New video out today! I sing this one. It's Across the Great Divide by Kate Wolf. youtu.be/RtTXVrh3IJY?...
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New video from Onion Honey today! We love trains, we do not love highway 401.
youtu.be/vXzTIq0uH_k
A couple of Canada Geese loitering in a parking lot on a gloomy day
Okay maybe the marketing for this band has gone too far
I think a band should do everything they're comfortable with to get their music in front of as many people as possible.
If you don't like a band's methods then you shouldn't be their fan.
I think this whole thing is actually really simple and we sure are talking a lot about the bird people
Can you really see people doing that these days? I dunno. I think we've changed and we don't care about people - especially strangers - like we used to. And that's really sad.
worked together to get the ship ready to take on all these extra passengers. Gave up their rooms and everything. The ship itself worked its engine beyond its capabilities to get there as fast as they could (17 knots! It was rated for 14), and it was so hard that it could never hit top speed again.
I don't know why I'm still thinking about this, but in the context of today, I don't know that anybody would have gone to these lengths to save these survivors.
The ship that was closest to the Titanic didn't hear the SOS call, but Carpathia did. Their whole crew AND all the passengers ....
Well it's Ruination Day again, time to share our song about the Carpathia - the ship that came to the rescue the survivors of the Titanic
youtu.be/dD83s9DfLFg
Image text: The Local The text is written on a brick wall, and my face is at the bottom
Locally sourced music... sort of.
If you're in Toronto today and looking for a dry place to hang out, we're playing at The Local until 5pm.
Folk / Bluegrass / Shenanigans
Trump and Dana white hold hands for a second after bumping into each other
What do you think happened in his mangled brain here? Forgot who he was walking with? If I bump hands with a friend, personally, I don't try to hold onto it
My scruffy face with my new glasses on. Kind of a similar style to the dad's from Heroes
I got distinctly different glasses several months ago and not a soul has noticed in all this time ๐ฅธ
Edie the studio dog making sure to remind us that part of paying for studio time is petting Edie. This is a price we're all happy to pay (plus tips, obviously) Edie sits on the floor, my mandolin and knees in the foreground. Mics and carpets and stuff are around as well, as they're wont to do
Back in the studio again, this time with the full band for a new single. Oooooooh
A silhouetted residential street with a blue sky and a few clouds with orange and pink highlights. My neighbour's big ol' scraggly tree takes up the right side of the pic
Good morning. "How hard could it be" syndrome is feeling ready to set in again. That itch for a new project just gets unbearable sometimes.
Edie the dog with her little chin on my knee. Mic stand, water bottle, and guitar case visible in the background
Back in the studio to pet the dog. I guess we might record some music too while we're here. If there's time.
A nice orange to blue sunrise at the end of my street looking out over the city. Looking at the scenic parking lot of the Catalyst building...
A nice sunrise on the morning walk really does do a lot to set the mood for the day.
I'm off to the studio tonight to re-record a couple of tracks for our instrumental album. I went into it with the idea that we do what we have to do be happy with it, and here we are! ๐ช
Feeling curmudgeonly
It's a 'very complete' disaster and the chaos and harm is 'just the beginning'.
You *could* say both
I'm sorry everyone, a couple weeks ago, I said to myself: "there's no way things can get any more fucked up than this"
And well, the universe loves a joke
What are the chances... I bought new studio gear yesterday, and then today I got the first message on AirGigs in like a year.
Lesson learned: buy more gear
The incoming barrage of fake AI war videos is going to be intense
Carney's "Great idea Mr T!" tweet getting ratioed hard, bsky gets it
This is wrong. We should not support it. Don't get us involved in it.
The dog got out this morning, fun to chase him around the block in my slippers.. fell on my face in the snow.
How did your day start?
I truly don't know what to think about this sort of video: the whole time they're talking about the real harms happening, and fears for the future about AI, and then at the end she says she's bought in hook, line, and sinker and uses it constantly. How do you reconcile that?
youtu.be/iitq4Zrphdk?...
We have to stop giving people that always operate in bad faith the benefit of the doubt.
A cardboard box for a computer case. Says "Lop XL Silent Computer case"
Moving my computer for a new case. It's going to be a dusty evening.
Edie the dog wondering why we didn't bring more liver treats.
Back in the studio for some final touches (and pets)
I think there was a big shift in content when we decided that we should make what 'the algorithm' liked instead of what *people* liked