Keir DuBois
@keirtography.bsky.social
Imagination made me whatever I am today
Not my first map job completed since May, but the first *new* map job completed since May: in November I finished a minimalist, modular map and inset depicting the city of Rudky, located in the west of Ukraine about 20 miles from the Polish border: keirdubois.com/portfolio/ru...
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Not my first map job completed since May, but the first *new* map job completed since May: in November I finished a minimalist, modular map and inset depicting the city of Rudky, located in the west of Ukraine about 20 miles from the Polish border: keirdubois.com/portfolio/ru...
Google Docs, your spellcheck is definitely garbage
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Google Docs, your spellcheck is definitely garbage
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
My brother wore out his Homestar and Strong Bad shirts at several of our second band's gigs in 2003. He had an uncanny ability to choose the perfect color to blend into the background.
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
My brother wore out his Homestar and Strong Bad shirts at several of our second band's gigs in 2003. He had an uncanny ability to choose the perfect color to blend into the background.
Our big lesson was that stuff like this was not our bag. The actual "playing songs onstage" part was great fun, but the logistics of doing it (traffic, venue-only gear, contracts, pay-to-play) were kinda distasteful, so we wouldn't play another gig for 9 months—and when we did, it was on our terms.
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Our big lesson was that stuff like this was not our bag. The actual "playing songs onstage" part was great fun, but the logistics of doing it (traffic, venue-only gear, contracts, pay-to-play) were kinda distasteful, so we wouldn't play another gig for 9 months—and when we did, it was on our terms.
This felt like one of those LA-showcase-type shows; the assembly-line bill ~5 bands disallowed any recording. You'll have to take my word for it that we sounded awesome. However, this was our only show with actual ticket stubs, so that archaeological evidence is included along with the photos.
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This felt like one of those LA-showcase-type shows; the assembly-line bill ~5 bands disallowed any recording. You'll have to take my word for it that we sounded awesome. However, this was our only show with actual ticket stubs, so that archaeological evidence is included along with the photos.
Final band-nostalgia-trawl of the year is a big one: Honey White's sole L.A. gig, at the old Brown Derby Club 11/17/05. Like other venues we played, it's gone. By this time HW shows were special occasions, so this show pulled fans & friends from 4 counties, earning multiple encores and extra cash.
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Final band-nostalgia-trawl of the year is a big one: Honey White's sole L.A. gig, at the old Brown Derby Club 11/17/05. Like other venues we played, it's gone. By this time HW shows were special occasions, so this show pulled fans & friends from 4 counties, earning multiple encores and extra cash.
I'm curious if this will bring back something like ye olde Central Coast Snake that Lois Capps rode to victory many times in the past, a classic-of-the-genre gerrymander:
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'm curious if this will bring back something like ye olde Central Coast Snake that Lois Capps rode to victory many times in the past, a classic-of-the-genre gerrymander:
Nine years ago I biked 40 miles to match my age. Today’s total fell far short of that—let alone the additional mileage I’d have to log to match my current age—but whatever. This year will likely finish with more total miles than last year, and as I've said before, cumulative achievements are my jam.
November 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Nine years ago I biked 40 miles to match my age. Today’s total fell far short of that—let alone the additional mileage I’d have to log to match my current age—but whatever. This year will likely finish with more total miles than last year, and as I've said before, cumulative achievements are my jam.
Really enjoyed this one, for the not-inconsiderable reason that I didn't have to drive into LA to see it. Gahan does an interesting Bela Lugosi impression. Either that or a direct cross between Ozzy and David Lee Roth. The film was well done!
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Really enjoyed this one, for the not-inconsiderable reason that I didn't have to drive into LA to see it. Gahan does an interesting Bela Lugosi impression. Either that or a direct cross between Ozzy and David Lee Roth. The film was well done!
I am incandescent with whatthefuckery
October 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I am incandescent with whatthefuckery
You folks are not gonna believe this but exercise and fresh air will treat almost any internet- or discourse-related hangup.
Have some 100% real cloudless blue sky:
Have some 100% real cloudless blue sky:
October 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
You folks are not gonna believe this but exercise and fresh air will treat almost any internet- or discourse-related hangup.
Have some 100% real cloudless blue sky:
Have some 100% real cloudless blue sky:
A good album to help me get through being 19. Got my first bass guitar the same year. Several years later, my second band was named Honey White after the first song on this album. It sounds pretty good for being 30.
October 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM
A good album to help me get through being 19. Got my first bass guitar the same year. Several years later, my second band was named Honey White after the first song on this album. It sounds pretty good for being 30.
Because I'm mostly oblivious these days it's taken me a month to find out that one of my favorite albums (and album covers) is getting a super deluxe reissue superdeluxeedition.com/news/supergr...
September 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Because I'm mostly oblivious these days it's taken me a month to find out that one of my favorite albums (and album covers) is getting a super deluxe reissue superdeluxeedition.com/news/supergr...
Lowkey bandiversary post today for a mellow gig 20 years ago, in which Honey White appeared on the back of a flatbed truck at around 11am for a 45-minute set. We were the first of six bands playing at the second anniversary of Red's Coffee Shop in Santa Barbara's nascent Funk Zone.
August 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Lowkey bandiversary post today for a mellow gig 20 years ago, in which Honey White appeared on the back of a flatbed truck at around 11am for a 45-minute set. We were the first of six bands playing at the second anniversary of Red's Coffee Shop in Santa Barbara's nascent Funk Zone.
The big corkboard map is slowly but surely filling up.
July 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The big corkboard map is slowly but surely filling up.
With parks 19 & 20 of 30 now on the corkboard, that makes 5 in 3 years (and counting Dallas in April, 3 in 1 for the first time in 11 years), so perhaps our tour will take a break again—though hopefully a shorter one than the previous 2017-2023 hiatus.
July 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
With parks 19 & 20 of 30 now on the corkboard, that makes 5 in 3 years (and counting Dallas in April, 3 in 1 for the first time in 11 years), so perhaps our tour will take a break again—though hopefully a shorter one than the previous 2017-2023 hiatus.
Added two more updates to the original tour post this week, via a short but very humid jaunt to Cleveland & Pittsburgh: keirdubois.com/baseball-sta...
July 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Added two more updates to the original tour post this week, via a short but very humid jaunt to Cleveland & Pittsburgh: keirdubois.com/baseball-sta...
A friend was in Cooperstown recently and snapped me his plaque. Little boy Keir wished to emulate nobody else but Ryno
July 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A friend was in Cooperstown recently and snapped me his plaque. Little boy Keir wished to emulate nobody else but Ryno
Godspeed to the young prince of Chicago
July 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Godspeed to the young prince of Chicago
Summer is for baseball games at three different levels (major league, collegiate league, and now little league) within the same 5-day period.
Today was all about the Santa Paula All-Stars staying alive (which they did) at the Goleta Valley tournament in Santa Barbara.
Today was all about the Santa Paula All-Stars staying alive (which they did) at the Goleta Valley tournament in Santa Barbara.
June 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Summer is for baseball games at three different levels (major league, collegiate league, and now little league) within the same 5-day period.
Today was all about the Santa Paula All-Stars staying alive (which they did) at the Goleta Valley tournament in Santa Barbara.
Today was all about the Santa Paula All-Stars staying alive (which they did) at the Goleta Valley tournament in Santa Barbara.
Here at DuBois Baseball Tour HQ (tm), we are by no means an exclusively major-league outfit. Why, in June alone we caught two California Collegiate League games: SB Foresters vs. SD Waves back on 6/19, and then today when the Conejo Oaks (playing a home-away-from-home game) took on the OC Riptide.
June 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Here at DuBois Baseball Tour HQ (tm), we are by no means an exclusively major-league outfit. Why, in June alone we caught two California Collegiate League games: SB Foresters vs. SD Waves back on 6/19, and then today when the Conejo Oaks (playing a home-away-from-home game) took on the OC Riptide.
Today’s Nats starter was MacKenzie Gore, who we saw make his big league debut 3 years ago—as a Padre.
(He was of course part of the group of rookies and prospects traded to DC for Juan Soto in mid-2022)
(He was of course part of the group of rookies and prospects traded to DC for Juan Soto in mid-2022)
June 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Today’s Nats starter was MacKenzie Gore, who we saw make his big league debut 3 years ago—as a Padre.
(He was of course part of the group of rookies and prospects traded to DC for Juan Soto in mid-2022)
(He was of course part of the group of rookies and prospects traded to DC for Juan Soto in mid-2022)
Back for round 2 earlier today, and made in the shade, for a second one-run victory for SD over DC
June 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Back for round 2 earlier today, and made in the shade, for a second one-run victory for SD over DC
First game of this year’s Petco Park trip saw Padres beat Nationals 4-3. The Seaside Market banana pudding is excellent, by the way.
June 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
First game of this year’s Petco Park trip saw Padres beat Nationals 4-3. The Seaside Market banana pudding is excellent, by the way.