Songs From Dreams, New Year Here, And What Else Is New?

Hello all, we’re officially out of the holiday season and back to the grind. I’m not terribly excited about getting back to the grind, but what are you gonna do? Nothing, that’s it. It was a lovely time off. Seeing all the kids in one place was great. Christmas Eve, our oldest and their partner […]

2025…Smell Ya Later…2026…Be Gentle

We are at the last day of 2025. It wasn’t the worst year for me, but it most definitely pushed me to the brink a few times. I know there is no perfect year, but since 2021 there have been more calamities than joy. This year brought some health scares with my daughter, as well […]

Daniel Lopatin : Marty Supreme Soundtrack

I was always kind of got bent out of shape when a period movie would use contemporary music for it’s soundtrack. Or even if it was a movie that took place in the 30s and they used music from the 60s or 70s just seemed off-putting to me. It distracted me from the movie itself. […]

Complex Distractions Presents Favorite Albums Of 2025 : All The Rest

We’re getting real close. It’s been an incredibly vital and fruitful year for music. I’ve bought as much jazz and experimental records as I have anything, which made me think I should cut these lists up into separate posts. Making a top 50 with everything together seemed daunting, so splitting them up made it a […]

Film Scores of 2025

There were times years past that I had an entire post for my favorite film scores of the year. I’m not really sure what happened, as I don’t really have a list of film scores. I’ve watched a decent amount of movies, but maybe just not, you know, NEW ones. I’ve only bought a small […]

Complex Distractions Presents Favorite Albums of 2025 : Electronic Edition

We’re back. This time I’m talking all my favorite electronic albums of 2025. There were some amazing electronic records released this year…some you’ve heard, and probably some that will be new to your ears. So scroll on down and see what we’ve got. 10. Camp of Wolves : Bear Creek I’ve been a fan of […]

Been A Minute…

Man, it’s been a whirlwind of a few days. From early last week’s series of surprise anxiety attacks, to finding out my grandma passed away Saturday, to an arctic blast of sub-zero temps. If there’s one thing I can say is that it’s not been a boring few days. Friday morning my brother had an […]

Complex Distractions Presesnts : Favorite Albums Of 2025 – Jazz/Ambient/Experimental

I’m kind of at a loss for words regarding the fact we’re about 2 weeks away from the beginning of 2026. It feels like we’ve traveled through an entire year; ups, downs, outs, ins, and everything in-between leaving plenty of emotional, mental, and even physical scars along the way. But to actually say “2026” out […]

Hello Anxiety My Old Friend

For the last five days I’ve been dealing with my good old friend anxiety. It started Thursday when I hurt some muscles in the middle of my back, which if you’ve had muscles between you shoulder blades get injured you know your whole upper torso hurts. Radiating from back to front, giving your brain something […]

Back In Business

Hello everyone. It’s been a minute since we talked. It’s actually been one whole week. That’s the longest I’ve gone without posting in a very long time. I’ve been on vacation. Had Thanksgiving and the Friday after off, then took all of the following week off. It was a full week for sure, filled with […]