I need a hype man
Sunday, October 6, 2024. 9:40am. Time to shake the tree. Every day is a casino of email beeps, Slack pings, clingy new-notification dots...
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youngtobacco
Sep 303 min
Sunday is shaving day
Sunday, September 29. 2024. 8:39AM. I feel like Doogie Howser , except my keyboard is not as loud. Technology has come a long way. But my...
youngtobacco
Sep 233 min
Raw-doggin' the bloggin'
I've decided to keep trying this writing approach. Sort of a Marc Maron, stream-of-consciousness, top of mind monologue of anything goes...
youngtobacco
Sep 163 min
My Get Up and Go Just Got Up and Went
My long-awaited re-entry into long distance running has unfortunately come to an unexpected end. Or at least another long hiatus. I used...
youngtobacco
Sep 93 min
Where is this going?
Today, a collection of this and that, a chop suey of unlinked thoughts in the vein of an Eno-esque swollen-appendices journal entry....
youngtobacco
Sep 25 min
Adventures in the sync world
"It's a bit like speed dating," is how co-writing for sync was described. I'd show up to a home studio somewhere in Southern California....
youngtobacco
Aug 191 min
No post today
No post today.
youngtobacco
Aug 125 min
How to Detox from a Band
Welp, Aerosmith called it quits. Can't say I was ever a huge fan of the band, although Dream On is probably one song I'd begrudgingly...
youngtobacco
Aug 54 min
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a...
...fuck. (Musician's edition.) Yes, I know there's already a book on the subject, but I've been collecting a ream of quotes from artists...
youngtobacco
Jul 294 min
The Big Empty
There was always something out there, between all the shows and the lights and the people. A big empty. It's a feeling as much as a...
youngtobacco
Jul 222 min
Update from the Garage
I am literally on the last paragraphs of this six-year journey that has been my book, and I've got a slew of waiting projects hammering...
youngtobacco
Jul 152 min
DL;BR Summer playlist feat. Russ Cogdell
Summer's in full hellish bloom, the world is on fire, and it's time for another playlist to help us all chill the fuck out. Years ago in...
youngtobacco
Jul 81 min
I'm drawing a blank
These last several days have seen the bulk of my brainpower going to finishing the most recent (final?) edit The Last Tour, leaving me...
youngtobacco
Jul 13 min
All of this will be forgotten
This is written on a post-it note at my mixing desk. I can't remember if I read the line somewhere from someone else, or if it just...
youngtobacco
Jun 246 min
Listmania: O The jobs I've had
This is probably of no interest to anyone except me, but my son has found himself in a situation very familiar and dear - trying to...
youngtobacco
Jun 173 min
The Last Tour
There's a reason I haven't released much music over the last several months. (Even though releasing music seems to be all I ever talk...
youngtobacco
Jun 101 min
DL;BR merch soft launch
This post is a week late, but listen, there's a good reason for it. You all voted for your favorite tee design, and we (meaning I),...
youngtobacco
May 275 min
In the Abandoned Subways of Paris
The following is a messy and hyperbolic outtake from a travel memoir I've been writing for the last several years. It didn't quite fit...
youngtobacco
May 206 min
In the Church of the Subgenius
My brother and I lived in an abandoned church sometime in the early 2000s. It was the start of a renovation project that failed to happen...
youngtobacco
May 133 min
100% Human Generated
Yeah, I feel it. That sense of despair when someone in Threads posts a tune they made with an AI plugin and it doesn't sound half bad....
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