Heavy-hearted in the Midwest since 2011
Well it didn’t take long to catch one of the many awful viruses that are floating around. Started the week out okay coming back from the holiday break, but by Monday evening I started feeling sore all over. Muscles in my chest and back felt like I’d been used as a punching back, and my […]
Read More Greetings From Planet FluHello 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 […]
Read More Songs From Dreams, New Year Here, And What Else Is New?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 […]
Read More 2025…Smell Ya Later…2026…Be GentleI 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. […]
Read More Daniel Lopatin : Marty Supreme SoundtrackWe’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 […]
Read More Complex Distractions Presents Favorite Albums Of 2025 : All The RestThere 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 […]
Read More Film Scores of 2025We’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 […]
Read More Complex Distractions Presents Favorite Albums of 2025 : Electronic EditionMan, 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 […]
Read More Been A Minute…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 […]
Read More Complex Distractions Presesnts : Favorite Albums Of 2025 – Jazz/Ambient/ExperimentalFor 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 […]
Read More Hello Anxiety My Old Friend