Andrew C. Smith
@andrewchristophersmith.com
director of the lab (sf)
former director of indexical (santa cruz)
composer, curator, arts worker
if you ever found yourself thinking “that’s not a gong that’s a tam tam” this account might be for you
former director of indexical (santa cruz)
composer, curator, arts worker
if you ever found yourself thinking “that’s not a gong that’s a tam tam” this account might be for you
Pinned
The Lab is restoring the main auditorium of the San Francisco Labor Temple, built in 1914. Among other things, this is where the 1934 vote to join the longshoremen in a city-wide general strike was held. It will be the largest, longest-running space in the Bay Area dedicated to experimental work.
Happy Just Circling Back Day to all who celebrate
January 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Happy Just Circling Back Day to all who celebrate
Reposted by Andrew C. Smith
We had a good run
2026 could be great. We simply don't know.
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We had a good run
AGI is when John Roberts decides an LLM can be sued instead of the extremely culpable people who built it
January 2, 2026 at 11:45 PM
AGI is when John Roberts decides an LLM can be sued instead of the extremely culpable people who built it
Officers also claimed in a separate report that they “gotta steal to eat, gotta eat to steal”
“‘The body cam software and the AI report writing software picked up on the movie that was playing in the background, which happened to be ‘The Princess and the Frog…'”
Cops Forced to Explain Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog
AI-powered software Draft One automatically generates police reports from body camera footage. It thought an officer turned into a frog.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Officers also claimed in a separate report that they “gotta steal to eat, gotta eat to steal”
Wouldst thou like to govern deliciously
January 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Wouldst thou like to govern deliciously
New years is a day for a six hour pancake breakfast at a noise space / anarchist bookstore / gallery where toddlers can go listen to Fred Frith
January 1, 2026 at 6:17 AM
New years is a day for a six hour pancake breakfast at a noise space / anarchist bookstore / gallery where toddlers can go listen to Fred Frith
The closest I get to feeling like a blogger is the end of the year, when I try my hardest to make our fundraising emails actually interesting for me and the 8,000ish subscribers, and it always makes me want to write more. mailchi.mp/thelab/noise...
Noise against slop
mailchi.mp
December 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The closest I get to feeling like a blogger is the end of the year, when I try my hardest to make our fundraising emails actually interesting for me and the 8,000ish subscribers, and it always makes me want to write more. mailchi.mp/thelab/noise...
Prepping for studio visit with Paul DeMarinis and one of his essays describes CDs with the line “The emancipation of memory from touch has been fulfilled” and I’m sure glad I worked that into 2025
December 31, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Prepping for studio visit with Paul DeMarinis and one of his essays describes CDs with the line “The emancipation of memory from touch has been fulfilled” and I’m sure glad I worked that into 2025
Reposted by Andrew C. Smith
2025 recapped
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
2025 recapped
Apparently they had to ban 8-13 year-olds from using this toy robot
December 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Apparently they had to ban 8-13 year-olds from using this toy robot
Reposted by Andrew C. Smith
oh brother, another bad post from political influencer beltway brian. i am furious at beltway brian all of the time. i share screencaps of beltway brian's posts with people who have no idea who he is. i hate all of beltway brian's posts and i read all of them every single day, including weekends
December 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
oh brother, another bad post from political influencer beltway brian. i am furious at beltway brian all of the time. i share screencaps of beltway brian's posts with people who have no idea who he is. i hate all of beltway brian's posts and i read all of them every single day, including weekends
wait gremlins is also a christmas movie??
December 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
wait gremlins is also a christmas movie??
if I were naming something after myself I would simply not pick something famously incredibly slow and expensive and old
December 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
if I were naming something after myself I would simply not pick something famously incredibly slow and expensive and old
I wonder how many Americans know that El Salvador an Venezuela are two different countries
December 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I wonder how many Americans know that El Salvador an Venezuela are two different countries
I generally advise people to never ask me about tuning systems
December 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I generally advise people to never ask me about tuning systems
Accidentally put a track from the Low Christmas album on the preschool mix cd but turns out it was just the truth youtu.be/OYn-FK-5wow?...
December 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Accidentally put a track from the Low Christmas album on the preschool mix cd but turns out it was just the truth youtu.be/OYn-FK-5wow?...
Reposted by Andrew C. Smith
Dudes absolutely fuckin rock
Okay, this is fascinating and absolutely fabulous if it can be extended: Virologist builds a beer that delivers a yeast-based vaccine against a pretty serious virus.
He made beer that’s also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing
An NIH scientist’s maverick approach reveals legal, ethical, moral, scientific and social challenges to developing potentially life-saving vaccines.
www.sciencenews.org
December 20, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Dudes absolutely fuckin rock
Reposted by Andrew C. Smith
Bank of America first started offering credit cards to women in 1974
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Bank of America first started offering credit cards to women in 1974
Listening to Geese and thinking how all the city dwelling rock critics getting really excited about A Real Band really need to just take a breath and visit a Marin County farmer’s market or something
December 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Listening to Geese and thinking how all the city dwelling rock critics getting really excited about A Real Band really need to just take a breath and visit a Marin County farmer’s market or something
Oh hell yeah looks like I’m going to Philly in February www.bowerbird.org/event/a-view...
A View From Inside: David Tudor at 100 - BOWERBIRD ::: MUSIC, DANCE, FILM ::: Philadelphia, PA
A View from Inside: David Tudor at 100 celebrates the life, work, and legacy of David Tudor (1926–1996), a Philadelphia-born pioneer of experimental music and sound art. Over the course of his career,...
www.bowerbird.org
December 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Oh hell yeah looks like I’m going to Philly in February www.bowerbird.org/event/a-view...
Reposted by Andrew C. Smith
lettuce, tomato, lettuce, meat, meat, meat, meat, meat, cheese, lettuce.
December 15, 2025 at 5:17 AM
lettuce, tomato, lettuce, meat, meat, meat, meat, meat, cheese, lettuce.
THE DREAM
If you want to get into things with teeth: tax loans against stock equity as income
December 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
THE DREAM
Every so often there’s a screenshot of my DMs that I feel compelled to post
December 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Every so often there’s a screenshot of my DMs that I feel compelled to post
daniel lurie is single handedly turning me against daniel lurie’s upzoning plan with this garbage. yes, let chaos reign, let the state mandate 24-story (like, the upper west side of nyc) apartments
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has been advocating for pro-housing policies like upzoning.
So why is he opposing new housing in the Marina, one of the city's toniest enclaves?
via @io-y-g.bsky.social & @kellywaldron.bsky.social
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-m...
So why is he opposing new housing in the Marina, one of the city's toniest enclaves?
via @io-y-g.bsky.social & @kellywaldron.bsky.social
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-m...
Why is San Francisco’s pro-housing mayor opposing new housing in the Marina?
Mayor Daniel Lurie is against a 25-story waterfront tower in the Marina, one of the city’s toniest enclaves
missionlocal.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
daniel lurie is single handedly turning me against daniel lurie’s upzoning plan with this garbage. yes, let chaos reign, let the state mandate 24-story (like, the upper west side of nyc) apartments
December 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM