Day 43. 2/12/26. Album of the day: “Rebel Yell”, by Billy Idol. Released in 1983. Had this on tape and used an answering machine as my stereo and ran this thing out. Had the 1981 EP “Don’t Stop” as well, but “Rebel Yell” is just 🔥. Start-to-finish, solid album. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 42. 2/11/26. Album of the day: “Let God Sort Em Out”, by Clipse. Released in 2025. Favorite tracks: “The Birds Don’t Song”; “Chains & Whips”; “P.O.V”; “So Be It”; “Ace Trumpets”; “M.T.B.T.T.F”; “E.B.I.T.D.A”; and “Inglorious Bastards”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 41. 2/10/26. Album of the day: “Metallica (The Black Album)”, by Metallica. Released in 1991. Favorite tracks: “Enter Sandman”; “Sad But True”; “The Unforgiven”; “Wherever I May Roam” ; “Nothing Else Matters”; and “My Friend Of Misery”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 40. 2/9/26. Album of the day: “This Is How We Do It”, by Montell Jordan. Released in 1995. Favorite tracks: “Somethin’ 4 Da Honeyz”; “This Is How We Do It”; “Comin’ Home”; and “Gotta’ Get My Roll On”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 39. 2/8/26. #1 Album of the day: “Hybrid Theory”, by Linkin Park. Released in 2000. Was given the EP at a show. Played the hell out of it. Bought the full album when released. Played the hell out of it. OG album that is a benchmark in my life. #latepost #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 38. 2/7/26. #2 Album of the day: “Reanimation (REAИIMATIOИ)”, by Linkin Park. Released is 2002. A collection of some of the best remixes of some of their best songs. This album was on heavy rotation in my world in ‘02. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 37. 2/6/26. #3 Album of the day: “Meteora”, by Linkin Park. released in 2003. Legit sophomore release. Even rivals the first studio album in some respects. Start-to-finish, this is a solid collection of 🔥 tracks. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 36. 2/5/26. #4 Album of the day: “A Thousand Suns”, by Linkin Park. Favorite tracks: “Burning in the Skies”; “When They Come For Me”; “Waiting for the End”; “Wretches and Kings”; “Wisdom, Justice, and Love” (MLK, Jr.); and “The Catalyst”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 35. 2/4/26. #5 Album of the day: “Minutes to Midnight”, by Linkin Park. Released in 2007. Favorite tracks: “Given Up”; “Bleed It Out” (1 of all-time favorites); “What I’ve Done” (could have been Soundtrack Saturday selection); “The Little Things Give You Away”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 34. 2/3/26. #6 Album of the day: “LIVING THINGS”, by Linkin Park. Released in 2012. Favorite tracks: “LOST IN THE ECHO”; “BURN IT DOWN”; and “LIES GREED MISERY” (1 of my all-time favorites). #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 33. 2/2/26. Mixing it up. This week I will post 7 albums by 1 band in order of 7th to 1st. #7 Album of the day: “The Hunting Party”, by Linkin Park. Released in 2014. Favorite tracks: “Guilty All the Same” (Featuring Rakim); “Until It’s Gone”; and “Final Masquerade”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 32. 2/1/26. Album of the day: “Use Your Illusion I”, by Guns N’ Roses. Released in 1991. Favorite tracks are the 3 singles released from this album: “Live and Let Die”; “Don’t Cry”; and “November Rain”. #albumoftheday #aotd

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Day 31. 1/31/26. Album of the day: “Soundtrack for Queen of the Damned”. Produced by Jonathan Davis and Richard Gibbs. Released in 2002. Soundtrack Saturday with this nu metal monster. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 30. 1/30/26. Album of the day: “Stone Cold Rhymin’ “, by Young M.C. Released in 1989. Needed to post an album that has the energy I am trying to find on this Friday. Absolute banger of an album and such a time capsule of late 80s rap. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 29. 1/29/26. Album of the day: “Kick”, by INXS. Released in 1987. I had the pleasure of seeing them perform live at Irvine Meadows. Front-to-back, an absolute 🔥 album. Contains 2 of my all time (no exaggeration) favorite tracks: “Never Tear Us Apart” and “Mystify”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 28. 1/28/26. Album of the day: “Youngest in Charge”, by the rapper Special Ed. Released in 1989. Even to this day, an album I can listen to front to back and not skip one single track. Not many albums that reside in that space. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 27. 1/27/26. Album of the day: “Contraband”, by Velvet Revolver. Released in 2004. Favorite tracks: “Sucker Train Blues”; “Big Machine”; “Fall to Pieces”; “Headspace”; “Set Me Free”; “You Got No Right”; and “Slither”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 26. 1/26/26. Album of the day: “This Is Big Audio Dynamite”, by Big Audio Dynamite. Released in 1985. Favorite tracks: “Medicine Show”; “E=MC2”; “The Bottom Line”; and “Bad”. #albumoftheday #aotd #latepost

Day 25. 1/25/26. Album of the day: “No One Can Do It Better”, by The D.O.C. 1989. Favorite tracks: “It’s Funky Enough”; “Mind Blowin’ “; “Lend Me An Ear”; “Let The Bass Go”; “D.O.C. & the Doctor”; “No One Can Do It Better”; “The Formula”; and “Portrait of a Masterpiece”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 24. 1/24/26. Album of the day: “Songs From The Cool World”. Released in 1992. Soundtrack Saturday with this obscure album that is full of alternative and early-90’s electronic bangers. The soundtrack is far superior to the cinematic product. #latepost #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 23. 1/23/26. Album (EP) of the day: “No Fear”, by BLNDSIDE. Released in 2021. Need some musical motivation and went back to this EP for the energy from every track. Not everyone’s cup of tea. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 22. 1/22/26. Album of the day: “Synchronicity”, by The Police. 1983. Favorite tracks: “Synchronicity I”; “Walking In Your Footsteps”; “O My God”; “Miss Gradenko”; “Synchronicity II”; “King Of Pain”; “Wrapped Around Your Finger”; “Tea In The Sahara”; and “Murder By Numbers”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 21. 1/21/26. Album of the day: “Heart Shaped World”, by Chris Isaak. Released in 1989. Too many favorite tracks to list. Fun fact: I listened to “Wicked Game” on constant repeat and cried in my car-for, like, a really long time-when I thought a girl I liked did not like me. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 20. 1/20/26. Album of the day: “Speakerboxx/The Love Below”, by OutKast. Released in 2003. Too many 🔥 tracks to list. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 19. 1/19/26. Album of the day: “Seal (aka Seal II)”, by Seal. Released in 1994. Went back and forth deciding between this album and the 1991 release “Seal”, but this album holds up track-for-track. The 1991 album is strong in its own ways. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 18. 1/18/26. Album of the day: “Mixed Up”, The Cure. 1990. Favorite tracks: “Close to Me (Closest Mix)”; “Fascination Street (Extended Mix)”; “Lovesong (Extended Mix)”; “Pictures of You (Extended Dub Mix)”; “Hot Hot Hot!!! (Extended Mix)”; “In Between Days (Shiver Mix)”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 17. 1/17/26. “Swordfish <<The Album>>”, by Paul Oakenfold (and other artists). Released in 2001. Soundtrack Saturday with this banger of an album that is way better than the movie it accompanies. Front-to-back 🔥 electronica from the early 2000s. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 16. 1/16/26. Album of the day: “Tweekend”, by Crystal Method. Released in 2001. This album is 🔥. Favorite tracks: “PHD”; “Wild, Sweet and Cool”; “Roll It Up”; “Murder”; “Name Of The Game”; “Ten Miles Back”; and “Blow Out”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 15. 1/15/26. Album of the day: “Pyromania”, by Def Leppard. Released in 1983. Favorite tracks: “Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)”; “Photograph”; “Too Late For Love”; “Foolin’ “; “Rock Of Ages”; “Action! Not Words”; and “Billy’s Got A Gun”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 14. 1/14/26. Album of the day: “Hand on the Torch”, by Us3. Released in 1993. With its blending of jazz and hip hop, this was a game changer at its time. Solid album from the first track to the last track. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 13. 1/13/26. Album of the day: “Fashion Nugget”, by Cake. Released in 1996. Front to back, this album has one 🔥 track after another. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 12. 1/12/26. Album of the day: “Purple (stylized as 紫)”, by Stone Temple Pilots. Released in 1994. “Core” is 1A to this album. Favorite tracks: “Vaseline”; “Interstate Love Song”; “Still Remains”; “Big Empty”; “Unglued”; and “Kitchenware & Candybars”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 11. 1/11/26. Album of the day: “The Lateness of the Hour”, by Alex Clare. Released in 2011. Favorite Tracks: “Up All Night”; “Treading Water”; “Too Close”; “Humming Bird”; “Hands Are Clever”; and “Sanctuary”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 10. 1/10/26. Album of the day: “The Lost Boys Soundtrack”. Soundtrack Saturday. If you are not envisioning a jacked, shirtless, oiled-up, ponytail, sax playing guy. . . Favorite tracks: “Good Times”; “People Are Strange”; “Cry Little Sister”; “I Still Believe”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 9. 1/9/26. Album of the day: “Gorillaz”, by the virtual band Gorillaz (music by Damon Albarn and other artists; stylized by Jamie Hewlett). This was so new and so different at its time; it was just shocking. Top to bottom, a solid listen. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 8. 1/8/26. Album of the day: “Aja”, by Steely Dan. Released in 1977. 40 minutes of magnificent musical production. So much nostalgia wrapped up in this album. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 7. 1/7/26. Album of the day: “Church of Scars”, by Bishop Briggs. Released in 2018. Favorite tracks: “Tempt My Trouble”; “River”; “Lyin’ “; “Wild Horses”; “Hallowed Ground”; “The Fire”; and “Hi-Lo (Hollow)”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 6. 1/6/26. Album of the day: “Ten”, by Pearl Jam. Released in 1991. When people ask what albums you would have with you if ever stranded on an island, this album is always on my list. Favorite tracks: “Alive”; “Black”; “Even Flow”; “Once”; “Release”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 5. 1/5/26. Album of the day: “The Way I Feel”, by Remy Shand. Released in the US in 2002. Front-to-back; top-to-bottom; track-for-track, this entire album is very listenable. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 4. 1/4/26. Album Of The Day: “This Is War”. Thirty Seconds To Mars. Released in 2009. Favorite tracks: “Kings And Queens” and “Closer To The Edge”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 3. 1/3/26. Album of the Day: “Batman (Soundtrack)”, by Prince. Released in 1989. Soundtrack Saturday with this album that is a core memory for me; this album produced some fun and complimentary tracks to the Tim Burton movie, especially “Batdance” and “Partyman”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 2. 1/2/26. Album of the day: “Dream Into Action”, by Howard Jones. 1985. Had this on vinyl, along with many 12” vinyl versions (all in various neon colored sleeves) of mixes of songs from this album. Favorite tracks: “No One Is to Blame” and “Like to Get to Know You Well”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 1. 1/1/26. Album of the day: “1984”, also “MCMLXXXIV”. Van Halen. Released in January 1984. 1st cassette I ever owned that was gifted to me along with my first boom box stereo on my 11th birthday. Favorite tracks: “I’ll Wait”; “Panama”; and, of course, “Hot For Teacher”. #albumoftheday #aotd

Day 365. 12/31/25. “Last Poem”. Ronald Johnson. #poemaday365

Day 364. 12/30/25. “When I hear my mama sing”. Aaron Coleman. #latepost #poemaday365

Day 363. 12/29/25. “Me Mondays”. #latepost #poemaday365

Day 362. 12/28/25. “Inform Yourself Completely”. Norma Farber. Spiritual Sunday with this introspective poem. #latepost #poemaday365

Day 361. 12/27/25. “Rhinestone Eyes”. Song lyric Saturday with this 2010 track by Gorillaz. #latepost #poemaday365

Day 360. 12/26/25. “A Cup of Tremblings”. John Hollander. #poemaday365