#the title's a david bowie “space odyssey” reference

[requiesticat]

Sorry for not being online much. Dealing with some bad stuff irl right now, but trying to push through it. Found a job, dealing with housing issues

Awhile back, I said I was thinking of writing a Starbound fic. Caved and did just that

[yallthemwitches]

The Seat with the Clearest View (Part one) footnotes

Tumblr link and AO3 link to the fic.

Here are some footnotes on references in Part One.

--The title and epigraph ( on AO3 version) are both from David Bowie's Life on Mars?

--The Buffalo Springfield song I imagine Lily was listening to in First Year. ( I Said I think I Love You)

Second Year Movie References:

--2001 Space Odyssey Movie Trailer

--The Wicker Man (OG 1973 version) Trailer

--Werewolves on Wheels movie trailer

And finally just for fun this is what I imagine Lily's Bowie concert dress looked like ( though probably in green)

[theblackstarsaga]

STRANGENESS FROM THE BLACK STAR SAGA

CHAPTER 1!

The Flavor Text, as I refer to them because I was a nerdling who played Magic in my YOUTH™. They’re further inspired by the bits of in-universe text at the beginning of chapters in Frank Herbert’s Dune. The thing is/was/forever will be that the flavor text wasn’t always so great, or wasn’t substantial enough, and as the book got BIGGER THAN THIS BUS I cut them down to one per PART of the Book.

Sol-Love, the colony world in the 2nd Jupiterian Cluster of Artificial Colonies, and home to Freyja and the DMD is derived from Soul Love, a David Bowie song. (That’s currently 3 Bowie References thus far. If you’re drinking at home, prepare yourself.)

Kaijin – I used Kaijin purposefully, because Kaijin is a term usually reserved for the foes of Kamen Riders and Super Sentai members. It’s more Monster/Mysterious Thing plus Person. There’s an intelligence behind the Kaijin, even if we don’t understand it at present.

Jaina Palence is literally just messing up the name Jack Palence who starred in a weirdly influential tv take on Dracula produced by Dan Curtis! Dan Curtis is also behind the soap opera Dark Shadows. Both of these play with the idea of the vampire being infatuated with the reincarnated version of their love (though Barnabas goes back and forth with this shit), and this take on Dracula would later find its broadest influence in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992). Although the reincarnated love aspect, given Dan Curtis’s infatuation with Universal Horror, is undoubtedly sourced in The Mummy (1932).

Jaina is a Representative of Yosei-62, an overt nod at Yosei Gorasu, better known as Gorath to English speaking audiences. The film was released on March 21st, 1962.

The capital Xillen – and it being the only functional Artificial World (a far FANCIER version of the colonies) would make it Planet 10, (because I grew up with Pluto and this is scifi nonsense), or Planet X. Xillians were the dub names for the X-Seijin from Godzilla: Final Wars. I guess maybe that works retroactively, but whatevs.

In the Year 2525 is the title of a Zager and Evans song that was the ONLY reason it’s set in the year 2525. Because I like the song and my playlists and long walks are what birthed this terrible monster!

AH! The Church of Humanity!

What in the every loving hell are these things? Future Legend (The original title for the series) was still appropriate because it involved the idea of using these fantasy or mythological tropes with the same sort of language and mystique BUT IN THE FUTURE!

So we get things like Clerics, Arch Deacons, Paladins, etc.

Church of Humanity is also because of my own personal crisis of faith I went through growing up. As a kid, who mostly only read Revelation because it is the END OF EVANGELION of the Bible (Plus Dragons), my relationship with religion was that we should like, be nice to eachother. I thought that was the BIG IDEA. BOY WAS I WRONG. Growing up in a highly conservative area I saw religion as a tool for exclusionary and manipulative tactics which disgusted me to no end. So I imagined a better future…like Star Trek, but with more armor and war and death and telepathy. The Church of Humanity was then a forward thinking reorganization of religion in space, a place in which blind and zealotry-ridden faiths had yet to really sink its teeth into.

“The Church of Man, Love.” A Lyric from Moonage Daydream – Waste Bowie Not, Want Bowie Not – became the Church of Humanity, and I felt COH has a solid tone about it when read aloud. It’s that fucking H man. It’s a very satisfying mouth feel.

There are a lot of mythological and historical references, but I’m gonna mostly go for the WEIRD NERD THINGS. Because I care about it more, probably.

Freecloud, the primary Venusian colony is UNSURPRISINGLY taken from The Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud. There is a specific Wild Eyed Boy, but MORE ON THAT IN A FEW YEARS OR SOMETHING.

The Enoch’s Cruiser model – CFX-JC07 is just abbreviating Crucifix Jesus Christ 07. 07 Because 2007 was a weird year for me, and the rest is obvious.

CREATIVELY BANKRUPT? I’D SAY SO.

Javin’s name, and this is dumb, came from a much older series of stories I had worked up during my teenage years, but here its attributed to a much nicer person.

The Garbage Hauler numbers is full of nerdiness.

RC-G4R is the hauler’s model number. There’s not a great amount of intelligence but its Wreck-Gar, Wreck-Gar was the leader of the Junkions in the 1986 Animated feature Transformers: The Movie.

The ID number – J3K10N1986 – Junkion and 1986 the year in which Transformers: The Movie released.

Star Lane registration GRW020163 – Is my mom’s initials and her date of birth. I had too many fake numbers to come up with and just sort of went wherever with it.

KUBRICK – Well, Kubrick is probably my favorite filmmaker, and his association with scifi via his seminal 2001: A Space Odyssey, led to there OF COURSE being a colony named Kubrick, it’s located in the 1st Jupiterian Cluster along with Yosei-62 (Jaina’s home colony) and Helena (Gerard Kil’s home colony).

Skell Tahl, and circling cover fire? Definitely not a reference to the Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family.

Bowie References – 7

[glittery-objects]

all the music asks all of them

oh boy, wowie

1- a song you like with a color in the title

pinkish - gerard way 

2-a song you like with a number in the title

20 dollar nose bleed - fall out boy

3-a song that reminds you of summertime

boom clap - charlie xcx

4-a song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about

tnt - ac/dc (it’s a good song, but the guy it reminds me of deserves to be castrated and burned at the stake)

5-a song that needs to be played LOUD

teenagers - my chemical romance

6-a song that makes you want to dance

we don’t have to dance - andy black (ironically enough)

7-a song to drive to

action cat - gerard way (this song single handedly prevented so much road rage you don’t even know)

8-a song about drugs or alcohol

27 - fall out boy (???? drug references in the song so it counts right????)

9-a song that makes you happy

planetary (GO!) - my chemical romance

10-a song that makes you sad

stay awake - mcr

11-a song that you never get tired of

collar full - panic! at the disco (three years since I first heard it and still one of my absolute favourite songs to the day)

12-a song from your preteen years

baby - justin bieber (kill me now please, I’m begging you)

BE GLAD I WASN’T ON HERE IN GRADE SEVEN

13-one of your favorite 80′s songs

anything by bon jovi 

summer of ‘69 - bryan adams

14-a song that you would love played at your wedding

she’s the prettiest girl at the party and she can prove it with a solid right hook - frnkiero andthe celebration

and whoever I end up with better sing that one to me too before we get married or else it isn’t happening

15-a song that is a cover by another artist

iris - sleeping with sirens

16-one of your favorite classical songs

does hedwig’s flight count??

if not, the game of thrones theme song

17-a song that would sing a duet with on karaoke

breaking free - troy bolton and gabriella montez

18-a song from the year you were born

all star - smash mouth (iconic, I know)

19-a song that makes you think about life

our lady of sorrows - my chemical romance

20-a song that has many meanings to you

trade mistakes - panic! at the disco

21-a favorite song with a person’s name in the title

emily - my chemical romance 

(and funnily enough, one of my favourite people’s names is emily)

22-a song that moves you forward

s/c/a/r/e/c/r/o/w - my chem

23- a song that you think everybody should listen to

mr brightside - the killers

24-a song by a band you wish were still together

ONE SONG??????? I FEEL SO ATTACKED

LITERALLY ANY MCR SONG I HAVENT MENTIONED YET

25-a song by an artist no longer living

space odyssey - david bowie

26-a song that makes you want to fall in love

love at first sight - the brobecks

27-a song that breaks your heart

what a catch donnie - fall out boy

28-a song by an artist with a voice that you love

no shows - gerard way

29-a song you remember from your childhood

boulevard of broken dreams - green day

30-a song that reminds you of yourself

i’ll let you down - frank iero and the patience

well that took me a long while

[hiimalissa]

Good Songs Pt. 1

There are an infinite number of songs in the world. From my experience, it is quite hard to write a song, unless you have the right inspiration. The inspiration you have for writing songs, is the main decider of whether the song will be good or not. It’s the difference between writing a song to express the pain of losing your son, or writing about how much it sucks to be famous. The main factor that is in most every good song is one of two things. Either the song tells an unforgettable story, or the background music in the song is so amazing that you want to listen to it. Therefore, good music in my opinion is all dependent on what the song makes you think of when you listen to it. The point of music is to elicit some kind of emotion, whether it is good or bad.  

The songs that you are about to see were chosen from a list of 100, so if you would like to hear the rest of the songs I will link the website here. This list also does not have a set decade, so the songs will be ranging from different time periods.

  “Space Oddity” by: David Bowie

 “Space Oddity” tells the story of an astronaut going into space with an advanced supercomputer as a rocket ship. This song alludes to the popular film 2001: A Space Odyssey, the song follows life in space with an extremely intelligent machine. Eventually, the ship decides to try to kill “Major Tom”. The song becomes very solemn towards the end when it is realized that “Major Tom” has perished.

“I Still Haven’t Found what I’m Looking For” by: U2

 “I Still Haven’t Found what I’m Looking For” in my opinion is about someone who if trying to find their soulmate. The lyrics of the song strongly suggest that it is not easy to find love, but this song quickly became one of the most popular songs written byU2.

 “Somebody to Love” by: Queen

 “Somebody to Love” is an amazing song written by Freddie Mercury, lead singer in the band Queen. I believe it tells the story of a man trying to find love, and failing miserable. Throughout the song he is told he is crazy for thinking he can find love. The song ends with an impressive solo from Freddie.

 “In my Life” by: The Beatles

 “In my Life” a song about a life lived to its fullest, bringing light to the fact that many people who have made lifelong friends and kept these relationships into their senior years. Also gave people the realization that some people have watched their friends pass.

 “I will Survive” by: Gloria Gaynor

 “I Will Survive” was a way for Gloria Gaynor to give women who are feeling weak or helpless to feel stronger. This way Gloria’s way to empower women in the late 1970s. This song is an irrefutable classic.

  “Hey Jude” by: The Beatles

 “Hey Jude” was original named Hey Jules. The song was written by Paul McCartney, for John Lennon’s five-year-old son. John at the time was divorcing his wife, so Paul consoled Jules the only way he knew how. Knowing the background of the song makes it even more heartwarming.

 “Imagine” by John Lennon

 “Imagine” is a truly eye opening and controversial song at the time. The song on its own is truly beautiful, but it also brought many fears and problems that were surfacing at the time of the songs release. Including the struggle for any kind of equality in 1970.

 “Take Me To Church” by Hozier

 “Take Me to Church” is a more familiar song as it came out approximately 4 years ago. However, this song showed us the struggle of a people that are still being discriminated against. The video for this song is even more disturbing. Ending on a more positive note, the legalization of same-sex marriage in the US began less than 2 years after the release of this song.

  “When Doves Cry” by: Prince

 “When Doves Cry” is a song about an epic love that has ended. And after the love was gone, he started to second guess himself, and imagine that they were still together. Another well- known classic.

  “Jolene” by: Dolly Parton

I know I know, country music, but please just bear with me on this one. “Jolene” is a song about a husband and a wife that are far into their relationship, Dolly, putting herself in the place of the wife, knows that her husband wants to be with someone more beautiful. Dolly essentially begs Jolene, the women of her husband’s dreams, not to take her husband.

 “Hallelujah” by: Leonard Cohen

 “Hallelujah” is the definition of a song that tells a story. The song is about a man who was madly in love with a woman, but the more they were together the more they drifted apart. And in the end he had such a bad memory of it, that love was completely ruined for him.

 “Strange Fruit” Billie Holiday

 A truly disturbing song released in the late 1930s, contained multiple references to lynching and the beatings of African Americans. The songs title is a metaphor, since so many people were hung, all the trees were full. Therefore, in this song “Strange Fruit” is a reference to the bodies. Making “Strange Fruit” a reminder of one of the worst time periods in America.

 “Creep” by: Thom Yorke

 “Creep” quickly gained popularity for its realistic lyrics. The song is basically all the things we say to ourselves in our heads, when going through a rough time. Which earned this song the title of outsider anthem.

  “Light My Fire” by: The Doors

 A seemingly innocent song, “Light My Fire” is actually about a man who is trying to convince a woman to sleep with him. Not one of the most romantic ways to ask, but despite its dirty origination, the song gained immediate fame.

 Music is a very diverse art. There have been millions of bands and solo artists, Trillions of albums, and an infinite number of songs. All of the statements above are my opinion on these particular songs and what they are about. Every single one of these songs tells a story, which is why I consider them to be great songs. Here are some songs that I am listening to right now:

“You Give Love a Bad Name” by Bon Jovi, “Purple Rain” by Prince, “Play with Fire” by The Rolling Stones, and “Don’t Look Back in Anger” originally by Oasis. Hope you liked the songs.

[tomruffproject-blog]

100 Days, 100 Albums

Hi Friends:  As some of you know, on January 1st, I decided to embark on a little musical adventure of discovery, that I colorfully referred to as #100days100albums.  That project is coming to an end on April 10th, and I wanted to share some thoughts...   Back to the beginning, I did this for a few reasons… a long commute… a failed, fantasy football season and presidential election that left me wanting absolutely nothing to do with any podcasts whatsoever for a while… a newly acquired subscription to Apple Music, and all the albums that are available… and, a planned “lighter-touring-year” for many of my bands. I already had a pretty sizable music collection - spanning classic rock, 90s, jam bands, and a lot recently discovered jazz.  The bulk of my listening is typically a combination of live shows and albums from my favorite bands (the top 5 being Dave Matthews Band, Phish, the Grateful Dead, the Beatles, and Pearl Jam - in no particular order, but there’s also a lot of “2nd-tier” favorites as well).  You won’t find any albums by the “big-5" on this list, because this project was about taking a break, but you will find some albums from that “2nd-tier”.   The original plan was to revisit a lot of albums, that I hadn’t heard in years, but I set a goal of listening to AT LEAST 100 albums that I had never heard in their entirety before.  That means that I may have known certain songs from those albums, or, I may have known nothing at all.  As I start to write this (with a few days to go), I’m up to #108 (Innervisions by Stevie Wonder, if you were wondering), and by the time I publish this, I am hoping to get in a few more (Updated on 4/10 – I did).  In addition to the official list of “new" albums, I did manage to get to another 30+ of those “revisits”, which are not on this list, but if you’re wondering, included a lot of Led Zeppelin, the Who, Pink Floyd, the Doors, etc.  As for where the albums that are on the list came from - I asked friends, family, and co-workers for suggestions - and did my best to get to as many of them as possible.  I reached for albums that I had read about or heard about that sounded interesting. If you’re looking at this list, and thinking “where’s Abbey Road, Dark Side of the Moon, Music From Big Pink, and Let It Bleed, etc.?” - you won’t find those on here - or many others - as they’re just already favorites.  What I did do... I dug deeper into the back catalogs of bands that I didn’t know as extensively as I thought I did (i.e. Neil Young, and solo McCartney and Lennon).  I consulted the "Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums of All Time" list for ideas… and I looked at some of my wife Alexis’ favorite artists and albums.  She’s credited with getting me to listen to all 12 Billy Joel albums in time for the upcoming Dodger Stadium show, as well as some R.E.M., Elliot Smith, and Simon & Garfunkel among others.  When I found something I liked, I went down a rabbit hole.  That’s why you’ll find a lot of repeat and similar artists in here.  For every album I listened to, I read the Wikipedia article, and well, you start clicking, and next thing you know you’re reliving the British invasion…

You’ll notice that there is no jazz on this list.  I spent a large part of 2016 (especially the fall and holidays) in that space, and intentionally stuck to rock with this.  I’ll get back to jazz soon. Also, I didn’t review these individually, and I’m not going to, but I did want to highlight some things that I learned…  1) My tastes are flexible, but also kind of are what they are.  I discovered new bands and albums that I now love, but if I didn’t really care for a genre before, that didn’t really change. That being said, I completely appreciated everything I listened to in the last few months.   2) I didn’t really intend to focus this much on classic rock - but, when you research albums you "should have heard", most of them are... classic rock.  Maybe next time I’ll dig a little deeper into indy, or maybe rap… 3) Although so many of my personal favorite albums come from the CD era (being born in 1980 will do that), the compact disc was actually, IMO, the worst thing to ever happen to the album - not digital downloads and streaming.  Why? Easy - 60+ minutes is entirely too long… not just because of attention span - but also, because it takes a really special album to maintain quality for that long (aka no filler tracks).  It’s no coincidence that so many of the "greatest albums of all time" come from an era in which 38-45 minutes was the standard, and I think it’s great that in the iTunes era, albums have gotten shorter again.  There is less expectation of length, when you don’t have to “fill a disc”.  4) You’ll notice that I went through waves of specific artists and/or genres.  I listened to a lot of psychedelic rock.  I got on a Clapton kick (with Cream and Derek and the Dominos), and, I dug deeper into Jimi Hendrix, Warren Zevon, Bruce Springsteen, Dr. John, and most importantly Bob Dylan.  I was actually surprised by how many of their biggest albums I had never actually listened to all the way through before.   5) The 80s will never be my favorite era of music - and this applies to both 80s artists, and, albums by classic rock legends that were put out in the 80s.  The production, the synthesizers… in general, just not for me.   6) I still don’t love punk, but I am really glad to have listened to a few albums.  Can totally hear the influence on Pearl Jam, and other bands I do love.   7) The 60s was by far my favorite decade of this project - and I feel like I could easily find another 100 albums to dive in to. 8) I put all of these albums on a playlist to shuffle - so although I’ve only listened to most of them in their entirety once - I’ve been getting to know a lot of these songs and artists a lot better.  Now that I’m done, I can go back and re-listen to some of the ones that I really want to get to know better.  9) Here’s a few unexpected stand out albums/artists of note:

-Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights (Track 1, Last Train is a new favorite.  Interestingly, this was the first album, I listened to.)

-Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom (The best band I never knew I should have loved.  Thanks to Dave Matthews for having plugged them on a live album)

-Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (Don’t let the name trick you - this album is amazing.

-The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle (One of the stand-out albums from my tear through the British Invasion.)

-The Revivalists - Men Against Mountain (A new favorite modern band, which will be in heavy rotation for summer 2017.)

-Neil Young - On the Beach (I had never heard of this one, and it’s very chill.  My favorite of the “new to me” Young Albums)

-New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (Dug this enough to grab their new release that came out over the weekend.) 

-Chuck Berry - Berry On Top (I’ll be honest; I looked this up and listened to it the day he died.)

-Paul McCartney - McCartney 2 - (Noteworthy as the worst post-Beatles album by far - just listen to “Temporary Secretary” and bust out your WTF Emoji.)

-David Bowie - Hunky Dory (Which features my favorite Bowie song - Life On Mars.  2nd only to Ziggy Stardust IMO.) 

-13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (Another “band I wished I’d heard of years ago - if you like psychedelic rock.)

-Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (The album opens with Peaches en Regalia - one of my favorite Phish covers, and is like everything I love about jazz done with rock.  Very cool.)

And finally, there’s a lot that I couldn’t get to in the past 100 days, but I’ve got some summer tours to follow, and 2017 albums to focus on for a while.  I’m going to try to keep this going with #FullAlbumFriday for a while.    Here’s the full list of “first-time" albums, in order from January 1st to April 10th… 

1 - Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights 2 - Billy Joel - Piano Man 3 - Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South 4 - Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial 5 - Billy Preston - I Wrote a Simple Song 6 - Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom 7 - Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus 8 - The Doors - The Doors 9 - New Pornographers - Twin Cinema 10 - Billy Joel - Turnstile 11 - S.C.I. - 'Round the Wheel 12 - Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus 13 - Dr. John - In the Right Place 14 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? 15 - Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence 16 - U2 - Joshua Tree 17 - Crosby Stills, and Nash - Crosby Stills, and Nash 18 - Billy Joel - 52nd Street 19 - Cat Stevens - Tea For the Tillerman 20 - The Doors - Strange Days 21 - The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle 22 - Bruce Springsteen - Born In the U.S.A. 23 - The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo 24 - R.E.M. - Up 25 - Billy Joel - The Stranger 26 - Frank Zappa - Hot Rats 27 - Luther Allison - Bad News Is Coming 28 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis Bold of Love 29 - Mother Love Bone - Mother Love Bone 30 - Yes - Close to the Edge 31 - Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters 32 - Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon 33 - Billy Joel - Storm Front 34 - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (Self-Titled) 35 - Cream - Wheels of Fire 36 - Soul Coughing - Irresistible Bliss 37 - Buffalo Springfield (Self-Titled) 38 - The Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico 39 - Cream - Disraeli Gears 40 - Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain 41 - Lee Baines III & the Glory Fires - There Is a Bomb in Gilead 42 - Paul McCartney - McCartney 43 - The Meters - The Meters 44 - Janis Joplin - Pearl 45 - Derek & the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs 46 - The Revivalists - Men Against Mountains 47 - Traffic - Mr. Fantasy 48 - Elliott Smith - Figure 8 49 - Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again 50 - Billy Joel - An Innocent Man 51 - Santana - Abraxas 52 - The Hollies - Evolution 53 - The Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn 54 - Dr. John - In the Right Place 55 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Long After Dark 56 - Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding 57 - Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes 58 - The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 59 - Warren Zevon - The Envoy 60 - Neil Young - On the Beach 61 - 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Elevators 62 - Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Armed Forces 63 - The Yarbirds - Roger the Engineer 64 - David Bowie - Station to Station 65 - Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vidda Baby 66 - Bob Dylan - Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan 67 - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks 68 - Ry Cooter - Into the Purple Valley 69 - Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler - Neck and Neck 70 - Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde 71 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland 72 - Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues 73 - Billy Joel - River of Dreams 74 - Jeff Beck - Truth 75 - The Doors - Waiting For the Sun 76 - Radiohead - Hail to the Thief 77 - Soundgarden - Superunknown 78 - Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram 79 - R.E.M. - Document 80 - Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow 81 - The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (UK) 82 - Yes - Fragile 83 - Chuck Berry - Berry Is On Top 84 - Moby Grape - Moby Grape ’69 85 - Bob Dylan - Bringing it All Back Home 86 - R.E.M. - Out of Time 87 - Peter Gabriel - So 88 - Huey Lewis - Sports 89 - The Ramones - Ramones 90 - Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color 91 - David Bowie - Hunk Dory 92 - Billy Joel - Cold Spring Harbor 93 - Talking Heads - 77 94 - Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 95 - Rush - Moving Pictures 96 - Bob Dylan - Desire 97 - Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska 98 - Flaming Lips - Transmissions From the Satellite Heart 99 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory 100 - John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band 101 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy & the Poor Boys 102 - Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison 103 - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 104 - David Bowie - Diamond Dogs 105 - Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols 106 - Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse 107 - Allen Toussaint - Sweet Touch of Love 108 - Stevie Wonder - Innervisions 109 - Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker 110 - Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town 111 - Talking Heads - Remain In Light 112 - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 113 - Neil Young (Self Titled)

  Special thanks to everyone who gave me suggestions over the last few months, and to anyone who is still reading this!

 As for this week… it’s Pearl Jam week, in honor of their Hall of Fame induction…

-Tom

  *Apparently I am not the first person to use this #100days100albums hashtag...