Hi!! I was going to tell you about so much in this post: new music, new meds, new toys, new perspectives. But then I almost died, and that interrupted everything. It started with my gut. I just got a bit backed up, not a huge deal. Except that it triggered a UTI, which caused a […]
Remember when I put out a single about love & outer space? And the dope cassette art for it was based on a NASA photo of Space Shuttle Discovery? I know what you’re thinking, “Man, it would have been so cool if you had made that art into a t-shirt.” Good news! I did!! […]
Well, this was a surprise– Someone nominated me for a Wammie! That’s a “Washington Area Music Award,” in case you were (understandably!) unaware. DC has its own little music awards show every year, and this year, someone nominated Astering for Best Pop Song. I’m not sure if it quite belongs in that category, but I’ll […]
Auld Friend! In the last hours of 2021, I first want to thank you for supporting me, financially or otherwise. This year has put me through intense ups and downs, but you provided an indispensable buffer for all of it. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Some news! ‣ If it suits you, you can […]
Hi! Wow. Thank you so much!!! We sold out of Astering cassettes! Y’all bought ’em up real fast. You can still buy the digital tracks on Bandcamp, listen on Spotify, or watch on YouTube. This video currently has 6.5k views–not bad! The single has been getting a little bit of attention elsewhere too. Our hometown Listen […]
This is a special post. It’s actually a companion piece to my most recent collaboration. For that reason, I’m giving everyone access to the initial collaboration post (sit back and enjoy long and utterly fascinating read!). Here’s the short version: my friend Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm has a history not unlike my own. She was an active […]
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Hi! If you’re reading this, I’m glad you’re alive! Things have been pretty wild lately. Covid is heating back up and nearly took out a dear friend of mine (still in his early twenties, no less). Get that jab! The White House did a great job getting this far, but they’ve recently begun venting frustration […]
Hello Friend– Hoo boy, the past few weeks have really been something! But before getting into hospital stays and antipsychotics and whatnot, I think it’s important to talk about something really major that happened in late April: I got a haircut! It had been ages. It was overgrown way before the pandemic. In desperation, I […]
Hi Friend! Normally, I would have sent out some kind of update email by now. I would be telling you about how I got a nice haircut at home, how I spent a few days in a hospital in Philly getting inpatient headache treatments, and how the music I’ve been working on lately has been […]