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Listening Habit
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A weekly newsletter of music discoveries and re-discoveries for discerning listeners. Occasional tangents. Based in the Hudson Valley, NY. ListeningHabit.substack.com
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Saw these ducks that look like they’re wearing wigs. Can’t get over it. It is the Crested Duck, apparently.
A pond with white created ducks that look like they’re wearing wigs have wigs on because of the weird afro-tuft of feathers on their heads. A dusting a snow on the shore in the foreground.
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Been playing a super nintendo game called Psycho Dream for a bit. The interludes are a mood.
A 16-bit rendering of a city skyline lit up at night. The screen says “Sayaka” in white font at the center. A young woman sits on what appears to be a field of snow. The message “Track 1 Complete” appears to the left of her overlaid on the white field.
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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The newly reopened, historic Community Theater in Catskill, NY is quite a vibe. Down these stairs from the second screen back to the lobby.

Saw Peter Hujar’s Day, which is a fun, intimate snapshot of the photographer’s day. My Dinner with Andre, but talking memory and minutiae.
📽️ #moviesky
A set of marble stairs down to a landing then turning 90 degrees right. The walls are metallic gold paneled. There’s a chandelier. It’s angular and shiny with a hint of vintage kitsch.
November 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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This one?
Michael winslow is dressed as a cop and playing the wrong side of a bass guitar. He’s surrounded by fellow cast members of the film franchise Police Academy.
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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“Time is Money.”

A classy capitalist celebration of public transportation by Arthur Vivian Farrar. Gouache poster from 1930.

#posters #design
A deco-era poster advertising the new underground train system. Two men in suits are coming up the stairs while a fashionably dressed woman looking back over her shoulder heads down. Across the top are the words Time is Money in large letters. The background is a stack of looming cars and buses suggesting traffic jams.
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Please go watch the short documentary “Stoney Knows How” about a legendary tattoo artist naed Stoney St. Clair who died in Dec 1980.

Thanks for the tip @dirtgod.bsky.social
A hand-painted sign reads: If you can’t dazzle em with brilliance Then… Baffle em with Bullshit
November 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Watched the Les Blank documentary Burden of Dreams (about Werner Herzog’s making of Fitzcarraldo), which is amazing if you want some pull quotes from Herzog about how awful and enchanting the jungle is.

This sign was apparently in the airport in Quito, Ecuador in 1981. #signs #design #travelsky
A white rectangle sign on a wall. At the top center is a question mark, in the middle are two airplanes pointed in opposite directions, and at the bottom center is a clock face.
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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The AirBnB had an oil painting of Clint Eastwood. They should call that out among the amenities.
A pretty good oil painting portrait of clint eastwood as his western character the man with no name. A stub of cigar hangs from his lips.
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning for Built to Spill in Woodstock at the Bearsville Theater.
#hudsonvalley #concerts
Three members of the band stand in front of a wall of white flowers. December 14, Built to Spill at the Bearsville Theater.
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Spotted on a farm house door this weekend. #signs #history
A bronze plaque on a red door says “on this site in 1897 nothing happened.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Environmentalist poster from 1971 that I saw at a nearby auction.
In the foreground, Porky pig in a gas mask. Behind him a huge black plume of smoke rises from an Acme factory. In the smoke it says “That’s all folks” in white cursive letters.
November 8, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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An old favorite I don’t get off the shelf often enough
The cover of the book Bathwater Wine by Wanda Coleman. Simple font over a wave of crimson and blue background.
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Excited about this upcoming show in Kingston (Sunday 11/16) featuring the legendary Laraaji and Ana Roxanne for an evening of ambient explorations. #hudsonvalley #concerts
Laraaji’s 45th anniversary tour for Ambient 3 Day of Radiance. Tickets at ambientchurch.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Saw the silent film version of The Phantom of the Opera with live organ accompaniment. It was cool. I’d never seen that version, which turns 100 this year.
Seated in a theater, on the big screen is peter lorrey as phantom of the opera. Yellow font shows the title of the movie and smaller font below it says “with live score by jeff rapsis”
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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This is how I’m going to look every time someone dislikes one of my posts
November 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Another surprising recent show announcement in the capital district. The man, the myth, the legend, J. Mascis will be playing at No Fun in Troy in mid-November. 🎸
At the center is a black and white illustration of some plants and flowers surrounded by a circular purple line. J Mascis is at the top of the flier along with the date November 15 2025. In the lower right corner, is the text “at No Fun, Troy, NY
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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HV folks, here’s another excellent upcoming show for your concert calendar: mid-Nov at Assembly in Kingston, Photay headlining with support from Eucademix (aka Yuka Honda of Cibo Matto).

#hudsonvalley #livemusic

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Purple swirly shape on white field. Light gray letters with band names Photay and Eucademix. Assembly, Kingston NY Nov 15 2025.
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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When the legal dept won’t let you call it ketchup…
A plastic bag held in a hand in front of grocery store shelves. The bag says “ketchup type sauce” in bright yellow and white letters. In the upper left corner is a small red flag with white letters saying “new image.” The container is 13.7 fluid ounces.
October 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Good morning
October 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Drop an old person you’re going to be in the future
October 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Here’s one for your spring concert calendar, Hudson Valley folks. This group currently residing near Livingston Manor puts on an excellent show.

They were the first live music I saw coming out of the pandemic — it was an outdoor stage set up in the parking lot of the abandoned IBM headquarters.
A comic book style illustration of a blue pickup truck driven by animals. The back is packed with instruments. It says Nude Party (band name) at the top and lower left corner in smaller font is April 20, Bearsville Theater, Woodstock Ny.
October 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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View from yesterday’s walk in the woods. It’s not been a great year for fall color because Aug/Sept were too dry, but it’s not a total loss. #fallfoliage
In the foreground a bit of granite ledge is visible, and a few branches of a pine tree. Stretching out into the distance below is a bunch of yellow-leaved trees mixed with a few evergreens.
October 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Went to the Woodstock Film Festival and say an advance screening of the new Knives Out movie. It’s a return to the style of the first one, and a lot of fun. 📽️ #moviesky
An octagonal structure at night is illuminated against a dark backdrop. A set of thin, white san serif letters says Woodstock playhouse across the top of the front porch. A yellow banner hangs below that says Woodstock Film Festival. A long line of people stretches from the front of the building off to the right out of frame.
October 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Heading into work like:
A painting of Sisyphus pushing a boulder up a mountain, per the Greek myth.
October 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Might’ve been the one the saying was based on.
LiveAuctioneers app screenshot. The item being auctioned is listed as “Early Double Edged Sword”. It is a short sword with a gold-toned handle. There are no bids on the sword yet.
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM