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  The title is self-explanatory, so let’s just jump in:

MUSIC ARTIST: Red Hot Chili Peppers

SOLO MUSIC ARTIST: Michael Jackson

ACOUSTIC ALBUM: Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York

ACOUSTIC STUDIO ALBUM: Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies

PSYCHEDELIC/BLUES ARTIST: Jimi Hendrix

PSYCHEDELIC/BLUES ALBUM: Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (US Version)

PSYCHEDELIC/BLUES SONG: Jimi Hendrix - “Little Wing”

PROG ARTIST: Pink Floyd

PROG ALBUM: Pink Floyd - The Wall

PROG SONG: Pink Floyd - “Wish You Were Here”

RAP/HIP-HOP ARTIST: Outkast

RAP/HIP-HOP ALBUM: Outkast - Aquemini

RAP/HIP-HOP SONG: Outkast - “Rosa Parks”

RAPPER: Andre 3000

GARAGE ARTIST: The White Stripes

GARAGE ALBUM: The White Stripes - Elephant

GARAGE SONG: The White Stripes - “Fell in Love with a Girl”

SHOEGAZE ARTIST: My Bloody Valentine

SHOEGAZE ALBUM: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

SHOEGAZE SONG: My Bloody Valentine - “Loomer”

THRASH ARTIST: Metallica

THRASH ALBUM: Metallica - Ride the Lightning

THRASH SONG: Metallica - “Ride the Lightning”

POP/R&B/SOUL ARTIST: Michael Jackson

POP/R&B/SOUL ALBUM: Michael Jackson - Thriller

POP/R&B/SOUL SONG: Michael Jackson - “Thriller”

NU-METAL ARTIST: Linkin Park

NU-METAL ALBUM: Linkin Park - Meteora

NU-METAL SONG: Slipknot - “The Heretic Anthem”

BRITPOP ARTIST: Oasis

BRITPOP ALBUM: Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

BRITPOP SONG: Oasis - “Champagne Supernova”

NY ARTIST: Kiss

NY ALBUM: Kiss - Hotter than Hell

NY SONG: Kiss - “I Stole Your Love”

BOSTON ARTIST: Aerosmith

BOSTON ALBUM: Aerosmith - Rocks

BOSTON SONG: Aerosmith - “Rats in the Cellar”

CHICAGO ARTIST: The Smashing Pumpkins

CHICAGO ALBUM: The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

CHICAGO SONG: The Smashing Pumpkins - “Mayonaise”

STONER ARTIST: Tool

STONER ALBUM: Tool - Undertow

STONER SONG: Tool - “The Pot”

DESERT ARTIST: Queens of the Stone Age

DESERT ALBUM: Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf

DESERT SONG: Queens of the Stone Age - “You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar (But I Feel Like a Millionaire)”

NEW WAVE/SYNTHPOP ARTIST: Depeche Mode

NEW WAVE/SYNTHPOP ALBUM: Depeche Mode - Violator

NEW WAVE/SYNTHPOP SONG: Dead or Alive - “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)”

BRITISH INVASION/POP ROCK ARTIST: The Beatles

BRITISH INVASION/POP ROCK ALBUM: The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (US Version)

BRITISH INVASION/POP ROCK SONG: The Rolling Stones - “Gimme Shelter”

GROOVE METAL ARTIST: Pantera

GROOVE METAL ALBUM: Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

GROOVE METAL SONG: Pantera - “Cemetery Gates”

NOISE ROCK/SHOCK ROCK ARTIST: White Zombie

NOISE ROCK/SHOCK ROCK ALBUM: White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000

NOISE ROCK/ SHOCK ROCK SONG: White Zombie - “More Human than Human”

INDUSTRIAL ARTIST: Nine Inch Nails

INDUSTRIAL ALBUM: Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

INDUSTRIAL SONG: Nine Inch Nails - “Head Like a Hole”

BLACK METAL ARTIST: Mayhem

BLACK METAL ALBUM: Mayhem - Live in Leipzig

BLACK METAL SONG: Mayhem - “Carnage”

UK ARTIST: Led Zeppelin

UK ALBUM: Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

UK SONG: The Rolling Stones - “Gimme Shelter”

CANADA ARTIST: Rush

CANADA ALBUM: Rush - Moving Pictures

CANADA SONG: Rush - “Limelight”

COEN BROTHERS FILM: No Country for Old Men

MARTIN SCORSESE FILM: The Departed

TV CHANNEL: Food Network

FOOD: Peanut butter

FRUIT: Banana

DRINK: Tea

TEA BRAND: Twinings

ANIMATED FILM: Toy Story 2

2D ANIMATED FILM: Batman - Mask of the Phantasm

VIDEOGAME: Tetris

NARRATIVE VIDEOGAME: The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker

COMBAT VIDEOGAME: Super Smash Bros. Melee

CARD GAME: Solitaire

FILMMAKER: Christopher Nolan

WRITER: Philip K. Dick

POEM: “So You Want to Be a Writer?” by Charles Bukowski

STORE: Barnes & Noble

GROCERY STORE: Trader Joe’s

STAND-UP COMEDIAN: Norm McDonald

PLAY: Hamilton

ALL-TIME ALBUM COVER: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

60’s ALBUM COVER: Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (US Version)

80’s ALBUM COVER: Metallica - Master of Puppets

90’s ALBUM COVER: Faith No More - Angel Dust

00’s ALBUM COVER: Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way

10’s ALBUM COVER: Jack White - Blunderbuss

20’s ALBUM COVER: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love

LIVING VOCALIST: Mike Patton

DEAD VOCALIST: Chris Cornell (Honorable Mention: Layne Staley)

LIVING GUITARIST: John Frusciante (Honorable Mention: Buckethead)

DEAD GUITARIST: Jimi Hendrix

LIVING BASSIST: Flea

DEAD BASSIST: Cliff Burton

LIVING DRUMMER: Dave Grohl

DEAD DRUMMER: John Bonham (Honorable Mention: Taylor Hawkins)

LIVE-ACTION SHOW: Beat Bobby Flay

FEMALE VOCALIST: Adele

Peace!

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Making Lists of My Own Art

DISCLAIMER: I had some rankings and top tens on here before too, but I took them out now, cause I can’t make up my mind about things anymore! Also, the following is subject to change as I continue to make more stuff…

  Since I’ve been obsessed with making lists lately (rankings, top tens, and a-to-z’s mainly), I figured it made sense to now do so for my own art, by which I mean my music (released under my real name), books, short stories, and poems. Links to everything at the bottom.

Thank you for indulging in my self-indulgence:

SONGS A TO Z

All the Way Around, Break in Again, Calling Out, Dance with Danger, Epiphany, Finishing Touch, Gateway, Happy As Can Be, Into the Night (Influx version), Just Human, Lovemaker, Mud, Now and Again, The Outlier, Power Trip, Resolve & Dissolve, Soul on Fire, The Turnaround, Understand, Vortex, Where Have You Been?, You Only Think of You

POEMS A TO Z

Afar, The Boy & the Lamppost, The Choice, Drift Away, Environment, The Future Will Come, Guilt, Hidden Purpose, Inward & Outward, Just Somewhat, Know-It-All, Limitless, Make the Meaning, Not Just About You, Only Fear, A Poet in the Middle Ages, Questions & Answers, Real World, Social Circle, The Things That Stick Around, Up & Down, Vendetta, What Little Time, You Vs. Me

SHORT STORIES A TO Z

Alone, Blessed with Immortality, Causality, Daughter Nature, Every Minute Matters, Foster Mother*, Glass of the Sun, Highway to Avalon (short story version), Indoors, Just One Word, The Knowing Stones, The Last Laugh, The Missing Day, Next Star Over (short story version), One Year to Alpha, The Phoenix Curse, Rutharia, Sunrise Order (short story version), Tale Orbs, When Nightfall Comes, You Haven’t Been Around

*In hindsight, I wish I woulda done more research into how foster systems actually work, but I can’t think of any other stories of mine that start with the letter F, so...

Peace!

UPDATE: I made an ongoing counter for all my stuff:

Books: 4 (7 counting collections)

Short stories: 94 (19 on my blog, the rest in collections)

Poems: 365 (246 on my blog, the rest in collections)

Albums: 8 (11 counting demo albums and compilations)

Solo EPs: 2 (4 counting deleted EPs)

Songs: 105 (138 counting repeats and covers)

Completed journals: 15

Blog posts: 93

Playlists: 256

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RHCP: Top 5 Songs Per Letter

  Red Hot Chili Peppers have always been one of my favorite bands, but for reasons I can’t explain, I’m starting to get more into them than ever now. So, me being me, I decided to make another pointless song list, this time about RHCP specifically. And for this list specifically, I left out letters of the alphabet where the band doesn’t have at least five songs that start with said letter. Furthermore, I made sure to include only officially-released songs (but that also b-sides and bonus tracks, at least)…

With that out of the way, here we go (again):

A

Around the World, Annie Wants a Baby, Animal Bar, Apache Rose Peacock, Aeroplane

B

Backwoods, Black Summer, Bunker Hill, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Bicycle Song

C

Cabron, Charlie, Carry Me Home, Californication, Can’t Stop

D

Dark Necessities, Death of a Martian, Desecration Smile, The Drummer, Dreams of a Samurai

E

Especially in Michigan, Encore, Eskimo, Even You Brutus?, Eddie

F

Funky Monks, Fortune Faded, Falling into Grace, Funny Face, Fake as Fu@k

G

Give It Away, Goodbye Angels, Get on Top, Gong Li, The Great Apes

H

Hey, The Heavy Wing, Havana Affair, Here Ever After, Hump de Bump

I

I Could Have Lied, It’s Only Natural, I Could Die for You, I Like Dirt, I’ll Be Your Domino

L

Look Around, The Longest Wave, Long Progression, Let ‘Em Cry, Love Rollercoaster

M

Minor Thing, Meet Me at the Corner, Midnight, My Friends, My Lovely Man

N

Never Is a Long Time, Naked in the Rain, Nerve Flip, No Chump Love Sucker, Nobody Weird Like Me

O

On Mercury, One Big Mob, One Hot Minute, Out of Range, Over Funk

P

Parallel Universe, The Power of Equality, Peace and Love, Police Helicopter, Police Station

R

Roulette, Right on Time, The Righteous and the Wicked, Road Trippin’, Reach Out

S

Scar Tissue, The Shape I’m Takin’, Stone Cold Bush, Sikamikanico, Slow Cheetah

T

This Is the Kitt, This Velvet Glove, Turn It Again, Time, Transcending

W

Watchu Thinkin’, Wet Sand, White Braids & Pillow Chair, Warlocks, Walkabout

Peace!

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