Aarik Danielsen
@aarikdanielsen.bsky.social
Recovering newspaperman.
Art monster.
“Realist of a larger reality."
Writing a collection of night essays/co-writing a book of love poems.
Often on I-29.
Wants to be with you alone and talk about the weather.
He/him.
https://aarikdanielsen.com
Art monster.
“Realist of a larger reality."
Writing a collection of night essays/co-writing a book of love poems.
Often on I-29.
Wants to be with you alone and talk about the weather.
He/him.
https://aarikdanielsen.com
casual poll that has zero bearing on my life, so answer carefully:
would a person with my general face, hair, beard pull off pierced ears?
would a person with my general face, hair, beard pull off pierced ears?
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
casual poll that has zero bearing on my life, so answer carefully:
would a person with my general face, hair, beard pull off pierced ears?
would a person with my general face, hair, beard pull off pierced ears?
look man, i'm not saying Grant Lee Buffalo's "fuzzy" is the unsung sexiest song of the '90s. i'm just saying if you made the claim, no one could call you foolish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-33K...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-33K...
Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy (Live on 2 Meter Sessions)
YouTube video by 2metersessions
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
look man, i'm not saying Grant Lee Buffalo's "fuzzy" is the unsung sexiest song of the '90s. i'm just saying if you made the claim, no one could call you foolish.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-33K...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-33K...
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Won't soul music change now that our souls have turned strange?
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Won't soul music change now that our souls have turned strange?
despite my nature, night isn’t the only time the romantic in me comes to life. as afternoons ferry unassuming weekdays from light to dark, i catch sight of you across the room—in the cozy storefront where we laid down our “loftiest” dreams to seize the best dream we know: working together.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
despite my nature, night isn’t the only time the romantic in me comes to life. as afternoons ferry unassuming weekdays from light to dark, i catch sight of you across the room—in the cozy storefront where we laid down our “loftiest” dreams to seize the best dream we know: working together.
what I’m gonna tell people the next time I hear “oh but we’ll get such great art from this era”
So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
what I’m gonna tell people the next time I hear “oh but we’ll get such great art from this era”
Last night on (a mostly rouuuugh) SNL, Nikki Glaser said her boyfriend is a “10 in the face” but that meant getting a guy who’s 5’7” and I wanted to text “you’re welcome” to Holly
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Last night on (a mostly rouuuugh) SNL, Nikki Glaser said her boyfriend is a “10 in the face” but that meant getting a guy who’s 5’7” and I wanted to text “you’re welcome” to Holly
Have been helping with a collections management project (aka weeding books) at my pt library job for months. Which means I occasionally get to abscond with books like this 1960 edition of Dewey.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Have been helping with a collections management project (aka weeding books) at my pt library job for months. Which means I occasionally get to abscond with books like this 1960 edition of Dewey.
listening to lonesome country music and counting down the hours till our reunion
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
listening to lonesome country music and counting down the hours till our reunion
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I genuinely love when you’re in a liminal space, like an airport, and then you have to pass through a liminal space in the liminal space, like a weird hallway under construction - that’s the feeling I’m always looking for in my writing
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I genuinely love when you’re in a liminal space, like an airport, and then you have to pass through a liminal space in the liminal space, like a weird hallway under construction - that’s the feeling I’m always looking for in my writing
so glad soundgarden (among others) are going in the rock hall.
as seattle goes, i came to them late. third after nirvana and pearl jam. but once i burrowed into their catalog, i fell in love the with the beauty, the sheer versatility of their heaviness. and chris cornell was/is the voice of god.
as seattle goes, i came to them late. third after nirvana and pearl jam. but once i burrowed into their catalog, i fell in love the with the beauty, the sheer versatility of their heaviness. and chris cornell was/is the voice of god.
two men with long hair and a beard are standing next to each other with the name chris cornell soundgarden on the bottom
ALT: two men with long hair and a beard are standing next to each other with the name chris cornell soundgarden on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 AM
so glad soundgarden (among others) are going in the rock hall.
as seattle goes, i came to them late. third after nirvana and pearl jam. but once i burrowed into their catalog, i fell in love the with the beauty, the sheer versatility of their heaviness. and chris cornell was/is the voice of god.
as seattle goes, i came to them late. third after nirvana and pearl jam. but once i burrowed into their catalog, i fell in love the with the beauty, the sheer versatility of their heaviness. and chris cornell was/is the voice of god.
tonight, it's kerouac and "... sometimes in the powerful driving rains that made sea and rain the same."
on the other site, I kept a thread of sentences or phrases that made me want to stop everything I was doing for the day.
starting one here with richard ford and the short story "rock springs":
"... plumes of white smoke escaping up into the heartless Wyoming sky ... "
starting one here with richard ford and the short story "rock springs":
"... plumes of white smoke escaping up into the heartless Wyoming sky ... "
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
tonight, it's kerouac and "... sometimes in the powerful driving rains that made sea and rain the same."
my baby sister turns 40 tomorrow, which is just so goddamn wild.
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
my baby sister turns 40 tomorrow, which is just so goddamn wild.
the way he became one of my very favorites with time
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
the way he became one of my very favorites with time
i was going to stop mentioning it, but i fear this new florence/machine record is rearranging my brain
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
i was going to stop mentioning it, but i fear this new florence/machine record is rearranging my brain
my 12-yo are still on our Saturday BS. that is, library first then hoops.
November 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
my 12-yo are still on our Saturday BS. that is, library first then hoops.
oh shit. what if Florence Welch is our Julian of Norwich? (he types, listening to “perfume and milk”)
Finally catching up with the new Florence and the Machine.
“One of the Greats” is just a lyrical evisceration of the ageless myth of the misunderstood male genius.
“One of the Greats” is just a lyrical evisceration of the ageless myth of the misunderstood male genius.
a woman with red hair is sitting in a chair laughing while wearing a ring on her finger .
Alt: a woman with red hair is sitting in a chair laughing while wearing a ring on her finger .
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
oh shit. what if Florence Welch is our Julian of Norwich? (he types, listening to “perfume and milk”)
Finally catching up with the new Florence and the Machine.
“One of the Greats” is just a lyrical evisceration of the ageless myth of the misunderstood male genius.
“One of the Greats” is just a lyrical evisceration of the ageless myth of the misunderstood male genius.
a woman with red hair is sitting in a chair laughing while wearing a ring on her finger .
Alt: a woman with red hair is sitting in a chair laughing while wearing a ring on her finger .
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Finally catching up with the new Florence and the Machine.
“One of the Greats” is just a lyrical evisceration of the ageless myth of the misunderstood male genius.
“One of the Greats” is just a lyrical evisceration of the ageless myth of the misunderstood male genius.
My gf just left me a voice memo in which she used the phrase “a faster back road to the Cheesecake Factory” which is the most quintessentially her thing she’s ever said
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
My gf just left me a voice memo in which she used the phrase “a faster back road to the Cheesecake Factory” which is the most quintessentially her thing she’s ever said
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Study for “Homage to the Square: Consent” by Josef Albers, 1971
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137253
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137253
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Study for “Homage to the Square: Consent” by Josef Albers, 1971
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137253
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137253
my son just sang “It’s November babygirl” in a falsetto and I think he might be Bon Iver
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
my son just sang “It’s November babygirl” in a falsetto and I think he might be Bon Iver
think I’m in a place with my music consumption where I’m easily pleased but not easily wowed. not sure if that’s good, bad or other.
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
think I’m in a place with my music consumption where I’m easily pleased but not easily wowed. not sure if that’s good, bad or other.
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Millennials haven’t had easy lives but at least we’ll always have this beat drop at 3:07
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Millennials haven’t had easy lives but at least we’ll always have this beat drop at 3:07
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Red Lode by Jack Tworkov, 1959
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137460
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137460
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Red Lode by Jack Tworkov, 1959
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137460
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137460