random thoughts by m@

Episode 2 is out!

Been gone for a long time, but here is some­thing new…

I just started a new music show/podcast.  Check out the first episode.  The show is a work in progress so I am still fig­ur­ing out how to do thing the right way. Let me know what you think.

Just got back from Coachella yes­ter­day. It was an amaz­ing fes­ti­val. I am totally exhausted and wish I could stay home and sleep the rest of the week, but back to work I go. My friend Kris­ten and I made the trip this year with a quick stop over in Ari­zona for a cou­ple of warm up shows and some great food. We also met up with some for­mer Albu­querque folks along the way. Had sushi with Chuck Hyde in Ari­zona and got to hang out with Joel Bryant at Coachella. Over­all this was one of the best vaca­tions I have ever taken… good friends, good food and good music. What else could you ask for? Read More »

This was much harder than I thought it would be.  Try­ing to nar­row down a list of the 10 best songs from 2009 turned out to be much more dif­fi­cult than I thought.  Part of the dif­fi­culty was because much of my favorite music that  I lis­tened to this year was released before 2009. I may have taken some lib­er­ties with the list because of that. There were some awe­some songs from 2008 that I would really like to include in this list, but I will try to refrain.

• 10. Death by White Lies
• 9. Robot High School by My Robot Friend
• 8. Fire by Kasabian
• 7. Too Fake by Hockey
• 6. I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow Of Your Heart by A Place to Bury Strangers
• 5. Lessons Learned by Matt & Kim
• 4. Vel­vet by The Big Pink
• 3. Idiot Heart by Sun­set Rubdown
• 2. Mono­liths by Maserati
• 1. Fire­flies by Owl City