Thank God I Got Rid Of That

Since it's no longer Christmas, holiday music has been wiped from my iPhone.  There's only so many times you can listen to different renditions of the same song, especially songs you hear year after year after year after year after...you get the point.  It's like if I would have had to take 2nd Grade mathematics every year until high school.

On related musical notes (no pun intended):

• Rumor has it (well, it's on their website) that Soundgarden is getting back together.  Can I get an Amen?  Can I get a hallelujah?
• HALLELUJAH.  AMEN.  And as Forrest Gump so eloquently spoke - "That's all I have to say about that."
• Spending time on the trainer during the winter does two things:  It gives me ample time to take in some basketball, and it gives me ample time to take in some music.
• Take a look at Five Finger Death Punch.  The riffs, the attitude, the angst - this music punches you in the face, kicks you in the balls, then picks you up by the throat and punches you in the face again.
• Which is exactly what I'm usually looking for on a trainer session.
• I just got done watching the documentary "Metal:  A Headbanger's Journey" on VH1 Classic.  It never gets old.  To see someone with an anthropology degree delve into the roots of heavy metal music, and get the introspective insight from Dee Snider, Rob Zombie, Ronnie James Dio, Bruce Dickinson (and the list goes on), man.  Well done.
• I've watched it probably 15 times.
• When people get excited about a new Metallica album, or a band like Soundgarden getting back together, or anything to connect the present with the past - is it nostalgia?  Or is it a possible solution to a shitty present music scene?
• Regardless - it's friggin' sweet.