Stoked to say that i’ve got tickets to Phish NYE in section 101 right behind the soundboard.

Snagged a four night pass in the lotto

I’ll be there with @marleyfacedboy and @harry and more

Haven’t seen Phish since Mondegreen, so i’m really looking foward to this new years run!

thank you for sharing this here! hope the show is a massive success

One of the most important values I have in the Charleston music scene is maintaining a space for women and queer artists. As a human that checks both of these boxes, I have been working since Maraluso entered the scene to make sure the environment we curate leaves room for these people to work comfortably in a male-dominated space, including myself. I am incredibly grateful for the people I have met and connected with that have acknowledged and worked with me on that.

So, it is safe to say...

One of the most important values I have in the Charleston music scene is maintaining a space for women and queer artists. As a human that checks both of these boxes, I have been working since Maraluso entered the scene to make sure the environment we curate leaves room for these people to work comfortably in a male-dominated space, including myself. I am incredibly grateful for the people I have met and connected with that have acknowledged and worked with me on that.

So, it is safe to say that when Maraluso plays on an all femme-fronted bill, it is important to me to promote that!

We’re joining forces with Mina Roth and Lilly Hartle this Saturday to present a kickass show at The Royal American. I am thankful for the deep comraderie I share with these ladies that the Charleston scene has provided almost naturally. Lilly and Mina are incredible songwriters and frontwomen. I am honored to work with them on this show. I am honored that Maraluso will be headlining for the first time at this venue that means so much to us as a group!

Downbeat at 9:30 starting with Lilly Hartle & Co. $10. 21+. We’ll be playing some new tunes. Be there or be square.

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I’m out here working on all of this stuff

the calendar will be back up and running soon and so will the festival wire

over the past couple of years i have learned so much, and even over the past year alone

the systems i built even a few months ago are nothing compared to what i’m creating now

except i did burn a lot of it down in the process, and really stopped writing articles.

but that is okay. because this platform is about to change significantly.

to anybody who is reading this, if you...

I’m out here working on all of this stuff

the calendar will be back up and running soon and so will the festival wire

over the past couple of years i have learned so much, and even over the past year alone

the systems i built even a few months ago are nothing compared to what i’m creating now

except i did burn a lot of it down in the process, and really stopped writing articles.

but that is okay. because this platform is about to change significantly.

to anybody who is reading this, if you are worried that i’m no longer focused on Extra Chill, i really am. i’m just behind the scenes doing the best i can to keep everything rolling

i know this is more of a rant than an informative post. but trust me, extra chill is on its way

if i had money right now i would hire developers to help me scale the platform the way i’m envisioning. but since i dont have any money, i’m here building it myself

i feel a little shitty about the fact that my calendar has been busted for two months, but the new system i’m building is going to make up for that, so it doesnt matter.

i’ve worked on this website for so long, over 10 years. i will take this time to create the platform i’m envisioning.

i’ll never give up on extra chill

i know i could make this forum pop more if i posted on it more, but i havent had the time

thanks to anyone who is following along

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I added Substack, Venmo, and Github icons to this.

@jollymonster

I also removed the “Featured Link” advanced setting as it was overly complex and not the right approach.

I may add that back in later.

i’ve also created lots of documentation for this system and published it on my personal website:

https://chubes.net/docs/plugins/extra-chill-artist-platform

Still a work in progress all the time, but many things are coming together here.

Things were broken around here for a few days, as I had been rebuilding the artist platform from the inside out. I made the forum homepage much simpler, and gave the Artist Platform its own homepage

In the process, i busted the whole platform in terms of the link pages and artist profiles. But everything is now fixed, and the groundwork has been set for the next phase of development.

I will continue to polish a few more elements, and make the forum a lot less confusing over time. This has been...

Things were broken around here for a few days, as I had been rebuilding the artist platform from the inside out. I made the forum homepage much simpler, and gave the Artist Platform its own homepage

In the process, i busted the whole platform in terms of the link pages and artist profiles. But everything is now fixed, and the groundwork has been set for the next phase of development.

I will continue to polish a few more elements, and make the forum a lot less confusing over time. This has been an ongoing learning experience for me over the past year and a half.

One thing i’ve noticed latey, as i’ve gotten more into the coding side of things, is that i’ve let the music journalism and writing side of Extra Chill slip a bit. I haven’t sent out a newsletter since May, when i launched the artist platform.

That’s alright. It’s not ideal, but it’s okay. I’ve been busy, because i really need money. I’m trying to make this site a whole lot more useful to attract a much wider audience.

I am going to do this mostly through automation, but there will be other elements to this as well.

Upgrading the calendar will be a huge part of this. More on that soon, as it is the next thing on my list, as part of the build for my new Data Machine plugin.

Oh, and P.S. – Extra Chill is now open source 🙂

That means anyone who wants to get into WordPress development is welcome to contribute to the project. Check us out on Github here: https://github.com/Extra-Chill

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Yo! thanks for hopping in baby!!!!

pre-saved it

I recently discovered that there is a horse in Australia named Extra Chill: https://www.racing.com/horses/extra-chill#

The horse was born of two other horses, Churchill and Extra Virgin.

As of my writing this the horse is 4 years old, and recently started racing on the Australian circuit

I love this discovery and wanted to share it with the people of Extra Chill.

Hey Extra Chill Community!  We’re Wilmot and our debut EP is dropping this Friday.  We’ll be playing a show at the Royal American to celebrate, should be an awesome time(:  If you want to help the little guys out – presave our EP here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/wilmot/daydream-2

it’s been another while since i posted here. But this log keeps expanding over time.

Next in line is the events calendar getting a total overhaul. This is going to be powered by my custom WordPress plugin, Data Machine. The calendar is going to list events from all major markets in the most easy to filter way i can possibly come up with.

The Data Machine plugin also powers the festival wire.

Data Machine will also help me establish email campaigns to attract more users to this place over time.

it’s been another while since i posted here. But this log keeps expanding over time.

Next in line is the events calendar getting a total overhaul. This is going to be powered by my custom WordPress plugin, Data Machine. The calendar is going to list events from all major markets in the most easy to filter way i can possibly come up with.

The Data Machine plugin also powers the festival wire.

Data Machine will also help me establish email campaigns to attract more users to this place over time.

That’s what i’ve been working on behind the scenes, if anybody wondered where i’ve been focused.

This forum needs a decent amount of work to get back on track. I need to start posting here more often and overall get back into music journalism.

The final thing i wanted to mention was the extra chill app, which is coming soon. It will be a single-location touchpoint that allows interaction with the entire ecosystem. In the process, i am going to re-think the way that this website is organized.

My buddy mentioned trying to implement a twitter-like system where it becomes a lot easier to spew content. i think that could work by allowing users to post replies to their own profile. and then surfacing these replies on the recent page

and on the recent page, instead of showing the grid of topics, i will show the latest replies to all topics all put together

this site has been my passion project for a long time. I will not give up on it any time soon. I’m just not really interested in doing so many music writeups like i used to. I’m interested in platform-building, and writing when i have something to actually say.

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There has been a lot of pushback against Spotify lately, with several major artists choosing to leave the streaming platform.

This resulted from the CEO Daniel Ek investing in the AI weapons company Helsing, something that is fully against the values of just about every musician.

Of course, this comes after a decade-plus of the platform exploiting artists for financial gain, collaborating with major labels to give the illusion of organic discovery, while helping to diminish the DIY music scene...

There has been a lot of pushback against Spotify lately, with several major artists choosing to leave the streaming platform.

This resulted from the CEO Daniel Ek investing in the AI weapons company Helsing, something that is fully against the values of just about every musician.

Of course, this comes after a decade-plus of the platform exploiting artists for financial gain, collaborating with major labels to give the illusion of organic discovery, while helping to diminish the DIY music scene in the process due to the whitewashing of musical tastes.

This thread is for sharing artists who have left the platform.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-pulls-music-off-spotify-1236470802/

Hotline TNT

There are more, and i will update this as it unfolds. This could actually hurt the company if enough artists pull their music. Love to see stuff like this. Long live music

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We were on OHM Radio 96.3 yesterday.

 

You can watch the whole thing here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWG4Vu-0SNc

Only a month later and we’re back in the same situation again. Another THC ban bill has passed through the Texas Senate

The legislation would continue to outright ban cannabis products with “any amount” of cannabinoids other the CBD and CBG. Even mere possession of a prohibited cannabis item would be punishable as a Class B misdemeanor, carrying up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/texas-governor-renews-call-for-hemp-regulations-in-proclamation-for-seco...

Only a month later and we’re back in the same situation again. Another THC ban bill has passed through the Texas Senate

The legislation would continue to outright ban cannabis products with “any amount” of cannabinoids other the CBD and CBG. Even mere possession of a prohibited cannabis item would be punishable as a Class B misdemeanor, carrying up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/texas-governor-renews-call-for-hemp-regulations-in-proclamation-for-second-special-session-following-democratic-walkout/

Booooooooooooo!!!!

Greg Abbott has called another special session. Hinging on his signature yet again. We will find out in the next 30 days, I think.

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It’s been a minute since I’ve checked in on this thread. I’ve been in Austin about 9 months now, but honestly haven’t had the ability to go out and explore as much as I would have liked yet.

This fall, I will be moving to a spot downtown on the East Side, which will have me out and about much more often. I’m really looking forward to that.

Coming out here without a plan was probably misguided to an extent. I ran out of money and lived in a cave for a while. But now I’ve got a solid...

It’s been a minute since I’ve checked in on this thread. I’ve been in Austin about 9 months now, but honestly haven’t had the ability to go out and explore as much as I would have liked yet.

This fall, I will be moving to a spot downtown on the East Side, which will have me out and about much more often. I’m really looking forward to that.

Coming out here without a plan was probably misguided to an extent. I ran out of money and lived in a cave for a while. But now I’ve got a solid gig working kayak tours on Lady Bird Lake, and things are looking up.

Not to mention, all of the upgrades I’ve made to Extra Chill are starting to compound on each other. I’ve been a bit out of the loop on music journalism for the past few months, but that’s just because I’m trying to get my finances straight and my stability in check.

That boat captain safety net in Charleston was pretty real. It kept me afloat, literally, while I worked on Extra Chill. It wasn’t so easy to replace, but I’ve got it figured out now.

Cheers to whoever reads this. I’m hoping to start spreading the word about Extra Chill in Austin more soon. I’ve dipped my toes in but haven’t truly met that many people in the music scene yet. Nowhere near the level of contacts I have in Charleston.

That’s to be expected considering I lived in Charleston for 13 years. Moving has lit a massive fire under my ass to try and innovate and do something different and I think I’ve about started to achieve that.

Until next time,

Chubes

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Project out now! Go give it a listen!

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/jxshamar/a4ordable-lifestyles