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John M Davis
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Musician, composer, garlic grower, and occasional swordsman.
He/him, happily monogamous. Co-host at Time is Right podcast.
Music is the poetry of the air - Richter

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https://johnmdavis.bandcamp.com/
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John M Davis @jdsampo.bsky.social · Oct 6
When I record an album I build up a virtual "band" and use it for the whole thing. My next album 'Fisher King' is no exception.
Some of the material for 'Fisher King' hasn't made the cut but I love this little guy. Here's the "band" having a laugh between more serious work ☺️

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A Fool's Errand
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csignymaraine.bsky.social
old ghost: The rings of the tree chronicle its years, much like the bones give testimony to the history of one's health. The bones remember the hard times

moss witch: Maybe that's why my bones ache

old ghost: And why I no longer have a story to tell

#vss365 #health #vss #photography #nature
close up photo of a tree split open where you can see its rings
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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soulscratches.bsky.social
my tears bathe the canopy
and I am sundered
by such indifference to write
newly struck hours
unwind against self doubt
as the black veiled voice
turns into a mysterious calm
restoring untold stories
in the fight to survive

#OurPoetryX #poetry #poet
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Curious about my writing? All of my books are half off for the next few days at itch! That means everything is $1.50 or less! $10 for EVERYTHING!

Fantasy, horror, mystery... novellas, novels, story collections!

It's always a great time to support indie creators 💜

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Image of 9 books covers for books by Helen Whistberry: Roadkill, shows a highway with animal skeletons on it; The Final Voyage of Avery Mothmere, has a black cat playing with an old-fashioned sailing ship; When Your Heart is a Broken Thing, has a white rabbit crying red tears and a red rabbit with skeleton exposed crying blue tears; Once Upon a Wave of Witches, with co-author Eli Belt, has a green kraken tentacle sweeping through turbulent blue waves; The Tail of Nightshade, has a gray mouse among purple nightshade blooms; The Melody of Trees, has a red fox among twining tree branches; The Weird Sisters, has a full moon behind tombstones with a hand visible lying on the ground; The Avenging Angel, has a full moon behind a mansion; The Ghostly Groom, has a full moon behind a tombstone with a black bird on top of it.
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
jdsampo.bsky.social
Balance
At the edge of a small hill in the Arizona desert, there is a large boulder balanced on a small one.
November 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen

Thomas Dolby
The Fixx
Depeche Mode
Rush
Boston Symphony
whistberry.bsky.social Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 19h
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen

David Bowie
Talking Heads
The Moody Blues
Sting
U2 (October album era)
jayaprakash777.bsky.social Jayaprakash has a mastertape @jayaprakash777.bsky.social · 20h
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen

Jethro Tull
Immolation
Nile
Jean-Luc Ponty
Uriah Heep
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
jdsampo.bsky.social
Doesn’t everyone spend Thanksgiving day field recording in the desert?
A man standing on a gravel road overlooking the Arizona desert. His back is to the camera. Mountains march away into the distance under puffy clouds and blue sky.
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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soulscratches.bsky.social
chaos fleeting
strong beyond the pale
a penetrating magic loop
wrapped in the moment
splendid

#micropoetry #musician #poet
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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WHAT IF

THERE WAS *ONLY* PIE

A DAY OF PIE

BREAKFAST PIE

SAVORY PIE

SWEET PIE

SOME SORT OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKABLE PIE

PIESGIVING WE WOULD CALL IT AND THE WORLD WOULD THANK US IN PRAYER AND SONG AND IDEALLY PIE
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d
WELCOME TO THE DAY OF MANY CALORIES

YOU SHALL CONSUME

YOU SHALL INGEST

YOU SHALL HEAVE YOUR SWOLLEN BODY ONTO THE COUCH MOANING AS YOU DO SO

BUT WAIT

THERE'S STILL PIE
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
FREE COLORING PAGES!

If you find yourself having to entertain bored kiddies today, you can download a set of 3 free coloring pages including this turkey fellow! (Or you can download for you? Do kids even color anymore? Do adults? I don't know anymore😂)

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Line drawing in black ink against a white background of a male turkey displaying its tail feathers while strutting through a forest scene of dead log, mushrooms, acorns, fallen leaves.
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
jdsampo.bsky.social
Junk shops, landscapes, pizza, and a private ‘Fisher King’ listening party. It was (another) good day ☺️
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
jdsampo.bsky.social
Tom Morello keeps popping up in my feed lately so music brain has grabbed onto this riff and won’t leave me alone 😵‍💫

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Audioslave - Cochise (Official Video)
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November 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Jerome, AZ
An old two story brick building with a wooden porch on the second floor. There’s a skeleton on the porch and a sign showing a leg wearing a red and white striped stocking that reads “house of joy” A little bronze plaque on a wooden wall that reads: “On this site in 1897 nothing happened” A sculpture made from an old iron bed, a mannikin, and very odd springs and chains and other rusty stuff. The bed is extra tall so the chains and stuff hang menacingly. The mannikin floats about a foot above the bed. A rusted old iron safe with its door missing.
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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umaw.bsky.social
Detroit City Council UNANIMOUSLY PASSES the resolution in support of the Living Wage for Musicians Act! 💪❤️
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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All of this
chuckwendig.bsky.social Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 2d
So I got to attend a Q&A with Tom Morello (guitar legend of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE fame), and from him I heard a very smart creative lesson, applicable to more than just musicians -- thought I'd share it, and some further thoughts and stories here:
A Very Good Piece Of Creative Advice From Tom Morello
As a cantankerous alt-rock grunge-loving teenager, I was not particularly a Rage Against the Machine guy — I mean, I liked the music but it didn’t connect with me, and my theory now as …
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November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
jdsampo.bsky.social
Too lazy. To come up with prompts. I’m not sure what it says that I can’t tell if this is satire.
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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melissapons.bsky.social
Hey all!

I'm urgently looking for an audio editing / sound design gig from now until end of January or ongoing if part-time.

I'm very experienced in voice editing (incl dialogue in film) and I love doing sound design for audio drama. Here's my reel.

Reaper + iZtpRX

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Audio Drama Sound Design Reel
Sound Design, underscore, editing and mixing of audio dramas / fiction podcast. 00:00 | Connections, The Podcast | episode 3: Headlights 01:00 | Liars & Leeches | episode 2: The Way Things Used To Be
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November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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There's no #race - not since I learned
trees have shallow roots.
No here or there or then or
now. I have decided my great love
is the world & therefore everywhere.
Whether I lie in bed too long or go
deeper in the woods than the hunter
in the parking lot suggested,
I am with the one I love.
#whistpr
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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soulscratches.bsky.social
movements
unbounded resistance
mere trysts in the air
candles lodged in my heart
cavorting against the pace
unknown treks in time
from the crawls before me
imprinting this glorious flash
only there is no quota
in the vulnerable moments

#poet #poetry #writerlife #blackandwhitephotography
Black and white photo of frosted grasslands in the wild.
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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“Music is the Language of the World”
Copper sculpture spotted at the Musical Instrument Museum, Phoenix, AZ
A sculptural map of the world made of copper. On the map are the words “Music is the Language of the World” It hangs in the entrance hall of the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, AZ A descriptive plaque for a sculptural map of the world entitled “Music is the Language of the World”. It hangs in the entrance hall of the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, AZ It reads: Copper, patina, clear coat, custom standoff system. Baltic birch backing. This copper map embodies MIM's mission to foster appreciation for the world's diverse cultures and to celebrate music's unique ability to transcend borders. The map is accompanied by the phrase "Music is the language of the world," which echoes MIM's motto: "Music is the language of the soul." Crafted from copper—a tribute to Arizona, the Copper State-this work blends thoughtful design with expert craftsmanship to symbolize music's power to connect continents, cultures, and people around the globe. Designed by Shelby Sickler, MIM exhibit designer Fabricated by Creative Machines (Tucson, Arizona) Patina by Tim Church and Monard Nichols (Murphy, Texas)
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
jdsampo.bsky.social
Tonight was fish tacos, 90s music, and these uh…. Christmas cacti.
A shot through the windshield of a moving car. On either side of the wide paved road are saguaro cacti festooned with green Christmas lights
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
jdsampo.bsky.social
I’m not a writer but many of my writer friends have stated unequivocally that @jordangoblinqueen.bsky.social is a phenomenal editor and fun to work with. Plus she’s an all around awesome human, just sayin’
susanarendt.bsky.social Susan Arendt @susanarendt.bsky.social · 4d
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.

Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.

So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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soulscratches.bsky.social
these eyes,
wells of gravity
light capturing devices
these hues,
reflective thoughts
rising beneath the spaces
in-between
an ever-breaking day

#poetry #slingingpaint #creative
Abstract art using a black canvas to hold the orange, green, white and yellow hues.
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Stay groovy 😎💀
Drawing against a stark black background of an aged looking human skeleton covered in red flowers and various flying and crawling insects. The image is oriented vertically so that the skeleton looks like it is standing up.
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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variantlit.bsky.social
We’re in our final stretch for Winter 2026 submissions and would love to read your work. Submissions close December 4th. We are accepting poetry, flash prose, and fiction.
Variant Lit: 12 more days to submit poetry or prose. Variantlit.com/submit
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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chillsubs.bsky.social
A little bit of luck, a little bit of skill—you might just make it through the sweet spot.

Check out how to submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/sweet-...

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November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM