Austin Kleon

New book coming in June! austinkleon.com/2026/02/20/my-…

@michaelazerrad Can’t wait, love what I’ve heard so far

Baroque & roll: as Bach Artillerie, synthesist Curt Sydnor & drummer Greg Saunier (Deerhoof) play the nine canons from Bach's Goldberg Variations and his Brandenburg Concerto #5. Really fun and beautiful. Drops Friday. RIYL: Wendy Carlos w/ an ace drummer who's heard jungle.

Do you ever yearn?

Only one chance in this lifetime… Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him. I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.

We're excited to share some unexpected news: we monitored the nest after it was believed the 2nd owlet had died & Athena had abandoned. Later that afternoon the owlet began moving again & we helped coordinate a rescue—owlet is doing better, read more: allaboutbirds.org/cams/athenas-r…

2026 is 30% complete.

We're sad to share that the owls' nesting attempt at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center has failed. We’re thankful to all who shared this time with Athena and her owlets this season, and we hope for a more successful outcome next year. allaboutbirds.org/cams/sad-news-…

07:09, 4/18 Athena returns to the ledge; owlet is on the other side of the sotol plant

We're sad to report that one of the owlets at the Great Horned Owl nest has died: allaboutbirds.org/cams/sad-news-…

*Slams dictionary shut til Monday*

Scheming on a thing that’s a mirage

Best show on TV right now

Behind the hatred there lies A plundering desire For love

Something to the “Trump and his cronies are just frustrated Hollywood actors, directors, and screenwriters” theory maybe.

“I don’t get the hype behind Japan” Japan:

@johnsemley3000 @WIRED Every non micro label you’ve heard of has in house pr person. Or they outsource one for $3-10k depending on scale of the band. I also think these people are stupid but to assume a band like geese isn’t absolutely working their asses off and fell ass backwards into this is nuts

kinda hard for me to get mad about digital marketing practices when my entire account is basically me saying “this record is amazing” and providing a link where you can buy it lol.

total rubes finding out about the long-standing music PR business for the very first time

@geoffwilt So good

wild how music doesn’t get better than this like it makes Beethoven look like an idiot.

02:59, 4/11 We get a close up of the owlets when Athena takes a break