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The plot thickens:

The earth is mostly made out of little marbles that trap pockets of nitrogen.

Human behavior was mostly understood and documented by 1986, but sadly, the research documents were stored in a garage and mistakenly recycled mere years before the internet could have retained everything in a more failsafe electronic way. Tragic!

Despite many articles to the contrary, the primary cause of human pain is inadequate seating.

Going to see a man about a horse.

Honored that "Figure and Ground" made it onto the venerable Tabs Out Podcast! Feels like the closing of a fun circle, as I wrote for them for a few years just up to having the health issues that led to this tape.

Artist copies of Figure and Ground have arrived, and it is just lovely! Huge thanks to Abe Collins for his fantastic art/design work, and to @alreadydeadtapes for putting this out. Available everywhere Friday!

My new tape is now up for preorder at @AlreadyDeadRecs ! This is a deeply personal one, and you can read more about it there: https://t.co/a6jB4GsCKo

A preview from the upcoming EP "Expiation" This is an arrangement of Gesualdo's madrigal "Moro Lasso al mio duolo." This recording is dedicated to Chuck Stern, whose creative approach to harmony often reminded me of Gesualdo.

Easily my favorite review of "Whip Sigils" yet from the unstoppable Blastitude! Larry really nailed the essence of the project, which is to say that the conceptual stuff is interesting, but it's the music that matters:

I have a new live track available to folks who subscribe to the NO PART OF IT label's Bandcamp, which is only $5/month. you can check it out here:

An excellent review of "Whip Sigils" today from @robotrattle ! Excited that a lot of people are getting the vibes I was going for with this music!

Exciting day--the CDs for "Whip Sigils" exist! Here's a quick "unboxing" where I describe the sources of the artwork used in the CD package. Head to https://t.co/j1ZufIURay to order. https://t.co/fnQBhv2va5

3/x ...and that ultimately led me down a pretty unexpected musical path, exploring a sort of hidden but implicit middle eastern influence on the beginning of secular songwriting in Western world by way of Occitania...

2/x ...so I started looking into how folks reacted musically to the Plague in the medieval era. That led to more thinking about other aspects of that era, too, how bits of history have been neglected or their implications disregarded...

3/3 There are a few new articles up there already for the launch, so go check it out!

2/ Thanks to @tinylilhammers and Basic Website Agency for the fresh new look and functionality! They were super easy and fun to work with. Highly recommended.

1/ Been working on this for the last month--Words on Sounds is back as a review blog, but I'm leaving Blogger behind for a total redesign. We've officially launched now at

You can catch me doing some weird things with a lap steel on Christmas night—live on Delaweird’s Twitch channel!