crosspost, eh, fine #

I made a poopie on my other site. check it out.

we’re almost there, but nowhere near it.

love you.

we don’t spring clean #

So here’s the deal, we don’t spring clean. We set out to do it, maybe do a little bit, then just go back to normal life.

And I’m okay with that. Why? Because who decided you have to clean in the spring? Is this a ritual born out of the ritual of winter hibernation?

we end up with good intentions but lots of shame #

My ADHD means I make awesome and detailed plans, but when I get neck deep into something shitty like cleaning out the shed, I end up with a giant pile in the yard and back on my computer writing a blog post about cleaning.

a little bit of pedals on the site #

It’s starting to take shape! I’ve released my ducklings into the water; well kind of, not yet. But it’s getting there.

a little bit of angela on the thing #

A little bit of Jim with some ribs.

who the f is lou bega #

and where did he go?

okay, enough with the subheadings and just give me the site already! #

chaon.io

lovely shit going on right now #

and out of that here’s some music.

the birth of chaon

enjoy.

maxed out again #

I guess this is becoming a trend I should look into. Maxed out again over lunch, logged out, messed with some music.

found this gem #

I accidentally ran into this while slicing out clips from a different tape to run through the processing chain.

Not sure who it’s by; it’s an unlabeled tape I’ve been randomly recording over. This happened to be after the section I recorded, but kept extracting from the tape onto my laptop. Normally I just delete this kind of thing but it grabbed me something specific today.

just needed a few minutes to coast #

Last week I was feeling super fucking maxed out. Work has been tiring on a number of fronts. Then working on the house in the evenings compounded it.

So I logged out for lunch, put my phone on silent, and made some music.

This was recorded over a single take in 30ish minutes. I recorded some mini synth sounds onto a tape loop, then my guitar onto another tape loop, then fed those each into a channel on my mixer. Then guitar through some pedals and into another channel. Then some random creek sounds from the BBC sound archive.

everything ends #

coming to the end.
it ended well.
though it's not what I wanted.

though | dark ambient drone | tapeloop

We’re all much better now that it’s over.

Enjoy.

now with more bandcamp

compelled to continue #

After the 2025 in review post, I kept thinking about all of the great media and books I consumed in 2025 and wanted to post some of my favorites.

Without much introduction…

favorite books (in no particular order) #

Everything is Tuberculosis, by John Green

Touching, informative, educational. Sad that something so easily solvable, which doesn’t exist in wealthy countries, can be such a dramatic, unrepentant asshole in others.

first post of 2026, weeeeeeee #

After reading my view of the worst Star War, Mark had some follow up that I thought was worth its own post.

Enjoy.

Mark

You only had about fifteen minutes to the end of the movie

Blaine

I couldn’t do it

Mark

You would’ve popped a vessel in your eye

Blaine

hahahaha

Mark

It’s just so bad

Blaine

seriously, that film is worse than anything Lucas ever did

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2025, a year in review #

It’s the last day of 2025 so I thought it important to think about and share some of the highlights this year. It’s been a great year despite all of the bullshit happening with the current administration.

Let’s get started. Rewind back to the start of the year. I promise to be gentle.