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The Past Is a Foreign Country
Tire-toi une bûche. ☕ 10:16AM I'm off to Canada this week, to the Laurentides wo ods two hours north of Montreal. Staying in a cabin to...
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Feb 102 min read


The Song I Will Be Buried To
10:00AM Nicked my finger real good cutting some carrots for my weekly soup lunch prep. This little fucker will not die. It knits itself...
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Feb 33 min read


DL;BR Winter Playlist feat. James Bauman
James Bauman: Racebannon | Medusa | Wenches | Master Kontrol Audio Welcome to Hoth. Solstice has come and gone, and now it's the age old...
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Jan 272 min read


Let's walk each other home
Available now from the DL;BR Threadless shop. 8:56 AM Inauguration Day is upon us and we seem to have lost both Magical Davids days...
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Jan 201 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....
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Jan 132 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...
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Jan 62 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...
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Dec 30, 20243 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...
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Dec 23, 20241 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,...
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Dec 17, 20245 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...
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Dec 11, 20243 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 &...
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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...
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Dec 2, 20241 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...
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Nov 25, 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...
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Nov 18, 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...
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Nov 11, 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....
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Nov 4, 20242 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...
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Oct 28, 20243 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...
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Oct 21, 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...
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Oct 14, 20242 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...
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Oct 7, 20243 min read
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