I'm a musician who sometimes makes YouTube videos and art. JMU Class of '22. Buy my albums or else. (He/him, metalhead)
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On this July 20, the 55th anniversary of the #Apollo11 Moon landing, I'd like to share my dad's autographed photo of Neil Armstrong from when he was working for Neil in 1991 or so (before I was born).
May the intrepid journey of Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins continue to inspire us all!
The Falsies will be returning to The Southern Cafe and Music Hall this Saturday, July 20! I will once again be playing bass and keytar--I'm in the space suit, as usual, fitting for a show that, coincidentally, will be taking place on the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing!
Heemeyer and Four Thirty Four will be opening. Be there or be less rock 'n' roll than us!
Tickets available in the link above.
Why not?
Tagging @rinerikacallinen953, @deafhorsemoon, @the-uncanny-dag, @coolcat001100, and anyone else who wants to do this!
Challenging you all!
Put your music library on shuffle, then list the first five songs that come up in a poll to let people vote for which one they like the most!
Then tag Tumblr friends to keep the game going!
Attention all in the Northern Virginia area:
Tonight at 8 PM, I will be playing with The Falsies at Reclaim Arcade in Fredericksburg!
There's $15 cover admission, which also includes free play on 70+ arcade games. If you're in town and want to see us, make sure to be there!
This explains so much about the crappy comments I've received on some of my old oneshot AO3 fanfics.
Important: If any of y'all receive a crappy comment from a guest with the username TheHappySpaceman, I can assure you that wasn't me! I wouldn't leave such negativity on people's fics.
Yet another AO3 bot situation - please spread the word!
Hi, it's me again, the person who wrote that viral post about fanfiction plagiarism! Today I'm here to warn you about abuse perpetrated by bots who have stolen AO3 usernames.
There's currently an epidemic of bots going around leaving (apparently random) horrible, hateful comments on people's fics. This isn't the first time bots have invaded AO3, but the big problem with this wave is that they're using real AO3 usernames to do it.
I learned about this when another writer contacted me after receiving the following comment on their story:
Now, while that is my username, I DEFINITELY did not leave this comment (and anyone who would leave something like that on a fic should be slapped! What an awful thing to post). This fic is in a completely unrelated fandom that I have never participated in, nor has that author participated in any of my fandoms, so the probability of it being some intentional fandom drama thing to make me look bad is also low.
The writer whose fic the comment was left on enlisted the aid of some friends and tracked down other guest comments with unrelated usernames attached, which is pretty strong evidence that they are being left by bots at random.
The TL;DR: If you receive a cruel comment from a (Guest) with an actual AO3 username attached, it's most likely from a bot. Please do not lash out at or dogpile the AO3 user who owns that name, and who in all likelihood has no idea that their name has been hijacked for evil.
If finding this kind of comment on a fic, even left by a bot, is likely to upset you, I would recommend changing your comment settings so that only users who are logged in can leave comments. To do this, edit your story settings, and under "Privacy," select the radio button that says "Only registered users can comment," as shown below.
Please spread the word to other AO3 users! And if you see mean guest comments on other fics, maybe let the author know that it's probably from a bot and not a real person who thinks their writing is bad.
The Falsies' upcoming livestreamed performance on WTJU!
It's the one year anniversary of WTJU Rock’s Third Rail music series and The Falsies are thrilled to celebrate it with WTJU! In just two days, this free performance on June 15, 8-9pm EST, will open to an audience at the Belmont Arts Collaborative on 221 Carlton Rd, near Belmont Pizza. You can also listen live on 91.1 FM, stream via www.wtju.net, and video stream on WTJU’s Facebook and YouTube channels.
Video filmed at the Ting Pavilion, footage by Elizabeth Cassell!
TWO DAYS, Y'ALL! Be there if you can!
On June 15, in just six days, I will be playing with The Falsies as part of WTJU's Third Rail series!
The free concert will held at the Belmont Arts Collaborative in Charlottesville and will begin at 8 PM EDT. In addition, if you're not in the area, the entire performance will be broadcast on 91.1 FM WTJU, streamed at www.wtju.net, and livestreamed on YouTube.
I look forward to seeing you then!
I'm telling you. Even if you don't support Biden, y'all had better vote to stop this garbage from happening. Not voting isn't sending a message, it's just letting these assholes take power.
USAmericans
Read the Project 2025 manifesto RIGHT NOW
It’s MUCH worse than y'all have been hearing
There is so much here you’ll have to look at it for yourself, but the climate policy alone is nightmare fuel.
The republican coalition wants to essentially end funding for green energy, dramatically promote and expand fossil fuel industries, and eliminate funding and regulations in all sectors promoting climate change mitigation. Task forces and offices related to clean energy and lowering carbon emissions will be eliminated and replaced with offices for promoting fossil fuels.
They want to LOG NATIONAL FORESTS TO “THIN” THE TREES TO STOP WILDFIRES.
THEY WANT TO FORCE OREGON AND CALIFORNIA TO LOG THEIR NATIONAL FORESTS AND TREAT THEM AS FOR TIMBER PRODUCTION
There are specific provisions in Project 2025 to essentially destroy the Endangered Species Act, causing it to defer to the rights of “economic development” and “private property.” The plan includes delisting gray wolves, cutting the budget so that a “triage” system is used to determine which species will get protection, removing funding for research, removing experts and specialists from the decision-making process, and preventing “experimental” populations of animals from being established.
This is so much worse than I expected it to be and there’s much more past that: They want to deregulate pesticides and remove much of the EPA’s ability to regulate pollutants as well.
Also included in the manifesto is that we should
withdraw from nuclear weapons nonproliferation agreements, build more nuclear weapons, and resume nuclear weapons testing
The manifesto comprehensively outlines the scorched-earth elimination of abortion access, down to ensuring doctors aren’t even trained to perform abortions. There are plans in here to disrupt abortion access GLOBALLY, not just domestically.
Not only that,the Republicans plan on reframing family planning programs around “fertility awareness” and “holistic family planning.”
I can’t even describe it all. I’m trying to give screenshots of the most important things but there’s so much.
The foreign policy is a nightmare. They plan to push fossil fuels onto the Global South and promote the development of fossil fuel industry in the “developing world.”
It is aggressive and antagonistic towards other nations, strongly pro-military, proposing that we INCREASE (!!!!!) defense spending, improve public opinion of the military and military recruitment, and increase the power to fund new weapons technology.
Just read the Department of Defense section. It’s about greatly increasing and strengthening the military-industrial complex, collaborating more closely with weapons manufacturers, removing regulatory barriers to arming our allies and to inventing new military weapons, and recruiting more people into the military. They include provisions to develop AI technology for surveillance. And of course, continuing to support Israel is in there.
Elsewhere it proposes interfering in foreign countries with creepy pro-USA propaganda campaigns, even establishing international educational programs where faculty have to pledge to promote USA interests.
There’s a line in here about getting rid of PBS because SESAME STREET is LEFTIST for God’s sake.
HOW are people claiming democrats have the same policies. I feel like i’m losing my mind.
If I turned a famous space rocket into an anime girl, would that be weird or what?
Been a while since I drew anything. This is a little different from what I've usually drawn, but I'm just happy to get my creative gears turning again! I've always been fascinated by space and spaceflight, so I thought I'd take to drawing my own take on the Saturn V rocket. Hope you enjoy!
The background is based on this photo by NASA, taken during the actual Saturn V launch of Apollo 4 on November 9, 1967!
Picture by NASA Art and character © me
And feel free to support me on Patreon!
New drawing available for early access!
If you know what this burger is from, you may be old enough to qualify for Medicare.
How could you make a list of terrible Drake lyrics and not include this one?
Apparently Drake's love of making cringey wordplay about lesbians goes back for over a decade.
In honor of Drake getting absolutely slaughtered in this Kendrick beef, I present to you all a compilation of some of Drake's worst lyrics
I'll be playing with The Falsies today at Staunton Jams!
Our event will be held at Ciders from Mars in Staunton, VA. We'll be going on from 3 to 4 PM. Food will be provided by Paella Perfecta. Be there or else!
Interview: The Falsies at Fridays After Five (4/19/24)
Carter, Lance, and I were interviewed on our local station NBC29 in preparation for our show at Fridays After Five! You can watch the interview above.
Bonus pics:
The Falsies will be at Fridays After Five on April 19!
The Falsies are pleased to announce that we will be headlining Fridays After Five at the Ting Pavilion in Charlottesville this week! We'll be playing alongside Theocles and NO BS! Brass. Check out this clip from our upcoming music video, "The Future Isn't Now (Part 1)"!
Schedule: Theocles The Falsies NO BS! Brass
Don't forget he had a weird fixation on bragging about his wealth and love of sex by comparing himself to Civil Rights leaders:
Collecting Kanye lyrics that should have ended his career way before he started praising Hitler
I just dropped a new song with my band Dark Matter! A song about paranoia initially inspired by George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, this song will be included on my upcoming album, Living for the Darkness. You can purchase the song in the link above!
The album cover was illustrated by @the-uncanny-dag and @quilsniv!
Instagram: if you like anything other than my latest 3 posts I'm gonna assume you're a stalker or a spammer and block you >:(
Twitter: someone private quote retweeted my post, I guess I have a hater now
Tumblr: I have 24 hours to mass spam the notifications of anyone who crosses my sight, and with god as my witness, I will do just that and they will like it
reblog only if you’ve received less than 1000 boops! we can all get each other to “max”
