Some Non-Merge Records I Liked in 2019
- Open Mike Eagle, Rappers Will Die of Natural Causes (Reissue)…2018, but I bought it this year
- White Reaper, You Deserve Love
- Mannequin Pussy, Patience
- Sheer Mag, A Distant Call
- Priests, The Seduction of Kansas
- Control Top, Covert Contracts
- The Gotobeds, Debt Begins at 30
- The Menzingers, Hello Exile
- Jay Som, Anak Ko
Best Gigs (Worked) in 2019
- The Mountain Goats @ Haw River Ballroom, Dec. 6th & 7th (Merch)
- Superchunk w/ TORRES @ Motorco Music Hall, Nov. 2nd (Merch)
- The Mountain Goats @ The Crossing at Hollar Mill, Aug. 16th (Merch)
- MRG30 Festival @ Carolina Theatre, Motorco & Cat's Cradle, July 24-27 (Merch, Art Dept., Ladder-climber)
- All the lighting, artist services, and stage crew gigs at Carolina Theatre…keeping my bills paid.
Other Good things in 2019
- Getting back into yoga practice with my people at Community Power Yoga.
- Taking some classes that are not music- or production-related.
- Finished renovating my music room in my house!
- Cooked up some crazy-good curries this year.
- Grew 5 new plants in my summer garden.
- Quitting booze…no judgment, just feels super good.
Bless!
