.) Breaking
the Law (Live)-Judas Priest
5.) The
Edge of Dawn-FamilyJules
6.) FLOWERS-Miley
Cyrus
7.) Supernatural-Ariana
Grande, Troye Sivan
8.) Thousand
Miles-Miley Cyrus, Brandi Carlile
9.) Crown
of Horns-Judas Priest
10.) Don’t Call
Me Angel-Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Lana del Rey
11.) (I Can’t
Get No) Satisfaction-Dolly Parton, Brandi Carlile, P!nk
12.) Sorry, Not
Sorry-Demi Lovato, Slash
13.) II MOST
WANTED-Beyonce, Miley Cyrus
14.) Simple
Things-Elton John, Brandi Carlile
15.) Wrecking
Ball-Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus
16.) Coconuts-Kim
Petras
17.) Bygones-Dolly
Parton, Rob Halford, John 5, Nikki Sixx
18.) Psycho
Killer-Miley Cyrus
19.) The
Story-Brandi Carlile
20.) Giants in
the Sky-Judas Priest
21.) I’m Still
Standing-Elton John
22.) Midnight
Sky-Miley Cyrus
23.) Goodbye,
Goodbye-Tegan and Sara
24.) As God Is
My Witness-Judas Priest
25.) Fat
Bottomed Girls (Live)-Queen
26.) Running
Wild (Live 1979)-Judas Priest
27.) Heart of
Glass (Live 2022)-Miley Cyrus
28.) Mainstream
Kid-Brandi Carlile
29.) Who Wants
To Live Forever (Live)-Queen and Adam Lambert
30.) Dear
Insecurity-Brandy Clark, Brandi Carlile
31.) Don’t Let
The Sun Go Down On Me-Miley Cyrus
32.) Jolene
(Live)-Miley Cyrus
33.) Victim of
Changes (Live 1979)-Judas Priest
34.) Ride the
Lightning-Halestorm
35.) Devil in
Disguise-Judas Priest
36.) We Will
Rock You-In This Moment, Lzzy Hale, Taylor Momsen
37.) Edge of
Midnight-Miley Cyrus, Stevie Nicks
38.) E-Ticket-Elton
John, Eddie Vedder
39.) Love
Bites-Judas Priest
40.) Gimme The
Prize (Kurgan’s Theme)-Queen
41.) Halls of
Valhalla-Judas Priest
42.) Straight
through the Heart-Halestorm
43.) Rain on
Me-Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande
44.) Redeemer
of Souls-Judas Priest
45.) I Saw Her
Standing There (Live, Madison Square Garden)-Elton John, John Lennon
46.) Starbreaker-Judas
Priest
47.) Tie Your
Mother Down-Brandi Carlile
48.) Philadelphia
Freedom-Elton John
49.) Guardians/Rising
from Ruins-Judas Priest
50.) Papa Was A
Rolling Stone-Slash and Demi Lovato
51.) The Climb
(Live)-Miley Cyrus
52.) Bohemian
Rhapsody-Queen
That is all for now and I hope things continue to improve. I can't sleep right now because I took naps during the day, exhausted by all the pressure that's gone on lately. I really need to control my social media and email and handle it better.
