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Weight Rooms and Mosh Pits: Tales of a Punk Rock Jock
My punk friends thought it was weird that I played sports, and my jock friends couldn’t understand why I had such stupid haircuts.
Women’s Sports Don’t Need Saving
Anti-trans groups who claim they want to save women’s sports…
Tokyo Canvas Takedown: T-Shirt Design Theft and How I Fought Back
“Holy shit, they stole your art!” I discovered that one-line…
Why I Love This Monthly Conceptual Art Class at the Art Students League of New York
For the first time in 150 years, art students don’t…
Music
The people who make the music.
Dear Little Bobby: Guitar Hero Or Zero?
Taking lessons from a good friend can be a wonderful thing or it can be frustrating. It all depends on the specific teacher and student. Does this person know how to TEACH? Or do they only know how to play the guitar?
Watering the Seeds of Failure
Keshet’s Carolyn Tobias asks: How do we water the seeds of failure to have that pain actually produce something valuable? Learning is a verb; an action; a continual process. Learning from failure is actively choosing to see each failure as the beginning, and not the end.
Feature: Music Makers
The people who make the music.
Pyragraph TV
Moving pictures and experiments in streaming.
Pyragraph LIVE from the Albuquerque Press Club: Jessamyn Lovell
We chat with Jessamyn about turning identity theft into a photography book (Dear Erin Hart), going to school in Rochester, New York, and her husband Lee Montgomery’s drones.
Join Us to Supercharge Your Vote: A Livestream Event!
We’ve been living through such extreme weirdness that otherwise easy…
Pyragraph LIVE from the Press Club: Ryan Leonski and Shandiin Woodward
We chat with game developers Ryan Leonski and Shandiin Woodward…
THE CANCELED SHOWS 4: Weedfeeder, Miranda and The Beat, Reporter Damian Garde on Hydroxychloroquine on Pyragraph TV
The Canceled Shows includes a demo of how I suit…
Feature: Brandish
Artists and their favorite tools.
Music & Creativity
8 Things to Do When You Just Can’t
I find it doesn’t really help to whisper, “Oh, Jesus,” over and over when doing that, but, hey, might as…
Dear Rich: I Was In a Music Video But Never Paid
Congratulations on being viewed by more people than the combined population of South Dakota, Delaware and Montana. Although your numbers…
4 Free or Low-Cost Ways to Support the Professional Musician in Your Life
It means so much when friends tell me that they’re proud of me. That’s real encouragement, and no amount of…
Sage’s Show and Tell: A Chat with Meredith and Melinda Wilder
Meredith and Melinda Wilder sing in the park and chat about their new group Plain Jane Glory, and what it’s…
Free Resource
Support Arts Hub’s Artist Relief Fund
Hey arts-loving friends! Albuquerque’s Arts Hub is raising funds for artists impacted by the pandemic. Donate at their Facebook page or at their website at http://www.abqartshub.com/relief
Design
Reflections on Pollinator Patterns of Life Across Art and Science
As observers of the natural world, artists and scientists find new audiences and new grounds to discuss and create in the face of a changing environment and impacts to pollinator populations. As pollinators end up on the endangered species list,…
Music
Have Guitar, Will Work Enough to Keep Doing Just That
It doesn’t take long to realize how difficult (though not necessarily impossible) it is to make a living by playing music alone.
Film/Stage
Weight Rooms and Mosh Pits: Tales of a Punk Rock Jock
My punk friends thought it was weird that I played sports, and my jock friends couldn’t understand why I had such stupid haircuts.
Coffee + Creatives Job Listings: 1.8.18
Welcome to the inaugural Coffee + Creatives Job Listings! We…
How to Build a New Dishware Collection, Part III
I had no dishes. I had no plates. No flatware…
An Artist’s Process Shouldn’t Be a Trade Secret
Like many other artists, I like to talk about my…
Tokyo Canvas Takedown: T-Shirt Design Theft and How I Fought Back
“Holy shit, they stole your art!” I discovered that one-line message when I opened Facebook a few weeks ago. A friend sent it, along with a screenshot of an ad that had randomly appeared in her feed.
My Rock Bottom Was Years Before I Quit Drinking
One day I was flipping through a book about quitting…
Writing for Children
The best children’s literature addresses the pain and powerlessness of…
Backstory: Photographing Hillary
I began to understand some of the day-to-day challenges of…
Weight Rooms and Mosh Pits: Tales of a Punk Rock Jock
My punk friends thought it was weird that I played sports, and my jock friends couldn’t understand why I had such stupid haircuts.
How to Run a Flawless Recording Session with Strings
Ian Temple shares what he learned attending a flawless recording…
How My (Mini) Tour Taught Me to Love Performing Again
Guest blogger Ari Herstand has a pep talk for you:…
I Can’t Believe People Are Giving My Band Money Through Patreon
Somehow, magically, people have decided to give us a not-too-shabby…
Hello Internet: Meet the Creator Who Turned His Furry Friends into a Yuletide Hit
Hello Internet, My friend Hudson recently asked me to sing the lyrics to his new song Kitty Cat Christmas over some music. It’s not unusual he’d write a song about…
How to Keep Doing Comedy When You Can’t Get Up On Stage
Can’t get to the mic? Can’t make it out to…
Dear Little Bobby: Worried About Post-Election World
We are so polarized, I’m afraid of what will happen…
My David Bowie Memories
Cartoonist Edie Everette shares her most beloved David Bowie memories.
Weight Rooms and Mosh Pits: Tales of a Punk Rock Jock
My punk friends thought it was weird that I played sports, and my jock friends couldn’t understand why I had such stupid haircuts.
Pyragraph LIVE from the Albuquerque Press Club: Mike Smith
Award-winning essayist Mike Smith also runs a podcast called City…
Long Live the PaperNet
I’ve been writing that newsletter every month for over three…
Coffee + Creatives Opportunities: 5.3.20
Job, funding, grant and other opportunities culled from the Coffee+Creatives…
Weight Rooms and Mosh Pits: Tales of a Punk Rock Jock
My punk friends thought it was weird that I played sports, and my jock friends couldn’t understand why I had such stupid haircuts.
Dear Little Bobby: Trapped With Right-Wing Radio, and Threesome With Dogs
Do we just have to wait until our animals die…
Native Voices Matter Now More Than Ever: How Sundance Inspired Me
Being surrounded by different indigenous people lit a spark, filled…
Embracing the Botanical: Argentinian Muralist Creates Murals that Revere Local Fauna
Pastel: “Creating murals is a way of working that can…
Tokyo Canvas Takedown: T-Shirt Design Theft and How I Fought Back
“Holy shit, they stole your art!” I discovered that one-line message when I opened Facebook a few weeks ago. A friend sent it, along with a screenshot of an ad that had randomly appeared in her feed.
Equipment Tracking Spreadsheet
This spreadsheet is a simple tool to help you organize…
My Five Favorite Podcasts for Getting the Creative Juices Flowing
Driving across the country solo can be one of the…
Dear Rich: Should I Trademark or Patent Doll?
Here is some background on how these intellectual property decisions…














































































