Joshua Hardisty

Making music, writing about creative process, and building systems for getting work out of your head and into the world.

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

But finishing small things clears your head in a way thinking never does.

You don’t need a perfect picture of where you’re going.

You just need to make the next thing slightly easier to start.

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

I spent a long time thinking the way to get unstuck was more clarity.

More planning, more articulation — surely that would explain why I kept getting stuck.

So I’d end up with a pile of documents accounting for every detail.

Fully mapped out…

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

…still not moving.

Awareness isn’t enough.

You have to take whatever’s half-formed in your head and make it real:

Write the paragraph.
Export the track.
Post the clip.
Take the walk.
Send the message.

None of it is profound.

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

My obsession with the Beastie Boys is due in part to their insane story

[NailWorship @NailWorship]

The Beastie Boys went from being arguably the biggest + most controversial group in the world in 1986…
to Paul’s Boutique flopping + playing small clubs again a few years
later.
I honestly think getting smaller again is what allowed them to reinvent themselves.

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

How we got exposed to new sounds before the internet connected everything

[NailWorship @NailWorship]

Before the internet it was crucial to have friends who could put you on to new music. In underground music a lot of great records would be regional just because a band would only play local shows + a 16-year old put out the record so you needed connects to find these things.

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

Nail Worship is a new music podcast I’m doing with a heavy emphasis on — but hardly exclusive to — 90’s indie music.

[NailWorship @NailWorship]

The Rye Coalition and KARP split 12” on Troubleman was just another unlikely pairing for KARP, the lone “heavy” band on K Records.

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

Listening to “Versions Galore” — an hour of classic 1970s dubs, riddims and versions https://t.co/kbpzxbUvvC

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

I can’t tell if this thread is satire. “Pro-Kremlin” and then it includes some of the most important investigative journalists of the 21st century.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

...mainstream media is quiet about them. But I did it, so you don't have to.

On his show, he's interviewed pro-Kremlin propagandists such as RT-funded Chris Hedges, Glenn Greenwald, Aaron Maté, Jimmy Dore and Seymour Hersh.

12/18

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

Great thread on the absurd “China is spying on us with a hot air balloon BUT ALSO we’re not going to shoot it down because reasons” story

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

Me too! I mean, short of WW3 (and what are the odds of that happening? Obviously better than they’ve been in decades but still.) it can’t get any worse

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Two years in, and I've never been more optimistic about America's future.

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

@DrJamesOlsson Is “Unexpectedly” different from “Suddenly”? One’s caused by climate change, right?

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

Good reminder of who Pfizer is…

[KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat]

1/ THREAD🚨 #PfizerFiles

Pfizer has habitually engaged in illegal and corrupt marketing practices, bribed physicians, & suppressed adverse trial results.

This is no secret, yet this fact continues to be brushed under the rug by politicians & the media.

https://t.co/1MXLYd4x8u

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

I just saw that Tumblr is gambling on livestreaming for its future (yes, I’m also shocked that Tumblr still exists).

My question: Has any social media platform truly recovered from a acquisition-induced death spiral before?

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

I stopped using twitter in large part bc I was sick Recommended Tweets and seeing other people’s Likes and Follows.

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

YESSSSSSSSSS

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

As a reminder, tap the stars icon on upper right of screen to switch between latest people you follow and recommended tweets

[Fact @Fact]

Trust your instinct.

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

Someone should pour millions into a DTC brand that makes a dental floss that actually makes it into the garbage can when you throw it away.

[Joshua Hardisty @jhardcreative]

From growing up in Minnesota my kids pronounce all their T’s and it never ceases to make me laugh.