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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 1m

Here's another live video from the archive, The Silent Workers at Club Stodola, Chicago. May 21, 1993. This was just a few weeks before our first recording sessions at Soundworks. youtu.be/DVaD_bnxzFU

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The Silent Workers at Club Stodola, Chicago - May 21, 1993

YouTube video by Theodore Kloba

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How about a free #bandcamp download of my 2013 project? You can spend the money you save on another artist's release for #bandcampfriday! Go to: oakbloodthree.bandcamp.com/yum And enter one of the codes from the next post. (If already used, try the next one...)

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Oak Blood Three

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Unlike the crossword puzzle, Bird of the Day does not get more difficult later in the week...

Screenshot from the Merlin bird identification application, with a photo of a house sparrow and the caption "Your Bird of the Day House Sparrow".

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 01/10/2026

This is what every media outlet should do - publish Trump rants verbatim, word-for-word. Not sanewash, like a certain newspaper of record.

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Diane Marie Kloba @dianemariekloba.com · 30/09/2026

It has become a strange country

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

34 years ago, I was too busy playing my bass to notice this fan reaction. Who cares that we were stuck in a McD's parking lot. That was a good festival to play: youtu.be/SUoH4V3_HT4?...

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The Silent Workers at Houby Fest 1992 Berwyn

YouTube video by Theodore Kloba

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Tess Snider @malkyne.com · 29/09/2026

I have held and continue to hold the belief that there are more great artists alive today than at any time in human history. We are surrounded by riches. We should be celebrating this, instead of making their lives harder again and again.

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I just rediscovered this video from 1997 of the band @dianemariekloba.com and I played in, The Silent Workers: youtube.com/watch?v=LZ5A...

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The Silent Workers at Houby Fest 1997 Berwyn

YouTube video by Theodore Kloba

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We made the decision to leave ours on spotify for discovery, but never direct people there in conversations, posts, or website links. Only bandcamp, Tidal, or if someone won't go there, youtube.

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Transmission 13 @transmission13.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I've deleted my Transmission 13 Twitter account. Updates on music, releases etc will be on here, Facebook and Bandcamp.

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Meet the Tilcayo, the first new felid species identified in more than a century. (This time by genomic analysis.) #cat en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilcayo

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Tilcayo - Wikipedia

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I had a pleasant surprise buying gasoline today (!) Since I telework or take public transportation to my office, I don't drive much. I don't usually bother shopping around for the best price but just go to one of the nearby stations that's along my route for another trip…

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Quisling [KWIZ-ling] (n.) - A traitor who collaborates with an enemy or occupying foreign power. Used in a sentence: “The malcoiffed quisling draped himself in divisive slogans and patriotic flags while selling out his country and its secrets for the approving nod of hostile foreign powers.”

A "Grandiloquent Word of the Day" meme for “Quisling” [KWIZ-ling], defined as “A traitor who collaborates with an enemy or occupying foreign power.” Beside the definition is a black-and-white illustration of a stern, elaborately bewigged 18th-century man holding a long firearm over his shoulder. The example sentence reads: “The malcoiffed quisling draped himself in divisive slogans and patriotic flags while selling out his country and its secrets for the approving nod of hostile foreign powers.”

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Reading "My Effin' Life" by Geddy Lee, and when he gets to discussing bad acoustics in arena venues, both examples are in Chicago!

They say what makes baseball hard to play is that it's a game of
constant adjustments; the same can be said for live rock and roll On
ofrasecnan stabhlsthed and wil
adifrent set ofacowstepnob
lems to overcome every single night, as it strives for a clear and inti-
mate performance in arenas that have been acoustically designed to
create a cacophony for the home team. Some cities are renowned for
their terrible-sounding buildings. For example, there used to be a place
in Chicago called the International Amphitheatre,the most cavernous
venue ever, in which every strum seemed to morph into an endlessly
rolling, thunderous cloud of sound. The crew's joke about places like
that onewowuld be- hen another band loads in omorrow, hey'lsl
be hcaring the end of our show." Then there was the Rosemont Horizon,
1the suburbs of Chicago, with a very squared-off ceiling that slapped
back so much noise it was a nightmare for both the mixer and the
performer-but not necessarily in the same way or at the same time.
Places like that might sound decent out front, but onstage you'd be
getting a reflection from somewhere that would drive you batty. At

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm really looking forward to next month's partial lunar eclipse! 🌚

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thinking about all the streaming royalties from the millions of plays of Dolly Parton songs over the past two days... I hope that buys a lot of books.

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Future of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Maybe one way we can honor Dolly Parton's memory is by following her advice: "Find out who you are and do it on purpose."

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Teamsters strike or dance party? Both! Queens of House Picnic at Daley Plaza.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/08/2026

Sometimes society at large rejects certain ideas because they’ve been thoroughly shown to be wrong and also because they suck and the people who espouse them suck and when someone comes around arguing those ideas should be part of some edgy modern debate we can and should shun them and move on.

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Tracking piano for a @dianemariekloba.com song that will be on a new acoustic session for @markw01.bsky.social and @dandelionradio.bsky.social. It's a reinvention of an old song that never got a proper release before!

View of the back of an upright piano on a wooden floor. Two microphones on short strands are aimed at the soundboard.

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I guess I should clarify: Santa Elena Canyon, Rio Grande Big Bend National Park, Texas

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Santa Elena Canyon, April 1981. Taken with my Instamatic. I was almost 12.

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Back in the analog age, when most folks didn’t carry cameras, a photographer told me you can either record an event or experience it, but you can’t really do both.

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I haven't seen 'The Brave Little Toaster' in decades (when my little brother had it on VHS, but this song always stuck with me. Turns out it was written by Van Dyke Parks. youtube.com/watch?v=ZcWe...

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The Brave Little Toaster - Worthless (lyrics)

YouTube video by CurlySVT

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Since the #SmashingPumpkins are in the news, maybe now is a good time to ask: Is there any streaming service that has the 8- minute version of "Drown" that was on the 'Singles' soundtrack CD?

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I swore off superhero movies some time ago, but maybe this will have to be an exception. "I think of Supergirl as part of a trilogy with last year’s Sorry, Baby and this year’s Is God Is."

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I didn't think I needed another cover of Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song," but ZU managed to make it their own here. The rest of the album is song their best, too.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Impeach this corrupt villain

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Can we get an upgraded version of Google Magic Eraser called "Damnatio memoriae"? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damnati...

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Damnatio memoriae - Wikipedia

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Jennifer Mach (she/they) @jennifermach.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Chicago peeps, since AQI is top of mind––if you are interested in respiratory health, you can follow my friend here (as seen on TV!) from the Respiratory Health Organization. Extra points if you want to support him on Cowalunga!

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I know it's much worse as near as Wisconsin, but I can't remember air that smells and tastes so bad. (…except maybe when I've visited wastewater treatment plants or used to work in a refinery.) #Chicago #chiwx #airquality

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"If you think about it, is this not what life is basically about? Human beings are projects of mutual creation. Most of the work we do is on each other. The working classes just do a dis- proportionate share."

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Q: What do you call the eye condition caused by sun exposure while sailing in a multi-hulled craft? A: Catamaracts.

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Poocharé @poochare.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The next administration is going to have create an entire Department of Restoring Deleted Information

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

And this one that mentions Cape Girardeau and (parts of) Arkansas, where we spent some of our vacation this year: youtu.be/T_Cqy3uxRXc?...

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Hang Me, Oh Hang Me

YouTube video by Dave Van Ronk - Topic

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

So Wikipedia tells me today would have been (NY folkie) Dave Van Ronk's 90th birthday. Here's his rendition of "Duncan and Brady", which features an electric car and a big fat man who's been on the job too long: youtu.be/sSHvXOHGC7o?...

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Dave Van Ronk - "Duncan and Brady" [Official Audio]

YouTube video by Smithsonian Folkways

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Today's Dick Tracy features a mash-up of two Chicago institutions. I wonder how many from outside the area get it...

Dick Tracy 6/27/2026.

Tracy: "SO WHAT'S OUR CITY'S ANGLE?"

Agent Dietrich: "ONE GUY ONLINE HAS BEEN BRAGGING ABOUT THE HACK…"

"…AND THIS BRAGGART HAS A THING FOR PETRILLO'S"

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Some Democrats think the party has gone too far left and needs to readjust towards the “center.” Rubbish. Where’s the center between democracy and oligarchy, and why would Democrats want to be there?

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

A day late for the solstice, I know... My playlist of sun songs: tidal.com/playlist/911...

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Sun Songs

Playlist - Sun Songs - 7 items

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Q: How do presbyopic German birders manage to make distant observations while also seeing their notebooks? A: They wear bi-vogels.

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Theodore Kloba @oakblood3.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Further reflections on the day:

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Diane Marie Kloba @dianemariekloba.com · 17/06/2026

So, I noticed Jupiter and Venus were getting closer, but I think something happened between those two because they are drifting apart again. And we were all so hopeful

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Scoper and Hink @scoperandhink.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

www.mixcloud.com/DandelionRad... Very cool anniversary show from @dandelionradio.bsky.social @MarkW

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Mark Whitby - 2026/06

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