New Year’s Eve 2020 : Recap, Madcap, Mocap

Hey guys. Long time no speak. A whole week, in fact. I hope you all had a nice holiday with whomever you might have celebrated it with, and for whatever reason it may have been. Me? I like colored lights and the Vince Guaraldi Trio. I do like finding peanut M&Ms in my stocking as […]

Lockdown Memories : Favorite Moments of 2020

Despite this year being what it was, there were little pockets of normalcy. Even enjoyment, if I may be so bold. There was plenty of anxiety, panic, confusion, and even desperation at the beginning. “Do we have to wipe everything down from the grocery store? Like set up a table in the garage and assembly […]

Complex Distractions Presents : Top Ten Favorite Albums of 2020

We’ve made it, my top ten favorite albums of the year. 2020, what a shit show, huh? It sure was, but one of the things that saved it for me was the music. Despite an overall shutdown of the world there was a continuous flow of amazing records hitting my brain. And the most amazing […]

Complex Distractions Presents : Favorite Albums Of 2020(Part Two)

Welcome back. Part two of this epic journey through the albums that mattered most(to me) in 2020. Here we’ve got 25 through 11. After that it’ll be my top ten favorite records of 2020. I do realize these lists are rather arbitrary to most. Maybe it seems like a self-importance trip or something. But to […]

Complex Distractions Presents : Favorite Albums Of 2020(Part One)

Boy, I never thought the end of 2020 would get here. It seemed like five years rolled into one. Between Covid-19, isolation, quarantining, everything being closed, no concerts, weird work situations, family all home for at-home schooling, and a summer that felt like an extension of spring. Of course there was the election, anti-maskers, conspiracy […]

Complex Distractions Presents : At The Movies in 2019

That title is a little deceiving. It seems to tip a hat to movies I saw at the cinema. “At The Movies” was the name of one of my favorite shows on PBS growing up in the 80s. Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel loving and loathing new films together on a cheesy sound stage made […]

Complex Distractions Presents : Favorite Albums of the Decade

We’ve arrived at the end of the decade. The 2010’s were filled with all kinds of good, bad, and the in-between. For me it was a transformative decade. I feel I’ve grown into the middle-aged man I feel I’ve been since the age of 10. Now, I look the part and feel the aches associated […]

Complex Distractions Presents : Favorite Soundtracks Of The Decade

The idea that we’ve come to the end of another decade is pretty unfathomable. Where did the 2010’s go? It was a decade of growth for me. The 1990s were a decade of figuring out how to be an adult and a partner to my wife, while the 2000s were me figuring out how to […]

Complex Distractions Presents : Favorite Albums of 2019 – January to July

It’s been a pretty amazing year for music, I gotta tell ya. So much to dig into and get lost in. There have been some pretty great music years over the last few years, with 2012, 2014, and 2017 standing out considerably. Record labels such as El Paraiso Records, Holodeck Records, Azure Vista Records, Burning […]

For Auld Anxiety

New Year’s Eve, 2018. Well this is the day where everyone lays it all out, counts their chips, and looks at how they did in the current year of our Lord. “How’d I do? Did I live up to those resolutions from last year? Was I successful enough? Creative enough? Did I meet new people […]