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Drew Bissell / Floating Cave

@floatingcave.bsky.social
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flow.page/floatingcave Bands/sounds: floatingcave.bandcamp.com newstandardsmen.bandcamp.com aseethe.bandcamp.com venerealcrush.bandcamp.com Also FOH at the lovely Rozz-Tox in Rock Island, IL rozztox.com

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OldOhMan @oldohman.bsky.social · 2h
"My story is like most of yours. I was headed down a dark path: looking for trouble and getting in trouble. And then my dad showed me winning NFL coach Mike Tomlin's tour of the sports complex he built in a video game. Turned my life around."
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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 3h
this is great, mike tomlin owns, he cares so much about infrastructure
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8h
oh my god shut the fuck UP
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 13h
“Even my solo records in the past, where it’s layers of guitar stuff, a lot of it is literally just throwing everything up in the air and seeing how it lands. Or randomly turning on two different things, hearing what they sound like together and going, ‘oh, wow, that’s really bizarre.’”
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Oren Ambarchi
The Australian guitarist on the solo album as a construct, getting away from predictability, and his perverse Pat Metheny fandom.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In many ways, the only thing boys need to learn are the lessons we already teach girls. They need to learn to be part of a community. And if they understand that, then the lessons on consent and sexual violence come naturally.
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 29/09/2026
say what you will about tim walz, for the five minutes where he was allowed to be a football coach calling them weirdos they had absolutely no answer for that. it took the democrats nerfing him and the republicans finding something to be racist about before they could successfully recalibrate
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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
listen i'm not gonna link to it but "stay at home parents would simply have no use for universal daycare" is some of the most "oh you've never actually talked to anyone" shit i've ever heard
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Drew Bissell / Floating Cave @floatingcave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
youtu.be/2rE72_awiLA
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Nintendo Sixty-FOOOOOOOOOOUR [HQ]
YouTube video by N64kids
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feeb @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
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Need Thomas Windham @needwindham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“I am sitting on a Zoom”
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tangentially, this is another example of how misogyny (like all bigotry) makes people's brains smooth. Calling this a "false binary" gives it too much credence, there's no substance here beyond the misogyny. If you think the AI pessimists are right, there are many other paths available, such as:
Renown AI scholar Sarah Connor, seen here in T2 preparing to ensure AI alignment.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Everything is a crypto rug pull scam, from the meme coin bullshit to the AI bubble and fake apocalyptic panic and the entire stock market. One lie after another to grab as much money as possible before the bottom falls out.
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Minutemen Bot @minutemenbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The working masses Are manipulated
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The end times fascists may want us to believe that the end of the world is nigh and inevitable but this book shows, again and again, that there is a different way. It's up to us to follow it" - Thank you Ericka Taylor for this generous and thoughtful @npr.org review! www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n...
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'End Times Fascism' looks at supremacist groups uniting around end-of-the-world ideas
Authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor identify supremacists that have, despite ideological differences, converged around the conviction that they are part of an elite destined to survive an apocalypse.
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here it is, Jake Pinegar from a miss in the 2020 PSU/Indiana game. Upright mic’d for maximum bass boost, sounds like someone getting punched with a cartoon boxing glove
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Incredible tone, good resonance and finish, a soupçon of rattle at the end if you’re into that, 9/10
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Drew Bissell / Floating Cave @floatingcave.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Had the immense pleasure of running sound while Rozz-Tox hosted Drazek Fuscaldo and Yea Big, who did their own sets and a collaborative set. Have really wanted to catch DF ever since @derekmonypeny.bsky.social told me about them what 7 years ago? Truly great.
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Drew Bissell / Floating Cave @floatingcave.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
We may all be about to watch Elon Musk personally experience an episode of The Twilight Zone.
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QueenCityJamz @queencityjamz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just went to a 2-hr talk & tour of the Mayan by one of the ladies responsible for saving it back in the 80's. I got to personally thank her & chat with her afterwards. I'm beyond chuffed. It was fantastic. #marqueespotting
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jackie Jackson died two days ago. His death did not get the fanfare that the big celebrities get but I assure you he was no less than any of them: a titan astride the earth. In this thread, a few of the songs he played bass on. You know these songs. You know their bass parts. youtu.be/DKVB_CtU8XQ
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Pressure Drop
YouTube video by Toots & The Maytals - Topic
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Xopher Besinger @xopherbesinger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy 13 hours of Joy Division live recordings being released to all who celebrate
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Gregory Daurer aka Gregory Ego @gregoryego.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A death that hits me: Bruce Odland, sound designer and musician. Perhaps best known for introducing players to The Tank in Rangely, CO (see description of that space in obit below). But for me he'll always be the leader of the Bruce Odland Big Band (see reply)... coloradomusic.org/bruce-odland...
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Bruce Odland, Founder of the Tank in Rangely, CO, Dies at the Age of 74 //Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths - COMBO - The Colorado Music Business Organization
Photo: Bruce Odland | From The Tank Center for Sonic Arts: Bruce Odland, composer and sound artist of international standing and founder of the Tank Center for Sonic Arts in Rangely, Colorado, died at...
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
I read this story and can’t help think of the breathless coverage media has given these delusional fantasies about superintelligent AI killing humanity in ten years, when companies are releasing tools coaching mass shooters and helping people kill themselves. People need to wake the fuck up.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New — I had the opportunity to see NAZA, the documentary freaking out the Israeli government because of its horrifying firsthand descriptions of the way the IDF has used AI to target and massacre Palestinian civilians. My thoughts on the film’s damning revelations, and the banality of evil:
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I saw the documentary the Israeli government doesn’t want you to see
'NAZA' dispels once and for all the myth that the IDF didn't target civilians in Gaza.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say
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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fuck Kalsi Fuck Fanduel Fuck Polymarket And fuck everyone who doesn't see that sports betting is ruining literally everything www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/b...
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Young adults under 21 traded $5 billion on Kalshi this year, amid prediction market frenzy | CNN Business
Young adults between 18 and 21, who are legally barred from most gambling in the US, have traded an estimated $5.4 billion so far this year on the Kalshi prediction market, according to a new CNN anal...
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Ana @motherslug.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Dig. mali-obomsawin.bandcamp.com/album/automa...
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Automatic, by Mali Obomsawin
8 track album
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm under no illusions about how things are or what the trajectory is. But I'm also excited for the future because that is where I will hang out with the people I care about and do the things I like doing, or haven't done before. Weird but telling that this holds less appeal for much richer people.
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Jon Solomon @jon.wprb.com · 24/09/2026
The question asked most frequently of us, either via electronic mail or in person at the merch table during the miraculous run of Silkworm reunion shows is: “When will Comedy Minus One be reissuing Firewater?” The answer is December 4th, 2026. 2xLP + CD. www.comedyminusone.com/2026/09/24/e...
Silkworm "Firewater" 2xLP + CD reissue.
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Ana @motherslug.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The John Coltrane Centennial is here today. He only lived for 40 of those years. The world’s heaviest spirit, left behind a monumental legacy that we’re lucky to be able to continue sifting through, maybe even for eternity. God bless Trane. ❤️‍🔥 Dedication from LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka’s Black Music.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 23/09/2026
Coward shit Newsom vetoed “a bill that would have extended California’s abortion shield laws and expanded legal protections for gender-affirming care”
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A California bill sought to shore up Newsom’s abortion access plan. He vetoed it
One of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s most reliable allies, abortion rights advocacy groups, are issuing a rebuke after he vetoed a bill that would have extended California’s abortion shield laws.
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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Probably my favorite late Coltrane, a duo session w. Rashied Ali. It’s so stripped down & yet fierce. An album of extremes - beauty & intensity. One of his final studio sessions (February 22, 1967) before his death on July 17, 1967 Still patiently waiting for Verve to reissue this on LP
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Malt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"What music is to me - it's just another way of saying this is a big, beautiful universe we live in, that's been given to us, and here's an example of just how magnificent and encompassing it is." Happy Birthday John Coltrane born September 23, 1926
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane. To mark it we have selected a number of essays and reviews from back issues of The Wire going back over 40 years, all attempting to come to an understanding of the meaning and significance of Coltrane’s life and music.
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Mr. Jeremy…..if you are nasty @hauntedteeth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wowza! Probably get more numbers at a harsh noise weekender in Laramie, Wyoming.
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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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assbutt @nasboat.org · 22/09/2026
I don’t know the most popular song in the country, but that’s fine. what’s great is I can still listen to music that’s “new to me” even if it’s really old and it took me decades to discover it. last year it was The Replacements, Husker Du and 80s REM, all stuff I never knew and is amazing
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Stereogum @stereogum.com · 11/08/2026
M. Sage announces new EP 'Brush Flier'; hear two tremendous tracks
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M. Sage Announces New EP 'Brush Flier': Hear Two Tracks
The Colorado-based musician, composer, and found sound artist Matthew J. Sage is always getting up to something, and a Bandcamp notification from his account is always welcome. The latest arrived toda...
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
I really find it staggering that people don’t see what this administration that previously tried to undemocratically remain in power by killing congress members is betting their lives on here.
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KLOF Mag @klofmag.com · 21/09/2026
Taken from his forthcoming album ‘Cooked’, which brings together collaborators from Australia, Germany, Japan and Sweden, Oren Ambarchi shares the entire 22-minute song, Sleight of Hand, in the form of a short film created by Maximilien Luc Proctor. klofmag.com/2026/09/oren...
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Oren Ambarchi Shares “Sleight of Hand” Short Film, from his new album ‘Cooked’
Taken from his forthcoming album ‘Cooked’, Oren Ambarchi shares the entire 22-minute song, Sleight of Hand, in the form of a short film created by Maximilien Luc Proctor.
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morecords aka keywax @morecords.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
FAFO aside, his shock is a great distillation of how whiteness as a social construct is built around shattering communal understanding of our interconnected human ecosystem in favor of a mythical individualism How whiteness leaves its adherents defenseless against our shared oppressors: capitalists
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Autumnal Manoeuvres in the Borbs @borbs.northsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's the Jeb! full map 538 electoral votes meme except instead of Jeb it's the Wicker Man from the movie
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The Other Side of Life @theothersideoflife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Cool news from our pal Brett Ralph of #Louisville's Surface Noise: an unpublished interview Brett conducted with the late David Berman way back in 2003 will be published next month in the Fall music issue of The Southwest Review, along with a new essay by Brett about their friendship and writing.
Flier for Suffering Jukebox: The Music & Poetry of David Berman. Southwest Review at the Hay Festival, featuring Ryan Davis, Cassandra Jenkins, Brett Eugene Ralph, and Lee Ranaldo on Friday October 16th at The Wild Detectives in Dallas, Texas. 7 PM, FREE!
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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JPB @jpb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I read every Jim O'Rourke interview I see and it's always worth my time
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Happy National Hamburger Day @birdrespecter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This information coming from Polymarket is the cherry on top honestly. What a stupid goddamn country
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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Azeez Al-Shaair on NFL fine for tribute to slain Palestinian girl: ‘What’s a life worth?’ | Saad Yousuf www.nytimes.com/athletic/760... |
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Azeez Al-Shaair on NFL fine for tribute to slain Palestinian girl: ‘What’s a life worth?’ (Gift Article)
Al-Shaair was fined $11,941 after writing “Hind Rajab" on eye black he wore during Houston's Week 1 game vs. the Buffalo Bills.
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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
No one in national politics seems to even acknowledge that full system reformation is required, they can't see that the republic has already been lost, and as such they are the nails in its coffin. Ironically the only case for US restoration would be a sewer socialist campaign at fed level
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