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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thank you so much for the idea, the rub is delicious and I'm very pleased with the cook on the duck breast!

Photo of a cross section of nicely medium-rare-cooked duck breast

Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The final plate: grilled zaa'tar rubbed dick breast, garlic and sumac roasted carrots, Moroccan style lentils and tabbouli

Photo of a dinner plate with a duck breast, roasted carrots, and piles of lentils and tabouli salad

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm back on my bullshit again (copying @blacklikewho.bsky.social's grilled zaa'tar rubbed duck recipe edition)

Photo of two duck breasts, skin-side down on the grate of my weber kettle grill

Photo of the same two duck breasts, flipped so the rendered skin is facing up

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Chien-An Yuan took some amazing pictures of last Saturday's closing event at Cluster Museum

Moody photo of poet Adina Schoem reading poetry at Cluster Museum in Ann Arbor last Saturday; the room is almost entirely dark except for streaks of red and green light, Adina is lit by a stand light and my darkened silhouette is also visible; Sara Tea and Fred Thomas are not visible

Moody photo of poet Adina Schoem reading poetry at Cluster Museum in Ann Arbor last Saturday; the room is almost entirely dark except for fields of orange and purple light, Adina is lit by a stand light and my and Sara Tea's darkened silhouettes are also visible; Fred Thomas is not visible, the audience of around 30 people is also barely lit in dim purple

Moody and slightly blurry photo of writer Linnete Lao reading prose at Cluster Museum in Ann Arbor last Saturday; the room is almost entirely dark except for streaks yellow light and dots of blue and green light, Linette is lit by a stand light and Fred Thomas can be seen in the reflection of the yellow light on the wall; Sara and I are not very visible but my hear set up is dimly lit on the table in front of me

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I stopped by one of SE Michigan's crown jewels, the Main Branch of the Detroit Public Library today, and I was happy to experience MDOT's impressive strategy of making every highway in the region barely usable

Photo of the beautiful façade at the Detroit Public Library's main branch on Cass Avenue

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Clearly Regent Bernstein is aware that the university's Democracy Week has already come and gone

Screenshot from the University of Michigan Center for Democracy & Civic Empowerment website showing that the campus-wide "Democracy Week" took place in September

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Spinning this as I work on dinner (sage/butternut squash/pea/Parmesan risotto)

My hand holding the cover to the LP of defunct doom metal band Lycus's brilliant and beautiful 2016 album "Chasms"

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My next Resonant Soundscapes show on Sunday, 10/18 (2p, Detroit Public Library main branch)! Hear me, Marcus Elliot, Michael Malis, @saratea.bsky.social, Chien-An Yuan, and Julie Zhu improvise a thrilling score to the silent horror classic "Häxan" (1922) in the DPL's stunning Adam Strohm Hall!

Eery poster for this performance that shows a the partial torso vague figure lit in blue against a black background; the poster's text is in red with the film title "Häxan" largest and centered, the rest of the poster gives the event details (Sunday, 10/18; 2-4p; free; on the third floor of the Detroit Public Library main branch on Woodward Avenue) and the artist roster (included in the post's main text)

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's a school night but Shana and I still enjoyed the fire pit for a little bit after the kids went to bed

Photo of a beautiful fire pit burning in our outdoor fire pit at night

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Really pleased with how this turned out, the seasoning I threw together is very flavorful and the texture of the seitan is much less dense then the last batch I made I should get 12 patties from this log!

Photo of my last batch of homemade seitan breakfast sausage, it is a big log of seasoned seitan that I trimmed at each end

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Here's a picture from my sound station before Cluster Museum founder Chien-an Yuan hit the lights and we started the show!

In the foreground, there is a partial image of my Alesis MIDI controller, with my Landscape Stereofield behind it and my Behringer Neutron behind that; the Stereofield has a couple 1/8in patch cables stuck in it - blurrier in the background sit a couple dozen people in blue plastic chairs

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thanks to everyone who came to Cluster Museum to hear me, Fred Thomas, and @saratea.bsky.social improvise ambient electronic music as Ami Walsh, Adina Schoem, and Linette Lao read stunning writing! I'm so grateful to Cluster's founders, Thea Eck, Kim DeBord, and Chien-an Yuan for this opportunity!

From left to right: writers/poets Ami Walsh, Linette Lao, and Adina Schoem, and then musicians Sara Tea, Fred Thomas, and me standing in front of a painting at Cluster Museum in Ann Arbor

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This morning we celebrated Sukkot and hosted folks from a local, intergenerational, grassroots, and progressive (read: steadfastly anti-genocide) Jewish group Someone decorated the sukkah with paper cranes they acquired from Japanese protestors at a NYC nuclear disarmament rally in the 80s

Close up photo of a string of colorful paper cranes hanging from the sukkah we decorated for Sukkot this morning

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This morning I used these two bad boys together and they make for a pretty elegant pairing The HC-TT's CV out is subtle, and provides irregular articulation to the Lyra-8's drone And, I can also run the noisy, weird audio from the HC-TT through the Lyra-8's delay, which provides dimension

Photo of my Sonicake Levitate reverb pedal, Soma Lyra-8 drone synthesizer, and Landscape HC-TT tape device sitting on a glass table

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm working on my night soup (vegan corn chowder for tomorrow's dinner)

Photo of steaming, almost-simmering corn chowder in a pot

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Here's about half of the rig I plan to use at Saturday's special readings+ambient improvisation performance at Cluster Museum in downtown Ann Arbor I also plan to use my Soma Lyra-8 and both Landscape devices I have (Stereofield and HC-TT) Come see the show! clustermuseum.org/events/theri...

Somewhat blurry photo of my Behringer Neutron analog modular synthesizer, Arturia keystep MIDI controller, count-to-five sample/looper, Dreadbox Darkness reverb/effects pedal, and mixer on a glass table

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Oh, are you not watching Mississippi/LSU while enjoying excellent Stilton and port?

photo of my neighbor's living room coffee table with a bottle of Pocas 10-year aged tawny port wine and a wedge of excellent stilton cheese on a plate

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

For my birthday, my in-laws got me a vinyl copy of Lycus's "Chasms" (a personal fave) from Discogs and the seller included a random Death live album - what a treat! (We're celebrating my birthday late because we had to work around Rosh Hashanah)

Photo of an LP copy of a random Death live album

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We made it to Friday beers, everyone

Photo of my left hand holding a soon-to-be opened 16oz can of Fat Orange Cat brewery's Bavarian Kittens Fest Bier

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New PR* of 225! (*if you can set a PR by barely eeking out one rep)

Photo of a barbell on a floor rack loaded with 180lb of plates (making 225lb total)

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hey stinky SE Michigan people, I tried out this Michigan-made deodorant earlier this year and it's a new favorite I don't like scents and this feels good and does it's job, highly recommended!

Photo of my left hand holding a black pastic container of Detroitorant "Freshly Unscented", the label is light gray with white and black text as well as a black silhouette depiction of the Detroit skyline

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hey all, I have one more show in September! Please check out this exciting end reflective evening of soundscapes at Cluster Museum on September 26 that features live readings accompanied by ambient/electronic/noise improv; words and music by great local folks! (image by @saratea.bsky.social!)

Social media promo image for "The Ripples", an evening of music and words on September 26 at 7:30 PM; the performance honors the interdisciplinary legacy of CLUSTER Museum in Ann Arbor and is the venue's final event

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We picked a bunch of apples and plums this morning at our favorite local orchard (Wasem)

Photo of a bushel of McIntosh apples (bagged as two half bushels) and one peck of Stanley Plums sitting on the floor of our kitchen

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Today's show, my debut as the synth/sounds guy for Michael Turner & The Midnight Gospel was absolutely killer, I had so much fun and we delivered a great show to the folks at Arbor Brewing Company this afternoon! Here's a picture of the band and of my gig rig

Photo of Michael Turner and the Midnight Gospel playing this afternoon at Arbor Brewing Company in Ypsilanti; from left to right we have Sierra (backup vocals and spoken word poetry), Mike (bass), Michael Turner (guitar and lead vocals), Anthony (drums), me (synths and sounds)

A simple gig rig for today; we've got my Arturia midi controller, my Dreadbox Nymphes Polyphonic Synthesizer, my Soundcake Levitate reverb/delay pedal, NY Roland S-1, and my trusty mixer

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My first show with Michael Turner & The Midnight Gospel is this afternoon! Come see us as part of The Off Color Festival hosted by Arbor Brewing Company in Ypsilanti (720 Norris), our set should start around 2p and there is a $1 suggested donation!

Promotional social media image for the live music offerings as part of Off Color Festival in Ypsilanti, which shows line ups for today, Saturday 9/12, and tomorrow, Sunday 9/13; my band, Michael Turner & The Midnight Gospel, is listed second for today, 9/12

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hey SE Michigan folks! Tomorrow I'm making my debut playing synths and doing other electronic things with Michael Turner & The Midnight Gospel! Come see us at the Off Color Festival in the beer garden at Arbor Brewing Company in Ypsilanti (720 Norris), our set should start at 2 PM!

Digital flyer advertising the live music lineup at the Off Color Festival in Ypsilanti

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Playing this to begin the celebration of my 39th birthday because Purcell and I are birthday buddies, I'm also enjoying my traditional birthday apple fritter from Dom's in Ypsi, the best donut shop there is

Photo of the front cover of an LP recording of Henry Purcell's viol fantasias

Photo of a glorious apple fritter sitting on a white plate, I've already taken a bite out of it

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

GAHHHH there's a newly-announced Konvent album and the cover art is incredible

Image of the cover art for Danish doom metal band Konvent's newly-announced album "Firesky"; there are red clouds of smoke and in the middle of the image stands a disembodied arm, positioned upright as if an unseen person is reaching upwards, and the hand at the end of the arm is on fire

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Perhaps this doesn't count because it is an existing painting, but I've always loved the cover art for Candlemass's "Nightfall"

Image of the front cover to Swedish metal band Candlemass's Nightfall, which is a reproduction of a detail Thomas Cole's painting "Old Age" from the series 'The Voyage of Life'

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hey SE Michigan folks! I'm making my debut with Michael Turner & The Midnight Gospel THIS SATURDAY (9/12, 2pm-ish) as part of Off Color Fest hosted by the Arbor Brewing Company in Ypsilanti Come hear me use my synth powers for good!

Screenshot of the social media announcement of this year's Off Color Fest in Ypsilanti listing live music acts including Michael Turner & The Midnight Gospel on Saturday 9/12

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Started a new novel on the bus ride, my first Le Carré since 2024

Photo of my left hand holding a copy of John Le Carré's novel "A Perfect Spy"

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I'm working on a backyard project

The first stage of a backyard fire pit fire

A resplendent, vibrant backyard fire pit fire

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Hey SE Michigan people! I will appear with my friend Michael Turner and his band The Midnight Gospel at the Off Color Fest next Saturday (2p) in the beer garden at the Corner Brewery in Ypsilanti (Arbor Brewing Company) I'll be doing synths and other electronic sounds! Hope to see folks there!

Poster for the Off Color Fest's live music lineup on 9/12 and 9/13 at Arbor Brewing Company in Ypsilanti. Michael Turner & The Midnight Gospel are the second band listed on Saturday, 9/12

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Update: the fireworks are literally being discharged one hundred yards from my house We are unhappy, this was completely unannounced

A firework exploding very near by backyard

A firework exploding very near my backyard

A firework exploding very near our backyard

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Isaac is off school and the rain has dampened our morning plans so we made a rustic apple galette together

Photo of a large apple galette fresh from the oven, sitting on a parchment-lined baking sheet, the dough is nicely browned but a couple of the apples on top are slightly caught around the edges

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My MIL got me this hot sauce when she was on vacation earlier this summer and it is not nearly spicy enough to earn its name

Photo of my left hand holding a small bottle of dark brown hot sauce called "Help Me Jesus"

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The presence of California Coronas in the latest @ranchogordo.bsky.social bean club package demanded that we make one of our favorite bean dishes for dinner this week: we call it "burrata beans" and it is 8oz of beans, cooked normally, then stewed on the stovetop with marinara sauce!

Photo of my left hand holding a deep white bowl full of beans stewed in marinara as ra sauce topped with burrata, olive oil, and garden basil

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

They have the Hagoromo! I think I might just get a 72-piece box (under $30 on Amazon... I'll look for other suppliers too), it will last me two years probably

Photo of my left hand holding a partially used piece of beautiful Hagoromo chalk with the label facing up

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I cooked off the field pieces and finished them in the pan with sauteed bell pepper and onion, along with some spices

Photo of cooked zipper cream field peas in a sautee pan with onion and orange sweet pepper pieces

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

One of the highlights of our Colorado trip was the date night my parents gave me and Shana, which began with a stop at a wonderful little brewery in Estes Park called Avant Garde Aleworks before a fancy dinner overlooking Lake Estes We got a pint glass from the brewery to bring home!

Photo of the storefront of Estes Park, CO brewery Avant Garde Aleworks, lot by a bright early evening sun

Photo of my and Shana's orders at Avant Garde Aleworks, there is a pint glass filled with a hazy IPA and then a flight line up of four beers (front to back: strong ale with raisins, pale ale, brown ale, and I can't remember the lightest colored one)

Photo of my left hand holding an Avant Garde Aleworks pint glass in the front room of our home in Michigan

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This hot sauce I made with the Chinese Five Color peppers my son Isaac grew this summer is the most delicious hot sauce I've ever had I used the linked recipe, and the added aromatics work beautifully with this Pepper's flavor, the heat is a long, slow burn! knowthepepper.com/recipes/home...

Photo of my left hand holding a small glass jar filled with an opaque orange liquid

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We just got home from a family vacation to the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, CO; it's a place I first visited as a young kid, my dad (grew up in Aurora) first visited as a kid, and now my kids have been there (they rode horses! Well, one rode a horse and the other a pony)

Photo of the mountains of Rocky Mountain National Park taken from a boulder formation on Trail Ridge road my family calls "Toad Hall"

Photo of Bear Lake, a mountain lake in Rocky Mountain National Park

Photo of the sunrise against the mountains new the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, CO

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

You don't think this is the paragon of health? Look at the blotches

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

One I just made, my first ever homemade hot sauce with shallot, garlic, apple cider vinegar, a little honey, a little water, and a handful of Chinese Five Color peppers that my son Isaac grew

Photo looking down into the bottom of a 32oz mason jar at an orange-red liquid that is the blended hot sauce I made using my son's Chinese Five Color peppers

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