"unflattering portraits pt.I"

i made this because yesterday half of my flippin country was without any electricity or internet, so i just had to get creative and drew this with my finger on apple's freeform app on my iphone

solidarity in sound, from now 'til midnight ET on the frow show, on @WFMU. https://wfmu.org/playlists/JJ/250121 #freeform #radio

right now! 3 (more) hours of live tapes + outtakes + radio/tv sessions + unreleased oddities, from now 'til midnight on the frow show's annual boot happening, only on @WFMU. https://wfmu.org/playlists/JJ/241015
part of @WFMU's noninvasive hellraiser fundraiser spectacular! virtually no yakkin', just jams! please support #freeform #radio, get cool prizes. http://pledge.wfmu.org/donate/JJ

tonight! now! a frow show #radio spectacular! 3 hours of nothin' but unreleased gray area wonderfulness, from now 'til midnight on @WFMU. #rock! #jazz! #folk! #punk! #jams! #weirdness! get tuned/be tuned: https://bit.ly/403v9Im
part of @WFMU's noninvasive hellraiser fundraiser, please support #freeform radio! http://pledge.wfmu.org/donate/JJ

back in my happiest of places making live #radio on @WFMU this evening, 3 hours of autumn sounds to align your head. become tuned: https://bit.ly/3zIjt3a
it's also @WFMU's non-invasive hellraiser fundraiser, with fresh swag & virtually no spieling. support the greatest #freeform #radio station in the known hemispheres. http://pledge.wfmu.org/donate/JJ

now available: the new @WFMU archive bunker app has free full access to nearly 25 years of #freeform #radio, with tracked-out playlists ready to explore. sadly for iphone only at the moment (& the full archive obviously still available via WWW browser too).

provided 3 hours of alternatives on last night's frow show on @WFMU, with a pile of new #music, live lovin' spoonful '65, sandy bull '69, CAN '73, rare musique concrète by jeff mangum (as korena pang), a collage of james earl jones reading the alphabet, & more. https://bit.ly/4gvIDTk #freeform #radio

Counting down to release - my new EP with Greg Fraser, GHOST PARTICLES (Messages From Rude Van Steenes).

Everywhere May 22nd

Pre-order on Bandcamp: https://benjaminrussell.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-particles-messages-from-rude-van-steenes-2024

drift into the spring night air with the frow show, 3 hours of new sounds & bright detours, from now 'til midnight on listener-supported @WFMU. https://bit.ly/3wq71Du #freeform #radio #music

get tuned to last night's frow show on @WFMU. one set of bright springtime flows followed by a 2-hour drift/melt, including new #jazz, weird #electronics, ivory coast grooves, CAN '77, glitchy climate change #folk-#drone epics, dial-tones, a laughter collage, lullabies, etc. https://bit.ly/4cWrekP #freeform #radio #music

tune your ears towards new horizons with last night's frow show on @WFMU, 3 hours of #freeform #radio for uplifting gormandizers, featuring much excellent new music (including @EarlOfEdgecombe, marisa anderson, john cale, mountain movers, etc.), #pizza organs (courtesy @SidFudd), ecstatic #bagpipes, wild #accordion, a quebecois cover of "white rabbit," etc. https://bit.ly/4auWZiW

it's @WFMU marathon time! 3 hours of #freeform #radio magick from now 'til midnight, with many LPs + t-shirts + CDRs of rare #jams to give away. tune in, pledge big, freak out, from now 'til midnight on the frow show. https://bit.ly/3V67PY5
pledge now! http://pledge.wfmu.org/donate/JJ

adjust your antennae & yourself for 3 hours of new #music & #freeform #radio with the frow show, beaming on the high airwaves of @WFMU from now 'til midnight ET. https://bit.ly/48OgoKB

Arm in progress on the Georgia O'Keeffe/body parts jacket. All the ammonite shapes need embellishment, just roughly laid out. Pair of lungs and an eye in there too! Mostly hand-dyed DK and 4-ply from independent UK suppliers.

Progress report on new #freeformcrochet project. Top of the back and both arms shown, in double knit hand-dyed merino, also chunky recycled plastic bottles and a bit of metallic/Angora. Inspiration... Georgia O'Keeffe, body parts in a grey/red palette. The rest of the yarn is a lighter 4-ply. I needed a heavier yarn for everything to hang from. Much more surface work to do on the joined scrumbles.