Weekly Notes: Mar 3–9, 2025: A week in the life of…. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week. https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2025/03/09/weekly-notes-mar-3-9-2025
#AloneAustralia #C2C #Evil #Norwescon #TheCrüxshadows #Tora #WeeklyNotes #Conventions #Music #Personal #Politics
Pick 1 album and discuss.
If you don’t recognize any of these, listen to at least 2 first. I will add music 🎶 links in the comments.
#Alsmusiccafe
Episode 248
10 25 23
#metallica #AliceinChains #thecruxshadows #rainbow #ronniejamesdio #rjd #dio
Jar of Flies is the third studio EP by American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released on January 25, 1994, by Columbia Records. The band's second acoustic EP, after 1992's Sap, it was the first EP in music history to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with the first week sales exceeding 141,000 copies in the United States. The self-produced record was written and recorded over the course of just one week at the London Bridge Studio in Seattle. The tracks "No Excuses", "I Stay Away" and "Don't Follow" were released as singles to promote the EP. Jar of Flies was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1995: Best Recording Package and Best Hard Rock Performance for "I Stay Away". The EP was well received by critics and has been certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, making Jar of Flies one of the band's most successful releases. In Canada, Jar of Flies was certified double platinum for sales of 200,000 copies. In the United Kingdom, the album was certified silver after selling 60,000 copies there.
Pick 1 album and discuss.
If you don’t recognize any of these, listen to at least 2 first. I will add music 🎶 links in the comments.
#Alsmusiccafe
Episode 190
8 28 23
Oh look, half the tracks are WT.
The top three are also all questions...
Honourable mentions:
18. Sirens #SaintAsonia, Flawed Design [52]
25. Arcade #DuncanLaurence [49]
26. Call Your Name #Gravitonas [49]
31. Carnival of Rust #PoetsOfTheFall, Carnival of Rust [45]
32. I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) #Xandria, Fire & Ashes
41. Helios #TheCruxshadows, AstroMythology [36]
44. I Love You Diane #Nomy, Psychopath [35]
46. Let There Be Night #KissinDynamite, The Sacrament of Sin [34]
The Crüxshadows - Cassandra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UpWDiRxu18
Michael Hanscom
Allen C Marshall
Dr Richard Hussey
Lord Caramac the Clueless, KSC
Cliff Hensley