Thankful

   There is too much to be grateful for to fit in one social media post, so I'm using my blog instead.

 

-I'm thankful for the new music this year, from Daughtry and Lzzy Hale's version of "Separate Ways," to Miley Cyrus and BabyMetal's output, to Jack Black singing "Peaches," to the two rock albums with Joel Hoekstra on guitar, to Brandi Carlile with Brandy Clark and Catherine Carlile, to The Beatles' "Now and Then" to Dolly Parton's "Rockstar," especially the collaborations with Ann Wilson, Stevie Nicks, Joan Jett, Miley Cyrus, Brandi Carlile and P!nk, Debbie Harry, Rob Halford, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and Ronnie van Zant, Gary Rossington and Artimus Pyle.  I'm also thankful for finding YouTube clips of Stevie Nicks with Fleetwood Mac, Heart and Peter Frampton on the Midnight Special, Lynyrd Skynyrd at Winterland in 1975 and Black Sabbath on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert in 1975.

 

-I'm thankful for 3 new video games especially; Fire Emblem Engage, Stray Gods and Gigabash, the first due to the characters Alear (Laura Stahl), Marth (Yuri Lowenthal), Yunaka (Laura Post), Lapis (Kimberly Woods), Citrinne (Brittney Karbowski), Panette (Melissa Hutchison), Merrin (Cristina Vee), Veyle (Megan Harvey), Nel (Liz Morey), Madeline (Sarah Anne Williams), Lucina (Alexis Tipton), Micaiah (Veronica Taylor), Eirika (Kira Buckland), Lyn (Wendee Lee), Edelgard (Tara Platt) and Dimitri (Chris Hackney).  They have nice bonds and a compelling story against the dark dragon Sombron, fighting for justice against his darkness.  The next also has a nice cast in Grace (Laura Bailey), Freddie (Janina Gavankar), Calliope (Ashley Johnson), Pan (Khary Payton), Apollo (Troy Baker) and Persephone (Mary Elizabeth McGlynn).  The story is also nice, though bittersweet, but a good musical rendition of a point-and-click.  Gigabash is a giant monster fighting game that features ancient warring titans Gorongong, the giant protecting S-energy, Rohanna, the Amazon flower monarch, Woolley, a giant yeti, Pipijuras, an evil alien, and others, including DLC packs featuring Godzilla, Kiryu, Gigan and Destroyah and Ultraman, Ultraman Tiga, Camearra and Baltan.

 

-The Super Mario Bros. Movie was released and it was really great.  It didn't need to do much to beat the 1993 "in name only" movie, but I was impressed by how many power-ups made it into the film and that they nailed Bowser's characterization with Jack Black's goofy, yet fierce performance.  I also experienced some works by Hideaki Anno, such as Shin Ultraman and Evangelion episodes 9-11 and movie 2.22.  A YouTube user elaborated that Anno likes to show humanity's enduring, relentless spirit in his works by having the human characters persevere against impossible odds.  In Shin Godzilla, a chemical coagulant stops the monster within an hour of a nuclear weapon being launched in a last-ditch effort.  In Shin Ultraman, Ultraman teaches humanity a complex mathematical formula so they can avoid the death weapon, and while Ultraman easily beats two monsters early on, humanity is tempted by aliens to become "gods" like Ultraman.  Ultraman and humanity refuse, because this path would mean sacrificing themselves, their humanity, for power's sake.  In Evangelion, Shinji and Asuka are first forced to be roommates, then synchronize themselves against a monster that can divide.  The next one is in a volcanic core, making Asuka wear an inflatable suit that makes her look obese to withstand the heat and pressure.  When things go wrong, Shinji helps her.  The last episode sees Shinji, Asuka and Rei try to navigate headquarters with the power out and a monster on a rampage.  The film has Shinji fight alongside Asuka, try to keep her safe when a monster infects her mech, new character Mari turn that mech into a beast (something Asuka can apparently do herself based on the screaming Japanese in Godzilla; Battle Line), Rei almost get killed by the 10th Angel (also a unit in Godzilla; Battle Line) and Shinji apparently kill it, with Ritsuko voiced by Colleen Clinkenbeard so she sounds like Erza Scarlet.

 

 -I saw 2 great Major League baseball games, the Mariners beat the Blue Jays 3-2 with former Blue Jay Teoscar Hernandez scoring the winning run on a walk-off single, and the Mariners beat the Padres 2-0 with Julio Rodriguez robbing Fernando Tatis Jr. of a home run and Logan Gilbert pitching a personal record 12 strikeouts.

 

-I only saw one concert, but it was a good one, Carrie Underwood at the Climate Pledge Arena.  I don't know when my next concert will be, but I have tickets to see the Seattle Kraken play the San Jose Sharks and the Seattle Mariners play the Atlanta Braves in April. Next week I plan to buy tickets to see the Mariners play the Royals and the Phillies next season, I want to see Ronald Acuna Jr., Matt Olson, Bobby Witt Jr., Trea Turner and Bryce Harper against the Mariners, who will hopefully win.  Judas Priest and Artimus Pyle are also both releasing albums next year I'm looking forward to, these will be the last physical albums I will buy, going fully digital from here on out.

It hit the fan

 

               I’ve had enough.  I genuinely don’t feel like a valid human being.  I feel challenged on so many things, like I’m not allowed to think or believe them because people tell me doing so is a sign of mental retardation, gross stupidity or pledging your soul to Satan.  I was antagonized through school about Godzilla, then Christianity, then antagonized in Church over being an LGBTQ+ rights ally, then that criticism spread nationwide when they made that the federal rule, bringing back criticism for being Christian from the other side, then criticism of liking the anime Fairy Tail which they judged inferior for unclear reasons, RWBY for “going woke,” both of which were comforts during the rise of fascism and anti-Christian sentiment and then, the worst of it all, they constant death threat art against the Black Eagles route of Three Houses probably because it was pure catharsis for left-leaning people frustrated by the fascists, but wasn’t out and out communist, Edelgard clarifies her “enemy [is] the Church not the faith” and has support conversations with Manuela exploring the distinction between faith in a God and an organization abusing that faith for their leaders’ gain rather than the gain of the people. 

 

But, apparently, I’m the only person on the planet who bothers digging into these things and seeking this comfort in this nonsense, because the responses I’ve always gotten are “you’re crazy,” “it’s your fault you’re bullied,” “try being interested in their things,” “you don’t read enough scripture” or “you read too much scripture.”  I’d do it all myself, but that makes me feel even less like a valid human.  I have nothing to offer the world, no riches to donate the fascists into losing, no exciting or relatable stories for my family, nothing but playlists of music, game experience and kaiju/superhero stuff that someone is going to say is all infernally inspired because it isn’t about Jesus.  I’m honestly starting to think my existence is a mistake because I’ve accomplished nothing and screwed over everything that went right.  I was born in time to watch my country fall to the Nazis and be Kirk Cameron’s Whipping Boy and never see a World Series.  Yay, me.

Insecurity

 

I am not comfortable with Twitter anymore.  I am pretty sure my insecurity has built a wall between Tara Platt and I, so it is useless.  Sure, we believe different things, but she was helpful, unlike all the others who just aggravated my mind when I needed help.  “You’re a Christian, you need to read your Bible more.”  “Why don’t you just not go to Church, soldiers are just paid murderers.”  She was the Fallon version of Garden Street, my Dad’s family and my game-playing cousins who are raising two daughters.  I see myself as trouble, unable to deal with problems because of this damn anxiety and depression, making me second-guess decisions, scared of loss or my status quo being disrupted.  This makes me good at being an ally, I don’t want the LGBTQ+ community to experience aggressive upheaval after I experienced such by losing family members and being lectured, why would I want people who get that just by hand-holding to suffer the same?  I keep feeling I need to prove my want for Edelgard to not hurt any more was valid, mostly because so many like Dimitri or Claude or are homophobic or think she was too violent.  I firmly believe she had no choice in that world, nothing was going to change.  We are sometimes called to do something risky, difficult and with a chance of death for the good of many; the Bible has Esther, the 20^th Century has Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King Jr., modern times have Dolly Parton, Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt.  If you don’t think what they do is dangerous, Dolly received death threats for writing and singing a pro-trans song and you just have to look at the cult of Trump and their Epiphany Insurrection on all the capitols to know they would publicly execute anyone they want, either LGBTQ+, protestor or even loyal cult member, to ensure the continuation of their cult.

 

Entertainment is getting hard.

Godzilla; King of the Monsters (2019)

Fire Emblem; Three Houses/Fire Emblem; Engage

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger

Super Paper Mario*

Red vs. Blue Season 10

Dolly Parton’s “Rockstar” album

These are all peaks in the fields of heroic kaiju movie, Fire Emblem game/storytelling, Super Sentai/Power Rangers, Mario games (*until Super Mario Bros. Wonder, though that’s due to the large playable cast) Red vs. Blue and Rock and Roll albums, by which I mean when we went back to something more ordinary and regular that followed, it was dry and flavorless by comparison.  It did its genre so well, no one else could touch it without coming across as an unfunny joke (note that Metal, Pop and Country are not Rock and Roll, this might also be temporary, but it’s hard to see someone making something this star-studded and passionate again) so they might as well have not bothered with me.  As such, my future is question marks in terms of entertainment outside of baseball, 2 albums and Godzilla Minus One.  I honestly wish there was something new I could get passionate about, I doubt there will be a new game with more Godzilla than Gigabash, or teamups of Edelgard, Annette and Lysithea or Mitsuru with Rise Kujikawa beyond my Mii fighters in Smash Bros., so it feels like it’s those things, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Super Mario RPG and just random music here and there from here on out, which feels like a mighty river has dried to a trickle.  I suppose I deserve it for being insecure with this stupid anxiety and depression.

faith

     I've had several surgeries; hernia, sinus and spinal fusion-in that last one, the morphine machine broke on the second night.  It felt like my spine was wrapped in fire.  I have an anxiety disorder and clinical depression, so it's hard to talk out loud and when things hurt, they HURT.  My Mom says I hurt worse than the people actually experiencing the pain.  My parents divorced when I was 12, shortly after I turned 13, my Dad remarried.  It wasn't my fault, but try convincing a 13-year-old that.  I felt second-fiddle to my older brother and wanted harmony in the world, I didn't like the popularity of family Guy and the Da vinci Code at the time because it disrespected my God.

 

    In college, I saw a new disrespect that I thought might've caused the first, The Laramie Project.  Several Christian men said Matthew Shepard "got what he deserved," breaking my heart and angering me.  At the time, Samus and Zelda in the Super Smash Bros. game looked like a cute couple, they are both women.  This led to me getting violently lectured by respected people at the Church I attended at the time as they shoved Sodom, Gomorrah and Leviticus 20:13 in my face.  I stopped knowing who to trust there and left 4 years later, not before they emblazoned on my brain the idea that God punishes transgressors on Earth.

 

    I went to a reconciling congregation and all was well for a year and a half, then Satan incarnate conquered the White House as the 45th President.  With an unholy blend of fascism, Stalinism and prejudice, he almost destroyed the United States, got us into war with North Korea, declared himself Emperor for life and publicly executed the entire Democrat Party for treason.  The archbishop Rhea claiming a man was turned into a monster "as punishment by the goddess" seemed to come straight from Trump and his pastor cronies perversion of Christianity, which was there before his election to keep the youth in line and tell them "The Democrat Party is the Church of Satan."

 

    Of all the heinous crimes the Republicans do, this burns me up the most.  It is an excuse to refuse the Christian element of compassion due to politics or other philosophical differences by saying "they broke the rules, they got what they deserved, forget them."  I imagine Trump and Larry the Cable Guy, who only plays an idiot, but is an aggressive SOB on Twitter over Stryper and feminism, laughing and toasting champagne at the news of the death of Rachel Held Evans, an openly Christian author who criticized their patriarchal nationalist ways, at a young age, as to them, it would mean God is truly on THEIR side, opposing such puny threats and smiting them.  It makes me doubt, then, in anger, I declare this:

 The Republican Party's definition of good is solely what benefits their ideal, which they are willing to sacrifice any man, woman or child to achieve.  Give them no votes, no money and don't believe their lie that they are the only Christians in America.  I have a hard time believing they're Christians, at all.

Not enough part 2

     This is another follow-up.  What has been plaguing my mind since last weekend is the core of the conflict I am going through in the world, that I am not enough.  

It is not enough to sign a petition calling out crooked politicians, you need to donate.  

It is not enough to say the civilians of both Israel and Palestine deserve better, you need to choose a side and demand the erasure of the other like a deranged revolutionary.

It is not enough to get hope and help from non-Christians and believe that because they helped you, they will be saved because of Mark 9:38-41, your own biological family will challenge you on that, though you refuse to believe in or worship a Jesus who would condemn Tara Platt, Yuri Lowenthal, Laura Bailey, Sarah McKnight and Abby Trott

It is not enough to share the horrible things Trump is saying, you need to beat it into the fundamentalists' heads, though it is futile, these people want diversity silenced and one media, no video games, no Twitter, no thought, just obedience to their rigid interpretation of God, which has no mercy, only wrath.

    All of this makes me want to sink into video games, music and sex, drown myself in pleasure, but it is fleeting and temporary.  The song, game and story ends and the issue is still there, just as strong as before, perhaps stronger.  It makes me furious, I want to enjoy life and I can't with the 2024 election and Twitter's trending topics breathing down my neck.  I'm only on the website to share sports opinions and keep tabs on the men and women mentioned above, we are all in this crazy thing called life together, best to spend it with intelligent people and goofballs to lighten the load.

    I've been busy making music playlists on YouTube, in the new year, these will be playlists in Spotify and iTunes (hoping to get a new computer for Christmas).  As is typical for me, they are best of year based playlists and there may be more as time goes on.  Here are the ones made so far and the one for this year which is a work in progress until Thursday Night at 9:00 pm PST.

1960s:
1.)    She Loves You-The Beatles
2.)    Rock and Roll Music (Live at Budokan)-The Beatles
3.)    She’s a Woman (Live at Budokan)-The Beatles
4.)    Crossroads-Cream
5.)    Down on the Corner-Creedence Clearwater Revival
6.)    Day Tripper-The Beatles
7.)    Yellow Submarine-The Beatles
8.)    Godzilla and Nagoya-Akira Ifukube
9.)    Honky Tonk Woman-The Rolling Stones
10.)    Jumpin’ Jack Flash-The Rolling Stones
11.)    And Your Bird Can Sing-The Beatles
12.)    For No One-The Beatles
13.)    Rain-The Beatles
14.)    Revolution-The Beatles
15.)    Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (Maui)-Jimi Hendrix
16.)    In My Life-The Beatles
17.)    Ticket to Ride-The Beatles
18.)    You Shook Me-Jeff Beck
19.)    Johnny B. Goode-Johnny Winter
20.)    Foxy Lady (Maui)-Jimi Hendrix
21.)    Fire (Hollywood Bowl)-Jimi Hendrix
22.)    You Shook Me-Led Zeppelin
23.)    How Many More Times-Led Zeppelin
24.)    Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You-Led Zeppelin
25.)    Hey Joe-Robert Plant
26.)    Whole Lotta Love-Led Zeppelin
27.)    Midnight Rambler-The Rolling Stones
28.)    Happenings Ten Years Time Ago-The Yardbirds
29.)    Drinking Muddy Water-The Yardbirds
30.)    SWLABR-Cream
31.)    My Generation-The Who
32.)    Fortunate Son-Creedence Clearwater Revival
33.)    I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session)-The Beatles
34.)    The Long and Winding Road-The Beatles
35.)    Don’t Let Me Down-The Beatles
36.)    Dig A Pony-The Beatles
37.)    I Want You (She’s So Heavy)-The Beatles
38.)    Here Comes The Sun-The Beatles
39.)    Little Miss Strange-Jimi Hendrix
40.)    Foxy Lady (Live)-Jimi Hendrix
41.)    Voodoo Child (Slight Return)/Sunshine of Your Love (Live)-Jimi Hendrix
42.)    Blue Suede Shoes-John Lennon

1975:

1.)    Saturday Night Special-Lynyrd Skynyrd
2.)    Railroad Song-Lynyrd Skynyrd
3.)    I’m a Country Boy-Lynyrd Skynyrd
4.)    Am I Losing-Lynyrd Skynyrd
5.)    Stormbringer (Live, Graz)-Deep Purple
6.)    Comin’ Home-Deep Purple
7.)    Gettin’ Tighter-Deep Purple
8.)    Love Child-Deep Purple
9.)    You Keep On Moving-Deep Purple
10.)    Lady Luck-Deep Purple
11.)    Wild Dogs-Tommy Bolin
12.)    Homeward Strut-Tommy Bolin/Deep Purple
13.)    Landslide-Fleetwood Mac
14.)    Rhiannon-Fleetwood Mac
15.)    Over My Head-Fleetwood Mac
16.)    Why (Live)-Fleetwood Mac
17.)    In My Time of Dying-Led Zeppelin
18.)    Ten Years Gone-Led Zeppelin
19.)    Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds-Elton John
20.)    Philadelphia Freedom-Elton John
21.)    Stand By Me-John Lennon
22.)    Godzilla Arrives-Akira Ifukube
23.)    Man on the Silver Mountain-Rainbow
24.)    Magic Man-Heart
25.)    Crazy On You-Heart
26.)    Anthem-Rush
27.)    Bastille Day-Rush
28.)    Walk This Way-Aerosmith
29.)    Baby, I Love Your Way-Peter Frampton
30.)    Show Me The Way-Peter Frampton
31.)    I Ain’t The One (Old Grey Whistle Test)-Lynyrd Skynyrd
32.)    I Got The Same Old Blues-Lynyrd Skynyrd
33.)    Every Mother’s Son-Lynyrd Skynyrd
34.)    Gimme Three Steps (Live in Cardiff)-Lynyrd Skynyrd
35.)    Hole in the Sky-Black Sabbath
36.)    Snowblind (Don Kirshner)-Black Sabbath
37.)    War Pigs (Don Kirshner)-Black Sabbath
38.)    Paranoid (Don Kirshner)-Black Sabbath
39.)    Santa Claus is Coming to Town-Bruce Springsteen
40.)    Free Bird (Live, Winterland)-Lynyrd Skynyrd
41.)    Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen
42.)    Sweet Home Alabama (Live in Cardiff)-Lynyrd Skynyrd
43.)    Free Bird (Old Grey Whistle Test)-Lynyrd Skynyrd


1977:

1.)    That Smell-Lynyrd Skynyrd
2.)    You Got That Right-Lynyrd Skynyrd
3.)    Let There Be Rock-AC/DC
4.)    Whole Lotta Rosie-AC/DC
5.)    Godzilla-Blue Oyster Cult
6.)    Golden Age of Leather-Blue Oyster Cult
7.)    Barracuda-Heart
8.)    Love Alive-Heart
9.)    Kick it Out-Heart
10.)    Stairway to Heaven (Live)-Heart
11.)    Don’t Stop-Fleetwood Mac
12.)    The Chain-Fleetwood Mac
13.)    Gold Dust Woman-Fleetwood Mac
14.)    Gold Dust Woman-Waylon Jennings
15.)    Rhiannon (Live)-Fleetwood Mac
16.)    Landslide (Live)-Fleetwood Mac
17.)    Over My Head (Live)-Fleetwood Mac
18.)    Gold Dust Woman (Live)-Fleetwood Mac
19.)    The Chain (Live)-Fleetwood Mac
20.)    Wild Thing (Live)-The Runaways
21.)    Wasted-The Runaways
22.)    Closer to the Heart-Rush
23.)    Crime of Passion-Rick Wakeman
24.)    Judas Iscariot-Rick Wakeman
25.)    Layla (Hammersmith Odeon)-Eric Clapton
26.)    We Will Rock You-Queen
27.)    We Are The Champions-Queen
28.)    Sheer Heart Attack-Queen
29.)    Mistreated (Live)-Rainbow
30.)    Catch the Rainbow (Live)-Rainbow
31.)    Long Live Rock N Roll (Live)-Rainbow
32.)    Sinner-Judas Priest
33.)    Diamonds and Rust-Judas Priest
34.)    Last Rose of Summer-Judas Priest
35.)    Starbreaker-Judas Priest
36.)    Dissident Aggressor-Judas Priest
37.)    Over the Hills and Far Away-Led Zeppelin
38.)    Ten Years Gone-Led Zeppelin
39.)    Achilles Last Stand-Led Zeppelin
40.)    Stairway to Heaven (Live)-Led Zeppelin
41.)    That Smell (Live)-Lynyrd Skynyrd
42.)    Ain’t No Good Life (Live)-Lynyrd Skynyrd
43.)    Free Bird (Live, Oakland)-Lynyrd Skynyrd
44.)    Dixie-Lynyrd Skynyrd

1989:

1.)    House of fire-Alice Cooper
2.)    Trash-Alice Cooper
3.)    Hell is Living Without You-Alice Cooper
4.)    Red Tide-Rush
5.)    Flying High Again-Ozzy Osbourne
6.)    Bloodbath in Paradise-Ozzy Osbourne
7.)    Shot in the Dark-Ozzy Osbourne
8.)    Suicide Solution-Ozzy Osbourne
9.)    Purple Haze-Ozzy Osbourne
10.)    Kitten’s Got Claws-Whitesnake
11.)    Cheap ‘N Nasty-Whitesnake
12.)    Judgment Day-Whitesnake
13.)    Fool for Your Loving-Whitesnake
14.)    What It Takes-Aerosmith
15.)    18 and Life-Skid Row
16.)    Led Clones-Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne
17.)    I Won’t Back Down-Tom Petty
18.)    Cheer Down-George Harrison
19.)    Whole Lotta Trouble-Stevie Nicks
20.)    Rockin’ in the free world-Neil Young
21.)    I’ll Be There for You-Bon Jovi
22.)    You Give Love A Bad Name-Bon Jovi
23.)    The Boys Are Back in Town-Bon Jovi
24.)    Hands All Over-Soundgarden
25.)    Gun-Soundgarden
26.)    Negative Creep-Nirvana
27.)    5150-van Halen
28.)    Why Can’t This Be Love-van Halen
29.)    Heaven-Warrant
30.)    Love Song-Tesla
31.)    I Want It All-Queen
32.)    Yume no Naka e-Yuki Saito
33.)    Rock Candy-Lee Aaron
34.)    Valley of the Kings-Blue Murder
35.)    Let My People Go-Bloodgood
36.)    Top of the Mountain-Bloodgood
37.)    I Will Be Here-Steven Curtis Chapman

2019:
1.)    Joy Invincible-Switchfoot
2.)    Prodigal Soul-Switchfoot
3.)    The Strength to Let Go-Switchfoot
4.)    We’re Gonna Be All Right-Switchfoot
5.)    You’re the One I Want-Switchfoot
6.)    American Rock and Roll-Don Felder
7.)    Limelight-Don Felder
8.)    Rock You-Don Felder
9.)    Shut Up and Kiss Me-Whitesnake
10.)    Well I Never-Whitesnake
11.)    After All-Whitesnake
12.)    Roadhouse Blues-Sammy Hagar, Joe Bonamassa, Robby Krieger
13.)    Hotel California-Don Felder, Orianthi
14.)    Don’t Call Me Angel-Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Lana del Rey
15.)    A Hand for Mrs. Claus-Idina Menzel, Ariana Grande
16.)    Nobody-Ariana Grande, Chaka Khan
17.)    My heart belongs to daddy-Ariana Grande
18.)    No tears left to cry-Ariana Grande
19.)    The Most-Miley Cyrus
20.)    Slide Away-Miley Cyrus
21.)    Elevator Girl-BabyMetal
22.)    DISTORTION-BabyMetal
23.)    Kagerou-BabyMetal
24.)    I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session)-The Beatles
25.)    The Thrill Is Gone-Jeff Goldblum, Miley Cyrus
26.)    The Key to Coexistence-Bear McCreary
27.)    Goodbye, Old Friend-Bear McCreary
28.)    Battle in Boston-Bear McCreary
29.)    King of the Monsters-Bear McCreary
30.)    Godzilla-Bear McCreary, Serj Tankian
31.)    Edge of Dawn-AmaLee
32.)    Blind Dogs (Artist’s Den)-Soundgarden
33.)    Fell On Black Days (Artist’s Den)-Soundgarden
34.)    Rusty Cage (Artist’s Den)-Soundgarden
35.)    4th of July (Artist’s Den)-Soundgarden
36.)    Outshined (Artist’s Den)-Soundgarden
37.)    Far Away Places-Toni Cornell
38.)    Beware of Darkness-Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile
39.)    If She Ever Leaves Me-The Highwomen
40.)    The Chain-The Highwomen
41.)    I Want to Know What Love Is (Live)-Foreigner
42.)    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen-Rob Halford
43.)    Away in a Manger-Rob Halford
44.)    The First Noel-Rob Halford
45.)    Protected By The Light-Rob Halford


2022:
1.)    Crazy Angels-Carrie Underwood
2.)    Hate My Heart-Carrie Underwood
3.)    Poor Everybody Else-Carrie Underwood
4.)    Mama, I’m Coming Home-Carrie Underwood
5.)    Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love-Sammy Hagar and the Circle
6.)    Queen of the Reich-Geoff Tate
7.)    Naturally Wild-Ray Wylie Hubbard, Lzzy Hale, John 5
8.)    Burn-The Dead Daisies
9.)    Born to fly-The Dead Daisies
10.)    Heart of Glass-Miley Cyrus
11.)    The Climb-Miley Cyrus
12.)    Wrecking Ball X Nothing Compares 2 U-Miley Cyrus
13.)    WTf Do I Know-Miley Cyrus
14.)    Nothing Breaks Like A Heart-Miley Cyrus
15.)    Fly on the Wall-Miley Cyrus
16.)    Dub Love-Yuri Lowenthal, Tara Platt
17.)    The Story (SNL)-Brandi Carlile
18.)    Space Oddity/Creep-Brandi Carlile
19.)    Alone-Brandi Carlile and Lucius
20.)    Space Oddity (in the Canyon Haze)-Brandi Carlile
21.)    Patient Number 9-Ozzy Osbourne, Jeff Beck
22.)    Immortal-Ozzy Osbourne, Mike McCready
23.)    Parasite-Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde
24.)    Mr. Darkness-Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde
25.)    Degradation Rules-Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi
26.)    Darkside Blues-Ozzy Osbourne
27.)    Live and Let Die (Live 5/16/1991)-Guns N Roses
28.)    I Was Only Joking/Patience (Live 5/16/1991)-Guns N Roses
29.)    Don’t Cry (Live 5/16/1991)-Guns N Roses
30.)    Mama Kin (Live 6/6/1991)-Guns N Roses, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
31.)    Photograph-Def Leppard, Dave Grohl, Miley Cyrus
32.)    YYZ, Overture, Working Man-Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Dave Grohl, Chad Smith
33.)    Train Kept A-Rollin’ (Live 6/6/1991)-Guns N Roses, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry
34.)    Every Beginning Ends-Noah Cyrus, Ben Gibbard
35.)    Noah (Stand Still)-Noah Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus
36.)    Set for Life-Noah Cyrus
37.)    Separate Ways-Eva Under Fire
38.)    Kindness-Steven Curtis Chapman
39.)    A Desperate Benediction (Peace on Earth)-Steven Curtis Chapman
40.)    Foxy Lady (1969)-Jimi Hendrix
41.)    Voodoo Child (Slight Return)/Sunshine of Your Love (Live)-Jimi Hendrix
42.)    Scrappy Little Christmas Tree-Switchfoot
43.)    Where’m I Gonna Live (Caribbean version)-Billy Ray Cyrus
44.)    Silent Night-Billy Ray Cyrus, FIREROSE

2023 favorites:
1.)    Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)-Daughtry feat. Lzzy Hale
2.)    I Finally Do-Erika Harlacher
3.)    Way Back to the Bone (Live 5/16/1992)-Trapeze
4.)    Coast to Coast (Live 5/16/1992)-Trapeze
5.)    Midnight Flyer (Live 5/16/1992)-Trapeze
6.)    Sorry (Not Sorry) (Rock version)-Demi Lovato, Slash
7.)    FLOWERS-Miley Cyrus
8.)    Thousand Miles-Miley Cyrus, Brandi Carlile
9.)    Used to be Young-Miley Cyrus
10.)    She Don’t Know (Live)-Carrie Underwood
11.)    Crazy Angels (Live)-Carrie Underwood
12.)    Poor Everybody Else (Live)-Carrie Underwood
13.)    Welcome to the Jungle-Carrie Underwood
14.)    Out of that Truck-Carrie Underwood
15.)    Give Her That-Carrie Underwood
16.)    Ace of Spades-Carrie Underwood
17.)    Man on the Silver Mountain-Paul Gilbert
18.)    Lady Evil-Paul Gilbert
19.)    All-Star Jam-Metal Hall of fame All-Stars
20.)    METALI!-BabyMetal, Tom Morello
21.)    Peaches-Jack Black
22.)    Man on the Silver Mountain-Paul Gilbert
23.)    Lady Evil-Paul Gilbert
24.)    Need Each Other-Revolution Saints
25.)    Set Yourself Free-Revolution Saints
26.)    Meant to live (Our version)-Switchfoot
27.)    Heart Wants What It Wants-Bebe Rexha
28.)    Seasons-Bebe Rexha, Dolly Parton
29.)    Peaches (Bowsette Version)-Cristina Vee
30.)    This is the Song-Duff McKagan
31.)    Hope-Duff McKagan, Slash
32.)    Dear Insecurity-Brandy Clark, Brandi Carlile
33.)    Closer to fine-Brandi Carlile and Catherine Carlile
34.)    Rest-Foo Fighters
35.)    Everybody knows Everything-Joel Hoekstra’s 13
36.)    Crash of Life-Joel Hoekstra’s 13
37.)    Adrift-Laura Bailey, Ashley Johnson
38.)    If Only-Laura Bailey, Janina Gavankar
39.)    If Only (Reprise)-Janina Gavankar
40.)    Adrift (Clever version)-Laura Bailey, Ashley Johnson
41.)    Challenging a Queen (Clever version)-Laura Bailey, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
42.)    It’s Time (Compassionate version)-Laura Bailey, Janina Gavankar, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Ashley Johnson
43.)    Adrift (Reprise)-Laura Bailey, Ashley Johnson
44.)    Perhaps-Guns N Roses
45.)    Simple Man-Firefall
46.)    I Put A Spell On You (Hu Tao version)-Brianna Knickerbocker
47.)    Total Eclipse of the Heart-Doro, Rob Halford
48.)    Now and Then-The Beatles
49.)    Godzilla -1.0 Godzilla Suite I-Naoki Sato
50.)    Godzilla -1.0 Godzilla Suite II-Naoki Sato
51.)    Fire (Hollywood Bowl)-Jimi Hendrix
52.)    Magic Man-Dolly Parton, Ann Wilson, Howard Leese
53.)    What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done for You-Dolly Parton, Stevie Nicks, Waddy Watchel
54.)    I Hate Myself for Loving You-Dolly Parton, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
55.)    Wrecking Ball-Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus
56.)    I Can’t Get No Satisfaction-Dolly Parton, Brandi Carlile, P!nk
57.)    Heart of Glass-Dolly Parton, Debbie Harry
58.)    Bygones-Dolly Parton, Rob Halford, John 5, Nikki Sixx
59.)    Let it Be-Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Peter Frampton, Mick Fleetwood
60.)    Free Bird-Dolly Parton, Ronnie van Zant, Gary Rossington, Artimus Pyle

The 2023 playlist will be finalized after a theatrical listening party tomorrow night, these are just my guesses for standout tracks.  There are others that may also be just as good, I'll let you know later this week.  That is all for now.