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[march32nd]

attention creekers

does it look like this for you too or just me

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Dan Tyminski - “I am a Man of Constant Sorrow” (Live, Feb. 28, 2026)

All is apparently well between Dan Tyminski and his former Union Station bandmate Jerry Douglas.

The two shared the Grand Ole Opry stage - though Douglas shunned the spotlight and let his Dobro sing from the back line - as Tyminski performed “I am a Man of Constant Sorrow” at the Feb. 28 “O Brother Where Art Thou?” 25th-anniversary concert.

The track is now out on professional video, courtesy of the Opry.

Flanked by fiddler Stuart Duncan and mandolin man Mike Compton, Tyminski delivered what’s become his signature song - the one he certainly plays every time he’s on a stage - and seemed to have a grand ol’ time doing so. He harmonized nicely with Duncan and Compton and Douglas’ instrument frequently bubbled into the melody even as Douglas himself remained in the dark.

A fine version. And it’s even finer to know Tyminski and Douglas are on fine terms even though they’re no longer in the same band.

Grade card: Dan Tyminski - “I am a Man of Constant Sorrow” (Live - 2/28/26) - B+

3/18/26

[cbjustmusic]

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss with Stuart Duncan performing “When the Levee Breaks” at last weekend’s Glastonbury Festival in England.

Previous post of this song:

by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy

by John Paul Jones and Playing For Change

by Sturgill Simpson

by Alison Krauss

_________________________. When the Levee Breaks Songwriters: John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Memphis Minnie, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and Joe McCoy

If it keeps on raining, levee’s going to break If it keeps on raining, the levee’s going to break When the levee breaks, we’ll have no place to stay Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, oh Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan It’s got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home Oh well, oh well, oh well Ooh Oh, don’t it make you feel bad When you’re trying to find your way home You don’t know which way to go If you’re going down south, they got no work to do If you’re going north to Chicago Ah, ah, ah, hey Crying won’t help you, praying won’t do you no good No, crying won’t help you, praying won’t do you no good When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move, ooh All last night I sat on the levee and moaned All last night, sat on the levee and moaned Thinking about my baby and my happy home Oh-ho Going I’m going to Chicago Going to Chicago Sorry, but I can’t take you, ah Going down, going down now Going down, I’m going down now Going down, going down Going down, going down Oh

[jeffcbliss]

(Left to right) Stuart Duncan, Viktor Krauss, Alison Krauss, Jay Bellerose, Robert Plant, Dennis Crouch and JD McPherson (the “Raise the Roof” tour) - Greek Theatre; Los Angeles, CA (8-18-22). @plantkrauss @RobertPlant @AlisonKrauss

Photo: Jeff Bliss

[nofatclips]

Ride Out In The Country by Yola from the album Walk Through Fire - Director: Reid Long and Kip Kubin

[my-autistic-things]

I wanted to share what I wrote for one of my class assignment. The weekly discussion post assignment is to pick a “chapter” (any source; book chapter, journal article, news article, TED talk, movie, TV show, literally anything) that relates to Cyberpsychology. I’m copy and pasting my posting below because there has been so much discussion in my class about how bad social media is that even I had forgotten how essential it is to some people with disabilities. I don’t want anyone to respond with how bad social media can be on this post; I’ve had *literally* 7 weeks of discussing how bad it is in my class, how it warps your perception of reality and your identity(ies), is highly addicting, and makes us isolated and more depressed. That’s all true. Pretty sure we all know it at this point, even if you never heard of cyberpsychology before. But some of the reasons why social media is so bad is also the reason why it is so amazingly good for people with disabilities. Below is a summary of the source I picked for this week (Stuart Duncan’s TED talk about Autworld) and my reaction. I can’t seem to put a “keep reading” thing on, so sorry to people who don’t want to read it and have to scroll a long bit!

Quick edit: I feel absolute horrible, my brain read Stuart Duncan’s name as Steve (Honestly, it’s about Minecraft, I think reading his name as Steve is fairly understandable lol) -- I hope Tumblr saves this fix! Sorry, Stuart

How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism (link embedded) Word Count: 719 words

In Stuart Duncan’s TED talk, he tells us about how he created “Autcraft,” a Minecraft server for people with autism. Duncan himself is autistic, and he noticed that other people in the autism community (particularly young kids) were being severely bullied online. This is a very common occurrence, in real life and online, because people with autism behave differently than other kids without autism and are often mocked and criticized for their different behaviors. Some kids as young as six years old were being told to kill themselves on public Minecraft servers. Duncan created Autcraft as a private server and posted on his Facebook account that kids (and adults) with autism can email him and he will allow them in. Autcraft is an inclusive, compassionate, and positive world where kindness and helping behaviors are rewarded. While in other servers points and awards are given to people in competitions, in Autcraft, good behaviors are tracked and rewarded. This has led to real-world effects because the good behaviors modeled and observed by other players translate to autistic kids performing these behaviors in real life. Younger children learn spelling through watching how other people spell words correctly on their signs, and Duncan has reports from parents saying their nonverbal children have started verbally communicating (although mainly about Minecraft). Duncan emphasizes that the main reason why this world has become so successful and such an impactful positive environment for autistic people is because it is accommodating and safe. He tells a story about how one boy who he later found out was going blind would spam the chat with dash marks. The other players were getting upset with this and wanted him to be muted, but instead of punishing the behavior, Duncan and the admins figured out he was doing that so the chat would be visually separated so he could read it better. The admins created a code that all players can use to automatically separate each chat with dashes (or asterisks, whatever they choose), as well as highlights your username so you can identify when you are being talked about/to easier. The last point Duncan made was about being a person that autistic kids can feel safe around. By listening, being non-judgmental, and allowing autistic people to be themselves without imposing prejudice, suicidal autistic kids feel safe enough to come to Duncan and the other admins. He challenges everyone else to be that safe person kids (autistic or not) can come to. I haven’t heard of Autworld before. Apparently, it has been in the news, magazines, and other media and has been dubbed as “the best place on the internet.” After reading so many articles for this class about how the internet is a dangerous place and social media is addicting and we should decrease our usage of it, I wanted to find a positive source about social media/virtual worlds for this week’s chapter review. Online communities can mean so incredibly much for people with disabilities and marginalized groups. For me, social media and the internet is my primary way of socializing; I don’t enjoy in-person interactions and it isn’t because I’m a Gen Z addicted to the internet, though I am also a Gen Z addicted to the internet (but these are separate issues here). Many [neurotypical] people don’t understand and can never conceptualize how stressful, panic-inducing, and even painful live human interaction can be. To tie this TED talk and this topic to Turkle’s TED talk (Task #1 of this week): People are extremely judgmental and social media allows you to create an edited identity where people are willing to talk to you before automatically judging you as someone they don’t want to interact with. It does allow you to craft ideal messages, leaving out the quirks, pauses, and mistakes of real-life communication. But when those quirks are too quirky, the pauses are too long, and the mistakes are stutters, lisps, disability accents, grammatical mistakes that makes your speech virtually intelligible to anyone but close friends and family, texting and virtual worlds become a sanctuary. They become a place where you can connect with people who share the same difficulties and will allow you to be yourself. Or at least more of yourself can be expressed through your avatar than could ever be socially acceptable in person.

[froynlaventje]

Another round in Hope Valley. This time it’s Stuart Duncan’s turn. The welcome wagon brings him Phineaus Furley, Helen Davis and Jennie Harbinger. They all seem to get along alright, maybe Helen can finally make a friend in her new neighbourhood.

Or maybe not...

Stuart got the Virtuoso trait so even though he is an average achieving sim he can max the creativity skill. On Tuesday he goes to the village green to try and make some money by playing his music. Unfortunately the first few days he barely makes enough to pay for his bills.

The search for a wife is not going very well either as all the females he meets seem to be elders and teens. He is feeling lonely so he adopts a stray cat named Otto.

Then on Saturday not one but three adult females walk by. One is Ellen Furley, one of his neighbours. The other is Joanne who he has one attraction bolt with, but he only has eyes for Jin Karsta. They have an attraction score of two bolts and she doesn’t seem to mind his ramblings about the evils of modern soda cans.

On Sunday evening Stuart invites Jin over for a date and they have a wonderful time together. He hopes to propose to her next week.

[etherealeunoia8]

[Image description: four images separated into four quadrants, the top left image is a colorized picture of Amy Sequenzia (an autistic author and activist) smiling, the top right image is a black and white image of a boy flapping his arms, the bottom left is a black and white image of James Durbin playing guitar in front of the American Flag, and the bottom right image is a picture of Julia, who is one of Sesame Street’s newest characters and is the first character with autism, covering her ears. in the center is a white circle with red words reading “’Autistic’ is not an insult” followed by the image creator’s url: “etherealeunoia8.tumblr.com”]

Sources and images:

Top Left: Amy Sequenzia

Top Right: Stuart Duncan’s son, from his blog www.stuartduncan.name/autism/your-hands-tell-me-when-youre-happy

Bottom Left: James Durbin, American singer and guitarist with autism

Bottom Right: Julia from Sesame Street. Their first autistic character