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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 3d

Late to this but vibing on Ty Segall’s latest. music.apple.com/us/album/pos...

Possession by Ty Segall on Apple Music

Album · 2025 · 10 Songs

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 3d

Walking to coffee this fine Saturday morn? Listen to me reading this. It’s just over 11 minutes long which is the time it takes. #podcast www.buzzsprout.com/2194216/epis...

The time it takes is the time it takes - Field of Streams

Slow down. Don't get mad. There are things you can control and things you can't and you can't escape time. Lemme explain what I mean.This is an audio reading of the post "The time it takes is the time...

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 6d

Long story short - some days working from home and listening to records is a bit lonely. I can't people watch when I look up from my notebook between thoughts. It saves me money, I guess. And coffee hang businesses fail.

"People Watch Records." That's the name.

I so do love my records.

thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 6d

I mean.... wouldn't you want to work on your latest short story while this was softly playing? Reminds me I haven't ordered anything from Mr. Bongo in forever. open.spotify.com/track/6sVm6i...

I Walk Alone

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 6d

I would also, and I apologize but this is for me and it's my place, have a sign up that says "Coldplay-free zone". I get it. You love Coldplay and I won't fault you for that, but I have a visceral reaction to them and must leave any room I'm in when it begins to play.

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 6d

There would be a Now Spinning stand, so you can see, but also have the next records in the queue lined up so you can decide if you want to leave or stay. There would be a sign up that says 'No skips. Don't ask." All records would be played top to bottom, in side order.

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 6d

And then, on a rainy day, this could be the vibe. One of the vibes... This Natalia Lafourcade 2025 release. I love this record. music.apple.com/us/album/com...

Como Quisiera Quererte by Natalia Lafourcade & El David Aguilar on Apple Music

Song · 2025 · Duration 4:18

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 6d

Been trying to find a pressing of this Donny Hathaway record but just saying, this would be the vibe. Some days.... music.apple.com/us/album/the...

The Ghetto (Live) by Donny Hathaway on Apple Music

Song · 1972 · Duration 12:06

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 6d

That only plays... my vinyl. lol. I saw a story on Japanese 'listening' bars and didn't read it, and that is essentially what they are. You go there to drink booze and listen but I want it to be coffee and people writing. And me, writing. Listening to my own records in public. Investors! At me!

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 6d

I see the record store part as being like a little alcove. Used records only. In fact... I might ditch that. I guess what I'm thinking of is a cafe for writers that only plays vinyl. (I saw a story on Japanese Vinyl bars).

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 6d

There would be a turntable and I would control the records that spinning. I would set the vibe. But you could write there, and meet about your zine project and give each other moral support and eat pastries and have good coffee and artists can show their work there and there'd be poetry slams...

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 6d

It's the kind of day when I almost type in a search for 'cost to start your own record store/coffee shop/writer/artist hangout' but don't trust the AI results to not give me some kind of false hope.

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 8d

A short thing I wrote about taking a deep breath and letting go of the things you can't control. Which I will now read to you! 11-ish minute listen. www.buzzsprout.com/2194216/epis...

The time it takes is the time it takes - Field of Streams

Slow down. Don't get mad. There are things you can control and things you can't and you can't escape time. Lemme explain what I mean.This is an audio reading of the post "The time it takes is the time...

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 8d

Just realized thanks to a Facebook memory. Yesterday marks 5 years no booze.

thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 19d

“I am not a brand. I am a body of work.” When things don't hit and I feel low about it, I repeat this phrase to keep on going. Take a listen. (If you wanna skip the part-therapy, part talking to myself pre-amble, the post reading starts at 11 minute 18 seconds.) www.buzzsprout.com/2194216/epis...

I am not a brand. I am a body of work. - Field of Streams

You are what you make. Listen in to ten minutes of me reframing what failure and success look like for me going forward, then launch into a spirited reading of my new mantra. If you want to skip strai...

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 22d

Excerpt from: "I am not a brand. I am a body of work." Read it here: www.jumpinthestream.com/not-a-brand/

Image of text. Text reads: "I want my body—this body of work—to pull on its heavy boots and kick at rocks and stride toward thunder-headed horizons and roll in fields choked in daffodil-lic joy. I want it to get splinters in its paw pads and ticks upon its skin. Be bruised and shivering, thick with rashes and beset by aches and cramps. To be familiar with phantom pains that come and go."

thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 25d

NEW WRITING from me today. Read it. Go make something. www.jumpinthestream.com/not-a-brand/

#writing #creativity

I am not a brand. I am a body of work.

It's hard to resist the lure of feeding the algorithm to get views. That's thinking like a brand. Think like an artist. Focus on creating.

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · 27d

Today, I talk about what it means to be a metaphorical shed builder. Ten minute listen. www.buzzsprout.com/2194216/epis...

If Your Heart Beats Like a Hammer, Find a Nail - Field of Streams

Today I read a piece of my writing triggered by Justin Hawkins, frontman of The Darkness, describing a certain type of drummer as a "shed builder." I take that term and give it a positive spin in rela...

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · Sep 26

Every couple of days I get an email from Covered CA about my upcoming health insurance changes which basically says: "Just a reminder: You're fucked."

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · Sep 25

New episode just landed with a glorious and hefty thud. Under ten minute listen that was initially inspired by the 'iron teeth' of the Komodo dragon. yes. Yes it was.

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The Taste of Yuck: An Incomplete Oral History - Field of Streams

Komodo dragons have an 'iron' coating on their teeth, protecting them and keeping 'em sharp. In today's episode, I make a connection between the idea of the damage negative emotions have on us and how...

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · Sep 10

New episode called "Take a hike" is live. While it's about disconnection from the noise of the rectangle in your hand... feel free to listen to this #podcast on any device, including the rectangle in your hand.

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Take a hike - Field of Streams

In a time of doomscrolling and constant distraction via the rectangles in our hands and the insanity of the churning of content butter it is ever more important to step away. In this episode, I urge y...

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · Sep 9

These live frogs are making my morning fly. 🐸

Image shows cover of vinyl record: "Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade"

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · Sep 9

Lend me your ears! Listen to this. Perfect for that 40 minute walk to the shops and back. I write, I read it to you, that's the deal. Easy transaction of the heart. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Prime time in the time of Primus

Podcast Episode · Field of Streams · 08/28/2025 · 40m

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · Sep 9

I have this on my cork board for times such as this. Here's a pep talk from @gregproops.bsky.social I mean, I'm not really in the fucking mood right now, GREG, but... ok. What choice do I got but now.

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thenoodleator @thenoodleator.bsky.social · Sep 9

I must've been feeling like I have been the last couple of days (a bit of a 'what's the point?' vibe going on) two years ago when I wrote the Resurrector's Oath. Inspired by that quote. Reposting for today's pep talk.

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Resurrect Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

Don’t let today’s silly mistakes destroy you - there's always tomorrow's rewrite!

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