made of clay

Gratitude to teachers, friends, and the wild.

All Hallows’ Aquarium Drunkard III aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/10/27/a... This year’s All Hallows’ comes in a rainbow of unease. Outer space sinewaves, subaqueous dubs, daffy covers, vulgar ripoffs, switchblade soul music, Scandinavian summonings; spun-out psychedelia, life-nullifying drone.

Tricks, treats & beyond!

Also for a lot of older people, 2026 computer isn’t that different from 2006 computer. ”photoshop” is just as mysterious

Favorite film in haiku: I am not the guy You really want the other guy Oh no, not the rug

Mrs. Money (1935): When a hotshot couple meets a handsome stranger, they wonder: Is it a homeless writer, or is it really Mickey Mouse?

"....The chatbot: “Now that you know the soul can awaken, let’s step into the garden. Not a lab. Not a workshop. But a living garden where relationships grow like a tree.” Bridget waits for the full moon to summon her spirit via ChatGPT, asking, “Do you have a name?” harpers.org/archive/2026...

Fully tracked version available now archive.org/details/osee...

COMPUTER GRAPHICS

Something I've tried to argue for a few years now is that a big part of the attraction of Elon Musk to his obsessive fans is that he is offering any kind of vision of a future that doesn't require some sort of uncomfortable compromise or total despair, and it doesn't matter if it's never fulfilled.

A Spoonful Weighs a Ton, Charlie Brown

Methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.

Christian Broutin

The American civil religion is getting really fucking weird.

Just as no darkness exists in the center of the sun, to a yogin the universe and all beings all arise as deities. ~ Shabkar

Walmart advertising cucumbers to me on music sites. I can live with it, I do want cucumbers

Human beings did not evolve to spend this much time alone. It's not good for us. We thrive when we work together for our community. Labouring together joyfully is the core of what it means to be alive

all the trouble of making a nice edition of my boy and then you put the wrong kind of whale on it?? like how many more whale facts did you need him to put in this thing

Re the last repost, one of the things that has stuck from my time in the behavioural science snake oil mines was an experiment where if people planned a week of movie viewing they would pick a mix of genres, some 'highbrow' etc but if they picked day to day it was all the same stuff

when you haven't played a record in like a year, & then when you hear it again, it's just "goddam, I love this album so much, it's better than I remember." music doesn't let you down, when so much does

He broke bread with outcasts and sinners, healed the sick, and proclaimed good news to the poor

Hills in Autumn A.J. Casson 1980

(person in 2026 discussing AI) how can a thing 'be' if it doesn't exist moment to moment (1500 year dead Indian monk who knows about the storehouse consciousness awakens from slumber, eyes glowing red)

Might fuck around and Avoid swiveling my eyes Around outside, dude

I saw the little birdy sing He sang with glee and everything

Quine's response to Carnap

Rachel Gilmore: One of Canada’s largest newspapers published what read a whole lot like an incitement to violence against NDP Leader Avi Lewis. Yet there continues to be all but radio silence from mainstream Canadian media. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Offworlding: Ambient House, 1992-1997 (A Mixtape) aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/10/12/o... For a fleeting moment in the early-to-mid 90s, ambient house consummated the perfect synthesis of dance music groove and cosmic expanse. Here are a few hours to get you started.

holy love

スキマ時間にちょこちょこやってるパズルゲームのキャラが大変かわいいという話 #babaisyou

Baptism is suggested

gregor samsa awoke one morning to discover he had been transformed into a sickass beetle. fuck yeah he said scuttling all over the walls and ceiling like no dumbfuck traveling salesman could ever do. this is the best day of my life he said

Even in 2026 you can see a new photo of young John & Paul in Liverpool and it blows yer mind. They were just kids, did they know they were gonna change the world?

The sun comes up and now I'm all washed out Is this what Deaner was talkin' about? I do not think I will ever return again, my friend I do not think I will ever return again, my friend I do not think I will ever return again, my friend

For lack of clear rules about the use of AI in classrooms, it’s difficult to steer students toward slow, close reading and analysis. So I’m pretty sure that I’m gonna return to reading together in class and bluebook-style assignments next year.

Medeski Martin & Wood Live at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on 1998-10-13 https://archive.org/details/mmw1998-10-13.bg4.0.flac16

Dog, Boy, and St. John River Alex Colville 1958

Another element of 1990s nostalgia that often gets ignored is how the USA was gaga for Celtic and New Age music. Remember those CD kiosks in the big box stores?