Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
Can't believe what a fun night we had at @wonderville.bsky.social - working with @shing.bsky.social has been the joy of a lifetime, here's some video of my robot song cycle with live puppetry: youtu.be/AqzjDGIsFUo
Robo Quadrology Puppet Show
YouTube video by Jay Ackley
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We are still in post, but I am already so delighted by our trailer, and especially listening to @jayackley.bsky.social's early demo of Rent Control here.
The soundtrack for The Last Fifteen Minutes is up for digital pre-order, and the first song, Rent Control, is now streaming for free! jayackley.bandcamp.com/album/the-la...
The Last Fifteen Minutes Official Soundtrack, by Shing Yin Khor & Jay Ackley
7 track album
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@hellgatenyc.com does your brand of city reporting extend to clowning on the slop AI in Yvette Clarke's physical mailers?
Isn’t it fun to imagine how badly Eric Adams wishes he was still mayor right now?
Happy St. Urho's Day to one and all! Please enjoy this browser game that commemorates the rich history of this noble holiday: www.jayackley.com/games/StUrho...
Couple of my more recent songs got recorded at Bang Zoom! Studios when we had some spare time in Los Angeles! Check 'em out here! jayackley.bandcamp.com/album/broken...
Broken Toe/Life's So Fun (Split-Singles), by Jay Ackley
2 track album
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Excited to announce that Geronimo Was A Beaver, my first puppet film with @jayackley.bsky.social will be making its big screen premiere as part of DOC LA's film festival!! We're on Saturday 10/25 at 5pm as part of their short films block! Tickets: filmfreeway.com/DOCLA/tickets
We're in the final stretches of fundraising for this really awesome marionette musical about choosing to be together in community in the face of imminent doom! Join the fun! www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
The Last Fifteen Minutes
A marionette opera and short film about having dinner together before a giant kaiju steps on you.
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After completing our 30-part Dark Universe saga, we’ve set out to do something new - an all-original cinematic universe of imaginary movies, written, workshopped, and performed on all podcatchers and YouTube. You are now entering… THE POD UNIVERSE! Debut episode streaming everywhere now
One of my favorite parts of working with @shing.bsky.social is the emphasis on transparency in process! Here's a really fun recap of how our opening number came together for the marionette musical! www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
Update 2: a peek into the songwriting process · The Last Fifteen Minutes
We met our crowdfunding goal last week, thanks to some generous friends, and we are so delighted and happy! I’ve taken a pretty chill approach to pushing this crowdfunding because I have a lot of trus...
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Everyone’s making jokes. I don’t get how you aren’t moved by the pathos of a woman trying, however clumsily, to find one good friend. How many other ways did she try to find connection before now? How many other people tossed potato chip money back in her hopeful face? But she keeps searching.
It is true, most of our fabrication process is achieved with tools invented prior to the 19th century. support a human carving all their actors from wood: www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
I'm overjoyed to be doing songs for this project! It's gonna be wonderful!!
shing yin khor@shing.bsky.social · 12mo agoThe Last Fifteen Minutes is a marionette opera and short film about neighbors choosing to have dinner together fifteen minutes before a giant kaiju eats them. This is a project I'm so excited to make happen, and I hope you will be part of on this journey! www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
Impending gig! Thursday 7/31 at Young Ethel's in Park Slope. Music starts at 6:30 and I'm on at 7:15! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN7j...
Halloween in July - Summon Satan
YouTube video by Jay Ackley
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Here is a little 30 second sneak peak at the work @jayackley.bsky.social and I have been doing for this film. And our first music preview! This has been a joy, and I hope you get that vibe from seeing this.
$190 for 13 years of running red lights on bike (Idaho stop style)? Not the worst
This is one of the coolest projects I've ever gotten to work on! Shing is a brilliant artist and now I know way more about an absolutely absurd and magnificent episode in Idaho's history. Enjoy!
shing yin khor@shing.bsky.social · 2y agopresenting, in collaboration with the inimitable @jayackley.bsky.social, a five minute folk musical documentary, about the time Idaho Fish and Game parachuted 76 beavers out of a plane. www.youtube.com/watch?v=adDE...
Every time I see somebody who looks like @davecolon.bsky.social biking around Brooklyn I shout out “Dave Colon!” as an expression of my appreciation for his stellar transit journalism and hopefully sometimes it is actually him.
come catch Dylan’s set! And mine’s right after!
Dylan Roth@dylanroth.bsky.social · 2y agoI’m playing a unique solo set this Friday for a really cool event that will take place at Wonderville and in a bespoke VR space. My set will be just me and my MIDI keyboard and laptop and will feature some of my orchestrated songwriting, including stuff I’ve never published or performed live.
Happy Anniversary to @koltreg.bsky.social and @yesabbyyes.bsky.social! One of the most fun times I could have ever imagined having in Columbus!
Ahem @darkuniversepod.bsky.social
Mary Gillis@marygillis.bsky.social · 2y agoNew Dracula stories are always like "what if Dracula lived in the modern world?" and never like "what if Dracula lived in the modern world & has a big city career & goes back to his hometown to sell his castle to a big corp & falls in love with the village castle preservationist trying to save it?"