Art of the day Ingre Morath, late 1950s Masks by Saul Steinberg

bluesky, not sane, stood by itself against its servers, holding darkness within; it had stood so for five years and might stand for five more. Within, posts continued upright, quotes met neatly, feeds were firm, and blocklists were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the data of bluesky

To add to my enthusiastic fuck yes to starting your own band and/or getting as involved as described, find out which venues are owned by Live Nation - you may be surprised, they’re not all huge rooms or amphitheaters - & spend your $$ elsewhere, or at least minimize the amount you spend at the venue

The Midnight Hotdog Listening Club selection for this evening is Bailterspace, “Fused”, which was recorded in 1991, released August 1, 2025:

New to me! New to you!? An excellent, freshly uploaded pro-shot video of the Silver Jews, live in 2006. doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/7954896...

Looking through various sketchbooks & portfolios I am pleased to find some objectively successful drawings but am kept humble by an equal or greater number that are objectively unsuccessful

Seeing this & internalizing it - as thoroughly as an inexperienced teenager could - did so much for me, more than I realized at the time The social & often political activism of artists (visual, otherwise) whose work in the 80s defied dominant cultural norms is way overdue for rediscovery & revival

This is the sort of behavior that tells me you need a snack and a nap, toddler

Many things are difficult & sad these days but one must celebrate life being different & full of things worth doing. As he notes here, this set is probably about as comprehensive a version, at least recently, of whatever it is we do. 25 years in and counting: grand-banks.bandcamp.com/album/grand-...

Seeing this & internalizing it - as thoroughly as an inexperienced teenager could - did so much for me, more than I realized at the time The social & often political activism of artists (visual, otherwise) whose work in the 80s defied dominant cultural norms is way overdue for rediscovery & revival

We like Dracula now

Why I Like the Hospital Tony Hoagland

Outbreaks Kitchen McKeown

Sinclair using its power over local affiliates to kill a talk show recalls the “southern affiliates” using their power to kill Nat King Cole’s show back in the 50s. Longstanding strategy! www.npr.org/2006/05/17/5...

Humanist graffiti Austin, Texas 78723 2014

god but I love homecoming mums

lining up the various jars, glasses, mugs for today’s series of caffeinated drinks, smiling, giving a little nod to each

thinking, while driving on various elevated freeways, how cool all this will look once we humans flicker out and nature takes it over

this week’s flowers

Spent most of the past three days offline & after beginning to catch up on what I missed I’m thinking I might fuck around and go for round two

a few moments with Two Star Symphony in the Buffalo Bayou Cistern, September 2022

"T" is for turnstile, Texas, triskaidekaphobia, troglodyte, and trade.

working on a very silly thing this is an unexpected and delightful byproduct of the process

Thursday plans; hold my calls

growing weary of kitchen injuries #ouch

doesn’t matter how cute the dress is, if it’s white or a tint of any color I may carry a torch for years but I will never ever nerver buy or wear it or even try it on

Love to see a frothing online review clearly written while its author was in the parking lot, still furious

First morning in months to have the windows open, what a delight

Wondering how much longer it will be before Hypercolor shirts are back in style

Confidential to the kink auxiliary, perhaps specifically D-types: Do you find that /s gigglers are also nervous-laughing types in the civilian world?

Rain Moving In John Ashbery

Saw simple tag-style graffiti today that just said TWITTER Vicious crossout of an X, simple heckling, both? Doubtful that the CEO’s travels around Austin will bring him to the area but who knows? The mere possibility feels satisfying

It Happened to Me: An Antivaxer Administered My Vaccinations

Instructions for the Morning After the Terrible Haircut Gloria Heffernan

this week’s flowers

TFS on KEXP! Braindrops Irukanji Syndrome Bloodsport You Let My Tyres Down

One of those ridiculously adjustable bisexual desk chairs would fix me

Once again contemplating the demise of subcultural & countercultural third spaces common in the pre-internet era - record- & video stores, theaters with cult/midnight movies, all-night diners, head shops, some boutiques - & how their lack has affected (or will) the people coming of age without them

“REASONS TO LOG OFF” Kate Baer

Seriously contemplating RTing some Alf content

Gaston Paris, Merry-go-round [Self-Portrait], Paris, mid-30s

If there’s any place more Thunderdome than the part of this parking lot set aside for grocery pickup I’m not sure I am prepared to know of its existence

stopped by the carnival on my way home last night