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My music trends in 2020 with Last.fm

It looks like this year I really liked Hamilton again with Leslie Odom Jr. and Lin-Manuel Miranda tracks swapping places and both passing The Orion Experience, which was number one for the past two years yet fell to fourth this year. Jack Stauber’s Micropop and Shawn Wasabi are newcomers to the top!

Here’s my top 10 (as shown above but put into text in case the image breaks):

Rank	Artist	Scrobbles	2019 Rank	2019 Scrobbles
1	Leslie Odom Jr.	175	3	98
2	Lin-Manuel Miranda	164	2	105
3	Jack Stauber’s Micropop	115
4	The Orion Experience	100	1	111
5	Shawn Wasabi	81	16	17
6	Royal & the Serpent	75
7	Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton	62	12	21
8	Daveed Diggs	60	18	16
9	Звери	59	20	15
10	SilverLetomi performing a WoW parody of I’m Still Standing by Elton John (but scrobbling from YouTube yields an incorrect artist name)	57

My top albums aren’t a surprise given the artists

Rank	Album	Scrobbles	2019 Rank	2019 Scrobbles
1	Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) by Lin-Manuel Miranda	394
2	Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) by Various Artists	227	1	350
	(Above two combined)	621
3	Micropop by Jack Stauber’s Micropop	99
4	Cosmicandy by The Orion Experience	75	2	110
5	Overwhelmed by Royal & the Serpent	74
6 (tied)	Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum by Tally Hall	49	3	53
6 (tied)	Лучшие by Звери	49	9	15
8	Otter Pop (feat. Hollis) by Shawn Wasabi	41	98	2
9	In Character by Blood and Water	38
10	‘Cause I’m a Liar (Kokichi Oma Fan Song) by Mcki Robyns-P	28

My top tracks are mostly Hamilton!

Rank	Track	Scrobbles	2019 Rank	2019 Scrobbles
1	Overwhelmed by Royal & the Serpent	75
2	Guns and Ships by Leslie Odom Jr.	60	54	4
3 (tied)	I’m Still Standing by SilverLetomi	57
3 (tied)	Right Hand Man by Lin-Manuel Miranda	57	1	68
5	Guys Don’t Like Me by It Boys!	49	5	35
6	Aaron Burr, Sir by Lin-Manuel Miranda	48	14	13
7	Otter Pop (feat. Hollis) by Shawn Wasabi	41
8	Sleep It Off by Blood and Water	38	117	2
9	What’d I Miss by Daveed Diggs	37	12	13
10	The Reynolds Pamphlet by Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton	34	42	5

I certainly saw less live bands in 2020, which obvious.

Koo Koo Kanga Roo with Kepi Ghoulie at Chain Reaction

Wait, where’s number 2? There is no number 2.

But there were some virtual shows:

The Aquabats!: Kooky Spooky! Halloween Party!
The Aquabats!: Kooky Kristmas Party

I really hope we can get back to seeing live music next year!

Hello, 2015

Last year was a pretty fun year. I was pulled on stage during a clown show, went stand-up paddleboarding, and went wakeboarding. I attended Katie and Matt’s wedding. I started doing yoga this summer and have stuck with it consistently. I switched to a bodyweight workout routine and have been doing that regularly. San Diego Comic-Con was a lot of fun, and for the first time, the roles were reversed; people asked me for pictures. (I was in my Aquabats costume.)

I attended a ton of concerts, including but not limited to Reel Big Fish, The Maxies, The Originalites, The Aquabats, Koo Koo Kangaroo, GOGO13, Half Past Two, Sugar Stems, The Interrupters, The Holophonics, The Skatalites, Suburban Legends, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Los SuperSpies, and so many more. I watched a bunch of improv, mostly at ImprovCity and Spectacles. I attended some Risk! Live. I went to a Teenage Mutant Pizza Party and the Scott Pilgrim Picture Show with CinemAttack! There was Dapper Day, Walking with Dinosaurs, a Civil War reenactment, The Great Gatsby party, the OC Fair, and LA Kiss. There was some Yadi Presents burlesque, a performance of Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Big River – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Man of La Mancha, and other performances. Lots of fun stuff.

Edit: Oh, man, how can I forget the Tall Ships Festival or being a guest on the Twisted Nether Blogcast?!

Work continues to go well. I cleaned out my closet. And yes, that’s worth mentioning. I attended Henley’s first birthday party and gave him a big smile with his present. I finished off Mists of Pandaria and started Warlords of Draenor. Sorry, but a little video games had to leak into this too. I got my backlog (my list of games, books, movies, etc.) that were purchased but never finished down to 340, which is pretty good. When I started counting in April, I had 471 items that needed to be beat/watched/read. I got rear-ended while driving for the first time. That’s not really much of an accomplishment, but I handled it at least. It was my 10-year high school reunion a few months back, and that was a lot of fun. I also cooked a bunch – stuffed bell peppers, pizzas, calzones, salads, salami wraps, pork chops, steaks, a cake, lemon bars, brownies, and more delicious things. I, a straight man, went out for a drink with a man I met on a dating site. I got stung by way too many bees.

It was a cool year.

2015 started with a party with close friends. Just a minute or two into the year I got to witness a friend propose to his girlfriend.

We’re off to a good start.

San Diego Comic-Con Day 0 and Day 1: John DiMaggio, Martian Girl, the Aquabats, Geek & Sundry, and more!

Day 0 – Wednesday

We headed to San Diego on Wednesday after work. After checking in at the Westin Gaslamp Quarter, we took the shuttle to the Town & Country to pick up our badges. By the time we got back downtown, we were feeling hungry and at the Meze Greek Fusion. It was amazing! So many tasty things to eat. We ordered a ton, and everything was great.

Day 1 – Thursday

We started the day with the Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature panel that included Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files) and Marie Lu (Legend). It was pretty interesting.

We also headed to the I Know That Voice: Insights from the Cutting Room Floor panel. I hadn’t heard of I Know That Voice, but it’s a documentary produced by John DiMaggio (voice of Bender, Finn, and a bunch of other cool characters). It was really awesome to hear them talk about voice acting. gem even got a high five from John DiMaggio!

We tried lining up for a panel about NASA, but we didn’t get into it. Buzz Aldrin was there! Too bad I didn’t get to see him. However, there were people dressed as knights battling outside, and gem met one.

Martian Girl

When we were done with SDCC for the day, we headed to the House of Blues for the Aquabats concert! The Aquabats have a song called Martian Girl about a green-skinned, blue-haired Martian. This woman was cosplaying as the Martian Girl, and she was nice enough to take a photo with me. She looked amazing!

I also posed with the Battle Tram of course! The Aquabats played with Koo Koo Kangaroo as part of their twentieth anniversary tour. It was a great show! I bought a 20th anniversary tour t-shirt too. Antonio escaped to the back when the Aquabats took to the stage and the shoving started. I stayed with gem for a while but then let the crowd push me around. I also joined the circle in the back to do some moshing.

There was a battle on stage too as usual.

I had to record it.

After the concert, we showered and then headed to the Geek & Sundry Lounge for drinks and dancing. Now I’m best friends with Wil Wheaton. (Or it might have been a cardboard cut-out. Who knows?)

Check out my other adventures!