Jacob Siefring
@jsief
public library worker. editor for the empyrean series + former practitioner of literary translation (FR>EN). ottawa, ontario. | jsief.com
hello this morning from this picturesque vacant lot in orleans, ontario. always geologize, said the man
i’m getting word that it’s international rock day. not sure if this is true but huge news if so
« If I perceive change, I will be motivated to conceptualize this change as motion, and if I perceive no-change (a continuing state), I will be motivated to conceptualize this state as a location. Let us refer to these as the dynamic and static properties of experience. » in MUSIC & EMBODIED COGNI.
look at my eBikes & eScooters & motorbikes dawg. this is the bike/walking path. fuck this
Emotive qualities of the 24 relative major & minor keys according to Alexander J. Ellis (translator of Helmholtz’s ‘On the Sensations of Tone’). Hard to take this at face value, and yet, isn’t it nice to think so
“Could you enjoy the luscious warmth of synovial fluid bathing the head of the humerus as it gradually rotates and collaborates in continuous liquid reorganization with the scapula and clavicle.” i think maybe i could if i try, Bill Evans
a nice addition to my collection of Dover Books arrived yesterday. i knew this book was foundational & historically important but had no idea how thorough and exhaustive Helmholtz set out to be
well here we are at the musical ride which is abt to begin & this is a troop of regimental cowgirls. if this sounds unfamiliar, don’t worry, the musical ride is abt to begin
a guy at the park asked to take this picture of me with my lucky guitar yesterday. then he sent me the photo. why not
you guys know all about the mysterious 60s/70s folk songwriter Ted Lucas? i figured you did
i don’t collect landline phones like you do @hanrahanistan.bsky.social but this is still quite tempting!
« why shouldn’t i get to determine what’s cool? » —big nate, summing it all up
discovering the Roky Erickson story, the Roky Erickson discography… and joining the Roky Erickson fan club