Ugh, I might have to go to Sweetwater to order a few 1/4in cables

The Adrian Public Library was my first card. I still have it.

As someone who frequently posts videos of me playing around with modular synthesizers, I'm insulted that someone using a synthesizers appears in the advertisement for "Claude" that I just saw

Bill Simmons is going to cross-off the Texans tomorrow, isn't he?

Cool

Well, this was optimistic

A Texans tie would be perfection

Sara Gibson rocks on the cello as Linden Thoburn sings. C’mon and see our Songwriters in the Round show downtown this afternoon.

Mike Gentry performs “One Water” during our Songwriters in the Round show at @aadl.org downtown this afternoon. C’mon out of the rain and join us.

So, the Texans are bad this season

"Too many musicians try to reverse-engineer their pricing based on what someone else is charging, but you have no idea what that person’s situation is." Have you read Megan Ihnen's overview of the financial practices that artists need to build a sustainable career? Read it at:

Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.

If the Texans go 0-3...

Disney adults canceling subscriptions, vacations, etc really are making the Harry Potter adults that threw a fit over a $60 video game look like huge bitches

And as ever, the true horror facing our country isn't that he's in charge, it's that no one with power finds it important to remove him, and many with power find him useful to their ends.

"Economist Stephanie Kelton makes the case to stop looking at government spending as a path towards frightening piles of debt, but rather as a financial contribution to the things that matter -- like health care, education, infrastructure and beyond."

Not only is this happening specifically because of the president, it will be worse and harder to get out of because of him and, then, the people responsible for this will face no consequences and little will change so in another 5-10 we will probably face another economic crisis

Current* conditions near Houghton, MI:

Current* conditions near Houghton, MI:

20 years ago, I would have deluded myself into thinking I was good enough to do this, even without the PhD in hand. 10 years ago, I would have been repulsed. Now? If I weren’t firmly in admin I would delude myself into thinking I am good enough to do this - because I am, gosh darn it.

My periodic dutiful repost of this very good news.

An elegant weapon for a more civilized age

beale’s affective outburst ultimately doesn’t do anything but help the network sell ads. far from liberating anyone, his performative, reactionary anger just helps the rich get richer.

On the well-laden table, flagons of pale summer cider and herbal tea vied for place with toasted chestnuts, mintcream wafers, and lattice-topped fruit tart.

*gulp*

This looks good!

I'm making plum clafoutis for the first time to take to a neighbor dinner tonight

Today's Tonal Treat ✨ #SongOfTheDay #NowPlaying #MusicSky #TonalTreat

I just uploaded a new modular synthesis improvisation to my YouTube channel! Here, I use my Landscape Sterefield to modulate my Behringer Neutron in addition to some other patching Unlike my last video, there is no MIDI input for the synth Enjoy! youtu.be/jji7GjuNgPw

listening to @getplayedpod.bsky.social helped me navigate a conversation with another Dad who plays Silksong at a birthday party this morning

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday @aadl.org! Event info: aadl.org/node/636436

ffm.to/leonoraduarte #NowAvailable - Be surrounded by Phillip Serna's Midweſt415 recording of the Complete Sinfonias à5 by #LeonoraDuarte (1610-1678), in #DolbyATMOS @ Immersive Audio Album: immersiveaudioalbum.com/product/duar... #EarlyMusic #HistoricalPerformance #ViolaDaGamba #ViolConsort #Viol

My 5yo is officially obsessed with this song, thanks to me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0hg...

Solidarity with @ilanvolkov.bsky.social

my millennial complaint is that I had to read "Three Cups Of Tea" as a common reading in college and we could tell it was bullshit

Ended up recording a 5+ minute-long video of messing around with my Landscape Stereofield as a controller for my Behringer Neutron - it is cool and weird; should post tomorrow

It must be great for America that I'm hearing T-mobile podcast ads that specify tariffs as a cause for economic uncertainty and try to market off of that

Hans Castorp:

Current* conditions near Grand Haven, MI:

Dramatic Poetry, by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1896, 📸 by @MauleIan

Current* conditions near Grand Haven, MI:

Look at this, we've got metal bands out here who are doing more about authoritarianism than Chuck Schumer (this isn't surprising given Panopticon's work as well as the long-standing undercurrent of antifascist activity in certain heavy metal communities, esp. Black Metal)

My afternoon plan includes a bit of synthesizer time, I hope to make a new improvisation video to post later tonight I'm going to focus on my manipulating my Behringer Neutron with my Landscape Stereofield but without running the Korg Sq-1, I may also bring my Soma Lyra-8 into the mix

Panopticon shares new EP 'The Poppies Bloom For No King' benefitting families affected by ICE deportations

I'm sure I have haters, I don't think about it very much (some of you may read this post, even) I must accept this because I have spent the last eleven years writing things, academic and public-facing, that are extremely critical of the status quo and the institutions and people that maintain it

as someone who is a hater, i accept and welcome the fact that i have haters. what is good for the goose, etc. in fact, i think people in this business should be more open about their hating. if we think our words matter, then we should feel some kind of way about people who do bad work.

"Wearing leather jackets, denim jeans and boots, they’re dressed for winter rather than a blistering London heatwave. But they are Overthrust, Botswana’s death metal cowboys, and it’ll take more than this to stop them looking cool as fuck." Overthrust are flying the flag for African metal:

I'm curious about the future center for 'diversity of thought' at my univeristy - will that mean the core undergraduate music theory curriculum will teach the four pillars of hip hop?

This seems slightly fussy on my alma mater's part