The 1984 Music Project!

So, because I was turning 40 this past year, I started a bit of a project where I listen to a bunch of albums that are as old as I am.  I thought it would be fun to go through the year of 1984 and listen to the albums as they came out 40 years ago.  Basically, in chronological order.  I did a monthly report of the albums to a music server I’m on and then later decided I should collect my thoughts in a document.  Many of the albums are ones I've heard before, but I also threw in some ones that were new to me, spicing things up.  I tried to include each album's released date when I could, but some just had a month without a date (at least as best I as could tell).  Given my current listening tastes, a vast majority of this article is going to feature hard rock and heavy metal (though there are a few oddballs thrown in.)  This is going to be a long one, so settle in!

Recently Watched 2024 - Part Three

Well, dang.  I was hoping to get in a third film before the end of the year, but it didn't happen, for one reason or another, so here's two movie reviews to finish off last year.  Interestingly, they're both epic films building on franchises, and while neither were bad, they certainly had different ways of respecting the legacies they were building on.