n.,v. left hand of this Fulcrum Club gerund of present participle: 1: to drive in or down by a succession of light or medium blows 2: to put a check on: REDUCE, LESSEN callsign: Set AC name: Zugzwang aka the Wizard Scuff aka the Wizard Sequitur aka the Wizard Scuttlebutt does your barbaric yawp sound?​?​!​!​?​!​?​!​?​! tampingmusic@gmail.com i miss blaseball. go crabs <3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5/3/25 hey the album's done. 8 years of fuck it scrap start over made possible, of course, through the kindness of strangers who become friends. "against further compressions" coming to a truck radio near you June 13th. "promotion" feels so dirty on the tongue. 3/30/25 turning down a job tomorrow, which i've never done, in the interest of feeling like a person-- an intoxicating swirl this weekend, the simple of pleasure of other people who want to be alive, make art, spending our hours, as L. would say, "for all they're worth" perhaps Little Giant for the release party, perhaps drumming purely for fun? I will deepen my pocket, choose the good life offered to me amidst such unabashed evil. pessimism of intellect, optimism of spirit. 1/26/25 wrecked my car & bought, after years of needing one, a truck: early 2000's, seats I fit in, politely scuffed around the edges. I named him Hush Puppy after a joke with dear friend in West Virginia who never speaks above a whisper, who discovered a dead fawn in a maintenance shed with me & only became more tender. If I can, I'll set down roots. 1/10/25 officially diagnosed as on the spectrum, should do wonders for my street cred. i don't sweat labels but i know they can help. good data good data. 9/22/24 excuses climb up through the sink. entropy might introduce me to the in-laws, as good rivals should. one song left. i've done it the wrong way, but worth it, but it's all good data. 6/28/24 "we had to go on living." that's the hardest & most worth it part. i live /here/ now. i have a lover and have befriended a professional wrestler who wants to make music videos together. the excuses suffocate themselves. onward gently. 5/15/24 respelendent, yes. wishing for more of the same has never been more decadent or necessary. now about these poems, these songs i keep putting off-- i have stepped away from the river and the fish have changed. 12/15 - 11:01pm (!)how now to return to this life, polka time I want & may get(!) 12/10/23 car broke down, left axle split in half, through the undeserved kindness of friends & strangers I persist. The kids love James Baldwin [The Artist's Struggle for Integrity specifically]. I want them to be alright. yearning has intensified, understandably. 11/28/23 recorded 2 songs w/ temper last night. it is little touches that make me feel indestructible. "I want time with you Damien O'Donovan" spins me (!) 06/06/23 commence era of /pining/ & /yearning/