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Tiny Acts of Creation: In Defense of Making Stuff with Jeff Tweedy

Thankfully, at some point I stopped giving a shit. In a good way. I don’t mean I stopped caring about music. I stopped caring about things that don’t matter. Or at least things I can’t control. For instance, I don’t have control over how someone judges a song I write. If I can entertain myself…

October 29, 2025 in 4) Music, Book Review, Reblogged.

Odds Are Against Me: Dementia, Sobriety, and the Excuses I Made to Avoid a Friend

Just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, I heard that Gary had died from complications of early-onset dementia. Fireworks cracked through the night as the world welcomed 2025, but suddenly it all felt hollow. Gary Tyer was my friend. An artist and rock and roller through and through. He had a voice that could pull…

April 2, 2025 in 4) Music, by Nick Allison.

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“Chaos is what we've lost touch with. This is why it is given a bad name. It is feared by the dominant archetype of our world, which is Ego, which clenches because its existence is defined in terms of control.”
- Terence McKenna, attributed

"In the end, McKenna, the Stoics, Buddhists, Taoists, and Heraclitus are all pointing us toward the same truth: to live fully, we must learn to dance with chaos, not run from it. We must let go of our rigid need for control and open ourselves to the wild, untamed, and unpredictable flow of life. Only then can we truly understand the deeper currents that shape our existence, the very sections of life where chaos and order intertwine."
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