november 2023

listened: chaser EP - femtanyl

December 2023

read: super conductive brains: parataxis

january 2024

read:

• the true deciever - tove jansson
• doomsday diaries - sarah aziza

listened:

• future moss fortress s/t
• bloweyelashwish - loveliescrushing

february 2024

lots of mixing for new archival image album this month

listened:

• why conquer? - ludicra

shows attended:

• water shrews & skunk ape @ drongo HQ
• sadie siskin @ bad bar

march 2024

bursts of nice days appearing - spring is coming, etc -

listened:

• spring is coming with a strawberry in the mouth - operating theatre
• taman shud - the drones

shows attended:

• sleepytime gorilla museum & kayo dot
• evicshen @ the chapel at the good shepard center
• callous daoboys

april 2024

small northeast tour in early april - another busy month of too many shows + album release

'GALL i: lymph' released 4/12/24 on drongo tapes!

read:

• close to the knives - david wojnarowicz

listened:

• death of the corn - current 93
• she said - lucky star
• cold visions (album) - bladee

shows attended:

• bread & puppet theatre @ old labor hall, barre, VT (LIFECHANGING!)
• bar italia
• cindy lee

may 2024

listened:

• casper mcfadden
• i do what i want when i want - xiu xiu
• the cuckoo - pelt
• never falter hero girl (album) - katie dey
• proof that music saves my life ever day (album) - janet fang
• bull believer - wednesday
• wane into it (album) - drowse

watched:

• i saw the tv glow (2024)
• it doesn't get any better than this (2023)

shows attended:

• melt banana

june 2024

a weird midsummer feeling - went camping and listened to black metal for a few days in the forest to cure it.

listened:

• before hollywood (album) - the go-betweens
• brat (album) - charli xcx
• lemon limed lie - astrobrite
• drug2me - diana starshine/kavari remix
• forhist - blut aus nord

shows attended:

• buckethead (#1 bassist of all time on this tour :] )
• kaho matsui, snairhead, & doomgen @ drongo HQ
• cascadian midsummer
• power strip, friends of the road, & modern folk @ casa del xolo

july 2024

read: wayward - vashti bunyan

listened:

• fear - armlock
• '91 dodge van - thinking fellers union local 282
• walk on by - dionne warwick
• give it away - uffie

shows attended:

• lori goldston @ casa del xolo
• skunk ape & cstmr @ the chapel at the good shepard center
• shelter fest @ squaxin park shelter

august 2024

things are cooling - wasps attack at a moment’s notice, fiending for food. i'm also stocking my larders (e.g. filling my sample library up)

listened:

• will to power - SPK
• leichenschrei (album) - SPK
• smoke - succumb
• image - magdalena bay
• cold cell - coil
• until i die - machine girl

shows attended:

• zoidfest
• femtanyl (YES!!!)
• skunk ape @ bad bar

september 2024

read: anything that moves - jamie steward (reread)

listened:

• i remember - deadmau5 & kaskade

shows attended:

• have a nice life & mamaleek
• wolf eyes
• uniform, world peace, & drowse
• xiu xiu

october 2024

new places before the sunlight goes: visited vancouver island & port townshend this month.

listened:

• dig - knitting
• satan is real (album) - the louvin brothers

watched: it doesn't get any better than this (2023) (watched again because i will take every possible opportunity to rewatch this)

shows attended:

• watt/baiza/corsano & whatxCSTMR @ the chapel at the good shepard center

november 2024

listened:

• the wagoner's lad - the kossoy sisters
• air on a g string - bassvictim
• after prom - farrah abraham
• restless day - coil

watched: cringe - contrapoints

shows attended:

• porter robinson @ climate pledge arena (i have never been to a show this big before)

december 2024

absolutely everything coming to a close at once - an absolute slog of an end of the year

listened:

• leap of desire ii - you love her
• i ain't gonna work tomorrow - the carter family
• elk - kavari

watched: nosferatu (2024)

shows attended:

• compline choir @ st. mark's cathedral
• dining dead @ southgate roller rink
• skunk ape & adam troy @ casa del xolo
• machine girl & lightning bolt