Ooooo. Good potential band name.

The world we live in is not the one I was prepared for in childhood. Nor is it one I would have chosen.

my new painting 🎨 acrylic on canvas 32x28”

Added a new track to "One Eye Dreaming", called "Opening the Gate". Electronic noise meets free jazz, or maybe just call it "sound art". Is it music? You tell me. Sounds best in headphones (much of it was recorded with homemade binaural head). paulrubenstein.bandcamp.com/track/openin...

Quote post with a Weird Al song that never was. Here's mine: Bad Company, "Feel Like Making Lunch". By posting yours, you agree he can use it (wouldn't that be awesome?). @alyankovic.bsky.social

Got a hold of better audio of our gamelan concert from last week, and replaced it in the video. I'm playing a movable fretted, electric instrument I made, in the role of the rebab. Sounds much better now... www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQvG...

This is the second piece we (UMBC gamelan) did Friday with me on "not-rebab", the movable fretted, electric bowed instrument I made. I took more liberty on this one. I played saron demung on the other Javanese pieces, and we did a couple Balinese pieces too. youtu.be/sz8Uh-_MW1A

Had a performance Friday evening with the UMBC gamelan. This is Sukma Ilang, a traditional Javanese piece... I'm playing the rebab role on a movable-fretted instrument I made and tuned to the gamelan. youtu.be/SLeQGLc8r-k

It's not an unreasonable assumption at this point that about 99.9% of my "followers" have me on mute. Not sure if there's much value in continuing here.

Just got sent a video from one of my customers, of a song he did using one of my two-string pickups to an octave-down pedal. He was asking about ordering another for his other guitar. Heavy sound. Reminds me of Randy Holden, Population II. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBsd...

for Halloween... Daniel Johnston singing a Bowie tune with a bunch of little kids doing backing vocals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=flK-...

Not able to view my feed. Some kind of network error. I think it may be related to the last firefox update. Anyone else had this problem? Found a solution?

Let the West wind (and me) tell you a story. If you listen closely enough...it´s your story. nobleson.bandcamp.com/track/anemoi

This thrift store vase was a prime candidate for transformation into a drum, so I had to do it. My computer speakers don't do justice to the bass frequencies, so listen in headphones if you have the option and you're not hearing the bass. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml1D...

So, the rapture happened this morning. Apparently there were only 67 people worldwide who made the cut. My condolences to anyone who expected to be gone and is still here. It only happens once, there won't be another shot. No, you didn't get the date wrong. That was it. Make the best of it.

It's a little early, but might as well post this now, bc if the crazies are right, tomorrow will be too late. :P www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCd...

This thrift store vase was a prime candidate for transformation into a drum, so I had to do it. My computer speakers don't do justice to the bass frequencies, so listen in headphones if you have the option and you're not hearing the bass. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml1D...

When the government controls the press...

This is the closest I've written and Gamelan wasn't even the influence. As I was finishing the album, I started to listen a LOT of Gamelan. davidbeardsley.bandcamp.com/album/klang-...

Song with through, around, over, or under in the title www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4Dd...

Have you seen the fnords?

TWO LYNCHINGS IN MISSISSIPPI YESTERDAY. Why is this not top news story? 1950 again.

Mood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OvW...

My taskbar is cycling through different colors... gray, green, blue. (Windows 10). I have no idea why. A search shows nothing, and changing the color settings does nothing. It's annoying. Anyone else experiencing this?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OorZ... See the blind man shooting at the world Bullets flying, taking toll If you've been bad, Lord, I bet you have And you've not been hit by flying lead You'd better close your eyes Bow your head Wait for the ricochet

As a result of all this, for me, the expression, "planting a double double" will now and forever mean, "taking a big shit, usually somewhere inappropriate", though I don't expect there to (and actively hope there won't) be much opportunity to use it.

Drop some capes. OK. www.gettyimages.dk/photos/rick-...

I've shown here before an example of one of the udu drums I've made from thrift store vases... I've recently discovered a few easy ways of adding plastic drumheads to these, in new holes. It takes it to a another level, with elements of tablas and African talking drums. Will post clips soon...

It's bandcamp Friday... My new (and still in progress) album, One Eye Dreaming, is about half-way done. It's loosely a follow-up to One Eye Awake. paulrubenstein.bandcamp.com

Post a perfect album from the 90's that isn't Nirvana or Pearl Jam www.discogs.com/release/3050...

Just uploaded a new song, but this one's not for the album. It's just too goofy. Hints of Zappa, maybe? Or maybe that's a stretch. You tell me. paulrubenstein.bandcamp.com/track/doofus

Just put up track 3 for the album-in-progress. This one is a bit more relaxed, short and simple. The first two are pretty intense. It's a chance to catch your breath before things get crazy again. paulrubenstein.bandcamp.com/track/a-glim...

New track up on my bandcamp: Zuutra The title is a nod to two big influences: Zoot "Horn" Rollo and Sun Ra. Probably too "far out" for most folks, but this is me showing restraint! :D paulrubenstein.bandcamp.com/track/zuutra

Easing back in to playing piano at least a little every day, after taking the summer off (no privacy) now that the kid is back in school. Just doing some 12 bar blues improv in a few keys, for now. Really want to pick up the sax again, too... super rusty, there... that's gonna take some work.

Did gamelan (Indonesian music) yesterday at the local college for the first day of the semester. First did this back in the 90s in Seattle, have been doing it on and off since moving here. This time was special because my soon-to-be 15 son participated for the first time. *proud dad moment*

In honor of today being Alice Coltrane's birthday, here's a piece I did back in 2014, inspired by her music: spectropolrecords.bandcamp.com/track/alices...

It's been a month... filtered it 4x through 3 layers of fine cheesecloth, transferred it into 4 2/3 wine bottles. It's good! Definitely my best brew yet. Looks and tastes like red wine, though anyone trying to guess the grape would be stumped!

Just got this from the library. Very excited to dig in. It's about the alien worlds and beings people encounter through DMT: www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

Posting data and/or memes that purport to be factual without sharing their sources dilutes their (and your) credibility. Worse, posting such things without knowing their sources may contribute to the epidemic of misinformation plaguing social media.

I don't know how someone was able to do this, but the banner image on my profile was changed to the picture below. I don't know how long this was the case, and it was invisible to me while using the site, and only found out by checking ClearSky.

"If Mounds frequent your bar, and you don't kick them out, more Mounds will come, the rest of your clientele leaves, and your bar will become a Mounds Bar."

Just found out that the album my band put out 30 years ago is going to be released on vinyl, and re-mastered by Jack Endino. 😎

The UN controls whether this aid gets delivered for distribution, yet here it sits, rotting in the sun. Meanwhile, the UN’s own reports show that a whopping 87% of the trucks they controlled were looted or stolen. This isn’t even incompetence, this is complicity. The UN serves Hamas.

A really important read annashnaidman.substack.com/p/the-antise...

Just discovered you can add emojis to your mute list... just copy and paste. I've added two... should make it much more enjoyable here!

It's Bandcamp Friday, which means 100% of your purchase amount goes to the artist. Please give my stuff a listen... paulrubenstein.bandcamp.com

Proposal: automatic hashtag for political posts, so those who are here for creative, non-political stuff can block it all in one shot and be done with it.