Downupright

And yet, paradoxically, part of knowing what is what, is not knowing what is what. Thus, the inevitable descent into strutting.

age yourself with a childhood crush

If people had Jace Fatigue in 2010 (something that I have a bit of a history with- iykyk), I'm checking in from day 2 of reality fracture standard on arena, to report I had my first "six jaces in play at once" game 💪

Halloween themed LLM chatbot that says "You're absolutely FRIGHT—" is this anything

Here is a pretty solid one of me today. Fresh back from a barber cut and shave. :)

I just put the finishing touches on the one track for "DONT YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH" where the backers really forced my hand. I'm very proud of the job I've done naturally folding bizarre words into places they feel natural on this album. This one though... with the words, I had to lean into it.

It's a long day for my Google Alerts on account of this thing where China, apparently, had a rocket that touched down upright

Not to pat myself on the back but it's days like today I love being a songwriter with diverse tastes. It's fun to not hone in on one sound. I'm switching from the raunchiest, most explicit, sex-on-the-dance-floor track, to a beautiful and pure ballad right now. And I feel both are "me". Fun hobby!

I made a sale on Bandcamp today and it just made my day. Pleased as punch. IDK how many of you understand just how much, for the small indie artists, a little thing like that just turns your whole week around. Never take it for granted :)

Don't hate the yeayer hate the game

If you're launching a new tech startup, you don't need as many NDAs as you think. If taking "your idea" would ruin your startup, it's a bad idea. Good tech startups are based on execution, which isn't stolen via a conversation. Many startups actually come from ideas that enterprises WON'T listen to.

It's Bandcamp Friday and your great friend (and neighborhood handsome person!) Downupright is, as always, ready to go. Can I interest you in a MANIC EPISODE? Or perhaps some Radical Honesty? Or a nice ambient, good-for-work electronic OST? downupright.bandcamp.com #bandcampfriday #bandcamp

When a therapist asked me about my hobbies and I included reading sci-fi and playing Magic: The Gathering, he told me I was just like Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory and then gave me some advice from the show. I will never forgive that show for existing.

Listen. I just beat this literal video game last week, and it's called Pragmata. The single, only difference in the plot is that in real life, Musk would not do anything that involved a child he would care about. #pragmata

I loathe YouTube Thumbnail Face so much that I've stopped making faces that resemble it in real life now. If something legitimately shocks me or makes me aghast I keep my lips closed and go "hmm". My two eyebrows can no longer move independently. Hands? Nowhere near my face i'll tell ya that much

Feeling cuter than average today for some cursed reason, even though I do not feel well in general

i think when they say stuff like this, they're carefully selecting for some individual cool shit like a Beethoven's Ninth or a Wright Brothers first flight, and willfully ignoring less salient stuff like "entire populaces without smallpox" or "countries with 98%+ literacy"

Listen, I'm not anti-Universes Beyond. I think they're fun; I do think there's too many right now. I'm just saying when I saw the below image, my first reading of it was that they would be releasing Detroit, Vegas, and Amsterdam themed sets.

Love when I get mail (snail, or email, either) from non-profits being like "Today is your LAST DAY to donate" i am sure it is. i bet. tomorrow i won't be allowed to donate any more

Ableton Live more like slay-bleton thrive, amirite

Buffalo, NY, July 15 2026. There are not clouds in the sky- that's a clear sky. No filters are on this photo, taken from my front porch.

Your intermittent monthly thirst trap. My fitness journey continues!

today in "i have too much online politics brain and magic the gathering lore brain simultaneously" news, I misremembered Multani as Mamdani. It didn't NOT fit though

Darn LLMs are returning results from the future again. Is AI very silly... OR, are Polymarket/Kalshi sitting on some really explosive new technology and it's leaking. (search, if you're curious, was for if Jeffries can get primaried still this year)

apple music needs a toggle for "hey, for whatever reason, i am going to listen to something i normally don't, and I am asking you in advance to NOT abruptly forget my years of consistent listening history in favor of this one thing"

Seeing a lot of @doctorow.pluralistic.net in the news today re: the new book being great! Fun fact, did you know we briefly collab'd? He did the intro and outro on last year's "Funeral Service For The Good Internet" and was great to work with. 😁 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxYY...

TV has given me unrealistic expectations like I could dice vegetables and they just sit there on the chopping board accepting being diced and not flying up at angles into my eye

This makes me so, so happy.

@etherdiver.bsky.social saw today's update- thanks for all your hard work over the years. I have found really cool stuff through your work but I also know its a thankless endeavor

recently i've found it enjoyable, when i have to open LinkedIn, to simply audibly say "No" to every headline. like, out loud. "OpenAI just changed the game–" No. "Is the era of the software app ending–" No. "Musk announces humanity might–" No. Just no! It's very satisfying on a gut level!

I think in the 25-ish years of my career, I have watched the software world generally go from 80% "The customer is always right" to 80% "The customer is a mark", and I am at least a little optimistic I will see it go back before I am done.

I'm not a NYC person (western new york state for me) but my understanding is that for each of the four major US sports there's a big, storied team, and an other team. Giants/Jets, Knicks/Nets, Yankees/Mets, Rangers/Islanders. My question is what is the ideal fandom subset. There are 16 permutations

I'm really enjoying the new Ed O'Brien album, like a lot. It's interesting to see how he songwrites on his own since he was most notable as being "weird sound guy" in Radiohead. Also, I like non invasive music for working, and it's easy to code to.

Watched the recently released "Buffet Infinity" on VOD last night. It's a surreal horror film made entirely out of local advertisements. Very cool and extremely up my alley, good execution too, beyond the gimmick. Still thinking about it today.