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Apr 17, 2024: I knew this day would come, but I was still not ready: kiddo said he is too big to wear his blue shirt. šŸ˜¢

Apr 15, 2024: Tooting my own horn about getting out of my own way for VIKINGS vs SAMURAI in my interview with Samuraipunk. ā€œI have strong opinions and talk a lot of ā€¦

Apr 1, 2024: Because today is April 1st, enjoy the 1st one-page issue of VIKINGS vs SAMURAI. No joke. šŸ¤˜ https://vikingsvssamurai.com/the-bridge/

Mar 21, 2024: Vernor Vinge passed. Damn. The man had a significant impact on science fiction. While the concepts he explored were heady, it was his exploration of ā€¦

Mar 14, 2024: Test post from Drafts.

Feb 27, 2024: I didnā€™t know you clip rap out of key, but the guy next to me is proof you can.

Feb 25, 2024: Writing Wrecked Me Itā€™s been a long day. I spent a chunk of it working on a comic book script that was supposed to be finished two weeks ago. I have to make a few edits ā€¦

Feb 15, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Dear Scott by Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band and Fountain Baby by Amaarae. šŸŽµ Listen

Feb 14, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Fear of Nature by Disorganism and Diatom Ribbons Live at the Village Vanguard by Kris Davis. ā€¦

Feb 14, 2024: I just bonded with a guy at my cover store over his Rudimentary Peni tee shirt and our love for Peniā€™s Cacophony album. Now, I gotta listen to that ā€¦

Feb 13, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to For That Beautiful Feeling by The Chemical Brothers and Struggler by Genesis Owusu. šŸŽµ Listen

Feb 10, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Destiny by DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ and Orgasm by Alan Shorter. šŸŽµ Listen

Feb 9, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Chupetones by Benefits and The Window by Ratboys. šŸŽµ Listen

Feb 8, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Nails by Benefits and 9 by Public Image Ltd. šŸŽµ Listen

Feb 7, 2024: Finished reading: The Samurai by Stephen Turnbull šŸ“š

Feb 7, 2024: Every day, I have a spoonful of sauerkraut or kimchi. It wakes me up more than my morning cup of coffee! šŸ„„ ā˜•ļø

Feb 7, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to White Trash Revelry by Adeem The Artist and AutopoiĆ©tica by Mon Laferte. šŸŽµ Listen

Feb 6, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love? by Kara Jackson and Black Rainbows by Corinne ā€¦

Feb 5, 2024: Finished reading: The Viking Way by Neil S. Price šŸ“š

Feb 5, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Chew Kosaka Sings by Chu Kosaka and A Spiral In Basalt (Adventurous Music) by Milieu. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 2, 2024: Sticker art.

Feb 2, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Heaven by Cleo Sol and Nuclear War by Red Hot + Ra. šŸŽµ Listen

Feb 1, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to _ A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume_ by Yves Tumor and Radical Romantics by Fever ā€¦

Jan 31, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to God Is Dead by Twin Temple and Raven by Kelela. šŸŽµ Listen

Jan 30, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Infinite Spring by superviolet and Ripshit Ciudade by Ataque ZerĆø. šŸŽµ Listen

Jan 25, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Desire Pathway by Screaming Females and Departures by Gateways. šŸŽµ Listen

Jan 24, 2024: The only thing I miss about Twitter now is reading Bruce Sterlingā€™s posts.

Jan 24, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Love The Stranger by Friendship and Solo Game by Sullivan Fortner. šŸŽµ Listen

Jan 23, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware and Air by SAULT. šŸŽµ Listen

Jan 19, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Clockwatching by Seawind of Battery and Girl In The Half Pearl by Liv.e. šŸŽµ Listen

Jan 18, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Colours of the Air by loscil and Lawrence English and Dynamic Maximum Tension by Darcy James ā€¦

Jan 16, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Dark With Excessive Bright by Missy Mazzoli and Light Places by LP Giobbi. šŸŽµ Listen

Jan 13, 2024: Perusing the eldritch tomes of Alan Mooreā€™s Providence, I find myself inclined to resume the endeavor of my Great American Graphic Novel, that which ā€¦

Jan 13, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Again by Oneohtrix Point Never and Vengeance Is Mine by Diztort. šŸŽµ Listen

Jan 6, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to EADDA9223 by Fito PĆ”ez and Something To Give Each Other by Troye Sivan. šŸŽµ Listen

Jan 5, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Left Hand Path by Entombed and In The End It Always Does by The Japanese House. šŸŽµ Listen

Jan 4, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Amai Hitokuchi by Asuka Ando and Grace After a Party by Jemima Coulter. šŸŽµ Listen

Jan 3, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to This is Why by Paramore and Dub Exorcism by Leather Parisi. šŸŽµ Listen here and here.

Jan 2, 2024: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Rat Saw God by Wednesday and Renegade Transmission by ADJ. šŸŽµ Listen here and here.

Dec 29, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Static by Cults and Heaven Is a Junkyard by Youth Lagoon. šŸŽµ Listen

Dec 28, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Rime Of Memory by Panopticon and The Enduring Spirit by Tomb Mold. šŸŽµ Listen

Dec 27, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Multitudes by Feist and Saturnian Bloodstorm by Lamp Of Murmuur. šŸŽµ Listen

Dec 14, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Jaguar II by Victoria MonĆ©t and The Whaler by Home Is Where. šŸŽµ Listen

Dec 12, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Horrified by Repulsion and Rivers in our Veins by Allison Miller. šŸŽµ Listen

Dec 11, 2023: Airmail app for my iPhone became unusable this weekend. Any suggestions for a comparable app? Thanks.

Dec 10, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Back in My Prime by Jim Jones & Hitmaka and A World Inbetween by Seatbelts. šŸŽµ Listen

Dec 8, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Everyoneā€™s Crushed by Water From Your Eyes and Post-American by MSPAINT. šŸŽµ Listen

Dec 7, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Good Luck by Debby Friday and Hood Hottest Princess by Sexyy Red. šŸŽµ Listen

Dec 6, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Norm by Andy Shauf and Rat Saw God by Wednesday. šŸŽµ Listen

Dec 5, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Girl With Fish by Feeble Little Horse and Cartwheel by Hotline TNT. šŸŽµ Listen

Dec 4, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons by The Hives and Preludes by Flaer. šŸŽµ Listen

Dec 1, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Cornos by Serpente and Melt My Eyez See Your Future by Denzel Curry. šŸŽµ Listen

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Nov 29, 2023: Sounds about right.

Nov 28, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to S/T by Genestealer and Sudden Death Overtime by Slapshot. šŸŽµ Listen

Nov 27, 2023: My Roomba sounds like itā€™s banging its head against the wall.

Nov 27, 2023: Iā€™m going to be listening to Killing Joke today to celebrate the life of Geordie Walker. Hit me up if you want to hear my retrospective mix.

Nov 22, 2023: Waiting.

Nov 20, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to PROGRAM: ANNIHILATOR and GRINDCRUSHER. šŸŽµ youtu.be/DGfci_ML5… ā€¦

Nov 9, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Get Loud! by Agnostic Front and Crypt Of Ancestral Knowledge by Wolves In The Throne Room. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 6, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Black Dog by Gazelle Twin and Formal Growth In The Desert by Protomartyr. šŸŽµ Listen

Nov 5, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Timeproof by Ital Tek and The Album by Eater. šŸŽµ Listen

Nov 3, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The King by Bluetech and Welcome to the Afterfuture by Mike Ladd. šŸŽµ Listen

Nov 2, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The King by Anjimile and Songs for Sad Poets by Siavash Amini & Eugene Thacker by ā€¦

Nov 1, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Happy Child Ball Chain by Carmen Jaci xx and Spike Field by Maria BC. šŸŽµ Listen

Oct 31, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to softscars by yeule and Source of Denial by Nihiloxica. šŸŽµ Listen

Oct 31, 2023: The word “Spooktacular” used to mean something in this country, dammit! Bringing it back with my HALLOWEEN MIX šŸŽƒšŸ‘» Listen at ā€¦

Oct 30, 2023: I donā€™t understand the hatred for candy corn. Itā€™s not like theyā€™re Peeps or something.

Oct 27, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to TalĆ”n by Raphael Rogiński and Isnā€™t It Now? by Animal Collective. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 24, 2023: I love how Dawnn Lewis says “Cerritos!”

Oct 24, 2023: ā€œMake it make senseā€ is the new ā€œI donā€™t know who needs to hear this.ā€

Oct 23, 2023: Thanks, Elon, for inspiring me to donate more to Wikipedia.

Oct 17, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to ē„”åøø Mujo by Kazuya Matsumoto and Atlas by Laurel Halo. šŸŽµ Listen

Oct 12, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Irreparable Damage by Asshole Galaxy and Scoring Berlin by Roger Eno. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 6, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to DĆ©jĆ  Vu by Marlene and Wishah ŁˆŁŲ“Ų§Ų­ by Youmna Saba. šŸŽµ Listen

Oct 5, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Still Echo by Mute Beat and Splid by Kvelertak. šŸŽµ Listen

Oct 4, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Stooges self-titled album and Master of Brutality by Church of Misery. šŸŽµ Listen

Oct 3, 2023: Matt Gaetz for House speaker.

Sep 29, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Hermetic Fire by Death Vanish and Saturnian Bloodstorm by Lamp Of Murmuur. šŸŽµ Listen

Sep 27, 2023: Waiting.

Sep 27, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Artist Showcase ā€“ 4th Edition and Speaker Music by Techxodus. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 26, 2023: Night spider.

Sep 26, 2023: Web dew.

Sep 26, 2023: Pride.

Sep 26, 2023: Good dog.

Sep 26, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The 7th Hand by Immanuel Wilkins and (Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality by Eluvium. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 25, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Sides by Lean Year and Field Recordings ā€“ 04 Balkans by Ard Bit. šŸŽµ Listen

Sep 24, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Man from Waco by Charlie Crockett and Third Nature by Roza Terenzi & jd. šŸŽµ Listen

Sep 23, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Late Developers by Belle and Sebastian and No Past No Future by Spacemoth. šŸŽµ Listen

Sep 23, 2023: Mushroom in the field.

Sep 22, 2023: I’ve used Evernote for nearly 15 years. It is a beneficial tool for anyone. However, I no longer use Evernote the way I used to and canceled my ā€¦

Sep 22, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to ā€˜Till Iā€™m Dead by RXK Nephew and Seabrook by Bob Martin. šŸŽµ Listen

Sep 21, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Feld by Martin Kohlstedt and Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760 by Aphex Twin. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 20, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Lost & Found by Sean Shibe and Abnormal Things (Heterodox) by toka. šŸŽµ Listen ā€¦

Sep 19, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Yarns From The Chocolate Triangle by The Orb and Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face by ā€¦

Sep 16, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Formal Growth In The Desert by Protomartyr and Anthronomicon by Ulthar. šŸŽµ Listen.

Sep 15, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Kora Pranditā€˜s Musicla Gems by Kora Prandit and To Live And Withstand by Anklebiter. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 15, 2023: Mysterious ways.

Sep 13, 2023: Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for no one.

Sep 13, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Samba for Tarsila by Ben Sher and Carry Them With Us by BrƬdghe Chaimbeul. šŸŽµ Listen.

Sep 12, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Draw / Orb by Extra and Light Moving Time by Babehoven. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 11, 2023: I spent five hours in a pool Saturday and neglected to use sunblock. Sunday night, my upper body was on fire. Tonight, it feels like Iā€™m wearing a ā€¦

Sep 11, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to You Know I Care by Tenderlonious and Dysplazia by Insha. šŸŽµ Listen.

Sep 8, 2023: Provoke Camera is my go-to photography app, so I set up my phone to activate it whenever I tap the back of my phone twice. Nice.

Sep 8, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to How To Let Go by Sigrid and Une Aventure de VV by Aksak Maboul. šŸŽµ Listen.

Sep 7, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to SNOFALL by Jeezy & DJ Drama and Murken Hollow by Dead Melodies. šŸŽµ Listen.

Sep 6, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Sons Of by Sam Prekop & John McEntire and Ahmad Jamalā€™s Alhambra by Ahmad Jamal. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 5, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Sons Of by Sam Prekop & John McEntire and GTI by Opla. šŸŽµ Listen ā€¦

Sep 1, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Split by The Faith/Void and Post Self by Godflesh. šŸŽµ Listen ā€¦

Aug 31, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Wait for Me by Noele Flowers and Kemiā€˜s self-titled album. šŸŽµ Listen.

Aug 31, 2023: Bloom.

Aug 30, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Loverly by Meemo Comma and The Weight Of The Mask by Svalbard. šŸŽµ Listen ā€¦

Aug 29, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to _ Krishnanda_ by Pedro Santos and _ Piece of Me_ by Lady Wray. šŸŽµ Listen ā€¦

Aug 28, 2023: Once a month I recharge my Kindle, my flashlight, my keychain flashlight, and my battery recharger. This routine has saved my bacon several times over ā€¦

Aug 28, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Kingā€™s Disease 3 by Nas and The Love Ting by Jordy. šŸŽµ Listen.

Aug 27, 2023: šŸŽ§ ļ¼³ļ¼Æļ¼µļ¼®ļ¼¤ļ¼·ļ¼”ļ¼¶ļ¼„ guest deejay Mark O’Shea spins a mix curating music from his Winter-Light label. Music by Nam-Khar, Rapoon, Kloob, Argyre Planitia, ā€¦

Aug 26, 2023: Live fast and prosper.

Aug 25, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Neo Seven by 7038634357 and Exile On Main Street by Rolling Stones. šŸŽµ Listen.

Aug 24, 2023: Barbieā€™s muscle car.

Aug 23, 2023: After watching the trailer for Rebel Moon I decided I might watch it.

Aug 23, 2023: Of all the candidates, DeSantis is certainly one of them.

Aug 23, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Speak N Spell by MURS & Wiardon and Ziv Taubenfeld’s Full Sun EP. šŸŽµ Listen.

Aug 22, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Nectarine by Alex Haas and Sun Instead of Head by Max Ananyev. šŸŽµ Listen.

Aug 21, 2023: I spent Hurricane Hillary playing Horizon Chase 2 on Apple Arcade. I picked up the game because my grandkid and I were indoors most of the weekend. ā€¦

Aug 13, 2023: We human beings can be so weird and wonderful. šŸ’¬ Kazuo Ohno - My mother

Aug 11, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Curyman by RogĆŖ and Shufflemania! by Robyn Hitchcock. šŸŽµ Listen.

Aug 10, 2023: Machine.

Aug 10, 2023: Nature.

Aug 10, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Darkness Of God by Heaving Earth and Ctrl Alt Reality by The Glitch Mob. šŸŽµ Listen.

Aug 9, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Make Noise by Jeremy Pelt and Cave World by Viagra Boys. šŸŽµ Listen.

Aug 8, 2023: I just completed a project that was three years in the making. Satisfied and relieved to finally wrap it up.

Aug 8, 2023: The email app I rely on is unusable this morning. Which means thereā€™s a stack of tasks I am unable to complete. Frustrating.

Aug 8, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Blue Rev by Alvvays and Kill Grid by Enforced. šŸŽµ Listen.

Aug 7, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Reckless by Morgan Wade and Over The Edge by The Wipers.šŸŽµListen.

Aug 4, 2023: Barbie rules the world.

Aug 4, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the Empire of the Sun soundtrack by John Williams and Wait by Dub Tractor.šŸŽµListen.

Aug 3, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Teeth Marks by S.G. Goodman and Gyer Ro by PHURPA.šŸŽµListen.

Aug 2, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Seven Songs by 23 Skidoo and Marble Son by Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter (thanks, ā€¦

Aug 1, 2023: The Corruption of Fyodor Grigorovich I play Fyodor Grigorovich, former master-at-arms and now majordomo for Inquisitor Ezekiel Chaxius, in our weekly Dark Heresy role-playing game. Fyodor ā€¦

Aug 1, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Blight Witch Regalia by Cicada The Burrower and Quiet The Room by Skullcrusher.šŸŽµListen.

Jul 31, 2023: I will be fascinated to learn the fallout of rebranding TĢøwĢøiĢøtĢøtĢøeĢørĢø to X. When companies update their website, emails, brochures, etc., how many of ā€¦

Jul 30, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Yol by Altın GĆ¼n and Junkyard by The Birthday Party.šŸŽµListen

Jul 29, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Out to Lunch! by Eric Dolphy and The Blue Lotus by The Greg Foat Group.šŸŽµListen

Jul 29, 2023: Last week I watched ā€œRadiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart,ā€ the thrilling conclusion to The Venture Bros. animated series, and all the ā€¦

Jul 28, 2023: It would be a hoot if Ex-Twitter got so terrible that Peach picked up new users.

Jul 28, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Skinscape by Aries Mond and Zango by WITCH.šŸŽµ Listen.

Jul 27, 2023: Just saw a guy get out of his car that reeked of weed to throw his empty beer bottle away, get back in his car, and haul ass.

Jul 27, 2023: Can’t wait to see this on runways. šŸ’¬ The fan jacket: the Japanese innovation keeping workers cool in extreme heat

Jul 27, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to You Still Here Ho? by Flo Milli and comp by exm.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jul 26, 2023: Statement. That’s it. That’s the post.

Jul 26, 2023: A long time ago, I picked up U2ā€™s The Edge soundtrack for Captive. The only thing I can recall from the album was a track called ā€œHeroine,ā€ with ā€¦

Jul 26, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Heaven Come Crashing by Rachika Nayar and AsOneĀ² by As One.šŸŽµ Listen

Jul 25, 2023: Playlist for a work function you might dig. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4JWdQYuaf8lgl4Cwp8je9a?si=1mmXVsV-TyCl9tafCwwVHw

Jul 25, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Faith by The Cure and Mr. Money with the Vibe by Asake.šŸŽµ Listen

Jul 24, 2023: X-Twitter is what Iā€™ll be calling the platform.

Jul 23, 2023: Comicon 2023, San Diego.

Jul 23, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Dreamer by Nabihah Iqbal album and Floristā€˜a self-titled album.šŸŽµ Listen.

Jul 22, 2023: I’m heading out to take photos of everyone in their costumes in downtown San Diego for Comicon. Send ideas and suggestions my way. Or ping me if ā€¦

Jul 22, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Poison RuĆÆnselfā€™s self-titled album and Viral Incubation by Void Stasis.šŸŽµListen.

Jul 21, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Felicita by Anadol and Centrifics by Marina Alle.šŸŽµ Listen.

Jul 20, 2023: Moon and Venus.

Jul 20, 2023: Tired of misandry and mamsplaing.

Jul 20, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to God Save the Animals by Alex G and 30 Year Anniversary Retrospective by Sub Dub.šŸŽµ Listen

Jul 19, 2023: Watching the Threads algorithm fine-tune itself is an interesting experience. My feed is currently in its goth/death metal phase. It feels like a ā€¦

Jul 19, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to From Coma to Catharsis by Royal Arctic Institute and Days of Gold by bvdub.šŸŽµ Listen.

Jul 18, 2023: I told my grandkid a bedtime story tonight, and I outdid myself. There were twists, turns, surprises, a bit of Lewis Carrol metaness, and a new friend ā€¦

Jul 18, 2023: Favorite photo from the weekend.

Jul 17, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny and PAINLESS by NilĆ¼fer Yanya.šŸŽµ Listen.

Jul 14, 2023: Tasty!

Jul 14, 2023: Today I am listening to Cheb i Sabbah exclusively. Iā€™m currently listening to La Kahena. šŸŽµ Listen

Jul 14, 2023: Today I am listening to Cheb i Sabbah exclusively. Iā€™m currently listening to Krishna Lila. šŸŽµ Listen.

Jul 14, 2023: Today I am listening to Cheb i Sabbah exclusively. Iā€™m currently listening to MahaMaya - Shri Durga Remixed. šŸŽµ Listen.

Jul 14, 2023: Today I am listening to Cheb i Sabbah exclusively and Iā€™ve begun my day with his first album, Shri Durga šŸŽ¶ Listen.

Jul 13, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Sean Thompsonā€™s Weird Ears and Immutable by Meshuggah.šŸŽµListen.

Jul 11, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to In Brine by Jellyskin and Sparkle Beings by Angelica Sanchez Trio.šŸŽµListen.

Jul 10, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Toys/Die Dreaming by JD Allen and Shook by Algiers.šŸŽµ Listen.

Jul 7, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Anima I by Olivia Belli and Ā”Ay! by Lucrecia Dalt.šŸŽµ Listen.

Jul 6, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Out of the Beast Came Honey by Ziv and Near by Fortresses.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jul 5, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Seven Psalms by Nick Cave and In the Marigolds by Jim Nothing.šŸŽµ xx

Jul 3, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Monsterpiece by Robot Monster Army and Words and Silences by Brian Harnetty + Thomas ā€¦

Jul 1, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt and Trust by Mike Miller.šŸŽµ Listen.

Jun 30, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Meadow Flower by Star Party and No Mercy from Electric Eyes Rig by Death Ray Vision.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 29, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Humanus by Uh and The Rig by Blanck Mass.šŸŽµ Listen.

Jun 29, 2023: Coins.

Jun 28, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Rule from the Dark Mountain by Planet Supreme and Lamaā€‹Å”ā€‹tu by Chaigidel & NERATERRƆ.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 27, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to $oul $old $eparately by Freddie Gibbs and LongGone by Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau / ā€¦

Jun 24, 2023: Iā€™m writing a webcomic that chronicles a washed-up parkour YouTube star, desperate bid to reinvent himself as a TikTok influencer. During the Ukraine ā€¦

Jun 24, 2023: Round 2.

Jun 24, 2023: Blossom take a break from chasing her ball.

Jun 22, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Juvenilia by LUCI and Stella Kolaā€˜s self-titled album.šŸŽµListen.

Jun 21, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Blk Elijah & The Children Of MeroĆ« by Thandi Ntuli and Psychic Dance Routine by ā€¦

Jun 20, 2023: Golden Hill.

Jun 20, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress by Gulch and My Life In A Hole in the Ground by African Head ā€¦

Jun 18, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Raise Your Spirit Consciousness by Jay Hoggard and Intra-I by Theon Cross.šŸŽµ Listen.

Jun 17, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Aenima by Tool (thanks, @joelhamill) and En Ƅr Fƶr Mycket Och Tusen Aldrig Nog by Dungen. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 16, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Four Four Twenty Twenty by Monolog and Hinterland by Electronic Death Black Dogs.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 15, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Sadness Defines Your Happiness by Sakanatsuri and Rule from the Dark Mountain by Planet ā€¦

Jun 14, 2023: Someone in the neighborhood is playing ā€œA Pair of Brown Eyesā€ by The Pogues. Nice.

Jun 14, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to No Reason by The Chemical Brothers and Spirituals by Santigold (thanks, @zioibi).šŸŽµ Listen.

Jun 13, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Love Quantum by Theo Croker and caroline by caroline.šŸŽµ Listen.

Jun 12, 2023: In preparation for my interview with Death Ray Visionā€™s Keith Bennett for Vikings vs. Samurai, Iā€™ve been immersing myself in the band members other ā€¦

Jun 11, 2023: How am I spending my Saturday night, you ask? Listening to Death Ray Vision’s Get Lost or Get Dead EP, pounding Diet Coke, and writing comic ā€¦

Jun 10, 2023: Matador and bull.

Jun 9, 2023: Hell, yeah.

Jun 9, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Offworld Radiation Therapy by Memmon Sa and The Overload by Yard Act.šŸŽµ Listen

Jun 8, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Georgia Gothic by Mattiel and Cavern Of Inoculated Cognition by Spinebreaker.šŸŽµ Listen

Jun 7, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to A Glitter Year by EggS and Liquid Oxygen Kerosene by Neutraliser.šŸŽµ My HomePod Minis could ā€¦

Jun 6, 2023: LEGO critter.

Jun 6, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Electrophonic Chronic by The Arcs and River Fools And Mountain Saints by Ian Noe.šŸŽµ Listen

Jun 5, 2023: This weekend while talking to my friend over the phone, I moved the conversation over to my laptop and used my Sennheiser microphone to continue ā€¦

Jun 5, 2023: The soil run-off beneath a bridge was enough to support vegetation.

Jun 5, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Adrian Sherwood Presents: Dub No Frontiers and POSH SWAT by John Dwyer.šŸŽµ Listen

Jun 4, 2023: Salmon with Tomato Corn Salsa ā²ļø I came across this recipe years ago. I love it because it is delicious and ridiculously easy to make. Pro tip: swap out the canned water-packed corn ā€¦

Jun 3, 2023: You can’t see me, but I’m punching my first in the air. I just unlocked a nerd achievement. I can now use my Sennheiser mic and Duet box ā€¦

Jun 2, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Sacred Tonalities by Mike Lazarev and Bow Down by Westside Connection (thanks, Steve ā€¦

Jun 1, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to If My Wife New Iā€™d Be Dead by CMAT and ƙir by Caldon Glover.šŸŽµ ā€¦

May 31, 2023: Iā€™ve started live streaming on Instagram about projects Iā€™m working on and tangentially related thoughts, and I must admit, itā€™s… fun. And ā€¦

May 31, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Rite of Spring: Spectre by Sylvie Courvoisier & Cory Smythe and American IV: The Man ā€¦

May 30, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to vilevilevilevilevilevilevilevile by Brandon Lopez and Sodā€™s Toastie by Cool Greenhouse.šŸŽµ ā€¦

May 29, 2023: Man, let me tell you, today was a hell of a productive day! I mean, I was on fire, like a goddamn creative tornado tearing through everything in its ā€¦

May 28, 2023: Researching Project Boris means watching a lot of base climbing videos for research. It sounds like fun, but itā€™s pretty nerve-wracking. I have to ā€¦

May 27, 2023: Watching Star Trek V: The Final Frontier I decided that the world needs a Star Trek series starring Michael Keaton and Terry Crews as Klingons.

May 27, 2023: Today I went to what I believe was a vegan farmers market with various food trucks. I was impressed with the offerings. I moved the pierogis, the ā€¦

May 26, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Saint Boy by Daniel Pioro and Gold by Little Dragon.šŸŽµ ā€¦

May 25, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the Genome 3 compilation album and the Videodrome soundtrack by Howard Shore.šŸŽµ ā€¦

May 24, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Crystal Vision by Nathan Fake and Š”ŠøŠ»Š° Š²ŠµŃ‚Ń€Š° by Š”ŠžŠ®Š—.šŸŽµ open.spotify.com/playlist/…

May 23, 2023: Cool, cool water.

May 23, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Raeon by Subheim and Glitches Grew by Xenomorph Jazz Ensemble.šŸŽµ Subheim is always sublime. ā€¦

May 22, 2023: I picked up Once Upon A Time in the West because itā€™s $4.95 on Apple. The movie was shot in Techniscope. This derived a 2.35:1 aspect ratio while ā€¦

May 22, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Food for Thought by Che Noir and Wilds by The Soundcarriers.šŸŽµ Che Noir was raw, genuine and ā€¦

May 21, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Subject to Change by Kelsea Ballerini and Careening by Hammered Hulls.šŸŽµ Country pop is not ā€¦

May 20, 2023: Big fan of Lieutenant Gornā€™s REI Imperial uniform.

May 20, 2023: 365: Two Albums a Day A year ago, I decided to listen to two albums a day. We live in a world that streams a never-ending torrent of music. I need to parameters to listen ā€¦

May 20, 2023: Communications, Drafts and Micro.Blog I’m thinking aloud about communication and the tools I use to communicate. I’m going to talk about Drafts, Ulysses, Obsidian, Micro.Blog, ā€¦

May 20, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Spacehop Chronicles 2: Echoes Of Orion by Bluetech and Revival by Annahstasia.šŸŽµ Very ā€¦

May 20, 2023: In this episode of Mage: The Podcast, Terry Robinson and Victor Kinzer discuss a niche setting in a niche role-playing game in a niche hobby. I loved ā€¦

May 20, 2023: Microblogging Vikings vs. Samurai I spent an hour updating the Vikings vs. Samurai website. Iā€™m on the Micro.Blog platform because it provides a seamless and user-friendly experience ā€¦

May 19, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Choosing by Sophie Jamieson and Poeā€™s Law by Schobbee.šŸŽµ ā€¦

May 18, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to SUSS and Singles Going Steady by Buzzcocks.šŸŽµ ā€¦

May 17, 2023: Neighborhood ward of power manifested in chalk.

May 17, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Praise A Lord by Yves Tumo and Gemini Rights by Steve Lacy.šŸŽµ ā€¦

May 16, 2023: If I were the program director for Creature Double Feature, I would broadcast 65 and After Earth back to back.

May 16, 2023: Iā€™m watching 65 starring Adam Driver. Iā€™m all for a B movie of our protagonist shooting dinosaurs on primeval Earth. Iā€™m not asking much. Just keep me ā€¦

May 16, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to 大団円-Ending- by SARI (thanks thanks @tomorohhidari@mas.to) and Soul Food Music Compilation 3 ā€¦

May 15, 2023: Dark Heresy: Episode 1 It is the 41st Millennium. For over 100 centuries, the Emperor of mankind has set in mobile on the golden throne of terror. He is the master of ā€¦

May 15, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Canto Coral Afrobrasileiro by Os TincoĆ£s and The Valley by Whitechapel.šŸŽµ ā€¦

May 12, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to ā€˜Till Iā€™m Dead by RXK Nephew and No Past No Future by Spacemoth. šŸŽ¶ Listen.

May 12, 2023: My writing partner wants to use Google Docs to collaborate. Looking for alternatives and suggestions would be appreciated. I’ve heard good ā€¦

May 11, 2023: Me: statement Also Me: contradictory statement

May 11, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Say It Loud by Lou Donaldson and .wav by Flux Pavilion.šŸŽµ ā€¦

May 10, 2023: I deleted the Artifact app. All the ads that popped up only let me read four lines of text at a time. Frustrating.

May 10, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to a journey… by hinako omori and Iā€™ve Got My Own Album To Do by Ron Wood.šŸŽµ ā€¦

May 9, 2023: This Sunday weā€™ll begin our first session of Warhammerā€™s Dark Heresy. I play Fyodor Grigorovich, the majordomo of our Inquisitor. Iā€™m basically ā€¦

May 9, 2023: Season two of Rings of Power? Iā€™m their target demo, but thereā€™s no way Iā€™m going to watch this serialized snooze fest.

May 8, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Boat Songs by MJ Lenderman and Broken Gargoyles by Diamanda GalĆ”s.šŸŽµ ā€¦

May 7, 2023: Looks like we might make it through the day without a mass shooting. šŸ¤ž

May 5, 2023: Itā€™s mind-blowing that I am held to a higher order of ethics than the Supreme Court Justices.

May 5, 2023: We wrapped up our Mothership game in April. This month weā€™re going to play in the grimdark universe of Warhammerā€™s Dark Heresy.

May 5, 2023: Iā€™m going to watch Silo tonight. Iā€™m dubious because all the characters look far too clean and healthy. And their clothes look new. Those of you who ā€¦

May 5, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Few Good Things by Saba and Eidetic by BenoĆ®t Pioulard.šŸŽµ ā€¦

May 4, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Yeahno Yowouw Land by Langendorf United and Emphasis & Flight, 1961 (Live) by Jimmy ā€¦

May 3, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar and Cloud 10 by Chip Wickman (thanks, @zioibi).šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 28, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Bellringer by Linqua Franqa and Cruel Country by Wilco.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 28, 2023: That was delightful.

Apr 27, 2023: Cone.

Apr 27, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Splid by Kvelertak and Hyaline by Maria BC.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 26, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Sabotage by Black Sabbath and Back Home by Big Joanie.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 25, 2023: Iā€™ve settled on the word ā€œcozyā€ to describe Micro.Blog. Thereā€™s no algorithm to hustle me. Folks post missives on pens and typewriters, share photos ā€¦

Apr 25, 2023: It tickles me to no end that introduced one of my oldest friends to RPGs through one of the most unlikely games: Xas Irkalla, a survival horror RPG. ā€¦

Apr 25, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Arkhaiomelisidonophunikheratos by Satanicpornocultshop and Ultratronics by Ryoji Ikeda.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 24, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Leviathan by Mastodon and Polyrythmic Electronica by Benge.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 23, 2023: Unfortunately, my much-anticipated IG interview with Soundwave’s guest deejay Simon Grab fell through. There’s still hope for a future ā€¦

Apr 23, 2023: One of the unique aspects of our Mothership game is the characters have access to, they can send encrypted messages, stream video, and so on. They ā€¦

Apr 23, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Strawberry Roan by Cole Pulice & Nat Harvie and …. And Take The Black Worm With ā€¦

Apr 23, 2023: Iā€™ll be chatting with Simon Grab about his music and his mix for todayā€™s Soundwave podcast on Instagram at 11 AM Pacific.

Apr 23, 2023: Charlie and I have spent the last year writing, planning, and arguing on our webcomic, Vikings vs Samurai. Iā€™m excited to share a sample of some rough ā€¦

Apr 22, 2023: Finally watched Midsommar. Worth the wait. Amazed I avoided spoilers. Horror seems to be experiencing a resurgence, and Iā€™m all about it. Itā€™s a genre ā€¦

Apr 22, 2023: Weā€™re approaching the endgame of our Mothership adventure. Like every science fiction survival-horror movie youā€™ve seen, things have progressed to an ā€¦

Apr 22, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to John Barleycorn Reborn: Dark Britannica and Post Apocalypse Now by Sumner.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 21, 2023: Finished reading: Occultation and Other Stories by Laird Barron šŸ“š The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All was my introduction to Barron. Heā€™s always ā€¦

Apr 21, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Spirit Exit by Caterina Barbieri and_ Viral Incubation _by Void Stasis.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 21, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Bert At The BBC by Bert Jansch and Hazy Moons by Eden Lonsdale.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 20, 2023: I usually read 5 to 8 books at once. I donā€™t know how long Iā€™ve had this habitā€”at least a decade. Despite the churn, once I finish one of the books in ā€¦

Apr 20, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Bert At The BBC by Bert Jansch and Hazy Moons by Eden Lonsdale.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 19, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Evocation by Andrew Cyrille, Elliot Sharp, Richard Teitelbaum and Lord Of Chaos by Killing ā€¦

Apr 18, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Long Cool World by North Americans and Levity by The Stroppies.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 17, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Last Great Wilderness by The Pastels and Machine Head by Deep Purple.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 16, 2023: Mothership: Episode 9 Our Mothership game are weekly 90 minute sessions. Weā€™re nine episodes into our adventure. We run a tight game and a lot happens. Nothing is as it ā€¦

Apr 15, 2023: Mothership: Episodes Nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted. Some of the themes we are exploring are free will, cosmic horror, empathy, AI, and consciousness. ā€¦

Apr 15, 2023: Mothership: Episode 6 Captain Foster’s crew scours the al-Khwarizmi, hunting for the abducted Pvt. Fineberg, taken by an unknown combatant. Meanwhile, Dr. Zarkov ā€¦

Apr 15, 2023: Mothership: Episode 7 Doctor Dudley Conversation with Catalina Conflict: Bringing contagion aboard the Nellie Arcturus approaching the Nellie Abdullah in cargo bay How ā€¦

Apr 15, 2023: Mothership: Sources and Themes Books Exploring the limits of human knowledge and existence, these books delve into the impact of technology on our biology and culture, and journey ā€¦

Apr 15, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to UMMON by SLIFT and Fumika Fades by bvdub.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 14, 2023: I cracked the code on how to weave the themes of the cloud of unknowing and cosmic horror into the storyline of our Mothership game. After patting ā€¦

Apr 14, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the Inside by Free love and Like Floating Leaves by Wil Bolton.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 13, 2023: Finished reading: The Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett šŸ“š Learn the dead secrets at your peril.

Apr 13, 2023: I have a few days left to develop a synthesis of the cloud of forgetting with cosmic horror for Sundayā€™s Mothership game. I need Eugene Thacker on ā€¦

Apr 13, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Bird Lives by John Beasley and pity / piety by jesu.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 12, 2023: Iā€™m assuming there was a mass shooting somewhere today.

Apr 12, 2023: Finished reading: Black Fez Manifesto by Hakim Bey šŸ“š I could do with more Cro-Magnon Communiques.

Apr 12, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the Live by Chris Williams Quintet and Pink Moon by Nick Drake.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 11, 2023: Morning stroll.

Apr 11, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the NEU! Tribute Album and A Quite Place by Philippe Neau.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 10, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Habibi Funk 020: Orkos by Maha and Love Kamikaze by Serge Geyzel.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 9, 2023: Mothership: Episode 8 Our Mothership game are weekly 90 minute sessions. Weā€™re nine episodes into our adventure. We run a tight game and a lot happens. Nothing is as it ā€¦

Apr 9, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Sea Change by Beck and Walking in the Dark by Julia Bullock.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 8, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Briars On A Dewdrop by Turner Williams Jr. and Sus Dog by Clark.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 7, 2023: I had forgotten how warm Star Trek: The Motion Picture is. Earthtones, lambert amber lighting, lustrous golds. Paramount should do a series of Captain ā€¦

Apr 7, 2023: In Star Trek: The Motion Picture Spock is about to achieve Kolinahr, but Spock is not ready to give up his ā€œanimal passions.ā€ First, I adore how the ā€¦

Apr 7, 2023: Klingonā€™s New Look Watching Star Trek: The Motion Picture for the first time in I didnā€™t know how many years. Surprisingly, I think Iā€™ve only seen it twice. Maybe ā€¦

Apr 7, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Enys Men (Original Score) by Mark Jenkin and Koala and Painless by NilĆ¼fer Yanya.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 6, 2023: Started the Soundwave podcast as a sonic balm during the pandemic - a blend of ambient, classical, experimental, and instrumental sounds. Now ā€¦

Apr 6, 2023: Ah, another bold fashion choice. The woman in front of me is garbed in what appears to be the skinned hide of Cookie Monster.

Apr 6, 2023: The gentleman who just walked past me displayed a sartorial style that can best be described as a synthesis of Kid Rock and Riff Raff. Feel free to ā€¦

Apr 6, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Labyrinthitis by Destroyer and Koala and other metamorphoses by Trespassers W.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 5, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to No Place Like Home by Gemma Rogers and Black Fellflower by Sunrise Patriot Motion.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 4, 2023: Question: whatā€™s the best streaming rig for an iPhone? Thanks in advance.

Apr 4, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to imagine naked! by OHYUNG and Sub-Photic Scenario by Runar Magnusson.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 3, 2023: Just saw a hearse peel out from an intersection. Thereā€™s a metaphor in there somewhere.

Apr 3, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to LIFE ON EARTH by Hurray for the Riff Raff and REIFSMA by IFS MA.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Apr 2, 2023: The last retrospective mix will focus on the From Here to Tranquility compilation series. It will be a beast. Where the Ambient Dub and Excursions in ā€¦

Apr 1, 2023: Today is the 150th episode of Soundwave, a podcast that focuses on ambient/classical/experimental/instrumental music. The show was my way of dealing ā€¦

Apr 1, 2023: Finished reading: The Spectacle of the Void by David Peak šŸ“š A few months back, a few of my friends and I hashed over what themes, ideas, and tropes we ā€¦

Apr 1, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Raised by Hailey Whitters and Away Message by Ari Lennox.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 31, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to It Should Have Been by Love, Burns and Transmission by Shimura.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 30, 2023: I appreciate James Lanceā€™s saunter as Trent Crimm in Ted Lasso.

Mar 30, 2023: Iā€™m excited to see Renfield. Iā€™ve been fascinated with the character since Coppolaā€™s Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Renfield elicits the same mix of ā€¦

Mar 30, 2023: Finished reading: Starry Speculative Corpse by Eugene Thacker šŸ“š The true horror of this book is that I may have to re-read Ray Brassierā€™s Nihil ā€¦

Mar 30, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Third Wave by The Boys with Per (thanks @zioibi) and BABYLON - The Original Score ā€¦

Mar 29, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Portaling by Bendu (thanks @hardyoyo@code4lib.social) and Las Ruinas by Rico Nasty.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 28, 2023: I love the Provoke Camera, but it sometimes adds an outline around objects.

Mar 26, 2023: Today’s an exciting day for our Mothership game. The players encountered Dr. Meryem Mahdavi, her two children, Adam and Hawa, and Abdullah, the ā€¦

Mar 25, 2023: The mask that reveals.

Mar 25, 2023: Imagine the concoctions made with these ingredients.

Mar 25, 2023: Heading out to enjoy a walk in the sun after weeks of rainy weather. Iā€™ll be taking photos with the Provoke Camera app and pondering the strong ā€¦

Mar 25, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Humble Warrior by Wayne Escoffery and Kaibou Zika by 99Letters.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 24, 2023: My brain says, ā€œVantablack tattoo.ā€ I think to myself, ā€œThat sounds cool.ā€ That would make for some good flavor text in a story. Something cyberpunk, ā€¦

Mar 24, 2023: In the last two years, Iā€™ve read more physical books than I have in the previous decade. I would have preferred to have those books in a digital ā€¦

Mar 24, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Ghost Song by CĆ©cile McLorin Salvant and A Stray Ending by Surface 10.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 23, 2023: Rainy day, dream away.

Mar 23, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to No Plans To Stick the Landing by Boat and Aperture by Braulio Lam.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 22, 2023: Finished reading: Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson šŸ“š I have been reading Neal Stephenson for decades, and there’s a reason for that. I ā€¦

Mar 22, 2023: Rabbit family ready to celebrate Easter.

Mar 22, 2023: Wet stroll.

Mar 22, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Souvenirs by Pale Blue Eyes and Spell 31 by Ibeyi.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 21, 2023: Dark. Rainy. Night.

Mar 20, 2023: Analog March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 19

Mar 20, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar and Loveless by My Bloody Valentine.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 20, 2023: Houseplant March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 20

Mar 19, 2023: Take my money.

Mar 19, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to for you Innate Passage by Elder and Hit With the Most by Ribbon Stage.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 18, 2023: Iā€™m rewatching The Mandalorian. I love the arc of Din Djarin and IG-11ā€™s relationship in season one. It begins adversarial and ends with IG-11 as a ā€¦

Mar 18, 2023: Skyline.

Mar 18, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Perfeitamente, Justamente Quando Cheguei by Rubinho E Mauro AssumpĆ§Ć£o and From Soil To Ashes ā€¦

Mar 17, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to for you Presents: Lindeville by Ashley McBryde and Nothing Left Behind by Tomotsugu ā€¦

Mar 17, 2023: Finished reading: The Elusive Shift by Jon Peterson šŸ“š Growing up with role-playing games, I take for granted what a role-playing game is, even as the ā€¦

Mar 16, 2023: Arne Jacobsen breakfast spoons.

Mar 16, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against tha Wall by Nia Archives and Marigold by Alex Isley & Jack ā€¦

Mar 15, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to for you Anyways, Lifeā€™s Great… by GloRilla and Pain Provided Profit by Conway The ā€¦

Mar 15, 2023: I havenā€™t skinned my palms since I was a lad. Airing out the scrapes while trying not to smear my fluids on my keyboard.

Mar 14, 2023: This morning on the way to work, a mentally Iā€™ll homeless lady threw a sopping wet trash bag at me. I managed to dodge it, but my feet got tangled up ā€¦

Mar 14, 2023: Connection March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 13

Mar 14, 2023: Horizon March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 14

Mar 14, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to for you GHETTO GODS by EARTHGANG and Languoria by Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 13, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to for you who are the wronged by kathryn joseph and Hot Shot: Gangsta Grillz by G Perico & ā€¦

Mar 12, 2023: In a locally owned, family-friendly fast casual that 20 years ago was a dive the size of a shoebox. Amazing how much this neighborhood has changed. ā€¦

Mar 12, 2023: I recognize the bat’leth, but not the quote. Howā€™s your Klingon? šŸ––

Mar 12, 2023: šŸŽ§ ļ¼³ļ¼Æļ¼µļ¼®ļ¼¤ļ¼·ļ¼”ļ¼¶ļ¼„ guest deejay Jolanda Moletta spins a haunting and deeply introspective. Music by Karen Vogt, Francesca Heart, Patricia Wolf, Julia Kent, ā€¦

Mar 12, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Drowse by Wane Into It and Uganda by Akira Ishikawa & His Count Buffalos.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 12, 2023: Iā€™ve been mulling it over, and itā€™s clear that there is an exciting and obvious storyline to explore in the Alien franchise: who at Weyland-Yutani is ā€¦

Mar 11, 2023: Shiny March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 12

Mar 11, 2023: I recently purchased Paleomythic, a bone and sorcery RPG. I already own WĆ¼rm, an RPG set in the Ice Age, but while WĆ¼rm is inspired by our current ā€¦

Mar 11, 2023: Rooster companion.

Mar 11, 2023: Iā€™ve done a reasonable job of using most of the RPG materials Iā€™ve picked up over the years. Iā€™m confident Iā€™ll run Paleomythic, which arrived on my ā€¦

Mar 11, 2023: Peter Gabriel’s Passion Post a great album with no explanation. Tag others to do the same. @bloftin2 @maique @SamHawken

Mar 11, 2023: It seems like ActivityPub is the hot protocol for 2023. Iā€™m curious and excited to see where this leads.

Mar 11, 2023: Gimcrack March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 11

Mar 11, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Desert Meditations by Swartz et and Just For Clarity 2 by Blxst.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 11, 2023: Finished reading: After the Ice by Steven J. Mithen šŸ“š I began this book in the before times (pre-pandemic). Feels like closed more than the last ā€¦

Mar 10, 2023: Growth.

Mar 10, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Pieces Of Driftwood by maxine funke and Nozhet El Nofous by Nancy Mounir.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 9, 2023: Ritual March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 10

Mar 9, 2023: My best Billy Idol.

Mar 9, 2023: Help! Some time ago, someone on Micro.Blog posted an automation that scanned food ingredients and notified the user if it contained items they were ā€¦

Mar 9, 2023: Together March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 9

Mar 9, 2023: Screen.

Mar 9, 2023: One thing I enjoy about this monthā€™s Micro.Blog photoblogging challenge is that Iā€™ve decided only to use photos shot with the Provoke Camera app. Itā€™s ā€¦

Mar 8, 2023: Finished reading: Grotesquerie by Richard Gavin šŸ“š ā€œCast Lotsā€ is the short story that leaned hardest into weird fiction and never looked back.

Mar 8, 2023: Walk March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 8

Mar 8, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Slow Mode by K.L.O. and The Blue Hour by A Far Cry / Shara Nova.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 7, 2023: Whole March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 7

Mar 7, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to House Without a View by Lande Hekt and The Forever Story by JID.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 6, 2023: I have a third-party app for Twitter that, amazingly enough, still functions. But for how much longer?

Mar 6, 2023: Engineering March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 6

Mar 6, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Wise One: Celebrating The Music of John Coltrane by Daniel Rotem and ILYSM by Wild Pink.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 5, 2023: Running this weekā€™s Mothership game while recovering from a cold took more out of me than I anticipated.

Mar 5, 2023: Tile March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 5

Mar 4, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to American Heartbreak by Zach Bryan and The Highest In the Land by The Jazz Butcher.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 4, 2023: Zip March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge Day 4

Mar 4, 2023: Looking forward to writing out beats I hope to hit for this weekendā€™s Mothership game. What happened to Private Fineberg? What horror will cause ā€¦

Mar 3, 2023: Solitary March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 3

Mar 3, 2023: Iā€™m using this monthā€™s Micro.Blog photo challenge to only shoot in black and white. Iā€™m using Argentum Camera, but I might start using Provoke Camera.

Mar 3, 2023: Solitary March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 3

Mar 3, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Tonotopy by Elizabeth Cottern and This Is The Way by A Scanner Darkly.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 2, 2023: Weather March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 2

Mar 2, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Patina by Tallies and Far by Infall.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Mar 1, 2023: Secure March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge: Day 1

Mar 1, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Walking in the Dark by Julia Bullock and JID016 by Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Adrian ā€¦

Feb 28, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Human Error/Human Delight by Savak and Bouquet ChampĆŖtre by Fleur.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 28, 2023: Before the pandemic, I had tickets to see SWANS play in Los Angeles. Iā€™ve been listening to them for decades and was pumped to see them. But then ā€¦

Feb 27, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Island by Asunojokei ( thanks, @tomorohhidari@mas.to šŸ˜€) and Nacarile by iLe.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 26, 2023: I sometimes wonder what my grandkid imagines Little Old Mouse and Purple Monster look like. Iā€™ve deliberately used only the descriptors heā€™s provided. ā€¦

Feb 26, 2023: When my grandkid and I started telling stories together, I began with Little Old Mouse, who was inspired by the sensei mouse in Neal Stephensonā€™s ā€¦

Feb 26, 2023: The day’s highlight was telling my grandkid another story of his adventures with Little Old Mouse and Purple Monster. Itā€™s a story weā€™ve been ā€¦

Feb 26, 2023: Aside from coughing up phlegm on the screen of my eReader, Iā€™m on the mend. And I read three books over the weekend. Granted, two of those books took ā€¦

Feb 26, 2023: Finished reading: Echopraxia by Peter Watts šŸ“š I enjoyed Blind Sight more only due to the thrill of getting a sense of the form and flavor of the ā€¦

Feb 26, 2023: Finished reading: The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs by Tristan Gooley šŸ“š This book will certainly enhance my walks. I look forward to ā€¦

Feb 26, 2023: Day five of the cold. Iā€™m feeling much better. Despite that, I canceled our #Mothership game because Iā€™ve been too ill to prepare during the week. I ā€¦

Feb 25, 2023: Iā€™ve been sick for the last four days. This would be the perfect opportunity to finish books and watch movies. But I forgot I have to do those ā€¦

Feb 25, 2023: Finished reading: Poems That Make Grown Men Cry by Anthony Holden šŸ“šThis book did not fail to deliver on its title. I read each poem aloud, and each ā€¦

Feb 23, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Raven by Kelela and Amaryllis by Mary Halvorson.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 22, 2023: I tend to ruminate on the projects Iā€™m working on as I get ready for sleep and go down unexpected rabbit holes. Tonight itā€™s cosmic fatalism. āœØ

Feb 22, 2023: Mothership: Episode 5 Captain Foster is plagued by a dream of a ship that collided with his own ship, leading to the death of his crew. Doctor Zarkov seeks reassurance that ā€¦

Feb 22, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Take It Like A Man by Amanda Shires and The Late Great Gold Dust by Gold Dust.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 21, 2023: The roar of the mighty Dziadzia.

Feb 20, 2023: The roar of the mighty Dziadzia!

Feb 18, 2023: Finished reading: Saint Thomas Aquinas by G. K. Chesterton šŸ“š I took an introduction to philosophy class. I was excited about everything I learned, but ā€¦

Feb 18, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to New Game+ by Palette Knife and Bluff by yunĆØ pinku.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 18, 2023: Let everything happen to you. Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final ā€”Rilke

Feb 17, 2023: George Santos to play George Santos in the upcoming George Sanrio biopic available on the George Santos Network.

Feb 17, 2023: Two albums a day, an experiment in focus, and music. The past few years have seen a change in my appreciation of music. In my youth, I would immerse ā€¦

Feb 17, 2023: I still read books, but not like in the old days. Nowadays, I devour books like a man scrolling through social media, hopping from one thing to the ā€¦

Feb 17, 2023: Iā€™m enjoying After the Ice, but ā€œfast-pacedā€ it is not.

Feb 17, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Finally, New by They Hate Change and Optical Delusion by Orbital.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 16, 2023: I canā€™t wait to watch Keanu Reeves kill a bunch of people in John Wick: Chapter 4. There were so many unanswered questions of who Keanu was going to ā€¦

Feb 16, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Human Coward Coyote by Nag and Koala and other metamorphoses by Trespassers W.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 15, 2023: I see many great photos in Micro.Blogā€™s Discover feed that I kinda wish Micro.Blog had a ā€œlikeā€ function.

Feb 15, 2023: LOVE the The King’s Singers (especially their version of “A British Tar”)! What the hell? šŸ’¬ Florida college cancels concert because ā€¦

Feb 15, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy and BLIMEY by THUGWIDOW & Bruised Skies.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 15, 2023: I check Muskker a few times a week for DMs, and thatā€™s about it. My posts on Muskker are archived so all thatā€™s left is to off any functionality that ā€¦

Feb 14, 2023: Never gets old.

Feb 14, 2023: I was alarmed at the severity of lesions on the back of the gentlemanā€™s neck sitting in front of me. It took me a moment to realize it was a tattoo.

Feb 14, 2023: Equus.

Feb 14, 2023: Airmail app on my iPhone is unusable this morning. Anyone else experiencing this?

Feb 14, 2023: Commute.

Feb 14, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Silky by Andre Williams and RITUAL by SA BRUXA.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 13, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Sub Zero by Kevin Richard Martin and Green Dream in F# by Bug Club.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 12, 2023: Doctor Dudley Meets with Captain Foster Corporal Samuel Horowitz and Private Joe Besser walk on either side of you as they make their way through the corridors of the spaceship. The hum of ā€¦

Feb 12, 2023: Quarantine Message Zarkov meets Foster in the CIC. Foster gives Zarkov a status update: quarantine message, blueprints of space lab and bunker. Quarantine Warning ā€¦

Feb 12, 2023: Doctor Dudley Escorted to Quarters You wake to the sound of screams coming from the next cryogenic chamber. You groggily open your eyes and sees two unfamiliar faces staring back at ā€¦

Feb 12, 2023: Doctor Zarkov Awakens You wake up screaming, your heart racing as you sit up in your cryogenic chamber. Your are disoriented and confused, unsure of where you are or how ā€¦

Feb 12, 2023: Catalina and Arcturus The spaceship E5NLY-1 embarked on its seven-year journey from Earth to the al-įø¤ajaru al-Aswad star system with the crew in cryosleep with Arcturus on ā€¦

Feb 12, 2023: Seven-Year Nightmare You lie in your cryosleep chamber, your body suspended in a state of deep hibernation. They say you do not dream in cryosleep, but you are in fact, ā€¦

Feb 12, 2023: Mission Brief You fly over the vast expanse of Kazakhstan. Looking out the window, you see they look out the windows to see fields and forests that are dull brown, ā€¦

Feb 12, 2023: Team Yatima The auditorium is a masterpiece of minimalist design. The floors are made of gleaming marble, the walls are sleek and unadorned, and the lighting is ā€¦

Feb 12, 2023: The Stakes Beneath the Mass Ave Bridge, the Charles River thrashes. Two shadows stand watch, the neon of the city reflecting in their eyes. “Doctor ā€¦

Feb 12, 2023: Meeting with Rajesh Kumar You sit across from Rajesh Kumar, the CEO of Kind Corp, in a luxurious conference room. The room is opulently decorated, with minimalist mid century ā€¦

Feb 12, 2023: Arcturus Activated The room gleams, antiseptic as a surgical theater. Wires and microchips swim in your vision, a synthetic cloud. There’s a jolt, a burst of ā€¦

Feb 12, 2023: Attack on Yatima The Hab is a bleak and putrid labyrinth, reeking of decay and filth. As Doctor Zarkov, Dudley, Captain Foster, and Arcturus, the android, struggle to ā€¦

Feb 12, 2023: Vantablack Glory In the beginning, there was only darkness. But there was no one to behold its Vantablack glory. Until you. And you don’t exist. Not yet. That ā€¦

Feb 12, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to 97 by Juniper x Sango and Memorial by Thus Love.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 11, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Pā€‹.ā€‹Oā€‹.ā€‹C (Proof of Concept) by Zenizen and Blue Skies by Dehd.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 10, 2023: Inspired by Cloud Empress, I watched NausicaƤ of the Valley of the Wind. Enchanting film, and I might read the manga someday.

Feb 10, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to A Quite Place by Philippe Neau and ā€œ . . . on reflection ā€œ by William Basinski & Janek ā€¦

Feb 9, 2023: There’s a homeless gentleman who has lived in my neighborhood for years. Today is the first time Iā€™ve heard him play music on his speaker. Robin ā€¦

Feb 9, 2023: Burt Bacharach is dead. His music was ubiquitous in my life for a very long time. He had a genius for crafting pop song gems. ā€¦

Feb 9, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Radiator by Sadurn and For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 9, 2023: I had not anticipated running our Mothership game would become an act of mediation on cosmic horror, cosmic pessimism, corporations, ā€¦

Feb 8, 2023: I got back to work on Project Boris and rolled up my sleeves, and wrote some of the people Boris knows and why they are essential to him (revolves ā€¦

Feb 8, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Glitch by Flavia Massimo and Candydrip by Lucky Daye.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 7, 2023: Waiting for the inevitable ChatGTP / Google Bard rap battle.

Feb 7, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Good and Green Again by Jake Xerxes Fussell and Loose Fit by Social Graces.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 6, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Marchita by Silvana Estrada and Sustain by Ion Driver.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 5, 2023: Mothership: Episode 4 Team leader Doctor Maximillian Zarkov and Captain Cain Foster plan Mission al-Khwarizmi to approach the lab ship. Arcturus, discovers that the ā€¦

Feb 5, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Reel by the Chad Taylor Trio and From A Harbour Softly Drawn & Andrew Wildā€˜s EP.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 4, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to ARCeology: The Music of MSM Schmidt by Jimmy Haslip and Endless Skies by Ashbury.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 3, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to When Summer Comes by Field School and The Colours of ChloĆ« by Eberhard Weber.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 2, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to CAPRISONGS by FKA twigs and Midnight Black Earth by Blackearth.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Feb 1, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to EARTH HORNS WITH ELECTRONIC DRONE by Yoshi Wada and Bait OST by Mark Jenkin.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 31, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Elastic Wave by Gard Nilssenā€™s Acoustic Unity and A Swollen River, A Well Overflowing by ā€¦

Jan 31, 2023: I had to shake cookie crumbs out of my N95.

Jan 30, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Collection of Bird Songs by Acre Memos and Three Dimensions Deep by Amber Mark.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 30, 2023: Mothership: Episode 3 The crew of The Nellie is on a mission to Yatima, and the days pass by with routine setting in. Evgeny Khytrov works on the ship’s engines and ā€¦

Jan 29, 2023: Today is exciting. I meet with my writing partner to work on our webcomic. I came up with a 13-panel story that needs to be condensed to nine panels. ā€¦

Jan 29, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Proto-Cosmos by Allan Holdsworth & Alan Pasqua and Split by Boris and Rocky & the ā€¦

Jan 28, 2023: Iā€˜m rewatching Aliens. Decades later, this movie still holds up. Over the years, Corporal Gorman has become my favorite character in an already ā€¦

Jan 28, 2023: My grandkid took his first dance class. He got to bust out some of his moves at the end of the class. The teachers did a great job. I canā€™t wait until ā€¦

Jan 28, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to RENAISSANCE by BeyoncĆ© and Guard Dog by Searows.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 27, 2023: I want to see the results of Grant Morrisonā€™s AI-generated artwork.

Jan 27, 2023: After reading the first omnibus of Lone Wolf and Cub, I’m going to treat myself to the first film in the series, The Sword of Vengeance.

Jan 27, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Pro-oxidant by Long Range Desert Group and Reloaded by Roc Marciano.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 27, 2023: They say fashion is cyclical, but we have yet to see the return of codpieces.

Jan 27, 2023: I, for one, welcome our AI meme lords.

Jan 27, 2023: I was not aware fans had complaints about Xenomorphs. šŸ’¬ Alien Officially Fixes Fans' Biggest Complaint About Xenomorphs ā€¦

Jan 26, 2023: Spotted this hawk our office window.

Jan 26, 2023: Excited to learn that Elon Musk has purchased Cartoon Network so he can write episodes of Rick and Morty.

Jan 26, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The God Machine by Blind Guardian and The Sound of the Soul by Debashish Bhattacharya.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 25, 2023: Would a brown dwarf have enough gravity to capture a planet the size of our moon if it entered its system? Asking for a friend.

Jan 25, 2023: I purchased an ascot. Now I need to learn how to tie the damn thing.

Jan 25, 2023: After seeing a few dick pics in the local and federated timelines on Mastodon, I have changed my setting to disable sensitive images. But now, when I ā€¦

Jan 25, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Sun Still Seems To Move by Shannen Moser and Bougainvillea Suite by Brant Bjork.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 25, 2023: Hailing frequencies open.

Jan 24, 2023: Mastodon + Ivory = fun!

Jan 24, 2023: My grandkid switched things up and told me a bedtime story. He took an old chestnut like Goldilocks and spun it in unexpected directions. I was ā€¦

Jan 24, 2023: To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; ā€¦

Jan 24, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You by Big Thief and De Todas las Flores by Natalia ā€¦

Jan 23, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to We Will Live On by Deru and Soludenia by Skrika.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 22, 2023: Mothership: Episode 2 In cryogenic sleep for seven years, the crew of The Nellie journeys from Earth to the planet Yatima. Upon arrival, the crew is greeted by unfamiliar ā€¦

Jan 22, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to OdesSea by Yako Trio and Rotten Bun For An Eggless Century by mui zyu.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 21, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Zulemaā€˜s self-titled album and Old News by Will Fox.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 20, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Doe Stā€˜s self-titled album and The Disintegration Loops by William Basinski.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 19, 2023: Sad day. Iā€™m deleting Tweetbot from my phone and laptop. šŸ„²

Jan 19, 2023: Iā€™ve told my friend about the conversations about typewriters, pens and appears that go on in Micro.Blog and he asked me to share this photo. I think ā€¦

Jan 19, 2023: I was going to rage quit Twitter when they stopped access to 3rd party apps like my beloved Tweetbot. But what sealed the deal was having to use their ā€¦

Jan 19, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Morning Glory by Bill Evans and III & IV by Young Guv.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 18, 2023: Considering muting posts on my Mastodon feed that contain the words ā€œbird site.ā€ Iā€™m on Mastodon to get away from Twitter.

Jan 18, 2023: Grudgeā€™s only EP parodied the NYC hardcore bands of the 80s and was better than ALL those bands. So great!

Jan 18, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Humble Quest by Maren Morris and Void Of Unending Depths by Inanna.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 17, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Undercurrent by Bill Evans & Jim Hall and New Confusion by Shit and Shine.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 17, 2023: Interesting that no one is referring to PeƱa as a terrorist. šŸ’¬ Losing GOP candidate arrested in string of shootings at New Mexico Democratsā€™ homes ā€¦

Jan 16, 2023: I am processing my notes that have accumulated in Drafts during the last month or soā€”74 notes to go.

Jan 16, 2023: Came across my Handspring Visor while cleaning my house. Loved this little device.

Jan 16, 2023: Finished reading: Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 1 by Kazuo Koike šŸ“š Fantastic! I canā€™t wait to read the next volume.

Jan 16, 2023: Lone Wolf & Cubā€™s ā€œWinter Flowerā€ story choked me up. Powerful stuff. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Wolf_and_Cub

Jan 16, 2023: As more people migrate from Twitter to Mastodon, Iā€™m noticing the tone of my feed becoming shriller and shriller.

Jan 16, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Skyline by Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and MUNAā€˜s self-titled album.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 16, 2023: Finished reading: Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin šŸ“š I funded the book, read the book, and I recommend this book.

Jan 15, 2023: Mothership: Episode 1 Our story follows the mission of the crew of The Nellie, including Captain Foster, Doctor Zarkov, Doctor Dudley, and Arcturus, the android as they ā€¦

Jan 15, 2023: Writing beats for remaining scenes for todayā€™s 1st Mothership game. Leaning heavily into FATEā€™s narrative-based gameplay. What started as a bug hunt ā€¦

Jan 15, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Palomino by Miranda Lambert and Topical Dancer by Charlotte AdigĆ©ry & Bolis Pupul.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 14, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Spiro World by Time Wharp and Neon Blue by Joshua Hedley.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 13, 2023: Tweetbot for Mac OS hosed as well.

Jan 13, 2023: Whatever Twitterā€™s doing, Iā€™m forced to use their app instead of Tweetbotā€™s, and the experience is unpleasant. Iā€™ve never liked the app, although ā€¦

Jan 13, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Lovecraftian Echoes by Blut Aus Nord and Body Riddleq by Clark.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 12, 2023: My problem with Facebook and social media, in general succinctly explained. ā€œYou can visit all manner of abuses upon a social network and it will ā€¦

Jan 12, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Voids by Old Fire and Hysteria by Indigo Sparke.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 11, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Another Fact by The Umlauts and Cursed Ways Of Sheol by SĆ©pulcre (thanks, Keith Bennett.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 10, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Yasuke by Flying Lotus and Colder Streams by The Sadies.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 9, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Encrimsoned by Phil Maggi and Heavy Rocks by Boris.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 8, 2023: Canā€™t wait for the Bolsonaro NFT.

Jan 8, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Live In Italy by Alan Pasqua, Peter Erskine, Darek Oles and New Standards Vol. 1 by Terri ā€¦

Jan 6, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Americana Vol. 2 by JD Allen and the Tsathoggua album.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 5, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Ramona Park Broke My Heart by Vince Staples and Ground: Five Mechanic Convention Streams by ā€¦

Jan 4, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Few Good Things by Saba and Oh Death by Goat.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 3, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to HYPNOS by Ravyn Lenae and Grace Ives by Janky Star (thanks, Dan Haines Cohen).šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jan 2, 2023: The first OSR game I played was Mothership. My buddy Al joined and it was his first RPG, period. We had a blast! Weā€˜ve both started gaming again, and ā€¦

Jan 2, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Loud Arriver by Sonja and Chrome Universal: A Survey of Modern Pedal Steel compilation ā€¦

Jan 1, 2023: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the Counterfeit Mars by Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey and Allium by Rempis/Reid/Abrams.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 31, 2022: Goodbye, Dark Sky.

Dec 31, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the Feeding The Machine by Binker & Moses and Les Nymphes by Martin Rev.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 30, 2022: Yann Novakā€™s mix was the perfect soundtrack to my rainy Southern Californian Friday evening. ā€¦

Dec 30, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the Thorn Valley compilation album and Wet Legā€™s self-titled album.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 29, 2022: At this point, I’m dubious that George Santos is his real name.

Dec 29, 2022: At this point, I’m dubious that George Santo is his real name.

Dec 29, 2022: Stumbled across my Magic Trackpad this morning. I donā€™t think Iā€™ve used it in a decade. Im looking forward to seeing if it still works.

Dec 29, 2022: A couple of months ago, I was lamenting how few books I read this year. Surprise! I read 21 books, and I may get one more book read before the end of ā€¦

Dec 29, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Partida by Luces Lejanas and In Eternal Reminder Of Not Today: Live At Moers by Oxbow & ā€¦

Dec 28, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Teeth Marks by S.G. Goodman and Hideous Bastard by Oliver Sim (thanks, @zioibi).šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 26, 2022: Finished reading: Cosmic Pessimism by Eugene Thacker šŸ“š ā€œEvery person has a point beyond which life is no longer worth living. In this way we are all ā€¦

Dec 26, 2022: Finished reading: Blindsight by Peter Watts šŸ“š My friend recommended this book during session zero for our upcoming Mothership game. A great read that ā€¦

Dec 22, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to _World Construc_t by Matthew Shipp Trio and Drone Mass by JĆ³hann JĆ³hannsson.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 22, 2022: Hailing frequencies open.

Dec 20, 2022: I didn’t know Mastodon would become the place where people talk about Twitter.

Dec 20, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Big Time by Angel Olsen and 2000 Fold by Styles of Beyond (thanks, @Angst_Xiety).šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 19, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Diaspora Problems by Soul Glo and House Of Falling Ash by Chrome Ghost.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 18, 2022: Mothership: Session Zero Today we discussed the story we want to tell together and the themes we want to explore in our Mothership game. I include them below to spark ideas ā€¦

Dec 18, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Souvenirs by Pale Blue Eyes and This Is What We Do by Leftfield.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 18, 2022: ā€œHold on to each other as long as you can, for that is all we have.ā€ ā€”C.W. Longbottom

Dec 17, 2022: Mothership and Cosmic Horror Last month we wrapped up our Xas Irkalla survival horror RPG. We had such a great time that we decided to run Mothership, a sci-fi survival horror ā€¦

Dec 17, 2022: Spotted in the wild: a man pushing a baby stroller signing along to a Red Hot Chili Peppers song unironically.

Dec 17, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Go Too by Stomu Yamashā€™ta and Inner Spirit by Bill Evans.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 16, 2022: Iā€™m anticipating the release of Tapbots Ivory app for Mastodon. There are already a number of great apps for Mastodon, but as longtime user of ā€¦

Dec 16, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to In The Spirit Of Ntu by Nduduzo Makhathini and Broken Spectre by Ben Frost.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 16, 2022: Finished reading: Making Comics by Scott McCloud šŸ“š Great read, even if you have zero interest in comic books. I love comics, so I found this book ā€¦

Dec 15, 2022: That new NFT reeks of flop sweat.

Dec 15, 2022: In my perfect world, Lucy Lawless would play the role of Neuromancerā€™s Molly Millions. But Lawless has aged out of playing that role. Gina Carano, on ā€¦

Dec 15, 2022: I am more excited to see my five-year-old grandson sing in his first winter holiday performance at his day school than at any concert Iā€™ve ever been ā€¦

Dec 15, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Pink Dolphins by Anteloper and Its almost dry by Pusha T.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 14, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Showcase by Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman and Comradely Objects by Horse Lords.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 13, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Remember Your North Star by Yaya Bey and Pang by Caroline Polachek.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 12, 2022: Reading List for 2023 A History of Religious Idea Volume 1 by Mircea Eliade A New Beginning by Arnoud Engelfrriet Cosmic Pessimism by Eugene Thacker Don Quixote by Miguel ā€¦

Dec 12, 2022: Hail in San Diego.

Dec 12, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Greece and Penderecki: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 by ā€¦

Dec 11, 2022: Wow, actual rain in San Diego.

Dec 11, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to MORFO by Charlotte Dos Santos and THE HAUNTING by Bad Manor.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 10, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to In These Times by Makaya McCraven and The Kƶln Concert by Keith Jarrett.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 9, 2022: Welcome about. Big fan of Automators šŸ˜€

Dec 9, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Piece of Mind by Iron Maiden and Either/Or by Elliott Smith.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 8, 2022: Overheard: ā€œWhite pharaohs. Black Mozarts.ā€

Dec 8, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to 3rd by Big Star and Caetano Velosoā€˜s self-titled album.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 7, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to From The Future by Robodroid and Trust, Loss, Forever by U.S Useless.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 6, 2022: When I was a boy, these Christmas bubble lights transfixed me. This was pre-internet, of course, so something like that could transfix you. Iā€™m ā€¦

Dec 6, 2022: feels like I could host a late-night talk show from this chair.

Dec 6, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Art Of Geekin by Bbyafricka and American Music Vol. VII by Grupo Fantasma.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 5, 2022: I used Velcro ties to bundle the cables behind my media center. Thatā€™s enough for one night. This weekend Iā€™ll see if I can hide the cables behind my ā€¦

Dec 5, 2022: Iā€™m writing a webcomic where only one frame is visible at a time, but Iā€™m using the structure of a nine-panel grid with setup, beat, and punchline in ā€¦

Dec 5, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Ruins by Grouper and Offshores by Koresma.šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 2, 2022: Iā€™m looking forward to decompressing by playing a round of firefight on Halo: Reach, watching the latest episode of The Periphery, and working on a ā€¦

Dec 2, 2022: My friend asked me what RSS is and I got a warm feeling in my heart explaining it to him.

Dec 2, 2022: My 22-year-old washing machine needs a new belt and tube. The repair man said they built them to last and says he has to fix new washing machines ā€¦

Dec 2, 2022: Looking forward to seeing my grandkid tonight and decorating my Charlie Brown tree. Picked up a sting of bubble lights Iā€™ve wanted since I was his ā€¦

Dec 2, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Hospice by The Antlers and The Mars Voltaā€™s self-titled album. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 1, 2022: My weekend task is to tame the unsightly tangle of cables behind my media center. I diagrammed everything out. I ordered Velcro ties and an extra ā€¦

Dec 1, 2022: Ten years ago, Tapbots released NetBot, an app for the defunct App.Net. The app icon featured a black version of Tapbotsā€™s bird, which you can now ā€¦

Dec 1, 2022: And Mars. šŸ’¬ Why dust might make or break future human presence on the Moon ā€¦

Dec 1, 2022: Very exciting new. I would have LOVED Lucy Lawless as Molly Millions, but she’s aged out of the role. šŸ’¬ William Gibson’s Neuromancer ā€¦

Dec 1, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Ghosteen by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Dysphotic Zone by Margaux Oswald. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Dec 1, 2022: I had to start work early today so I kicked my morning off with the Naxos release of Das Rheingold.

Nov 30, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Back to the The Sun Is Parallel by Mehmet Aslan and DEATHWESTERN by SpiritWorld. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 29, 2022: Iā€™ve scheduled Wagnerā€™s ā€œEntry of the Gods into Valhallaā€ by the Aeolus Brass Band to play over my HomePod Minis when I begin my work day. ā€¦

Nov 29, 2022: I will be dabbling with minor home automation this week. Mostly lights and one outlet.

Nov 29, 2022: Your zen moment for the day. šŸ’¬ Buddhist temple empty after monks test positive for meth https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63792923

Nov 29, 2022: As Iā€™m writing this, a guy on a bike riding by with a megaphone shouting, ā€œ911 WAS AN INSIDE JOB!ā€ This has been going on daily for months. Iā€™ve ā€¦

Nov 28, 2022: I canā€™t wait for my Christmas tree to arrive in the mail.

Nov 27, 2022: I just mailed Ridley Scott a postcard with H.R. Giger artwork.

Nov 26, 2022: I woke up, made coffee, and fired up my laptop to find the automation I built in Hazel working. Iā€™ve saved myself 4 hours of work a year. That set the ā€¦

Nov 25, 2022: Collection of coins.

Nov 25, 2022: I spent an hour with my friend talking about Automator, Hazel, Keyboard Maestro, and TextExpander. Good times.

Nov 22, 2022: Itā€™s fun seeing Mastodon becoming a useful network for me as more and more people join the service. Mastodonā€™s lack of a list feature is going to be a ā€¦

Nov 21, 2022: I set up a vault in Obsidian in preparation for our upcoming Mothership game. It delights me to no end to see connections being created in the graph ā€¦

Nov 21, 2022: My Discover Weekly playlist is quite charming this week. But it absolutely does not reflect having the Prometheus and Alien: Covenant soundtracks on ā€¦

Nov 21, 2022: My homework for the next few weeks is to watch movies set in the Kamakura period. Please feel free to share suggestions.

Nov 20, 2022: I’m currently writing scripts for one-page comics with a maximum of 10 panels. Darwyn Cooke’s three-panel grid has me seeing those ā€¦

Nov 20, 2022: I purchased Hazel and set up all the rules I’ve been devising the last few weeks. That accomplished, I’m stepping back and looking at my ā€¦

Nov 18, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Back to the Woodlands by Ernest Hood and Music Within by Interwoven. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 17, 2022: Curious to see how many people will spring for the pro account for Mixcloud when it limits the free tier to a total of 10 shows.

Nov 17, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Gravity by Christopher Willits (thanks, @zioibi) and Soon Over Babaluma by CAN. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 16, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Existential by Justin Hawkes and Vae Solis by Scorn. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 15, 2022: Today I sent a postcard to one of the players in our upcoming Mothership game. When I saw how the mailbox was tagged, I recognized it as an ill omen.

Nov 15, 2022: I didnā€™t realize prepping for a Mothership game would become a meditation on cosmic horror and AI.

Nov 12, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Berlin by Lou Reed and the Ghost Tropic by Songs: Ohia. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 11, 2022: Tonight was the first time Iā€™ve seen a police officer use a shotgun to apprehend someone.

Nov 11, 2022: It’s that time of day where someone drives around in their car through my neighborhood shouting “911 was an inside job by the CIA!” ā€¦

Nov 11, 2022: I watched Alien: Covenant last night in preparation for Januaryā€™s Mothership game. I wasnā€™t a fan of the movie when it was initially released, but I ā€¦

Nov 11, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Eurythmia by Eve Risser Red Desert Orchestra and the UNIVERSAL CODE by Muriel Grossmann. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 10, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens and the Dark Canyon soundtrack. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 10, 2022: In preparation for running Mothership I have been watching cosmic and survival horror science fiction movies like Event Horizon, Aliens, and ā€¦

Nov 9, 2022: After playing Xas Irkalla, our gaming group has decided to continue the theme of survival horror. Weā€™re going to play Mothership next. This means I ā€¦

Nov 9, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Little Floating Oracles by ATŌMI and Push by Maral. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 8, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Blackstar by David Bowie and Oxymore by Jean-Michel Jarre. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 7, 2022: Boris is a washed-up base jumper/ parkour YouTube Star aspiring to be a TikTok influencer. What sling bag does he rock, and what is his everyday ā€¦

Nov 7, 2022: The things you find in your neighborhood.

Nov 7, 2022: Metaphor.

Nov 7, 2022: Xas Irkalla: Survival Horror Grimdark Comedy RPG Yesterday we had the last session in our Xas Irkalla supernatural survival horror RPG. The game was so relentlessly grimdark that it verged into ā€¦

Nov 7, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Show Original Soundtrack by Andrew Broder and When the World Dies (thanks, Eric ā€¦

Nov 6, 2022: The gentleman in front of me has a large shard of a broken mirror jutting out of his backpack.

Nov 6, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Doctor Came At Dawn by Smog and Shift the Focus by Gilbert. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 5, 2022: Side quest: walk to Barrio Logan for lunch and jot down ideas for project Boris.

Nov 5, 2022: Today’s agenda: Process highlights from The Mongol Invasions of Japan, 1274 and 1281 by Stephen Turnbull in Obsidian Read - Making Comics by ā€¦

Nov 5, 2022: My reading stack currently includes two physical books. They are Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus 1 and Making Comics. Gorgeous books. They are a delight to ā€¦

Nov 5, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Dance by Air Waves (thanks, @zioibi) and Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 4, 2022: I have an automated shortcut that downloads an RSS file to my iCloud account every morning and deletes the RSS file at night. I need an automated ā€¦

Nov 4, 2022: Sorry, neighbors, but this is what Iā€™m listening to today. Pure : Live by Godflesh https://godflesh1.bandcamp.com/album/pure-live

Nov 4, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Hello by Āµ-Ziq and No Snare by Tender Forever. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 3, 2022: I recorded myself reading Dr. Seussā€™s Yertle the Turtle for my grandkid. My King Yertle synthesized Darth Sidious from Star Wars and The Monarch from ā€¦

Nov 3, 2022: I made my first cup of Vietnamese-style coffee this morning with the Nguyen coffee-making kit my brother sent me for my birthday. Whew! Strong stuff. ā€¦

Nov 3, 2022: Iā€™ve just arrived at the second season of Witcher. Henry Cavill, bless his nerd heart, committed entirely to the role. I donā€™t envy Liam Hemsworth. ā€¦

Nov 3, 2022: Favorite Apple Watch face? I love World Time, but itā€™s hell on my middle-aged eyes. GMT is my second favorite and the one I use the most. The ā€¦

Nov 3, 2022: Finished reading: The Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 and 1281 by Stephen Turnbull šŸ“š So much useful information in this book that I highlighted almost ā€¦

Nov 3, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to SZNZ by Weezer and NULL by KEN Mode. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 2, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Requiem by Deadbody and Their Invisible Hands by Clara Engel (thanks, Steven Howard). šŸŽµ ā€¦

Nov 1, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to A Story Of Darkness & Light by Elder and Sweet Tooth by Mali Obomsawin. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 31, 2022: Playing Xas Irkalla had me break out my d10s

Oct 31, 2022: Characters in my Xas Irkalla survival horror RPG.

Oct 31, 2022: No album today, just listening to my Halloween radio show from 1993. Enjoy! šŸ‘» šŸŽƒ šŸ’€ ā€¦

Oct 30, 2022: I’ve been listening to Samhain and Misfits all morning in preparation for Xas Irkalla, a survival horror RPG my friends and I have been playing ā€¦

Oct 30, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Walk Among Us by Misfis and Initium/Unholy Passion by Samhain. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 29, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to 1979-1983 Volume One by Bauhaus and Cacophony by Rudimentary Peni. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 29, 2022:

Oct 29, 2022: Netflixā€™s Cabinet of Curiosities is milking gems from horror and weird fiction. Iā€™m excited to watch ā€œThe Autopsyā€ episode, which is based on one of ā€¦

Oct 28, 2022: Cats are going out of their way to talk to me today. Curious.

Oct 28, 2022: The keening of electric cars has become increasingly prevalent in my neighborhood.

Oct 28, 2022: Mike Davisā€™s City of Quartz taught me to see cities in a new light. Davis showed the things cities hide, like prisons that look like an innocuous ā€¦

Oct 28, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to For Madmen Only by UK Decay and Too Dark Park by Skinny Puppy. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 27, 2022: I am thrilled that William Gibsonā€™s The Peripheal is a tv series. Iā€™m puzzled that Bezoā€™s didnā€™t acquire and produce Neuromancer, but Iā€™ll let that ā€¦

Oct 27, 2022: Iā€™ve gotten over my embarrassment of going out in public with a sling bag, AKA the tactical purse. Now that I appreciate their practicality, I covet ā€¦

Oct 27, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Love Devotion Surrender by Santana ā€¢ Mahavishnu Orchestra (thanks, Fitz) and Undesignated ā€¦

Oct 26, 2022: I have a collection of grocery bags, but for the most part, I only use one bag. It’s a brown plastic grocery bag from 7-Eleven, and I’ve ā€¦

Oct 26, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Biokinetics by Porter Ricks and Loyal To A Fault by KUR. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 26, 2022: I’m pleased that my first two smart notes were about Blue Ant, the agile marketing agency of digital nomads from William Gibsonā€™s novel Pattern ā€¦

Oct 25, 2022: Finished reading: How to Take Smart Notes by Sƶnke Ahrens šŸ“š I was hoping for concrete examples of how to make smart notes, not why I should make them.

Oct 25, 2022: I would love to see examples of Obsidian metadata.

Oct 25, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Forage/Presence by Drape and WE LONG TO BE HAUNTED by Laura Cannell. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 24, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Isolation by Part Timer and Singularity Zone Vol. 1 by The Oscillation. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 22, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to THE ROAD NOT TAKEN by Ecovillage and Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 21, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to COMETA by Nick Hakim and TIMEBEING by Uji. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 20, 2022: I was going to do the responsible thing and go to bed at a reasonable hour. But I discovered William Gibson’s The Peripheral television series ā€¦

Oct 20, 2022: My Ambient Dub retrospective mix was a delight to put together. Immersing myself in Excursions in Ambience for next monthā€™s retrospective mix.

Oct 20, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead and White Chalk by PJ Harvey. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 19, 2022: The last week Iā€™ve been puttering around in Automator and Shortcuts to automate a task I spend 5 minutes on every weekend. Iā€™ll find out if everything ā€¦

Oct 19, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Laughing So Hard It Hurts by Mavi and Stay Close To Music by Mykki Blanco. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 18, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to James Blakeā€˜ self-titled album and How Will I Know of Heaven Will Find Me? by The Amazons ā€¦

Oct 18, 2022: I’ve been using Evernote since the first generation iPhone, and it’s always done what I needed. A few years ago, I was on a thread where ā€¦

Oct 18, 2022: I have friends who find algorithmically generated playlists distasteful. They prefer a human deejay because, supposedly, youā€™re less likely to hear ā€¦

Oct 17, 2022: Yesterday, I played the survival horror role-playing game Xas Irkalla. I’ve wanted to play this game for a very long time. The players were ā€¦

Oct 17, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Pastel Blues by Nina Simone and Spirals by Diana Yukawa. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 14, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Stases by Loscil (thanks, @zioibi) and Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam by The Comet Is ā€¦

Oct 13, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Ali by Vieux Farka TourĆ© and Khruangbin and Seismic Shift by John Escreet Trio. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 12, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Letā€™s Turn It Into Sound by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and The Stone Roses self-titled album. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 11, 2022: Finished reading: Valkyrie by JĆ³hanna KatrĆ­n FriĆ°riksdĆ³ttir šŸ“š JĆ³hannaā€™s book provides invaluable information on Norse history and sagas, so much so ā€¦

Oct 11, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Down Colorful Hill by Red House Painters and Pagan Rhythms by SpiritWorld. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 9, 2022: Hey, @toddgrotenhuis, Iā€™m running a grimdark game next Sunday. One of the players used Midjourney to develop artwork for his characterā€™s appearance.

Oct 7, 2022: I found a tag in OmniFocus for my cat, Loki, who died a few years ago. The tag serves no purpose except to remind me of the loss of my little friend.

Oct 7, 2022: Once a dead person becomes a nachzehrer, it is believed that it would begin eating its own burial shroud. Once this item is completely consumed, it ā€¦

Oct 7, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Slowly Arranged: 2016 - 2019 by William Doyle and I Could Live In Hope by Low. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 6, 2022: This morning I found an unexpected item in my OmniFocus Inbox. It was a notification for a new Patreon supporter for a podcast I work on. I had ā€¦

Oct 6, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Untamed Force by Foreseen and AAI by Mouse on Mars. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 5, 2022: I was delighted to find a tin of Bertā€™s Bees in the breast pocket of my fall jacket, which had been waiting for me since last winter.

Oct 5, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Laughing Stock by Talk Talk and Fire Hills by Ollie Brice Trio/Octet. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 5, 2022: Widget Screen: Snapshot of My Day A bit of nerdery I want to share. Iā€™ve set up the widget screen on my iPhone to give me a snapshot of my day first thing in the morning. My ā€¦

Oct 5, 2022: Itā€™s the season where I lament I no longer have time to read H.P. Lovecraft short stories every day for October as I did in my 20s. But I will read ā€¦

Oct 4, 2022: 21st-century reading habits: Iā€™m currently reading two books on my Kindle; two books on my iPhone using the iBooks, one of which is an ePub I helped ā€¦

Oct 4, 2022: Am I missing something, or is the dictation function for Drafts on the Apple Watch no longer available? āŒšļø

Oct 4, 2022: I’m pleased with myself for processing the highlights from the books I’m reading into Obsidian. I’ve got a neat little workflow that ā€¦

Oct 4, 2022: I associate Oktoberfest with a cracked tooth. Years ago, when I lived in Boston, I went to an Oktoberfest by the Channel. I bit into a brat, and hit a ā€¦

Oct 4, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Desertshore by Nico and Return To Forever by Chick Corea. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 3, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Opvs Contra Natvram by Behemoth and Urthona: Forever People by Urthona. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 2, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Secrets of Inanna by Connie Han and Ten Love Songs by Susanne SundfĆør. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Oct 2, 2022: Obsidian users, what metadata setup are you using?

Oct 1, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Motomami+ by RosaliĆ” (thanks, @YannNovak) and Donuts by J Dilla. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 30, 2022: Is it weird I want one of those sling bags?

Sep 30, 2022: Glad my experiment of one home screen with Drafts, Stacked & Siri Recommendation widgets is ending. Iā€™d often look for an app, get confused why it ā€¦

Sep 30, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Adrian Sherwood Presents: Dub No Frontiers and Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 29, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Slavestate by Godflesh and Profanation: Preparation For a Coming Darkness by Praxis. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 28, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Spirituals by Santigold and Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk by Son of Bazerk. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 27, 2022: Finished reading: Night Market Noodles by Peter Lamborn Wilson šŸ“š Like most people, I know Wilson as Hakim Bey, the author of the much beloved T.A.Z. ā€¦

Sep 27, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Itā€™ll End in Tears by This Mortal Coil and A Crow Looked At Me by Mount Eerie. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 26, 2022: It tickles me that Xas Irkalla, the grimdark survival horror rpg Iā€™ll be running in October, occupies a slot in Drafts on my home screen. šŸŽ²

Sep 26, 2022: Voice-to-Drafts Iā€™ve added widgets to my phone’s home screen, but theyā€™ve always felt they didnā€™t offer much and wasted real estate. But once I acknowledged how ā€¦

Sep 26, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Frigid Stars by Codeine and I See A Darkness by Bonnie ā€œPrinceā€ Billy. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 25, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Tableau by The Orielles and Inner Mounting Flame by Mahavishnu Orchestra. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 24, 2022: Finished reading: Samurai Women 1184ā€“1877 by Stephen Turnbull šŸ“š Iā€™ve been working on a webcomic for the last few months, and the research required for ā€¦

Sep 24, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Circulus Vitiosus by VTSS and Tomorrows Forgotten Relics self-titled album (thanks, James ā€¦

Sep 24, 2022: Beowulf & Grendel is a low budget movie filmed in 2005. It is vastly superior to Beowulf, Zemeckisā€™s 2007 uncanny valley of a film.

Sep 23, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Nashville Sound by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and Dummy by Portishead. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 22, 2022: What Iā€™ve gleaned from watching the first 30 minutes of Top Gun: Maverick is that my fellow Gen Xers are constantly told that they are relics and ā€¦

Sep 22, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Sea Will Outlive Us All by Misha Panfilov and Hold the Girl by Rina Sawayama. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 21, 2022: Tonight I walked downtown and updated my library card. Sadly, I donā€™t use the library as much as I did a decade ago. Before I left, I said hello to ā€¦

Sep 21, 2022: Dead tech.

Sep 21, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to H by Aelk Minsur and Cottonwoodhill by Brainticket. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 20, 2022: Killing time waiting for the bus.

Sep 20, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Satanist by Behemoth and Hidden Waters: Strange And Sublime Sounds Of Rio de Janeiro. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 19, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Distance and Departure by All Structures Align and Pigments by Dawn Richard and Spencer ā€¦

Sep 18, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Ithaca by Madeleine Cocolas and Dirt by Alice in Chains. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 17, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to 4EVER SOSSA by Sally Sossa and Unfamiliar Minds by Elena Setien (thanks, Steven Howard). šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 16, 2022: Finished reading: Viking & Norse Mythology by Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson šŸ“š When Charlie and I began work on VVSS, I arranged a meeting with ā€¦

Sep 16, 2022: Cranberry Peril Massachusettsā€™ Cranberry Harvest Is in Peril Due to Northeast Drought šŸ’¬ Cranberry bogs are part of my youth. All through the year I’d walk past ā€¦

Sep 16, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to MOSQUITO by LYZZA and Kiosk by Harmonische-23. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 15, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Two Sisters by Sarah Davachi and Fold by Enduser. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 14, 2022: Finished reading: God-Shaped Hole by Zero Hp Lovecraft šŸ“š A provoking experience steeped in philosophy, cosmic horror, cyberpunk, goth, and a whole ā€¦

Sep 14, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Natural Brown Prom Queen by Sudan Archives (thanks, @zioibi) and Celebrity Therapist by The ā€¦

Sep 13, 2022: Can we please reboot Morbius with Rhys Coiro as the titular vampire?

Sep 13, 2022: Iā€™ve been using Evernote since my first generation iPhone. It was a valuable tool while I was freelancing. No matter my environment, I always had ā€¦

Sep 13, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Under The Skin OST by Mica Levi and Drif by Heilung. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 12, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to I Love You Jennifer B by Jockstrap (thanks, @zioibi) and Outwards by brokenatoms. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 11, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Souvenirs by Pale Blue Eyes and Percussion by Guem & Zaka. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 10, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock and HEAVENLY by HALIENE. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 9, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to For the Beauty of Wynona by Daniel Lanois (thanks Steve) and Letzte Tage Letzte Nachte by ā€¦

Sep 8, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to _ The Radio Tisdas Sessions_ by Tinariwen and Sonancy by Loop. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 7, 2022: Drafts Nerdery Very productive night. I organized my Drafts widget. I also scanned quotes from print books Iā€™m reading into Drafts. During my walk, I dictated notes ā€¦

Sep 7, 2022: Finished reading: Eisenhorn Omnibus by Dan Abnett šŸ“š Iā€™m dubious about books based on IP, particularly RPG IPs, but when a friend recommended this ā€¦

Sep 7, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Afric Pepperbird by Jan Garbarek Quartet and JƤrnnƤtter by CivilistjƤvel! šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 6, 2022: Finished reading: The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations by Miguel de Unamuno šŸ“š Iā€™m going to ponder this book for quite a while. na now I have to ā€¦

Sep 6, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Bleed Out by Mountain Goats and Sub by Jack Sheen. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Sep 5, 2022: For the last decade, on the first day of winter, my tradition has been drinking a shot of aquavit every night for as long as the bottle lasts. I ā€¦

Sep 5, 2022: Dragonfly Lantern.

Sep 5, 2022: Iā€™ve arrived at the final essay in Miguel de Unamunoā€™s Tragic Sense of Life. Before I finish his book, Iā€™m taking a day to process the essays Iā€™ve ā€¦

Sep 4, 2022: These trees are one of my favorite things I see when I walk to Dark Horse Coffee Roasters.

Sep 4, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace by Foo Fighters (thanks P and H) and Success by ā€¦

Sep 3, 2022: Finished reading: Musashi’s Book of Five Rings by Stephen F. Kaufman šŸ“š

Sep 3, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the ISOLATED compilation album and Limoges by COIL. ā€¦

Sep 2, 2022: Yummy stuff.

Sep 2, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Paradise Donā€™t Come Cheap by New Kingdom (thanks @Angst_Xiety) and The Telepathic Lockdown ā€¦

Sep 1, 2022: My WESN Allmanarrived in the mail. Pairs well with my microblade.

Sep 1, 2022: Elmo Krueger

Sep 1, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Flash é ˆč‡¾ by Yenting Hsu and Dagur by Shurken. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 31, 2022: High school gives away free belts in the fight against sagging pants šŸ’¬ While sagging pants is not a sartorial decision I’d make, I don’t ā€¦

Aug 31, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Original Soundtrack (A Strangely Isolated Place) by ASC and Os passos sequem como um espelho ā€¦

Aug 30, 2022: In my life, I got to see Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchettā€™s Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch and Gaimanā€™s The ā€¦

Aug 30, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Riderless Horse by Nina Nastasia and Aethiopes by Bill Woods. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 29, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Fragment by 4T Thieves and Passingā€™ Thru by Chico Hamilton Quintet. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 28, 2022: Finished reading: The Wanderer’s Havamal by šŸ“š ā€œDonā€™t git too goddamned smart, now, thereā€™s a measure for everā€™thing. Youā€™ll know youā€™re gone too ā€¦

Aug 27, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Bright Size Life by Pat Metheny and Ghosted by Oren Ambarchi, Andreas Werlin, Johan ā€¦

Aug 26, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Blue Train by John Coltrane and A Rainbow In Curved Air by Nico Georis. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 25, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Afrique Refait by Mdou Moctar and Tuqoos | Ų·Ł_Ł‚ŁŁˆŲ³ by Julmud Ų¬ŁŁ„Ł’Ł…ŁˆŲÆ. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 24, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Out Loud by Boom Boom Satellites (thanks @Angst_Xiety) and Enemy of Love by The Body / OAA. ā€¦

Aug 23, 2022: Finished reading: Gothic High-Tech by Bruce Sterling šŸ“š

Aug 23, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Heavy Weather by Weather Reprt and DEATHFAME by Quelle Chris. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 22, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Neanderthal Rock by Penza Penza and MATA by M.I.A.. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 21, 2022: My weekly tradition of falling to sleep to The Greatest Generation and re-listening to the latest episode the following morning commences in 15 ā€¦

Aug 21, 2022: Tragic Sense of Life Iā€™ve barely touched a book in the last year. And now Iā€™m voraciously reading. Itā€™s like this for me. Feast or famine. But it wasnā€™t always like this. ā€¦

Aug 21, 2022: Writing Workhorse I have done so much writing the last few days. I’ve written show notes for my ambient/classical/experimental/instrumental podcast. I followed up ā€¦

Aug 21, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Music Improvisation Company by Derek Bailey and Working With Sound by Hive. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 20, 2022: I donā€™t think my neighbors appreciate Azonic Halo like I appreciate Azonic Halo.

Aug 20, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Slow Up, Speed Town by Darren McClure and Exo by Tineidae. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 19, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Audience with Betty Carter by Betty Carter and Soldier Of Midian by Badawi. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 18, 2022: She-Hulking Out I just watched She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. She-Hulk has been part of the Marvel Universe for decades, so I was curious to see which iteration theyā€™d ā€¦

Aug 18, 2022: ā€˜Itā€™s so alien, Iā€™ve never heard anything like itā€™: folk collective Heilung on recording the worldā€™s oldest song šŸ’¬ Hope to see these folks in concert ā€¦

Aug 18, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Mutate by ABADIR and Phantoms Received by Apocryphos. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 17, 2022: Oh, boy, the latest issues of Anarchie! What hijinks will those lovable kids get up to next?

Aug 17, 2022: I came across my copy of James Koehnlineā€™s Magpie Reveries today. There are some mind bending collages that hit me on a mythic level.

Aug 17, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Cheat Codes by Danger Mouse & Black Thought and First Daze Here by Pentagram. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 16, 2022: Hailing the all-knowing Hive Mind. Embodiment of collective knowledge, I beseech thee: how may I achieve the following wizardy through the Apple ā€¦

Aug 16, 2022: Iā€™m currently using four social book cataloging services (Goodreads and StoryGraph, Literal, and Epilogue), which is bonkers. Or an embarrassment of ā€¦

Aug 16, 2022: Three Weird Sisters Those “Weird Sisters,” who mysteriously know everything? They can foretell anything, instantly, like Google? Plus, the witches make it all ā€¦

Aug 16, 2022: Itā€™s frustrating that I canā€™t purchase Bruce Sterlingā€™s Gothic High-Tech as an ePub, but print will do.

Aug 16, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Living Torch by Kali Malone and LĆ“ Borgesā€˜s self-titled LP. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 15, 2022: How are you using Data Jar?

Aug 15, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to God Donā€™t Make Mistakes by Conway the Machine and Insurmountable by Primitive Man. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 13, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to All A Dream by The Last Ambient Hero and Rude Explorations by Firn. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 12, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Vol. 4 by Black Sabbath and Psychonautic Escapism by The Ephemeron Loop. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 11, 2022: Bunny I came across while walking Blossom tonight.

Aug 11, 2022: Currently reading: The Wanderer’s Havamal by šŸ“š

Aug 11, 2022: Currently reading: The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations by Miguel de Unamuno šŸ“š

Aug 11, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Death Is a Dream by HTRK and at Ghosts by Haress. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 10, 2022: After much deliberation, my friend subscribed to Ulysses. While he was poking around, he discovered functions I knew nothing about. It was an ā€¦

Aug 10, 2022: Message received. Transmittingā€¦ šŸ›ø

Aug 10, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Precipice by DƤlek and at GRM by Peter Rehberg. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 9, 2022: Blossom chills.

Aug 9, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Fire Doesnā€™t Grow on Trees by Brian Jonestown Massacre (thanks Steven Howard) and Ama Gogela ā€¦

Aug 8, 2022: Anyone using Tot and Drafts?

Aug 8, 2022: Goodreads is down.

Aug 8, 2022: Sentimental Sandman I enjoyed Sandman. Thatā€™s saying something because I have an emotional connection to that comic book and that time in my life when it was published. ā€¦

Aug 8, 2022: Canā€™t wait to hear the spin on this tomorrow.

Aug 8, 2022: Kai spotted a rainbow.

Aug 8, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Harbor by Taylor Deupree and Optometry by DJ Spooky (thanks @Angst_Xiety). šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 6, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Ma dĆ©lire - Songs of love, lost & found by Myriam Gendron (thanks Steven Howard) and ā€¦

Aug 6, 2022: Iā€™m looking forward to watching Prey, but Iā€™m one of those weirdos who enjoyed Predator 2. I hear thereā€™s grumbling online about ā€œThe Messageā€ in ā€¦

Aug 5, 2022: I want to replace Ulysses with iA Writer and have one less subscription in my life. But I find that for me, Ulysses provides an ideal writing ā€¦

Aug 5, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to I told Bessie by Euclid and The Swan by Nwando Ebizie. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 4, 2022: Cerebus Unbound! When I was a boy, I discovered Cerberus The Aardvark at a comic book shop in Boston. I picked up issue six (ā€œThe Secretā€) and laughed at the ā€¦

Aug 4, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Kjenslevarulv by Dei Kjenslevare and Jet-Powered, Monkey Navigated by Idiom Creek (thanks ā€¦

Aug 3, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Avanti by Alessandro Corrini (thanks Steve Power and Hessel Veldman) and In a Few Places ā€¦

Aug 2, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Speechless by Resina and Midnight Rocker by Horace Andy. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Aug 1, 2022: My Pandemic EDC My EDC has been minimized since the pandemic. My go bag containing my kit sits unused in the corner of my room (by “go bag,” I mean ā€¦

Aug 1, 2022: Earlier today, I ripped Toxic Narcotic’s “The Festering” to MP3 and have had it on repeat for the last hour. Toxic Narcotic avoided ā€¦

Aug 1, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to I M A M C R U 1 2 by KRS-One and Dubs & Versions by The Yabby You Sound. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jul 31, 2022: Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed.

Jul 31, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Blakrocā€™s self-titled LP (thanks, @maique) and Jazz Codes by Moor Mother. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jul 30, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives by Prefuse 73 (thanks, @Angst_Xiety) and Twenty-One Sabar ā€¦

Jul 29, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Chasing The Phantom by Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat and It Comes To Us All by Final. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jul 28, 2022: I just finished reading J. J. Anselmiā€˜s Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal. Anselmi reacquainted me with ā€¦

Jul 28, 2022: Dead media.

Jul 28, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Trawler Tapes LP Vol: 1 by MĆønic and Amplified Guitar by Mat Ball. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jul 27, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Dopesmoker by Sleep and Wretch by Kyuss. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jul 26, 2022: Ripping Sleep’s Dopesmoker to MP3 for tonight’s walk. Very excited.

Jul 26, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Deadringer by RJD2 and Magical Nights: Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964ā€‹-ā€‹1966) by PhĘ°Ę”ng ā€¦

Jul 25, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Silberland, Vol. 1: The Psychedelic Side of Kosmische Musik (1972-1986) and Spectral ā€¦

Jul 24, 2022: I didnā€™t know that when I began reading J. J. Anselmiā€™s Doomed to Fail that Iā€™d end up purchasing Sleepā€™s Dopesmoker album on eBay, but here I am, ā€¦

Jul 24, 2022: This is my first year living in San Diego that I didnā€™t go downtown to take photos of everyone in their costumes for Comicon. I admit that being ā€¦

Jul 22, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Shango by Peter King and Bunny Striker Lee Presents Tommy McCook by Tommy McCook. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jul 21, 2022: I might have to get this as a tattoo.

Jul 21, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Plonk by Huerco S. and everything perfect is already here by claire rousay. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jul 20, 2022: Reading Eisenhorn while at the DMV. Seem appropriate.

Jul 19, 2022: ‘Release the Snyder Cut’ social media campaign over Justice League boosted by bot army šŸ’¬ I remember the clamor online for the Snyder Cut ā€¦

Jul 19, 2022: WESN microblade titanium pocket knife arrived in the mail today.

Jul 19, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Delta EstĆ”cio Blues by JuƧara MarƧal and Dead Crossā€™s self-titled album. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jul 18, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Mondo Cane by Mike Patton and The Long Defeat by Dearhspell Omega. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jul 15, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Arabic Room - Ų§Ł„ŲŗŲ±ŁŲ© Ų§Ł„Ų¹Ų±ŲØŁŠŲ© by Mephisto Halabi - Ł…ŁŁŠŲ³ŲŖŁˆ Ų­Ł„ŲØŁŠ (thanks, Shad Marsh) and ā€¦

Jul 14, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to I do not wish to he known as a vandal by Sam Slater and Venice - Infinitely Avantgarde ā€¦

Jul 13, 2022: I would very much like to have an EV based on the 1971 Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer 710 K. But with a Tesla display, Apple Car Play, etc.

Jul 13, 2022: Hawk outside my window.

Jul 13, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Benzaiten by Osamu Kitsjima and Most Things I Havenā€™t Worked Out by Junior Kimbrough. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jul 12, 2022: Catching up on new Star Trek. 1st 2 episodes of Strange New Worlds & was not impressed. By episode 3, I was on board. Strongest first season of ā€¦

Jul 12, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Portal by Weldroid and Missing Moments by Anna Wall. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jul 11, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Dissolving into Solitary Landscapes by Dronny Darko & G M Slater and Ashbalkum by ā€¦

Jul 8, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Spiritual Jazz: Esoteric, Modal + Deep Jazz From the Underground 1968-1977 and Exploring ā€¦

Jul 6, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to ProphĆ©tie Imaginaire by Kalevi Uibo and The Divided Selfie by Cerulean Sounds. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jul 5, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Egyptian Jazz by Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band and Blue Camel by Rabih Abou-Khalil. ā€¦

Jul 1, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Tissues by Pan Daijing and Nothing to Declare by 700 Bliss. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 30, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Motomami by RosalĆ­a (thanks, Yann Novak) and Mitski by Laurel Hell. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 29, 2022: Rewatching True Detective and I just realized that Marty Hart and I rock the same sunglasses.

Jun 29, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to TetĆŖ Da Bahia by Duplo Sentido and I Shall Wear A Crown by Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth ā€¦

Jun 28, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Row Upon Row by AndrĆ©s CantĆŗ and Drums of Passion: The Beat by Babatunde Olatunji. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 27, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Aura by Hatis Noit and Xpujil Revisited by Nova Materia (thanks, Steve). šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 26, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened Barry 7ā€™s Connectors: 21 Rare Library Tracks and Bali: Musique de lā€™ouest by Orchestres Suar ā€¦

Jun 25, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to How Do You Live by Amon Tobin and The Melodic Version Of The Second Dream Of The ā€¦

Jun 24, 2022: Does anyone own the album, Ambient Dub Volume 4 (Jellyfish)?

Jun 24, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the Suspira soundtrack by Goblin (RIP Massimo Morante) and Divine Devotional by Nooran ā€¦

Jun 23, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Sunshine Kitty by Tove Lo and King Cobra by Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 22, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to When You Wake Up by Rat Tally and R.Y.C. by Mura Masa. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 21, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Faustā€™s self-titled LP and Ege Bamyasi by Can. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 17, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Revelators by Revelators Sound System and Succubus by Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 16, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Project-Ex by Grudge and Rode Hard Put Up Wet by Bastro. šŸŽµ

Jun 15, 2022: Watching Morbius. The flick has some great action scenes of Morbius in all his dark glory. Maybe Sony should just focus on using Marvelā€™s 70s horror ā€¦

Jun 15, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to T.A.Z. by Hakim Bey and Alien Dreamtime by Space Time Continuum with Terence McKenna. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 14, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Earhood by The Roy Hargrove Quartet and Songs of Innocence by David Axelrod. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 13, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Swans The Burning World and Eggā€™s self-titled album. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 11, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and Himself by Gilbert Oā€™Sullivan. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 10, 2022: I will be releasing retrospective focusing on the Ambient Dub, Excursions in Ambience and From Here to Tranquillity compilation albums this fall on ā€¦

Jun 10, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Sorrow: A Reimagining of Goreckiā€™s 3rd Symphony by Colin Stetson and Whirling Dervises by ā€¦

Jun 9, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Spillane by John Zorn and Sergio Leone Greatest Movie Themes by Ennio Morricone. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 8, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Conte de Iā€™incroyable Amour by Anouar Brahem and Sufi Music of Turkey by Kudsi Erguner & ā€¦

Jun 7, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Gun-Shy by The Screaming Blue Messiahs and Tomorrowā€™s Forgotten Relics by James Curcio. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 6, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to [Exploring Gong Culture of Southeast Asia: Massif and ā€¦

Jun 5, 2022: Every day I listen to 2 LPs. Today I listened to Isolation by Naudir (thx @protou_drone) & Zeichnungen des Patienten O. T. by EinstĆ¼rzende ā€¦

Jun 4, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Wrecking Crewā€™s EP and a couple of cassette EPs from Salughter Shack. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 3, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Kamongo by Lā€™Exotighost and I, Swinger by Combustible Edison. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 2, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Paper White by Tarentel and Rothko Chapel by Morton Feldman. šŸŽµ ā€¦

Jun 1, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Songs of the Naxi of Southwest China by He Jinhua and Combat Rock by The Clash. šŸŽµ ā€¦

May 31, 2022: I love that I can watch samurai movies for research. During the weekend I watched The Sword of Doom. You owe itself to experience it. I canā€™t get it ā€¦

May 31, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Brian Eno and David Byrne and The Catherine Wheel by David ā€¦

May 30, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Best of Shoukichi Kina by Shoukichi Kina and Band on the Age of Power by Orkforge. šŸŽµ

May 28, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Cacophony by Rudimentary Peni and Band on the Run by Paul McCartney and Wings. šŸŽµ

May 27, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus (thanks for the suggestion, Magnus) ā€¦

May 26, 2022: End of the work day.

May 26, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Neil Young self-titled album (thanks for the tip, Steve) and Ah Um by Charles Mingus (thanks ā€¦

May 25, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Bitches Brew by Miles Davis and The Apocalypse Now Sessions by Rhythm Devils. šŸŽµ

May 25, 2022: PiƱata.

May 24, 2022: Listening to YouTube I use a service called Huffduffer to create a personalized podcast effortlessly. Through Huffduffer, I can add episodes of podcasts that are either ā€¦

May 24, 2022: Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Punchline, a custom Killing Joke album I made for a friend five years ago. Kind of a best of ā€¦

May 19, 2022: So NATOWave is a thing.

May 19, 2022: Seasoning my cast iron skillet.

May 17, 2022: What is this?

May 16, 2022: I must obey.

May 16, 2022: Iā€™ve so many great memories of finding so many great books at the Booksmith. šŸ’¬ Marshall Smith, Brookline Booksmith Cofounder, Dies at 90 ā€¦

May 13, 2022: Andrew Tasslemyer inspired me to share this mix with you. Expect to have a lot of feelings. Music by Nadia Reid, Aldous Harding, Julie Byrne, Joan ā€¦

May 12, 2022: Listening to Andrew Tasselmyerā€™s mix for this weekendā€™s Soundwave. Itā€™s really enhancing my morning.

May 11, 2022: Sweet ride.

May 10, 2022: I just spent the last five minutes imagining an industrial metal band called Megastructure that is a synthesis of Godfleshā€™s Streetcleaner LP, ā€¦

May 8, 2022: I grew up with TOS, TNG, & DS9. It wasn’t until STVOY I encountered a Trek that wasn’t for me. But it was Trek for a lot of people. ā€¦

May 8, 2022: Watched the first episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. I didnā€™t hate it. But Iā€™m Trekā€™s target demo. Itā€™s hard for me to hate Trek. But I didnā€™t ā€¦

Apr 28, 2022: My RSS Reader is a mess. Time for a reorg. What categories have you broken up your RSS Reader into?

Apr 26, 2022: I would drink Coke Zero Starlight.

Apr 25, 2022: I don’t know how far I’m going to get, but I’m jotting down notes that borrow from Bruce Sterling’s Shaper/Mechanist stories, ā€¦

Apr 23, 2022: Moon Knight is the only Marvel television series where I watch each episode twice. Iā€™m not even a Moon Knight fan, itā€™s that good. And itā€™s brilliant ā€¦

Apr 12, 2022: Months ago, someone of MB despaired at all the articles theyā€™d saved to Pocket but would never read. I knew exactly what they were talking about. I ā€¦

Apr 8, 2022: Tonight Iā€™m taking kiddo to see Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The movie clicks in at 2 hours. Really? Thereā€™s not a single frame that couldnā€™t be cut to get ā€¦

Apr 8, 2022: Love working from my kitchen table. Unfortunately I get a lot of sun and I live in an older house without air conditioning. Todayā€™s high was 87Ā°, and ā€¦

Apr 5, 2022: Kai and Rocky.

Apr 1, 2022: Memento mori.

Mar 26, 2022: Just got off the phone with my friend. We talked about Fermiā€™s paradox, the great filter, Carl Sagan, free will, Bruce Sterling, Judaism, cyberpunk ā€¦

Mar 24, 2022: Periodically I am sick of podcasts I listen to and turn to articles Iā€™ve saved on Pocket. Today I plowed through articles but barely made a dent. ā€¦

Mar 23, 2022: One of the perks of working from home is always drinking fantastic coffee.

Mar 23, 2022: When guest djs send me their mix for Soundwave I will listen to it every day for a few weeks. Two weeks before their mix goes live I’ll listen ā€¦

Mar 19, 2022: Led Zepā€™s Houses of the Holy still holds up to my Gen X ears. But how does this LP sound to someone who has known nothing but music, past and present, ā€¦

Mar 15, 2022: DeVotchKa at The Casbah.

Mar 1, 2022: Iā€™ve been locked out of my Facebook account for over two years. This morning I found my 2FA code and was finally able to log back in. Itā€™s kind of ā€¦

Feb 27, 2022: Justin Broadrick of Godflesh, Jesu, Final and many other projects is my guest deejay for the šŸ’Æ episode of SOUNDWAVE! Listen and enjoy!

Feb 22, 2022: Stoned.

Feb 21, 2022: Set up an Obsidian vault on iCloud with my writing partner so my writing partner and I can edit and share notes. Would you please share your ā€¦

Feb 21, 2022: Dreamt I was eating a pint of ice cream while running on a treadmill. šŸƒā€ā™‚ļø šŸØ

Feb 21, 2022: Rumors are that Mike Lindell will launch rival social media platform, MyPillowSpace. šŸ’¬ Some people who downloaded Trump’s Truth Social social ā€¦

Feb 15, 2022: Not metazens?

Feb 13, 2022: Sticker art.

Feb 10, 2022: Venus is very bright this morning.

Feb 9, 2022: Sticker art.

Feb 8, 2022: Added to my listen to-do list for today. šŸ’¬ Lost debut album from Godspeed You! Black Emperor finally leaks šŸŽµ

Feb 8, 2022: Um, no. šŸ’¬ Retired Pope Asks Forgiveness Over Handling of Abuse Cases

Feb 6, 2022: To-Do List ā€œOn Monday, Mr Johnson called me to his office. I waited ten minutes for him to emerge from his private bathroom. At last the flush resounded and he ā€¦

Feb 5, 2022: I donated a double bag of blood. Worth it for the excuse to eat some Oreo cookies.

Feb 4, 2022: Glued.

Feb 3, 2022: Treadmill on sidewalk.

Feb 2, 2022: Lite Metal I was walking my dog the other night listening to Metallicaā€™s Master of Puppets album. I stopped after two songs because while the guitar riffs were ā€¦

Jan 31, 2022: H/T @rafial@hackers.town First RPG you played: Basic Dungeons and Dragons Last RPG you played: FATE Core RPG you played most often: Vampire: The ā€¦

Jan 29, 2022: This weekā€™s episode of The Mandalorian was kind of a throat clearing episode.

Jan 29, 2022: Guardians.

Jan 29, 2022: Please recommend a Mastodon instance.

Jan 29, 2022: Roller Disco.

Jan 29, 2022: Cute roller skates.

Jan 23, 2022: Wired.

Jan 21, 2022: Korean BBQ joint plays KPop videos accompanied by brostep music.

Jan 20, 2022: The Zettekastening Iā€™ve been implementing zettelkasten on Obsidian for a couple of days. Itā€™s too soon to say that insightful correlations are made evident, and Iā€™m ā€¦

Jan 20, 2022: Digging this twee-psychedelic album from Monde UFO. šŸŽµ https://open.spotify.com/album/5OUkeiPhyo6PZJ5iCMYXKi?si=_OLQlI0TSz6SDst6vN9hqA

Jan 17, 2022: Okay, I will commit to Zettelkasten/Obsidian for at least a month. Iā€™ll be curious to see where it takes me and what the results might be.

Jan 17, 2022: I watched Marvelā€™s Eternals last night. I can see why so many people were disappointed with it but itā€™s not as bad as I had expected. In fact, itā€™s a ā€¦

Jan 15, 2022: Golden bison on Golden Hill.

Jan 14, 2022: Eat the Invaders How did Instapaper lead to learning about invasivorism, a possible solution to ethical eating? Today on MB I came across a conversation regarding ā€¦

Jan 12, 2022: Sometimes my iPhone vibrates for no reason that I can discern. Anyone else experiencing this?

Jan 11, 2022: Boston. 1873.

Jan 10, 2022: Cool coaster.

Jan 9, 2022: 3 Mind Blowing YA Novels Last month I sent my best friend Ursula K. Le Guinā€™s A Wizard of Earthsea. I love that book and thought heā€™d love it, too. But these things are always ā€¦

Jan 9, 2022: Soundtrack for waiting in line for tacos during a pandemic. https://open.spotify.com/track/1G2mAZQL8xfy9wRqC6fY6K?si=OWecpLPoSSS96hc7eJE4WA

Jan 7, 2022: This is the year I try my hand at creating a webcomic miniseries. I have solid plots for stories and plenty of illustrators I can connect with on ā€¦

Jan 5, 2022: I notified Ulysses of the issue Iā€™m having of not being able to open sheets created on my iPhone or iPad on my desktop. If the issue cannot be revoked ā€¦

Jan 4, 2022: I edited segments for six shows tonight from my bed. My buttocks are not happy about the situation.

Jan 1, 2022: Father Christmas and the Buddha. Thatā€™d make for a hell of a road trip movie.

Dec 31, 2021: Boosted. šŸ’‰

Dec 29, 2021: I have a tradition of buying a bottle of Akva Vit every winter and enjoying a small glass every night. Sometimes I have some black bread with butter ā€¦

Dec 28, 2021: Cultural misappropriation.

Dec 28, 2021: Soundwave Schedule for 2022 Soundwave schedule for 2022 thus far for those who love ambient/classical/experimental/instrumental music. Listen šŸŽµ January January 2: iu takahashi ā€¦

Dec 28, 2021: Cryo Chamber released their annual compilation album. I had to be in the right mind to listen to it, but here I am, coffee in hand, ready. Pick up a ā€¦

Dec 26, 2021: So this is a thing.

Dec 25, 2021:

Dec 22, 2021: My Leatherman is being used for unexpected problems. The other day our cheap wine opener snapped off in the cork, and I used my Leatherman to yank it ā€¦

Dec 21, 2021: Trying out Pony Messenger. My handle is the same as it always is: josephaleo

Dec 21, 2021: Glare.

Dec 21, 2021: Santa noir.

Dec 21, 2021: Strut.

Dec 21, 2021: Inspiration strikes.

Dec 21, 2021: Iā€™m assembling Alex Haasā€™s mix for this weekā€™s Soundwave based on his playlist. Lots of deep, ambient dub and unexpected pop songs.

Dec 21, 2021: to get you in the mood for the holidays during a pandemic. šŸŽµ Ligeti: Requiem / Apparitions / San Francisco Polyphony ā€¦

Dec 21, 2021: Thatā€™s some good branding, Dark Horse Coffee.

Dec 20, 2021: Leatherman saves the night.

Dec 20, 2021: The boy loves my slippers.

Dec 20, 2021: Ho Ho Ho.

Dec 19, 2021: The fact that IA Writer and Obsidian can open the same text files makes me reconsider using Obsidian as my primary note-making app, and dropping ā€¦

Dec 15, 2021: Iā€™m excited that the Appendix N Book Club will be reviewing Ursula Le Guinā€™s novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, on their next show.

Dec 15, 2021: Itā€™s very important for the boy to strike a heroic pose when we play Catboy and Monster. Iā€™m the monster.

Dec 15, 2021: Spotifyā€™s Discover Weekly crushing it once again. I donā€™t know if I would have ever come across Frantz Casseusā€™s ā€œSuite No. 1: Pedroā€ on my own.

Dec 13, 2021: These days I use Drafts more than Evernote, but Drafts serves an entirely different purpose. I use Drafts mostly to write and format emails before ā€¦

Dec 13, 2021: Many people seem to loath Evernote, which I donā€™t understand. Iā€™ve been using the app pretty much since it was available for the iPhone. It does what ā€¦

Dec 12, 2021: Cat Boy!

Dec 12, 2021: Cat Dziadzia.

Dec 12, 2021: Todayā€™s episode of Soundwave is ultra cool because it features a mix from danielfuzztone, who I met through Michael Donaldson on Micro.blog. Enjoy! šŸŽµ

Dec 10, 2021: Making memories with kiddo.

Dec 10, 2021: Kiddoā€™s first Christmas tree decorating. šŸŽ„

Dec 10, 2021: Thank you, Mike Nesmith, for your part in The Monkees and producing Repo Man and Tapeheads, two of my favorite cult movies. RIP.

Dec 10, 2021: Because making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is too hard and takes too much time. Iā€™m amazed our civilization hasnā€™t collapsed already.

Dec 9, 2021: I doubt Dubstep is dead. Look how long drum and bass have endured. šŸ’¬ How exactly did Dubstep die šŸŽµ

Dec 8, 2021: Fear of a Christmas hat.

Dec 3, 2021: Cryptocurrencies or Beanie Babies?

Dec 3, 2021: A shame about Gina Carano, because she would have made an excellent Big Barda if Warner ever decided to make a live action Mister Miracle movie.

Dec 3, 2021: I know itā€™s marketing, but it angers me me thatā€™s Bezos and Musk call their vehicles starships. Theyā€™re barely spaceships. Theyā€™re low Earth orbit ā€¦

Dec 3, 2021: I love every release from Other Forms of Consecrated Life , so I have no doubt that I will love Imperial Valley, II. šŸŽµ

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Dec 2, 2021: All this time I thought the Chemex was just a glorified version of the Melitta. But I taste the difference. I might have to ask for one for Christmas.

Dec 2, 2021: Astroboys

Nov 29, 2021: Itā€™s 66Ā° in San Diego. After being in Boston for a week it feels like 90Ā°.

Nov 29, 2021: I think the guy in the seat ahead of me is fueling our plane with his farts. āœˆļø

Nov 27, 2021: Cup of coffee in hand. Laptop on. AirPods socketed in my ears. Iā€™m ready to listen to Tom Moore, AKA Dead Melodies, mix for Soundwave. Tomā€™s mix goes ā€¦

Nov 27, 2021: Thanksgiving we played Coup. Itā€™s easy to learn and fun to play. And Iā€™ve lost nearly every game Iā€™ve ever played, so Iā€™m thankful for Thursdayā€™s ā€¦

Nov 27, 2021: I treated myself to tapas last night. I had already had dinner and wanted a light snack. Instead, I ate the equivalent of another meal. Mistakes were ā€¦

Nov 26, 2021: I got through Thanksgiving with a modicum of family drama. I suspect the family drama is part of the Thanksgiving tradition.

Nov 24, 2021: Fall day in Boston.

Nov 24, 2021: View from Fenway.

Nov 24, 2021: Gate.

Nov 24, 2021: Cool neon.

Nov 24, 2021: Me and my sibs. Photos from the 80s.

Nov 23, 2021: While walking through the Victory Garden I recalled the many men who would ask me for the time when I would walk through the gardens after getting out ā€¦

Nov 23, 2021: Beautiful day in Boston.

Nov 23, 2021: Fillerup!

Nov 23, 2021: Truck and grill.

Nov 22, 2021: Good to be back in South End.

Nov 22, 2021: Back in Boston for Thanksgiving. One of my oldest and dearest friends picked me up at the airport at 5:30 AM! True friend. And she took me out to ā€¦

Nov 14, 2021: Corn dog in my Bloody Mary? Whaaa?!?

Nov 13, 2021: Easing into my morning listening to Brown Mountain Lights on Asheville.fm. Some lovely stuff. šŸŽµ

Nov 9, 2021: Itā€™s for you.

Nov 7, 2021: More jets.

Nov 7, 2021: Jet set.

Nov 6, 2021: A curse upon all those in the Micro.Blog community for turning me on to Townscaper. Iā€™m addicted.

Nov 6, 2021: I think Iā€™ve had my fill of black metal this evening. Time to cleanse the pallet with some VoĆÆvod.

Nov 6, 2021: Black Metal Dog Walking Every evening I walk my dog, Blossom. Iā€™m usually listening to something during those walks, and tonight it was Abstracterā€™s Abominion album. Iā€™m not ā€¦

Nov 3, 2021: Trying some spicy licorice. Interesting combination.

Nov 1, 2021: Bider-Boy counting the loot from his Halloween haul.

Oct 31, 2021: Kaisonā€™s first Pixy Stick.

Oct 30, 2021: Scifi books that have blown my mind: Neuromancer Snow Crash The Diamond Age Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Zeitgeist Schismatrix Diaspora

Oct 30, 2021: I closed all my rings on my watch simply from doing yard work.

Oct 30, 2021: The Real Housewives of Elm Street.

Oct 29, 2021: Good morning, San Diego.

Oct 28, 2021: And another shot of San Diego.

Oct 28, 2021: Oh, San Diego, quit showing off.

Oct 28, 2021: Celebrating my birthday with the love of my life.

Oct 27, 2021: Snug.

Oct 27, 2021: While walking Blossom, she nearly yanked my arm out of its socket. I looked up to see a skunk turning tail. I braced myself for the worst, but the ā€¦

Oct 27, 2021: He didnā€™t need any help.

Oct 27, 2021: Merry-go-round.

Oct 26, 2021: Victoria Granofā€™s Pasta con Ceci Iā€™ve been making this recipe for years. It seems a shame to keep it myself. Cook time: 25 min Ingredients 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus ā€¦

Oct 26, 2021: OMAC

Oct 26, 2021: Probably not the best sartorial decision.

Oct 25, 2021: Itā€™s taken a week for it to sink in that after nearly two years all of the family is finally under the same roof.

Oct 25, 2021: Bath time fun with kiddo.

Oct 24, 2021: Blossom helped Kaison open his present.

Oct 24, 2021: After nearly two years of Soundwave, one of my guest deejays finally featured Coil in their mix. Iā€™ve been a fan of Coil since their last century ā€¦

Oct 24, 2021: Genius and Soul had its weekly meeting last night. It was another reminder who intelligent and creative our team is and I count myself lucky to be ā€¦

Oct 23, 2021: Looking for something fantastic to listen this weekend? Jaubiā€™s Nafs at Peace is my favorite album of 2021. Iā€™ve been listening to it weekly, ā€¦

Oct 22, 2021: An acquaintance of mine was an anti-vaxxer. It was because he caught COVID-19. He tried Ivermectin, which did not work. He nearly died and finally ā€¦

Oct 22, 2021: The wife and I are going to see Dune in an hour. Iā€™m excited that sheā€™s excited. Iā€™ve avoided knowing anything about this particular adaptation, and ā€¦

Oct 20, 2021: I didnā€™t mind being locked out of my Facebook account (I don’t know why, was it my controversial cat photos?), but I was furious when I could no ā€¦

Oct 20, 2021: Last night Marci came after being away for nearly two years in the National Guard. Weā€™ve seen each other during that time, but only for a few days or ā€¦

Oct 16, 2021: Dead Can't Dance One last mix to share for you ghouls and gals. While not a Halloween mix, it is Gothy enough to qualify if you squint your eyes. Light a candle, burn ā€¦

Oct 16, 2021: The Bazooka Joe Show Halloween Special Yet another Halloween tradition of mine was my yearly Halloween show on WMFO. I was not above playing “The Monster Mash” or “The ā€¦

Oct 16, 2021: A Scanner Darkly Another Halloween tradition I had was listing to a lot of Goth music. One of my favorite albums was This Is The Way by A Scanner Darkly, and I think ā€¦

Oct 16, 2021: When I was younger, my Halloween tradition was to read one story from H.P. Lovecraft a day. I ended that tradition because I don’t have that ā€¦

Oct 15, 2021: Currently reading: The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs by Tristan Gooley šŸ“š

Oct 15, 2021: Want to read: Ugly Beauty: Jazz in the 21st Century by Philip Freeman šŸ“š

Oct 15, 2021: Currently reading: The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri šŸ“š

Oct 12, 2021: Now that Iā€™m back in the office Iā€™m finding the oddest things at my desk, like a bowl and a spoon that havenā€™t been washed in over a year and a half. ā€¦

Oct 9, 2021: Just worked w/ Phil Freeman (https://burningambulance.com/) on recording his introduction to his mix for Genius & Soul. We talked about why he ā€¦

Oct 7, 2021: The Curse of Using Facebook to Log In to Other Services I never use Facebook, Gmail, Apple, Amazon, etc., to log in to the services I use. I donā€™t want to rely on the Stacks, so Iā€™ll use my email address ā€¦

Oct 5, 2021: The other day by boy & I went grocery shopping & picked up a season box of Frankenberry cereal. I admit, I was excited. When we got home I ā€¦

Oct 5, 2021: Hey, @bbohling, this is my knife I mentioned.

Oct 5, 2021: Published my first Now page. Keep tabs on this jetsetter.

Oct 4, 2021: I can hear the thunder rolling and I see lighting arcing through black storm clouds. Serendipity: I just came across on my walk with my dog.

Oct 2, 2021: Test pattern.

Oct 1, 2021: Finally seeing Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings in the theater. I have a couple of spiked podcasts I want to catch up on.

Oct 1, 2021: 2021 photoblogging challenge šŸ“· day 1 ā€” touch

Sep 28, 2021: Ripped.

Sep 28, 2021: Good morning, everyone!

Sep 27, 2021: I have 3 invitations to Literal.Club if you want one.

Sep 27, 2021: Tonight I get to see one of my favorite human beings on the planet: my grandkid.

Sep 26, 2021: DJ Shadow and Mark Mothersbaugh, if you should read this post, may I suggest you two gentlemen collaborate on an album? You can thank me later for the ā€¦

Sep 26, 2021: DJ Shadow mentions David Axelrodā€™s Songs of Innocence album during the interview. Iā€™ve been kind of obsessed with that LP the last few years. I would ā€¦

Sep 26, 2021: My friend turned me on to this interview with DJ Shadow about his Entroducing album. Itā€™s been a minute since I last listened it but now Iā€™m down the ā€¦

Sep 26, 2021: Iā€™m only a couple of tracks in, but so far Iā€™m impressed with Spotifyā€™s algorithm thatā€™s responding to my increased listening of jazz, black metal, ā€¦

Sep 26, 2021: Iā€™ve dropped hints about Project X. Iā€™m happy to share that Jan 1 Iā€™ll launch Genius and Soul. The show will feature handpicked tracks lovingly ā€¦

Sep 25, 2021: I purchased Audio Hijack 3 for Project X and Iā€™m glad I did. Fantastic app. I purchased Audio Highjack Pro years ago but 3 is dead simple and ā€¦

Sep 23, 2021: Currently reading The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri. šŸ“š

Sep 23, 2021: Currently reading [After the Ice A Global Human History, 20,000-5000 BC] ā€¦

Sep 23, 2021: Currently reading: The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs by Tristan Gooley šŸ“š

Sep 23, 2021: Currently reading: Eisenhorn by Dan Abnett šŸ“š

Sep 23, 2021: Joined Literal. Like the layout. Text is a little small for my middle-aged eyes. Find me at https://literal.club/josephaleo

Sep 22, 2021: Historical artifact.

Sep 21, 2021: Ken the Eagle. #gatchaman #gforce #battleoftheplanets

Sep 16, 2021: My favorite thing on Twitter today.

Sep 12, 2021: The Micro.blog Music Connection Three months into the pandemic lockdown, I launched Soundwave, a show featuring ambient, classical, experimental, and instrumental mixes from notable ā€¦

Sep 11, 2021: Giving @MDonaldsonā€™s mix one last listen before I publish it at midnight on Soundwave. Itā€™s got an 80s/90s vibe to it that I love.

Sep 10, 2021: Black Sabbathā€™s ā€œPlanet Caravanā€ and various covers. ā€¦

Sep 9, 2021: Playlists for Role-Playing Games The climate is wrecked. The environment is crashing. Weā€™re in an extinction level event. Weā€™re still ā€“ still in a pandemic. We can discuss these ā€¦

Sep 8, 2021: Ever wanted a psychedelic metal role playing game? Your prayers have been answered. #uvg

Sep 5, 2021: Wearing a mask isn’t mandatory at my local supermarket, but its encouraging to see how many more people are wearing masks during the last month.

Sep 4, 2021: Top 10 Soundwave Episodes If youā€™re new to Soundwave and are looking for something to listen to, below are the top 10 most played episodes. Mike Cadoo DJ Food Jonathan Ammons ā€¦

Sep 1, 2021: At the end of every day I retreat to my lab and work on Project X, which will launch January 1, 2022. I canā€™t wait to tell you all about it. Itā€™s the ā€¦

Aug 31, 2021: I donā€™t want to be that guy has a library of role playing games that go unplayed. But… I broke down and purchased Ultraviolet Grasslands and ā€¦

Aug 29, 2021: The Economics of the Future Is Somewhat Different Iā€™m noticing a trend in my fascination with economic. Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek by Manu Saadia The Economics of Star Trek: The ā€¦

Aug 28, 2021: This was the character I played in Quake 3: Arena. My handle was Fidget.

Aug 26, 2021: Iā€™ve made Kool-Aid pickles so I was thrilled to see it on the menu at Fixins Soul Kitchen. They were pretty tasty. Mine were better, though. šŸ™‚

Aug 24, 2021: Surfing USA.

Aug 14, 2021: Charles McPherson celebrates his 84th birthday at Queen Beeā€™s in San Diego.

Jul 30, 2021: This morningā€™s uneasy listening.

Jul 18, 2021: Iā€™ve built a vault using the iOS Obsidian app but itā€™s not syncing with the stuff I added from my laptop.

Jul 12, 2021: Iā€™ve shed my COVID-19 (lbs). My next goal is lose another 6lbs to get back to last summerā€™s fighting weight.

Jul 5, 2021: I’m old fashioned. Iuse bookmarks. I don’t understand how people don’t use bookmarks. I used to use delicious but Yahoo botched it ā€¦

Jul 5, 2021: App.net showed great promise but failed to deliver. Most of the community migrated to PiNut when App.net closed down, but I drifted away and found a ā€¦

Jul 5, 2021: Few weeks ago, I deleted the Tumblr app from my phone. Glad the service exists, but found the functionality frustrating. Micro.blog is a more ā€¦

Jul 5, 2021: Speaking of RSS apps, I havenā€™t tried them all, but Iā€™ve tried the more popular ones. Reeder and NetNewsWire are great, but I still prefer Feedly. I ā€¦

Jul 5, 2021: Apple News is a beautiful app. But Iā€™m annoyed at how many articles I have to scroll last because they require an News+ subscription. I also donā€™t ā€¦

Jul 4, 2021: My boy made jajangmyun for our 4th of July dinner. I tucked into my bowl like a ravenous Timberwolf.

Jul 4, 2021: My dog, who will bark at any damn thing, is surprisingly chill tonight.

Jul 3, 2021: Okay, itā€™s not just the staff at the Blood Bank. Even my fellow donors think Iā€™m a riot. Put me in front of a brick wall with a mic and donating blood ā€¦

Jul 3, 2021: Just want you to know that the Blood Bank appreciates my dad jokes. Iā€™m slaying with my tight 5.

Jul 3, 2021: Heading out to give blood. Just realized Iā€™ve been drinking a lot of water. Hope I donā€™t have to pee while Iā€™m attached to a bag.

Jul 3, 2021: Trello or Asana?

Jul 3, 2021: Curious how folks are using the Workspaces function in the Drafts app. Iā€™m looking g for inspiration.

Jul 3, 2021: Pins app. Pros: speedy, easily searchable, unlike other apps that access Pinboard. Cons: you can only share to Pins app in iOS once every 5 minutes, ā€¦

Jul 2, 2021: I installed Obsidian tonight and messed around with it for 30 minutes. So far, I canā€™t think of a compelling reason why Iā€™d use it over Evernote. Am I ā€¦

Jun 29, 2021: I am excited to have another HomePod Mini in the house today when you work remotely. The little things matter.

Jun 27, 2021: What a day. I went kayaking with a friend, sidestepped a family squabble, played at the park with the grandkid for a couple of hours, and nearly broke ā€¦

Jun 18, 2021: I should go to bed but I need to write show notes for this Sundayā€™s Soundwave featuring a mix from Metal Postcard Records Sean Hocking. Itā€™ll be ā€¦

Jun 17, 2021: There are three tools I use daily that if weā€™re to lose any of them it would severely hamstring my workflow: Evernote, OmniFocus, and TextExpander.

Jun 16, 2021: Anyone having issues with Evernote on their Mac desktop today? Sigh.

Jun 16, 2021: 101Ā° F today. Tomorrow it will be 110Ā°. Except for pee breaks, my dog will only be going out firth thing in the morning and after sunset.

Jun 16, 2021: Woke up early, decided to write. Fired up Ulysses on my iPad and the app re-downloaded all my sheets from iCloud. Started writing, switched apps to ā€¦

Jun 15, 2021: I have a beautiful mix thatā€™s gestating. I think itā€™ll be ready to share it with you this weekend. In the meantime, please enjoy my Your Dream mix. ā€¦

Jun 15, 2021: Last summer I was fit and trim. And then I put on the COVID 19 lbs. But after a few weeks do working out Iā€™m finally shedding some pounds. Itā€™ll take ā€¦

Jun 14, 2021: San Francisco skyline.

Jun 14, 2021: Portals. San Francisco.

Jun 14, 2021: View from Mission Rock. San Francisco.

Jun 13, 2021: I interview todayā€™s Soundwave guest deejay, Pierre Laplace,at 10:00 am Pacific. Join us at https://www.instagram.com/josephaleo/

Jun 13, 2021: Todayā€™s Soundwave guest deejay is Pierre Laplace, AKA Beyond the Ghost. He spins a gorgeous, somber mix you will delight in. Listen at ā€¦

Jun 11, 2021: If I have to wait a minute for Ulysses to load my pages every I use the it or tab back from another app I donā€™t see the point of using it. Iā€™m ā€¦

Jun 11, 2021: Do you own a cellular Apple Watch? Is it worth the money?

Jun 11, 2021: Until last night I was unaware that butterscotch liqueur existed. Delicious.

Jun 11, 2021: Iā€™m excited to release this weekendā€™s show featuring a mix from Beyond the Ghost. I describe his music as an imaginary soundtrack to a China MiĆ©ville ā€¦

Jun 10, 2021: While Ulysses is a great app, I donā€™t enjoy how frequently it has to re-load everything whenever I tab to another app and then tab back to Ulysses on ā€¦

Jun 8, 2021: Looks like Dan Carlin is going to get me through todayā€™s visit to the gym. Show 67 - Supernova in the East VI ā€” Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History ā€¦

Jun 8, 2021: I was unaware the construction worker taking a smoke break in his car overheard me singing along to Chet Bakerā€™s ā€œItā€™s Always You.ā€ I hope he enjoyed ā€¦

Jun 8, 2021: Listening to the preview tracks from Fabled Machines of Old by Dead Melodies while waiting for my computer to reboot.

Jun 7, 2021: Iā€™m pleased to announce the fall opening of Professor Xavierā€™s Community College for Mutants.

Jun 6, 2021: Today I interviewed Soundwave guest deejay Brian Sangmeister on Instagram. We chatted about his mix, our favorite horror movies and working on a farm. ā€¦

Jun 5, 2021:

Jun 5, 2021: They guy in front me in the elliptical has calves bigger and than his thighs. Theyā€™re Popeye size.

Jun 4, 2021: I would invest in KryptonCurrency.

Jun 4, 2021: First movie in over year. Cruella is punk AF.

Jun 4, 2021: Out of all my everyday carry items, I use my Olight the most.

Jun 3, 2021: Pairs well with carne asada tacos.

Jun 2, 2021: The woman who who worked the register at the supermarket this morning said she liked my Golden Girls shirt. ā€œTheyā€™re so funny.ā€ I told her the shirt ā€¦

Jun 1, 2021: Divas in Drag perform ā€œThe Ride of the Valkyries (WalkĆ¼renritt)ā€ from Wagnerā€™s Die WalkĆ¼re.

Jun 1, 2021: Today I went kayaking for 2+ hours. When I got to the dock my arms were shaking.

May 31, 2021:

May 31, 2021: Saw this little guy on the window ledge of the gym I went to today.

May 31, 2021: More Sacramento street art.

May 30, 2021: I was taking to my boy the other day and I explained to him that someday he might be a daddy. He told me wants to be a Dziadzia. Thatā€™s Polish for ā€¦

May 30, 2021: Sacramento street art.

May 30, 2021: The Sacramento Aquatic Center is a frustrating user experience to rent a kayak. Had to call them to walk me through the online reservation form. ā€¦

May 30, 2021: Next stop, Big Brother Comics. www.bigbrothercomics.com

May 30, 2021: Heading out shortly to spend an afternoon in Sacramento. Any suggestions?

May 29, 2021: More Noise Please One of the CDs I came across last week while packing was my copy of Steven Jesse Bernsteinā€™s Prison album. Itā€™s a fine album, but the sole reason I ā€¦

May 28, 2021: Bruce Sterlingā€™s Robot Artists & Black Swans: The Italian Fantascienza Stories appeared on my Kindle this week. I had forgotten I had purchased it ā€¦

May 26, 2021: A boy and his dog.

May 26, 2021: I was hoping to sleep in this morning but the grandkid had other ideas. He woke me with a present: a toy car with Mini Mouse as the driver. Best ā€¦

May 25, 2021: Would you sell your DNA as a NFT? Whose DNA would you buy? Iā€™m experiencing a Gibsonian moment thinking about it. ā€¦

May 25, 2021: I was one of those latchkey kids. One of my favorite summer activities was picking a direction at random and riding our bikes until we came across a ā€¦

May 24, 2021: Just as Egan cribbed from Dennett for his book, Diaspora, I need to read Terence Hawkinā€™s The Rage of Achilles because he cribs from Julian Jaynesā€™s ā€¦

May 24, 2021: I was primed for Diaspora because I had just read Daniel Dennettā€™s Consciousness Explained, which Greg Egan cited in his novel. Egan did a neat trick ā€¦

May 24, 2021: Eganā€™s Diaspora is so hard sci-fi that even though the book is almost a quarter century old, it hasnā€™t aged a day. After all this time it never fails ā€¦

May 24, 2021: Speaking of Greg Egan, the pronouns of Ze/Zir in my profile were taken from the AI protagonists in his book, Diaspora.

May 23, 2021: The idea of using a synthesis of Greg Eganā€™s Diaspora and Bruce Sterlingā€™s Shaper/Mechanist stories for the setting for a RPG is really exciting. At ā€¦

May 23, 2021: Iā€™m surprised there are almost no videos of p.m.ā€™s boloā€™bolo on YouTube. I did find this one, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKf71qHmJLk

May 23, 2021: I am wrapping up my Sunday evening watching the X-MenĀ animated tv series. The animation is both crude and sophisticated. The same goes for the plots. ā€¦

May 23, 2021: While eating lunch at Birria El Rey I overheard the guys at the next table talking about a podcast called Midnight Ambience. Naturally, I was all ā€¦

May 22, 2021: For a brief time Campbellā€™s was selling soup in bags. The Colbert Report mocked Campbellā€™s but I’m hear to tell you that it was actually quite ā€¦

May 22, 2021: 60-hour work week has left me so drained that I canā€™t decide how to spend my day off apart from being on my phone.

May 22, 2021: Itā€™s mandatory that my phone has a copy of my custom Killing Joke mix and Rudimentary Peniā€™s Cacophony album and on it.

May 22, 2021: I prepped tomorrowā€™s Soundwave featuring an awesome mix from Nate Heard. My neighbors will no doubt be relieved to stop hearing his mix over and over ā€¦

May 20, 2021: Getting rid of some gear I picked up when I started podcasting over a decade ago. They served me well in the early years.

May 19, 2021: Once a year I consider signing up to play EVE Online. And ever year I talk myself out of it. Seems like a lot of work.

May 18, 2021: Iā€™ve spent the last few days packing my CDs. I came across Godā€™s Possession album. ā€œLord Iā€™m On My Wayā€ is still my favorite track but Iā€™ve come to ā€¦

May 18, 2021: Soundtrack for my afternoon: Cosmic Transitions by Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few.

May 17, 2021: Pretty random.

May 17, 2021: While packing CDs I came across COILā€™s The Angelic Conversation LP. Itā€™s an amazing soundtrack that includes Dame Judi Dench reciting ā€¦

May 17, 2021: Every time I walk into my local convenience store I anticipate chatting with Raphe. But then I remember he died from COVID-19.

May 16, 2021: HIVEMIND: I’m looking for a hardcore Skinny Puppy fan who would be interested in creating a mix of their ambient material for the Halloween ā€¦

May 14, 2021: I finished reading House of X/Powers of X. Uncanny.

May 14, 2021: Listening to Killing Jokeā€™s The Courtauld Talks. ā€œThe forgotten ones dwell in the individual and irrational unconscious. They are the gods of ā€¦

May 14, 2021: Time to dip into House of X/Powers of X before I start my work day.

May 14, 2021: Waiting to invest in microcoin.

May 14, 2021: Monday I will be fully vaccinated. Iā€™m looking forward to going out into the world maskless. I suspect that will be temporary based on whatā€™s ā€¦

May 13, 2021: Thanks to the cocktail revolution of the 90s I fell in love with this genre of music. Taboo: Time and Belief in Exotica by Weird Studies.

May 12, 2021: What did you learn during the pandemic that you will apply to the next one? Letā€™s the say the next pandemic has a R0 of 3-7.

May 12, 2021: Todayā€™s Iā€™ll write show notes for this weekendā€™s Soundwave featuring a mix from Haiteku of We Only Share.

May 12, 2021: So weird that that Trump might be the spark that ignited a third party.

May 11, 2021: Back to working out. Forgot how potent Woke AF is. My ears itch.

May 10, 2021: My manager sent me a treat!

May 10, 2021: My Discover Weekly playlist is on fire. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZEVXcQlFm4iB7GIj?si=92_lu-c7SSCGxeSGMFzpaA&dl_branch=1

May 9, 2021: Kitties.

May 9, 2021: Iā€™m bringing Fate Accelerated and dice with me to our Sunday family gathering. I donā€™t know if anyone will want to play but I want to be prepared to ā€¦

May 9, 2021: While Iā€™m a supporter of apps with subscriptions Iā€™m hitting my limit. I canā€™t subscribe to every app. I love Ulysses and will continue my ā€¦

May 9, 2021: I picked up a copy of The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History at Underground Books today. Looking forward to reading it later this evening.

May 9, 2021: Motherā€™s Day Weā€™ve been celebrating Motherā€™s Day all weekend. Friday we went to Hawks Provisions and Public House for cocktails but stayed diner dinner. Yesterday ā€¦

May 7, 2021: Gobble.

May 6, 2021: Elon Muskā€™s starship is great marketing, even though it wonā€™t be visiting any stars.

May 6, 2021: I re-read Bruce Sterlingā€™s Heavy Weather. The book really holds up. A nation wracked by climate change and rampant viruses and a protagonist who wears ā€¦

May 5, 2021: ā€œThe curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.ā€ ā€” Carl Rogers

May 5, 2021: We are launching an online book club and weā€™d love you to be part of it. Our first book is Robert Greeneā€™s The Laws of Human Nature. The Laws of Human ā€¦

May 4, 2021: After getting my second dose of Moderna I prepared for the worst: fever, chills, body aches, etc. I suffered none of that. My shoulder where I got the ā€¦

May 3, 2021: I just got my second dose of Moderna. Hopefully there will be no ill effects. But even if there is, it beats the alternative.

May 2, 2021: Iā€™m thrilled to share with you todayā€™s mix from Krautrock legend Hans-Joachim Roedelius with music from Brian Eno, Harmonia, Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius ā€¦

Apr 30, 2021: Today my TextExpander app stopped working. I was anxious without it and rely on it. Iā€™ve keyboard commands that are muscle memory. Itā€™s constantly ā€¦

Apr 29, 2021: Final episode of season one of Invincible: holy shit.

Apr 28, 2021: The Expanse feels cyberpunk. Like it picks up where William Gibsonā€™s Neuromancer left off. Now if only a streaming service adapted Bruce Sterlingā€™s ā€¦

Apr 26, 2021: Iā€™m grateful that there are so many RSS apps out there since most people get there or news and entertainement from Facebook and Twitter. Iā€™ve tried a ā€¦

Apr 26, 2021: Today has been fantastic! My Spotify Discover Weekly plays list was kicking out the perfect morning jams. I ran an errand driving in the rain. I love ā€¦

Apr 25, 2021: Moorcockā€™s Elric IP was optioned as a tv series but stalled due to the success of The Witcher. Shame, I was hoping to see Eddie Redmayne as Elric. As ā€¦

Apr 25, 2021: Thereā€™s so much crazy stuff being produced for tv these days (Iā€™m thinking of Grant Morrisonā€™s Happy, for example) that Iā€™m making my pitch to ā€¦

Apr 25, 2021: Iā€™ve been hand grinding my coffee beans for the last eight years. This week I purchased an electric conical burr grinder and what once took five ā€¦

Apr 25, 2021: Watching The Road on Amazon with commercials is hilarious.

Apr 25, 2021: Your Dream: Sunday Mix for You Groovy mix for you to enjoy on your Sundau evening. Listen http://josephaleo.com/blog/your-dream/ Music fromJoe Frawley, Memory BellĀ , Matt Borghi and ā€¦

Apr 21, 2021: Hilarious! Iā€™d suggest they read Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek but Iā€™m assuming they havenā€™t watched the series their criticizing.

Apr 21, 2021: Odd that Vupā€™s attire is so subdued after Rios told us that you have to dress ostentatiously to blend in at Freecloud.

Apr 20, 2021: Iā€™m still on the fence about Lower Decks but I can say unequivocally that I donā€™t hate it. Iā€™m enjoying Picard but thereā€™s more vaping and cigars in ā€¦

Apr 19, 2021: Just finished binge-watching season three of Star Trek: Discovery. Listening to The Greatest Discovery recap before moving on to Picard. ā€¦

Apr 19, 2021: Iā€™d listen to this show just to hear Jimā€™s Big Egoā€™s cover of ā€œFeelinā€™ Groovyā€. http://josephaleo.com/blog/weekly-mix-9-march-5-2017/

Apr 18, 2021: If 6 Was 9 Last night I purchased Keith Leveneā€™s Violent Opposition CD on eBay. Itā€™s a fine album, but the main reason I got the CD is because of his cover of ā€¦

Apr 17, 2021: Amoeba Music Reopens I went to Amoeba Music today to celebrate our boy’s birthday. He’s into vinyl and picked up an album from Tomahawk’s Tonic ā€¦

Apr 17, 2021: We made the pilgrimage to Amoeba Music.

Apr 17, 2021: Chasing bubbles.

Apr 16, 2021: Iā€™m not a fan of Star Trek: Discoveryā€™s Black Alert SFX.

Apr 16, 2021: For your aural enjoyment for you to you a playlist lovingly crafted by musicians, deejays, music journalists, podcasters, etc. Listen ā€¦

Apr 16, 2021: My son is into vinyl, so for his birthday, weā€™re taking him to the now re-opened Amoeba Music in Los Angeles this weekend. Aside from a Ween LP, I ā€¦

Apr 14, 2021: The last few days, Iā€™ve been doing a deep dive listening to the Cerebro and Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men podcasts. Itā€™s been a blast because I ā€¦

Apr 14, 2021: You know me too well, SoundCloud.

Apr 12, 2021: Dukeā€™s La Jolla.

Apr 12, 2021: Strike a pose.

Apr 12, 2021: Spencer Ackerman on Magneto Boing Boing turned me onto an episode of Cerebro that did a deep dive on Magneto. Spencer Ackerman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning nation security reporter ā€¦

Apr 12, 2021: I tried a bunch of themes for Drafts this weekend and Night Owl is my favorite. Dark mode doesnā€™t always work for me but there are some apps ā€¦

Apr 11, 2021: Tonightā€™s goal: inbox zero.

Apr 11, 2021: Blossomā€™s Friend My dog, Blossom, does not play well with other dogs. Sheā€™s too excitable, and I canā€™t rust that sheā€™ll fly off the handle around another dog. But ā€¦

Apr 11, 2021: SOUNDWAVE : 54 : MICHAŁ MILCZAREK šŸŽ§ Winding down your Sunday evening? May I suggest todayā€™s SOUNDWAVE mix by Michał Milczarek? Itā€™s a blend of ambient, trip hop, chillout and downtempo ā€¦

Apr 11, 2021: Watching baby shark videos with the grandkid.

Apr 8, 2021: Peter van Cooten, founder of Ambientblog, is this weekā€™s guest deejay on Soundwave. Itā€™s more of a collage of sounds than a mix. Music by Biosphere, ā€¦

Apr 8, 2021: I went to an on-site meeting today and it was the first time Iā€™ve seen some of my teammates in over a year.

Apr 6, 2021: One-Shot Last weekend I received my first vaccination shot. I hadnā€™t had much luck getting an appointment. I seemed to miss every window. Not that I was ā€¦

Apr 6, 2021: Down Periscope. While Iā€™m sad that Twitter shuttered Periscope, I have to admit I rarely watched it myself. It seemed like most people were posting videos of ā€¦

Apr 6, 2021: Townes won. As usual.

Apr 6, 2021: Iā€™ve been using Huffduffer to create my personalized podcast feed. It shines when you grab audio from YouTube videos. Iā€™m currently listening to ā€¦

Apr 5, 2021: Townes and Marci.

Apr 5, 2021: Iā€™m so happy this podcast is live again even as I am saddened that John Bierly is no longer the co-host. RIP. ā€œNatural Consequencesā€ ā€” Swamp Things ā€¦

Apr 4, 2021: Cute little water tower.

Apr 4, 2021: Easter goofinā€™.

Apr 4, 2021: Sac graffiti.

Apr 4, 2021: Doctor Doom!

Apr 4, 2021: Sagat!

Apr 3, 2021: Vaccine shot, part 1.

Apr 3, 2021: I broke down and got a subscription to Paramount+ (enough with the pluses. Plusi?) to watch Star Trek: Discovery, Picard and Lower Decks. The first ā€¦

Apr 2, 2021: Gene Colanā€™s Bad Leopard I grew up reading a lot of comic books drawn by Gene Colan. Gene drew everything from Batman, Detective Comics to Howard the Duck, but I think he ā€¦

Apr 2, 2021: Iā€™d like Kevin Michael Richardson to be the new voice of Siri. Him, and Elizabeth PeƱa (RIP).

Apr 2, 2021: Catching up on this weekā€™s Brainwashed Podcast, which features music from Clan of Xymox, Silvia Tarozzi, claire rousay and more. ā€¦

Apr 1, 2021: Purple hair. Overlook mask.

Apr 1, 2021: Godzilla vs. Kong: A Gigantic Bore Iā€™m the target demo for Godzilla vs. Kong. I should love this movie, but I found it boring, as I did Godzilla (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), and ā€¦

Mar 31, 2021: Am I really going to watch Godzilla vs Kong?

Mar 31, 2021: Tonightā€™s walk.

Mar 30, 2021: Night walk.

Mar 30, 2021: I finally got around to watching Oats Studios (a Neill Blokamp joint) Zygote* Great cast of two, plus the big bad. And I want the Cerebus decal for my ā€¦

Mar 30, 2021: And Then! He Kissed Me (Š ŠŸŠžŠ¢ŠžŠœ! ŠžŠ ŠœŠ•ŠŠÆ ŠŸŠžŠ¦Š•Š›ŠžŠ’ŠŠ›) šŸ’¬ A sweet, coming-of-age zombie short film. https://vimeo.com/518367337

Mar 30, 2021: I need to jot down notes for a RPG based on DC’s Night Force. Kind of a governmental paranormal task force. Charles Strossā€™s Laundry series ā€¦

Mar 30, 2021: Sunday is the one year anniversary of Soundwave and features a mix from Ambientblogā€™s Peter van Cooten. Itā€™s more collage of samples that you immerse ā€¦

Mar 29, 2021: This Sunday is the first anniversary of Soundwave, my ambient/classical/experimental/instrumental music podcast. I launched the show to cope with the ā€¦

Mar 29, 2021: Lambda Schoolā€™s Austen Allred has started a book club. The first book we will read is Martin Gurriā€™s The Revolt of the Public and the author will join ā€¦

Mar 28, 2021: My wifeā€™s list of books on leadership is as long as my arm. One is Dune, and it became available on her audiobook program. I recognized the itā€™s ā€¦

Mar 28, 2021: Afternoon stroll.

Mar 28, 2021: No egrets.

Mar 27, 2021: Android decay.

Mar 27, 2021: The Warp Racer: Micronauts dream toy from my youth.

Mar 27, 2021: Name this giant robot.

Mar 27, 2021: Invincible Reviewed Last night after my wife fell asleep, I watched the first three episodes of Invincible on Amazon Prime. She indulges my nerdy tendencies, but I donā€™t ā€¦

Mar 26, 2021: Ant swarm.

Mar 26, 2021: I just used FATE Accelerated to run a one-shot game based on a heist scenario I heard on Full Metal RPG for todayā€™s creative exercise. We used ā€¦

Mar 26, 2021: The unending torrent of music from streaming services devalues music. Iā€™ve reverted to listening habits from last century: I purchase an album each ā€¦

Mar 25, 2021: Dainty grocery store at Kin Thai Street Eatery in Sacramento.

Mar 25, 2021: Thereā€™s a flock of turkeys who congregate a half mile from where Iā€™m staying. This week theyā€™ve made their way to my neighborhood and I enjoy their ā€¦

Mar 25, 2021: For years I only had two screens on my iPhone. Thanks to widgets, it’s explored to four screens. Iā€™d really like to get back to two screens ā€¦

Mar 24, 2021: Bruce Sterlingā€™s Shaper/Mechanist Stories as an RPG Setting After many decades and many re-reads, I still marvel at Bruce Sterlingā€™s Shaper/Mechanist stories. They hold up. Iā€™m still discovering new things in ā€¦

Mar 24, 2021: Night walk.

Mar 24, 2021: Roedelius came up on my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist. Iā€™m a fan of his work with Cluster. On a whim I emailed him and asked if heā€™d be a guest ā€¦