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Tim Crist a.k.a. Shoebox

@wormquartet.bsky.social

Programmer, musician, husband, father, nerd, snowflake, mammal, and the guy you saw getting way too friendly with a Pac-Man machine in that one video that will never go away.

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Disco Infesto, by Dead Rat Disco 5 track album

Maybe this will help: deadratdisco.bandcamp.com :)

06.02.2026 16:08 — šŸ‘ 1    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0
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The debut EP from my new band Dead Rat Disco is available today on Bandcamp: deadratdisco.bandcamp.com
Hitting the streaming services and such next Friday.

06.02.2026 16:07 — šŸ‘ 2    šŸ” 1    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0

Wow, thanks for remembering this existed! I'm still alive but way older now because of time.

06.02.2026 16:05 — šŸ‘ 1    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0
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Last day for this! Get a bundle with all the available Worm Quartet vinyl or CDs along with a shirt, keychain, poncho, and stickers for 40 bucks!! wormquartet.bandcamp.com

01.12.2025 22:54 — šŸ‘ 4    šŸ” 1    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 1
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Ooo! What's this? Added two bundles to the Worm Quartet Bandcamp merch page for Black Friday! Get either ALL of my available CDs -or- my two vinyl records along with a shirt, poncho, stickers, and a keychain for 40 smackers! wormquartet.bandcamp.com/merch

28.11.2025 02:47 — šŸ‘ 10    šŸ” 2    šŸ’¬ 1    šŸ“Œ 0
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Finally the rest of you can see what I always see when I glance skyward - the blessed giant open-mouthed golden orb of hunger, consumer of the azure dead - hovering over us, ever-moving yet ever-mazebound. Happy Thanksgiving.

27.11.2025 21:29 — šŸ‘ 27    šŸ” 8    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0
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CHAPEL HILL! This Saturday! 9pm! $10 suggested donation! Tell your hoodlum friends!!

19.11.2025 20:33 — šŸ‘ 2    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0

ME: *Grabs a few sheets of toilet paper from the roll*
GOOGLE GEMINI: Hi, would you like to try new AI wiping?
ME: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

12.11.2025 14:59 — šŸ‘ 4    šŸ” 3    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0

ALSO TRUE!

07.11.2025 18:59 — šŸ‘ 1    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0

That I wish I could set my album's art on fire? :)

I don't own this version of "Fresh Fruit," nor had I seen it. Most versions of this, including the CD and vinyl I own, do not use the typewriter font on the cover. Hence, coincidence.

07.11.2025 18:58 — šŸ‘ 2    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 1    šŸ“Œ 0
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RALEIGH! TOMORROW! FIVE BUCKS! NOISE AT NINE!

07.11.2025 18:53 — šŸ‘ 0    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0
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Hi! My band Dead Rat Disco is playing Slim's in Raleigh, NC THIS SATURDAY! Five bucks! Come on out, dammit!!

05.11.2025 01:38 — šŸ‘ 1    šŸ” 1    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Yes, I've seen it.

31.10.2025 02:56 — šŸ‘ 4    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 1    šŸ“Œ 0
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Hi! My new punk band Dead Rat Disco is playing a free show THIS FRIDAY (Halloween!) at New York Pizza in Greensboro, NC with Dit and Milk Truck! Come out! Dress like something! Throw candy corn at us!

P.S. Oh yeah I'm in a punk band now. Sorry, I don't post updates on Bluesky very often.

30.10.2025 01:42 — šŸ‘ 2    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0

I have had to make several situational exceptions to that rule. Perhaps I made too many such exceptions at Riot Fest, as it took a month for my ribs to heal.

29.10.2025 17:00 — šŸ‘ 1    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0
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NEW WORM QUARTET SINGLE!! "I Was in the Weird Al Pit at Riot Fest!" Available at wormquartet.bandcamp.com/track/i-was-... and at all the various streamy whatever places!

29.10.2025 14:59 — šŸ‘ 7    šŸ” 2    šŸ’¬ 1    šŸ“Œ 0

THIS SEEMS FAMILIAR TO ME SOMEHOW!!

29.10.2025 14:58 — šŸ‘ 2    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0
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Hi! I'm doing a belated "Farewell To Rochester" show August 1st at the California Brew Haus in Rochester, NY, along with Devo Spice, Emcee M.D., Small Signals, and Motiks! Hosted by Likewize! Come on out and make me feel bad for leaving! @smallsignals.bsky.social @devospice.bsky.social

17.07.2025 17:43 — šŸ‘ 6    šŸ” 3    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0

BODY: *gets off treadmill*
BRAIN:
"And I raaaaaaan
I ran a while in plaaaaace
d is zeerooo
So F just goes to waaaaaste
And W's erased"

26.06.2025 16:54 — šŸ‘ 4    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0
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Ever wake up with a really stupid idea and you can't move on until you make it exist? (Art made with copy-pasting from stolen art, with minor unskilled Photoshop manipulation.) If anyone with actual skill wants to make a good version of this, feel free. šŸ™‚

30.05.2025 02:21 — šŸ‘ 7    šŸ” 1    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0

I STAND REFERENCED!

27.05.2025 19:14 — šŸ‘ 1    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0

'Tis indeed. It's hard in a team book to flesh out every character but PAD found a brilliant way to do exactly that. So damned good.

27.05.2025 19:13 — šŸ‘ 2    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0

And the asshole you got to actually read that line for the album knew exactly what issue you were referencing, as he'd been equally blown away by it back in the day.

27.05.2025 18:44 — šŸ‘ 1    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 1    šŸ“Œ 0

It's "Bulloch." Hope that helps!

20.05.2025 14:52 — šŸ‘ 0    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 1    šŸ“Œ 0

Normalize responding to "Fuck you!" with "No, it is YOU who is fuck!"

12.05.2025 17:34 — šŸ‘ 1    šŸ” 2    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0
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The reason I do music in my spare time is that nobody ever makes fan art of software development managers. Visual gloriousness courtesy of Chuck!

10.05.2025 13:52 — šŸ‘ 5    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0

CORRECT! Once live at MarsCon with Possible Oscar (with Jeremy Bulloch a.k.a. Boba Fett in the audience rocking out,) and once with my own arrangement on Worm Quartet's "The Pac-Man EP!"

08.05.2025 01:31 — šŸ‘ 1    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 1    šŸ“Œ 0

Normalize calling corn on the cob "Corn: The Food" and corn mazes "Corn: The Predicament."

07.05.2025 20:00 — šŸ‘ 1    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 1

I have a fever and the only cure is more cowbell, but cowbell is considered a level 3 prescription and my insurance won't cover it without prior authorization so I have to spend 2 weeks trying a tambourine first, then fax a form from my doctor attesting that the tambourine treatment was ineffective.

17.04.2025 13:15 — šŸ‘ 5    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 2    šŸ“Œ 0
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Hi! I'm gonna appear on this thing on Monday at 9pm central time (which is 10pm here in reality.) Tune in and see if I manage to screw up the sound setup in my new studio/office or if I just screw up the lyrics and/or keytaring! www.virtualcomedyshow.com

14.04.2025 20:01 — šŸ‘ 1    šŸ” 0    šŸ’¬ 0    šŸ“Œ 0

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