The gathering of the Motern tribe for Premiere Weekend 2025!

It's @jma48.bsky.social's Birthday! Here's a song I wrote for him.

For all the people who have been eagerly awaiting new Christmas music by yours truly, I proudly present the new holiday classic "Randolph the Red-Nosed Drunkard!"

I recently joined a songwriting group to try to get back into music making. This week's theme is "smell," and I naturally went 100% juvenile. I'm relieved that even amidst my concerns about the state of the world, I'm still capable of such silliness! So here's "He Who Smelt It (Dealt It)."

After nearly 6 years of service, I got a new computer and the old one is boxed up to be sent in for recycling. As I grow older and slower myself, replacing it feels strangely emotional, but it’s also time: the fans were constantly turning on as the computer struggled to meet modern demands.

The new Circus Creatures album somehow manages to be both cinematic and intimate, telling tales of monsters, murder, darkness and ultimately even hope through seductively deadpan narration and music that's creepy, heavy and at times quite beautiful. Highly recommended!

I know no one is on Bluesky, but for what it’s worth, I’m proud to announce the release of "Owen is Going to be Negative Today." Five years in development, it's the finest album of songs entirely about my friend Owen ever written. Available on Spotify, Bandcamp, etc., with physical CDs coming soon!

At the Motern Media show featuring @fogmoose.bsky.social!

‘Til we meet (and eat) here again, @jma48.bsky.social… (I actually didn’t eat here tonight; just walking past on my way to the Motern show and feeling nostalgic for the old gatherings.)

Hey @fogmoose.bsky.social, I’m shocked to see that your bandmates are engaged in a marathon-length walk today, just a day before tomorrow’s concert. You should have forbidden them from going; I expect a well-rested, energetic performance tomorrow night so I get my full money’s worth!

I finally received my beginner lap Mountain Dulcimer a few days ago, so now, in addition to my middling ukulele playing, my wife gets to hear the droning sounds of me poorly practicing that instrument as a complete beginner too. Exciting times for her!

Very excited to see @fogmoose.bsky.social and Tom Scalzo (and that other guy) perform in Danvers on Saturday night. Before the show, I plan to explore Salem’s seasonal attractions (with smaller crowds since Halloween will have passed). @jma48.bsky.social, care to fly up and join me for the day?

Spotify’s plan to demonetize songs that don’t reach approximately $0.05 in royalties (17 plays) per month is going to cut off the 3-4 cents per month I currently generate! There go my dreams of eventually being able to buy a private jet!

I used to like working with Bandcamp; they were some of the "good guys." Well, that ship seems to be sinking fast. It was a great platform while it lasted; I wonder how long it will take at this point to completely fall apart.

Although my efforts at becoming proficient at the ukulele are ongoing even after 4 years, I think I'm going to start a 2nd instrument too. In the "4 string" realm (which is all I can handle), I considered bass, but think I'm actually going to go with mountain dulcimer. Thoughts?

How painful to go from my unbelievably massive 95 followers on Twitter to start over with only three here! It was the right thing (for me) to leave Twitter behind, but how long until I once again approach the exalted 100 followers tier?!!

Motern Media is asking people (on Twitter) to rank his films. Here is my list (starting at my favorite, but I like them all): 1) MMMM 2) Boston Johnny 3) MDM 4) Riverbeast 5) Local Legends 6) HSGMarried (GREAT @fogmoose.bsky.social performance!) 7) HSGMurdered 8) Slingshot Cops 9) Magic Spot 10) FF

I have four songs (alone with two by @jma48.bsky.social and several by others) on this nelhy released soundtrack / tribute to the classic short film Bigfoot Stole My Mail. Check it out (and also look for the video on YouTube)!