Robert Ashley
@robertashley.bsky.social
A Life Well Wasted, I Come to Shanghai, always in the kitchen. Music, books, and games. Lexington, VA. www.alifewellwasted.com
https://icometoshanghai.bandcamp.com/album/low-pressure
https://icometoshanghai.bandcamp.com/album/low-pressure
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A Life Well Wasted episode 9: Game Over is up now. Grab a timed-edition poster by Olly Moss anytime in the next 7 days to support the show. Thanks for sticking with me! alifewellwasted.com
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An old Mortal Kombat themed Valentine's card I made.
February 12, 2026 at 11:54 PM
An old Mortal Kombat themed Valentine's card I made.
The clicking sound of the turn signal inside a quiet car is the loneliest sound on earth, scientifically speaking.
February 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
The clicking sound of the turn signal inside a quiet car is the loneliest sound on earth, scientifically speaking.
Ive been into making big grandma pies lately. This one was 14”X20”. Crisp and airy.
February 11, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Ive been into making big grandma pies lately. This one was 14”X20”. Crisp and airy.
February 10, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Typing of the Dead movie or fuck off
Sega's The House Of The Dead movie lands The Last of Us star for lead role www.eurogamer.net/segas-the-ho...
February 6, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Typing of the Dead movie or fuck off
VA still frozen solid, but I don’t hate it.
February 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
VA still frozen solid, but I don’t hate it.
Sorry for all the old posting. I moved into a new place, and I plan on staying, so I’m finally unpacking all this stuff I’ve been carting around the country for 20 years.
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Sorry for all the old posting. I moved into a new place, and I plan on staying, so I’m finally unpacking all this stuff I’ve been carting around the country for 20 years.
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I found the first thing I ever had published in a magazine. An interview with Tetsuya Mizuguchi about one of my favorite games ever: Rez. PlayStation Magazine, February 2002. I still remember hunting for it at the bookstore.
February 3, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I found the first thing I ever had published in a magazine. An interview with Tetsuya Mizuguchi about one of my favorite games ever: Rez. PlayStation Magazine, February 2002. I still remember hunting for it at the bookstore.
Also found an unopened 2005 issue of EGM.
February 3, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Also found an unopened 2005 issue of EGM.
Fuckin lol at my review of Seaman getting the page 1 teaser in my very serious college paper.
February 3, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Fuckin lol at my review of Seaman getting the page 1 teaser in my very serious college paper.
I just found a printed record of a few months of my 2002 Google searches. My job must have been realllllly slow
February 2, 2026 at 9:57 PM
I just found a printed record of a few months of my 2002 Google searches. My job must have been realllllly slow
Hey babe come look. They made a new kind of teenager.
February 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Hey babe come look. They made a new kind of teenager.
This is some Samus playing James Bond type shit. I will never tire of the way he uses acoustic percussion sounds.
Euphoria Bound
by Shackleton
(AD 93 2026)
A lot of contemporary Electronica leaves me cold, but Shackleton always brings the heat.
samshackleton.bandcamp.com/album/euphor...
by Shackleton
(AD 93 2026)
A lot of contemporary Electronica leaves me cold, but Shackleton always brings the heat.
samshackleton.bandcamp.com/album/euphor...
February 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
This is some Samus playing James Bond type shit. I will never tire of the way he uses acoustic percussion sounds.
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⭐️⭐️UTAustin alumni call on all ex-students to sign this petition urging UT not to sign the federal government’s higher education compact. UT leaders have still not made their decision about the compact clear.😡
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/un...
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/un...
University of Texas: Reject the federal government’s “Compact”
The Trump Administration’s “Compact” will put the University of Texas at Austin under political control. Join with Longhorns for Liberty to tell President Jim Davis and the Board of Regents to reject ...
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org
January 31, 2026 at 6:14 PM
⭐️⭐️UTAustin alumni call on all ex-students to sign this petition urging UT not to sign the federal government’s higher education compact. UT leaders have still not made their decision about the compact clear.😡
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/un...
alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/un...
Here’s a cool little piece of early console indie gaming. The 10 winning games of a 2004 online game jam printed to GBA cart back when I’m pretty sure that was hard to do. I don’t remember where I even read about this…
January 30, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Here’s a cool little piece of early console indie gaming. The 10 winning games of a 2004 online game jam printed to GBA cart back when I’m pretty sure that was hard to do. I don’t remember where I even read about this…
Wait, the new paywall for Pitchfork just blurs out the score? Not knowing the score is actually a huge improvement…
January 30, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Wait, the new paywall for Pitchfork just blurs out the score? Not knowing the score is actually a huge improvement…
Telling my kids this is the blues.
January 30, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Telling my kids this is the blues.
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Finally got around to putting this up. Now I’ve got two ✌🏼 Would love a third if @robertashley.bsky.social ever blesses us with another episode 🙏🏼
January 29, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Finally got around to putting this up. Now I’ve got two ✌🏼 Would love a third if @robertashley.bsky.social ever blesses us with another episode 🙏🏼
Normalize live in the studio punk albums. hotface.bandcamp.com/track/cruel-...
Cruel Tutelage, by Hot Face
from the album Automated Response
hotface.bandcamp.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Normalize live in the studio punk albums. hotface.bandcamp.com/track/cruel-...
Finally falling into this album. Short tunes emitting a sweet domestic bliss youtu.be/-Ik6KMf0-FQ
grass
YouTube video by Duval Timothy - Topic
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Finally falling into this album. Short tunes emitting a sweet domestic bliss youtu.be/-Ik6KMf0-FQ
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Like Bruce Springsteen the legendary punkband NOFX dropped an anti-Nazi song. Cause fuck Nazis! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU6s...
Minnesota Nazis
YouTube video by NOFX - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Like Bruce Springsteen the legendary punkband NOFX dropped an anti-Nazi song. Cause fuck Nazis! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU6s...
Springsteen to Dylan: Hold my beer.
January 28, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Springsteen to Dylan: Hold my beer.