VIOLA SMITH was the “fastest girl drummer in the world” and promoted as the original “hep girl” in the 1930’s. She was a pioneer blazing a path for women in what had been an entirely male preserve. Viola passed away in October of 2020 aged 107. A special & talented lady.

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— Michael Warburton (@michaelwarburton.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 7:57 AM

( me / via )

"Play anonymously published in 1596 was collaboration between Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe, according to computer analysis." (Interesting, but in my opinion mere statistics cannot establish causality. I want to see documentation that they even met.)

predawn
roar, thinking of
derelict cicadas
their sound hanging in the air like
a threat

Bruch's Violin Concerto #1 in G minor (Op 26). Just heard it today on WRR!

"everyone at this dmv seems so depressed lucky for them i brought my harmonica"
—@sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social

Wine as Paris burns.