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youngtobacco
18 hours ago2 min read
The End of Emotions
The art of work. The Lone Sweeper - Drummond in Liverpool. 10:41AM Emotions by the Tied Hands ended yesterday. At least the 2024 leg....
youngtobacco
Jan 62 min read
Next time is next time, now is now
今度は今度。 今は今 Sunday 11:12AM Snow is coming down hard. A lovely hygge feeling with slippers and coffee. Trying to avoid the thought of the...
youngtobacco
Dec 30, 20243 min read
DL;BR: Year One.
10:01AM Sunday. Back to the desk. The back half of December is a mad dash of studio cleaning, plugin updates, planning and last minute...
youngtobacco
Dec 23, 20241 min read
What you get done this week is enough
Monday 9:00 AM This was going to be a long-winded, end of the year wrap up, but I decided to punt that one to next week instead and use...
youngtobacco
Dec 17, 20245 min read
Land of the Long White Cloud
⛏️ Looking for gold in Macraes Mines, New Zealand Aotearoa. Land of the Long White Cloud. New Zealand. The last time I was here,...
youngtobacco
Dec 11, 20243 min read
Between two sleeps
Ka mate, ka mate, ka ora, ka ora I'm in New Zealand where I've been for the last eleven days. (Six more to go.) Sleep has been...
youngtobacco
Dec 2, 20241 min read
Bill Drummond's EMOTIONs
Tied Hands / Past, Present & Future Credits: Past, Present & Future performed by: Ranapana (courtesy of DL;BR) Vocals on Past, Present &...
youngtobacco
Dec 2, 20241 min read
Past, Present & Future
The past, past, well now let me tell you about the past. The past is filled with silent joys and broken toys, laughing girls and teasing...
youngtobacco
Nov 25, 20242 min read
Bless ye, goode gentlebugs
8:10 AM. End of the year giddiness, and a reversion back to the mean of childhood. The thrill of the lack of responsibility as workdays...
youngtobacco
Nov 18, 20242 min read
From the southern seas to the polar edge
9:24 AM, Sunday November 17. Falling back out of shape after an abbreviated run at running. The pudge on my face is returning just in...
youngtobacco
Nov 11, 20242 min read
Where is my mind?
Sunday Nov 10, 9:44 AM. Late morning. Stayed in bed, scrolling on this object that I have grown to hate in my worsening digital eye...
youngtobacco
Nov 4, 20242 min read
Code smell
Sunday, November 3. 8:46am (feels like 9:46am) I voted on Thursday. Won't say for who, but if you know me at all you can probably guess....
youngtobacco
Oct 28, 20243 min read
I Have Always Fought the Darkness
8:23AM Sunday At the desk early this morning. The dehumidifier hit the full mark around 7, beeped red and pulled me out of sleep. Next...
youngtobacco
Oct 21, 20242 min read
DL;BR Fall playlist feat. Dave Quiggle
Welcome to fall, where the air is spooky, the veil is thin, and properly gaunt music is essential. This season's playlist is a...
youngtobacco
Oct 14, 20242 min read
Amplifier Worship
Sunday, October 13. 9:42AM. No one knows what they're doing, but some people do it anyway. Not my quote, but it's pretty much how I run...
youngtobacco
Oct 7, 20243 min read
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...
youngtobacco
Sep 30, 20243 min read
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 23, 20243 min read
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 16, 20243 min read
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 9, 20243 min read
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....
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