Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is why Why we fight Why we lie awake... When we die We will die With our arms unbound... Come hell #NoKingsOctober17 youtu.be/oLSOzcEQjiE?... youtu.be/66f4lIXTnNk?... 1021521
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind." Virginia Woolf 372465593
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"I like to play all the time. I guess, maybe I'm funny." Elvin Jones youtu.be/DSskn81FAj8?... 1127727
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Claudette Colvin was arrested at 15 for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. This occurred nine months before the similar incident involving Rosa Parks. Her efforts weren't publicized because she was too young to be taken seriously... apparently. 1542553
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Among his best... which is saying something. The galaxy is his ride cymbal. 2637
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I'm fairly open to new sounds... especially if the concept justifies it. In general, the concept for these type of sounds is the most important part, not the sounds themselves (think John Cage). But, Metal Machine Music? Well, it's been a while... I should probably explore the context. 😬 2436
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Ohhhhh... yes! Totally forgot about the album covers until I looked it up (after seeing your post... TY). Of course, many people hold two of Warhol's other covers as among the best album covers ever. Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers and The Velvet Underground and Nico 0507
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Since I didn't come across this elsewhere... Here's the Andy Warhol polaroid photos of Dolly Parton and the resulting silkscreened portrait (1985). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_P... 428132
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Awesome... To me, we each selected a tune from what are probably the two best debut albums in rock history. I'm there for it! 1514
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Oh... almost forgot to mention. Robby Krieger is specticularly underrated. 1464
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I have no doubt from everything I've ever heard. She was an authentic and decent person. Stories like yours need to be told, especially since some, even after her death, insist on insulting her, and her memory, because of that very decency. Thank you, Jim. It means a lot. ❤️ 1638
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly Parton Hello I'm Dolly 1967 The first track on her first album was called "Dumb Blonde." It was a warning about underestimating her. Some tried anyway. Bless their hearts. youtu.be/lN_VQ8GWEos?... 🎈 1855461
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Very generous as always. I'm profoundly grateful. ❤️ I posted examples of her work before (Twitter). One of them was a piece called "Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say." From that work: 2375
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Cornelius is on the jukebox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh hell YES! 1363
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I've been slow-motion doing the same. And honestly, I didn't know that was a thing... cool to hear that it is. Anyway, I imagine you've seen some of the series episodes upon original release. So, I'm wondering if your original opinions on the shows and characters has changed? Mine have. 🖖 2260
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Indeed! And no other human is more human... more authentic. Here's an example: youtu.be/lVQ4UUWgs2Y?... youtu.be/941PHEJHCwU?... (Patti talking about forgetting the lyrics to A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall during her performance for Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize... and that performance.) 🖤 2506
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Whoa! I LOVE that color... I've never seen that blue on a Ric. Anyway, here's my Ric 12 (will trade for that blue one though. In fact, I traded for this one. 😉): 3373
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026"All I've ever wanted to do was create freedom." Patti Smith youtu.be/pPR-HyGj2d0?... 1148164
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Thank you so much. Monk is one of the handful of artists that when I first heard him I thought he was from outer space. When I listened again, I knew he actually created outer space. 3492
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Today, instead of making art I ________________________. Frederick Barthelme 1970 I hear you, I didn't even fill out this form. ❤️✨ 1230
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026"Everything in life is a test of empathy" Phillip K. Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1746974
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I thought you might like this. Yosano Akiko must have known the proverb you posted. A post from a while back: "The day the mountains move has come..." Yosano Akiko 1878-1942 Author Poet Feminist Pacifist Social Reformer (The anime/manga character from Bungo Stray Dogs is named for her.) 1252
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"You’re very poetic." "No, just sad.” José Saramago Blindness 1138936
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I think it's a very spiritual place in many ways. Natural. Unnatural. Supernatural. (If one cares to think of it that way.) 📷 The Grateful Dead Red Rocks September 5, 1985 1240
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Indeed. Maybe there are too many to mention, but James Brown and The Beatles are certainly among those who have had undeniable influence. At times I get a carried away with those who influence me personally... but, some artists are historical influences. Add Louis Armstrong and Chuck Berry etc... 1171
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 27/07/2026When Pat Martino suffered a near-fatal seizure, he was left with severe memory loss. He had no memory of guitar... he even forgot the identity of his parents. He relearned guitar, note by note, from his own recordings. His teacher was a stranger... himself. youtu.be/QGti6Fox6WE?... 2897298
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026N. K. Jemisin The Fifth Season "You are she. She is you. You are Essun. Remember! The woman whose son is dead. You're an orogene... Only three people here know what you are, and two of them you gave birth to. Well. One left who knows, now." #HowBooksBegin 1030928
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Good work... good trouble. Here's some shots from Arvada: (Take care neighbor ✊) 0293
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Oh yes, I remember that pic. I reposted it on Twitter, I believe. Anyway, I was a bit older than you, it was a $125 archtop style from a pawn shop... they threw in a tiny amp. (Sorry, I don't have a picture.) I looked online to find one like it... it was something like this, but WAY crappier: 1373
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Totally! I was just listening to Cecil Taylor "Jumpin' Punkins" which is also pretty entangled... especially for Taylor. (Steve Lacy, Clark Terry, Archie Shepp, Charles Davis, Buell Neidlinger, Dennis Charles, Roswell Rudd, and Billy Higgins) Photo: Cecil Taylor, Buell Neidlinger, Steve Lacy 0323
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Indeed! Thank you, loveaspurpose. 🧡 I saw that quote attributed to Kirby and I thought about the transformations of certain - large - characters he co-created (with Stan Lee), characters like Thing and Hulk... there seemed to be a fair degree of symbolism. The dream lives... or is it a monster. 1302
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Thank you, Wolfgang. Your comment is quite astute... there was an anti-art-establishment element to some of his work. 'Fountain' is the best example... but, I'm sure you'd agree, the implications are far greater than just the art world. 3321
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Let's decide that posting here is not art. Then let's talk together about art. L.H.O.O.Q., 1919 L.H.O.O.Q. Shaved, 1965 Marcel Duchamp 1534333
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Kurt Vonnegut's advice to high schoolers: “Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction... no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience BECOMING, to find out what’s inside you, to MAKE YOUR SOUL GROW.” 36727155
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Worked all day... so it's been really good and productive. Maybe I'll have a cremesicle now. Hope yours is starting out as good or better. 😊 2310
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026National SO-111N Portable Phonograph & Keyboard (1960s) "Sometimes I think all I'm ever doing is trying to convince myself I'm alive" insheepsclothinghifi.com/japanese-por... youtu.be/ecIPJaxkZ7w?... 1640446
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 21/06/2026It’s Juneteenth. Post your favorite Black fictional character. 1454
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 20/06/2026The Modern Lovers are the best part of my heart... the part I try to cultivate... usually unsuccessfully. I've mentioned my stories about my interactions with Jonathan Richman in the past. He's very important to me. 2443
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Thanks so much, Robin. That whole "tan suit controversy" was incoherent and silly... or was it? 2442
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026This tan suit kills fascists. #ObamaAppreciation 2143850
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Thank you, as always, Laura. I have more pictures, but the one of the mother carrying her daughter stayed with me the most. She was there when I got there, child on her back. When I had to leave, she was still there, child on her back. So did she carry that weight. I am utterly humbled. 😔 1454
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 14/06/2026No Kings Protest Arvada, Colorado 6/14/26 For Democracy. For the future. For our children. For Good. 955167
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Drop something from the 1970s 🗓️🖤⏰ The Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Bigfoot action figures. 1975 0365
Rob Klippel @robklippel.bsky.social · 01/06/2026There will always be challenges and oppression. And there will always be those who keep the light. But, I hear your concerns... I guess, we each do what we can. ❤️ “Everything will be all right. And, even if it won't be, we’ll have the consolation of having lived honest lives.” ― Alexei Navalny 0293
