New Post!: Colin Parker's Candlenights Gift For Me

NOFX

So there's a holiday started by the McElroy brothers (of MBMBAM/The Adventure Zone/etc fame) called Candlenights and a couple of groups I'm in do Candlenights gift exchanges. One such Candlenights exchange got me a gift from Colin M Parker (The Podboss of The Scavengers Network) where he counted down the Top 5 songs from our friendship and I'm going to share that show with you right now! Enjoy! (I'll post the Countdown


Colin's Candlenights Gift to Me (Top 5 Songs of Our Friendship)

***Featuring***
The Ataris
blink-182
MxPx
NOFX
The Wonder Years

New Post!: 2019 Artists of the Year!

The Wonder Years

Here we are again for another glorious Artists of the Year countdown. I love it so much and this one is an EXCELLENT one. Great songs, but also songs that point to specific events in the year, which is just what you want in an AOTY countdown, you know?


2019 Artists of the Year Countdown

***Featuring***
Barenaked Ladies
The Beatles
blink-182
Cast of Hamilton
Fall Out Boy
Gin Blossoms
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
The Mountain Goats
New Found Glory
Pearl Jam
Taylor Swift
The Wonder Years

2018 Artists of the Year

Bob Dylan, 1965

ANOTHER ONE! That's right another podcast from this guy right here (me, not Bob). I am feeling absolutely on fire with podcasting right now and I'm hoping that it lasts!

This is the Artists of the Year Countdown for 2018 and there are some surprises in here, let me tell you. Of course if you look down at the "Featuring" section, some of it will be ruined, but I think you'll still enjoy it a lot!



2018 Artists of the Year

***Featuring***
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Barry Adamson
The Beatles
Blink-182
Bob Dylan
Dessa
Echo and the Bunnymen
Fall Out Boy
New Found Glory
NOFX
Rx Bandits
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

12 Years of Last.fm (Part 5) (#10-1)

P.O.S

Well here we are, in the last episode of the 5 part countdown of the top 50 artists that I've listened to in the past 12 years (2/14/06-2/14/18) and there are very few surprises here, so maybe the surprises are the order that they're in? Or maybe the surprises are the friends we made along the way!


12 Years of Last.fm (Part 5) (#10-1)

***Featuring***
Barenaked Ladies
The Beatles
Blink-182
Bob Dylan
Dessa
Doomtree
fun.
New Found Glory
NOFX
P.O.S
Smashing Pumpkins

New Countdown: Now With More Poetry Reading!

AJR

And so March goes out like a lamb. We're in for one more week of our March Artist of the Month and then I also read a poem! It's a very fun one and the songs remain excellent! :)


Countdown #376

***Featuring***
AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo
Alice Merton
Blink-182
Dessa
Foster the People
Imagine Dragons
The Killers
lovelytheband
Moon Taxi
Muse
Pennywise
Portugal. The Man
Walk the Moon

2017 Artists of the Year!!!!

Barenaked Ladies

I think the Artists of the Year countdown is consistently my favorite show of the year. It's a fun way to look back at my listening habits and generate a pretty eclectic show to boot! Enjoy it! I know I will!


2017 Artists of the Year

***Featuring***
Barenaked Ladies
The Beatles
Blink 182
Bob Dylan
Busta Rhymes
Cast of Hamilton
Diet Cig
Kendrick Lamar
New Found Glory
P.O.S
Radiohead
Smashing Pumpkins

New Countdown: Diaphaneity

Busta Rhymes

Hello! Want some alternative music? Some bonus songs? Some delightful commentary? Well, step right up and enjoy!



Countdown #328

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Bastille
blink 182
Busta Rhymes
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Green Day
Imagine Dragons
Lorde
Rag'n'Bone Man
The Revivalists
twenty one pilots

New Countdown: Two Shall Fall, So That Two May Rise

Judah and the Lion

These post titles are getting slightly biblical lately, aren't they? Weird. Remember when they were, overall, basically just punny? I sure do :)

This is a fun episode and the start of a new month! Enjoy!


Countdown #322

***Featuring***
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Blink-182
Fastball
Green Day
Judah & the Lion
K.Flay
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
Plastic Animals
Rag'n'Bone Man
twenty one pilots
The 1975

New Countdown: I'm Still Alive!

Green Day

I don't know what it is, but as I was listening to "Still Breathing" tonight, it really hit me. I'm still here, doing my thing almost 7 years in. And it still feels pretty pure. I don't have a lot of listeners, but I have fun making these and the people that do listen seem to enjoy them and that's really all I can ask for. I love making these shows and I'm just going to keep on doing them for as long as I can. Thanks for listening :)

Now let's get to the music, SHALL WE?!???


Countdown #321

***Featuring***
Blink-182
Catfish and the Bottlemen
David Bowie
Green Day
Judah & the Lion
K.Flay
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
Rag'n'Bone Man
twenty one pilots
The 1975

New Countdown: Some Grammys and Mostly Not a Lot of Grammys

The 1975

Hey there! I've got some Alternative Music for you! You ready? Then let's not dilly-dally, shall we?

I'm cold free and the Grammys were last weekend so I talk about them for a little while!

Enjoy!


Countdown #320

***Featuring***
Blink 182
Cage the Elephant
David Bowie
Green Day
Judah & the Lion
K.Flay
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
Rag'n'Bone Man
twenty one pilots
The 1975

New Countdown: Who Would YOU Tickle?

P.O.S

Well, I think the sick voice is finally gone! And there's some new music on the countdown! So everything is looking way way up! I hope you enjoy this one as much as I enjoy putting these countdowns together. It's a fun way to spend an hour!


Countdown #319

***Featuring***
Blink-182
Cage the Elephant
Green Day
Judah and the Lion
K.Flay
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
P.O.S
Rag'n'Bone Man
Stinking Polecats
twenty one pilots
The 1975

New Countdown: Spectrum of a Sickness

Judah and the Lion

Over the course of this recording, I got sick and then got better. The sickness seems to happen every spring but you don't always get to hear the progression. Think of it as something of a bonus as a reward for your patience :)


Countdown #318

***Featuring***
Blink-182
Cage the Elephant
COIN
Green Day
Judah & the Lion
K.Flay
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
The Roches
Stinking Polecats
twenty one pilots
The 1975

New Countdown: In Sickness and In Health

Judah and the Lion

Hello! It's a new episode that has taken me a little bit to get out to you, because I got sick in the middle of recording. Not as gross as it sounds. My voice just changes around #3. So look forward to that!


Countdown #317

***Featuring***
The 1975
Blink 182
Cage the Elephant
COIN
Green Day
Judah and the Lion
K.Flay
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
Speedy Ortiz
twenty one pilots

New Countdown: Do I Call You Distractionites? AFDBFF's?

Judah and the Lion

It's another countdown and this week I couldn't help myself. I put in a THIRD bonus song. I hope you enjoy the episode!


Countdown #316

***Featuring***
Blink 182
Cage the Elephant
COIN
Diet Cig
Green Day
Judah and the Lion
K Flay
Kaleo
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
The National
P.O.S
twenty one pilots

New Countdown: Yeah, that's right. It's BACK, baby!

K. Flay

Guess who's back. Back again. The Appetite For Distraction Alternative Top Ten Countdown's Back. Tell a friend!

That's right. We're back with an all-new countdown, with a bunch of all-new songs, plus some songs you've heard before. Two bonus songs! Ahhh! It's good to be back :)


Countdown #315

***Featuring***
Ben Kweller
Blink-182
Cage the Elephant
COIN
Green Day
Judah & the Lion
K. Flay
Kaleo
Kings of Leon
The Lumineers
The National
twenty one pilots

2016 Artists of the Year

Red Hot Chili Peppers

So here we are in 2017 and it's time for another Artists of the Year countdown. A LOT of familiar faces that got shoved into the bottom 10 of the Top 20. So it makes for a very interesting list. I hope you enjoy it and I'll see you very soon for our RSP (Reg. Sched. Prog.)


2016 Artists of the Year

***Featuring***
Barenaked Ladies
Blink-182
Bob Dylan
Leslie Odom Jr.
Modern Baseball
New Found Glory
NOFX
P.O.S
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ruth B.
The White Stripes

2016 Year End Countdown

Cold War Kids

Well, I'm back! I knew when I left that I would be probably coming back with the Year End Countdown and so it has come to pass! I'm really feeling refreshed and jazzed about doing this podcast and I hope you're all be jazzed about joining me!

Fully half of the year end countdown is taken up by two bands. I bet you can guess at least one of them!

Enjoy


2016 Year End Countdown

***Featuring***
Bear Hands
Blink 182
Cage the Elephant
Cold War Kids
Kaleo
The Lumineers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
twenty one pilots

New Countdown: SpoooookyFX

Bishop Briggs
(or at least the cover of the River Single. It was Halloween appropriate)

We're kicking off October with a double-feature for our Bonus Songs! I hope you enjoy it! See you soon!


Countdown #314

***Featuring***
Bastille
Bishop Briggs
Blink-182
Cage the Elephant
Green Day
The Head and the Heart
Kaleo
The Lumineers
NOFX
Phantogram
twenty one pilots

New Countdown: Ding!

Kaleo

It feels like this one took a long time to put together. Fortunately, it's a great episode and it features what I believe is my very first editor's note! So look out for that!




Countdown #313

***Featuring***
All Dogs
Bastille
Bishop Briggs
Blink-182
Cage the Elephant
Green Day
The Head and the Heart
Kaleo
The Lumineers
Phantogram
P.O.S
The Starting Line
twenty one pilots

New Countdown: The Live(ish) Punk Edition

Kaleo

It's time for another countdown and this week we have one (almost two!) live punk songs, so I titled the whole blog post after it! Because I'm in charge around here!

Enjoy!


Countdown #312

***Featuring***
Bastille
Bishop Briggs
Blink-182
Cage the Elephant
Green Day
The Head and the Heart
Kaleo
Phantogram
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Starting Line
twenty one pilots