NaNoWrimo 2012 Playlist

Yup, it's that time of year again.  Time for otherwise sane human beings to go batshit crazy and try to crank out 50,000 words in 30 days.  It's possible.  I've done it before.  Once.

In honor of this insanity, I thought I'd put up my playlist and let folks make suggestions to improve it.  The premise is an alien invasion, written in a technothriller sort of vein.

1. AC/DC - It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)

2. Anberlin - The Resistance

3. Atreyu - Becoming the Bull

4. Bear McCreary - Admiral and Commander 

5. Bear McCreary - Wayward Soldier

6. Corroded - Age Of Rage

7. Daft Punk - Overture From Tron Legacy

8. Daft Punk - Tron Legacy (End Titles) (Sander Kleinenberg Remix)

9. Dethklok - The Lost Vikings

10. Dethklok - Thunderhorse 

11. Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists

12. Dropkick Murphys - The Gauntlet

13. Dropkick Murphys - The Legend Of Finn MacCumhail

14. Eminem - Lose Yourself

15. Enya - Boadicea

16. Enya - March Of The Celts

17. Everclear - When It All Goes Wrong Again

18. Fuel - Won't Back Down

19. Godsmack - Awake

20. Godsmack - I Stand Alone

21. Incubus - Adolescents 

22. INXS - Don't Lose Your Head

23. John Williams - The Asteroid Field

24. John Williams - Bounty Hunter's Pursuit

25. John Williams - Zam the Assassin and The Chase Through Coruscant

26. Judas Priest - You Got Another Thing Comin' 

27. Leæther Strip - Evil Speaks

28. Linkin Park - Breaking The Habit

29. Linkin Park - New Divide 

30. Lo Fidelity All Stars - Battle Flag

31. Metallica - Hero of the Day 

32. Monster Magnet - Black Balloon 

33. Monster Magnet - Space Lord

34. Monster Magnet - Temple Of Your Dreams

35. Nickelback - Burn It To The Ground

36. Nine Inch Nails - Into The Void

37. Papa Roach - Getting Away With Murder

38. Pillar - Frontline

39. Pink Floyd - Dogs of War 

40. Prodigy - Funky Shit

41. Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up

42. Puddle of Mudd - Drift and Die

43. Rob Zombie - Dragula

44. Sevendust - Black

45. Shinedown - Save Me

46. Stabbing Westward - Save Yourself

47. The Damned Things - We've Got A Situation Here

48. The Jam - Town Called Malice

49. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

50. Thrice - Image Of The Invisible

51. Yoko Kanno - Run Rabbit Junk

Music To Rant By

If there has been any constant in my work life, it has been music.  I bought my first boom box (with a 3 CD carousel) when I worked at the print shop right out of high school.  I've gone to data entry temp jobs with a Walkman and a mix tape (when I was younger) or a few choice CDs (when I was older).  I ended up snapping off the locking tab for the battery cover of my Zen Nano MP3 player because it ate up so many batteries.  Bottom line, I loves me some music when I work.

Normally, I'll throw up my entire MP3 collection on Winamp and just let it play on shuffle.  But once in a while, I need to build a custom playlist.  I'll still let it play on shuffle, but there's a much smaller sample and it's mood music.  Right now, I'm working on a big rant for The Armchair Empire, and I figured I needed something to help keep my mind focused lest the searing rage get out of hand.  Music soothes the savage blogger.  For those who follow this blog, this is my unofficial soundtrack, eighteen songs of anger, defiance, and bullheaded hope of triumph over experience.  Go get them, put'em on shuffle, and enjoy.

1. Anberlin - The Resistence
2. Dethklok - Fansong
3. Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists
4. Dropkick Murphys - The Gauntlet
5. Everclear - Like A California King
6. From First To Last - The Latest Plague
7. Fuel - Won't Back Down
8. Godsmack - I Stand Alone
9. Incubus - Megalomaniac
10. INXS - Don't Lose Your Head
11. Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Coming
12. Linkin Park - Hands Held High
13. Lo Fidelity All Stars - Battle Flag
14. Monster Magnet - Temple Of Your Dreams
15. Pillar - Frontline
16. Sevendust - Face To Face
17. The Jam - Town Called Malice
18. Thrice - Image Of The Invisible

Happy listening, folks.