In addition to directing underwriting traffic for KXCI, holding down The Music Mix from 10 a.m. till noon on Tuesdays and running independent label Baby Gas Mask Records with her husband Seth, Melissa recently launched Fathoming Water, a podcast focused on the intricacies of water and diversely related topics including water management, policy, law, history, environment, social injustice, quality and quantity. The only thing she’s more excited about than the recently announced Ween reunion that is number one on her top 10 list for 2015, is her and Seth’s new puppy, Ella.

1. Ween announcing their reunion after a four-year hiatus.

2. New Dead Weather album.

3. New Django Django album.

4. New Thee Oh Sees album.

5. New Wanda Junes album.

6. New Leonard Cohen album Can’t Forget (A Souvenir of the Grand Tour).

7. Night of the Living Fest in Tucson, AZ where I was wowed by Diane Coffee, Cakes da Killa, and Of Montreal.

8. Desert Stars Festival in Pioneertown CA where I discovered Pearl Charles and Cassini.

9. Baby Gas Mask Records releasing Run Boy Run’s Something to Someone out on sea-blue vinyl.

10. Baby Gas Mask Records releasing Best Dog Award’s Faith-Based Space Place EP on CD and seeing it hit CMJ.