Ars Nihil

Today's album is Strategic Grill Locations by Mitch Hedberg (1999) and the featured image is from Mariola Grobelska . - AB 10/7/25

Today's album is Ojalá Que Llueva Café by Juan Luis Guerra and 4.40 (1989) and the featured image is from Mike Hindle . - AB 10/6/25

"Architecture starts when you put two bricks together." - Mies van der Rohe Architecture, like photography , is usually a passing...

This weekend's album is Greasy Truckers Party (1972) by Man, Brinsley Schwarz, and Hawkwind. The featured video is from matttt about...

Today's album is Who is William Onyeabor? by William Onyeabor (2013) and the featured video is from Bon Appétit about chef George Motz...

I know very little about Jane Goodall other than as "the chimpanzee-researcher" but was heartened about how positive her legacy actually...

My biggest problem with creativity has never been "writer's block" - I have way too many over-developed ideas to draw from if needed -...

Poetry is one of my biggest blind spots. Something I use to wave off as frilly and unimportant 20 years ago when I wanted to write prose,...

Found out yesterday that there are two Coffee Days these week, so that adds a bit o' brightness to an otherwise stressful week. I made a...

It's now October and that means one particular thing in our house: it's time to obsess over Halloween. But along with all the other...

When you think things can't get either worse or stupider, they somehow magically happen... Here's some recent Bluesky posts that are...

I've been a little lax with my blogging lately but I also didn't want today to pass by without acknowledging that it is National Coffee...

Today's album is Evergreens: The Best of The A&M Years by Paul Williams (2004) and the featured image is from Steve Johnson . - AB 9/29/25

This weekend's album is the deluxe version of Live at Sin-é by Jeff Buckley (1993) - the only actual way to listen to this album - and...

Today's album is World Clique  by Deee-lite (1990) and the featured video is from Retro Ruckus about Paul Reubens taking Pee-wee Herman...

Saw this video earlier from Solar Sands that did a solid job explaining how single panel comics work when done right. The Far Side is...

I'll be upfront: I've been very much Team I Hate This when it comes to the genre now being called "Stomp Clap Hey." Not so much due to...

Still nothing major to delve into - mood is still somber and there's work to do, I would be remiss to not acknowledge that today has two...

Today's album is A Taste of Honey by A Taste of Honey (1978) and the featured video is from CGP Grey about surefire ways to make...

While doing some digital housekeeping this morning - been awake since 6 a.m. and couldn't fall back asleep - I noticed a marked...