so looking to the sky ¡ will sing and from my heart to YOU ¡ bring…
Troilus and Cressida
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Willy `•.
“Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back…
Wherein he puts alms for oblivion…”
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Hootie ♭ ♮ ♯
“Time… why you punish me?”
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Me `’.,°~
Tears run deep…
in dueling smile lines…
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James 4:14 – “For what is your life?
It is even a vapor… that appeareth for a little time… and then vanisheth away.”
© 2026 bryanforchrist | All rights reserved
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So I Thought ♬ Cassie
Hey yall… happy Sunday… today I have two more from Flyleaf for you.
Both of these songs carry a lot of emotional weight. Cassie was inspired by Cassie Bernall, one of the students killed during the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, and reflects on the courage of standing firm in faith even in the darkest moment. So I Thought looks at a different kind of struggle — that painful realization when someone you trusted turns out not to be who you believed they were. Together, they show two sides of Flyleaf’s writing: faith under fire… and truth after betrayal.
♬ So I Thought
Album: Flyleaf
Year: 2005
♬ Cassie
Album: Flyleaf
Year: 2005
John 16:33 (KJV)
“In the world ye shall have tribulation… but be of good cheer… I have overcome the world.”
© 2026 bryanforchrist | All rights reserved.
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Circle 🎶 Again
..For this week’s Hidden Gems from the B-Side, I’m digging into the catalog of Flyleaf — a Christian rock band that brought raw emotion.. powerful spiritual themes into the rock world in the mid-2000s. Led by the incredible voice of Lacey Sturm, one of my favorite singers, their music never shied away from pain, redemption, and the search for truth.
The band came out of Texas — the same region that gave us rock legends like Pantera and ZZ Top — proving that powerful music can rise from the same soil in very different ways.
🎶 Circle
Album: Memento Mori
Year: 2009
🎶 Again
Album: Memento Mori
Year: 2009
Both songs come from their 2nd studio album…
As a bonus, I’m also adding a video of Lacey’s testimony, where she shares the powerful story of how Christ transformed her life.
Hope y’all enjoy… 🎸
👇 💯
2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
© 2026 bryanforchrist. All rights reserved.
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Matthew Sweet 🎶 We’re the Same 🎶 I Almost Forgot…
As I was putting this piece together, I got raptured back to 1995 — on the edge of my bed by the window… that little apartment in Riverdale, GA… guitar in hand… as was always the case… learning these next two songs. The story behind this album’s title is heavier than the sound.
Matthew Sweet’s 100% Fun — the 1995 album that includes both “We’re the Same” and “I Almost Forgot” — gets its title from a surprisingly heavy rock history footnote. Sweet lifted the phrase “100% fun” from Kurt Cobain’s 1994 suicide note, where Cobain wrote: *“The worst crime I can think of would be to rip people off by faking it and pretending as if I’m having 100% fun.”*
That ironic origin gives the album title a bittersweet edge — a record full of bright hooks and jangly guitars, but named after a line born out of real emotional struggle. 100% Fun stands as one of Sweet’s most loved power-pop records — catchy, melodic, and quietly reflective beneath the shine.
So yeah — without further ado… here’s the music.
🎵 “We’re the Same” — 100% Fun (1995)
🎵 “I Almost Forgot” — 100% Fun (1995)
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© 2026 Bryan Loia Hudson
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Matthew Sweet — “Girlfriend” 🎵 “Sick of Myself” 🎶
Athens, Georgia is home to the University of Georgia… Go Dawgs! 🐾 — and it’s also one of the great music cities in America, birthing many iconic bands like R.E.M., The B-52’s, and Widespread Panic, just to name a few.. And this next guy… Matthew Sweet.
Matthew Sweet is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who became a key figure in ’90s alternative rock and power pop. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, he moved to Athens, Georgia to plug into that legendary scene before breaking through with Girlfriend (1991) — hooky, heartfelt guitar pop — and following it with 100% Fun (1995), featuring the self-aware anthem “Sick of Myself.” Classic melodies, honest emotion, zero filler.
🎵 “Girlfriend” — from the album Girlfriend (1991)
🎶 “Sick of Myself” — from the album 100% Fun (1995)
Hope yall enjoy this little trip back into some seriously good ’90s sound. 🎸
Bonus live acoustic version 👇
In a world that’s ugly and a lie.. it’s hard to even want to try…
© 2026 Bryan Loia Hudson. All rights reserved.
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Tonic — 3 Songs + 1 Encore (Final Send-Off)
One last ride for Tonic—
a small send-off to a band that carried seasons of my life.
Their songs were companions more than tracks…
Windows down… volume up… thanks for the road…
🎵 If You Could Only See
🎵 Queen
🎵 Let Me Go
Encore (King of the Hill cover) 👇
🎵 East Bound and Down
Encore 👇👏
© 2026 Bryan Loia Hudson. All rights reserved.
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Tonic 🎶 Mean to Me 🎶 Do You Know…
Hey yall… hope all is well… this week I’m sharing two favorites — we’ll finish up Tonic next week before turning the page…
🎵 Mean to Me
• Year: 1999
• Album: Sugar
🎵 Do You Know
• Year: 2o02
• Album: Head on Straight
Mean to Me is good… one of my favorites from them… but it’s hard to pick a favorite with these guys… so press play and enjoy…
Happy Hump Day… 🐫
This one has the F word in it once at the 3:36 mark… 👇
…….📖→💛☀️→📄📄→🌬️→👁️👁️→😌→🚶♂️↔️🏠→🌌’
So open up the book that you keep deep inside…
Let the pages yellow in the sun…
Show them that you’re not afraid to let them see…
How far you can be… from home…© 2026 Bryan Loia Hudson. All rights reserved.
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Tonic 🎶 Take Me As I Am 🎶 Knock Down Walls…
Hey yall 🤠 hope all is well…
We’re still digging into Tonic — and there is so much gold left to be found..
You know how it is… you’ve got to get to know someone before you marry them — believe you me 💯
So I’ve got two more sweet ones for you today…
🎶 “Take Me As I Am”
Year released: 2o02
Album.. Head on Straight (Tonic’s third studio album)
Album release date.. September 24.. 2o02
🎶 “Knock Down Walls”
Year released.. 1999
Album.. Sugar (Tonic’s second studio album)
Album release date.. November 9.. 1999
And just a cool little fact about me…
Pretty much every song I’ve ever shared with yall on this blog —
I also play and sing myself…
me and my guitar 🎸
Hope you enjoy… I truly appreciate you…
This song has the F word in it.. just once.. at the 1:37 mark.. it’s not bad.. it’s quick.. 👇
💔🚶♀️➡️🛣️
🗣️🙂👌
👗💍👩❤️👨🚫
🎭😔
🔄😵💫
🔥🔌❄️🔌
🧒📢🚫
🛣️🧪
💸❤️
🧱⬇️🫵
🙏❤️
🧱⬇️🫵
🔥❤️
🤏🫴🧍♂️🧍♂️🧍♂️
🎮♟️
🍀🔄
🔁🔁⬇️⬇️
🧠❌
🫵🔧🧍♂️
🧱⬇️🫵
🙏❤️
🧱⬇️🫵
🔥❤️
💔🧍♂️⬇️
❤️🪓
🐾⬇️
🎭🚫❤️
🛣️🧪
💸❤️
🧱⬇️🫵
🙏❤️
🧱⬇️🫵
🙏❤️
🙏❤️
🙏❤️
🧱⬇️🫵🫵
🙏❤️…….. Knock Down Walls… lyric tower..
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© 2026 Bryan H. All rights reserved.
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Tonic 🎶 Open Up Your Eyes 🎶 Mr. Golden Deal…
Hey yall… I got two more songs from Tonic for you…
Open Up Your Eyes — from their 1996 debut album Lemon Parade —
It’s a great one… I like the video too… how they start dancing on the skates at the end… lol
Mr. Golden Deal… also from Lemon Parade (1996)… I love this one… it’s like poetry…
easy to skip past…
worth stopping for…
Hidden gems… I think..
I hope yall enjoy them…
…….💎🎶~→💿🎶’…….<¤>~→||→=||~’
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year in 2o26… here’s to turning pages — not running from them…
Tonic 🎶 You Wanted More 🎶 Waltz With Me…
Hey yall… today the spotlight lands on Tonic…
They’re excellent if you ask me.. I was so impacted by their music back in the mid-90s… and they’ve stayed one of my favorites through the years.. I still perform their songs to this day… because they live deep in me. They formed in 1993 in Los Angeles.. with Emerson Hart leading the way on vocals… and they’ve always had a way of mixing honesty.. heart.. and melody in a way that just hits life right where it lives…
I’ve got two songs for you today…
🎵 You Wanted More — 1999 — from the album Sugar… (also it was featured on the soundtrack from the movie “American Pie…”)
🎵 Waltz With Me — also from Sugar 1999… a beautiful track…
Hope you enjoy… press play and let the songs do what they do…
..¼3…..*=/\|♪|/\=*’..[…]..*=/\|::|/\=*’=/\ /\/\= = …………….`’.°~ ¡-~-¡`.,-;-‘
Tell me something… Will we be broken down…¿
Heart of Loia `'.,°~ 