🎶Pink, pink, pink, pink, pink….pink moon🎶

Stone Cold Jane Austen: "It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this"

The boy decided that The Wild Robot series needed a fourth installment, so he wrote his own book: “The Wild Robot Bilds” (unedited first draft)

Lawnchair Youth is a great music YouTube channel, and has been my main music discovery source besides KEXP. Currently jamming on the band, Street Lamp - www.youtube.com/watch

As the President took yet another cognitive test, I reserved this QWERTY phone.

About a month ago, I finally took the leap and got glasses. It’s been a game changer not awkwardly squinting while reading one of The Wild Robot books to my son or running my phone at an absurd font size. The real kicker though has been r... https://jagibson.org/2026/01/01/about-a-month-ago-i.html

Albums

Happy New Year y’all. https://youtu.be/XMMP-T3EF8s?si=4JGLsmFHXpFodVBD

Santa showed up with a Shure SM57 over Christmas and I got a chance to start messing with it yesterday. I still need to find the best spot for it so everything is balanced (ride cymbal is too loud and I was barely playing it) but pretty happy with the possibilities.

@lestrrat.bsky.social Feliz Ano Novo, grandes abraços!

Man, it has been over a month since I picked up the sticks, maybe longer. Went into this Jimmy Smith song (8 Counts for Rita) cold and it shows. https://jagibson.org/2025/12/27/man-it-has-been-over.html

Went hiking with my wife and son today in 65 degree weather as January approaches in central Nebraska, what a trip.

Prime rib tonight. Never made it before, thankfully it was a success!

I have so much fun with this little guy.

The 5 yo got his first tooth fairy visit this week (more coming soon by the looks of it) 🦷

Billy Corgan speaks with Chazz Palminteri and go deep into one of my favorite movies, A Bronx Tale. So good. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

My new job requires me to be in the office 3x per week, so I drive 160 miles each way to and from Lincoln. It’s been nice being in an urban environment (Lincoln is no New York or Chicago but compared to Lexington, NE where I currently l... https://jagibson.org/2025/11/26/my-new-job-requires-me.html

Difficult to believe, 30% of the people in my town will be unemployed by end of January: ruralradio.com/maxcountr…

A couple of weekends ago I went to Kansas City for a drum event at a friend’s jazz club. The event was a clinic by WFLIII Drums, owned by Bill Ludwig III, grandson of Bill Ludwig of Ludwig drums (B3 used to manage artist relations at Ludwig). Anyways, I met the man, and he signed my snare.

Testing the new micro.blog video feature. Video is of a drum cover I did of Aqua Regia by Sleep Token. https://jagibson.org/2025/11/18/testing-the-new-microblog-video.html

Tinted glass: https://jagibson.org/2025/11/18/tinted-glass.html

I have just completed my fourth week in my new job with the Arbor Day Foundation, and I’m happy, nay, fortunate to say I’m really enjoying it there. I really had no clue where my post-layoff road would take me.

Reading about the Principles of Calm Technology from the Calm Tech Institute: "I. Technology should require the smallest possible amount of attention II. Technology should inform and create calm III. Technology should make us... https://jagibson.org/2025/11/04/reading-about-the-principles-of.html

via Coté: "“Be yourself,” they always tell me. Yes, but, if I was being myself, I would not have shown up."

Jack DeJohnette, of the most daring and singular jazz drummers of the last 60 years, died on Sunday. n.pr/47bWFH8

My sleep cycle has been a little all over the place since getting back to work, today it’s 3 a.m. shenanigans. I listened to Rudy Sarzo being interviewed by Billy Corgan and can’t wait for part 2 to come out. Jack DeJohnette passed away today at 83. Such a great drummer.

My mother-in-law bakes 6-8 of these sourdough loaves per week it seems. Poor me.

"It's not profitable" (smiles): https://jagibson.org/2025/10/25/its-not-profitable-smiles.html

Today marks the last week I file for my weekly unemployment benefits and start my new gig on Tuesday. This has been a wild experience and I’m grateful to be going back to work, and excited for the actual work too. More on that later, don’t want to jinx it!

RIP, D'Angelo: https://jagibson.org/2025/10/16/rip-dangelo.html

Gloria Estefan Tiny Desk Concert 🔥🔥

Beautiful October day, 80 degrees, breezy. Oh, and I start my new job in a week. More to come.

Thanks, LinkedIn.

Anika Nilles drumming with Rush is such a badass move on Geddy and Alex’s part. Rolling Stone profile of Anika Nilles.

Living Color still sound fucking amazing, Cult of Personality performed on Jimmy Kimmel’s show.

I have no clue why I'm writing this and wtf are these three fingers for?: https://jagibson.org/2025/10/03/i-have-no-clue-why.html

The Nebraska Telephone Company Building in Lincoln. A reminder that infrastructure used to be built with style. From theclio.com: "The ground story is composed of cast iron with a simple classical motif spanning the wi... https://jagibson.org/2025/10/02/the-nebraska-telephone-company-building.html

Give me the titanium iPhone mini as the next air.

This. From Taegan Goddard’s Politcal Wire. Well worth the subscription btw. "Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) could simply announce that Democrats will no longer filibuster appropriations bills, and when back in the majority, they’... https://jagibson.org/2025/09/29/this-from-taegan-goddards-politcal.html

Posted a YouTube short of my drum cover of Shout by Tears for Fears. This is from a few months ago, I wish my back was back to 100% so I could play more.

The drum community simply does not talk about Richard Spaven enough. youtu.be/QkzveuZ8L…

Quiet morning. Got my coffee brewed up. Tasty. The smell of fall is in the air. A fine morning to get the random “ your health insurance plan has been cancelled, thank you for your loyalty” notice.

Wow, the iPhone Air doesn’t have stereo speakers??? Courage.

This Luiza Brina Tiny Desk performance is outstanding. I need to rewatch it but ordered the record. Saravá.

Upgrading my backup phone to ios 26. My Mac is still on Sonoma and will probably stay there for a while.

Spin Doctors cover Purple Rain (yes, that Purple Rain) and I’m here for it. 🫡

Tweaked my back a week are so ago, it was almost healed and then came back with a vengeance. Laid in bed all day yesterday and today is looking to be the same. The only internet I did was redesigning my site, Nokia blue is the one, tru... https://jagibson.org/2025/09/14/tweaked-my-back-a-week.html

Keeping it slow: https://jagibson.org/2025/09/11/keeping-it-slow.html

Inflation and, you know, getting laid off.