Things Seen And Read in 2024 : Movies and Books Edition

Going to close out my 2024 coverage on this Friday, January 3rd with just a list of movies seen and books read. We really dig into 2025 next week, but for now I’m rounding out all the movies and books I’ve enjoyed this past year. Nothing fancy, just lists. More lists and lists and Liszts […]

Albums I Forgot To Mention : Great Records Of 2024(Part II)

At the end of the year when we’re looking back on records that dropped I’m amazed at how much I’ve listened to. And I’ve barely scratched the surface. I used to think that I covered a pretty large swath of music, but in the end it was just a small peak into the year’s music […]

Albums I forgot To Mention : Great Records of 2024(Part I)

I never realize just how many albums I’ve listened to in a year until I get to the year-end list season. There’s a LOT of records that have hit my ears this year, and sometimes I don’t get around to a review. I just end up enjoying a record and not sit down to write […]

Complex Distractions Presents: Favorite Albums Of 2023(All The Rest)

Hi kiddos. End of 2023. We made it through yet another year of ups and downs, quiet moments of reflection, frantic moments of “whaaa???”, and everything in-between. Bottom line: this is life so deal with it. I’m a pretty open guy, at least I’ve become more open since the scourge of 2020. Talking about the […]

Complex Distractions Presents : Favorite Albums Of 2023(Mid-Year Edition)

It’s been a few years since I’ve sat down to do a mid-year album review for Complex Distractions. Not sure why I’ve let that go by the way side. Granted, it’s a lot of work for me. Making lists the old fashioned way, by pen and paper; ranking albums in accordance to my adoration and […]

Pandemic 2020 : Favorite Albums So Far In The Year Of The Great Sigh

It feels trivial to sit here and write about my favorite albums of 2020, but I guess I’m trivial. There are far more important things to be talking about, I’m perfectly aware of that. I look out my window and see the same fires burning as you. I see people ignoring science and believing lies […]

Complex Distractions Presents : My Five Favorite Record Store Day Finds

So I’m sitting around waiting for civilization to fall into mass chaos and a chasm of insanity we have not seen before and I thought to myself, “Hmm, what should I write about this week?” This is something I do every Sunday(not the whole mass chaos/chasm of insanity jag), I work out what I’ll be […]

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 […]

Favorite Spins 2015 : Half Way In Edition

I’m not sure if it’s the stouts clouding my brain or what, but this year seems to be going by incredibly fast. Like lightning fast. Like super crazy fast. There’s more gray in my beard. There’s more muscle pains in my back. My kids are growing out of their shoes at a record pace. Dammit […]

Favorite Spins of 2015 : April Edition

It’s hard to believe we’re nearly into April already. Time flies when you’re being froze out by Old Man Winter, or Mother Nature, or whoever it was that shat upon us with snow and sub-zero temps the last three months. It’s a good thing that it’s been a great three months worth of album releases […]