Tribute to David Reilly of Gods Lives Underwater, another 90’s artist who had some success, but died broke, and from a tooth infection, because his label went under. His final, unreleased, unfinished album, How Humans Rx, is really good. Despite
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Month: July 2026
Dreilide the Electric Elf
A short interstitial piece with a cheesy name to introduce the pop section of the album.
Tourettsy
Well, I don’t know what this is about, but I know a guy who’s sure Dave Grohl did it 😉 edit – It’s been a while since I’ve thought about the Cobain suicide. I decided to “check my work,” and
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Fixing a light switch
I promise to post something more entertaining later, but, here’s how I spent some good drawing time – I’ve been able to address this part of the house, so this much of it looks o.k. – but if I pulled
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Site magically showing as “non-secure” again
I’ve got a ticket filed with the web host. Couldn’t figure it out myself, the first layer tech support people couldn’t figure it out either. It should be working.
Machined Ghost 2
Last of the metal tracks. This is the second try at Progressive Metal. The intro has sort of a 70’s guitar, maybe Yacht Rock feel, which I dig. I could see expanding on that vibe in the future.
Fixing this old car.
In the spirit of that video, here I am trying to fix this old car (again) – I can’t believe we’re going back to the cars from my youth, but now normal vehicles cost 50-100k and last about as long
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Half of Gen Z Has Never Had Sex. Here’s Why
A fifth of Gen Z is still underage, but, in previous generations, few would wait until they were 18 if they had the opportunity to get it on. So the point still stands.
Fixing brake squeal
If you ever wondered why brakes squeal, this is why. It’s actually caused by lack of lubrication on the back of the brake pad. You can see here the areas where the two pistons contact the pad are still lubricated,
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Machined Ghost 1
Trying Progressive Metal on for size. It was interesting. The guitars do get good and chunky, but this is not a main sound for sure.