While My Guitar Gently Shreds
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Read More While My Guitar Gently ShredsCheck-In One : “Barometric Insanity”
I don’t care what anybody says, this up and down and up and down with the temps screws with my head. We go from sub zero temps(-30!) just a little over two weeks ago to 67 degrees yesterday, and tomorrow we’ll be back to a high of just 30 degrees. This is not normal, people. […]
Read More Check-In One : “Barometric Insanity”New Year, New You, New Meh
It’s official, we’re one year closer to whatever the universe has in store for us. At this point I want to say I won’t be surprised by anything, but usually I regret saying that because there’s typically some fresh Hell just around the corner to say “Gotcha!” I just hope that whatever comes in the […]
Read More New Year, New You, New MehMike
Written New Year’s Day, 2023 Yesterday I went to a funeral home and paid my respects to Mike. Mike was the father of one of my best and oldest friends, Tyson. It’s humbling and heavy at any funeral, but to be there for my best friend’s dad was a whole other level. Mike was 78 […]
Read More Mike“We have resumed control…”
It’s been a week since I posted anything. Or nearly a week. I knew it’d been awhile since my Chromebook was completely dead, sitting idly on top of the subwoofer in the living room collecting dust. After a two-week build up of album lists and revisiting records of 2022’s past, I needed a break. I […]
Read More “We have resumed control…”“The Stockings Were Hung, On The Wall With A Nail…”
Now that I’m nearly 50-years old I can say Christmas doesn’t really do it for me anymore. I’m not religious, so that’s a big mark against the true reason for the season. But really, it’s a just a big hassle; expectations, expensive, the clutter of the decorations all thru the house, and Christmas songs. I […]
Read More “The Stockings Were Hung, On The Wall With A Nail…”Complex Distractions Presents : Favorite Albums of 2022 Part IV(10-1)
These lists, as much as I enjoy putting them together, have become harder and harder to do. I never was much into ranking albums. I can talk about how much I love a record till I’m blue in the face, but putting them in some numerical order from loved to most loved is just a […]
Read More Complex Distractions Presents : Favorite Albums of 2022 Part IV(10-1)Complex Distractions Presents : Favorite Albums Of 2022 Part III(20-11)
Hey hey folks. We’re in the countdown now. Not only are we five days away from baby Jesus, three wise men, and all that jazz, but we’ve gotten to the top 20 favorite albums of the year. Whose favorite albums? Well mine, of course. Who am I? Well I’m your friendly neighborhood hermit who enjoys […]
Read More Complex Distractions Presents : Favorite Albums Of 2022 Part III(20-11)2022 In Review : Carl Weingarten And The Return Of Delay Tactics
The first time I became aware of musician Carl Weingarten was back in 2018. Azure Vista Records label head Jonas Munk sent me a copy of Weingarten’s 1985 album Living In The Distant Present, which Munk was re-issuing on Azure Vista on vinyl. The album had a short cassette run when it came out, so […]
Read More 2022 In Review : Carl Weingarten And The Return Of Delay TacticsComplex Distractons Presents : Favorite Albums Of 2022 Part II
And we’re back. 2022 was a pretty great year for music. I can’t remember a week that something amazing didn’t drop, and with independent artists there’s no limiting their output. Musicians don’t have to hold back their creativity; they write and release when they want. This is a great thing, but also a situation where […]
Read More Complex Distractons Presents : Favorite Albums Of 2022 Part II