Charlie
cmanion.bsky.social
Charlie
@cmanion.bsky.social
Glass and sound artist, grad student.
BvS hell yeah
February 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Rickenbacker 4001 straight into a Traynor Monoblock II, i’m tellin you
February 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I know this is naive, but I was amazed to learn it isn’t your *job*
February 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Annoying answer but my Traynor Monoblock II breaks up beautifully without pedals, and preserves the low-mid foundation of my bass
February 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This is a really good one
February 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Nah its good! Lossless audio
January 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
At first I was excited, thinking you were posting about The Armed
January 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“Listener” is wired to display the soundwaves it hears in the gallery, using its built-in speaker as a microphone. You can see it at Westbeth Gallery in NYC until January 26th!
January 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Bold
January 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social how can we put together a Michael Hobbes and Co. extended universe subscription bundle?

5-4, You’re Wrong About, all your current podcasts, they’ve got to share an audience, right?
December 22, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Gonna try posting my artwork here! This is Speaker System, a concrete radio that runs its signal through four saltwater chambers:
December 20, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Close-mic’d ASMR style narrations on Instagram and elsewhere make me feel like I’m listening from inside someone else’s mouth. I don’t like it!
December 12, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Revealing, the way Miley Cyrus explicitly connects romance and military violence in Adore You (a genuinely great song)
November 17, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Who is an artist making effective political work? I am skeptical that its possible
November 14, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Joe Pera’s schtick doesn’t feel right because he clearly works out
July 3, 2024 at 12:42 AM
True mental heath only begins after successfully seducing one’s therapist
February 7, 2024 at 8:50 PM
youtu.be/hf27qsQPRLQ?...

SimonDev does really interesting, technical deep dives into video game technologies but I swear he is voiced by H Jon Benjamin
January 29, 2024 at 10:22 PM
I’ve been excited about this essay for weeks, but now that I’m writing it I fear I am the dumbest man alive
January 28, 2024 at 3:53 PM
I’m finding that “mastery” in particular tends towards writing for people who want to *achieve* it, as opposed to people who want to examine where the idea comes from and how it is used
January 26, 2024 at 5:56 PM
IMO @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and Peter Shamshiri made a convincing case on their podcast If Books Could Kill that Gladwell plays way too fast and loose with the facts whenever he isn’t writing for The New Yorker (and subject to fact checking)
January 26, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Perfect!
January 26, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Thats true actually, thank you!

Maybe not as scholarly as I am looking for, but I like the way he emphasizes the complexity of working in the physical world with complicated material systems (from what I remember)
January 26, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Is that a gag or a bluesky account?
January 26, 2024 at 3:32 PM
I’m looking for philosophy on mastery and skill. Not in a self help kind of way, but an analysis. Suggestions?
January 26, 2024 at 2:55 PM