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joshua wayne hensley
@joshuawaynehensley.bsky.social
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*midwest songbird*
the rutabega // forestlike // jwh
http://therutabega.com
http://soundslikeforestlike.com
https://joshuawaynehensley.bandcamp.com
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SECRETS REVEALED

*joss sticks > compressors*
guy in glasses & yellow stocking cap (me) holds up a book: Phill Brown's "Are We Still Rolling?" black and white bookmark sticks out of the book and says DIABETICGUY.ORG
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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last recording session for forestlike LP2. fully in mix mode now. good job, fran
labradoodle dog looks towards the camera while human sings into microphone labradoodle dog rests on couch while human wearing headphones, glasses, and n95 mask records music on a laptop
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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keep breathing 👀
a succulent (i forget which one, but i've named them rick) with googly eyes, in a little terra cotta pot in front of a window. above and behind the plant is a piece of paper with cursive handwriting that says "keep breathing" let's keep breathing
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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fran says hi
fran, a mostly white and grey labradoodle dog, lounges on her favorite brown/orange chair in the sun and looks towards the camera like "wtf" there appears to be a george saunders trading card on top of a stack of books in the background.
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.

youtu.be/RlQh8fnCmCM
young daniel johnston smirking, wearing a light blue ringer with a dark blue collar. jeremiah the frog of innosense hovers behind daniel's left shoulder, and there are trees in the background
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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i can't be the only one who sings this to the tune of Real Life's 1983 smash hit, "Send Me An Angel," right? like EVERY time i see it.
a rectangular "Send me an email" image. white text, computer blue background, orange outline.
September 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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back at it.
wrapping up a compilation that's been in the works for... ahem... FIVE YEARS. and also finishing up some overdubs for forestlike LP2. and it's always good to visit Punk Rock Tree.
Doty's beautiful '74 Jazzmaster (The Butterfly) & Gibson Explorer combo amp wait in the sunlight amongst a nest of cables & mic stands & weird beige carpet Punk Rock Tree stands defiantly in the sunlight. Cobus Creek and the woods and a little wooden bridge are in the background.
September 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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🎵NOTHING🎵
Bryan Ferry watches Bryan Ferry sing "nothing" to us on the big screen.
August 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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how you know the mix is right,
you realize you are crying

i am v excited about forestlike LP2
in the foreground a 1964 Ludwig red sparkle drum kit (kick & snare, with hi-hat). assorted instruments, microphones, and recording equipment in the background. these drums (and the Jazzmaster in back) were borrowed from Michael Harold Doty. he is not pictured.
July 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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same! ours was in Seattle in 2015, with the also incredible Chung Antique 🧡
flyer for a 2015 rock show at The Future in Seattle: The Rutabege, Chung Antique, Heavy Petting. designed by Whitney Bingham.
July 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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@snrubsemaj.bsky.social thought of you 💗
June 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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happy franny friday 🧡
franny the labradoodle smiles big during golden hour. she has a patterned handkerchief around her neck, very cute
June 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Lee Krasner's painting, Milkweed (1955)
Lee Krasner's painting, Milkweed (1955) a beautiful description from @melostrom.bsky.social from the piece i linked above: "Milkweed: black pieces like detached petals, overlaid with spears, elegant and white, and a backdrop of greens suggesting vegetation. A broken sphere centers the piece, like a sun tucked into a forest. But my favorite aspect of this work is the streak of orange. It cuts a vertical path. Such a dynamic swath of color. It surprises. I think it must be a Monarch taking flight."
June 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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i swear i had nothing to do with this
screenshot of headline from reddit thread: "Empty shelves all over Safeway today. Is this because of the rutabega running a mock with his tariffs?"
May 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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THE MAPLES
by: Marie Howe
THE MAPLES by: Marie Howe I asked the stand of maples behind the house, How should I live my life? They said, shhh shhh shhh… How should I live, I asked, and the leaves seemed to ripple and gleam. A bird called from a branch in its own tongue, And from a branch, across the yard, another bird answered. A squirrel scrambled up a trunk then along the length of a branch. Stand still, I thought, See how long you can bear that. Try to stand still, if only for a few moments, drinking light breathing
May 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Quote this post with a picture of the airplane you'll accept as a bribe
Porco Rosso flies his red WWI era Italian seaplane against a blue sky.
May 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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#13 truth nylon string classical guitar against the wall with sunlight streaming in.
May 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Without downloading any new pics, where are you at mentally?
Billy Joel giving "the look" a Houli classic
May 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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green text on black background: Instructions on Not Giving Up by: Ada Limón More than the fuchsia funnels breaking out of the crabapple tree, more than the neighbor’s almost obscene display of cherry limbs shoving their cotton candy-colored blossoms to the slate sky of Spring rains, it’s the greening of the trees that really gets to me. When all the shock of white and taffy, the world’s baubles and trinkets, leave the pavement strewn with the confetti of aftermath, the leaves come. Patient, plodding, a green skin growing over whatever winter did to us, a return to the strange idea of continuous living despite the mess of us, the hurt, the empty. Fine then, I’ll take it, the tree seems to say, a new slick leaf unfurling like a fist to an open palm, I’ll take it all.
April 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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happy franny friday. we're not having it.
franny the labradoodle sits in the kitchen with her back to the camera. she is not having it.
April 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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happy franny friday
franny the labradoodle's shadow appears on an off-white plaster wall during golden hour. she looks to the left (staring out the window) intently. there is a small stack of books resting on a rectangular grey couch cushion.
March 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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What perfect albums came out when you were 16?

LOW | I COULD LIVE IN HOPE

@lowtheband.bsky.social 🖤
the sepia-toned album cover for LOW's 1994 debut, "I Could Live In Hope." band name and album title appear upper write in black text. there is a monochrome picture lower left with a child sitting at a desk and writing or drawing. i think i read somewhere that it is a picture of LOW's Alan Sparhawk as a child, but i could not confirm this.
March 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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zzzzzzz happy franny friday
franny the labradoodle snoozes on her favorite chair. she has definitely outgrown the chair. fran has white hair with large patches of grey-brown.
March 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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this picture and article from @ndncollective.bsky.social were a little bit of light on a dark day. just look at Leonard 💗

(L to R) Nick Tilsen; Leonard Peltier; and Holly Cook Macarro. Photo by Angel White Eyes for NDN Collective.

ndncollective.org/leonard-pelt...
(L to R) Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective Founder & CEO; Leonard Peltier; and Holly Cook Macarro, Government Affairs for NDN Collective. All 3 are raising a fist & smiling. Leonard is wearing dark sunglasses and looks like a GD rock star. Photo by Angel White Eyes for NDN Collective.
March 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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happy franny friday
franny the labradoodle lounges on her favorite chair. she has maybe outgrown the chair. fran has white hair with patches of gray-brown, and a small red heart dangles from her collar. she is not amused.
February 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM