Steel Sponge

ah yes, just what the pop charts needed...

a ub40 throwback

Alright, last alt chart top/bottom 10 roundup before I get to 2019's:

Steel's bottom 10 Alternative charting songs for 2017:

10. "Feels Like Summer" - Weezer
9. "Legends" - Sleeping with Sirens
8. "Believer" - Imagine Dragons
7. "Sweet Disaster" - DREAMERS
6. "Good Morning" - Grouplove
5. "Fire Escape" - Andrew McMahon In the Wilderness
4. "Vacation" - Dirty Heads
3. "Take It All Back" - Judah & The Lion
2. "Rx (Medicate)" - Theory of a Deadman
1. "Middle Fingers" - MISSIO

Steel's top 10 Alternative charting songs for 2017:

10. "The Violence" - Rise Aganist
9. "She Said" - Sundara Karma
8. "Less Than" - Nine Inch Nails
7. "Perfect Places" - Lorde
6. "The Man" - The Killers
5. "Blame" - Bastille
4. "The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness" - The National
3. "Green Light" - Lorde
2. "Somebody Else" - The 1975
1. "Hard Times" - Paramore

Alright. I got my top 10 list for 2017 in animated TV and film completely set up. I guarantee that my review will be out by this Thursday or Friday.

An exclusive look at why my upcoming one-shot story is taking as long as it is to write up:

This is 3/4 into the story's completion btw.

As a random hot take from me, I'd never image that I would turn a complete 180 towards my feelings on a particular song, but "Riptide" by Vance Joy has become a definite example of a song that I used to really like but I now can't really stand.

It's not close to my bottom 10 in terms of the year-end hot 100 list for 2015, but the more I delve into the song, I've since felt that it's pretty much "I'm Yours" except on a ukulele and if it tried to be thought-provoking. The one major pitfall that I've had with "Riptide" is that its lyrics mean and suggest absolutely nothing, as well as the mere fact that the song is practically a mish-mash of half-baked songwriting ideas.

I was easily captivated by the melody, the creative input for its lyrics, and the build-up towards the bridge, but nowadays, I can't feel that same way.

Also, I wouldn't call it a complete 180, but I'm also willing to admit that my thoughts on "Want U Back" by Cher Lloyd has grown on me since when I've disliked it for quite a long time. i'm sorry

Before my next avatar-related takeover starts during this year's Snowcember Ball, I'd like to know what some of you guys think is the best Christmas special (besides "Christmas Who?")

but just like the Battle of Troy, there nothing's subtle here. 

cousin mel's attorney i.m. slime.

you said, it not me.

daily reminder to all that Alpha and Omega had spawned seven sequels.

eating food is what they do and they don't do it for you

For those who are interested to see me on there, I now have an account on RateYourMusic:

https://rateyourmusic.com/~Steel_Sponge

For those who are wondering how much progress I'm making towards my 2017 list for the year in animation, that is going to wait long until the same month I got my 2015 lists out, preferably by the time my summer break starts. Right now I'm hoping I can get that out before midyear list season.

For those who are wondering how much progress I'm making towards my 2014 list for the year in animation, I have most of my shortlist crossed out. There's a couple more foreign animated films I need to watch, one more series I need to catch up on, and one more series I need to start watching. I should definitely get my list out by the summer.

For those are waiting for my next FOP season review, I should get that out by the end of this month. It's going to take some time because Abra-Catastrophe! had given me so much ground to cover.

For those who want to know how much progress I've made with my top 10 animated shows/movies list, I currently have a lock on 7 of these things, so I need three more contenders. This could spoil the future of what the list might look like, but some examples of shows and movies I need to get into include Sausage Party, Kung Fu Panda 3 and all of MLP Season 6.

As for my bottom/top ten lists for the hit songs of 2016, I've just finished thinking through my choices for each one. I thought I could've got it done earlier, but I had to do a lot of backpedaling.

Half-Life 3 confirmed.

trust me, i'm a wizard

Halibut blows

Here's a strange question I have for any other music fan on here. I've been thinking about making a supercut at some later point, so I'd like to know if anyone knows of a song or songs with a chorus that ends at "tonight."

Hey, it's December...and you know what that means?!??

GRANDPA'S GONNA SUE THE PANTS OFF OF SANTA- but he's also suing me because I'm doing List Season too late. However, I am celebrating this season currently as Catch-Up Month.

Hey, look who's back.

(Also, by the time the Christmas SWYAD comes around, expect the return of Cousin Mel.)

hi, I'm the guy in the sweater who asks all of the obvious questions.

Honesty time: that best of animation 2018 list is very much not going to be completed before 2019 list season comes around, nor before 2020, so I will only be able to post the imminent list in my general reviewing thread. This time, it's not because I can't afford to see whatever it is I still need to see, but it's because I want to keep my focus towards continuing and finishing my spin-off writing career quicker and balancing it with my intent to get the 2018 animation review out sooner before this year's list season is a little too much of a workload for me.

Also, by the time 2019 list season does come, I will be spending time writing music reviews that will extend to a couple decade-end lists.

Hot take: "Santeria" by Sublime has aged quite poorly.

HOT TAKE: Rocket Power was a great cartoon and it brings me to shame that we now live in a time where it's now popular to hate it.

I am here also.

So proudly put on your SBCket-ears, it's time to meet the SBCketeers.

I don't know about you

But now I'm 22, I can put this joke to use.

I felt like Ultra Lord but now I'm ultra bored