Tom Dempster
@tomdempster.bsky.social
Variably a composer, glass artist, teacher, and slugabed. Occasionally gets money to play bassoon in public. MI/NC/SC, now AR. Human rights for all, please.
Not related to any of the other Tom Dempsters out there.
thomasdempster.com for the adventurous.
Not related to any of the other Tom Dempsters out there.
thomasdempster.com for the adventurous.
I continue to exist despite my moral objections.
Finishing up a two-week artist residency in Nebraska where I've finished drafts of four pieces - two choir works, a piece for oboe and horn, and a piece for viola and bassoon.
Finishing up a two-week artist residency in Nebraska where I've finished drafts of four pieces - two choir works, a piece for oboe and horn, and a piece for viola and bassoon.
June 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I continue to exist despite my moral objections.
Finishing up a two-week artist residency in Nebraska where I've finished drafts of four pieces - two choir works, a piece for oboe and horn, and a piece for viola and bassoon.
Finishing up a two-week artist residency in Nebraska where I've finished drafts of four pieces - two choir works, a piece for oboe and horn, and a piece for viola and bassoon.
Memes are the cleanser
March 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Memes are the cleanser
Stepped away from this for a minute. Hellsite Prime ate up more of my time and space.
Hate being stuck on three measures of music that seems to get shittier with each subsequent attempt at amelioration.
Maybe I need to make it four measures of dogass instead of three. That'll do it!
Hate being stuck on three measures of music that seems to get shittier with each subsequent attempt at amelioration.
Maybe I need to make it four measures of dogass instead of three. That'll do it!
March 6, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Stepped away from this for a minute. Hellsite Prime ate up more of my time and space.
Hate being stuck on three measures of music that seems to get shittier with each subsequent attempt at amelioration.
Maybe I need to make it four measures of dogass instead of three. That'll do it!
Hate being stuck on three measures of music that seems to get shittier with each subsequent attempt at amelioration.
Maybe I need to make it four measures of dogass instead of three. That'll do it!
In the process of writing one wind ensemble piece, I think I have subject matter / sketches for probably two more. Tempting, but I need to finish this particular project first.
January 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
In the process of writing one wind ensemble piece, I think I have subject matter / sketches for probably two more. Tempting, but I need to finish this particular project first.
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Here is a cockroach that is much better looking and more useful* than the current occupant of the White House.
*Almost all cockroach species are omnivorous critters that break down debris in the environment. They don't invade homes or bother people.
(Anaplecta sp.) Tatama National Park, Colombia
*Almost all cockroach species are omnivorous critters that break down debris in the environment. They don't invade homes or bother people.
(Anaplecta sp.) Tatama National Park, Colombia
January 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Here is a cockroach that is much better looking and more useful* than the current occupant of the White House.
*Almost all cockroach species are omnivorous critters that break down debris in the environment. They don't invade homes or bother people.
(Anaplecta sp.) Tatama National Park, Colombia
*Almost all cockroach species are omnivorous critters that break down debris in the environment. They don't invade homes or bother people.
(Anaplecta sp.) Tatama National Park, Colombia
Kurt Vile truly did take all the minor triads with him when he split from War On Drugs and went solo.
January 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Kurt Vile truly did take all the minor triads with him when he split from War On Drugs and went solo.
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Just spoke with former Officer Mike Fanone about the Biden pardon that covers him and other officers who testified before the Jan. 6 committee.
“This is a different kind of American exceptionalism. It’s exceptionally fucked up.”
“This is a different kind of American exceptionalism. It’s exceptionally fucked up.”
January 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Just spoke with former Officer Mike Fanone about the Biden pardon that covers him and other officers who testified before the Jan. 6 committee.
“This is a different kind of American exceptionalism. It’s exceptionally fucked up.”
“This is a different kind of American exceptionalism. It’s exceptionally fucked up.”
Memifying the discontent
January 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Memifying the discontent
It absolutely doesn't make any of this better. However, we all know exactly how he will operate, how he thinks, what kind of idiots he'll surround himself with, and what kind of batshittery he has already unleashed and will unleash further. (And you already know who "he" is.)
January 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It absolutely doesn't make any of this better. However, we all know exactly how he will operate, how he thinks, what kind of idiots he'll surround himself with, and what kind of batshittery he has already unleashed and will unleash further. (And you already know who "he" is.)
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let’s not forget: Trump started this TikTok ban thing
January 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
let’s not forget: Trump started this TikTok ban thing
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Misleading hed.
Agreeing our political system is “broken” (87%), our economic system
unfairly favors the wealthy” (68%), “immigrants strengthen the country” (56%) but would deport undocumenteds who are crooks (87%), and that Trump shouldn’t prosecute critics (73%) ≠ “support for Trump’s policies.”
Agreeing our political system is “broken” (87%), our economic system
unfairly favors the wealthy” (68%), “immigrants strengthen the country” (56%) but would deport undocumenteds who are crooks (87%), and that Trump shouldn’t prosecute critics (73%) ≠ “support for Trump’s policies.”
January 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Misleading hed.
Agreeing our political system is “broken” (87%), our economic system
unfairly favors the wealthy” (68%), “immigrants strengthen the country” (56%) but would deport undocumenteds who are crooks (87%), and that Trump shouldn’t prosecute critics (73%) ≠ “support for Trump’s policies.”
Agreeing our political system is “broken” (87%), our economic system
unfairly favors the wealthy” (68%), “immigrants strengthen the country” (56%) but would deport undocumenteds who are crooks (87%), and that Trump shouldn’t prosecute critics (73%) ≠ “support for Trump’s policies.”
Getting reacquainted with the crew. Been a month since I've played -- and a month since I broke a rib and pulled some intercostals. Taught a saxophone lesson last week and it wasn't terrible, but considering I have a gig this weekend, I need to make sure I don't suffer on more fronts...
January 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Getting reacquainted with the crew. Been a month since I've played -- and a month since I broke a rib and pulled some intercostals. Taught a saxophone lesson last week and it wasn't terrible, but considering I have a gig this weekend, I need to make sure I don't suffer on more fronts...
Inaugural thread of memes. (Real content when I feel like it. Need to christen this properly, though)
January 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Inaugural thread of memes. (Real content when I feel like it. Need to christen this properly, though)
Well... Beginning my slow phase-out of all Z*ckerberg-owned entities... Until this entity itself eventually falls into the morass of evil. Hopefully not. But history rhymes and all that.
We could have just made Myspace better, but that ship has sailed... 19-ish years ago.
Also, howdy.
We could have just made Myspace better, but that ship has sailed... 19-ish years ago.
Also, howdy.
January 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Well... Beginning my slow phase-out of all Z*ckerberg-owned entities... Until this entity itself eventually falls into the morass of evil. Hopefully not. But history rhymes and all that.
We could have just made Myspace better, but that ship has sailed... 19-ish years ago.
Also, howdy.
We could have just made Myspace better, but that ship has sailed... 19-ish years ago.
Also, howdy.