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11.19.2016

#JGibsBestof2016 plans


Since ATRL.net took away the blog section, I am posting the #JGibsBestof2016 syllabus here. Also, the start and end period has been moved earlier. There is also some changes: Main song list extends to 360 and is broken up by 20s, instead of 350 and broken up by 25s.

JGib's Best of 2016| Starts 12.06.2016:
Music list cutoff eligibility date for Top 360 of 2016: 12.03.2016.
- 12:06.2016: Top 360 Songs: Wannabes (400-361)
- 12.07.2016: Top 360 Songs (360-341)
- 12.08.2016: Top 360 Songs (340-321)
- 12.09.2016: Top 360 Songs (320-301)
- 12.10.2016: Top 360 Songs (300-281)
- 12.11.2016: Top 360 Songs (280-261)
- 12.12.2016: Top 360 Songs (260-241)
- 12.13.2016: Top 360 Songs (240-221)
- 12.14.2016: Top 360 Songs (220-201)
- 12.15.2016: Top 360 Songs (200-181)
- 12.16.2016: 30 Worst Songs of 2016, 2017 Artists to Watch
- 12.17.2016: Recap of Top 360 [360-181], Final Mediabase Alt Top 30 of 2016
- 12.18.2016: Top 360 Songs (180-161)
- 12.19.2016: Top 360 Songs (160-141)
- 12.20.2016: Top 360 Songs (140-121)
- 12.21.2016: Top 360 Songs (120-101)
- 12.22.2016: Top 10 TV Shows of 2016
- 12.23.2016: Soccer Roundup (MLS [USA/CAN], Premier League [ENG/WAL], Championship [ENG/WAL], La Liga [ESP], Bundesliga [GER], Ligue 1 [FRA], Serie A [ITL], Primeira Liga [POR], Süper Lig [TUR], Liga MX [MEX], Série A [BRA], UEFA Champions League, 2017 Confederations Cup, 2018 WCQ, and UEFA Europa League)
- 12.24.2016: Top 80 Best/Worst People of 2016, Mediabase Alt Top 60 of 2016 [60-31], Christmas Eve, 15Rock in session.
- 12.25.2016: No lists or countdowns, Christmas Day.
- 12.26.2016: NHL Review, 15Rock returns
- 12.27.2016: MLB Review
- 12.28.2016: Top 360 Songs (100-81)
- 12.29.2016: Top 360 Songs (80-61)
- 12.30.2016: Top 360 Songs (60-41)
- 12.31.2016: Top 360 Songs (40-21), Mediabase Alt Top 60 of 2016 [30-1], New Year's Eve
- 01.01.2017: Top 360 Songs (20-1),Top 150 Rock songs of 2016, New Year's Day
- 01.02.2017: NFL Review, 15Rock returns.
- 01.03.2017: Finale/Full Top 360 recap
- 01.04.2017: =
* = means built-in emergency days


My projected Top 80 of 360 (subject to change, as this is NOT the finalized version):
80 JR JR "Gone"
79 Glass Animals "Life Itself"
78 Lady Gaga "Perfect Illusion"
77 Carrie Underwood "Church Bells"
76 Rachel Platten "Better Place"
75 CHVRCHES "Leave A Trace"
74 Judah and The Lion "Take It All Back"
73 Three Days Grace "Fallen Angel"
72 The Pretty Reckless "Take Me Down"
71 The Dirty Heads "That's All I Need"

70 AWOLnation "Woman Woman"
69 Adele "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
68 Justin Timberlake "Can't Stop The Feeling"
67 Rachel Platten "Fight Song"
66 OneRepublic "Wherever I Go"
65 Katy Perry "Rise"
64 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Go Robot"
63 Blink-182 "She's Out Of Her Mind"
62 Demi Lovato "Confident"
61 The 1975 "The Sound"

60 Shinedown "Asking For It"
59 Thrice "Black Honey"
58 Muse "Dead Inside"
57 Weezer "Thank God For Girls"
56 Silversun Pickups "Nightlight"
55 Korn "Rotting In Vain"
54 Deftones "Prayers/Triangles"
53 Metallica "Moth Into Flame"
52 Nothing But Thieves "Wake Up Call"
51 Volbeat "The Devil's Bleeding Crown"

50 Young The Giant "Something To Believe In"
49 Coldplay/Beyoncé "Hymn For The Weekend"
48 Grouplove "Welcome To Your Life"
47 Panic! At The Disco "Victorious"
46 Adele "When We Were Young"
45 P!nk "Just Like Fire"
44 The 1975 "Somebody Else"
43 Kongos "Take It From Me"
42 Declan McKenna "Brazil"
41 X Ambassadors "Unsteady"

40 Muse "Reapers"
39 Lukas Graham "7 Years"
38 Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats "S.O.B."
37 Cold War Kids "First"
36 Jimmy Eat World "Sure and Certain"
35 Empire of the Sun "Walking On A Dream"
34 Green Day "Still Breathing"
33 Cage the Elephant "Trouble"
32 Skillet "Feel Invincible"
31 Shinedown "Cut The Cord"

30 Adele "Hello"
29 Kelly Clarkson "Piece By Piece"
28 3 Doors Down "In The Dark"
27 X Ambassadors "Renegades"
26 Fitz and The Tantrums "HandClap"
25 Highly Suspect "Bloodfeather"
24 Catfish and The Bottleman "Soundcheck"
23 Phantogram "You Don’t Get Me High Anymore"
22 Weezer "King Of The World"
21 Beck "Wow"

20 The Struts "Kiss This"
19 Coldplay “Adventure Of A Lifetime”
18 Twenty|one|pilots "Stressed Out"
17 Bishop Briggs "River"
16 Foals "Mountain At My Gates"
15 The Strumbellas "Spirits"
14 Twenty|one|pilots "Heathens"
13 Cage The Elephant “Mess Around”
12 Metallica "Hardwired"
11 The Lumineers "Ophelia"

10 Bastille "Good Grief"
9 Chevelle "Joyride (Omen)"
8 Kings of Leon "Waste A Moment"
7 Blink-182 "Bored To Death"
6 Kaleo "Way Down We Go"
5 Disturbed "The Sound Of Silence"
4 Green Day "Bang Bang"
3 Nothing But Thieves "Trip Switch"
2 Twenty|one|pilots "Ride"
1 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dark Necessities"
2015 edition.
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1.14.2016

Rams relocate back to Los Angeles, and why I'm ditching them



This evening, the NFL owners have decided to vote 30-2 in favor of relocating the St. Louis Rams back to Los Angeles (Inglewood to be more precise), possibly to share with the Dean Spanos-owned San Diego Chargers. The Mark Davis-owned Oakland Raiders are expected to stay in Oakland. 
This means that the conferences and division stay the same. Had it been Oakland and San Diego that relocated to LA, then it would have necessitated moving one of the two teams to the NFC West (most likely Chargers) and consequently forcing a team to move to the AFC West (most likely Seahawks).   
Salvador Hernández at BuzzFeed News:
The NFL’s 32 team owners on Tuesday voted to approve the relocation of the St. Louis Rams, and possibly a second team, to Los Angeles, bringing the city one step closer to hosting professional football for the first time since 1994.
“We have the return of the Los Angeles Rams to their home,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said during a press conference Tuesday.
The team will play in a new stadium in Inglewood, and the Chargers will reportedly have an option to share the venue.
Kevin S. Held at Fox2Now.com: 
The move, by a 30-2 vote seemingly brings an end to a St. Louis bid to keep the Rams in Missouri with a new downtown riverfront stadium that Rams owner Stan Kroenke didn't support, and that league officials said as recently as this weekend did not meet the requirements necessary for NFL to oppose the relocation of the Rams.
[...]
City leaders have long held the belief that Kroenke was never interested in keeping the team in St. Louis. He would not meet with local and state officials, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay said exactly one year ago. To this day, Kroenke and Slay have yet to meet.
[...]
The impasse between Kroenke and the city led to plans for a new NFL stadium along the St. Louis riverfront, just north of downtown. In December 2015, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen approved a financing package for a $1.1 billion stadium by a 17-10 vote. But on Monday, January 4, the Rams, Chargers, and Raiders all filed relocation paperwork with the NFL.
A 21-year odyssey came to an end Tuesday when National Football League owners voted to allow the St. Louis Rams to move to Los Angeles for the 2016 season and gave the San Diego Chargers an option to join the Rams in Inglewood.
Their home will ultimately be on the site of the old Hollywood Park racetrack in Inglewood in what will be the league’s biggest stadium, a low-slung, glass-roofed football palace with a projected opening in 2019 and a price tag that could approach $3 billion.
At an unremarkable suburban hotel, NFL owners found a way to return professional football to Los Angeles, something a succession of billionaires, political heavyweights and Hollywood power brokers couldn’t do for decades.
HOUSTON -- In a decision that Raiders fans cheered and team owner Mark Davis lamented, NFL owners on Tuesday dashed the team's hopes of moving to Los Angeles next season, voting instead to send the St. Louis Rams back to their former home and help fund a stadium project in Oakland.
The vote appears to keep the Raiders in Oakland for at least another year, although Davis, uncertain whether the NFL's $100 million Oakland stadium subsidy will help, refused to say where his team will play next season. He also wouldn't rule out eventually joining the Rams in Los Angeles if the Chargers stay in San Diego.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) - It was NFL decision day, except for San Diego Chargers fans.
We know the Rams are going to Inglewood, but the other team owners left the future of the Chargers and Raiders up in the air.
When Dean Spanos woke up Tuesday morning in his Houston hotel room, he fully expected to have his path to the city of Carson paved with all lights showing green.
However, the NFL's were more impressed with Stan Kroenke's vision in Inglewood than with Dean's plan to build a stadium with Carson refineries on the horizon.
Some reactions to the Rams relocation back to LA (and the Chargers possibly moving up I-5 and Raiders staying put in Oakland):
























My take: I am stunned, heartbroken, and upset that the Rams are moving back to Los Angeles (although those who live in the LA area and/or remembered them as the LA Rams are happy with this news). This is a team that I rooted for since I was 5, when they came to St. Louis. I supported them through the thick and thin during the good seasons and the bad ones. I will remember the times (good and bad), such as Dick Vermeil guiding them to a Super bowl victory over the Titans (who were coached by the current Rams HC) in 2000, lost to the Cheatriots in 2002 in their bid to have their 2nd Super Bowl win in 3 years, The Greatest Show On Turf led by Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, Torry Holt, Isaac Bruce, Ricky Proehl, and Orlando Pace during the late 1990s-early 2000s, the introduction of the Arizona (formerly St. Louis) Cardinals and Seattle Seachickens into the NFC West due to the 2002 realignment, the 5 Rams players who did the #HandsUpDontShoot pose during team intros a few days after the Wilson non-indictment occurred, Marc Bulger trying to succeed Warner, Rush Limbaugh nearly owning the team (thank God he was rejected, otherwise I would’ve boycotted them for that), constant O-Line injuries, boneheaded penalties (esp. by the O-line and special teams), Michael Sam being drafted (even though he never played an NFL snap) in 2014, the Sam Bradford era at QB, Todd Gurley’s rookie year, the emergence of Chris Long, E.J. Gaines, Janoris Jenkins, James Laurinaitis, Aaron Donald, Robert Quinn, and Alec Ogletree as playmakers on defense, Steven Jackson carrying the club during several awful seasons, Mike Martz’s aggressiveness on timeout calls, Lovie Smith coaching the defense during the peak years, and where Jerome Bettis had started his NFL career at. 
But tonight, on 01.12.2016, with Stan Kroenke (who also owns my favorite Premier League club Arsenal) and the Rams snubbing the die-hard fans of the team who stood by them through several awful losing seasons and a few winning ones since the move to the Gateway City in 1995, and St. Louis by relocating back to Los Angeles in a deceitful manner, I will no longer support the Rams unless they are playing Seattle or New England (Gunners will be my EPL team till I die though).
The team I’m choosing to replace them with— at least until another NFL team comes to St. Louis (if ever)—  is the Pittsburgh Steelers (already my 2nd favorite team, now bumped to my first favorite). The battle for my 2nd and 3rd favorite team will come down to the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Bears, and Minnesota Vikings. As for now, welcome to Steeler Nation, yinz!  






(cross-posted from Daily Kos)
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