Dirk Bergstrom
@uncle-kridley.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times —
Unsane
Throwing Muses
High on Fire (once for my bachelor party)
Poster Children
Whores.
Unsane
Throwing Muses
High on Fire (once for my bachelor party)
Poster Children
Whores.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times —
Bill Morrissey
Bruce Springsteen
Emmy Lou Harris
Neil Young
John Moreland
Bill Morrissey
Bruce Springsteen
Emmy Lou Harris
Neil Young
John Moreland
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times —
Unsane
Throwing Muses
High on Fire (once for my bachelor party)
Poster Children
Whores.
Unsane
Throwing Muses
High on Fire (once for my bachelor party)
Poster Children
Whores.
If you see this, post your bird art
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
If you see this, post your bird art
You see this, post a concert pic you took.
September 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
You see this, post a concert pic you took.
Reposted by Dirk Bergstrom
When it happens, you're probably not even going to learn about it directly before you feel it in the air. You'll just hear car horns and cheering in the streets. You'll feel confused, annoyed. You'll check your phone. Huh, 41 new texts.
July 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When it happens, you're probably not even going to learn about it directly before you feel it in the air. You'll just hear car horns and cheering in the streets. You'll feel confused, annoyed. You'll check your phone. Huh, 41 new texts.
"Cleveland Evening"
July 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
"Cleveland Evening"
OMG this is amazing, why don't they have goose parades in every town?
July 27, 2025 at 5:30 AM
OMG this is amazing, why don't they have goose parades in every town?
This is obviously a temporary construction measure, but still it's some comically bad infrastructure. "Fuck you in particular, wheelchair user!"
July 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This is obviously a temporary construction measure, but still it's some comically bad infrastructure. "Fuck you in particular, wheelchair user!"
You're in a desert and you're walking along in the sand and all of a sudden you look down and you see a turtle. But you're not posting about it. Why is that Leon?
I second the need for more turtle posting! I live in a desert now, I haven’t seen a single turtle this year!
Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
June 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
You're in a desert and you're walking along in the sand and all of a sudden you look down and you see a turtle. But you're not posting about it. Why is that Leon?
Trump vs Musk:
An irresistible farce meets an immovable abject.
An irresistible farce meets an immovable abject.
June 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Trump vs Musk:
An irresistible farce meets an immovable abject.
An irresistible farce meets an immovable abject.
This is me every time I half-ass vacuuming the house or clock a workout that's a mile jog and ten pushups.
Do something. The perfect is the enemy of the good.
Do something. The perfect is the enemy of the good.
Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed.
May 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is me every time I half-ass vacuuming the house or clock a workout that's a mile jog and ten pushups.
Do something. The perfect is the enemy of the good.
Do something. The perfect is the enemy of the good.
The Stanley No. 45 Plane was manufactured from 1884 to 1962. Mine was made around 1905 -- 120 years ago. I inherited it from my grandfather, a woodworker and antique collector who I suspect had it more for the latter purpose.
My submission for this week's 52frames.com "Something Old" assignment.
My submission for this week's 52frames.com "Something Old" assignment.
January 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The Stanley No. 45 Plane was manufactured from 1884 to 1962. Mine was made around 1905 -- 120 years ago. I inherited it from my grandfather, a woodworker and antique collector who I suspect had it more for the latter purpose.
My submission for this week's 52frames.com "Something Old" assignment.
My submission for this week's 52frames.com "Something Old" assignment.
1. Get a PhD in science stuff, prolly chemistry?
2. Chemistry
3. N/A
4. Computer Geekery
Worked as a lab chemist a couple years out of school, hated it. Pivoted to corporate librarian / sci-info specialist. Pivoted again to Webmaster, and then to "I write tools that help SW developers make SW".
2. Chemistry
3. N/A
4. Computer Geekery
Worked as a lab chemist a couple years out of school, hated it. Pivoted to corporate librarian / sci-info specialist. Pivoted again to Webmaster, and then to "I write tools that help SW developers make SW".
If you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?
1. Anything other than art. Didn't look at art depts.
2. Illustrated Storytelling (self-made major: ½ art, ½ English)
4. Cartoonist
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?
1. Anything other than art. Didn't look at art depts.
2. Illustrated Storytelling (self-made major: ½ art, ½ English)
4. Cartoonist
If you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?
1. To be a composer/performer/oboist
2. Music
3. Finished music degree & did an MA in theatre 10y later
4. Multidisciplinary artist
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now?
1. To be a composer/performer/oboist
2. Music
3. Finished music degree & did an MA in theatre 10y later
4. Multidisciplinary artist
January 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
1. Get a PhD in science stuff, prolly chemistry?
2. Chemistry
3. N/A
4. Computer Geekery
Worked as a lab chemist a couple years out of school, hated it. Pivoted to corporate librarian / sci-info specialist. Pivoted again to Webmaster, and then to "I write tools that help SW developers make SW".
2. Chemistry
3. N/A
4. Computer Geekery
Worked as a lab chemist a couple years out of school, hated it. Pivoted to corporate librarian / sci-info specialist. Pivoted again to Webmaster, and then to "I write tools that help SW developers make SW".
My friend Scott with the apt quote of the day.
January 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
My friend Scott with the apt quote of the day.
Darling Nikki
without saying little red corvette, fav prince song?
January 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Darling Nikki
Reposted by Dirk Bergstrom
I have taken
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
January 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I have taken
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
The world of extreme heavy metal music is rife with fash, and I still have to remind myself to research the politics of any exciting new band I come across. I would not in a million years have guessed that you'd have to do the same with purveyors of yarn and ink. Such a strange world we live in.
I just want to point out that fascisim is, among other things, weaponized nostalgia. Which means that if you have any hobby that has a nostalgic aspect, be aware that you probably have some fascists hanging about. Knitting, sewing, fountain pens, history buffs, gaming? Yep, all them.
January 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The world of extreme heavy metal music is rife with fash, and I still have to remind myself to research the politics of any exciting new band I come across. I would not in a million years have guessed that you'd have to do the same with purveyors of yarn and ink. Such a strange world we live in.
Taylor Swift is younger than Paul's Boutique.
The release of Paul’s Boutique is closer to the release of “Rock Around the Clock” than it is to today.
December 28, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Taylor Swift is younger than Paul's Boutique.
My brother in law got _The Ministry of Time_ by Kailane Bradley for xmas and I started reading his copy to see if I liked it.
Read half the book by noon on Boxing Day, and ran to the bookstore to buy my own copy as soon as I got home so I could finish it.
Read half the book by noon on Boxing Day, and ran to the bookstore to buy my own copy as soon as I got home so I could finish it.
December 27, 2024 at 7:08 AM
My brother in law got _The Ministry of Time_ by Kailane Bradley for xmas and I started reading his copy to see if I liked it.
Read half the book by noon on Boxing Day, and ran to the bookstore to buy my own copy as soon as I got home so I could finish it.
Read half the book by noon on Boxing Day, and ran to the bookstore to buy my own copy as soon as I got home so I could finish it.
Merry Cat-mas from Bentley.
December 26, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Merry Cat-mas from Bentley.
"Receding Square Line"
December 20, 2024 at 4:57 AM
"Receding Square Line"
I wrote up my 2024 Top Ten albums.
www.otisbean.com/writings/mus...
Mostly indie heavy metal. #metalsky
www.otisbean.com/writings/mus...
Mostly indie heavy metal. #metalsky
Yearly Top Tens
2024 2024 releases purchased: 46
Total albums purchased: 58
I significantly cut back my purchases this year, yet still I feel like I’m not giving enough attention to the music I buy. I’ve become more ...
www.otisbean.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:25 AM
I wrote up my 2024 Top Ten albums.
www.otisbean.com/writings/mus...
Mostly indie heavy metal. #metalsky
www.otisbean.com/writings/mus...
Mostly indie heavy metal. #metalsky
A few miles from my house, at the edge of an empty field, is a long-abandoned swimming pool. It’s surrounded by weeds and there’s detritus scattered across the bottom. The walls are covered by a palimpsest of decades of graffiti.
Full album at: www.otisbean.com/photography/...
December 15, 2024 at 9:53 PM
A few miles from my house, at the edge of an empty field, is a long-abandoned swimming pool. It’s surrounded by weeds and there’s detritus scattered across the bottom. The walls are covered by a palimpsest of decades of graffiti.
Full album at: www.otisbean.com/photography/...
I've tried to upload the same post with photos five different times and it's failed every time. The first two times I "succeeded" but the images were just black rectangles. I tried with low-res images, and got "getPost() failed". I've typed the alt-texts five times, and I'm sick of it.
December 15, 2024 at 7:40 AM
I've tried to upload the same post with photos five different times and it's failed every time. The first two times I "succeeded" but the images were just black rectangles. I tried with low-res images, and got "getPost() failed". I've typed the alt-texts five times, and I'm sick of it.
It's pissing down rain and I'm mildly sick, so I spent some time in the garage servicing my suspension linkage.
December 15, 2024 at 12:36 AM
It's pissing down rain and I'm mildly sick, so I spent some time in the garage servicing my suspension linkage.
I photographed the new synagogue building down the road today.
More pics on my site: www.otisbean.com/photography/...
More pics on my site: www.otisbean.com/photography/...
November 25, 2024 at 6:07 AM
I photographed the new synagogue building down the road today.
More pics on my site: www.otisbean.com/photography/...
More pics on my site: www.otisbean.com/photography/...