In the aftermath of We are the World, Ronnie James Dio did his own metal version of a charity song - "Stars". The album from this came out 1 Jan 1986; came out under the name "Hear N Aid". Had dozens of metalheads on it. I still have my cassette of this 40yrs later! Needs a reprint BIG TIME.

Spinning my first vinyl of 2026. It's the 1983 Iron Maiden classic, "Piece of Mind". I bought this new back in 83, but on cassette. I never owned this on vinyl until now as it was a 2025 Christmas present. Probably my favorite overall Maiden album. #vinyl #nowplaying #vinylcommunity #UpTheIrons

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Voyager Ep 4 - Time and Again - 30 Jan 1995 1/2 Two eps in a row with an "alternate reality" theme - an early trend. This one shows a bit of what Kes' mental powers are about. It also has a feel of a standard "explore a planet" feel that you'd get in a Trek ep with all

Spinning my last vinyl of 2025. It's the 2025 Christmas album by Stryper titled "The Greatest Gift Of All". As long as Stryper has been around, surprised they haven't done a Christmas album before. Been listening to them since the 80's. Isiah 53:5. #vinyl #nowplaying #vinylcommunity

@jonnymorris.bsky.social I just saw this post from 9 months ago. Dude. Laughed my ass off at that. Top shelf dad joke there.

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Voyager Ep 3 - Parallax - 23 Jan 1995 1/2 The first "regular" ep is one that I had forgotten happened this quick - the good old "alternate reality" story. This one ends up with two Voyagers, something we'll see several other times thru the series run. We also spend some

Joe's Christmas Music 30/30 - "Wizards in Winter" by Trans-Siberian Orchestra (aka Savatage) #GoodChristmasMusic My last song is fairly well known for light displays - in fact the band has one as the official video! I have this on here because I have strong memories of my daughter jamming out hard.

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Voyager Eps 1/2 - Caretaker - 16 Jan 1995 1/3 Back to Trek with Voyager. At the time I thought it was a cool idea setting the ship so far away from Starfleet, but in practice I found I missed the trappings of that. I do remember on OG viewing disagreeing with Janeway's

I got impatient. Didn’t want to wait and did the Star Trek Voyager pilot today. Will post about it in a little while after I get home from dinner. 🖖 #StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek

#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 26 - "Star One" - 3 Apr 1979 1/3 The S2 finale brings to a head Blake's attempts to attack the Federation. He finally does - reading the elusive Star One. But it's not as simple as "attack them". There's an invading fleet to deal with, too. Overall the drama works

Joe's Christmas Music 29/30 - "Carol of the Bells" by Gary Hoey #GoodChristmasMusic A name that doesn't get brought up enough, but Hoey can play. Ran across this some years ago at an Xmas lights display, and it's been in my head since. Great guitar work here. Really should listen to more of him.

#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 25 - "The Keeper" - 27 Mar 1979 1/2 The penultimate S2 ep shows a full on race to find the location of Star One, based off events from the last ep. This is another ep I didn't remember at all. It's also not one of my fav plots - they land on a planet with a culture

Joe's Christmas Music 28/30 - "Father Christmas" by The Kinks #GoodChristmasMusic As I get towards the end of my list, we're back to rock. I couldn't NOT have this classic by the Kinks on my list of Christmas music somewhere. The band in Santa outfits in the video is pretty darned amusing to me.🤣

#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 24 - "Gambit" - 20 Mar 1979 1/2 The search for Star One is on - leads them to a place called Freedom City, which originally had Cally & Jenna acting like women in a scripted but cut sequence. This story was written by Who writer Robert Holmes. It clearly has his

Joe's Christmas Music 27/30 - "The 12 Days of Christmas" by Straight No Chaser #GoodChristmasMusic The last by SNC on my list is their best. This version is the original from 1998 - it's the entire reason I listen to them at all. Love how this musically goes all over the place - still damn funny.

Joe's Christmas Music 26/30 - "Nutcracker" by Straight No Chaser #GoodChristmasMusic The acapella group hits my list again with this song that's basically about how bad it is to actually see the Nutcracker live, and how they try to get out of it. Not the most well known track, but I loved it! :)

#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 23 - "Voice From the Past" - 13 Mar 1979 1/2 Blake is bothered by dreams, which seem to be bringing back his Federation conditioning from the pilot. It's driven him to a bad mental state, bordering on insanity. It's all part of a Federation plot to trap Blake by

Zari doing what he does best on Caturday. #Caturday

#AllMyVinyl #158 - "Killing the Dragon" by Dio. #nowspinning #vinylcommunity #vinyl Back to my vinyl series with the penultimate Dio studio album. Killing the Dragon has some killer shit on it and some less stellar stuff. But overall, a good studio album with some great bangers. My thoughts here.

#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 22 - "Countdown" - 6 Mar 1979 1/2 A bunch of rebels take over a Federation base, but the Federation officers implement a nuclear solution. They set off a countdown for a bomb that will kill all life on the planet, but not the buildings. They can't fix it, so Blake

Joe's Christmas Music 25/30 - "The Christmas Can-Can" by Straight No Chaser #GoodChristmasMusic The acapella group does this song about the US culture and Christmas with things happening more out of their defined time they're supposed to. It's got a nice fast beat and a lot of jokes. #Ho

#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 21 - "Hostage" - 27 Feb 1979 1/2 The Liberator gets hugely outgunned; they barely escape. Right after that they get a peace offer from an unlikely source - Travis, who has now gone rogue from the Federation. Travis wants he and Blake to pool their resources to

Joe's Christmas Music 24/30 - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by @iommi.com & Ronnie James Dio #GoodChristmasMusic The most metal song on the playlist is today's choice. It's half of Black Sabbath and the "Dio" the band doing this Christmas classic. Iommi's guitar makes for a heavy Christmas classic!

Merry Christmas from Santa Plissken.

Now spinning one of my wife's favs for Christmas Eve - Bonanza: Christmas on The Ponderosa. This vinyl is an OG print from 1963 that used to belong to her parents. Was a family tradition for them when she was a kid. It's important to me to keep that going today. #vinylcommunity #vinyl #nowspinning

#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 20 - "Killer" - 20 Feb 1979 1/2 Blake & crew visit a space station to gain a part they need to break a new Federation comms code. While there they both run across a spaceship with a dead guy who carries a plague. It gets loose of course, it's a race to survive.

Joe's Christmas Music 23/30 - "12 Days of Christmas" by Bob & Doug McKenzie #GoodChristmasMusic Was a big fan of SCTV so when Moranis & Thomas released this comedy album AS Bob & Doug McKenzie, I snapped it up. Their bizarre rendition of 12 Days to this day is in my mind when I hear the real one.

Joe's Christmas Music 22/30 - "Christmas with a Capital C" by Go Fish & Brad Stine #GoodChristmasMusic First heard this at a Christmas light display many yrs ago. Loved it, so here it is. A mostly comedic track about our culture having leaned towards saying "Happy Holidays" vs "Merry Christmas".

Frosty is hitting the egg nog a bit early.

#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 19 - "Trial" - 13 Feb 1979 1/2 Two VERY distinct plots here. One involves Blake seeking time away from the crew to contemplate life after the death of Gan. The other is Travis put on trial for the murder of civilians, although he's being set up by Servalan. The

Watching the Saturday Night Live Christmas Special. It’s not Christmas until I see Will Ferrell spinning in circle throwing up.

#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 18 - "Pressure Point" - 6 Feb 1979 1/3 OUTSANDING ep! First, it shows Travis not being a moron - and using Blake's personality against him, leading him into a trap. Travis actually would have won this if Servalan didn't let them go at the last min. It also shows

Joe's Christmas Music 21/30 - "Christmas in America" by Pat Benatar #GoodChristmasMusic In 2003, Pat released her singular BEST album - "Go". At the end was this song which just feels right to me, but then I am American. It does have these lyrics: "It's Christmas in America, God Bless the USA"

RIP Vince Zampella. Our deepest sympathies go out to Vince’s family, friends, and all who were touched by his work. He left an incredible mark on games and the FPS genre.

Joe's Christmas Music 20/30 - "Please Come Home for Christmas" by Pat Benatar #GoodChristmasMusic In 1991, Pat released a CRIMINALLY underrated "jump blues" album called "True Love". At the end of the album was this cover of "Please Come Home for Christmas". AWESOME track. Wish more people knew it.

@oliver-wake.bsky.social always good to meet another Doctor Who fan. Since Aug of 2021 I’ve been doing a daily ep from my tv past. That has included the entire run of Doctor Who: joesiegler.blog/doctor-who-m... Currently doing series B of Blake’s 7. My overall index: joesiegler.blog/marathons/

#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 17 - "Horizon" - 30 Jan 1979 1/2 I didn't remember this one at all - and I loved it. Blake & crew slowly go down to a planet that they first think is some rogue deep space planet, but turns out to be Federation base - but with Federation people that don't know who

Joe's Christmas Music 19/30 - "Gloria" by Michael W. Smith #GoodChristmasMusic This is probably the most "churchy" of any of the songs on here. I say that because it's on here due to a memory when my daughter was like 5 - she ran around the church when they played this as part of the pageant. :)

#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 16 - "Weapon" - 23 Jan 1979 1/2 This was an ep where both Blake and Servalan were going after a super powerful weapon. It was the first ep w/ the new Travis who was OK, but I liked the first better. There were a lot of parts of this that were overly dry and talky.

Joe's Christmas Music 17/30 - "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Andy Williams #GoodChristmasMusic The last of the classical section of my Christmas list has this from Andy Williams - something that can really be called a "classic". While I'm a metalhead, I can appreciate a well sung song.

#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 15 - "Shadow" - 16 Jan 1979 1/2 This one I found odd - Blake was trying to infiltrate a criminal group called the Terra Nostra, but I wasn't entirely sure WHY. There was a plot with an alien life form using Orac to manifest in our dimension. It involved Cally and

@musicbox007.bsky.social Tried going to the IG profile you have linked here, and got this.

Joe's Christmas Music 17/30 - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by Tony Bennett #GoodChristmasMusic Deep into the classic portion of my list here - gotta love me some Tony Bennett. Have always loved this sound of his. Probably why I always dug Setzer's Orchestra too. #YouBetterNotCry

#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Ep 14 - "Redemption" - 9 Jan 1979 1/2 Series B starts with an ep that on first viewing I quite liked, but doesn't seem to hold up dramatically. The Liberator is captured by the folks who originally made it. Blake & crew are to be executed - most of the time is spent

Joe's Christmas Music 16/30 - "Jolly Old St. Nicholas/Little Drummer Boy" by Ray Conniff #GoodChristmasMusic This is one that is a strong emotional draw. My wife and her parents used to listen to this whole album as routine Christmas activity. Over the years it's grown on me - love this LP leadoff.

Isn't this kind of bloat that killed Netscape originally, forcing it to morph into Mozilla to escape that nonsense in the first place? #ScrewAI

Following a competitive pitch process, British animation studio Blue Zoo has secured the contract to produce a brand new Doctor Who pre-school animation for CBeebies and BBC iPlayer. #DoctorWho www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

David was kind enough to sit down with me this year, and when I tell you - he's a funny, ridiculous man, he made me laugh for an hour. If there's anything at all you can do - the man invented Tribbles! :) #StarTrek www.gofundme.com/f/david-gerr...

#B7Marathon #Blakes7 Blake's 7 Marathon update As of today, 16 Dec 2025 - I received the blu-ray for Series 2 (or Series B) of Blake's 7 in today. Ripping to my computer has already begun, and the Blake's 7 Marathon will re-commence again tomorrow with S2. After that, Star Trek Voyager on Jan 1.

Joe's Christmas Music 15/30 - "I Saw Three Ships" by Sting #GoodChristmasMusic This is short, but I always loved Sting's take on this song. It's the same beat thru the whole thing, but think his voice works well here. It comes from a series of Xmas albums from the 80's "A Very Special Christmas".