My Sister-in-law Playlist

Here's a playlist I made on Spotify in honor of my brother's wife.  She really likes modern pop, Disney and country music and loves Christmas music.  I tend to play this on January 4th, which is her birthday and is during the Church Christmas Season, which doesn't end until January 6th.

Cortney:

1.)    What Child Is This-Carrie Underwood

2.)    Silent Night-Sara Evans

3.)    Folsom Prison Blues (Live)-Johnny Cash

4.)    God Only Knows-For King & Country, Dolly Parton

5.)    Rock My World – Little Country Girl-Brooks & Dunn

6.)    Play Something Country-Brooks & Dunn

7.)    Like A Country Song-Billy Ray Cyrus

8.)    Unbroken-Joel Smallbone

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

10.) Slide Away-Miley Cyrus

11.) Before The Storm-Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus

12.) The Most-Miley Cyrus

13.) Part of Your World-Miley Cyrus

14.) Hands of Love-Miley Cyrus

15.) Some Gave All-Billy Ray Cyrus, Craig Morgan, Jamey Johnson, Darryl Worley

16.) Amazing Grace-Billy Ray Cyrus

17.) The Other Side-Billy Ray Cyrus

18.) Run Rudolph Run-Billy Ray Cyrus

19.) Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town-Miley Cyrus

20.) GNO-Miley Cyrus

21.) These Four Walls-Miley Cyrus

22.) She’s Not Him-Miley Cyrus

23.) Put a Little Love in Your Heart-Billy Ray Cyrus

24.) Achy Breahy Heart 25^th-Billy Ray Cyrus and the Silver Mullet Band

25.) Tenntucky-Billy Ray Cyrus

26.) You’ve Got A Friend-Billy Ray Cyrus and Emily Osment

27.) You Can’t Lose Me-Billy Ray Cyrus

28.) The Climb-Miley Cyrus

29.) Malibu-Miley Cyrus

30.) Achy Breaky Heart-Billy Ray Cyrus

31.) One and the Same-Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato

32.) Let it Go-Demi Lovato

33.) U Got Nothin’ On Me-Demi Lovato

34.) Here We Go Again-Demi Lovato

35.) Party-Demi Lovato

36.) Skyscraper-Demi Lovato

37.) Sorry Not Sorry-Demi Lovato

38.) Stone Cold-Demi Lovato

39.) Cool for the Summer-Demi Lovato

40.) Confident-Demi Lovato

41.) We Wish You The Merriest-Idina Menzel and Josh Gad

42.) Ocho Kandelikas-Idina Menzel

43.) Caroling, Caroling-Idina Menzel

44.) A Hand For Mrs. Claus-Idina Menzel and Ariana Grande

45.) Silent Night-Idina Menzel

46.) December Prayer-Idina Menzel

47.) River-Idina Menzel

48.) Let it Go-Idina Menzel

49.) Dear Prudence/Do You Want To Build A Snowman-Idina Menzel

50.) Cake/Black Dog-Idina Menzel

51.) Sweet Home Alabama (Live in the Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA, July 1976, alternate version)-Lynyrd Skynyrd

52.) Sweet Home Alabama-Lynyrd Skynyrd

53.) Pour Some Sugar On Me (Live 2011)-Def Leppard

54.) You Say-Lauren Daigle

55.) Deliverer-Vicky Beeching

56.) The Wonder Of The Cross-Vicky Beeching

57.) Yesterday, Today and Forever-Vicky Beeching

58.) Turn Your Eyes-Vicky Beeching

59.) Boot Scootin’ Boogie-Brooks & Dunn

60.) Honky-Tonk Stomp-Brooks & Dunn, Billy Gibbons

61.) Against the Wind-Brooks & Dunn

62.) Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)-Ronnie Dunn

63.) Believe-Brooks & Dunn

64.) Bad on Fords and Chevrolets-Sammy Hagar and Ronnie Dunn

65.) Part of Your World-Jodi Benson

66.) A Place Called Slaughter Race-Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot, Cast

67.) I Won’t Back Down-Ronnie Dunn

68.) Wonderful Christmas Time-Demi Lovato

69.) Into the Unknown-Idina Menzel, AURORA

70.) Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People (cont.)-Jonathan Groff

71.) Lost in the Woods-Jonathan Groff

72.) Happy Xmas (War Is Over)-Josh Groban

73.) Wonderful Tonight-Ronnie Dunn

74.) Against The Wind-Ronnie Dunn

75.) Red Solo Cup-Toby Keith

76.) God, Your Mama and Me-Florida-Georgia Line and Backstreet Boys

Smash Bros. Fan Fiction

I feel this could be a kid's book if Nintendo would allow it to be a published book.  Edeleth is the Edelgard-inspired color change of Byleth with Edelgard and Byleth's minds co-habiting the body.

               “Oh my cod, Marie, can you believe it, we’re getting to team up with the woman herself, the kick-butt Smash woman of Smash women, Samus ‘The Legend’ Aran!” exclaimed Callie, the Squid Sister turned Mii Brawler excitedly looking at the decided matches.

 

               “Ease off, Callie, I don’t think Zelda would like you slobbering all over her wife.” Smirked Marie.

 

               “I know, but she’s Samus!  She’s been racking up KOs like nobody’s business!  She never backs down from a fight!  She’s—oh my cod, she’s right there!” screamed Callie.

 

               “Hey, Callie and Marie, you guys adjusting to your Mii Fighter selves just fine?” asked Samus.

 

               “I’m okay.” Said Marie.

 

               “Absolutely fine, Ms. Aran, it is SUCH an honor to fight by your side today!” smiled Callie.

 

               “Heh, don’t get too overexcited, you’ll need your energy for the match.” Smirked Samus.  She looked at the other team of three.  “I’ve been Edeleth’s teammate quite a few times, she won’t just roll over and lose.” Samus added.  She waved lightly to her friend, who waved back.

 

               “So are you Byleth or Edelgard?” asked Palutena, one of Edeleth’s teammates.

 

               “Geh!  Palutena, don’t DO that!” hissed Edeleth.

 

               “What’s wrong, you look like you’ve seen a ghost!” gasped Palutena.

 

               “You are not far off.” Muttered Edeleth.  “You remind me of that theocratic dictator we had to off in our history, she was also a tall woman with a gold crown and green hair.  She even turned into a giant white dragon she called ‘The Immaculate One.’”

 

               “Oh my!  Well, I assure you, this is my true form, and I allow quite a degree of autonomy.” Stated Palutena.  “I’ll let you two handle your own affairs in this match.”

 

               “Thank you, Palutena.” Smiled Edeleth.

 

               “I am very thankful to have this opportunity to learn from you more experienced Smash Sisters!” said MinMin.

 

               “Aren’t you the ARMS Women’s Champion?” asked Palutena.

 

               “ARMS is a different sort of combat than this.” Replied MinMin.

 

               “Just focus on what you do best and try to watch our backs.” Instructed Edeleth.

 

               “Xie Xie, Byleth.” Replied MinMin.

 

               “Eh, actually, I’m…never mind, it’s too complicated and we’ve got too little time.” Muttered Edeleth.  The six were teleported to Final Destination, Samus’ team on the left, Edeleth’s team on the right.

 

               “Ready…GO!” they all shouted.  Callie bolted at the team, only for Palutena to clobber her with her wings.  Samus hit Edeleth with her paralyzer as she approached, Marie running after Edeleth, only to get sucker-punched by MinMin’s Megawatt fist.  Edeleth used her lance on Samus, knocking her back as Callie ran in and suplexed Edeleth.  She charged up her kick.

 

               “I’ll show you two!” She declared.  “Are you watching, Samus?”  Samus got up.

 

               “Callie, no, you’re telegraphing!” Samus warned.

 

               “Wha?” asked Callie, only to get hit by MinMin’s Megawatt fist, sending her back to Samus.

 

               “Don’t ever do a slow move when multiple opponents who can see it coming are too far for it to take effect, they’ll see it—” began Samus.

 

               “Amyr!” yelled Edeleth, defeating Samus.

 

               “Samus…” gulped Callie.  “Why you, I’m going to avenge her!”  Callie dashed forward, trying to do a suplex move.  Edeleth saw this coming and used her lance move, striking first and defeating Callie.  Marie gulped at the three as they approached.  She used her forward smash bursts, knocking Edeleth back, but then Palutena used her wings as MinMin punched with her Megawatt arm.  Both struck Marie, defeating her.  The three women posed victoriously.

 

               “Callie, you cost us the match.” Grumbled Samus back in the Arena.

 

               “If I was just a little faster, I could’ve avenged you!” replied Callie.

 

               “The suplex isn’t a knockout move, furthermore, you left yourself open with your kick, which caused me to pause to explain it to you, which is why I got knocked out!” stated Samus angrily.  “Don’t telegraph your moves, then your enemy can avoid them, then strike while you’re vulnerable!”

 

               “But it’s powerful!” replied Callie.

 

               “Look, if you fight enough matches, you’ll know when the timing’s right to use moves like that.” Smiled Samus.  “We both need to work at keeping our heads in the match, if you’re willing to, we can do another team match.”

 

               “Okay, but can I rest first?  Those ladies pack a wallop.” Grunted Callie.

 

               “Sure, I could use a rest myself.” Smiled Samus.  They sat down, watching a few matches, getting ready to work on Callie’s Smash tactics.

 

The End

My Brother's Playlist

I will be out of town next Thursday, so I thought I'd leave this blog a special treat; the playlist I made for the guy I'll be visiting, my brother.  I'll be posting his wife's playlist on Monday.

1.)    The Cross Has The Final Word-Newsboys with both Michael Tait and Peter Furler

2.)    Jesus Freak-Newsboys

3.)    Shine-Newsboys

4.)    Spirit Thing-Newsboys

5.)    Breakfast-Newsboys

6.)    He Reigns-Newsboys

7.)    Only the Son (Yeshua)-Newsboys with both Michael Tait and Peter Furler

8.)    Fearless-Newsboys with both Michael Tait and Peter Furler

9.)    Greatness of our God-Newsboys with both Michael Tait and Peter Furler

10.) Chattanooga Choo Choo-Glenn Miller

11.) Moonlight Serenade-Glenn Miller

12.) In The Mood-Glenn Miller

13.) Come Together-The Beatles

14.) Something-The Beatles

15.) Silent Night-The Fab Four

16.) What Child Is This?-The Fab Four

17.) Away in a Manger-The Fab Four

18.) London Skies, A John Lennon Medley-David Lanz

19.) Johnny B Goode-The Beatles

20.) In My Life-The Beatles

21.) And Your Bird Can Sing-The Beatles

22.) Yellow Submarine-The Beatles

23.) She Loves You-The Beatles

24.) Day Tripper-The Beatles

25.) Another One Bites The Dust-Queen

26.) Under Pressure-Queen and David Bowie

27.) Tie Your Mother Down-Queen

28.) Jesus-Queen

29.) Is This The World We Created? (Live)-Queen

30.) Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen

31.) I Want It All-Queen

32.) Fat Bottomed Girls (Live)-Queen

33.) Faithfully-Journey

34.) Open Arms-Journey

35.) Don’t Stop Believin’-Journey

36.) Pour Some Sugar on Me-Def Leppard

37.) Sweet Home Alabama-Lynyrd Skynyrd

38.) Sweet Home Alabama (Live at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, July 1976, Alternate version)-Lynyrd Skynyrd

39.) Is This The World We Created?-Queen

40.) Carry On Wayward Son-Kansas

41.) Carry On Wayward Son-Stryper

42.) Message In A Bottle (Live)-Sting

43.) Message In A Bottle-The Police

44.) Quickstart Overview-Strong Bad

45.) Trogdor-Strong Bad

46.) The Theme from Dangeresque II: This Time It’s Not Dangeresque I-Strong Bad

47.) It’s Like It Was Meant To Be-Strong Bad

48.) The Cheat Is Not Dead-Strong Bad

49.) Nite Mamas-Limozeen

50.) Because It’s Midnite-Limozeen

51.) Jesus Freak-DC Talk

52.) Circles-The Kinda Long-haired Band

53.) Johnny B Goode-Chuck Berry

54.) House of The Rising Sun-The Animals

55.) My Shot-Hamilton

56.) The Lion From the North-Sabaton

57.) Long Live the King-Sabaton

58.) Carolus Rex-Sabaton

59.) A Lifetime of War-Sabaton

60.) Say Goodbye to the Sun-Joel Hoekstra’s 13

61.) 1648-Sabaton

62.) Gott mit uns-Sabaton

63.) Dominium Maris Baltici-Sabaton

64.) The Carolean’s Prayer-Sabaton

65.) Johnny B. Goode (Live)-Ronnie Wood and His Wild Five

7/31/2020 Music Releases of Note/Reasons to vote for Joe Biden

Yesterday, I received a refund from the Mariners game I'm not going to be able to go to this year and used most of the money to buy new/"new" music.  The "new" refers to it being Classic Rock and other tracks several decades old at this point, but I felt it was finally time to sit down and get some tracks I had been wanting to get for a while.  I bought the four singles I talked about last time from Noah Cyrus, K.Flay, Chris Cornell and Dove Cameron, as well as a cover of "Space Truckin'" (originally by Deep Purple) by Ace Frehley, which was released Monday night.  It was a great cover of a classic song and I look forward to the full "Origins Vol. 2" album, scheduled to be released September 18th.  I also got Joan Jett and the Blackhearts performing "Cherry Bomb" at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony with Dave Grohl, as well as Pearl Jam performing "Alive" and "Given to Fly" at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony two years later.  Other great tracks I purchased included "Honky Tonk Woman" by The Rolling Stones, as well as "Scarlet," a new release from their archives featuring Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, "Battle of the Heroes," "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan," "The Imperial March" and "The Duel" from the Star Wars soundtracks, and two of my favorite love songs, "Give My Heart To You" by Billy Ray Cyrus and "Yellow" by Coldplay.

Without further ado, here are the releases I'm aware of happening tonight:

Paul McCartney-Flaming Pie (Deluxe Edition): Flaming Pie was an album Paul McCartney made shortly after The Beatles anthology in the mid-90s and features several guest musicians, such as Jeff Lynne, Steve Miller, Ringo Starr and Linda McCartney in her last contribution to her husband's work.  My favorite track from this has always been "Beautiful Night" for Ringo's vocals at the end, but there are plenty of other great songs on this album, like the title track, which Paul even played at his concert at Citi Field in 2009, as well as "Calico Skies," which also got played at that concert.  This also features a Paul/Ringo composition called "Really Love You," which is mostly the two just jamming and having fun.  I look forward to rediscovering this album with new knowledge from 2020.

Alcatrazz-Born Innocent: This is one of Graham Bonnet's rock bands, Graham Bonnet being a singer that sung for Ritchie Blackmore in Rainbow and Michael Schenker in the Michael Schenker Group (and still works with him in the Michael Schenker Fest).  In the 1980s, Alcatrazz was famous for effectively starting the careers of Yngwie Malmsteen, and after he left, Steve Vai.  On a more recent re-recording of "Since You Been Gone," a song Graham Bonnet sang for Rainbow, George Lynch was the guitarist, making me wonder what the exact lineup is now.  One thing is certain, Bonnet possesses a powerful rock voice, so this should be fun.

Glenn Hughes-The Official Bootleg Set Vol. 3: 1995-2010: The sequel to a box set I purchased earlier in this quarantine, back in April (that one wasn't available digitally).  This contains four shows, Wolverhampton 1995, London 1995, Bedford 2008 and Belfast 2010.  Glenn Hughes is always worth listening to for the passion he brings his music, and this looks to deliver the same combination of Trapeze, Deep Purple Mark III-IV and solo career hits.

RWBY Volume 7 Soundtrack: I am personally hoping this means this season will get released on DVD soon, since it ended the week before Valentine's Day.  As is usual for soundtracks for the RWBY series, the highlight is the songs sung by Casey Lee Williams, which usually allow for a window into the characters' minds and emotions during the show.  This last season dealt primarily with the theme of fear, and how it can change us into the very monsters we are trying to stop.  There were also cute moments of Blake and Yang, a same gender couple the show had been hinting had feelings for each other since Volume 2, such as them taking a selfie together and dancing together.

Now, speaking of fear, I need to let some anxiety out.  I've been rather worried about the amount of fundraiser emails I can't afford to pay from the Democrats and the lack of Biden's presence on Television.  I also have to say this, which was stated after the 2016 election: due to our system, if you do a protest vote, you are effectively voting for Trump.  And here are all the reasons why that man shouldn't serve another four years.

-Trump banned Muslims from entering the country in his first week in Office

-Ministers related to Trump attempted to shut down reconciling congregations with the “Nashville Statement.”

-Trump needlessly sent troops to fight against Yemen so he could line his pockets with Saudi money.

-Trump referred to Neo-Nazis as “heroes of free speech” when they led a hate march on Charlottesville, WV, in which they killed a person by running over them.

-Trump tried to ban transsexuals from the military.

-Trump locked legalized Latin American citizens in concentration camp-like settings.

-When a domestic terrorist attempted violence against Democrats close to the 2018 midterms, his only complaint was that it was keeping people from voting for his party.

-Every budget of Trump’s has attempted to cut PBS and NPR from the Federal Budget.

-His second Supreme Court Judge had a rape charge brought against him, which was considered “irrelevant” by Mitch McConnell and Franklin Graham, both fierce Trump supporters.

-Trump began retweeting tweets claiming he was the second coming of Jesus in 2019 and claims anyone who stands against him is Satanic.

-Trump assaulted protesters in Washington DC with tear gas from military vehicles to clear them from a Church that doesn’t support him so he could get a photo op of him holding a Bible.

-Trump has sent Ministers to the CDC, which he has criminally underfunded, who claim COVID-19 is “God’s punishment for not making homosexuality a capital offense.”

-Trump tossed out Obama’s plan in the event of a pandemic, claiming no pandemic would occur while he was in office.

-The only reason Trump was acquitted in his Impeachment trial is there are 55 Republican Senators and 45 Democrat Senators.

-Queen, Rihanna, Guns N Roses and Tom Petty’s estate have all refused Trump permission to play their songs at his rallies.  Cheap Trick even said if they were to play the 2016 RNC “we’d have to get Swastika guitars.”

-Trump threatened to embargo Japan and Germany in his first campaign in 2015-2016, and has treated our collective values and alliances so poorly that I’m surprised the European Union, Canada, China and Japan haven’t decided to destroy the US like Scout’s Father shooting the rabid dog in the street in “To Kill A Mockingbird.”

And there’s more I don’t remember.

Please do the right thing, please vote Democrat this election.