Another week mostly in the books. Apart from recording my virtual Dragoncon set (and catching up with my friend running things) on Wednesday night, it was mostly just work, sinus drainage, bills, and exercise.

The lovely spouse and I did make a late night of it on Thursday heading out to the Drive-In to catch a pre-opening-day screening of Thor: Love & Thunder, which was nice, both because the movie was a lot of fun (though I suspect there’s 20-30 minutes useful exposition and entertaining b-plots that got cut in the interest of making a streamlined action-comedy ride), and, of course, the company.

That did get us home a bit late, but my body still woke me up mostly on time anyway. No worries; nothing significant on the agenda today (one catch-up meeting and some paperwork) and plans for a quiet evening at home tonight; I can rest.

Apart from that Maiden tribute show on Saturday night, the weekend looks pretty standard. Shopping, chores, and if those bike parts I’m expecting show up, maybe a little wrenching on the deck.

As for tunes this week, I’m skipping the usual “weekly discovery” playlist in favor of this one, inspired by the movie I saw last night. Taika Waititi’s take on the character is, frankly, delightful, this movie in particular leans into exactly the right kind of hair metal/hard rock nostalgia he plays with, and this playlist catches the spirit pretty well, and I’ve had #2 rolling on my internal soundtrack nonstop since the credits rolled. \m/ :

1. “Hammer To Fall” – Queen
2. “Rainbow in the Dark” – Dio
3. “Don’t Stop Believin'”- Journey
4. “Livin’ On A Prayer” – Bon Jovi
5. “Blue Monday” – New Order
6. “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” – Van Halen
7. “Walk This Way” – Aerosmith
8. “Iris” – Goo Goo Dolls
9. “Thunderstruck” – AC/DC
10. “Paranoid” – Black Sabbath
11. “Seven Nation Army” – The White Stripes
12. “My Name Is Thunder” – Jet + The Bloody Beetroots
13. “Photograph” – Def Leppard
14. “Immigrant Song” – Led Zeppelin
15. “Crazy Train” – Ozzy Osbourne