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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...
youngtobacco
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


It's Grim Up North
In 2003, my band released an album called "A Hostage and the Meaning of Life," a very serious record produced by the great Alex Newport....
youngtobacco
Apr 29, 20245 min read
Let's Make a Tee Shirt
Aside from making a demo in the garage, getting a tee shirt made seems to be the next slow step forward in making something into a Real...
youngtobacco
Apr 22, 20241 min read


The Studio is a State of Mind (pt. 4)
In 2014 or thereabouts, I flew to El Paso with a guitar and drove another three hours to a West Texas town called Marfa. Weird little...
youngtobacco
Apr 15, 20243 min read


Same Dream, Same Destination
Do you ever wonder what it might be like to do something you love for the very last time? And to know that it's your last time? I saw...
youngtobacco
Apr 8, 20243 min read


Still Recovering from COVID-19
Not literally, but still. I only caught it once. Got behind on my boosters, flew somewhere immediately after a multi hour tattoo session...
youngtobacco
Apr 1, 20243 min read


What You Get Done Today is Enough
Sunday marked the end of a one-week break from what some might call a "day job." And true to form, I filled every living minute with an...
youngtobacco
Mar 25, 20242 min read


The Arc has Landed
Fixation Arc's new single, "The Void Stares Back," has been out a few days and the question I get asked the most is how the hell do you...
youngtobacco
Mar 18, 20243 min read


The Last Tour: Soundtracking the world in 2017
Anyone following my personal Facebook or Insta in 2017 probably noticed I spent a big chunk of time bumbling across a dozen timezones in...
youngtobacco
Mar 11, 20241 min read
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