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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

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

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

No one asked me, and few people will see this, but I’ve always preferred the word “queer” to “gay”. I’ve never fit into anyone’s norms, so a label that’s a synonym for odd feels the most appropriate. It can also replace all the letters in the ever-growing initialism that has never worked for me.

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

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I’m so furious about how stupid everything is

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

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…

Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

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.

David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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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.

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

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

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

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

Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Cybertruck: The only car that looks better when dirty.

Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

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

Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

OMG. Can we please stop posting that damn Norman Rockwell painting??

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

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

Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

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”

Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 23/12/2025

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

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

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.

Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

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

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

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!

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

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.

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

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.

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

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.

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Natural Disaster

Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

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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.

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

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.

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The Lost Art of Public Works in America

Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

It’s been well over a year in the making, and the first single came out nearly 12 months ago, but my new album is done and ready to share with the world! The album is a journey from discord to peace and presence, and I’m extremely proud of what it represents in terms of my growth as a musician.

Album cover for “American Idylls” by Dwayne Jarrell and the Truer Sound, featuring a large brindle dog in the deep woods looking off to the viewer’s right, with a pensive stare

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

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."

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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

Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

The whitest moment of my life, from high school: “Man, pepperoni would be so delicious if it weren’t so spicy.”

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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.

Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

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

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

We’ve got merch!! Featuring the pitch perfect band logo designed by @itscatherinec.bsky.social and in the softest, most perfectly weathered cotton from Lift Down hats. Get yours today! dwaynejarrellandthetruersound.bandcamp.com/merch/dwayne...

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Dwayne Jarrell logo hats! from Dwayne Jarrell and the Truer Sound

Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

You know you’re a hopeless songwriter when: 1. You spent the week reviewing (and approving!) final masters for the new album 2. You spent the morning promoting the latest single from that album And yet… 3. You spend the afternoon working on writing a new song May the muse never give up on me!

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

New song out today! This one started as a conversation with my dog, who was waiting for me to get ready for our daily hike and being "quietly insistent with patient persistence". That initial rhyme led me to a song about difficulties in communication, which somehow got me to the Tower of Babel. 😄

Single cover for the song “Lost in Translation” by Dwayne Jarrell and the Truer Sound, featuring a painting of the Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I woke up this morning having never heard of by-the-wind sailors. I saw the 1-down clue in the NY Times crossword and wondered what the hell they were. Then I took my dog on a hike to Muir Beach and saw some bizarre organic detritus on the beach. What is the universe trying to tell me??

By-the-wind sailor remains on a pile of seaweed on the beach (view 1)

By-the-wind sailor remains on a pile of seaweed on the beach (view 2)

Close-up of by-the-wind sailor remains on a pile of seaweed on the beach

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

New cover out today! This one is extra special because it’s a taste of what the Truer Sound band sounds like with @johncalvinabney.bsky.social in the studio playing keys with us. You’ll have to wait for the album to hear how they took my new songs to the next level.

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Dwayne Jarrell and the Truer Sound - Danko / Manuel

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

This is why all the talk about the next election pisses me off. They have way too much time to do irreparable damage before then. We need solutions TODAY, not next November. But all Democrats know how to do is fundraise for elections, so we’re screwed.

Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I can say this here because no one ever sees my posts anyway… It absolutely destroys me that my friends and family don’t support and promote my music. I quit my job to try to prove to the world that I take my music seriously, and they just call me “retired”. Maybe my music really is that bad. IDK

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

“Streets of Philadelphia” just came on in my Tidal mix, and it makes me wonder why Brandi didn’t choose this song to cover from that movie.

Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Here’s how we should handle the Epstein BS: If you were ever associated with him in any way (attended a party, flew on a plane, wrote birthday wishes), you should be removed immediately from all positions of power until you can prove you didn’t break the law. But that’s how we treat his victims.

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Dwayne Jarrell @dwaynejarrell.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

It’s quite possible that this album is the one that made me realize how critical the rhythm section is for rock and roll. Chad and Patrick made this band great, even if Ed got all the attention. Also, I haven’t rocked this damn hard in a long time, and it feels good. tidal.com/browse/album...

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Live - Throwing Copper

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