Feeling Restless
Monday, March 7, 2022 at 04:01PM My cat Roosevelt kept waking me up last night. He likes to walk on me and at one point literally dive-bombed by chest to wake me up. Why? He was bored and wanted to play. Eric just swats him away and immediately goes back to sleep. I'm an incredibly light sleeper so any noise or movement usually causes me to stir. So at one of my many wakeful moments last night, I was laying in bed thinking about a post for this site. I had a pretty good idea going and was drafting in my head. Too bad I can't remember any of it.
Like, I've been writing for work for about seven hours straight now and my brain is just mush. I keep trying to remember my idea but I can't. It's infuriating. I can't tell you how many times this happens to me. I literally can't remember any of my site ideas anymore. I should keep a notepad by the bed for reminders I guess but then I'd have to turn on the light and wake myself up even more. It's a whole big thing.
To the folks freaking out, worrying I don't appreciate Pat Benatar (see Sunday's post) - have no fear, I like her a lot! She just got missed on the list and I agree that she can absolutely wail and in a good way!
I noticed on Reddit a bunch of folks talking about songs they can't stand to hear anymore and I chuckled. Every song listed is also in my "never again" file. Like, I never need to hear "Welcome To The Jungle Again" except when my Cincinnati Bengals run onto the field. One of the comments was about Sirius radio and how the focused stations are smart but so predictable. Literally, one guy has the exact same presets as me: Hair Nation, Ozzy's Boneyard, Classic Vinyl, 80s on 8, etc. He said he can predict every song that will be played each day and he's right. There are no deep cuts on those stations. I do listen to Deep Tracks a lot and that has some more unique songs, but it is not strictly hair metal.
I sort of wonder if the cyclical burnout of songs has to do with the seasons and the pandemic? People are edgy and eager to break free of the cold and the ways things have been for the past couple of years. Everything feels restless - at least to me. Of course there is major unrest in eastern Europe now and that doesn't help. The summer concert announcements are rolling out daily it seems, but I haven't noticed much to pique my interest and push me to spend over $100 for crappy nosebleeds... yet, at least. Spring is here in 13 days and the time changes this weekend! I always feel more settled when the weather stays consistently warm and the days bright and long. Maybe then I'll be more in the mood to overpay for a concert or listen to "Hear I Go Again" - again - for the 1000th time.
Oh and this is still happening:
NIKKI SIXX On His War Of Words With EDDIE VEDDER: 'You Take A Swipe At My Band; I'll Take A Swipe At Your Band' https://t.co/ay7E3bLEMl pic.twitter.com/JUfZrFXsfy
— BLABBERMOUTH.NET (@BLABBERMOUTHNET) March 7, 2022
Reader Comments (3)
All good on topics ABC. Your consistency is amazing!
Pandemic-fuzz-brain? It's a thing. Deep in it, things moved fast and slow. Now, things just move. It is hard to focus. I get it.
Sirius/XM regurgitation of regurgitation? It's a thing. Deep tracks or cuts or whatever don't 'cut' it. They need to figure out that they will shed subscribers if they don't start altering their playlists.
Sixx trying to hold on to the spotlight, while attacking a twee musician who happens to be more popular than he is right now? That's a thing too. I won't rehash my previous post on this. But Vedder and Co. probably have a bigger audience right now than Sixx. That ain't saying much. Both are gasbags. But one happens to think he knows something we don't. Hint: school yard taunts are effective when you are trying to be an influencer with a paunch, a headband, and suspect hair underneath. Not. When you show up at Hot Topic and people think you are the greeter, you haven't aged well. But that tour is gonna be a wet mess of nostalgia, esp. if you have ear plugs!