Adam

I hate this for ourselves and for our longtime friends and allies, and I fear for the long term ramifications that will outlast that fucker. Alliances, deals, and most importantly, trust, that was built over decades. It would be easy to write off if it was only Trump, but it’s not.

Belated birthday gift to myself - the epic Celtic Frost “Danse Macabre” box set. I missed out on this on its initial release a few years ago but found an unopened one for sale on eBay. 🤘🤘#celticfrost #vinyl

YouTube video by riserecords T.S.O.L. - Don't You Want Me

This whole album is amazing... what more could you want from a storied punk band like T.S.O.L. It's stupidly catchy (@stephenking.bsky.social I feel like you would enjoy this album). This song, though, is my favorite - no question: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMLz...

First art I’ve made in a long time; very out of practice. This one is called, “It Remembers the Hands.”

Ubi Solitudinem Faciunt Pacem Appellant, by Instruments of Ruin from the album Augur Vulgaris

This is a few years old at this point (it could stand to be a little less sloppy). The title is a line from Tacitus supposedly said by Caledonian chieftain Calgacus. Although both Calgacus and the line may be inventions by Tacitus, the meaning remains true. Nothing good comes from war and killing.

This movie traumatized a whole generation of us.

Can we elect him to a nursing home?

Israel says it strikes Iran amid nuclear tensions Israel said early on Friday that it struck Iran, and Iranian media said explosions were heard in Tehran as tensions mounted over U.S. efforts to win Iran's agreement to halt production of material for an atomic bomb.

Ubi solitudinem, pacem appellant

Asked ChatGPT to make a humorous RPG character sheet based on some of my traits. With an 11 Wisdom and 13 Intelligence, this was surely a smart and wise thing to do.

The SG from my aforementioned post. This is the Kirk Lloyd model so it has a master volume on the pick guard (I’ll wire that in later).

Trying to not obsess over the slow fall of our democracy over here… so I am working on my three-pickup Gibson SG. I replaced the pickups with Seymour Duncan Antiquities - my favorite pickups - but need to fully redo the rest of the wiring. It’s been a long time since I’ve done this. 😅

It’s so fucked up here.

It’s almost as if this is the same person who brought to the world us the cybertruck.

Say ya to da UP, eh?

Gibson Les Paul, changing guitar strings

I’d say changing strings is cathartic but it’s really just a chore.

Getting my home studio and office set up. I have about half an album of music recorded so it’ll be awesome to get back to work on that. Who knows, maybe this time around I’ll add some vocals. 🤫🫣😂

Not every day one of your heroes listens and praises your work. Cheers!

High praise from you, sir!

Opinion | A Texas Case Shows That Abortion Ban Exemptions Are a Sham Kate Cox’s predicament exposes the lie behind anti-abortion groups’ claims.

“I think it’s the clearest message you could have possibly received from an anti-abortion state that they never meant the medical exemption to mean anything at all.” www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...

Maybe it’s just me (or the beards), but it almost seems as though AI wants to turn @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com into Steven Spielberg

I really admire how Swans manages this. Michael Gira has it down to a kind of self-perpetuating cycle where everything you buy funds more music, which funds more music, and so on. I don’t know that he can live off of it, but it does seem to help him continue making music.

I buy a lot of vinyl. I play them, but more often I buy it as a sort of large format collectible that also helps send money to the people that are responsible for it existing.

Exactly.

True, and for some that would be contrary to what they want to accomplish with their art.

Punctum Caeruleum, by Instruments of Ruin from the album Multiformis

The final song on the last album I wrote. My intention was to write something Bowie-esque to close out the album. The title is an reference to Carl Sagan's famous description of Earth as a "pale blue dot" - it seemed fitting in a way given what I was going for with the music.

One of the reasons why anyone who is creating music should try and merchandise as much as possible; you can't stream a t-shirt. Still, though, that's easier said than done. And I don't know about other musicians, but I make music for people to listen to and not to make t-shirts to.

Optume!

Sic via est!