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Dad. Singer. Songwriter. Nostalgist. 🇮🇪 Hup the trad! Creator of joy, conversation, music, and community.

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Last year I released two songs, “Steam Beer” and “Hotalings Whiskey.” A music video for the former is 90% done. I’ve been waiting to shoot the final scenes when the brewery re-opens, but…no word on that. As for Hotalings…anyone know Bruce Joseph and can introduce me?

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

My partner & I kissed while shopping. A few seconds of a slow kiss, but it was private in the cold section and no other customers were there (we looked). Three employees burst in as we were leaving, startling us on our way out, and chastised us, saying “no making out in the cold room, guys.” Wtf?

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone in the SF Bay Atea just feel that earthquake? USGS isn’t showing anything around 2pm… #earthquake #usgs #sfbayarea

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

Cover art for 2025’s CaliCeltic album, “Paddy Paradise.” What happens to Irish music when it goes to the tropics? #irish #celtic #celticrock #celticmusic #caliceltic #indie #artwork #pirate #skull #sunset #spooky #newmusic #tropical #paradise #paddyparadise

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

New artwork! CaliCeltic’s new album, “Paddy Paradise” is coming in March! Here’s how I came up with the cover art. #caliceltic #paddyparadise #irish #celtic #artwork #palmtrees #stpatricksday #paradise #drawing #indiemusic #celticmusic #irishmusic #skull #island #spooky #ocean #sunset

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

This form-follows-function, brain-as-society analogy as a means of understanding the political divide is intriguing. I have thoughts. medium.com/@cdcong/how-...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Musicians can’t quit platforms for fear of losing reach, & new ones keep popping up, demanding we create “content” instead of music bc, thanks Spotify, music is essentially free now. Bonus: listeners defer to the AI to pick what they listen to. It’s Sisyphean. #musicianlife #musician #socialmedia

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Fun mid-week excursion to Jamz Music’s open mic w/Bob. Loads of lovely music folks including Amber Fornoles, another local songwriter! Got to air out a new CaliCeltic song and another new one I’m working on. #openmic #jamzmusic #songwriter #livemusic #dublinca #localmusic #indiemusic

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Japanese pub signage #japanese #pub #bar #vintage #beer #brain #alcohol

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The Edwardian Ball last night was a spectacle of sights and sounds #edwardianball #edwardgorey #costuming

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The fear, when you create something great, that you don’t know how it happened and won’t be able to do anything that good again? It’s the fear you have to unlearn, not the magic behind the creation. bsky.app/profile/imlu...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Does it feel like some people you work with don’t even need to read this to be following its instructions to the letter? :D www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184...

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McNevin is holding these farewell to the Mudpuddle jams. 20 years of songs and friends…I’m gonna miss this place. #mudpuddlemusic #kyragordonmusic #angelfrommontgomery #jamming #michaelmcnevin #nilesca #livemusic

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

@scalzi.com is clever and funny with uncanny frequency, but this quote from 2026 made me lol: “With drugs, well. I’ve never been a fan of the recreational use of pot, since that shit stinks like wet dogfarts and causes jam bands, neither of which fill me with joy.”

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

The “still developing field of literature and intoxication studies” I feel so seen. #books #drinking #spiritsofamerica #literature

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Master songsmith Richard Lappin at Brian Skinner‘s songwriter feature at Swirl #livemusic #musicphotography #songwriter #swirlonthesquare #livermore #songwriting

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

School nights don’t find me out much, but I was able to catch Brian Skinner at his inaugural songwriter feature show at Swirl, just demonstrating how to have fun and not be afraid. Thank goodness for this man. #livemusic #songwriting #funnysong #music #swirlonthesquare #brianskinner #livermore

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Rehearsal snippet of “Where’s the party?” from CaliCeltic’s upcoming album #caliceltic #celticmusic #irishmusic #indiemusic #indieband #wherestheparty

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

bsky.app/profile/beer... the 1973 documentary here with the high and low kegs…wow. Had never seen that.

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

Are you curious about the tunes? #fiddle #vinyl #asmr #records #scottish #scottishfiddle #fiddletunes #oldrecords

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment