Dwayne Jarrell

Hey @petersagal.bsky.social How are you feeling about 105D in today’s @nytimes.com crossword?

Working on some new songs, and this one has been bringing me the most peace in these dark times.

It’s absolutely criminal, and I cannot support any artist, musician, or actor who partakes. It needs to stop.

Any headline that starts with “Trump concedes” is journalistic malpractice. Maybe “Trump temporarily gives in” or “Trump appears to concede”. The man is as inconstant as a toddler.

I’m so furious about how stupid everything is

More brilliant writing from @stevenhyden.bsky.social Just last week, I was trying to decide if Metamodern Sounds or Sound & Fury would top my list. I’ve listened to the former more, I’m sure. But the latter hits me in the gut like few albums can. Thankfully, I don’t ever have to decide…

This is what makes me the most pessimistic about this country. Getting rid of Trump won’t solve our problems. We’re rotten at the core.

No. Commonsense reform is to burn ICE to the waterline and scatter the rubble so that all of us who value a constitutional republic with a Bill of Rights can prevent such a monstrosity from ever being constructed again. And nothing above is hyperbole. God, but you are not a leader for this time.

It's a good thing the Constitution isn't alive to see all of this.

Parker Posey is doing Hyundai commercials? Humankind is fucking done.

Cybertruck: The only car that looks better when dirty.

Performed “A Long December” at home yesterday afternoon and fully choked on the words “Maybe this year will be better than the last”

Can I block an image on Bluesky??

My parents named me after Dwayne Hickman, the actor who played Dobie Gillis, the ever-aspiring ladies man. I turned out gay. 🤣

Been listening to a lot of old Son Volt lately, and I’ve enjoyed being reminded of why I love Jay Farrar’s songwriting so much. I gotta say… of all the songs that I wish weren’t still relevant, “Atmosphere” is near the top: “Getting that old time feeling again Mad men on both sides of the fence”

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

I’m always giving props to @thomyorke.wastehq.social for fitting the 6-syllable “indefatigable” into the meter and rhyme of “And It Rained All Night”, but I’d forgotten that @shriekback.bsky.social did it first with the even more beautifully nerdy “parthenogenesis”. What a truly great song.

Rob Reiner was the textbook definition of a mensch. The idea of him dying a violent death chills me to my soul.

Everyone keeps telling me it’s giving Tuesday. But it is Tuesday, so that makes sense. Talk to me when a Friday or Saturday is giving Tuesday. Now that would be notable!

If I were a comedian, would people tell me just to make jokes for myself? Why on Earth would people think I write songs just to sing them to myself? I don’t get it.

Welp, I put out an album yesterday. I thought it was pretty special. Number of people reaching out to congratulate me = 0 Number of shares to any media = 0 Number of comments on my posts = 0 Message received, loud and clear. Pipe dream dismissed. Time to move on.

This song turned 1 this weekend! When I finished writing this one, I kinda wanted it to be my signature song. It incorporated pretty much all I’d learned about songwriting up to that point. One year later, it’s been heard over 150K times all over the world. Many thanks to everyone who’s listened.

Let's all allow Dick Cheney's peaceful passing at the ripe old age of 84 to remind us of the importance and joy of speaking ill of the dead when the dead were assholes.

This song has been out in the world for 10 days, and I’m finally posting about it. I love this one for its undeniable groove and the pure musical alchemy of @johncalvinabney.bsky.social and Jules Leyhe playing off each other, particularly in that amazing outro.

AI is like a Trolley Problem for media CEOs, except they don't realize the options are actually "stop the trolley" or "the trolley runs me over six months after I let it run over my employees."

These idiots got defunded and learned nothing from it. I’m beyond disgusted.

John’s music is always a salve, but this one is extra special and much needed in these darkest of times.

What is this “we” shit, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social ?? I am not on your side, and you will never get a dime from me.

I know it goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway. Kimmel is no Lenny Bruce. He’s about as edgy as a nerf ball. This is the most disturbing part to me.

How are all those millionaire comedians feeling about PC killing comedy now?

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

@duolingoverde.bsky.social has Klingon and High Valyrian, but not Basque?!?!

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First they came for Bill Clinton, and I said, yes, that man is a sex pest, get him