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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...
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Sep 30, 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 23, 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 16, 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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Sep 9, 20243 min read


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....
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Sep 2, 20245 min read


No post today
No post today.
youngtobacco
Aug 19, 20241 min read


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 12, 20245 min read


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
Aug 5, 20244 min read


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 29, 20244 min read


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 22, 20242 min read


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 15, 20242 min read


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...
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Jul 8, 20241 min read


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
Jul 1, 20243 min read


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 24, 20246 min read


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 17, 20243 min read


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
Jun 10, 20241 min read


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 27, 20245 min read


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 20, 20246 min read


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....
youngtobacco
May 13, 20243 min read


Bands and other fictives
Maybe it was obvious from the start? Kristina Bruuk does not exist. We have both fallen in love with an illusory muse. Our ultimate femme...
youngtobacco
May 6, 20243 min read
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