I have an aversion to asking people I know for autographs. So when I last saw my buddy Rich Brown playing with @larnelllewismusic.bsky.social and @jeremyledbetter.bsky.social, I had them all sign an album for each other. Monster players, all. #music #vinyl #album #ontheturntable

This is going to be amazing! An incredible performance to support #UnitedHousing in Stratford.

It took a 152cm/8kg crowbar to break up the ice at the base of the garage door after more than a week of snow storms with more coming. That’s about 6cm of solid ice covered by another 10cm of hard packed snow. And that was covered by 30cm of loose snow. The garage door now closes properly.

… I picked this up yesterday at my local record shop. I always loved this album. It was so gritty and funky and merged perfectly with so many musical threads at the time. #ontheturntable #vinyl #music

This was a surprise today. I’d forgotten that I’d thought about ordering it weeks ago. It was convenient timing because… #ontheturntable #vinyl #music

Sudden realization: oxygen is a deadly, volatile gas that’s a byproduct of the first hydrogen-eating prokaryotes four billion years ago. And we think it’s pretty great. How many other things have we gotten backwards and believe to be universal truths?

I love it. Trump taking Machado’s medal is like claiming I wrote Stairway because I have it on my phone.

I just put on one pair of glasses to find where I’d put the other pair of glasses.

Rich Brown is a friend and an inspiration. This is not your average electric bass album. I’m so proud to own digital, CD, and a first run vinyl copy of this work! The record arrived today. #ontheturntable #vinyl #music

One of today’s rescues: a Yamaha Electone C-605 (not the child). #yamaha #electricorgan #oldschool

Rockin’ in the studio. I never had lasers when I was five! Or a studio. Or instruments. I think we’d just discovered the wheel and fire!

Yes, it will be televised. Is this not enough?

Good morning! How to enjoy your tea on a Sunday morning while the world goes to shit around you. Even my five year old son can agree on Steely Dan. #ontheturntable #vinyl #music

Bunnies! I still love this phase of Rush’s career. I also popped Roll The Bones on prior to this. The mixes still sound thin, but the songs are still very special to me. #ontheturntable #vinyl #music

1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes." This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize. Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.

No more turning away.

That’s right.

The automobile wasn’t very aerodynamic this morning. #onstorm #stratfordontario #winter

I was really feeling this today. And remember, Otto Klemperer was the father of Werner, best known for his role as Col. Klink in Hogan’s Heroes. #ontheturntable #vinyl #music

Things a five year old asks at bedtime: “How did humans get here?” “If an asteroid hits one part of the earth, how do so many species go extinct?” Nothing like telling them they have one more minute before bed and then trying to fit the entire history of life on earth into that minute. 1/2

No AI in sight. #drums #yamahadrums #drumlife #studio #logicpro #daddario #evansdrumheads #istanbulmehmet #shure

Morning and afternoon. I’m really ready for a few days without snow squalls. #onstorm #winter #swo #stratfordontario

Just watched the Christmas episode of #WILTY and you can see the change in atmosphere and editing. Jules saying “We’ll ask the questions” must have been the trigger. But still, it was nice to shut Walliams up. David’s full-on Morse explosion was a joy to behold.

This feels right.

This colour coding doesn’t make sense to me. It’s yellow, but the impact is high. It’s currently shattering down freezing rain (and has been for hours) so the confidence should be high. Shouldn’t this be red? @davesills.ca, this *is* confusing. I was wrong.

Listening to the last batch of #InfiniteMonkeyCage #IMC episodes and thinking how @robinince.bsky.social is such a great “every man”. When addressing complex topics, you need to have someone intelligent remember that they’re there to represent “us”. I hope he continues that.

This is how academia ends. Didn’t do the work? Make shit up and get your teacher shitcanned.

Is it me or have others been seeing a trend with priests and kids? I also noticed that lots of American conservative pastors have been struggling with their sexuality and finances.

Weissand Effect

The pulled #60Minutes #CECOT segment from Internet Archive. It’s awful, but there’s no reason it should have been pulled. Glad #GlobalTV got it out. archive.org/details/60mi...

I’m pretty sure the application of laws currently on the books could help. Analyzing it, hoping it goes away, or waffling means it grows more roots. Expose it, use Canada’s hate speech laws, and then kick the nest in.

It doesn’t take a lot of psychic energy to be empathetic. It can help you find the space to realise that everyone - famous or not - struggles to cope with loss. Be well, @wilwheaton.net. I’m sorry for your loss.

Tonight is round two of recording a friend’s brutal death metal bass tracks in the studio. Round one began with a technical issue and me falling down the stairs. Let’s hope this evening goes more smoothly!

It is important to remember that many felt this way and didn’t survive. And others will never feel like they fit. Thanks @robinince.bsky.social

There are some sleepy fish under there. Southwestern Ontario mornings can be beautiful. Too bad they’re covered with snow for almost half the year.

“[Take Back Power] said it carried out the stunt to demand the UK government establishes a permanent citizen's assembly, or "House of the People", with the power to "tax extreme wealth and fix Britain". That’s called Parliament, you knuckleheads.

This was seriously one of the best performances I’ve seen. Cullen’s unique voicings and unpretentious stage presence matched beautifully with Willis’s sumptuous songwriting. I think people who were there will remember that performance for the rest of their lives. #music #live #songwriters #concert

I always feel like there’s a party going on in there and I’m not invited. I miss my little punks in the winter time. #koi #fish #pondlife

I just watched a bunch of videos on determining the sex of koi. I feel like it would be a violation if I did those things to my fish. #koi #fish #pondlife

Thank you, 1966 Liverpool! It’s always fun to rearrange my bookshelves. :)

So, archaeologists, are these remains found on my front porch male or female? I say male and whoever it was should have assumed I wasn’t home when I didn’t answer. #archaeology #unexpectedvisitor #halloween

This article is lazy. It poses a question in the headline, the sub-heading suggests there’ll be an answer, then it lists studies it says are inconclusive leading to a big ol’ “we don’t know, but they happen” conclusion. AI would be embarrassed. @kvassilakos.bsky.social @epiellie.bsky.social

Count Sashula’s antics last night. Sasha had more fun handing out treats than getting them. Clips chosen to avoid showing trick or treaters. #halloween #entertainer #candy #trickortreat

Sasha preferred entertaining from the porch this evening! He was calling out to trick or treaters, hawking candy like a Turkish street vendor. He was doing comedy routines, giving away “100% candy”, and telling kids to shake the skeleton in the tree if they wanted more. He was amazing.

If you need to insult people and tell people to scroll on, perhaps you’re not presenting your case in an appropriate manner. Maybe you’re not uplifting people. It’s possible that humility has escaped you.

This is still one of my favourite microphones. The Placid Audio Copperphone. It has a crackly telephonic sound but just from a purely aesthetic standpoint, it’s absolutely gorgeous. #microphones #placidaudio #copperphone #recording #studio #homestudio

Seen on the walls outside the studio I visited last night. These speak for themselves. #letterkenny #jimihendrix #recording #studio #drums

A beautiful Biscuit snoozing in the autumn afternoon sunlight. #bengal #cats

Preparing the pond greenhouse. It’s gonna be a fun day tomorrow. #pond #koi #fish

I’m really going to miss these little punks over the winter. The greenhouse should probably go up this weekend. #koi #pond #fish