video crossed the 1k threshold over the weekend. i think my favorite part of the response has been the emergence of elite ball knowers making classical music & philosophy jokes in the comments. the video is finding its people.

Remember to run some pink noise or tones through your analog gear sometimes to make sure your LR channels are balanced!

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stuck in here thank u sims

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Stuck was awesome tonight. I’ve been waiting a while to see them, they didn’t disappoint. @guypidgeotto.bsky.social

Stuck remind us that the vibes are bad on 'Optimizer,' but the album feels good all the same www.treblezine.com/s...

Posting “low ticket warning!” as in “low number of tickets sold”

Tour starts Friday!

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Stuck @guypidgeotto.bsky.social @eisrecords.bsky.social, Miscellaneous Owl @miscellaneousowl.bsky.social, The Disassociation, and Louisa Bénâtre & Barbara Bessac @hiddenbayrec.bsky.social:

Stuck's third full-length album Optimizer is out now via @eisrecords.bsky.social! Thank you!

Stuck in @blockclubchi.bsky.social! I look at Block Club literally every day so this is very special to me. Had a wonderful time chatting with Matt!

Stuck is Album of the Day over at @bandcamp.com! Hear it Friday!

ICYMI

Stuck in The Reader! Always a treat getting to speak with @imleor.bsky.social!

Stuck in The Gum! Thanks to Danielle Chelosky for this thoughtful review of Optimizer, out Friday

No one wants to say it but the Minneapolis protesters won

Started a live in-studio series with friends. I am so happy these are, and I love our scrappy little team. Make stuff with your friends. First up the brilliant PILE, one of the best bands doing it

Sicko, the final single off of Optimizer, is out now! Full album drops next Friday! Please clap.

We need to recreate the Jeb Bush electoral map with JB Pritzker in front of a map of Illinois

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Chicago come see this perfect bill on 4/24 at SV!

BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers. This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight. (🎥 Vahid Online)

This sort of gesture, to release what many have wanted for decades and give all the proceeds to your late comrade's charity, that is friendship. fugazi.bandcamp.com/album/albini...

Half the job market is going to get eliminated in this country not because "AI" can do the job (or any job, really in its current form) but because at least 1/3 of the workforce continues to either go "the speak and spell is smarter than me" or "this dogshit product it made is acceptable!"

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I'm open to any audio editing/podcast editing/mixing work, I can also write your artist bios and master your project. Any and all ledes for full-time work are very much appreciated as well.

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

one time a songwriter told me that they like to do what they call “the bill callahan challenge” at bars, where they order a drink by only saying “beer, thank you”

Most people don’t understand that decibels are like points. The more you have, the better your album does. That’s why us mastering engineers do decibelmaxxxing. We ensure your music will have the maximum number of decimals possible so that you can win the game (music industry)

“‘The persecution is the point,’ said Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat and the only transgender member of the Legislature, who received the [Kansas Dept of Revenue] notice on Wednesday.” To underscore that: a Kansas state legislator is among those whose driver’s license will be voided. (🎁 link:)

"Artists peak at 30", "30 under 30", "by 30 you should" ridiculous. Arts industries capital craves young people to exploit and burn out. It doesn't want older artists thriving and guiding the young. It also doesn't want artists to exist. Stop letting cannibals tell you you only matter on a plate.

BDS calls for consumer [note: consumer, not artist] boycott of Spotify until the company meets demands to adopt an intersectional ethical programming, advertising, sponsorship, and partnership policy, and end all business with Partner Communications.

Tour cometh

have you seen the new STUCK video yet? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymS0...

The forthcoming Hallogallo vinyl compilation I referenced in my November scene feature is now available to pre-order, it comes out next month

New Stuck single “Deadlift” out now! My personal fav off the new record.

What I Eat In A Day As A Mastering Engineer (2300 kcal, all macros)

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I have spent my life as part of a local and global music community based on mutual support and celebrating art. Being a part of this community is the only reason I have a career. None of these folks are going to have their music mastered by AI, and so I do not worry about it.

Replaced the battery on my PS5 controller

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This Massaman curry is one of the best things I’ve ever made, including every album I’ve ever worker on. Very easy too!

i think a lot about how much anyone in favor of ai art/writing/music replaces the profit motive for the real value: human connection, a thing ai fundamentally cannot do

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Graceless pivot to survival: I’m launching THE FUTURE IS OURS TO MAKE A music newsletter of reccos, rants, illumination, shade, endangered forms (concert/album reviews, human interviews), formless dangers (trash talk, love lore, bespoke illos) — an expansion of my work as your critic + co-listener

it's crazy to see your long held hypothesis about the modern american right wing—something you've ranted irl and written 10,000 pointless screeds over online, this website included—to literally be notarized by literally the world's foremost infamous pedophile billionaire rapist.

Landowner's "Rival Males" is a well-studied combative interrogation on toxic masculinity. Hear the lead single from the Western Mass post-punk band’s new album 'Assumption': lnk.bio/s/4d3ca Out 2/27 on @eisrecords.bsky.social