Rob LaRocque
@roblarocque.bsky.social
“Our endless and impossible journey toward home is in fact our home.”
- David Foster Wallace
“Quit a-hollerin’ at me.”
- John Prine
Purity is a lie, authenticity is a myth, and everything is political - even yo mama.
I like your dog.
- David Foster Wallace
“Quit a-hollerin’ at me.”
- John Prine
Purity is a lie, authenticity is a myth, and everything is political - even yo mama.
I like your dog.
"You know how advice is - you only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyways."
- John Steinbeck
#QuoteOfTheDay #JohnSteinbeck #Advice #Desire
- John Steinbeck
#QuoteOfTheDay #JohnSteinbeck #Advice #Desire
February 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
"You know how advice is - you only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyways."
- John Steinbeck
#QuoteOfTheDay #JohnSteinbeck #Advice #Desire
- John Steinbeck
#QuoteOfTheDay #JohnSteinbeck #Advice #Desire
Record of the Day:
I’ve been accused of being deliberately obscure sometimes, but I promise you there’s nothing deliberate about my tastes. I just want to hear everything and post whatever moves me.
#AbdouElOmari #RecordOfTheDay #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
I’ve been accused of being deliberately obscure sometimes, but I promise you there’s nothing deliberate about my tastes. I just want to hear everything and post whatever moves me.
#AbdouElOmari #RecordOfTheDay #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
February 11, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Record of the Day:
I’ve been accused of being deliberately obscure sometimes, but I promise you there’s nothing deliberate about my tastes. I just want to hear everything and post whatever moves me.
#AbdouElOmari #RecordOfTheDay #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
I’ve been accused of being deliberately obscure sometimes, but I promise you there’s nothing deliberate about my tastes. I just want to hear everything and post whatever moves me.
#AbdouElOmari #RecordOfTheDay #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
Seven directors for the seven days of the week, American Edition. Name the film and director. Provide an image.
Film: Point Break (1991)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
#KathrynBigelow #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #TuesdaysAreForBigelow
Film: Point Break (1991)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
#KathrynBigelow #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #TuesdaysAreForBigelow
February 11, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Seven directors for the seven days of the week, American Edition. Name the film and director. Provide an image.
Film: Point Break (1991)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
#KathrynBigelow #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #TuesdaysAreForBigelow
Film: Point Break (1991)
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
#KathrynBigelow #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #TuesdaysAreForBigelow
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
- Antonio Gramsci
#QuoteOfTheDay #AntonioGramsci #ParadigmShift
- Antonio Gramsci
#QuoteOfTheDay #AntonioGramsci #ParadigmShift
February 10, 2026 at 5:14 PM
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
- Antonio Gramsci
#QuoteOfTheDay #AntonioGramsci #ParadigmShift
- Antonio Gramsci
#QuoteOfTheDay #AntonioGramsci #ParadigmShift
What kind of monster puts sesame seeds on pizza crust?
February 10, 2026 at 5:06 AM
What kind of monster puts sesame seeds on pizza crust?
Record of the Day:
I haven’t posted any Zappa in a bit. The big horn section on side one of this 1972 Mothers album fits with the boss’s jazz fixation at the time. Also, it’s a blast.
#TheMothers #RecordOfTheDay #FrankZappa #VinylCommunity #JazzRock #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
I haven’t posted any Zappa in a bit. The big horn section on side one of this 1972 Mothers album fits with the boss’s jazz fixation at the time. Also, it’s a blast.
#TheMothers #RecordOfTheDay #FrankZappa #VinylCommunity #JazzRock #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Record of the Day:
I haven’t posted any Zappa in a bit. The big horn section on side one of this 1972 Mothers album fits with the boss’s jazz fixation at the time. Also, it’s a blast.
#TheMothers #RecordOfTheDay #FrankZappa #VinylCommunity #JazzRock #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
I haven’t posted any Zappa in a bit. The big horn section on side one of this 1972 Mothers album fits with the boss’s jazz fixation at the time. Also, it’s a blast.
#TheMothers #RecordOfTheDay #FrankZappa #VinylCommunity #JazzRock #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
Post a banger that isn't in English...
#musicsky
The original by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot is great, but this is extraordinary.
#musicsky
The original by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot is great, but this is extraordinary.
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Post a banger that isn't in English...
#musicsky
The original by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot is great, but this is extraordinary.
#musicsky
The original by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot is great, but this is extraordinary.
Seven directors for the seven days of the week, American Edition. Name the film and director. Provide an image.
Film: The Big Sleep (1946)
Director: Howard Hawks
#HowardHawks #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #LaurenBacall #MovieSky #MarthaVickers #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #MondaysAreForHawks
Film: The Big Sleep (1946)
Director: Howard Hawks
#HowardHawks #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #LaurenBacall #MovieSky #MarthaVickers #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #MondaysAreForHawks
February 9, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Seven directors for the seven days of the week, American Edition. Name the film and director. Provide an image.
Film: The Big Sleep (1946)
Director: Howard Hawks
#HowardHawks #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #LaurenBacall #MovieSky #MarthaVickers #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #MondaysAreForHawks
Film: The Big Sleep (1946)
Director: Howard Hawks
#HowardHawks #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #LaurenBacall #MovieSky #MarthaVickers #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #MondaysAreForHawks
“Every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. We have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. We have never seen a totally sane human being."
- Robert Anton Wilson
#QuoteOfTheDay #RobertAntonWilson #Compassion #Sanity #Anxiety #Grief
- Robert Anton Wilson
#QuoteOfTheDay #RobertAntonWilson #Compassion #Sanity #Anxiety #Grief
February 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
“Every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. We have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. We have never seen a totally sane human being."
- Robert Anton Wilson
#QuoteOfTheDay #RobertAntonWilson #Compassion #Sanity #Anxiety #Grief
- Robert Anton Wilson
#QuoteOfTheDay #RobertAntonWilson #Compassion #Sanity #Anxiety #Grief
Record of the day:
It’s true - he used to glow in the dark and everything.
#CountBasie #RecordOfTheDay #Jazz #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #BigBand #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
It’s true - he used to glow in the dark and everything.
#CountBasie #RecordOfTheDay #Jazz #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #BigBand #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
February 9, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Record of the day:
It’s true - he used to glow in the dark and everything.
#CountBasie #RecordOfTheDay #Jazz #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #BigBand #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
It’s true - he used to glow in the dark and everything.
#CountBasie #RecordOfTheDay #Jazz #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #BigBand #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
Who's the Super Bowl halftime performer? Wrong answers only
February 8, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Who's the Super Bowl halftime performer? Wrong answers only
Seven directors for the seven days of the week, American Edition. Name the film and director. Provide an image.
Film: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Director: Jim Jarmusch
#JimJarmusch #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #SundaysAreForJarmusch
Film: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Director: Jim Jarmusch
#JimJarmusch #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #SundaysAreForJarmusch
February 8, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Seven directors for the seven days of the week, American Edition. Name the film and director. Provide an image.
Film: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Director: Jim Jarmusch
#JimJarmusch #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #SundaysAreForJarmusch
Film: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Director: Jim Jarmusch
#JimJarmusch #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #SundaysAreForJarmusch
“Well, the way I see it is that the music is as commercial as ants and can be whatever you want it to be.”
- Roky Erickson
#QuoteOfTheDay #RokyErickson #Commercialism #Music #Entomology
- Roky Erickson
#QuoteOfTheDay #RokyErickson #Commercialism #Music #Entomology
February 8, 2026 at 2:50 PM
“Well, the way I see it is that the music is as commercial as ants and can be whatever you want it to be.”
- Roky Erickson
#QuoteOfTheDay #RokyErickson #Commercialism #Music #Entomology
- Roky Erickson
#QuoteOfTheDay #RokyErickson #Commercialism #Music #Entomology
Record of the Day:
Playing each to each
#CharlesLloyd #RecordOfTheDay #Jazz #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
Playing each to each
#CharlesLloyd #RecordOfTheDay #Jazz #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
February 8, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Record of the Day:
Playing each to each
#CharlesLloyd #RecordOfTheDay #Jazz #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
Playing each to each
#CharlesLloyd #RecordOfTheDay #Jazz #VinylCommunity #MusicSky #VinylSky #VinylRecords #JazzSky
Seven directors for the seven days of the week, American Edition. Name the film and director. Provide an image.
Film: Raging Bull (1980)
Director: Martin Scorcese
#MartinScorcese #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #RobertDeNiro #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #SaturdaysAreForScorcese
Film: Raging Bull (1980)
Director: Martin Scorcese
#MartinScorcese #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #RobertDeNiro #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #SaturdaysAreForScorcese
February 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Seven directors for the seven days of the week, American Edition. Name the film and director. Provide an image.
Film: Raging Bull (1980)
Director: Martin Scorcese
#MartinScorcese #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #RobertDeNiro #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #SaturdaysAreForScorcese
Film: Raging Bull (1980)
Director: Martin Scorcese
#MartinScorcese #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #RobertDeNiro #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #SaturdaysAreForScorcese
“Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!"
- Friedrich Nietzsche
#QuoteOfTheDay #FriedrichNietzsche #LawAndOrder #Power #Punishment
- Friedrich Nietzsche
#QuoteOfTheDay #FriedrichNietzsche #LawAndOrder #Power #Punishment
February 7, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!"
- Friedrich Nietzsche
#QuoteOfTheDay #FriedrichNietzsche #LawAndOrder #Power #Punishment
- Friedrich Nietzsche
#QuoteOfTheDay #FriedrichNietzsche #LawAndOrder #Power #Punishment
Fred Smith has died.
I got to see Television in concert once. They were extraordinary.
I got to see Television in concert once. They were extraordinary.
Television - Marquee Moon [pt.1] (Live in Brazil 23-10-05) (8/8)
YouTube video by boulderdamn
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February 7, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Fred Smith has died.
I got to see Television in concert once. They were extraordinary.
I got to see Television in concert once. They were extraordinary.
#HudsonValley #PhotoArt #Art #Abandoned #Photography #Photosky #Silo #Americana #Artsky #PhotoEdit #HarrierHillPark #Monochrome #BlackAndWhitePhotography
February 7, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Post your favorite “Lord of the Rings” character. Wrong answers only.
February 7, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Post your favorite “Lord of the Rings” character. Wrong answers only.
Record of the Day:
I spent a lot of hours listening to this record as a teenager. Time well spent, I think.
#Wings #RecordOfTheDay #PaulMcCartney #VinylCommunity #PopRock #MusicSky #VinylSky #ClassicRock #VinylRecords #LiveAndLetDie
I spent a lot of hours listening to this record as a teenager. Time well spent, I think.
#Wings #RecordOfTheDay #PaulMcCartney #VinylCommunity #PopRock #MusicSky #VinylSky #ClassicRock #VinylRecords #LiveAndLetDie
February 7, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Record of the Day:
I spent a lot of hours listening to this record as a teenager. Time well spent, I think.
#Wings #RecordOfTheDay #PaulMcCartney #VinylCommunity #PopRock #MusicSky #VinylSky #ClassicRock #VinylRecords #LiveAndLetDie
I spent a lot of hours listening to this record as a teenager. Time well spent, I think.
#Wings #RecordOfTheDay #PaulMcCartney #VinylCommunity #PopRock #MusicSky #VinylSky #ClassicRock #VinylRecords #LiveAndLetDie
Seven directors for the seven days of the week, American Edition. Name the film and director. Provide an image.
Film: Rio Grande (1950)
Director: John Ford
#JohnFord #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #FridaysAreForFord
Film: Rio Grande (1950)
Director: John Ford
#JohnFord #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #FridaysAreForFord
February 6, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Seven directors for the seven days of the week, American Edition. Name the film and director. Provide an image.
Film: Rio Grande (1950)
Director: John Ford
#JohnFord #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #FridaysAreForFord
Film: Rio Grande (1950)
Director: John Ford
#JohnFord #SevenDirectorsChallenge #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge #FridaysAreForFord
In case you still need a primer…
February 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
In case you still need a primer…