My 2022 Out-of-Office Message

It’s now 12 months since the family and I moved from Victoria to Queensland, punching our way through the COVID crisis which gripped the country. The kids, wife, and I have settled in quite well; the first 6 months of the year made for some interesting conversations around the Heron dinner table.

That has coincided with plenty of changes in my viewing habits, and the many Rabbit Hole Rocket has dove into across the year. So sit back, grab another prawn wrapped in bacon off the BBQ, open an excellent Session Ale or a crisp Chardonnay or Riesling from Tasmania and enjoy the 2022 installment…

Music

• Miley Cyrus — Heart of Glass (cover) — Let’s start with a BANG; you will never listen to the original again. Miley absolutely destroys it, a lot of power in that girl’s voice.. Miley will feature a lot through this, be warned
• Pearl Jam — Rockin In The Free World (cover) — Kind of an appropriate song for the times we are living in right now.
• How Tom Morello surprised Bruce Springsteen on “Ghost of Tom Joad” — interview with Howard Stern
• The performance of “Ghost of Tom Joad” and Tom Morello’s surprise solo
• The Chats — Holier Than Thou (from Metallica Blacklist Album) — young Brisbane punk band
• The Chats — Identity Theft — one of their originals which has a fabulous cybersecurity theme
• How Taylor Swift Outsmarted Her Record Label — Rick Beato breaks down how much of a badass she is
• Eye of The Storm by Collo (with London) — This is my brother-in-law, and what he does outside of work. He wrote the song, and lyrics and performed all instruments except the singing of course
• Foo Fighters & Shane Hawkins — My Hero & I’ll Stick Around — Tribute to Taylor Hawkins
• Miley Cyrus — Like a Virgin (cover) — no words really
• Tom Cardy — Your Love is Not Enough — who doesn’t want a dog riding a jetski!!
• Def Leppard — Gods of War (live) — this song was the highest rotation for me in 2022

YouTube Journalism

• Legendary Comedian Bill Burr — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
• Tom Morello of “Rage Against the Machine” Fame — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
• Big Randy: No Laying Up, living the dream, and life as Phil Landes on The Golfers Journal — the life of one of the five No Laying Up founders and the “new golf media” journey
• How The U.S. Ruined Bread — Johnny Harris — One of my new favorite Youtube investigative journalists.. Go watch his portfolio of work. It’s amazing
• MEXICAN COKE IS A LIE — Johnny Harris
• The REAL Reason McDonald's Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken — Johnny Harris
• Kevin Hart on Sacrifice, Success & Never Allowing Mistakes to Overshadow Purpose — The Pivot Podcast
• How Andrew Schulz took over YouTube — Collin & Samir

Sport

• Wasim Akram’s best toe-crushing yorkers — my Favourite bowler in the world
• Max Homa on perseverance on the No Laying Up Podcast — Max is my favorite golfer
• Targa 2018 — Day 5 — S25 — Tarraleah — my SE Cameron is the navigator in this car, racing in the town I was born and raised in.
• Inside The New TaylorMade Tour Truck! | TaylorMade Golf — this is just MAD!!!
• Ricky Ponting sings Mark Waugh song — watch Rick wait for Mark to remember it

Just Really Funny

• Cheers | Every Time Norm Peterson Enters the Bar
• Old Fellas on Vapes
• Rich Eisen & Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel Just Pulled Off the Greatest Coach Cliché Caper of All Time!!
• Y’all check out my TESLER SIBER TRUCK! ( I wrecked it!!!) — Ginger Billy
• Beastie Boys – So Whatcha Want (Muppets)

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it.

Rocket xo