iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Very from the deck of our casita at Los Milics Winery in Sonoita, AZ. This place is wonderful.

Landscape showing vineyards in the foreground and mountains in the distance.

030

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The ocarina made it out of glaze and still works! Yay!! #ceramics #pottery

090

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Attention AZ Voters The interference has begun. Watch for one of these letters, check your voter registration status regularly. A small difference (like "St." vs "Street") between your voter registration and your MVD data will trigger a cautionary letter. This will be their excuse to drop you.

150,000 letters have been sent out due to state law to compare voter records and MVD records.
Tiny discrepancies will trigger the letter.

000

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Our library had an audio/video sale of donated items as a fundraiser. Picked up 11 albums and 3 CDs for $6, including this one from 1964. Stellar condition. Gary Burton - vibes, Kenny Burrell - gtr, Georfe Duvivier - bass, Joe Hunt - drums Reflections - Stan Getz (Verve)

010

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Got a few pieces out of the gas/soda kiln and this is my fave. Laguna WSO, ^10 with Kurt's Straw Celadon interior and soda wash ash spray exterior. Love the little pool of glassy green and some sweet red/orange kiln blasts on the outside. #ceramics #pottery

Interior of bowl showing crackly glaze all around and a pool of vibrant jade green at the bottom

Bottom showing flashing and rough cut kodai.

0100

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My first Yes concert was at Boston Garden, the night after this show was recorded. It was my 2nd real concert, the 1st being Wings the month prior. Live musical journey off to a brilliant start. This albums set sure brings back memories and fills some thc-induced holes. Roosevelt Stadium 17June76

Turntable playing a record with the album cover for Yes, Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, 17 June 1976.

030

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A little live music last night in Phoenix. Simon Phillips' Protocol was brilliant. They played the entirety of the new Protocol 6 plus a piece from Protocol 4. Go see them.

010

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Trying something new and making an ocarina! It works in greenware so let's hope it works after firing. Cone10 BMix A bit of trimming and cleanup and it will hit the bisque rack this week. #pottery #ceramics #ocarina

070

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

My most ambitious project to date. The vessel on the right uses a bunch of leftover clay and blocks from my last two nerikomi classes at. At over 43cm high, it's over twice the height of my previously largest piece (left). A new semester starts in a little over a week! #ceramics #pottery

Two vases made from Nama porcelein. One on left is bulbous with a hint of golden yellow coloring. On right is a tall slender multi colored vase.

170

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

So true. Jeffries has got to go.

000

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Matcha Time Latest chawan (Cone 10 B Mix, Malcolm Davis shino exterior glaze, ^10 gas fired). #tea #pottery #ceramics

Powdery green dry matcha on blue gold bottom of chawan

Orange and white underside of chawan with circular kodai.

060

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I've seen some crazy baseball situations over the past 60 years but the ending of the top of the 7th in the Red Sox / Toronto game is up there with the craziest. How do MLB players (both teams!) not know how many outs there are? And runner from 3rd scoring without tagging? Love seeing new things

000

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

About 1/3 of the Hatch green chiles that I'm roasting and prepping today. Mild, Medium, and Hot. Not sure of the specific variety but I'd guess Heritage for the mild, Big Jim for the medium (on the right in the pic), and Sandia for the hot (left). Green chile bacon cheeseburgers for dinner!

000

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Landscape box that I recently created in our latest #nerikomi class. Box measures 15x15cm and is 13cm tall. Clay body is Nara Porcelain colored with various Mason stains. #ceramics #pottery

Ceramic box with a landscape pattern of brown, gold, green, white and blue.

Same box fully open revealing same design on inside as outside

060

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

First time doing a Raku firing. This sure was fun! #ceramics #PotterySky #pottery

Raku fired pot showing upper and lower areas of cracked white and middle sections of vibrant metallic colors

Image rotated from previous view to show more aqua and rough metallic sections

Piece out of the firing container showing lots of soot

Cylindrical raku kiln with kiln raised to show the glazed pieces on the kiln shelf.

2150

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

#NowSpinning Bill Evans: Behind the Dikes, 1969 Netherlands with Eddie Gomez (bass) and Marty Morell *drums). (Elemental, RSD, LE) #jazz #vinyl

Fluance turntable with blond plinth, album soinning. Album cover for subject record in background showing Evans looking iver his left shoulder.

040

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Matcha time My latest chawan from cone 10 BMix. Love the blue drips and the kiln baked orange of the bare clay. Lovely Uji-Hikari matcha from Tezumi. #tea #pottery #ceramics

Chawan in hand. Outer glaze of glossy white with a few crystalline blue drips from the lip.

Top view of chawan with green matcha, matcha container, and whisk.

Chawan with frothy green matcha ready to drink

070

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

So much awesome news in last night's AZ elections. 1. My city voted in a 💙-backed (I) mayor for the first time in 8 yrs against a Rep House member. 1/

200

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

That theme song was stuck in my head at a very early age. Plas Johnson leaves a deep catalog of fine tunes.

000

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Good feels for Duran! Way to go Sox! ⚾️🧹

010

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

#NowSpinning Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes After seeing Jon, this past week, sing the "Leaves of Green" passage from The Ancient, it was time to listen to the full play. I'm always torn on these albums. Most of the playing is wonderfully Yes, while other bits show their dysfunction. #ProgSky

190

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Saw the wonderful Jon Anderson & the Band Geeks last night in PHX. Quite the magical show. Jon's voice is still crystal clear and the Band was spot on. CttE, Awaken, Soon, Leaves of Green, All Good Peeps, AndYouAndI, Perpetual, Trooper, and a few new ones sprinkled in. #ProgSky

050

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I'm at a Stop & Shop near Foxborough today and a member of the Tartan Army in full kilt is frantically walking/running down the aisle. Is there beer sold here? Where is it? (look of desperation) Ya, it's right over there (points) Yaaaahhh! Is there a limit to how much I can buy? #Scots #WorldCup

010

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Happy Barack Obama Appreciation Day (complete with Nobel Peace prize)

Barack Obama holding Nobel Peace prize certificate and medal.

021

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Dinner #pork #wine #Muga w/roasties, roasted red peppers, and romesco sauce.

Bottle of Muga Prado Enea Gran Reserva 2006 Rioja wine and a couple of Duroc pork rib chops.

000

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Thursday vibes. Man, this artist has a lot to say. Really fluid blend of beat, hip-hop, dub, world, experimental, percussive flow with some jazzy organ pushing and pulling. #RadiusEtc Radius Alive & Thriving (2026, The Consumers Research & Development label)

Album spinning on a turquoise blue platter with album cover in the background for the artist Radius. Album title is Alive and Thriving

000

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The legendary James Blood Ulmer has passed. His music led me to Arthur Blythe, then to Ronald Shannon Jackson, which, in turn, led me to Vernon Reid. #jazz #blues #guitarist

James Blood Ulmer in a dark suit jacket, holding a black hollow body guitar.

021

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

WIP Took my leftover block pieces from nerikomi class and wedged them together in groups. Cut thick (10mm) slabs and formed, slab by slab, by compressing/ pinching. This is, by far, the tallest (46cm) piece I've tried Once leather hard, will surform and scrap to form. #pottery #ceramics

Tall handbuilt vase of marbled colors of brown, cream, blue, and green. Sitting on a blue banding wheel.

050

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

#NowSpinning Getting a triangular groove on Angine de Poitrine Vol. II #vinyl #VinylCommunity #albums

Closeup of beige turntable playing a black album.
Cover for Angine de Poitrine Vol II in the background showing cartoon of band members dressed in their polka dot outfits.

070

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

#NowSpinning Saturday afternoon vibes. Lee Morgan The Sidewinder Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series 2020 #records #VinylCommunity #VinylSky

Album cover for The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan, featuring Joe Henderson, Barry Harris, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins.

Top 3rd of the cover shows Lee playing his horn.
Middle 3rd shows title in bold black, featured players, then Lee Morgan in orange.

Bottom 3rd is blank white.

1101

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

#NowSpinning The warm baritone sax tones of Serge Chaloff with Sonny Clark, Philly Joe Jones, and Leroy Vinnegar. Recorded in 1956, 2 weeks before Serge was diagnosed with spinal cancer that would take his life within the year. Blue Serge (Blue Note Tone Poet, 2025) #vinyl #VinylCommunity #MusicSky

Album cover for Blue Serge by Serge Chaloff depicting a woman in a white dress leaning on a dressmaker bust covered in a blue vest while a baritone sax rests on the ground, supported by her right hand.

040

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

It's going to be a long afternoon for the Red Sox bullpen.

000

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

#NowSpinning The great (and I mean, GREAT) LaPeste! So many sweat-filled nights at The Rat, Inn Square, Cantone's, and the Underground listening to this powerhouse trio. New unreleased studio and loft recordings plus other gems. #Boston #punk @lapeste76.bsky.social

Black album cover with red text reading La Peste I don't know right from wrong: lost La Peste 1976 - 1979 Vol 1

Three band members standing side by side with their arms crossed. All dress in white button down shirts, black pants, black skinny ties.

041

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

tRump will blame an unnamed aide that won't be fired. Johnson will claim he never saw it. Leavitt will berate a reporter for asking about it. Maga will continue to worship their false prophet. Fuck all of them.

010

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

#NowSpinning Such a tender, forlorn, melancholy album from Frank. This release is a beauty. Crystal clear ringing in his voice. Brilliant balance with the band. Lovely remaster from Kevin Gray. In the Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra. (2025, Blue Note, Tone Poet, 180g, mono)

Album cover showing Frank in a hat and suit, holding a cigarette, looking sad on a dark street with lighted street lamps in the background.

060

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

#NowSpinning A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd (2019 remaster, AAA, mono) #vinyl #VinylCommunity

Album cover showing a small inset of the band sitting on the ground with wild abstract black, green and gold imagery, a succession of planets, and a pastoral park image in the middle.

060

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Working on a nerikomi piece inspired by Sir Terry Frost. This semester I'm starting each block with the same 4 colors then adding additional color as needed. Good challenge doing circle, circle in a square. #ceramics #pottery

070

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

It's time that the media stop referring to trump's $1.5bn request as for "defense spending". He has a Dept of War so the request is explicitly for "war spending". Let that play out in all the headlines.

100

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Last night I stumbled onto the offering for Angine de Poitrine, Vol II (vinyl) and scooped it up. Who needs AI when you have Klek and Khn! #music youtu.be/t7OIc-DBRXM?...

youtu.be

Angine de Poitrine - Sarniezz (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

030

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

If you see this, post a concert photo that you took.

Getting stared down by Colin Hay, with Ringo to his right holding a mic, followed by Steve Lukather. Behind Hay is Hamish Stuart with his bass.

150

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Greetings from Lowell, MA. Solid turnout in 35degs. US Rep Lori Trahan, MA Sen Vanna Howard, LtCol Dan Ward (USAF ret), State Rep Tara Hong, MVP Exec Dir Julio Mejia, UMass Lowell Dems Deyah Gutierrez. Emcee'd by our son. #proudDad #NoKings #Kerouac

010

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Walked all 364.4 smoots +/- 1 ɛar today. #mit #Boston #OliverSmoot

Closeup of grey concrete bridge sections with the words 300 smoots painted in green, yellow, and purple.

Panoramic view of the Boston skyline from the Cambridge side of the Harvard Bridge, across the Charles River.

020

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

#SundaySupper slow-braised beef stew and homemade dinner rolls.

An oval Dutch oven filled with beef stew (beef, carrots, onion, parsnips, peas) with 15 slightly browned dinner rolls in a 9x13 inch pan

2811

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Dinner. Once & Future Zinfandel Bedrock Vineyard 2015. #Wine

000

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

My favorite piece so far, fresh out of the kiln (^6). 22.5cm H, 1310gms. Hand-built from leftover colored clay from '24 nerikomi classes. #pottery #ceramics

0101

BillB @azbitterslab.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

#NowSpinning Sunday vibes Bill Evans - Interplay w/ Freddie Hubbard, Percy Heath, Jim Hall, Philly Joe Jones (Craft/Riverside, OJC, 2025). Bill mixing it up in 1962 with a quintet instead of his usual trio. Lovely recording #jazz #vinyl #music

Album cover of Bill Evans Interplay showing 6 black, white, blue, and red designs.
Under the title and list of musicians it says: For the first time, the great jazz pianist is heard in a new context - as leader of a group larger than his customary trio. Evans' Interplay with his four colleagues here - each of them one of Bill's personal favorites on his instrument - creates a most unusual and remarkable album

060