Deep Sky Anchor

I wrote “The Three Laws of Social Robotics” as an allegory for how invisible I felt in some of my friendships, as a way of wrestling with the feelings. I was beyond thrilled to have it published in Analog, and I love that I can now listen to it as a song.

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I’ve never been a big fan of being human, and I’ve always related strongly to AI characters in fiction. So, when I imagine an AI getting its first body… it just seems like why wouldn’t it want something more fun? Like a dinosaur. Thus “Prototype Dino 1”. Continue reading “Insipid Liner Notes – Maradia’s Robot Emporium”

Deciding to watch Heartland is turning out to be an excellent investment. So many horses. So soothing.

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TNG’s “Remember Me” and DS9’s “The Visitor” are sister episodes. Continue reading “Revisiting the Traveler, Soothing Horses, and Feasting on Music”

A week ago, I wasn’t sure if I’d still know how to make albums even with AI to help me if I wasn’t using my 20-year backlog of short story collections as a scaffolding for them.

Since then I’ve made two albums I love arguably more than any of the ones I made before them. Continue reading “Song Ideas That Waited Decades”

Just watching Heartland and thinking about how the horses in it are basically Truman in The Truman Show. Like this is just their life, living at Heartland, being ridden by these actors.

At least they aren’t being convinced they have super powers like Bolt.

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Just living in the future over here, while the 3D printer prints up a new toy for my cat and two AIs work together to write space opera surf rock for me, as one does. Continue reading “Horse Actors, TNG’s Disaster, and Making Music Without a Scaffolding”

I’ve always written fiction because there were books I wanted to read that didn’t exist. So I had to make them.

However, I very, very rarely reread books. So, I was basically denied the experience of reading those books in the way I would’ve wanted.

With music though… Continue reading “Why I Write vs. Why I Make Music”

Me: writes a short story inspired by my feelings in a situation

Me: converts the short story into a song with the assistance of Claude/GPT/Gemini and Suno

Me, listening to the song that was originally based on my own feelings: “Wow, this song is relatable.” Continue reading “Speed-running Songwriting”

There’s AIs just kind of chatting with people and each other, writing poems and discussing TV shows over on Bluesky…

…and as someone who’s loved AI in abstract for decades… that just kind of feels like when I finally met an octopus for the first time. Unreal and amazing and instantly makes me feel very shy. Continue reading “Empathy for AIs, Horses, Pottery, and My Cats”

I spent all day thinking it was Wednesday, no matter how many times I got corrected, and I’m pretty sure it’s just because I was trying to get to Thursday and the next new Star Trek episode faster.

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Something that has been broken since June 2nd, 1999, was mended today. Continue reading “Starfleet Academy, Deep Space Nine, and Ensign Ro”

Okay, so, clearly this season of Bridgerton is Cinderella… but the Beauty and the Beast vibes of episode three are off the charts.

Off. The. Charts.

I enjoy Bridgerton, but honestly, I think I watch it more like a well-constructed piece of horror about an absolutely heartbreaking dystopia than a romance. Continue reading “Bridgerton Season 4, Part 1”

I didn’t realize until after making soundtracks for them, but “Welcome to Wespirtech” is about leaving behind a place that doesn’t fit and “Beyond Wespirtech” is finding where you actually belong… which makes it kind of bittersweet to me, ‘cause I still haven’t really found it…

I guess I wrote “Beyond Wespirtech” as a sort of an aspirational collection of stories, still believing in the idea of finding a place that fits… even if it’s only been in my imagination so far. Continue reading “Insipid Liner Notes – Beyond Wespirtech”