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Kenneth Close
@kennethclose.bsky.social
Person in Richmond, VA.

Partner to TKW and dad to Gidget the dog and Frances and Radar the cats.

In Outer World the band.

Consumes music, art, books, and fancy drinks.

Believes in a better world for everyone.
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Kenny and I are playing as a duo tomorrow in NJ for the first time. We normally play as a 5 or soon to be 6 piece, so this is gonna be quite an exciting change up and challenge.
October 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Not so sure I want another band acct to deal so my personal will have to do.

Outer World is playing in Richmond for the first time since last April in June. Lockin in one more support act and the full deets will be revealed.
April 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"But it is a reminder. The work of progress—messy, meaningful, often misunderstood—rarely feels urgent until it’s too late. So we act now. Quietly, stubbornly, steadily."
An Open Letter of Resistance
A rigorous look at SYLVAIN’s dedication to corporate responsibility, culture, and the greatest good.
impact.sylvain.co
April 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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The good vibes thread we all need.
In this corner of the internet, hope and optimism abounds so here is your weekly round up of good things you may or may not have heard about.

A thread/
March 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
RVA Cool stuff alert!

Welcome to the RVA Main Library (101 E. Franklin St. via the 1st St entrance) Memory Lab…a place where you can digitize almost anything! Photographs, documents, books, VHS tapes, slide and negatives, cassettes, 8 film, reel-to-reel audio, DVDs, vinyl records, and more!
Memory Lab @ RPL - Richmond Public Library
rvalibrary.org
March 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If someone can explain why the Outer World song "The Message Is The Message" randomly got nearly 1000 streams on Monday, I'd love to know. I can't find a playlist that caused it. It's not earth-shattering for a lot, but for a year-old record and non-single to have that happen is a little wonky.
March 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I went to see the band Spatula at a very small venue in 1995, and they added this sort of new act called LOW to the bill. Talk about a way to experience that for the first time.
What musical act did you get to see in an intimate setting? Because it was before they got big or after they had their huge moment?
March 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Saw the creator of Bluesky speak today. I jumped on here without much knowledge of the platform and I’m stoked to dig in and play with all that open source can provide.
March 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Berman. Style icon.
March 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Wrapping a demo on a new Outer World song with the most timely lyric.
March 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Has there ever been a more appropriate time to read this book?
March 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Currently trying to run the figures in my head around the number of people who own a crosley AND a Wedding Present record.
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Here is a cute photo of a dog.
March 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Next up. 24 day blackout.
February 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Hanging with Gene tonight.
February 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
1st band practice of the year lifted me above the clouds.
February 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I think often about overhearing a couple say aloud “dammit I can’t find anything in here to instagram” and hope that it all got sorted out in the end.
February 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I’m loving roundups like these which highlight some of the not terrible things happening at the moment.
Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us?

A thread/
February 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This! (Thanks to my forever playlister @courtesydesk.bsky.social )

open.spotify.com/album/1CHmQ4...
Totally Right
Wrong Way Up · Album · 2025 · 11 songs
open.spotify.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Seen in Brooklyn this AM: an egged cybertruck with a bag of dogshit and also unbagged dogshit
February 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I'm not a very spiteful person, but seeing images of cyber trucks getting covered in dog poo feels like a small win at the moment.
February 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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@kennethclose.bsky.social and I made you a valentine! Art by KJC and poem Ballerina at Heart by me.
February 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Happy February Fourteenth. cc: @slumberlandrecords.bsky.social
Lilys - February Fourteenth
YouTube video by Slumberland Records
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM