Tom Cavnar

@sonusexmachina

Father, partner, cat lover, audio nerd, rock climber, novice luthier | he/him

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Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· 17d

Fun! Really nice work!!

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· 20d

When proselytizers show up at my front door, I just open the door, glower at them, and tap this sign:

A spooky looking sign with the following text:

NO SOLICITING
violators will
be sacrificed
to the
OLD GODS
not the new

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Jun 26

I am victorious, I think... Is there a level two?

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· May 30

LOLs from the neighborhood UPS store:

An aluminum dolly, with a photo of Dolly Parton zip tied to the frame.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· May 29

Sweet merch spoils from this evening’s metal show: Sepultura, Exodus, Biohazard, and Tribal Gaze. Excellent show; I’ve been wanting to see Biohazard and Sepultura since the mid-1990s…

Photo of a black T-shirt with an indigenous person wearing a feather headdress. Their neck is a mass of red roots/red veins.

The text reads:
SEPULTURA
THE PLACE

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· May 23

As promised: The counterfeit Q-Tips. Easy to spot if you look at the poorly proof-read copy on the back of the package…

A box of knock-off/counterfeit Q-Tips sits on a rough wooden workbench.

A box of knock-off/counterfeit Q-Tips sits on a rough wooden workbench. The text is error-ridden, including misspelled words like “wwab”.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· May 16

Nice! That’s coming together!! Saturdays are for sanding here in the Devil Mountain Guitars shop. And soon, grain fill…

A figured white oak telecaster body sits atop a green pad on a workbench. Next to it is a Bosch random orbital sander.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· May 13

Arya has already forgiven me, and has returned to her favorite spot, nestled between my backside and the back of my desk chair. Velcro cat, for sure!!

A black cat sits nestled behind a human in an office chair. Her right paw is outstretched in a relaxed pose.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Apr 19

I don't know what I need, but I do know that I don't currently have it in my life. Thankfully my velcro kitty and lumbar support cat, Arya, still loves me, and wants to be as close to me as feline-ly possible:

A short-haired black cat with green-yellow eyes sits on an office chair, cozily nestled between a human butt and the back of the chair. The human is wearing black jeans and a black T-shirt.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Apr 15

Here’s why I didn’t get to sleep at a reasonable hour last night in my hotel: Tornado Warning!

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Mar 29

I saw something like the striped hawk moth last night! It was so big I thought it was a hummingbird at first! It was eating pollen from the jasmine blossoms:

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Jan 14

Our dear fluff-for-brains floofus, Sansa, makes similar squeaky noises, but not quite that high...

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Jan 13

My home river is the mighty Huron river! Named after the Huron band of native Americans, also known as the Wyandotte tribe. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huron_R...

An aerial photograph of a beautiful bend in the Huron river. Fall color is visible on the trees surrounding the river. In the distance, bridges cross the river.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Jan 10

Purring lap cat makes this noise when the belly rubs stop:

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Jan 10

Damn near everything in the world has gone to shit at the moment… But, tonight my sweet former feral kitty Arya stayed on my lap and fell asleep purring for 45m. That’s the longest she’s done that for me.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Jan 4

Meanwhile, I'm getting served ads on FaceBook about seeking asylum in Canada:

An ad with the following text above it:
"Seek a Safe Haven for Your Family? 🇨🇦
Discover if you're eligible for Canadian immigration & secure your family's future.
Find out now >>> 🇵🇱🤝🇨🇦
Experience Canada's welcoming environment, designed with families in mind.
A stable home awaits."

Ad reads: "Canada is Looking for You"

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Dec 31

I’m glad I brought my earplugs. HoF is definitely putting this D&B Audiotechnik PA system through its paces…

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Dec 31

Super stoked to see my Oakland thrash metal god heroes, High on Fire, tonight at GAMH. The scene of tonight brutal riff carnage:

A stage at a dimly lit medium sized music venue. A PA system is visible above the stage. Several bands’ worth of drums and backline gear grace the stage. The lighting is delightfully bisexual.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Dec 27

If you see this post, share a smile.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Dec 23

In optimistic/non-doom news, I'm approaching the finish line on two different luthiery projects: 1) A white oak Telecaster, mostly made from my brother Sam's felled white oak from his yard in IL. 2) A multi-scale 5-string bass, with a crazy myrtle burl top. Hoping to have both of these done soon.

Two guitars, one Telecaster-style guitar and one fan-fret multi-scale through neck bass guitar, sit on a workbench in various states of completion...

A through neck multi-scale bass guitar with a wild figured myrtle burl body top sits on a workbench, in progress...

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Dec 19

Waiting for my colonoscopy appointment at Kaiser. If I die under anesthesia, I loved you all. Yes, you too! See you on the other side.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Nov 30

This year, I got the Christmas lights up on The Music House right on time. (Far better than last year where I didn’t manage it until 12/22!) I love coming home to the house looking so bright and festive!! And I love our Pride flag! 🏳️‍🌈❤️🎄 #TheMusicHouse #ChristmasLights #Pride

A beige and light green two-story house, adorned with warm-colored Christmas lights. A garland of multi-colored lights are hung on a second-story balcony, with a Progress Pride Flag hanging above them.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Nov 16

My Velcro kitty, Arya, is similarly velvety. She sends purrs and anxious squeaks.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Oct 31

It's not exactly hope for the future, but it's a little delicious metal as a treat... New album from Avatar, "Don't Go In The Forest" dropped tonight!! Fantastic metal album. Well-written and produced. Melodic, haunting, but also brutal as fuck. avatarmetal.com

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Oct 22

Found it!! One of them was perched above the power transformer that feeds our house, just hangin' out, being silhouetted!

A telephone pole with power lines and a transformer on it, silhouetted against a grey sky. Perched atop the pole is a great horned owl, also in silhouette.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Oct 22

Went looking for a Great Horned Owl photo in my massive photo library... Couldn't find the picture yet. But, Apple's built-in image search mis-identified our lovely semi-feral backyard kitty Athena as an owl!

A fluffy tortoiseshell cat with yellow eyes and alert upright ears sits in an apricot tree, amidst a bunch of blossoms. She looks a little bit like an owl.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Oct 15

Bastard’s at it again. I know it’s likely not his fault, and that someone else made the shitass decision to request this work happen, but FUUUCK all of them. It’s fucking 1:30AM.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Oct 12

Sansa is a very good girl!!

A fluffy black cat sits on a round pillow, covered with a red towel. She is looking behind her, lovingly, her front paws rest on the sill of a window nearby.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Sep 3

Waking up every day anxious, angry, and in physical pain isn’t how I want to spend the remaining years of my life. But at least there’s coffee, and cute cats.

Tom Cavnar@sonusexmachina· Aug 23

Today’s an all-Mastodon day in my earholes. Currently blasting their ferocious 2002 release, Remission, while doing some fret prep work in the workshop. Such groundbreaking guitar work. R.I.P. Brent Hinds.