I always think I’m done with pop music, and then Robyn makes another album.

1997 pop punk 7” by my high school band.

Found my high school era punk rock 7” collection.

Gonna see Twisted Teens on cinco de mayo.

If you don’t have hundreds of copies of a self-released double LP in your basement, did you even really live life?

Here’s a gorgeous piece of orchestral music about the end of humanity I thought you might enjoy. qasimnaqvi.bandcamp.com/album/god-do...

Saw Mary Halvorson’s new band in Richmond last night. A group of NASA engineers with music PhD launching brains into orbit.

A human being answered the phone when I called this number, and I hung up in a panic.

I finally reduced my social media use to the point where I no longer understand what people are talking about.

Found a box full of magazines from when I wrote about nerdy stuff for a living.

Found a box full of magazines from when I wrote about nerdy stuff for a living.

Twisted Teens’ Blame the Clown, one of my favs this year, just put records up for sale. cpnpc.bandcamp.com/album/blame-...

Been obsessed with this one. stationmodelviolence.bandcamp.com/album/statio...

Leftovers night: pizza al pastor.

I don’t remember who recommended this one to me, but what an incredible novel! Magical realism under Stalin. Cinematic and very funny.

I finally opened the box of extras to see this poster in real life. Love how this one turned out.

I’m looking to talk to gamers who have been diagnosed with dementia as part of a story I’m working on. If you are that person or know someone who might be willing to talk, please hit me up! Thanks.

I love how, because a synth can be as quiet or loud as you want, the presence of an acoustic instrument pegs it to some particular “size.” On this record Barbieri’s synth is mixed so fucking loud next to the sax that it sounds TITANIC. caterinabarbieri.bandcamp.com/album/at-sou...

Man why does Kim Gordon’s voice sound better than ever? It’s fucked up.

Without fail, the guy who has heard the most music, knows all the player’s names, and has the best taste is the squarest looking dude you will ever meet. And he probably has a job that lets him listen at work.

Me and the misses 20 years ago.

LOGGING ON

I’ve been trying to get halfway decent at chess, and maybe I shouldn’t have spent the last 20 years playing pew pew baby games. I suck!

I stopped wearing ear protection while drumming, and I can’t tell if I’m sounding better or losing the ugly parts of my hearing.

The new Messthetics album is somehow more jazz AND more Fugazi than the last one. youtu.be/u3NvU4lo44g?...

I hope Saunders gets rich off this. I want to live in a world where he’s buried in money. deadline.com/2026/02/tom-...

Leftover collards are a breakfast food.

You’re telling me the Italian word for videogames is videogiochi, and I’m only now finding this out? It makes me wonder: Who has the most delightful name for games?

Just finished this comic Civil War novel by a New Yorker writer only to find @seanbaby.bsky.social listed in the acknowledgments. Weird world!

In a couple of years they’ll be arguing with each other about how often you need to change out your banana.

Wanna hear some extremely video game covers of classic ragtime piano music? Yes you do. ragger.bandcamp.com/album/euphon...

Some trimmed chuckeye from the Kroger’s bargain bin, roasted butternut squash, grapes, arugula, tahini dressing.

I love the way this seductive song gets almost swallowed up by nature sounds. youtu.be/Qi2ineHvbcE?...

New issue of a great games culture zine:

Setting aside the myriad ways you can make music for cheap on ancient computers, Suno isn’t “music production.” You have no real control over the details of what you make, only infinite dice rolls. It’s a creative toy.

Just stopped by a friend’s house to see how his maple syrup was going. Drank an entire cup of sap straight from the tree. Exotic stuff for a Texas boy.

really wonderful terry riley bliss-out on san francisco public television, april 1969, with the just exactly perfect visuals you might imagine for san francisco public television in april 1969. many orbs!

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

It’s terrifying to raise boys right now.

An old Mortal Kombat themed Valentine's card I made.

The clicking sound of the turn signal inside a quiet car is the loneliest sound on earth, scientifically speaking.

Ive been into making big grandma pies lately. This one was 14”X20”. Crisp and airy.

Typing of the Dead movie or fuck off

VA still frozen solid, but I don’t hate it.

Sorry for all the old posting. I moved into a new place, and I plan on staying, so I’m finally unpacking all this stuff I’ve been carting around the country for 20 years.

I found the first thing I ever had published in a magazine. An interview with Tetsuya Mizuguchi about one of my favorite games ever: Rez. PlayStation Magazine, February 2002. I still remember hunting for it at the bookstore.

Also found an unopened 2005 issue of EGM.