Posted inWriting Posted inMusic Reviews You Are HearMusic ReviewsAs of this writing (March 2024) this is pretty sparse, I only just had the idea. Generally I've never written much about music—I don't need to, because music is just… Posted by By Mike Kupietz March 16, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=8650
Posted inWriting Posted inWorkInfrequently Asked Questions MikesplainingWhat’s the best day of the week to take off if you work a four day, 10-hours-a-day work week?What’s the best day of the week to take off if you work a four day, 10-hours-a-day work week? -Jeannie F, Marin County, CA Thursday. Trust me, being self-employed I’ve… Posted by By Mike Kupietz January 7, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7041
Posted inWriting Posted inComedy & SocietyInfrequently Asked Questions MikesplainingWhy do people respect George Carlin?I have a serious question, and, dead serious, I’m not deliberately trying to provoke. Why do people respect George Carlin? -Brett F., Alberta Carlin was the observational comic who set… Posted by By Mike Kupietz January 7, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7038
Posted inWriting Posted inMusic TheoryInfrequently Asked Questions MikesplainingWhy are musical notes an octave apart considered to be the same note?Q. Why are musical notes an octave apart considered to be the same note? -Charlotte V., Seattle, WA Notes an octave apart are the same note because of the mechanics… Posted by By Mike Kupietz January 7, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7024
Posted inWriting Posted inInfrequently Asked QuestionsProbability & Statistics MikesplainingDo the odds of winning the lottery change if more people play? Is flipping tails more likely after four heads in a row?A.) Do the odds of winning the lottery change if more people play? B.) What if 5 people each flipped a coin. If the first four all land on heads,… Posted by By Mike Kupietz January 7, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7013
Posted inWriting Posted inAnecdotal EvidenceTravel & Adventure Local Color—Ghent, BelgiumHow to Find Your Hotel If You’re Lost In GhentBack in my salad days I once tricked the Belgian government into paying to fly me & two friends to give an arts lecture in Ghent under assumed names (long… Posted by By Mike Kupietz January 1, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6867
Posted inWriting Posted inMusic Review I Like To Listen“Peaks Island Ferry” by Dan Sonenberg — album reviewFinally giving a listen to the prerelease of old friend Dan Sonenberg’s return to solo singer-songwriting, "Peaks Island Ferry". Rather than set down & give him feedback after it’s over,… Posted by By Mike Kupietz November 1, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=9294
Posted inWriting Posted inPoesy & Doggerel I Can’t Believe It’s Not Poetry!“The Radish Is The Noisy’st Root…”The radish is the noisy'st root, Its vocal tack beyond dispute, effusive in expounding truth, so talkative, this verbal fruit. In ages prior and aeons hence, have poets, lost in… Posted by By Mike Kupietz October 22, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6465
Posted inWriting Posted inTechnosociologyAI Issues Hey, You Got Your Social Awareness In My AI!About Sexism In The AI Images On This SiteA number of the AI-generated images on this site contain artistic depictions of nudity, presented in a way that might seem to reasonably suggest some confusion between real artistic or… Posted by By Mike Kupietz October 20, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6322
Posted inWriting Posted inMediaPropagandaManipulationPersuasion Watch Your IntelligenceCritical Reading of a Flawed Information SourceOct. 7, 2023 I had an interesting talk with my father yesterday. He had a 2-for-1 subscription offer to Mother Jones, and we got into a discussion when I told… Posted by By Mike Kupietz October 20, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6198
Posted inWriting Posted inMetadoggerelPoesy & Doggerel I Can’t Believe It’s Not Meta-Poetry!Ode to “Ode To A Croaking Man”O! Poem that spoke of a man who croaks, were you not my own, I would quote you! I would think that whomever composed you smokes dope, but I know… Posted by By Mike Kupietz October 17, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6151
Posted inWriting Posted inSatireObfuscation & Misinformation Fudging The FactsMisinformation VisualizationAmong my many inconsequential but fondly-remembered ideas was about 10 years ago, when for a brief time, I had a blog called "Misinformation Visualization" (subtitle: "Bringing a world of misinformation… Posted by By Mike Kupietz October 15, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6104
Posted inWriting Posted inPoesy & Doggerel I Can’t Believe It’s Not Poetry!Admonishment To A Bad PoetBad poems give just cause to critics who revel in finding ways to rag on others' flaws. When upon poorly set, is personal whose hearts cherish pride, and, gorging… Posted by By Mike Kupietz October 15, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6036
Posted inWriting Posted inHealth & WelfareLife In A Mikeycosm Health & LifestyleHow I Deal With InsomniaI'm going to flesh this out at some point, but it was lost in a pile of old notes and I wanted it up on the site as a reminder,… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 24, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=5709
Posted inWriting Posted inMusic TheoryInfrequently Asked Questions MikesplainingA Young Person’s Guide To Common Time Signatures, and what they mean in real lifeI have some time to kill so I thought I would write a brief overview of the concept of time signature in response to some questions that arose recently from… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 24, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=5704
Posted inWriting Posted inKnowledge Is Power EMIAQsAnswers to Even More Infrequently Asked Questions1. What's the difference between a sauce and a condiment? - Susan W., Tallahassee, FLA condiment enhances the flavor of food and is used sparingly. A sauce adds an additional… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 24, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=5689
Posted inWriting Posted inFunPranks & SatirePublic Provocations Hoax ‘Em If You Got ‘EmAnti-Plague FlyerWaaaaay back during the dot-com boom in San Francisco, in my carefree 20s (a much different time of my life than my carefree '50s) I used to put this up… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 22, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=5585
Posted inWriting Posted inPoesy & Doggerel The Measure Of A PoetA Lyrical Explication Upon Substantive Empirical Qualification of Authorial Poesy in Three LinesWhat better a measure of man as a poet Is there, b'sides seeing some poems he's wroet? If better exists, I sure do not knoet. Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 20, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=5426
Posted inWriting Posted inFunPranks & Satire Amazon Product ReviewPearl PCB20 Anarchy CowbellLink: http://www.amazon.com/review/RUISCK9IXTK6J/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000OY5RKA&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=11091801&store=musical-instruments Rating: Review Title: Steal This Cowbell! Review: Submission to domination is enforced not solely, nor even most significantly, through blatant repression, but rather through subtle manipulations worked into… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 20, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=5407
Posted inWriting Posted inReflectionsThe Beast Within Reflective ProseFascination, And Dangerous WeatherSpringtime hits hard in some quarters. I call this 'dangerous weather'—like, you've got to watch out where you're going. You might trip and fall. Somehow this always coincides with the… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 18, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4697