Fucking disgusting and depraved.
Start a war because reasons.
Gas prices go up, pissing off everyone.
Then cut a side deal with a human butcher to lower prices raised by his war, to try and win the midterms, paid for in the blood of others.
Sick beyond description.
It’s the rarely seen Reverse Bitter Clinger. Bold strategy, etc etc.
A lot I could say, but maybe just that we’ve come a long way from “those coastal elites look down on us” to “everyone in Los Angeles should die”.
Excited for what comes next!
Seems if you're fluent in Trump-weave-ese & you squint hard enough you can maybe read this as "high gas prices are worth stopping LA getting nuked by Iran"
*voice of Johnny Sac* What, Trump is fuckin' George W Bush now?!
(The crowd cheering the line is a whole other thing.)
THE HOUSE OF SYN: As in the L.A. ace guitarist Andrew Synowiec, with whom I had the pleasure of working on tracks for my solo album in progress. He has one of the most amazing guitar studio setups I’ve ever seen. What an amazing talent. Looking forward to sharing the results!
The prompt was:
"create an image of what the world would look like if Bryan Beller were in charge, based on @bryanbeller's tweets."
The second one had some spicier extra prompts.
Fun, but I'm not worried about Skynet launching just yet.
(also I don't give Elon money)
🤖 Made with AI
There's always money for *some* things. What do you even say at this point?
Really looking forward to the "fiScAl cOnSErVAtiVe!1!!1" rending of garments about the debt ceiling when D's are back in charge, that'll be swell. Now w/a newly compliant press to amplify the message!
ANOTHER BASS SOLO?!: Not sure what's gotten into me but here I am w/Brazilian blues/rock specialist Artur Menezes & his killer band (Collin Clauson Music/keys + Mann Bipin/drums). Listen for Art’s bassist Sam Bolle's vintage rig driven by a Music Man tube head (100B?) - fuzzy!
🙏🙏 4 THE KENEALLY FAITHFUL: The Sept run of @mikekeneally gigs is over. Huge thx to the MK hardcores who have been supporting this beautiful music for 30+yrs & counting!
Now it’s solo album work time again. Many folks asked about it. That's fuel. The final push starts now.
LAST GIGS OF THIS RUN: It's been a wild and wacky and superfun run of gigs with @MikeKeneally this month, and we're closing it out at our home away from home, @BakedPotatoJazz. TONIGHT and TOMORROW NIGHT! Yes I'm shouting! So you can hear me! See you there!
📷 Dan Chusid
VAI 2007: @SteveVai is posting clips from the '07 String Theories tour DVD this week to celebrate 30 yrs of the "Fire Garden" CD. Will always be grateful to Steve for having me on this one, despite me having the world's absolute worst haircut at the time. 😅
Bryan Beller retweeted
A lot of RWers today see The Boondocks as “based” because it portrayed black social dysfunction honestly but when you watch enough of it it’s clear their message is “we have to clean up our act to overcome white racial oppression.” Basically Malcolm X type messaging.
Every once in a while, a tweet comes along that is such a fucking banger I have to QT it even though it’s completely irrelevant to my usual topic timeline.
HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY SFTF: 7 yrs ago today "Scenes From The Flood" dropped. I posted this pic then to celebrate. I still can't believe it exists sometimes.
I'm working hard on the follow-up as I type. I hope it lives up to it!
KENEALLY IN NOCAL TONIGHT & TOMORROW: It's time to hit The Dip in Redding CA *tonight* w/@MikeKeneally, then tomorrow in SanFran at Biscuits & Blues! It's been a bit since we came up here w/the classic Keneally/Travers/Musallam/me lineup. Hope to catch you there!
SATCHVAI ALBUM: Dropping this fall. I'm on the last track, which starts w/a reel-to-reel recording of JS/SV during a gtr lesson in 1973! Trippy.
Also trippy: today I'm at Mates w/@mikekeneally rehearsing. Last time here? 2007, audition for Vai's String Theories band. 🤯
BACK TO MY ROOTS: Gonna jam some Hendrix & Deep Purple at the Bluesadelic Sessions tomorrow night in DTLA. Artur Menezes is the curator, an amazing guitarist from Brazil (now living in LA) who I met when he sat in on a Satch gig in Brazil back in '17. Should be a good time!
THE GRIND NEVER STOPS: Here's a podcast I did on "how I got here", and I'm deeply grateful for all of it - but also, this thing of ours (the music biz!) is a process and not an event. (1/2)
youtu.be/eDqEP4jNS8c?si=AglC…
⬆️⬆️ Here's some stuff I wrote about how "making it" is a thing, and also not totally a thing if you want to keep going forward (top post): facebook.com/bryanbellerbass…















