Ok, it's officially Dragon Con. I've seen myself on DragonCon.TV. Apparently our videos are now golden oldies that appear on the classic DCTV compilation disc. 🤣🤣 #SupposedlyStillaLittleConFamous

Van battery, changed. Flickering LED lightbulb, swapped for emergency halogen, replacement bulbs, ordered. How did I become a low-level car person? #T1N #Sprinter #Van #BandVan #ShortySprinter #DailyDriver #NotAVanLifeHippie #118wb

Sometimes it really is the simple pleasures: though I've never had a cavity, I'm very prone to tartar buildup. At my last cleaning, when I asked my hygienist about using a stiffer-bristled toothbrush, she whispered in hushed tones "you should be fine if you're gentle." My teeth feel great today. 🦷🪥♥️

I should spend more time on BlueSky. It feels like a lot to take in. But it's good. And it's not meta. And not an overwhelming amount of AI.

@nkjemisin.bsky.social I'm listening to chapter 3 of "The City We Became" and I'm feeling like a terrible Jewish jazz musician because I can't figure out the jazz reference that The Woman In White is making as she plays on Aislyn's insecurities.

@dimension20.dropout.tv I'm on tour in S. OR w/my band, far from home in ATL, & just realized we're staying in Ashland tonight. We're going to Purpee, baby! Supposed to have tomorrow off. But the guy we're staying with says he knows a local bar with an open timeslot tomorrow. Gig at Mike's??!! 🤣🤣🦇🦇

Hey @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social, just out of curiosity, how much Stardew Valley were you playing when you were developing the setting for City Council of Darkness? The similarities are... shockingly numerous now that I stop to think about it.

Home safe from Florida with no incident. In my neighborhood, I drove past a couple of teenage girls who were out in the pouring rain, taking pictures of each other jumping up and down in a giant puddle, and then huddling together under an umbrella to look at them.

This is a totally normal and sensible thing for a lawyer to say to their pedo client.

Joe Gordon@joegordon.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It sounds plausible but also every lawyer with a client who is talking too much should be saying this sort of thing if they face criminal liability, guilty or not. If this dude is guilty it’s not because of what his lawyer says. It’s the crimes he may have done.

Noticing @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social's insultingly backhanded 11th-hours endorsement of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is conspicuously absent from his bsky. "Vote Blue, no matter who," right Hakeem? ;-D or does that only apply to your milquetoast establishment colleagues? Go Zohran Go!

Up early and on the way home from this quick jaunt to NC. Hard to believe this was the last travel gig of the year with @blaircrimmins.bsky.social. Was a great one though! Band was tight! Now to hunker down close to home for some local shows interspersed with some solo travel for family stuff.

Hendersonville Theatre welcomes Blair Crimmins & The Hookers as part of the HT Hometown Sound Music Series. September 20 at 7:30. Tckets available now. #hendersonvilletheatre #livemusic #BlairCrimmins incredibletowns.com/events/hende...

Hendersonville Theatre welcomes Blair Crimmins & The Hookers - Incredible Towns

Hailing from Atlanta, multi‑instrumentalist Blair Crimmins wows on guitar, banjo, and piano, leading a classic New Orleans‑style horn section (trumpet, clarinet, trombone).

incredibletowns.com

I guess I should have seen it coming, but all this prep for DragonCon just slapped me with a wave of wistfulness and nostalgia for The Extraordinary Contraptions. Those tunes were bangers. If only things had turned out a little differently...

Arrest everyone at OpenAI and charge them with at least manslaughter. Shut down ChatGPT. It murdered a 16 year old child. Anybody else want to argue with me about what a "boon to society" this garbage is?

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · last yr.

ChatGPT essentially advised a sixteen year old on how to take his life—including by telling him how to make a noose and to avoid talking to his parents, even when he wanted to. And then he did. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

I can't believe I screwed up by being *TOO* gentle! #AmpRepair #vagueposting

Who the fuck steals ten bags of mulch?!?!

Watched #KpopDemonHunter with @sinbetweens.bsky.social last night. As promised, it was a delight. So was the company. 😍😍😍

Great show with @blaircrimmins.bsky.social just outside of Tampa tonight. But so. Damn. Sticky. Can't wait to shower.

Gigs in #Colorado this week/weekend with @blaircrimmins.bsky.social Today is gear acquisition before we go play #FrontRangeBBQ in Colorado Springs. Check out this cool bass! Where's the rest of it?! #bass #UprightBass #jazz #Atlanta #band #tour

Welp, this morning's last minute packing started with a bit of a rude awakening. But I've got a fix. A backup, and a backup of a backup. ;-) Running on mountain time! This kind of mountain: 🌋

Preparing to fly out tomorrow for 4 shows in Colorado later this week! Excited. Stressed. Tired from all the other traveling I've done. Dreading more turbulence. But excited to be out there with my pals in #BlairCrimminsAndTheHookers making some amazing music for wonderful people. ❤️️🐳🎻 #Bass #Tour

YEET!!! ♥️♥️♥️ #NoContextIsBestContext

"An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times. I think that is true of painters, sculptors, poets, musicians. As far as I'm concerned, it's their choice, but I CHOOSE to reflect the times and situations in which I find myself. That, to me, is my duty.

Don't think I mentioned. I fucked up my knee mashing too hard on my 2-speed a couple weeks ago and haven't exercised since. Until today! I ran & haven't noticed any ill effects. I'm slow. I took walk breaks. I'm sweaty and accomplished. Whatever obstacle you're working at today, I believe in you. ♥️♥️

On a personal and extremely petty level, I'm annoyed that they've given #Sprinter vans such a bad name. Shadowfax would melt their own ECM into slag before consenting to haul around any of these three-letter thugs.

Friendly reminder that the passengers on the Mayflower were illegal immigrants.

*throws things at entire sleep medicine industry*

If you suddenly see me reacting to your posts more often, it's because bluesky has finally implemented notifications for when specific users post. If I start hitting "like" on all of your shit, congratulations! You're on my notification list. But feel free to tell me to back off if it's weird. ♥️♥️

The transphobes I've met have never been willing to admit that 1. They don't know any trans people and 2. They don't care about whatever "threat" trans men pose. Crusty old white jazz musicians need to do better.