Scrubs was such a good show and that episode was really clever.
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Easily my favorite sitcom ever.
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A short piece of what I just listened to.
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The MoTab choir and orchestra, or whatever we are calling them now, performed this during their annual concert this year. My wife got a jump-scare when the choir joined in. It gave me goosebumps and made me want to stand up and start air-conducting with my arms. Such a powerful piece.
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Typed this up to post on another site, figured I’d throw it in here as well. I know there’s at least one or two others here who like some extreme tunes. 
SkinyUte’s 2023 Top 10 List.
- Album of the Year: Myrkur - “Spine”. A wonderful evolution of her folk/goth/black metal/ambient sound. My only complaint is that it’s a really short album at just over 30 minutes. I can (and have) listened to this one over and over and over.
Best song (and my song of the year): “Like Humans”. I must be mellowing in my old age, as this isn’t metal at all and would sound right at home on an old Kate Bush or Siouxsie album.
- Thy Catafalque - “Alfold”. Still one of the most interesting and creative bands working today. One minute they’re full on death metal, the next is chirpy electronica, then gothic doom, then folk. It’s an exciting and eclectic mix with some excellent songwriting.
Best song: “A folddel egyenlo”. A perfect example of their unique mix of genres to make something amazing
- Fleshvessel - “Yearning: Promethean Fates Sealed”. Easily the straight up weirdest band on this list with a wild mix of instruments that will make your head spin. Cool chugging guitars, then a left turn into a brass band, veering off into jazz piano for a bit, then lurching into blastbeats with a violin and…is that a zither? A theramin? Just crazy madness that somehow works.
Best song: “Winter Came Early”. It’s just…bonkers.
- Enslaved - “Heimdal”. Not very often that a band start exploring entirely new musical avenues on their 14th album, but Enslaved did a wonderful job doing just that on “Heimdal”.
Best song: “Forest Dweller”
- Grand Cadaver - “Deities of Deathlike Sleep”. A “supergroup” of sorts with members of Dark Tranquility, Katatonia, Disrupted, Halo Effect, etc) this album shreds. It’s been a constant on my morning runs and is a great way to get the blood pumping.
Best song: “A Crawling Feast of Decay”
- Bloodgutter - “Death Mountain”. This album is a filthy, nasty, dirty, kick in the teeth. Very old school, reminds me a lot of early Entombed albums.
Best song: “Rot Awaits”
- Dwelling Below - “S/T”. This one lurched up out of nowhere and I cannot stop listening to it. It’s a short EP (only 17 minutes) but it makes an incredible, brutal impact with it’s short time. Has a similar guttural, menacing vibe as Blood Incantation or Gorguts.
Best song: “Attraction Vulgarity”
- NecroticGoreBeast - “Repugnant”. OK, so maybe I’m not completely mellowing as I get older. This is pure, unbridled fury put to music. Strap in, because this thing is a hell of a ride.
Best song: “Repugnant”
- Bell Witch - “Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate”. Another 90-minute, single track funeral doom concept album that just oozes misery, pain, and despair. Definitely do not put this on if you want a quick pick-me-up because it will absolutely crush your soul.
Best song: Well, the entire thing is one song, so…this. :lol:
- Scar Symmetry - “The Singularity (Phase II-Xenotaph)”. I was a little worried that too much time had passed for Scar Symmetry to come back and make an impact, but they knocked it out of the park here. Brutal death metal supported with catchy-as-hell hooks and choruses that you’ll be humming for days.
Best song: “Chrononautilus”
Honorable mention:
- Dodheimsgard - Black Medium Current
- Incantation - Unholy Deification
- Blackbraid - Blackbraid II
- Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags
- Rotpit - Let There Be Rot
- Wayfarer - American Gothic
- Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
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This song was a Ray Charles hit before I was born and became a Rhythm and Blues anthem. When I was in high school in the mid 70’s, I played guitar and bass in the stage band in our music department and this tune was part of our regular rotation. I had a girlfriend at the time who played the baritone sax and stole the show on this tune. It’s one of my favorite tunes of all time.
I heard it on the radio today, after not thinking about it for years, and had to come home, dig out the album, and listen to it a few more times.
I also had to go on YouTube and watch the John Candy scene from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles that featured the tune.
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Written by Ahmet Ertegun.
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Yes.
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I have been on a bit of a The Who run lately and just listened to Quadrophenia again. Drowned is one of my favorite songs from that album.
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These guys just got added to the metal cruise I’ll be doing in a couple weeks. Hadn’t heard of them before, but I’m digging it.
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Woke up and for whatever reason have been humming this all day.
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Another ear bug after seeing Adam Ant on Northern Exposure.
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My cousin is playing guitar in his band. They’ll be in Salt Lake City this March.
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Have been a fan of his for some time. A fantastic chap, too.
You gotta make it happen.
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Alice in Chains’ “Jar of Flies” is 30 years old today. I’m struggling to come to terms with that, as it was one of the defining album of my formative years.
There are a very few songs that will elicit an immediate and overwhelming emotional reaction for me. “Don’t Follow” is very near the top of that list.
Probably the only song higher is Peter, Paul, and Mary singing “Puff the Magic Dragon”, which melts me into a puddle because it’s what my dad sang to me when I was sick as a kid.
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A thousand red stars for this.
Don’t Follow gets me every time too. Having a close relative that has suffered addiction multiple times, and knowing Layne’s eventual demise.
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This was the opening song for the film The Holdovers which I saw last night. The soundtrack for the movie was just so beautifully done but this song was the highlight for me.
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