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
Making pecan pie from the Joy of Cooking @michaelerard.bsky.social gave me brand new for college graduation 25 years ago.
December 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Making pecan pie from the Joy of Cooking @michaelerard.bsky.social gave me brand new for college graduation 25 years ago.
Steak taco salad. Ribeye on greens with fried masa thumbprint croutons, avocado tomatillo dressing, avocado slices, picked chiles, and pickled onions.
December 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Steak taco salad. Ribeye on greens with fried masa thumbprint croutons, avocado tomatillo dressing, avocado slices, picked chiles, and pickled onions.
Another way to smother your inner life with entertainment. Just look out the window!
Sony and Honda's new vehicle will let passengers play PS5 games, but there's a catch
www.eurogamer.net/sony-and-hon...
www.eurogamer.net/sony-and-hon...
December 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Another way to smother your inner life with entertainment. Just look out the window!
Resisting AI is cool, but can we also resist short form video while we’re at it?
December 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Resisting AI is cool, but can we also resist short form video while we’re at it?
Do you prefer the silk breeches ass shaking of Glenn Gould’s 81 Goldberg variations or the heavy shredding of the 55 originals?
December 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Do you prefer the silk breeches ass shaking of Glenn Gould’s 81 Goldberg variations or the heavy shredding of the 55 originals?
Incredible lyrics, incredible solo www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzad...
Tyler Childers - Getting to the Bottom (Audio)
YouTube video by TylerChildersVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Incredible lyrics, incredible solo www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzad...
Extremely good list.
Time for a thread of my favourite records from 2025. Might go on a bit. Not in order, but Bitchin Bajas' Inland See is maybe the album I played most in the past 12 months (along with the boot of their show in Glob in October) 1/ bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com/album/inland...
Inland See, by Bitchin Bajas
4 track album
bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Extremely good list.
This was a lovely little story to stumble onto in the library. Made me nostalgic for San Francisco seen from the water.
December 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This was a lovely little story to stumble onto in the library. Made me nostalgic for San Francisco seen from the water.
Had to grab this. If everybody did a year end wrap-up zine instead of posting lists online, maybe we could tackle all this music without adding 40 albums in December and giving them half-assed listens.
thrilled to announce see/saw's top 54 punk + rock'n'roll records of 2025: a physical newsprint broadsheet.
not publishing online! just got these on the doorstep today and I couldn't be happier with how they turned out. order a copy! happy holidays!
not publishing online! just got these on the doorstep today and I couldn't be happier with how they turned out. order a copy! happy holidays!
see/saw’s top 54 punk + rock'n'roll records of 2025: a zine
Order your copy of this physical newsprint broadsheet with art from David Alvarado and writing from the best.
see-saw.fun
December 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Had to grab this. If everybody did a year end wrap-up zine instead of posting lists online, maybe we could tackle all this music without adding 40 albums in December and giving them half-assed listens.
Some incredible person changed the TV at gym from the NFL show where everyone dresses like a 19th century train conductor to The Young & the Restless, and I ran an extra mile just watching this dude make smug faces at elaborately costumed women.
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Some incredible person changed the TV at gym from the NFL show where everyone dresses like a 19th century train conductor to The Young & the Restless, and I ran an extra mile just watching this dude make smug faces at elaborately costumed women.
The award looks like the glass skater, and yet no Skate Story…
These are our favourite PC games of the year.
www.pcgamer.com/games/pc-gam...
#pcgamer #pcgaming #goty
www.pcgamer.com/games/pc-gam...
#pcgamer #pcgaming #goty
PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2025
Our favourite PC games of the year.
www.pcgamer.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The award looks like the glass skater, and yet no Skate Story…
Every time I heard this song I was thinking that it reminded me of another song. Driving me crazy. youtu.be/OuNpUFGeRYo?...
Smog Summer
YouTube video by Automatic - Topic
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Every time I heard this song I was thinking that it reminded me of another song. Driving me crazy. youtu.be/OuNpUFGeRYo?...
Sure, you can visualize a scene from a book, but can you hear the silly songs in a Pynchon novel? Taste the food in Hemingway? Smell the bong smoke in Infinite Jest? Feel the smoothness of Gregor Samsa’s carapace? Read harder.
December 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sure, you can visualize a scene from a book, but can you hear the silly songs in a Pynchon novel? Taste the food in Hemingway? Smell the bong smoke in Infinite Jest? Feel the smoothness of Gregor Samsa’s carapace? Read harder.
Cold night red beans and rice
December 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Cold night red beans and rice
What happens when you don’t let your kids play video games on Sunday.
December 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
What happens when you don’t let your kids play video games on Sunday.
Nice frame!
A Life Well Wasted x Olly Moss poster framed and ready to hang! @robertashley.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Nice frame!
Made some sweet potato agnolotti and an arugula & roasted veg salad with an avocado tomatillo dressing and fried shallots.
December 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Made some sweet potato agnolotti and an arugula & roasted veg salad with an avocado tomatillo dressing and fried shallots.
As long as we get a sequel to this too. youtu.be/32FB-gYr49Y?...
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
As long as we get a sequel to this too. youtu.be/32FB-gYr49Y?...
Came across this album on a year end list and discovered that the first song is peppered with references to where I’m living now. Snuggles into the same spot I have for this year’s Wednesday album and Ryan Davis. youtu.be/z1ehX2SNyl0?...
Fust - Spangled (Official Video)
YouTube video by Fust
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Came across this album on a year end list and discovered that the first song is peppered with references to where I’m living now. Snuggles into the same spot I have for this year’s Wednesday album and Ryan Davis. youtu.be/z1ehX2SNyl0?...
Cosmic Collapse with treats by the guy who made Arco? I’m in.
PancitoMerge out now on Steam!
Drop, stack, and merge *pan dulce* into delicious mega‑treats!
Thanks @lagshowcase.bsky.social for putting together a beautiful trailer!
Featured on #LAGS2025
Drop, stack, and merge *pan dulce* into delicious mega‑treats!
Thanks @lagshowcase.bsky.social for putting together a beautiful trailer!
Featured on #LAGS2025
December 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Cosmic Collapse with treats by the guy who made Arco? I’m in.
From my kitchen window earlier today
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
From my kitchen window earlier today
William Gibson heard Grumbling Fur!
youtu.be/BM54jXndyvQ Bladerunner lyrics, 70s Eno sounds, via my buddy Chris H.
Grumbling Fur - The Ballad of Roy Batty (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Thrill Jockey Records
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
William Gibson heard Grumbling Fur!
They gotta at least drag it over to the skate park at the UN plaza so people can replicate the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater SF level.
A month after the San Francisco Arts Commission ordered the dismantling of the iconic Vaillancourt Fountain, a local organization is formally challenging the Brutalist work’s destruction.
Preservation Group Appeals Dismantling of SF Brutalist Fountain
The Vaillancourt Fountain in Embarcadero Plaza could be removed as soon as February.
hyperallergic.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
They gotta at least drag it over to the skate park at the UN plaza so people can replicate the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater SF level.
There have been limits that I have pushed past.
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There have been limits that I have pushed past.
Heard Hootie and the Blowfish and Notorious BIG playing over each other in the gym and briefly thought it was Geese.
December 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Heard Hootie and the Blowfish and Notorious BIG playing over each other in the gym and briefly thought it was Geese.