Blake Leyh
@earlofedgecombe.bsky.social
Composer, Music Supervisor, Sound Designer, Mixer (The Abyss ,The Wire, Treme, Neptune Frost) Bass/Guitar/Cello/Gravikord. Bastard son of William Blake & The Velvet Underground, literally.
https://blakeleyh.com
Harlem ~ New Orleans ~ London
https://blakeleyh.com
Harlem ~ New Orleans ~ London
Pinned
A few new photos just arrived from my Glasgow gig with @pglolo.bsky.social the other night.
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In this way it's much like Bluesky
On my last few trips on the NYC subway, unsolicited prophets (1 per every 2-3 trips?) were a much more frequent problem than murderous criminals (no one murdered me or anyone in my field of vision)
January 21, 2026 at 1:59 AM
In this way it's much like Bluesky
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One little petty thing that turns me against Cat Stevens from his autobiography -- he spent decades insisting that people not call him "Cat Stevens" (he's now OK with it or I wouldn't) yet he casually deadnames Wendy Carlos when talking about records he liked in the late sixties.
January 21, 2026 at 1:26 AM
One little petty thing that turns me against Cat Stevens from his autobiography -- he spent decades insisting that people not call him "Cat Stevens" (he's now OK with it or I wouldn't) yet he casually deadnames Wendy Carlos when talking about records he liked in the late sixties.
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Oh, look. The white president who thinks that asylum seekers come from insane asylums, that the Norwegian government gives out the Nobel Peace Prize, that stealth bombers are invisible to the naked eye, and that windmills cause cancer is talking about which black people have a "low IQ" again.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Oh, look. The white president who thinks that asylum seekers come from insane asylums, that the Norwegian government gives out the Nobel Peace Prize, that stealth bombers are invisible to the naked eye, and that windmills cause cancer is talking about which black people have a "low IQ" again.
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Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
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supply your own caption
January 20, 2026 at 6:55 PM
supply your own caption
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Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
July 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
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This picture is quite something. Pentti Sammallahti, 1982
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 AM
This picture is quite something. Pentti Sammallahti, 1982
William Burroughs reeds "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe, with music and sound design by me.
We recorded this in 1994.
youtu.be/Ko0El5pOZGY?...
We recorded this in 1994.
youtu.be/Ko0El5pOZGY?...
William S. Burroughs Recites Edgar Allan Poe’s The Mask Of The Red Death
YouTube video by William S. Burroughs - Topic
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 4:43 AM
William Burroughs reeds "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe, with music and sound design by me.
We recorded this in 1994.
youtu.be/Ko0El5pOZGY?...
We recorded this in 1994.
youtu.be/Ko0El5pOZGY?...
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“Obsessions are the only things that matter. Perversion interests me most and is my guiding darkness.”
HBD, 👑 Patricia Highsmith ...🖤🖤
📷Rolf Tietgens, 1942
HBD, 👑 Patricia Highsmith ...🖤🖤
📷Rolf Tietgens, 1942
January 19, 2026 at 1:35 PM
“Obsessions are the only things that matter. Perversion interests me most and is my guiding darkness.”
HBD, 👑 Patricia Highsmith ...🖤🖤
📷Rolf Tietgens, 1942
HBD, 👑 Patricia Highsmith ...🖤🖤
📷Rolf Tietgens, 1942
January 19, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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If you’re interested in this phenomenon you gotta read this article www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
January 18, 2026 at 11:10 PM
If you’re interested in this phenomenon you gotta read this article www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
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Thelonious Monk ~ Thelonious
(from Underground, 1968)
#NowPlaying #TheloniousMonk #JazzSky
Amazing song, and check out that cover, Monk knew what was what!
youtu.be/5ALsycHB9nQ
(from Underground, 1968)
#NowPlaying #TheloniousMonk #JazzSky
Amazing song, and check out that cover, Monk knew what was what!
youtu.be/5ALsycHB9nQ
January 19, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Thelonious Monk ~ Thelonious
(from Underground, 1968)
#NowPlaying #TheloniousMonk #JazzSky
Amazing song, and check out that cover, Monk knew what was what!
youtu.be/5ALsycHB9nQ
(from Underground, 1968)
#NowPlaying #TheloniousMonk #JazzSky
Amazing song, and check out that cover, Monk knew what was what!
youtu.be/5ALsycHB9nQ
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“We worked so hard to arm these people. Why are they armed?”
Minnesotan’s are showing up in their neighborhoods armed with weapons protected by the 2nd amendment and the Right is absolutely losing their shit.
January 19, 2026 at 4:42 AM
“We worked so hard to arm these people. Why are they armed?”
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Some of Willy Spiller’s photographs of New York City’s subway system in the 1970s.
January 18, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Some of Willy Spiller’s photographs of New York City’s subway system in the 1970s.
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It felt so implausible, or at least deliberately surreal, when writing it in 2013-14 🧊
"Tropic of Kansas: a story about an uprising in the U.S. to take out a fascistic corporate government run by a charismatic CEO turned authoritarian president...The way the story played out, it opens in a militarized Minnesota First three chapters at #Reactor
reactormag.com/excerpts-chr...
reactormag.com/excerpts-chr...
Tropic of Kansas - Reactor
The United States of America is no more. Broken into warring territories, its center has become a wasteland DMZ known as “the Tropic of Kansas.” Two travelers appear in this arid American wilderness: ...
reactormag.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM
It felt so implausible, or at least deliberately surreal, when writing it in 2013-14 🧊
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Tons, if you search for “Edgeland House,” including in this @texasmonthly.bsky.social piece about the place: www.texasmonthly.com/style/christ...
Dystopian Author Christopher Brown Truly Lives on the Edge
The writer’s home, which is partly buried deep in the earth, integrates with nature just a few miles from downtown Austin.
www.texasmonthly.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Tons, if you search for “Edgeland House,” including in this @texasmonthly.bsky.social piece about the place: www.texasmonthly.com/style/christ...
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Public art as marching Krewe with Krewe Mosaïque parade.
January 18, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Public art as marching Krewe with Krewe Mosaïque parade.
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View from St Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans
January 18, 2026 at 1:45 AM
View from St Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans
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I ❤️ his energy… it is infectious and inspired me.
January 17, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I ❤️ his energy… it is infectious and inspired me.
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if you are feeling bad (understandably!) about the state of the US, may I strongly recommend visiting the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington? I did so the weekend before the election and it has stayed with me in a very good way
once again saying: our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse.
January 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM
if you are feeling bad (understandably!) about the state of the US, may I strongly recommend visiting the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington? I did so the weekend before the election and it has stayed with me in a very good way
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Happy 68th birthday to Janet Kay.
This cover version of a Deniece Williams tune was Janet's 2nd 7". Dennis Bovell was the sound engineer and when he heard Janet hit the high note he knew she would be perfect for Silly Games..
youtu.be/xvVZCMJcWss?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky
This cover version of a Deniece Williams tune was Janet's 2nd 7". Dennis Bovell was the sound engineer and when he heard Janet hit the high note he knew she would be perfect for Silly Games..
youtu.be/xvVZCMJcWss?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky
January 17, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Happy 68th birthday to Janet Kay.
This cover version of a Deniece Williams tune was Janet's 2nd 7". Dennis Bovell was the sound engineer and when he heard Janet hit the high note he knew she would be perfect for Silly Games..
youtu.be/xvVZCMJcWss?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky
This cover version of a Deniece Williams tune was Janet's 2nd 7". Dennis Bovell was the sound engineer and when he heard Janet hit the high note he knew she would be perfect for Silly Games..
youtu.be/xvVZCMJcWss?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky
January 17, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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gee, maybe they shouldn't have made a business model out of fleecing artists with expensive subscriptions
From Dare Obasanjo on Mastodon. Adobe is hitting the floor. #AI
January 17, 2026 at 3:58 PM
gee, maybe they shouldn't have made a business model out of fleecing artists with expensive subscriptions
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아 웃겨 이런데 AI그림 쓰지말라고 손이 가랑이에서 나왔잔아요
January 17, 2026 at 8:53 AM
아 웃겨 이런데 AI그림 쓰지말라고 손이 가랑이에서 나왔잔아요
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.