My roommate turned me on to Mdou Moctar, and I picked up Funeral for Justice a bit ago. I haven’t listened to it as much as I thought I would, but it’s still really good. Hard Nigerian blues rock with great players? What’s not to like. 🎵

An older man told me I had a “magnificent beard” in line at the pharmacy yesterday. He told me he used to have “things like that” when he was younger, but couldn’t grow it anymore. I thanked him, and told him his stylish, close-cropped beard looked great. He told me to enjoy my beard while I can, because age comes for all of us. I guess I’ll…braid it?

God help me, I added my Threads account to my social list. Don’t go there, though.

I made some tweaks to my blog’s navigation styles so they’re less cramped on mobile. I’ve modified a pre-existing theme, even though my day job is writing custom themes. There’s lots I’d like to tweak, and one day I’ll carve out the time. 💽

I got turned on to ’70s Italian pop singer Jenny Sorrenti from Aquarium Drunkard, specifically her Suspiro. Smooth, summer psyche folk. 🎵

I bought melodic Brooklyn punk band SAVAK’s Human Error / Human Delight a few weeks ago, and have been really digging it. Enough to pre-order their upcoming album SQUAWK!. Who can’t get behind that? 🎵

I bought Betty Davis’s first album on Bandcamp. I already owned it on vinyl, but I need that deep funk digitally, too, you know? 🎵

I’ve been listening to internet radio via the slick Triode app.

My station staples:

• KEXP
• WFMU
• WFUV
• NTS

Let me know of any fun streams I’m missing! 🎵

Some photos of Cat’s Cradle from #XLFest2025, taken by Maddy Pryor.

The full video of our set is also up. 🎭

I’m starting a cosmetics/fortune telling company, called Nostradermis. For $20, I’ll tell your skin’s future.

A little stupid SNL joy on a Friday. Greetings and salutations, Kanish.

I’m listening to A Glimpse Of Light, by Enno Velthuys today. Lonely, haunted electronic explorations into empty space, that somehow connect to a deeply human place amidst, or perhaps because of, the alienation. 🎵

I’m a certified Twig Designer. Please, one at a time!

I saw Parlour Magic last night. My friend knows Luke, the frontman/songwriter. Great show. Made me a fan. Check it out if you’re into electronic disco grooves. 🎵

Stop all the news: I updated my Uses page.

Sure, If You’re An Unoriginal Hack

This newly renovated home has everything you need to move right in‭, ‬including a loving Cantonese family ready to welcome you with open arms‭.‬

🧅

I just got $10 from the Fandango class action lawsuit. That’s not enough to buy a movie ticket.

Texas Bans Being Different Around Children. 🧅

Ever in a #Neovim :terminal, and want to open a file without having to back out to normal mode, or have a nested Neovim instance? There’s several ways to do this, but here’s a simple one.

Add a shell function that tests $NVIM, which is set to the server pipe when inside a Neovim instance. If Neovim is running, replace the nvim command with an alias that passes the --server and --remote options.

Here’s a complete example for the Fish shell, but it should be easily adapted to others.

#!/usr/bin/env fish

function nvim --description "Open Neovim within the same instance, if one is running"
  if test -n "$NVIM"
    command nvim --server "$NVIM" --remote $argv
  else
    command nvim $argv
  end
end

Picked up this jacket at a vintage popup on my way back from therapy for $35. Feeling myself. Also, it got chilly so now I’m grateful for the extra layer.

I switched to the Hack programming font in my terminal and IDE, and really enjoying it. Functional, readable, and nice to look at.

Todsy I learned that civil rights legislation in the United States was made possible by a peaceful protest of children.

The marches were stopped by the head of police, Bull Connor, who brought fire hoses to ward off the children and set police dogs after the children. This event compelled President John F. Kennedy to publicly support federal civil rights legislation and eventually led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

I laughed, I gripped my chair in anxiety, I laughed, I froze my face in a smile, I laughed, I walked out and felt like something insane would happen. Read more

I’m told this was planned, but I chose to believe a rogue heavy machinist had a vendetta against Penn State. Respect.

Had a great time at XL Happy Valley improv fest. The organizers put on the best run improv festival I’ve ever attended in my roughly twelve year improv career. Heading back to NYC tired and happy.