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Lechon plato from Bedega on Central. It's not what it used to be, unfortunately.

Hotel selfie looking tired and reflective

Chicago dog from The Burg. This place still fucks.

Mirror selfie on my out of the hotel, about to leave Florida (finally)

Visited my old home of St Pete, FL and left very sad. Completely unrecognizable from 10 years ago. The punks are gone, the magic completely empty. Whitewashed corpo condos and fast casual chains line Central Ave. An example in how NOT to grow as a city.

Going to MDF this year almost exclusively to see this album played in full

My morning go-to is avocado mashed with lemon juice, paprika, chili powder, garlic powder, and salt, spread on toasted sourdough topped thin plum tomato slices and cotija cheese crumbles.

Asheville, where every possible food option in town closes at 8pm. If someone wants to open a late-night döner kebab place here you'll make millions.

Asheville, where all the good restaurants close because the rent's too high or they get natural disastered to death.

Reminder: if you're mixing a punk band, they are supposed to sound dangerous and angsty. Nothing ruins the vibe of a punk band more than cleanly sampled drum shells, neat cymbals, kemper guitar sounds, etc. Let it be fucked up, or you're just making imitation Blink 182.

Building some more wall absorbers. Cutting the sides out for more exposed absorption area and leaving a 1" air gap at the rear.

Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.

Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. -

Anne Frank

If your business uses AI I'll never patronize it. If you use AI to create art I'll never support it.

Stop acting like computers are actually thinking and speaking and creating things organically. They are not. What was once a fun little magic trick is becoming a nefarious end to human enslavement.

Riffin'
#metalsky #blackmetalsky

I figured at some point they would get your name for either recording or drumming. The Abbe Davis classic is "I'm an empath and an intuitive healer", which she tells you repeatedly, all while having a completely one-sided conversation where she is blissfully unaware of how uncomfortable you are.

These people are insane. Literally insane and completely decoupled from reality. They hit me up a couple years ago wanting to record, and the interactions I had with the singer gave me an actual psychosis. Never again entertaining delusions like these people have.

Bernie Sanders is a genocide-apologist whose purpose is to shepherd young leftists back to the Democratic party establishment. He may be better and more reasonable than the vast majority of our representatives, but the bar is in hell.

Hey Democrats, let's see the same energy to bring home Mahmoud Khalil that you're putting on display for Kilmar Garcia. Neither of them committed any crime or immigration violation.

Oh wait. One of those men spoke up for Palestine.

Please stop making yourself into an action figure. All AI is bad.

Helheim - Forrang for Fiende (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Black Metal Promotion II

Helheim is the most underrated and underappreciated band in black metal. 30+ years of rolling out completely original heartfelt bangers, and their most recent album is one of their best in a catalog full of classics.

Sitting at the desk in my control room with a view of amplifiers and the rear wall in the background

Does this sound cool to anyone?

I'm thinking of hosting a small-group drum recording workshop at my studio in Asheville, and possibly other themed recording workshops in the future if there seems to be interest. Topics covered would include setup/tuning, mic technique, tracking workflow, artist interactions, and probably way more.

Cult of politely engaging in political violence. I'm sick to my fucking stomach.

When I first heard about this I thought, oh he must be filibustering something, right? Am I going to concede a little bit of respect for this guy? Turns out no. Just more performative bloviating with nothing tangible at stake.

I'm going to say it again: The White Lotus is the worst show on TV and it's not even close.

Silo, Severance, and The Studio are the three best shows I've seen in years, and they're all on one network.

I'm not going to defend Apple and their broad business practices, but at least they are bankrolling legitimate art for us to enjoy.

I'm envious of your baseball birds! Looks like my Jays will cause me nothing but pain again this year

It's unseasonably hot and I can see and smell the wildfire smoke from my house. Unsettling and ominous.

With how this game is going, I wish my MLB.tv were cutting out

Really struggling with the whole "my country is actively and proudly committing war crimes" thing today.

I don't particularly like how any of his records sound, but sometimes he gives useful nuggets of info. More often than not, his audio experiments like the preamp test have some major flaw in methodology which really grinds my gears.

Lmao yes

For those interested, mic preamps make the most difference in a recording when tracks begin adding up in a production. It's a cumulative effect that influences perceived space, dimension, weight, and headroom in a broad musical context.