I know most people will tend to pick either Nirvana or Smashing Pumpkins for this era and of course I very much like those bands as well, but I think this album is my favorite of that time because to me it was just raw and powerful. Jerry Cantrell is one of the best and with him being the driving force combined with Layne Staley’s haunting voice Dirt stands up as one of the best albums ever in my opinion. My favorite part of the album is when the song Sickman ends and then it fades right in to the next track. A song I am sure many of you know.
It is very difficult to find a decent rock album in today’s time because frankly younger guys are becoming increasingly effeminate and listening to pop songs all the time. Man up for real! And of course Rap and weird things are more popular than rock today unfortunately.(Like Beyoncé doing country music.). But there is hope. Greta Van Fleet has an amazing sound to them. And if you are one of those people who just want to call them “Led Zeppelin clones” you are being short sited. The singer sounds like Plant but the band is also unique in their own way because there is nothing today that really sounds like them. I would give these guys a listen to again without the preconceived notions and understand that with these guys there is hope for rock music. Here is my favorite song from this album:
Kashmir: This song has one of the coolest drum times I have ever heard in a Rock song. There really was no one like John Bonham and if you try to play this drum beat you will need to do a lot of work to sound as good as John because it is much harder than it sounds. Definitely much harder than the old one/two beats you hear in speed/death metal bands.
Hi everybody! I have been looking at posts on narcs and narc abuse on here and if has really helped me out a lot. I am currently struggling with my situation and need some advice/support.
I met a narc last year, everything seemed to good to be true. Love bombing, always texting calling and taking me on dates. Everything changed when someone warned me about him out in public in front of him and who he is. This caused a conflict with us and the love bombing seized.
he would tell me that everything is okay and i can come and talk. He would set a time limit on me and kick me out after that.
he would then text me like everything was fine and we hung out again and after that he completely ghosted me for one week. He came back and texted me a week later laughing about the ghosting and acting like nothing had happened.
he continued to text me ( not like in the beginning) make plans with me, then on the day of the plans he would just ghost me. One day he would act interested the next silence.
i contacted him a month later and he acted like nothing happened. He was on a vacation and sent me a picture of another woman ( someone he allegedly met on the trip) to strike a reaction but i never gave him one. After the trip he came to my place and was extremely rude, accusing me of going on dates with a bunch of men. The next day he accused me of being an alcoholic and that he wanted nothing to do with me but said well maybe we can be "friends" then ghosted me
i assumed at this point it was over and i would never hear from him again. He contacted me on the holiday a month later acting like everything was great. We ended up hanging out a month or so later and when we hung out it went well, i thought things were going in the right direction.
after we hung out.. silence. I would try to text him and if he replied it would be very short then he just stopped replying. He ghosted me for almost three months. I thought he was done this time and of course he popped up again like nothing happened. At this point i was getting sick of if so i questioned him as to why he dissapeared and always does this. Of course he had some sob story about a injury and family member dying of cancer. I felt pity for him and he gave me an apology.. so i took him back stupidly.
things seemed to be going smooth for a couple months, of course until his family member died and his injury got better he never contacted me and was distant. Menawhile, i was there for him during the difficult time for him. He lied to me about the funeral and never wanted to chat. I was chasing him and he would always claim nothing was wrong but when i said i thought he used me when he was down he could not handle it and would always tell me he didnt care and to go away. I would get so upset i would try texting him to work it out he would barelt respond and if he did he would not be nice about it.
we did hang out a couple times after that, he would ignore me after. One day i was like hey i think you are seeing someone else, and i was like well ixam seeing someone so no problem if you are he said " buy bye good luck with your new guy stop contacting me" i was devastated and tried to get into contact with him for weeks then i just gave up and accepted it was over. He ended up contacting me a month later acting like everything was fine. He wanted to go out and have drinks i told him i would. He and i both seemed to have a great time. He ends up ignoring me again. I kept texting him trying to figure out what was wrong. He kept saying everything was fine and i said ok can we hang out again? He said maybe i was like why? He just kept saying maybe …
our last conversation we had… i said what is wrong ? He said nothing is wrong everything is fine. I asked him why he keeps saying maybe. He said " maybe but i dont want to see you right now" i said why? He saix " im just not feeling it, if i wanted to date i would" i said why did you contact me less then a week ago wanting to go out? He said i didnt.. even though he did. So i said should i just move on or what? He said whatever you want to do. So i said that he was really confusing me and asked him if he had anything more to say before i move on? My messages were turning green so i panicked he blocked me and reacted irrationally. I said " omg did you block me? My messages are not going through. Even texted him on my work phone asking what was up. And called him twice ( please dont judge me i know it is pathetic i never was this type of girl before him) so he replied and said " Ok I'll block you now" then immedietly blocked me. He has never blocked me before since I have met him he will just ghost. Is this ths final discard aka " grand finale? Did i just push him too far?
this has upset me so much its hard to even function.
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Zeppelin was one of those bands that continued to evolve with each album. They were not content to be be just a hard rock band and do the same thing every album. They experimented with different sounds and different instruments. And this album features a couple of my favorites: In The Light. And this one:
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Creed My Own Prison:
Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti:
This is way too hard to pick. There have been many great albums between then and now (but maybe not so much now lol).
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Now unfortunately this band sort of got grouped in with Nickelback as being called “sell out music” or whatever moniker people choose to say when they hate something. However there is no debating the quality of their first album. The people in this band are great musicians and a lot of people don’t realize that after Creed disbanded for a while 3 of the 4 guys in Creed went on with Miles Kennedy to form Alter Bridge and no one ever called that band a “sell out.” Back to Creed this album talked a lot about personal demons which many of us can relate. We all carry some baggage around with us. Some of it we can leave on the side of the road but others run deep and I think this album helps us understand why. The title track is haunting and it still makes me think when I hear it.
Greta Van Fleet: Anthem of a Peaceful Army
So I guess I will throw out 5 of my favorites in no particular order.
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When the curtain falls:
Alice In Chains Dirt:
Now before all you prudes try to tell me this isn’t a rock album. My answer to that is bullshit. Duran Duran was much better than your standard one hit wonder 80’s pop bands. They had a lot more going on musically and I like them as a bass player because John Taylor is quite good, and in my opinion ranks up there with Geddy Lee and Les Claypool. When you listen to the title track of this album pay attention to his bass lines and you’ll see what I am talking about. And by the way he plays a 5 string which has always been my choice of instrument.
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