Andy Rench
@andrewrench.bsky.social
Digital product & graphic designer by day. Guitarist for Blank Banker & Contorno. Solo music as Andy Rench & Hapag-L. Former Believed Behavior zine publisher & cartoonist. 👉 https://linktr.ee/andrewrench
Making their way to Panama to party with David Lee Roth.
Cocaine pollution in rivers and lakes may disrupt behaviour of salmon, study finds — Guardian US
Fish swam further and dispersed more widely after exposure to environmental levels of drug and main metabolite
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My new bean roasting cooler has more uses than I expected.
Last night I dreamt that Led Zeppelin IV had a song on side B called “Baseball”. It was a jam.
I know, it was a couple days ago now but I can’t stop thinking about some of those really bogus ads during the Super Bowl, including: Mike Tyson fat shaming “fudgy people”, Ring selling their govt surveillance devices as tools to find your lost dog, and those weird Jesus commercials…
omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse
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Draw a horse, watch it run!
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Newly digitized tracks from the first band I played with in Chicago. I’m on bass for most of these. Long-lost ’90s dream-pop that still sounds amazing. overbarcelona.bandcamp.com/album/baseme...
Basements & Balconies, by She
14 track album
overbarcelona.bandcamp.com
Slumberland had a killer 2025. Most of my favorite records of the year are on this playlist.
Slumberland Records@slumberlandrecords.com · 8mo agoLooking for something to listen to? Here's a playlist of selections from every SLR 2025 release. Spoiler alert: it's all really good. open.spotify.com/playlist/0Qp...
How many grams of protein does your AI-enabled product have?
The last 15 seconds of Prince’s U Got The Look — the ultimate “leave them wanting more”.
I lived in an apartment above Jim’s Grill when I first moved to Chicago in 1993. It’s funny how it’s remembered as everyone’s “secret” favorite spot for vegetarian Korean. The handful of times I ate there I remember being one of only a few people there. chicagoreader.com/music/the-ac...
The accidental postrock diner - Chicago Reader
In the 1990s, Jim’s Grill attracted loads of underground musicians with a cheap, vegetarian-friendly menu of American diner classics and Korean food.
chicagoreader.com
Man do I have some news about traditional country music.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last yr.The Recording Academy has added a “traditional country” category following Beyoncé’s historic “Cowboy Carter” win
Exactly. So much excitement around AI workflows that simply accelerate mediocrity.
Max Böck@mxb.dev · last yr."But it's the future! you don't want to get left behind!" Mate I've heard that line for six other technologies that nobody remembers anymore. If it IS the future, show me how it improves the end result of my work, not just my way there.
I always thought the opposite of fear was love, bravery, or understanding but no! It's greed.
Almost 30 years ago Chris Baxter and I created our magnum opus, now finally available for download and streaming. andyrench.bandcamp.com/album/compan...
Company of Big Beats, by Company of Big Beats
10 track album
andyrench.bandcamp.com
Anyone else feel like a sucker for paying taxes and generally obeying the law?
looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.