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Grubb Vessel, 2020 Steel and enamel, with 30,000 wooden coffee stir sticks woven in place and held by tension, custom wiring and ultra bright led

@BRANDONWARDELL Looking forward to the in depth podcast breakdown of the writing process itself.

Having a donut and a beer on the couch, no homer

@Alex_Kack Here I just did one. It’s that easy to inspire “normal” people.

@Alex_Kack Here’s my favorite local place for micro giving wcwc.app.neoncrm.com/forms/23

The thing that strikes me most here is the lack of self awareness everyone involved with this seems to have, starting with the concept itself— paying $20 a ticket to fail to achieve a goal that could’ve been solved with a $20 dive bar tab.

@Alex_Kack Coffee shop works too. Everyone I know just wants to keep hope alive. It’s like if we just organized around hope for a change and hope for progress “normal” people might be all in. Also giving $20 to a very local neighborhood charity, will do more in the long run.

I actually agree with the two central ideas here - we should focus on winning & we need to broaden our appeal to more people (that’s how you win) but this isn’t that, it’s repackaging losing ideas & ideals. This is magical thinking served as pragmatism, I’ll be at a dive bar.

@YesYoureRacist I told my daughter that the scarlet pimpernel was the sequel to the scarlet letter.

Not if you understand the straight line from the Count of Monte Cristo to the Scarlet Pimpernel to Zorro to Batman

@daveanthony His profile pic looks like he’s sucking himself off. Which is an apt metaphor I suppose?

@MattBesser Oh yeah that’s a cool space.

@brilliant the Arkansas Arts Center is amazing museum

@MattBesser headed to Little Rock for the weekend for a family wedding with tween kids in tow. Big damn bridge and river market, any other can’t miss things? Purple cow?

I saw @JohnLeguizamo perform freak in the theater in the 90’s. From the ward Sutton poster to his iconic red shirt and black pants I can still remember it all. One person shows are really incredible. Ars longa vita brevis.

@redban @SunsetStripATX Enrique looks great in this pic! Did he lose some weight?

TONIGHT! A SPECIAL EDITION OF #SECRETSHOW! 8PM @SunsetStripATX TIX- sunsetstripatx.com/?event-id=1120…

Studio view on a Wednesday. I’ve taken to calling my studio “the cave of forgotten dreams”

Memorial studio view day 2025

@DougLovesMovies @thatchaddaniels @DanSebree @DougBenson @GoodnightsCC Yes! That’s my name.

@brilliant @thatchaddaniels @DanSebree @DougBenson @GoodnightsCC Brilliant!

The ep we taped in Cincy is finally coming out late tonight. It’s a fun one with @thatchaddaniels @DanSebree and Geoff Tate’s brother Troy!

@ChrisGethard Well worth the price. Full color zine feels and looks great in hand. Looking forward to volume 2 for the 10th anniversary?

If you missed out on the Beautiful/Anonymous fanzine or the record I made with John Cozz I set up a little web store for em. chrisgethard.bigcartel.com

In 2012 I was part of a panel on art and science. This was the sculpture that greeted us at the heart center. I will never forget the horror.

Brilliant eggs, fucking brilliant bed

@dieworkwear The charlie watt’s thing is so special cause he was a jazz musician and graphic designer first and foremost and his “second” gig was providing drums for The Rolling Stones. He was impeccable in all his style choices especially his drum sounds

Some others that come to mind: Johnny Cash's "man in black" look was crafted by Manuel Cuevas, whose son now teaches bespoke shirtmaking in Nashville. Edward Sexton cut the three suits on Abbey Road cover. Charlie Watts was a clotheshorse who used Huntsman, Chittleborough & Morgan, and GJ Cleverley. Today, it's rare to see a musician use a tailor. It's more often brand deals that are heavily announced in the press. Back in the day, you had to hunt around to find out who made someone's clothes. Leon Bridges is one of the rare exceptions. Some of his clothes are made for him by Kyosuke Kunimoto in Japan.

Interesting how common used to be for big musicians to use tailors. Hendrix went to Michael Braun, Elton John used Tommy Nutter, Miles Davis went to Andover Shop, Bryan Ferry used Richard Anderson. Nowadays, musicians are more likely outfitted by brands, often as part of deals

AMERICAN POPE FUCK YEAH!