Anticipation…. #duranduran

Tonight I’m playing French jazz with Chloe Perrier in Pasadena at Edwin Mills, 7-11pm. Please say hello if you end up dropping by. edwinmills.com/events-live-...

Always a good morning when I get to say hi to an old friend

May the Force Be With You Friends…

Not my greatest video editing work, but I think it shows what energy my Steel Drum Band, Pan Pals, can bring to your event. #panpals #steeldrum #steelpan #liveband #livemusic

While I was moving the vibes in the elevator today, I couldn’t help but to document it properly

Happy Muppets Day!

Cheers friends 🍷

Sometimes the magic shows up at the very end…

I think it could be fun to see if this still works here. Please, you can ask me anything, I want to build community here and be authentic. What would you like to know? ngl.link/sambassman1

Images from today’s walk. Glad to have gotten out.

Sometimes I get lucky just walking out in my alley and get a shot like this.

Are you a Disney Person? If you’re a pass holder and want a park buddy, please let me know! Disneyland is so much more fun with a friend. #magickey #disneyland

Gig time…

Ritual

It’s blurry, but I’ve never had all three together at once on the feeder. I think the rain inspired them.

Please join me and do this

You know how difficult it is to get to this option? It’s criminal. Also, I had to log back in to get to it to delete my old public music page. I had students show me it was still live after I deactivated it. I’m hoping it will actually go away. Also, they forced me to follow the administration. 🤬

Government funding runs out on March 14. Republicans can’t pass a bill alone, so Democrats have real leverage here. We’re calling on Democrats to commit to withholding their votes and insist on an end to the Trump-Musk coup rampaging across the government.

This tree means so much to me. I don’t usually shoot it from this angle, but today I decided to walk down and look up at it and it was gorgeous. If you look closely, you can see the tree is in bloom.

It’s impossible to capture every beautiful moment, but when I do, I love to share.

The moon always has my eye.

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Under the weather today and a friend has pointed out that when you’re sick, your brain has a harder time with dopamine receptors doing their jobs. Is this true? Either way, I definitely am not just sick today, but my soul is dark. So, here’s a picture from a happier time of a happier thing.

This might be the best plant purchase I’ve ever made.

Seeing some friends play some classics at the Barkley. Super mod.

A little bit from last night’s gig. We had friends sit in with us and we had a fun time.

Ready to play 7-11pm at Edwin Mills in Pasadena tonight. Come say hello Let’s toast to the end of January

Looks like it’s time to promise stuff… If you’re in Pasadena, I’m playing bass with @chloeperriergreen.bsky.social (vox) and Mark Cally (gtr) at Edwin Mills, 7-11pm tonight. Come say hello and listen to some French Jazz. We’ll be inside where it’s warmer.

Gonna get back to having discussions and a sharing of ideas without the algorithm hiding my posts. I’m up for an #AMA already. It’s kind of nice to start over. What would you like to know? If you don’t feel comfortable asking publicly, DM’s are open.

The day started pretty at least.

Back on the Queen Mary for the employee appreciation event.

Hello World. The last time I typed those words was when I started my Twitter account about 6 months after it started. This feels like that amazing time at the beginning of something that could be so good. Let’s try to keep this from going south, ok? I will post images and music and musings.