DAY FIFTEEN of #Jamuary26. I don't even know what this is--so I guess it's #Bonkwave. If you can't bonk to accordion, can it truly be said that you even bonk? youtu.be/A0R0EsjcaFw

In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties. The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized. Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.

I never thought I would walk away from Star Trek. I’ve written about it for a decade and I’ve eagerly shared it my entire life. But given who owns it now and who stands to profit from Trekkies’ loyalty, I can’t keep promoting it. The Trekkie in me won’t allow it. Here’s why I’m beaming out.

Skrellington

If you're still masking in 2026 given everything else going on in the world, I have tremendous respect for you 🙌🏼

1. Very important study - and the primary reason I avoid infection. 'The long-term impact of COVID-19 may be consequential years after the infection and give rise to long-term illnesses including neurocognitive problems similar to what is seen in Alzheimer's disease'.

DAY FOURTEEN of #Jamuary26. This is the kind of industrial rock I've wanted to make since I've been recording music. I'm very pleased to still be refining and discovering new ways to make things that would make younger me happy. youtu.be/8_F9rn1x3Qw

DAY THIRTEEN of #Jamuary26. Sought to keep it simple today, because this hell world is stressful. Instead of adding parts, I focused more on rhythm, and I'm happier for it. That's happy in the most relative sense, but at least I made more music. Hell needs more music. youtu.be/jDmc3y5BNVo

I always figured I'd die either from a stress-induced heart attack or suicide. But if I keep reading the news, it can be both!

DAY TWELVE of #Jamuary26. Yesterday got me thinking about how I used to make music: weird guitar effects, taking cues from industrial, but not stopping there. My current sound is only a few steps evolved from that approach, but this still had echoes of earlier music of mine. youtu.be/QgKkH5uBziw

i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.

Jamuary has been a nearly all-consuming distraction, but it is still not enough to spare me from fury at the news. I'm not just incandescent with rage, not even LED rage; in terms of light emission metaphors, I'm a gamma-ray burst of rage. I'm so angry I could turn YOU into a Hulk.

You notice how thousands and thousands of cops aren't coming out to condemn Jonathan Ross for senselessly killing Renee Good? This is what people mean by "all cops are bastards". If this were any other profession, the entire group would condemn it. With cops it's the reverse, they all justify it.

DAY ELEVEN of #Jamuary26. Wanted to write an angry rock song. Not sure how angry this ended up, but it was interesting to see how far I've strayed from rock-oriented songwriting, and fun to get back to it. Didn't think I was far away until I looked back at where I had traveled. youtu.be/1spfPKQlI9Y

I'm done with "bloodcurdling" only applying to screams! I am going to enjoy this bloodcurdlingly good snickerdoodle!

The size of the winter COVlD wave has been revised upward as post-holiday data come in. We estimate 1 in 55 people in the U.S. are actively infectious. 🔥WV: 1 in 14 🔥IN: 1 in 15 🔥MI & OH: 1 in 21 🔥MO: 1 in 22 🔥CT: 1 in 24 🔥KS: 1 in 25 🔥MA & IL: 1 in 27 Quick 🧵 1/4

DAY TEN of #Jamuary26. The delineations of electronic genres are lost on me, but let's call this some kind of... techno exploration. Of course, you could always call it #Bonkwave. youtu.be/5i7BBDxOEss

cornless bonedogs

DAY NINE of #Jamuary26 is a little late because a goddamn plugin crashed and it was hell trying to get that track exported, but rest assured, everything was actually written and recorded before midnight. One of those tracks just had to be re-recorded. Several fucking times. youtu.be/lv1Ftdp1nEU

Today’s track will be a few minutes late, I am giving myself some grace on the deadline because of a crashed plugin, but everything was composed and recorded (initially) before midnight. And by “grace,” I mean shouting FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU at my computer over and over

DAY EIGHT of #Jamuary26. This one ended up being far more whimsical than the last few days, which was a welcome distraction. Once I started manipulating the samples from a 40 year-old tape my dad recorded, I couldn't help but have fun. youtu.be/ymzHDxsPVfI

there needs to be a sex offender registry but for ice guys. you should have to go door to door when you move to a new area and inform your neighbors that you used to be an ice guy. they shouldn't be allowed with 500 feet of a school

DAY SEVEN of #Jamuary26. Was still very angry today, but I did anger yesterday. So today I did sadness. youtu.be/NJt1lQpl4pQ

Bravest motherfuckers you've ever seen. They just saw a neighbor get murdered and still out there. Maybe let's see some local officials with the power to arrest show as much backbone as these voters PAYING YOUR FUCKING SALARY

Black folk will tell you: The 1st thing cops say after an incident is always a lie.🤷🏿‍♂️ They lie because there's upside in it for them, and no downside. No matter how many times they get caught lying, newspapers will print their next lie as the gospel truth.🤡 And people stop caring before truth hits

Much like having to wonder if any picture, video, text, or sound is AI, you also gotta wonder how much any batshit decision someone makes is from covid brain damage. Shit's getting real fuckin' stupid out there.

Also, when putting together the artwork for today's Jamuary track, I put the new photo in the previous day's photoshop file. When I went to resize it, the combination of the image and yesterday's title was too good not to save.

DAY SIX of #Jamuary26. Today was not a day to be subdued. youtu.be/9P1hPE7msdw

Also, when putting together the artwork for today's Jamuary track, I put the new photo in the previous day's photoshop file. When I went to resize it, the combination of the image and yesterday's title was too good not to save.

Toy Story but for cops’ vehicles and guns, that offers a cute explanation for why headlines are written like, “An officer’s service weapon seems to have discharged.”

DAY FIVE of #Jamuary26. I went for a more subdued feel today, but still ended up using a lot of the same techniques I often do--just in pursuit of a different tone. youtu.be/dqawEGTmtoU

Sure, time condenses as you get older, but I think the past seems closer because the 2020s just don't exist as a shared cultural experience with temporal landmarks. I've been in my house most of the time avoiding covid. Not much has happened. So what the fuck do you mean 2006 was twenty years ago

DAY FOUR of #Jamuary26 took too long. I got too ambitious about recording acoustic drums--which I had not set up for prior to today. After a manic reorientation of cables and mics, I didn't even have a clear idea of what I was going to play. Oh well. youtu.be/WIUSxOoBfsI

DAY THREE of #Jamuary26 is done early, to my great surprise. Thought I'd have a hard time focusing today, but I'd much rather make music than stress out about the cruelty and stupidity of the world. And today, I pushed some things further than my internalized limits. youtu.be/YRYkN5pD-8Y

DAY TWO of #Jamuary26 done. The last two Jamuaries were great training grounds for songwriting, but I want to retain and push my experimental side, yet still balance that with tracks that feel damn well composed. Let's see how far I push myself and in what directions. youtu.be/mVkI-3u9DnY

DAY ONE of #Jamuary26 is complete. Instead of taking months to agonize over the mixing and mastering, I get to just be done! I'm excited to continue making new things, and hopefully push my songwriting further in this glorious lunar crucible. youtu.be/gxXAjZblDZ4

America really is the World’s Police, huh. Corrupt, abusive, racist, lawless, never held accountable, just a bloated moneysucking gang in a position of terrifying authority.

We are living in the world that fiction rejected.

(bitcrushed girlfriend roar)

DAY ONE of #Jamuary26 is complete. Instead of taking months to agonize over the mixing and mastering, I get to just be done! I'm excited to continue making new things, and hopefully push my songwriting further in this glorious lunar crucible. youtu.be/gxXAjZblDZ4

They bought their tickets went in and the screen played Boondock Saints 3, a movie which has never been made

Here's a really easy New Year's Resolution: If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow. If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious. By making these choices, you will literally save lives.

Hey so if someone else (or even your own brain) tells you you’re the only person masking and taking clean air precautions at the holidays, no you’re not. I am, too. There are lots of people who still care about protecting themselves and others so don’t give up.

wishing you all peace and joy in the new year by which I mean stomp your problems to death, stay alive to be petty, destroy what destroys you

I didn't even know MTV was officially done; like pulling the plug after being vegetative for 20 years. Fine timing, since the music community over on Mastodon put together their own music TV, and it's wonderful tv.theindiebeat.fm

I love n95s. I haven’t been sick in years. It’s awesome. Cannot believe some of the sketchy air I’ve breathed in my life. Absolutely not doing that anymore.

"Brar suggests one way to build new friendships is by joining groups or attending regular activities, such as a fitness class, at the same time each week." CBC: still allergic to mentioning the literal ongoing pandemic. I would spend more time with friends if any of them took ANY precautions

Instead of talking to chat gpt all day, kids should be learning about the original A.I. - Albert Inestein

i just told a child that the reason its best to eat eel on a train is that an eel and a train are shaped the same and it stunned the child into silence