Mike Schertenlieb
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Mike Schertenlieb
@muxmike.bsky.social
drummer | writer | thinker

contemplating complexity and sifting the sands of wisdom.

https://muxmike.com/

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tell me about something giving you hope and good vibes in these trying socioeconomic/political times...
December 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
it's a good day to listen to Bjork.
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
haven't posted here in a while... haven't posted much in other places either. it's been a strange season of creative recalibration (ongoing) and increasing distance from social media...

but that feels like an uncomfortable limbo.
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
local friends, Flexadecibel at Rake tonight!
October 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
every day, i think about how we never really talk about the real underlying causes of social issues - the evolutionary and psychological factors/behaviors that have led to these broken, unsustainable systems.

if we go too deep, the whole house of cards might come tumbling down.
October 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
don't wanna work. wanna practice.
October 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
gig season slows down soon, which means a little more time for teaching.

holler if i can help on them drumzzzzz!
September 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
the intersection of my pretty good little life of friends, kindness, and creativity with the hellscape of the crumbling american empire is, at the very least, an emotional rollercoaster.
August 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
the more i learn about brains, history, power, etc., the more frustrating it is to participate in society.
August 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
oh right, bluesky is a thing.

i think maybe i'm just drifting further and further away from social media after damn near 20 years of use.
August 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
i kinda forgot this space exists.
July 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
July 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
never enough time or energy.
July 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
beach day.
June 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
oh god, i'm going to the grocery store at normal people hours.
June 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
sepultura all afternoon.
June 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Reposted by Mike Schertenlieb
"The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."

— Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot
June 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
it's not a great time to be an intellectual.
June 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
i will learn relentlessly for the rest of my life. there is no other way but change and growth.
June 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Reposted by Mike Schertenlieb
"The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts." — Marcus Aurelius
June 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Kyuss is exactly what i needed this afternoon.
June 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
i'm always a little curious if anyone has a crush on me...

not because i'm looking, but because writers and musicians are desperate for approval.
June 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
even though i'm gigging and making music with bands, it feels like a period of low creative output for me.

but i've also been trying to embrace some rest and downtime and just experiencing life... and there are only so many hours in the day.

maybe that just means the next things are incubating.
June 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Reposted by Mike Schertenlieb
A friend just asked me what I do to stay hopeful and I told him one of my favorite strategies…I stay hopeful by remembering that no one has any idea what the fuck is going to happen, so as long as we don’t know, we gotta do what we can.
June 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
muskegon friends, i'll be playing with The Legal Immigrants this evening at The Deck from 6 to 9!

🥁🥁🥁
June 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM