Erik Nilsson
strawcity.bsky.social
Erik Nilsson
@strawcity.bsky.social
The effort/progress ratio of learning bebop solos is the same as stop motion animation

“I’ve been at this for 3 hours and I’ve got 7 seconds of progress”
March 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The behind the scenes vignettes after each Severance episode, is there some meta meaning behind the ‘outie’ actors talking about what their ‘innie’ characters in the show think and feel?
February 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
@cheekface.bsky.social is there a form to submit Cheekface adjacent lyrics you’re not talented enough to use?

The lyric in question:
“My life is mid and it’s a crisis”
January 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
If you liked Spaceman with Adam Sandler, I’d highly recommend The Hail Mary Project by Andy Weir
December 26, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Did anyone read the follow up to Black Leopard, Red Wolf?
December 23, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Listening to Kendrick’s ‘man at the garden’ while making nachos and let me you, this plate is LOADED
December 16, 2024 at 7:57 AM
I write better code in a hoodie and I can’t explain why
December 11, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Balatro is sounding like OxyContin at this point. “It just takes the edge off” to “I missed work again” real quick
December 5, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Within the first 5 interviewees of the HBO Yacht Rock Documentaries we’ve got Mac DeMarco, ?uestlove and Thubdercat. This is going to be excellent
December 4, 2024 at 6:44 PM
If you like They Might Be Giants and The Talking Heads and you’re not listening to @cheekface.bsky.social, you’re missing out on 3 perfect albums
December 3, 2024 at 7:39 AM
I’ve got my diecast ‘67 mustang model and I’ve got my MXR distortion II kit. Time to start building my guicar pedal
December 2, 2024 at 8:23 PM
If you haven’t checked out Pantheon on Netflix and you’re into software engineering/general hard sci-fi, do yourself a favor
November 29, 2024 at 7:09 AM
TIL there’s more string slack the closer you get to the 12th fret, so the reason the bridge pickup sounds different from the neck pickup isn’t about the pickup itself, it’s about the string having less slack to move and for the pickup to pick up
November 23, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Been getting close to the mk.gee guitar tone with a Fjord Fuzz MIME reverb, JHS tighty whitey compressor and the WA klone and man is it fun to play with those dynamics. Do I dedicate a guitar to flat wound strings now?
November 21, 2024 at 6:44 PM