Charlie Cottrell, Guitar Strummer
@xeyeti.bsky.social
Author, artist, musician, historian, gad about town, cardigan aficionado, and Oxford comma stan. More can be found at www.charliecottrell.com and xeyeti.com. He/him.
I really wish the curriculum guy for the county would choose a different abbreviation for Social Studies in his emails.
October 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I really wish the curriculum guy for the county would choose a different abbreviation for Social Studies in his emails.
It’s out there now, the collection of rough tape recordings my brother and I did in the summer of 2002. Go give ‘em a listen if you want a laugh.
August 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It’s out there now, the collection of rough tape recordings my brother and I did in the summer of 2002. Go give ‘em a listen if you want a laugh.
Oh, the things I am planning...
August 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Oh, the things I am planning...
I know I’m an adult because I got really excited that we got new closet shelves and hanger rails installed yesterday.
June 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I know I’m an adult because I got really excited that we got new closet shelves and hanger rails installed yesterday.
Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom and only my Mom. Everyone else’s mom better up their fuckin’ game and get on her level.
May 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom and only my Mom. Everyone else’s mom better up their fuckin’ game and get on her level.
As one of my students from last year said:
April 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
As one of my students from last year said:
I think I made the right choice with the purchase of these stamps.
April 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I think I made the right choice with the purchase of these stamps.
Had to do the thing today.
April 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Had to do the thing today.
I haven't received information from DistroKid, but I've checked on Spotify and Apple Music and I think I can safely say that my new album, Beard Situation, is now available!
March 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I haven't received information from DistroKid, but I've checked on Spotify and Apple Music and I think I can safely say that my new album, Beard Situation, is now available!
I know 2,300 streams isn’t that many, in the grand scheme of things, but it does make me happy that some folks out there in the world are listening to what I make.
We’ll just ignore that paltry $5.25 I’ve earned for those streams.
We’ll just ignore that paltry $5.25 I’ve earned for those streams.
March 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I know 2,300 streams isn’t that many, in the grand scheme of things, but it does make me happy that some folks out there in the world are listening to what I make.
We’ll just ignore that paltry $5.25 I’ve earned for those streams.
We’ll just ignore that paltry $5.25 I’ve earned for those streams.
It’s been uploaded. The album should release tomorrow, assuming I didn’t screw up any of the important steps.
March 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It’s been uploaded. The album should release tomorrow, assuming I didn’t screw up any of the important steps.
Original FCPS ID (right) versus new one (left). I haven’t aged a day!
March 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Original FCPS ID (right) versus new one (left). I haven’t aged a day!
Apparently three years ago, I said, “Fuck it,” and released my EP into the world with no fanfare. And now, here I am, 3 years later, and still no fanfare. I feel like I deserve a little fanfare, as a treat.
March 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Apparently three years ago, I said, “Fuck it,” and released my EP into the world with no fanfare. And now, here I am, 3 years later, and still no fanfare. I feel like I deserve a little fanfare, as a treat.
Gonna get me some culture.
March 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Gonna get me some culture.
Thanks to @hurleyburleyart.bsky.social, I’m now the proud owner of this sweet alter!
February 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Thanks to @hurleyburleyart.bsky.social, I’m now the proud owner of this sweet alter!
If I try really hard not to think about whatever unnatural, demonic process went into creating these things, they *almost* taste like tortilla chips. Almost.
February 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If I try really hard not to think about whatever unnatural, demonic process went into creating these things, they *almost* taste like tortilla chips. Almost.
Been going through the massive pile of junk on my side of the bedroom today, and I found a song I released on an album last year that I apparently wrote almost *twenty years ago*?? I didn’t realize I was that old, or that this shirt I bought last summer can actually be worn now. Yay me.
January 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Been going through the massive pile of junk on my side of the bedroom today, and I found a song I released on an album last year that I apparently wrote almost *twenty years ago*?? I didn’t realize I was that old, or that this shirt I bought last summer can actually be worn now. Yay me.
Today is my anniversary! I’ve spent the past 18 years married to this amazing woman, and she still hasn’t tried to poison me or anything. Isn’t that wild?
January 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today is my anniversary! I’ve spent the past 18 years married to this amazing woman, and she still hasn’t tried to poison me or anything. Isn’t that wild?
The final build from the Lego Star Wars advent calendar is a ship called the Crimson Firehawk from an animated kids’ show I had never even heard of. Neat ship, though.
December 24, 2024 at 11:36 PM
The final build from the Lego Star Wars advent calendar is a ship called the Crimson Firehawk from an animated kids’ show I had never even heard of. Neat ship, though.
Tonight’s Lego Star Wars advent calendar build is Luke’s landspeeder.
December 24, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Tonight’s Lego Star Wars advent calendar build is Luke’s landspeeder.
Tonight’s Lego Star Wars advent calendar build is the Razor Crest. I hope it lasts longer than the one in the Mandalorian did.
December 22, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Tonight’s Lego Star Wars advent calendar build is the Razor Crest. I hope it lasts longer than the one in the Mandalorian did.
No, *you* missed putting up yesterday’s Lego Star Wars advent calendar build of a wee Vader’s Castle!
December 22, 2024 at 6:38 PM
No, *you* missed putting up yesterday’s Lego Star Wars advent calendar build of a wee Vader’s Castle!
Behind tonight’s Lego star wars advent calendar door is this Snoke guard from The Last Jedi.
December 21, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Behind tonight’s Lego star wars advent calendar door is this Snoke guard from The Last Jedi.
Today’s Lego Star Wars advent calendar build is Yoda’s Jedi starfighter.
December 19, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Today’s Lego Star Wars advent calendar build is Yoda’s Jedi starfighter.