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Mike Shirley-Donnelly (MSD)
Hi hello I am msd I make music and take photos and make art but also run a joint cat rescue / recording studio in southern new england with my partner Della. I'm still mourning Cohost closing, but at least I started blogging as a result??
Latest Posts
Holding on to what you got while everything goes to hell Moon photos first, then words: 2/27/2026 04:41pm 02/27/2026 9:55pm 02/28/2026 04:25am Friday afternoon I got excited because my partner Della told me how good a daymoon we were...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop It's been a few days since I posted the fruits of this manic project's labor, so please enjoy! Mon 02/23/2026 - Salazzle On Monday I learned about Salazzle and I gotta...
Revisiting a nearly twenty-year old website chronicling the iconic Big Muff fuzz pedal Today while accidentally cleaning out my bookmarks (Listen, I've changed browsers so many fucking times over the years that I have like a historical...
Rad Tech Things I'm often down on the modern state of technology (mostly because it's almost all capital-driven and pivoting to "AI" nonsense) but I want to start highlighting rad things people make that show what joy tech can bring Lyra...
Wanna hear me read this post instead? Myths of labor reduction compared against supposed productivity increases was ALWAYS going to equal 'forever work' Reminder that I'm a highly visual creature so I've littered photos of a cat namted...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Sun 02/22/2026 - Kirlia Today's request was "What's a pokemon that has 'Farsia' vibes" - the Farsia being a deeply stupid1, incredibly gendered femme-presenting mobile...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Had a wild last few days but I'll be damned if I don't make at least 10 minutes a day to draw a pokemon. Here's the catch-up: Thur 02/19/2026 - Appleton Gotta admit I...
AI is the latest iteration, but financial predators targeting musicians with false promises is kind of an institution at this point Oh btw this has nothing to do with the topic; I like having visuals in my blog posts, you'll have to...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Mon 2/16/2026 - Dewgong Dewgong. Get it. Like a dugong. Gen 1 was fucking on one, man. Tues 2/17/2026 - Chirachi Look at this guy! I'd never seen this guy before...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Fri 02/13/2026 - Wartortle By special request! (Reminder that you can at any time ping me anywhere I'm pingable, even in the comments on one of these posts, to request...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Weds 02/11/2026 - Bulbasaur RNG gave me 0001 yesterday. The OG. The first lad. Which I'd memory holed into being just a grass type for so long; blew my mind that it's...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Mon 02/09/2026 - Jigglypuff In honor of Lady Gaga at the super bowl lmfao I get that the pokemon company has like infinite dollars but a lady gaga super bowl commercial...
I know, I know, two blog posts in one day what's become of me - but I had some disjointed thoughts about the discord announcement today that I needed to put somewhere. Enjoy. The things often left out of the age verification...
That time we played a concert at "Super Bowl City" Note: This post originally appeared on cohost.org In 2016, Team San José reached out to my band and offered us a paid slot to play at 'Super Bowl City'. That sentence is infinitely funny...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Both yesterday and today were selections by the kids after loading up a random 6 and them selecting two and I gotta admit I don't think I was on my game for these. Sat...