Will Sisskind
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Word assembler about music for Start-Track.com. Paris Buns caterwauler. I am fifteen rats, perhaps sixteen, shoved into a human suit.
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Will Sisskind
@willsisskind.com
· Oct 24
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Same - I now feel a mighty need to have my workspace look like the party room at a Discovery Zone
Gonna get this carpet for my office. I think it will cure my mental illness.
February 19, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Same - I now feel a mighty need to have my workspace look like the party room at a Discovery Zone
Once again, absolutely no one asked for these shitty prediction market apps to integrate with anything related to journalism, even if Substack has become the strange Nazi stepchild of journalism. But hey, line gotta go up, right?
Substack announces a partnership with Polymarket. “Journalism is better when it’s backed by live markets.”
February 19, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Once again, absolutely no one asked for these shitty prediction market apps to integrate with anything related to journalism, even if Substack has become the strange Nazi stepchild of journalism. But hey, line gotta go up, right?
Also I just learned we’re still having a State of the Union? We know what it is. It’s not great, Bob.
And forget about the Democratic rebuttal. Let me do the rebuttal. It will be an hour-long scream.
And forget about the Democratic rebuttal. Let me do the rebuttal. It will be an hour-long scream.
February 18, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Also I just learned we’re still having a State of the Union? We know what it is. It’s not great, Bob.
And forget about the Democratic rebuttal. Let me do the rebuttal. It will be an hour-long scream.
And forget about the Democratic rebuttal. Let me do the rebuttal. It will be an hour-long scream.
Drew calls out NBC’s abhorrent mid-action commercials here and as someone who also screeches the five thousand names of the Devil when these ads (aka affronts to God) interrupt in little split-screen boxes, I had to repost this.
February 18, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Drew calls out NBC’s abhorrent mid-action commercials here and as someone who also screeches the five thousand names of the Devil when these ads (aka affronts to God) interrupt in little split-screen boxes, I had to repost this.
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Might fuck around and
Disassemble barriers
To compassion, dude
Disassemble barriers
To compassion, dude
February 17, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Might fuck around and
Disassemble barriers
To compassion, dude
Disassemble barriers
To compassion, dude
Remember when real people wrote real articles on real blogs about real music made by real up-and-coming artists? That still happens on Start-Track, the next Pitchfork (but like, back when Pitchfork was still kinda good!) start-track.com
START TRACK – music blog (label) by Filip & friends｜since 2011
start-track.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Remember when real people wrote real articles on real blogs about real music made by real up-and-coming artists? That still happens on Start-Track, the next Pitchfork (but like, back when Pitchfork was still kinda good!) start-track.com
Worked in the ABC No Rio Zine Library for a summer and then some back in the early 2010s and it was one of the formative experiences of my life, and I wish I had archived some of their catalogue for posterity, so thank all esoteric beings that good folks are taking up the work.
Much of my youth revolved around the website ZineLibrary. It went down around Occupy in a massive loss for a movement whose ideas and knowledge mostly doesn't circulate online but in person.
Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:
zinelibrary.org
Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:
zinelibrary.org
ZineLibrary
zinelibrary.org
February 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Worked in the ABC No Rio Zine Library for a summer and then some back in the early 2010s and it was one of the formative experiences of my life, and I wish I had archived some of their catalogue for posterity, so thank all esoteric beings that good folks are taking up the work.
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There’s a voice we all have that says “that can never happen to me” and the only way you can guarantee that to be true is never to use chatbots for anything. They will never get less persuasive, only more.
February 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
There’s a voice we all have that says “that can never happen to me” and the only way you can guarantee that to be true is never to use chatbots for anything. They will never get less persuasive, only more.
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We created a guide on how to spot AI-generated music. What would you add to it?
starttrack.substack.com/p/start-trac...
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starttrack.substack.com/p/start-trac...
Written by @willsisskind.com
Start-Track’s Guide on How to Spot AI Music
AI music is fast food: Quick and cheap, and looks like real food, but at the end of the day is nothing more than slop meant for mass production and consumption...
starttrack.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM
We created a guide on how to spot AI-generated music. What would you add to it?
starttrack.substack.com/p/start-trac...
Written by @willsisskind.com
starttrack.substack.com/p/start-trac...
Written by @willsisskind.com
I will say, first thought I had when the NBC commentators started talking about Ilia's performance was "Gosh, this sounds like Gary, Keith, and Ron when the Mets are down 10 runs to the Marlins."
February 13, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I will say, first thought I had when the NBC commentators started talking about Ilia's performance was "Gosh, this sounds like Gary, Keith, and Ron when the Mets are down 10 runs to the Marlins."
Look, despite what any of the Olympics announcers are saying about Ilia Malinin right now, he can still skate a hell of a lot better than me. So I'm still amazed.
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Look, despite what any of the Olympics announcers are saying about Ilia Malinin right now, he can still skate a hell of a lot better than me. So I'm still amazed.
This is pretty craven from Watters and Gutfeld, but also, "Sex Rabbi" was my nickname in college, and I will *NOT* have that good moniker sullied by some sweaty pundits on state television.
Current state of things: One Fox News host casually declares that Epstein’s money comes from “Jewish billionaires” and a “Jewish banking family,” another responds that he was a “sex rabbi.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jes...
February 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This is pretty craven from Watters and Gutfeld, but also, "Sex Rabbi" was my nickname in college, and I will *NOT* have that good moniker sullied by some sweaty pundits on state television.
Janeway said FAFO, also we’re gonna judge Ake for how she sits when Kirk would use the captain’s chair like his own personal modeling pedestal?
There are some Star Trek fans weirdly obsessed with “decorum” and they really fixate on how Holly Hunter sits in the captain’s chair on STARFLEET ACADEMY. One guy left a comment on the official FB whining about it and so Captain Janeway herself responded to drop the hammer
February 13, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Janeway said FAFO, also we’re gonna judge Ake for how she sits when Kirk would use the captain’s chair like his own personal modeling pedestal?
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How I feel about AI
February 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
How I feel about AI
I’ll feed into the engagement bait. 0 points for me. I even made liver and onions FOR MYSELF once. Welcome to my twisted mind, and so on.
February 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I’ll feed into the engagement bait. 0 points for me. I even made liver and onions FOR MYSELF once. Welcome to my twisted mind, and so on.
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Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.
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EVERYBODY CAN MAKE ART IT CAME FREE WITH YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT
February 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
EVERYBODY CAN MAKE ART IT CAME FREE WITH YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT
Me last week: This "Obsidian" program looks interesting, but far too convoluted. I'll download it just to see what's up
Me now, somehow hundreds of notes and folders deep: ABANDON HOPE, ALL YE WHO ENTER NOTES
Me now, somehow hundreds of notes and folders deep: ABANDON HOPE, ALL YE WHO ENTER NOTES
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Me last week: This "Obsidian" program looks interesting, but far too convoluted. I'll download it just to see what's up
Me now, somehow hundreds of notes and folders deep: ABANDON HOPE, ALL YE WHO ENTER NOTES
Me now, somehow hundreds of notes and folders deep: ABANDON HOPE, ALL YE WHO ENTER NOTES
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They're calling HRT a "sex-rejecting procedure" now. I guess that means my wife gives me HRT every night!
February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
They're calling HRT a "sex-rejecting procedure" now. I guess that means my wife gives me HRT every night!
“Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.”
February 10, 2026 at 6:37 PM
“Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.”
Deeply unserious people running this country. You should have watched the whole thing, Mark. You could've learned something!
Rep Mark Alford (R-MO) says House Rs are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show & talking with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. Alford says he didn't watch the whole thing & also doesn't know Spanish but suspects it might have been "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction"
February 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Deeply unserious people running this country. You should have watched the whole thing, Mark. You could've learned something!
Brandi Carlile singing America the Beautiful this is a big win for queer football fans everywhere, we did it Joe
February 8, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Brandi Carlile singing America the Beautiful this is a big win for queer football fans everywhere, we did it Joe
I feel like 21-year-old Billie, Mike, and Tre either would have loved that or hated that.
February 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I feel like 21-year-old Billie, Mike, and Tre either would have loved that or hated that.
This is crushing: Only 34! Life’s too short.
February 7, 2026 at 5:10 PM
This is crushing: Only 34! Life’s too short.
Boosting the call. Join me and Filip and many other writers over at Start-Track where we are telling you about the music of tomorrow today!
WRITERS WANTED!
As we are becoming the next Pitchfork, we are getting more and more submissions, and we need help covering them. If this sounds interesting, reach out!
As we are becoming the next Pitchfork, we are getting more and more submissions, and we need help covering them. If this sounds interesting, reach out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Boosting the call. Join me and Filip and many other writers over at Start-Track where we are telling you about the music of tomorrow today!