I find recently that life isn’t about discovering yourself.  It’s about creating yourself.  The choices you make on a daily basis all add up to this grand vision of you.  The small and the big all have an effect.  And even when you think you’ve defined yourself well and have become fairly predictable, sometimes life will surprise you, and you’ll define yourself in a way you never expected to.  The process of the pains and triumphs is where the beauty lies.  Though most of us think we desire stability and predictability, it is the tumultuous, overwhelming, agonizing, jubilant, laugh til you cry, cry til you hurt moments that we use to define ourselves best.  If you aren’t having those moments on a regular basis…  YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG!

Kidding, of course.  Perhaps some people thrive in a life of predictability and stability.  Me…  I’ll take my chances on the wild side.

Here’s another sample of some new music!

That’s right.  This Thursday, January 26, in Memphis, TN, Order of Týr will be playing with RainbowDragonEyes and The Yippies!

$3.00.

9 pm.

The Buccaneer.

Memphis, TN.

Come on.  You know it will be worth it.

We will be blacking out the site tomorrow in protest of SOPA, PIPA, and other web-endangering legislation that is before the U.S. Congress.

If you haven’t already, take some time to search and read up on these dangerous pieces of legislation.

So, I didn’t get a chance to do this right after the 1st, but as an ode to 2011, I thought I’d write up my top albums that I discovered in 2011 (that didn’t necessarily come out in 2011!).

Nocturnal Rites – The 8th Sin

Favorite Tracks: Leave Me Alone, Never Again, Not Like You, Not The Only, Me

Daft Punk – Tron Legacy

Favorite Tracks: TRON Legacy (End Titles), Adagio for TRON, Rinzler, Derezzed

Blind Guardian – A Twist in the Myth

Favorite tracks: Fly, The Edge, Another Stranger Me, Lionheart

New Kids on the Block

Favorite Tracks: Dirty Dancing, Looking Like Danger, Click Click Click, Full Service, Put It On My Tab

Symphony X – Iconoclast

Favorite Tracks: Dehumanized, Heretic, Children of a Faceless God,

Train – Save Me, San Francisco

Favorite Tracks: This Ain’t Goodbye, Parachute, Words

Kamelot – The Black Halo

Favorite Tracks: Soul Society, Abandoned, When the Lights Are Down, The Haunting (Somewhere in Time)

Jamiroquai – Rock Dust Light Star

Favorite Tracks: White Knuckle Ride, Angeline, She’s A Fast Persuader, Rock Dust Light Star

Van Canto

Favorite Tracks: Lost Forever, To Sing A Metal Song, The Tribe of Force, Master of Puppets, My Voice

Darren Hayes – Secret Codes and Battleships

Favorite Tracks: Taken By the Sea, God Walking Into a Room, Hurt, The Siren’s Call, Cruel Cruel World, Bloodstained Heart, Black Out the Sun