Playlists
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November 2013 - Neon Golden
This was the month I moved back to Denton. It happened within a period of about 2 weeks. It was so spontaneous, I barely even realized what was happening. But the next 6 months would be some of the most introspective of my entire life. I would finish Ugly Mushroom's masterpiece, The Spiral Chord.
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October 2013 - It's a Wonderful Life
Things were still very stressful this month, but I could tell Spring Suite was finally coming to a close. The stress was ending. I could feel a wave of relief. I returned to the haunted house, and acted as a clown for the second time. My plans to move back to Denton were about to become a reality.
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September 2013 - The Suburbs
More horrible news this month, not even a month later. I don't even remember anything else about this month, other than I was about to start working at the haunted house again, and working overnights at my other job a lot more often than usual. Uppers and downers were becoming a normal part of my diet. I couldn't get off of them. The stress with creating my album was unbearable. Nothing was working.
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August 2013 - How It Feels to Be Something On
Never going to forget August 2013. The album of the month was definitely How It Feels to Be Something On by Sunny Day Real Estate. I'm not sure if another album has fit a month, more perfectly, than this one. Before I fell asleep, I searched the word "Trag3dy" on an old chat website I use to go on (it was the username of an old friend, and I wanted to see if she still had an account). When I woke up later, I discovered a screenshot on my phone of the time 3:33. I couldn't tell if I took a screenshot of it by accident or on purpose (because 3 is my lucky number). Who knows? There was also the dream I had before I woke up, that was a premonition of the horrible news I was about to receive. I remember the drive to the hospital in Houston, and how surreal everything felt...
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July 2013 - Goodbye
A great playlist, but a very stressful time. Its safe to say, this was the turning point in the year. I was working so intensely on my albums at this point, that I was losing track of reality. I wasn't even sure what I was making. The adderall was keeping me up all night, every night. I had to start drinking Zzzquil to help me sleep, because of all the stress this music project was causing me. I started dating somebody online, which lasted about a month. The kid's play I was in, finally ended, and I scored another role in the Shakespeare show. This was one of my best performances. Like I said, this was a turning point in the year. Come August, things were about to seriously change.
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June 2013 - Some Voices
Two great albums came out this month. Tomorrow's Harvest by Boards of Canada and Kveikur by Sigur Ros. Both very dark and intense albums. This set the tone for the rest of the year.
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May 2013 - Tiny Cities
I don't remember much about this month, other than I was sleeping a lot and working at the college theatre. I know I auditioned for the kid's show, and got the lead role. This was my last kid's show. I also turned 21. I hosted a small get together at my house, and had a great time with friends.
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April 2013 - Pink Moon
This month had some great memories. However, mainly the only band I listened to, was Sigur Ros. This was because my parents and a friend and I went to see them in concert, on April 9th around my parents' birthdays. Their new album Kveikur, came out a few months after.
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March 2013 - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
This playlist was pretty good too. I was continuing to work on my second solo album, and simultaneously working on, what would become, Ugly Mushroom's three track album: Spring Suite. The one aspect of this month that was not-so fantastic, was my choice to participate in an awful zombie movie.
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February 2013 - Amok
This is another one of those months, that was just lined up perfectly with what was going on at the time. Definitely one of my favorite playlists. I was acting in a play, that involved me playing a school shooter, and it was performed around Valentine's Day. The new My Bloody Valentine album just fit the whole month perfectly. Atoms for Peace's album Amok came out as well, which wasn't half bad. Overall, I loved this month of music. Another highlight was this was the month that I began to record Things Will Never Be As Vivid As They Are Now. All of the songs were created around the same time, within a period of about 4 weeks. This would be my second solo album. I hadn't released a full length solo album since 2008.
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January 2013 - Swing Lo Magellan
This month had the freshest feeling to it. Something gave me a good feeling about this year, overall. Some fantastic albums came out this year, and I discovered a lot of great music. I performed some of my best roles in acting this year as well. While nothing particular happened in January, its emptiness wasn't something I was complaining about. It was more of a much needed break, and with everything that was soon to come, this month had an innocence about it, that I would come to appreciate later...
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March 2011 - Plastic Beach
This month is blurry as well, and there are no music records. I do know that I discovered Pinback this month. I was also performing a lead role in an extremely difficult and depressing play. Spring 2011 was actually one of the most depressing months of my life. It continued into April, May, and some of the Summertime. It reminded me of the depression I experienced during Summer 2009. Another highlight was that I got my first iPhone. At the end of this month, I tripped on mushrooms with a friend of mine. I would continue to try to experience a psychedelic trip until finally being successful in May 2011.
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February 2011 - Computer World
This month does not have any records found. I did the same with this playlist, as I did for January and March. But I do know that two very important albums in my music library came out this month. One of them was James Blake's self-titled debut. The other was Radiohead's The King of Limbs, which I listened to the day it came out, while laying in a hotel room on painkillers. I can't remember much of anything else happening this month, other than I was continuing to work on my album.
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January 2011 - Windowlicker
This is the farthest back that I can go, so far. There are no playlists on record, anywhere. But I managed to look through my computer and figure out what I was listening to at this time, based on the date it was added to my computer to begin with. Not much to say for January, other than we had just returned from our vacation in Orlando. We spent New Years Day, driving home from Florida. I remember I recorded the song "God Song" on my future self-titled Ugly Mushroom album, while we were driving home. We also got a new dog, named Cooper, somewhere around this time. The music I was listening to during this month, was the music I was listening to during the Orlando trip.
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December 2012 - Mind Bokeh
My parents let me move home this month. This month didn't have much to it. I think I was just working a lot at my retail job, and sleeping. This playlist had a few gems, but wasn't the best. It was still a nice way to end the year.
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November 2012 - Twoism
This was the second month I was living with my friend's parents. I was enjoying the time away from my family. I was able to finish The Gamma Railroad during this time. It was during October that I had the epiphany about "the triangle", and finally went through with it (Three 9 track albums back to back). I completed the album around late November, and released it in December 2012. This month was bizarre, but I will admit, the music I listened to during these few months, was some of the most memorable music.
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October 2012 - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Another great playlist, that fit the moment perfectly. It was a strange month, but looking back, it wasn't so bad. I found a place to live. I got a job at Kohl's, which was a bizarre job for me, but I stayed there for about a year and a half. The haunted house was working out better than I expected, and I kind of enjoyed being something I was scared of as a kid. I would love to experience this month again, as much as I hated it at the time. I was also reading Pet Sematary. Brian Eno's 4th ambient album, On Land, was next on my playlist. Out of all of the 4 ambient albums, I think the 4th was my favorite. It just really fit the emotions I was feeling at the time.
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September 2012 - Sun
This month was awful. Another argument unleashed between my parents and myself, and they gave me a few weeks to leave the house. I found a place to live, at my best friend's parents house, for a few months. My car got stranded on the side of the road, and I had no help from my parents. I somehow made it home, can't remember how. I auditioned for a part in Dracula, and got a role, but for the life of me, couldn't get the character down. I eventually dropped the role in October. I began helping at the farm for the haunted house, and the whole place had this creepy vibe to it. Overall, this month gives me a sick feeling to my stomach. It felt like a turning point of some kind, I just had no idea what. But looking back, this playlist did have a lot of great music in it. I had this playlist on repeat for weeks and listened to nothing else, which is why a lot of these songs show up on the "most played" list on my iTunes.
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August 2012 - Ambivalence Avenue
This month was the performance of a Shakespeare show I was acting in at the college. I also auditioned for a local haunted house, and became a clown for the first time, which would kinda help me get over my fear of them. The next few months had a weirdest vibe. For some reason, the whole clown thing really gave me a sick feeling to the stomach. Another weird thing that happened, was one of our cats went missing for about 2 months. He somehow showed up in October, as if nothing happened. I was also finishing up Zelda: Skyward Sword on the Nintendo Wii.
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July 2012 - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
Every once in a while, I come across a group of albums that just fit the moment in time perfectly. This month was one of my best months of music. Our family took a vacation to this beautiful lake house, that I will never forget. I was doing this OCD thing, or challenge, or whatever you want to call it, where I listened to one of Brian Eno's 4 ambient albums, every 3 months (Jan-Feb-Mar/Apr-May-Jun/Jul-Aug-Sep/Oct-Nov-Dec). I was on the third ambient album, which started in July. I hit play as soon as we walked into the lake house. A gigantic thunderstorm hit as Ambient 3 played on my headphones. I remember a sheer beauty as this album played. I fell asleep with it playing. Another album I discovered was Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks", which I found on vinyl at a record store nearby the lake house. Overall, the mixture of ambience and folk music really summed up my Summer of 2012.
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