Welcome to my little Nerdery on the Net! :)

My dear cousin Cindy in southern Illinois shared a lovely bit of news that her daughter Courtney has just graduated from Union College in Tennessee with her Bachelor's in Music where the original plan was to teach K-12. But a final examination led to the revelation of the love of "musicology" and that's how she's ended up in Oxford to do her Master's at Ole Miss...and that's how this theme came to pass! :)

It's not often that one of the songs in theme of the night provides the title but here's one that absolutely does do just that! :)

Tonight's theme features the King of Pop and not even a delayed start and lack of the Zamboni before the first game was going to stop us! :)

One of the quickest themes to come together but make no mistake, this is no mellow mix but you're going to be feeling just fine knowing it's 4:20 somewhere, man! :)

When it came to coming up with tonight's theme, my younger son Alex came to the rescue with the theme idea faster than a speeding bullet! :)

A new season is upon us and not just in terms of Ironclad hockey! :)

We continue our tribute to the brave men and woman aboard Artemis II and their historic lap round the moon as they will be splashing down in the Pacific Ocean about one hour prior to puck drop for the first game...

What else could we possibly do to kick off the 13th season of Ironclad but honour the most amazing story in the news this week. And no, it's not all of the silliness in the Middle East... :)

Manticore captures the Phoenix Cup and Hydras win the Solara Cup to finish off a wonderful Season XII of Ironclad Hockey! :)

The playoffs continue with seeding in the finals at stake! But first, we say goodbye to Dash Crofts, a 1970's soft rock icon who left us a couple of days earlier...

We're into the home stretch of the playoffs and these playlists are designed to ramp up the power going into the team warm-up period!

Éirinn go Brách! Were that my luck as good as the Irish as the speakers being off at the rink rather buggered the set on St Patrick's Day. But no worries, the set went off without a hitch on the Friday following... :)

Eric Clapton leaves The Yardbirds on this date in 1965 over creative differences. I think it's safe to say he's done all right since then... :)

Boston may be a rather dirty word to diehard fans of the Carolina Hurricanes (former Hartford Whalers who were stuck between the Tri-State area and Boston!) but in the world of music, there are very few rock bands that could ever match their talent.

The "Let It Be" single drops on this date 56 years ago ahead of Paul McCartney announcing that he'd be leaving The Beatles...

Remember how I said picking the theme was occasionally a real hard task like last Friday's? Yeah, well tonight's theme was the exact opposite... ;)

What do Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, and Billy Joel have in common? The theme for tonight's playlist! The bit of revenge and the ballistic trajectory of some Kit Kats were a very happy bonus... :)

It started with a requested song from a member of the Wendigos of the Helios division which led to a slightly disturbing discovery...