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George Middlebrooks

@gmiddleb.bsky.social
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Forever excited about art. Husband / dad / designer / photo taker / music maker / bicycle rider / baseball watcher. He/him

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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 4h
Getting excited to make my biennial appearance on a stage to make music soon. It has also been suggested I do a solo stream of the new album from home at some point. Is this a thing people would watch? I maintain a safe distance from “content creator” stuff and wouldn’t want it to be seen as such.
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zeldman @zeldman.bsky.social · 17h
It is a maddening time to be reasonable.
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Such a fun night at @thebeths.bsky.social’s all-request show. We love this band so much, especially if they’re in our town.
The band The Beths onstageSelfie of a smiling family of three in front of a lit stageA drum kit, with a chalk drawing of the Sunsphere on the kick drum headThe band The Beths onstage
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Let's see, we've got war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, artificial is super…"
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m excited to announce preorders for “Imperatives”—my first album under the Double Black Eye moniker. Imperatives was recorded with @beaunoise.bsky.social in July 2025 at Tiny Telephone Oakland, CA. It was one of the best musical experiences of my life, and I think it's my best work yet.
doubleblackeye.bandcamp.com
Imperatives, by Double Black Eye
7 track album
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Chris Bloom @flickris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Happy 9/28 ☺️
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28/09/2026
"You leave the carnival with your arm around your girl and climb behind the wheel of your car. It feels like nothing could go wrong." buff.ly/F7QhXVL
buff.ly
Bruce Springsteen or Stephen King?
1. You take Mary out for a nice drive. Disaster ensues. 2. Bit by bit, this town is killing you. 3. Two remorseless killers careen across a deser...
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is what I get for too many years spent as a smug, crabby rock kid: My daughter brings me Katseye covers to record. And it's… incredibly fun. Nice challenge to bust out of my normal production box to stack up synth leads, dance beats, and slick vocals.
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not trying to rise above my station or anything here, but after 18 years of being *a guitar player who owns drums*, I have added a second cymbal to the kit. Feels risky
A red Tama Rockstar drum kit in the corner of a room with a piano and vintage electric organ
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I am learning that people are using the prevailing AI thing as a basic search engine, as I’m seeing more and more shared urls that include a src parameter that tags the thing. I don’t know why this depresses me but it does
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is extraordinarily well written.
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Good morning, from Lucy. Today is Lucy’s “gotcha” day, so today she is the queen (she is always the queen)
Photo of a brown and white female boxer dog
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tomorrow in my city: UT vs University of Texas (AKA the *other* UT) football in the 100k-capacity Neyland Stadium. Just another fall Saturday. Also, ESPN Gameday is broadcasting from campus in the morning. Which always ensure extra crowd and extra crazy Also, the shitbag-in-chief is attending
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
a hill I would die on:
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Milton Glaser Appreciation Day
Screenshot of four Bluesky posts, three of which are related to the designer Milton Glaser
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Elio DeLuca @delucatone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Something no one has been able to say in over 25 years - new album on the way from the legendary Boston band Morphine. More to say about this later....
stereogum.com
Morphine Announce Posthumous Album 'Cocoon': Hear Title Track
As the years pass, it gets harder and harder to believe that Mark Sandman was a real guy — that he made the music that he did, that he looked like that, that he was actually named Mark Sandman, and th...
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"I've done dumber things" is my excuse for doing dumb things now. Just getting a feel for it
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
we have very quickly peaked on 'bands in masks playing out-there music' and I don't think we need any more but I think this one might be my favorite, actually www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoVQ...
youtube.com
Ak'chamel - Neon Jellyfish Inherits The Plastic Throne (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
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Lee Gardner @leegee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
John Coltrane was born 100 years ago today. We should all get off work and schools should close.
An image of a young John Coltrane in the studio with his tenor, later used on the cover of Blue Trane
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amoeba @amoebadesign.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Almost Every single password and banking hack for normal internet users comes through installing a “i built a chrome extension” same as crypto hacks for normies. Chrome extensions are the wild west. Trust none of them if u use chrome to log in /store passwords.
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Buy this man's books:
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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m about to see “Resident Evil.” I worked on the soundtrack. This will be my second #1 movie in a row, after “Weapons.” And I have scored a bunch of indie film and PBS stuff. I enjoy both worlds. I’m down to work with anyone who wants to do dope shit.
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One day I’ll get the timing of the handclaps on “the Underdog” right every time through, but not today
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Power still out; family has gone to bed because it’s too dark to do anything else. So I sit in the dark and read with music on the kitchen Bluetooth speaker, waiting for everything to come back on so I can turn everything back off.
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I am the .1%
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just got a box of 17 NOS UR90 cassettes for 20 bucks on the large auction site. I’ll take an XLII any day, sure—but for that kind of price, my tape bias snobbery hits the erase head
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This man is on fire today, bsky
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just found out a friend of mine finished 50k in the Barkley Marathons yesterday I just made pancakes
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Neighbors on the next street who had the Oasis tour flag in their yard last summer have been flying the Ed S “Loop” flag all year and just wow, it’s still up there
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
He is planning on killing so many Americans
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
little known fact, this picture was the inspiration for the famous short story "The Entirely Avoidable Death of Young Ralph Miller"
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Spending money on drum hardware is up there with spending money on tires or brakes. Ridiculously expensive, absolutely no fun whatsoever, yet pretty essential for the thing
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dogs wake me up at exactly 6:30 because they do not understand what Saturday is. So I’m on my second pot of coffee and revisiting Nick Cave’s Murder Ballads. Good morning
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Alright, it's Friday, what the heck, one more of these from and then I'll start talking about records. For anyone who blew up their life and lived to tell (or not) about it
doubleblackeye.bandcamp.com
Hardly Innocent, by Double Black Eye
1 track album
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chris walla, ,, @calculizer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
i love this album and i am so happy you all get to chew on it. it is chewy and springy and delightful and confounding and utterly heartbreaking. a dog band masquerading as a cat band. happy release day scarves, ily
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
How would you describe your social media reach? Mine:
static.klipy.com
Dog Rolling Up Window Dog Window
ALT: Dog Rolling Up Window Dog Window
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Had a semi-random FaceTime with a friend yesterday morning and it really made my day. Talking to people you don’t talk to often enough is good for you, highly recommend
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Bruce Levenstein @brucelevenstein.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every time you say they’re “breaking another norm” you make them sound like innovative badasses instead of the sociopathic criminals they actually are.
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Flock camera near my neighborhood is now just a headless post 👏
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Feeling super fortunate to get to see this in the Spring. Big Ears happening in my town still feels like such an incredible privilege.
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Delivery person across the street: “is that the Ten Commandents on the back of your shirt?” Me: “It’s Wu-Tang Clan 2023 tour dates. Close!” Her: “Oh, okay!”
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Desperately ready for pants and sleeves weather and it is nowhere in sight. This apocalypse blows
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Jason Narducy @jasonnarducy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
➡️ Solo tour starts in TWO WEEKS! ➡️ These are mostly living room shows which means early start times ⚡️, seating ⚡️, BYOB ⚡️, and lots of hang time with me afterwards ⚡️ unless you are with a collection agency ✨TIX IN BIO✨
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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yes. The BP show at Big Ears will be a surround show. Our version of “surround” involves the audience in the center of the room with the band arrayed around the room facing inward. So the audience is “enveloped” by the band. This involves a custom surround p.a. built by New Forms Multimedia.
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tonight’s rig
A microphone in front of a comically small Marshall amplifier
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Another killer Big Ears lineup for 2027. Who's gonna come to my town and hang out with me and @beautypill.bsky.social ?
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DJ BobbyCousy @bobbycousy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today is a good day to run Illmatic front to back to remind ourselves what peak hip hop was. Happy birthday to the GOAT*
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
On the anniversary of his passing, here's a photo of the CD Grant Hart signed for me when I saw him in 2001(?). Note the WSB inscription.
A signed CD of Grant Hart's "good news for modern man"
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George Middlebrooks @gmiddleb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yesterday's quite compact mess. A few new tape loops, 75% of a new song. Didn't record the dog treats.
A stack of recording gear and pedals on a bookcase
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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If you are a liker of Beauty Pill, I will have some good news for you very shortly.
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