Free Speech For The Dumb - Metallica.  Not the best track on Garage Inc.

Lucy - Candlebox.  I dig it more than some, less than others.  Complete middle of the road song I guess.

Present Tense - Pearl Jam.  No Code is better than most give it credit for.  Between this and In My Tree it's every bit as good as Yield and blows Binaural and Riot Act out of the water. 

Mother Maria - Slash (Feat. Beth Hart).  It's a good enough song but I waffle on…

Pop 1 - Tomahawk.  One of the better tracks on the self titled disc.  Starts off moody and understated but builds nicely to a frenetic, mosh worthy loss of sanity.  This beat should have won Mike a Grammy.  

Kate - Ben Folds Five.  Meh, I've lost interest in Ben Folds Five as of late.  This song was great two years ago but is lackluster today.

40 Below - David Lee Roth.  This album came out much later in DLR's solo career but is enjoyable nonetheless.  Guess…

Dream In My Life - King's X.  The self titled album gets a bad wrap among the die hard fans but I've always dug it.  It's not Gretchen quality but there is plenty to enjoy, including this song.  The rock is undeniable.

The Beginning Of The End - Twilight Singers.  The wall of sound stuff combined with the falsetto creates an almost ethereal mood.  Not ethereal as in heavenly, more spacey, devoid of spirit but consumed with feeling.  Good stuff.

Pepper - Butthole…

Shoes - King's X.  Nice harmonizing happening on this one.  Doug gets all soulful with the lead vocals too.  Shoes is a standout song from a standout band.

Magic Fire Music - Wagner.  Wonderful.  Wunderbar.  The music, not Wagner's politics.

Crumble - Dinosaur Jr.  Congrats to me!  I spelled dinosaur without feeling self conscious about it and without looking it up.  The last two albums form Dinosaur Jr. are among my favorites.  Seems like J. has found a level…

The Thing That Should Not Be - Metallica.  This is the song that separates Master from Justice.  It doesn't really fit the rest of the album.  On its own, its a good enough song but compared to the rest of the album it falls flat.  There aren't the same kind of low spots on Justice.

Little Dolls - Ozzy Osbourne.  I like this song even though I don't know it by heart.  It's kinda disjointed but works well enough.

Gravemakers & Gunslingers - Coheed &…

Walking On Sunshine - Katrina And The Waves.  I'm trying to type in a regular, steady way but the beat is infectious.  Typing away to the beat is kinda fun!  Whoa-oh-oh YEAH!  I'd dance here in the living room but I fear my dog's judgement.  A+ of a song.

What It's Like - Everlast.  Dirty, dread-locked and full of mange is a good way to describe the kittens that have taken up residence here on my property.  They'll go away if I ignore them, right?  I hope to never find out…

Mr. Scary - Dokken.  This is all George Lynch.  The name Dokken is irrelevant here.  ROCK!  Mick Brown and Jeff Pilson are bringing the goodness too.

Step Into The Light - The Afghan Whigs.  Not feeling it right now.  Best heard in the full context of the album.

They Ride - Twilight Singers.  Powder Burns is my least favorite Dulli fronted album.  This song is one of my least liked on Powder Burns.  Meh.

Custom Concern - Modest Mouse.  Another…

New World Order (Demo) - Megadeth.  Nicely produced for a demo.  Still lots of room for improvement though.

Sweet Salvation - The Cult.  Good ballad.  The black woman chorus is a bit much.  Got notice from Ticketmaster that they are playing in my area again soon.  They were played the same venue a little over a year ago.  They must do well there.  I will definitely be be there.

The Hound (Of Blood And Rank) - Coheed & Cambria.  Just ordered the two disc's of…

Pop Shit - Old Dirty Bastard/Neptunes.  The absolute greatest ODB song.  They lyric "coked out in Peru" is fantastic.  "They tried to kill O in prison, yo" is equally fantastic.  Great production too.

Hot To Death - Everlast.  Metal flavored hip hop.  It isn't always a bad thing.  Everlast is a rocker at heart and gets a rock pass when he ventures into the rock realm.   ROCK!

Cavalries - Mute Math.  Got this album on a bit of a whim but I'm glad I did.  If they…

Ah Ha - Butthole Surfers.  Best song on Electriclarryland.  Even better than Pepper.  It's refined punk.  Most punk could use a little refining.  Raw punk is tough to swallow.

Destroyer Of Senses - Shadows Fall.  Metal, on the other hand, can be too refined.  This is outright over produced.  Any aggression has been sanitized to the point of annoyance.  Shadows Fall would be better served with a different producer.

Home Sick Home - Faith No More.  Good song but…

Wicked Sensation - Lynch Mob.  Nice riff there Lynchy.  Don't know if I like Oni Logan as a vocalist though.  He's very... um...  bland.  Luckily George can rock shit correct like.  That being said, the blues break in the middle nearly ruins the song.  Blues breaks aren't good for anything other than pissing me off.

Surgical Strike - Queensryche.  Rage is the domination and Surgical Strike is a decent chunk of the dominion of domination.  I can't put my finger on it but…

Hate Train - Metallica.  Beyond Magnetic might be better than Death Magnetic.  It's not Justice quality but it definitely rocks harder than a hard rock.  Or something.  Aside from the quality of rockitude here, Hate Train is a deviant sex act that involves at least three people and two races.  This kind of music would have saved the Black album in my mind.

Kalamazoo - Primus.  The place specific Primus songs are always gems.  Small cities and towns are filled with interesting…

Drifting - Pearl Jam.  There is a lot of crap in the Pearl Jam catalog.  This song is a part of said crap.

Sweet Smell Of Success - Tomahawk.  One of the better songs on the self titled disc.  For the most part, there's too much native American influence (chanting, mysticism, spirituality, etc) on that album.  Mit Gas is a much better CD top to bottom.

Summer's End - Foo Fighters.  My least favorite Foo Fighters album.  Too much 70's arena rock for my liking.…

Stone Dead Forever - Metallica.  One of the few covers that Metallica failed to surpass the original.  Lemmy can't be beat.  Its good to honor him though and I think Metallica did a good job in that regard.

Papillon - Twilight Singers.  Top 5 banjo-centric songs ever.  Great music to relax to and inspire reflection.  It's the bomb-bizzle.  Or something like that.  It's been a long while since I've paid attention to new slang.

Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers.…

Cradle - The Joy Formidable.  The best new band so far of the twenty-teens.  No pretentious hipster shit or piling on a superlative here.  They are a legitimately great rock band.

Plush - Stone Temple Pilots.  Hey now, another legitimately great rock band.  This is a definite Pearl Jam rip off though.  Glad they grew beyond that.

Over Now - Alice In Chains.  Great rock band part 3 just popped up on all y'all's asses.  For real, yo.  Only critique is that the…

Amongst The Waves - Pearl Jam.  Ugh.  Uninspired Pearl Jam is garbage.  There's no passion here, no reason to make the listener pay attention.  Oh Pearl Jam is still capable of making magical new music but they're tired and the great stuff only hits few and far between.  Guess I'll keep trying and hoping for a little magic.

Bothered - Candlebox.  Candlebox has been hitting with some frequency.  Guess iTunes wants me to like them.  This song is trying to good.  Not feeling the…

Speechless - School Of Fish.  All around great song.  One of the first CDs I ever had.  Had to play it through a DiscMan that I rigged to work with my car stereo.  Sounded really good for what it was.  School Of Fish was definitely one of those kick the dirt while feeling self conscious and sorry for yourself kind of bands but that has it's place.  

Be Invited - Twilight Singers.  More slowed down kick the dirt, woe is me music.  This is more sinister, complete with guns and…

Poison Apples - Motley Crue.  No sir.  I don't like it.  Corabi is a nice guy and all but his voice doesn't fit.  This song is shitty too.  Not what I want from a Crue song.  No riff, no real hook.  Poopsies.

Southbound Pachyderm - Primus.  I can almost play this song on bass.  It's the only one I can even come close to.  As such, I love it.  Beyond that, it's so different from a regular Primus song that you kinda have to pay attention.  It's a straight line, not too many…

Room For One More - Anthrax.  I thoroughly enjoy this song.  Mr. Bush stepped in and helped create the best Anthrax album out of the box.  Worship Music probably usurped White Noise though.  Not bad for a replacement singer.  Wish Metallica could have retained this kind of hard edge on the Black Album.

Slota Prow - Full Armor - Woven Hand.  Not much to say here.  Violins and some kind of guttural chanting.   Weird percussion just kicked in.  There's almost a Jewish Russian…

Another Day In Paradise - Phil Collins.  I'll be damned if Phil Collins doesn't make excellent music.  Another standard for a generation right here.  If I had emotions I might get emotional over it, maybe weepy.  I like the 80's sounding electric drums and that his bassist looked exactly like my 10th grade biology teacher too.

Space Farm - Primus.  This sounds exactly like a space farm.  I know from experience.  I come from a long line of space farmers.  They raise space cows…