A Deep Dive Into the Discography: Tori Amos Part 1

 A Deep Dive Into the Discography: Tori Amos

One thing I don't talk a ton about on my blog is music. I love music. It really comforts me when I'm sad. It makes me happier. It can help bring me out of depression or calm my anxiety. There are so many artists that have impacted me in really profound ways, so I thought I would start a new little series that I would update periodically called "A Deep Dive Into the Discography," where I would take a look a the discography of some of my favorite artists and rank their albums based on my preferences. I'm also paying homage to one of my favorite podcasts "Race Chaser." Just a little housekeeping. Most of the artists will be women because female artists are my jam. And in order for me to cover a discography the artist needs to have released five albums.

Tori Amos is my number one. If you know me, you know that. She is a goddess. I'm obsessed with her. I love her. She is getting ready to release her sixteenth studio album, "Ocean to Ocean," tomorrow, so now is the perfect time for a deep dive. Tori initially was in kind of like a synth  group called "Y Kant Tori Read," but she released her first full solo album, "Little Earthquakes" in 1992. I am ranking all of Tori's albums except for "Gold Dust," which is technically a studio album but contains no new material. It's all old songs with orchestral arrangements. I will say that I can find lots of good in most Tori releases, even if they are not my favorite. So, just because it may rank lower, it doesn't mean that the album is bad or I don't like it. As always, music is subjective and these are opinions. Now, let's get to it with 14-8.

A Long Time Ago, During the Clone Wars: "Grievous Intrigue," "The Deserter," & "Lightsaber Lost"

 Star Wars The Clone Wars

We are getting deeper into "The Clone Wars" television series and the show is starting to branch out and use the war to tell interesting stories maybe on the outskirts and that is what two out of the three episodes here do.

"In the Name of the Moon" Re-Watch: "Let's Become a Princess: Usagi's Bizarre Training" & "The Snow, The Mountains, Friendship and Monsters"

 Sailor Moon

Tuxedo Mask has been brainwashed by the Dark Kingdom, we are entering the endgame of season one but "Sailor Moon" will always have time for fun, frivolous, funny episodes. I appreciate that. Things need to be light sometimes.

"I Am the Night" Re-Watch: Mystery of the Batwoman

 The New Batman Adventures

Based on the success of "Mask of the Phantasm" and "Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero," "Mystery of the Batwoman" is the third film in the B: TAS universe. It introduces Batwoman to the animated series, though a very different Batwoman than the comics. If you're a current comics reader or Arrowverse watcher, you're probably familiar with Kate Kane as Batwoman. A kick ass lesbian who is Bruce Wayne's cousin. This movie came out before she premiered so the movies Batwoman is based loosely on the Silver Age Batwoman. She was Kathy Kane a Gotham City heiress and former circus performer who became Batwoman to help out but mainly to get Batman's attention because she had the hots for him. This was all a an editorial ploy to quash rumors that Batman and Robin were super gay. Ah, the Silver Age. "Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman" was released on October 21, 2003, about 4 years after the final episode of "The New Batman Adventures."

"The Truth Is Out There" Re-Watch: "Blood" & "Sleepless"

 The X-Files

I'm sure we've talked about this, but isn't interesting how sometimes episodes of "The X-Files" will follow a theme? Like, there is always the overarching themes of government conspiracy, unrequited love and sexual tension, etc., but sometimes two episodes will feature some of the same things. Take "Blood" and "Sleepless." They each feature suggestion to a degree. I'm sure none of it is planned, but it is interesting.

"foX-Men" Re-Watch: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

 "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" (2009)

I mean, I don't even know how to introduce this. So, after "X-Men: The Last Stand," a solo Wolverine movie seemed like a good idea. He's mega popular. Hugh Jackman is great at playing the character. He's got charisma to spare, so why not have him star in the first solo X-Men origin story? What could possibly go wrong? Nothing, right?

Principal photography on "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" began in January 2008 and concluded in May 2008. Production was the definition of troubled. It faced multiple delays due to weather and Jackman's other commitments. The script still wasn't finished while shooting was happening, the director and Fox executives were fighting about the direction of the movie and an unfinished work print of the movie was leaked on the internet a month before its release. All great things. The film stars Hugh Jackman as James Howlett/Logan/Wolverine, Liev Schreiber as Victor Creed/Sabretooth, Danny Huston as William Stryker, will.i.am as John Wraith, Lynn Collins as Kayla Silverfox, Kevin Durand as Fred Dukes, Dominic Monaghan as Bradley, Taylor Kitsch as Remy LeBeau, Daniel Henney as Agent Zero and Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson. The film was written by David Benioff and Skip Woods. It was directed by Gavin Hood. "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" was released on May 1, 2009.

"Hated and Feared" Re-Watch: "Slave Island" & "The Unstoppable Juggernaut"

 X-Men The Animated Series

We are getting a lot of iconic X characters in these two episodes. A lot of them don't have speaking roles, but we do get to see them at least. This is another reason to love "X-Men." We get Easter eggs for fans from the very beginning.

"An Unusual Couple" WandaVision Recaps: "We Interrupt This Program," "On a Very Special Episode..." & "All-New Halloween Spooktacular"

 WandaVision

"WandaVision" won Marvel its first Emmys a few weeks ago, which is a big deal. It was up for some acting Emmys and didn't win any of those, which was odd to me. I definitely thought Paul Bettany and Kathryn Hahn would take it home, but I wonder if Emmy voters couldn't get past the fact that this was a superhero show. All in all, it's pretty impressive that Marvel is starting to snatch some trophies.

"Fuck Batman" Titans Recap: "Jericho," "Atonement," & "Fallen"

 Titans

Oh "Titans." There really is so much to like here, especially after that super rocky first season, but you struggle so much to get your shit together. Let's see how they are doing as we get closer to the second season finale.