Seth Tisue
@tisue.net
location: Reno, Nevada
topics: travel, arcane music & books, etc.
no Scala; for that, follow https://fosstodon.org/@SethTisue
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topics: travel, arcane music & books, etc.
no Scala; for that, follow https://fosstodon.org/@SethTisue
see https://tisue.net to find me on other sites
Reno college students learning about the classics from @edsunspot.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Reno college students learning about the classics from @edsunspot.bsky.social
separately cherishing & celebrating each individual percentage point Cuomo lost by
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
separately cherishing & celebrating each individual percentage point Cuomo lost by
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The Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series—a key driver of Chicago's ongoing creative-music renaissance—ended 20 years ago. But on Saturday it returns to celebrate a new live box set with performances by Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark, Dorothy Carlos, and more!
chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...
chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...
The Bottle gets a free (jazz) refill - Chicago Reader
The Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series ended 20 years ago, but it returns for one night to roll out a new retrospective box set.
chicagoreader.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Empty Bottle Jazz & Improvised Music Series—a key driver of Chicago's ongoing creative-music renaissance—ended 20 years ago. But on Saturday it returns to celebrate a new live box set with performances by Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark, Dorothy Carlos, and more!
chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...
chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...
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Python Software Foundation withdraws bid for $1.5m grant from US gov, because the terms require they do not "operate any programs that advance or promote DEI", and "it would be a betrayal of our mission and our community." Applause. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
pyfound.blogspot.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Python Software Foundation withdraws bid for $1.5m grant from US gov, because the terms require they do not "operate any programs that advance or promote DEI", and "it would be a betrayal of our mission and our community." Applause. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
left: Monkey Condos hike (Pyramid Lake, Nevada); right: playa (Black Rock Desert, Nevada)
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
left: Monkey Condos hike (Pyramid Lake, Nevada); right: playa (Black Rock Desert, Nevada)
fringed amaranth;
caterpillar of the white-lined sphinx moth, aka “hummingbird moth”
(two more highlights of my recent trip to Joshua Tree / Twentynine Palms)
caterpillar of the white-lined sphinx moth, aka “hummingbird moth”
(two more highlights of my recent trip to Joshua Tree / Twentynine Palms)
October 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
fringed amaranth;
caterpillar of the white-lined sphinx moth, aka “hummingbird moth”
(two more highlights of my recent trip to Joshua Tree / Twentynine Palms)
caterpillar of the white-lined sphinx moth, aka “hummingbird moth”
(two more highlights of my recent trip to Joshua Tree / Twentynine Palms)
huge No Kings crowd here in Reno, Nevada
October 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
huge No Kings crowd here in Reno, Nevada
Hawthorne, Nevada: An It’s Too Cold to Sleep in My Tent Odyssey
October 15, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Hawthorne, Nevada: An It’s Too Cold to Sleep in My Tent Odyssey
my first chuckwalla!
they’re not rare, I just hadn’t personally run into one before
(Fortynine Palms Oasis Trail, Joshua Tree National Park, California)
they’re not rare, I just hadn’t personally run into one before
(Fortynine Palms Oasis Trail, Joshua Tree National Park, California)
October 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
my first chuckwalla!
they’re not rare, I just hadn’t personally run into one before
(Fortynine Palms Oasis Trail, Joshua Tree National Park, California)
they’re not rare, I just hadn’t personally run into one before
(Fortynine Palms Oasis Trail, Joshua Tree National Park, California)
used bookstore alignment: chaotic good
(Raven’s Book Shoppe, Twentynine Palms CA)
(Raven’s Book Shoppe, Twentynine Palms CA)
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
used bookstore alignment: chaotic good
(Raven’s Book Shoppe, Twentynine Palms CA)
(Raven’s Book Shoppe, Twentynine Palms CA)
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There was a time I thought I wanted to do this kind of field work for a living. RIP to Jane Goodall. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...
Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
There was a time I thought I wanted to do this kind of field work for a living. RIP to Jane Goodall. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...
Mark Twain bought Cheetos and scratch tickets here
September 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Mark Twain bought Cheetos and scratch tickets here
the bookstore cat lay down on the book I wanted to buy but thankfully it didn’t develop into a tense hours-long standoff
(@ The Radical Cat, Reno NV)
(@ The Radical Cat, Reno NV)
September 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
the bookstore cat lay down on the book I wanted to buy but thankfully it didn’t develop into a tense hours-long standoff
(@ The Radical Cat, Reno NV)
(@ The Radical Cat, Reno NV)
bargain books
(Circus of Books, Los Angeles, 2017)
(Circus of Books, Los Angeles, 2017)
September 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
bargain books
(Circus of Books, Los Angeles, 2017)
(Circus of Books, Los Angeles, 2017)
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Legendary CHROME guitarist Helios Creed could use some help!
gofund.me/d68672e2f
gofund.me/d68672e2f
Donate to Help HELIOS CREED get a phone, cane, rent, life, medical...., organized by Michael Dean
Hi, I'm Michael Dean, I've been friends with Helios since 198… Michael Dean needs your support for Help HELIOS CREED get a phone, cane, rent, life, medical....
gofund.me
September 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Legendary CHROME guitarist Helios Creed could use some help!
gofund.me/d68672e2f
gofund.me/d68672e2f
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People sometimes claim that experimental music is hard to relate to, but that's bullshit. Who hasn't sat in a room? You never thought it was gonna rain?
February 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
People sometimes claim that experimental music is hard to relate to, but that's bullshit. Who hasn't sat in a room? You never thought it was gonna rain?
Yan Jun, a key figure in Chinese experimental/improvised music, is doing some shows in California next week:
* Sep 25 6p @ Asian Art Museum (SF)
* Sep 26 7:30p @ Dead End Vintage (SF)
* Sep 27 3:30p @ Re: Sound (Vallejo)
* Sep 28 8p @ 2220 Arts (Los Angeles)
* Sep 25 6p @ Asian Art Museum (SF)
* Sep 26 7:30p @ Dead End Vintage (SF)
* Sep 27 3:30p @ Re: Sound (Vallejo)
* Sep 28 8p @ 2220 Arts (Los Angeles)
September 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Yan Jun, a key figure in Chinese experimental/improvised music, is doing some shows in California next week:
* Sep 25 6p @ Asian Art Museum (SF)
* Sep 26 7:30p @ Dead End Vintage (SF)
* Sep 27 3:30p @ Re: Sound (Vallejo)
* Sep 28 8p @ 2220 Arts (Los Angeles)
* Sep 25 6p @ Asian Art Museum (SF)
* Sep 26 7:30p @ Dead End Vintage (SF)
* Sep 27 3:30p @ Re: Sound (Vallejo)
* Sep 28 8p @ 2220 Arts (Los Angeles)
The Austin punk rock convenience store is the best
Price Slashers (Vanessa Gelvin & Matt LaComette) @ Rio Friendly Market (Austin, Texas)
Price Slashers (Vanessa Gelvin & Matt LaComette) @ Rio Friendly Market (Austin, Texas)
September 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Austin punk rock convenience store is the best
Price Slashers (Vanessa Gelvin & Matt LaComette) @ Rio Friendly Market (Austin, Texas)
Price Slashers (Vanessa Gelvin & Matt LaComette) @ Rio Friendly Market (Austin, Texas)
Ari Brown is saxless, let’s fix that www.gofundme.com/f/support-ar...
Donate to Support Ari Brown: Chicago's Tenor Sax Man, organized by South Side Jazz Coalition Inc.
Hey Family,
Due to a series of missteps and mishaps, … South Side Jazz Coalition Inc. needs your support for Support Ari Brown: Chicago's Tenor Sax Man
www.gofundme.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Ari Brown is saxless, let’s fix that www.gofundme.com/f/support-ar...
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Like hundreds of other people, I was targeted by Charlie Kirk's "Professor Watchlist" project and spuriously accused of being a "Terror Supporter" and an "Antisemite". The legacy of Charlie Kirk is bigotry, classroom surveillance and anti-intellectual harassment.
September 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Like hundreds of other people, I was targeted by Charlie Kirk's "Professor Watchlist" project and spuriously accused of being a "Terror Supporter" and an "Antisemite". The legacy of Charlie Kirk is bigotry, classroom surveillance and anti-intellectual harassment.
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HOUSTON CONCERT:
JANDEK will perform at The Orange Show in Houston at 7:00 pm on Friday, November 14, 2025. Ticket link in bio.
Photo: © Sheila Smith
JANDEK will perform at The Orange Show in Houston at 7:00 pm on Friday, November 14, 2025. Ticket link in bio.
Photo: © Sheila Smith
September 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
HOUSTON CONCERT:
JANDEK will perform at The Orange Show in Houston at 7:00 pm on Friday, November 14, 2025. Ticket link in bio.
Photo: © Sheila Smith
JANDEK will perform at The Orange Show in Houston at 7:00 pm on Friday, November 14, 2025. Ticket link in bio.
Photo: © Sheila Smith
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Sad to hear from Francois Bonnet about the passing of Costin Miereanu - I’m glad he could live to see the renewed interest in his work, if you haven’t heard his Poly-Art Recordings then you’re in for a serious treat. miereanu.bandcamp.com/album/poly-a...
Poly-Art Recordings 1976-1982, by Costin Miereanu
12 track album
miereanu.bandcamp.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Sad to hear from Francois Bonnet about the passing of Costin Miereanu - I’m glad he could live to see the renewed interest in his work, if you haven’t heard his Poly-Art Recordings then you’re in for a serious treat. miereanu.bandcamp.com/album/poly-a...
