Tom from Weaklung
@perefex.bsky.social
I make stuff that makes noises, I make songs that make use of those noises, I play noises for the cat, the cat doesn’t love the noises. Perennial lurker.
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exceedingly good practice
January 8, 2026 at 2:59 AM
exceedingly good practice
That’s the old Elbo Room space, for the old heads.
January 6, 2026 at 8:37 PM
That’s the old Elbo Room space, for the old heads.
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They were supposed to announce it yesterday so I see no harm in posting here. Weaklung's first show of 2026 and first at new(ish) venue Book Club.
Sun Jan 18, day before MLK day so hopefully you won't have to worry about clocking in Monday
Sun Jan 18, day before MLK day so hopefully you won't have to worry about clocking in Monday
January 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
They were supposed to announce it yesterday so I see no harm in posting here. Weaklung's first show of 2026 and first at new(ish) venue Book Club.
Sun Jan 18, day before MLK day so hopefully you won't have to worry about clocking in Monday
Sun Jan 18, day before MLK day so hopefully you won't have to worry about clocking in Monday
My kind of prompt. In no particular order, based on influence on me, not necessarily an endorsement of them as people, etc…
Noel Gallagher
Annie Clark
Marisa Paternoster
Mark Knopfler
Graham Coxon
Eric Hudson
Alan Sparhawk
Josh Homme
Jeff Parker
Leah Wellbaum
Noel Gallagher
Annie Clark
Marisa Paternoster
Mark Knopfler
Graham Coxon
Eric Hudson
Alan Sparhawk
Josh Homme
Jeff Parker
Leah Wellbaum
damn okay top 10 guitar players:
Mario Camarena
Erik Hansel
John Frusciante
Cody Bonnette
Tim Henson
Scott LePage
Jimi Hendrix
Freddie Green
Yvette Young
Sister Rosetta Tharp
Mario Camarena
Erik Hansel
John Frusciante
Cody Bonnette
Tim Henson
Scott LePage
Jimi Hendrix
Freddie Green
Yvette Young
Sister Rosetta Tharp
Name your top ten guitar players. Mine:
Julian Bream
Jimi Hendrix
Francisco Tarrega
Roland Dyens
Roy Buchanan
Andres Segovia
Edith Pageaud
Miguel Llobet
Bonnie Raitt
Luke Doucet
Julian Bream
Jimi Hendrix
Francisco Tarrega
Roland Dyens
Roy Buchanan
Andres Segovia
Edith Pageaud
Miguel Llobet
Bonnie Raitt
Luke Doucet
January 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
My kind of prompt. In no particular order, based on influence on me, not necessarily an endorsement of them as people, etc…
Noel Gallagher
Annie Clark
Marisa Paternoster
Mark Knopfler
Graham Coxon
Eric Hudson
Alan Sparhawk
Josh Homme
Jeff Parker
Leah Wellbaum
Noel Gallagher
Annie Clark
Marisa Paternoster
Mark Knopfler
Graham Coxon
Eric Hudson
Alan Sparhawk
Josh Homme
Jeff Parker
Leah Wellbaum
Is this Owen’s way of telling me we got a gig opening for the Smashing Pumpkins?
Ha. Of course the two most annoying Chicago bands are playing together.
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Is this Owen’s way of telling me we got a gig opening for the Smashing Pumpkins?
Band practice is great and all but those sweet people would not put up with me inserting a full length rendition of Mogwai Fear Satan in the middle of song that’s already three times longer than any one of our other songs, so for moments like this it’s always gotta be Playing Guitar Alone In My Room
January 6, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Band practice is great and all but those sweet people would not put up with me inserting a full length rendition of Mogwai Fear Satan in the middle of song that’s already three times longer than any one of our other songs, so for moments like this it’s always gotta be Playing Guitar Alone In My Room
apparently the team that’s threatening relocation in order to get tax breaks from their home city is playing against the team that’s collectively owned by their home city, and i’m supposed to prefer the former?
January 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
apparently the team that’s threatening relocation in order to get tax breaks from their home city is playing against the team that’s collectively owned by their home city, and i’m supposed to prefer the former?
Just saw a weaklung shirt in the wild for the first time. Made my night!
January 5, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Just saw a weaklung shirt in the wild for the first time. Made my night!
It’s gonna be me and the cat and Nina Simone and a book for the rest of the day, folks.
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
It’s gonna be me and the cat and Nina Simone and a book for the rest of the day, folks.
London, 2009. Met a guy after the pubs closed sitting by the side of the road who claimed to be Jim from Massive Attack. Not sure that there ever was a Jim from Massive Attack.
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
London, 2009. Met a guy after the pubs closed sitting by the side of the road who claimed to be Jim from Massive Attack. Not sure that there ever was a Jim from Massive Attack.
My parents sat down with me and my sister to watch Trainspotting specifically as an anti-drug message. It worked, I’ve never tried heroin.
Name 1 movie from your childhood you were way too young to watch.
December 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My parents sat down with me and my sister to watch Trainspotting specifically as an anti-drug message. It worked, I’ve never tried heroin.
I have found myself in the presence of an American football game and you all know this shit is ridiculous, right? It’s the dubstep of sports.
December 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I have found myself in the presence of an American football game and you all know this shit is ridiculous, right? It’s the dubstep of sports.
I watched It’s A Wonderful Life and I didn’t cry, kind of worried about what this means about my emotional state.
December 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I watched It’s A Wonderful Life and I didn’t cry, kind of worried about what this means about my emotional state.
Restringing a guitar is one of those productive procrastinations that makes you feel like you’re accomplishing something while putting off the thing you’re supposed to be doing except when it’s a 12-string and you put THAT task off by doing the thing you were actually supposed to do to begin with.
December 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Restringing a guitar is one of those productive procrastinations that makes you feel like you’re accomplishing something while putting off the thing you’re supposed to be doing except when it’s a 12-string and you put THAT task off by doing the thing you were actually supposed to do to begin with.
Ultimately this can be distilled to the simple comparison of Do They Know It’s Christmas? (cheesy, good) to We Are The World (cheesy, bad).
There's not many cultural areas where we really diverge from the States, but the Christmas canon remain one of them. I mean, we both do the trad carols and Bing, sure, but whilst the Yanks are all "O Tannenbaum" and "Carol of the Bells", we've got Wizzard, Slade, Rea, The Pogues, The Waitresses...
December 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Ultimately this can be distilled to the simple comparison of Do They Know It’s Christmas? (cheesy, good) to We Are The World (cheesy, bad).
Question is, will I be dead before the songs on The Wicker Man (1973) soundtrack enter public domain?
On New Year’s Day the copyrights for thousands of works expire, allowing anyone to freely record, perform, or interpolate them. That includes compositions (music and lyrics, not recordings) from 1930 including standards like “Georgia On My Mind,” “Dream A Little Dream Of Me,” and “I Got Rhythm.”
December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Question is, will I be dead before the songs on The Wicker Man (1973) soundtrack enter public domain?
This planet needs to get its shit together. Celebrating the solstice like a month into winter when we’ve got at least until April to get out on the other side of this shit. Oooh the days are getting longer, are they? Fuck you, gimme shorter days with more sunlight you frosty bastard.
December 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This planet needs to get its shit together. Celebrating the solstice like a month into winter when we’ve got at least until April to get out on the other side of this shit. Oooh the days are getting longer, are they? Fuck you, gimme shorter days with more sunlight you frosty bastard.
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I really needed that band practice. Restorative brain medicine.
December 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I really needed that band practice. Restorative brain medicine.
I just watched The Wicker Man (1973) for the first time. Holy moly does that thing go hard.
December 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I just watched The Wicker Man (1973) for the first time. Holy moly does that thing go hard.
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also included some manifesting of things i’d like to see happen in 2026
December 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
also included some manifesting of things i’d like to see happen in 2026
“Gonna cut down on my bluesky time-killing, I’ll check in just once in the morning and be done after that”
*checks in once in the morning*
“Nothing means anything, may as well waste my day here for all the difference it makes”
*checks in once in the morning*
“Nothing means anything, may as well waste my day here for all the difference it makes”
December 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“Gonna cut down on my bluesky time-killing, I’ll check in just once in the morning and be done after that”
*checks in once in the morning*
“Nothing means anything, may as well waste my day here for all the difference it makes”
*checks in once in the morning*
“Nothing means anything, may as well waste my day here for all the difference it makes”
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Guess I'll post this again
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Guess I'll post this again
Kind of hate that for all my disdain of various segments and individual examples of humanity I always find myself siding with the most human position in any given scenario.
December 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Kind of hate that for all my disdain of various segments and individual examples of humanity I always find myself siding with the most human position in any given scenario.
Copilot has suggestions to fix my Excel file, does it? The file that’s a template auto-generated and populated by Microsoft Forms, that I have done absolutely nothing to? Sort yer fuckin life out, Microsoft.
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Copilot has suggestions to fix my Excel file, does it? The file that’s a template auto-generated and populated by Microsoft Forms, that I have done absolutely nothing to? Sort yer fuckin life out, Microsoft.
I love Wikipedia. You wanna know about something? Who doesn’t! Give ‘em cash! A bunch of nerds working mostly for free to make sure information is true and correct, least you can do is help keep the lights on.
Here’s a wee snippet of my saved articles list:
Here’s a wee snippet of my saved articles list:
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I love Wikipedia. You wanna know about something? Who doesn’t! Give ‘em cash! A bunch of nerds working mostly for free to make sure information is true and correct, least you can do is help keep the lights on.
Here’s a wee snippet of my saved articles list:
Here’s a wee snippet of my saved articles list: