Jay Batzner

@jaybatzner.bsky.social

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I write weird music and read too many comic books. Sometimes I do both at the same time...

Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko disguised as a Klingon
An orange and white cat sitting under a red grand toy piano. He looks concerned.
An earthenware loaf pan with banana bread batter inside an oven
An orange and white cat with his back legs on the kitchen counter and the rest of his body tucked into a kitchen sink.
A CD case from the Philips label. Beethoven's Archduke trio and Brahms opus 8 performed by Andre Previn (piano), Victoria Mullova (violin), and Heinrich Schiff (cello)
A white man with short very dark hair, green glasses, and a bushy white beard wearing a light blue polo shirt with pink flamingos on it
The title card, white text on a black background, for the movie Aniara.
A white middle-aged man with a big grey beard and green glasses wearing a brown ght pink button-up shirt
A golden yellow book cover with The B-flat Real Book in bold letters
The Aquabats in their turquoise blue shirts and silver helmets on stage under pink lighting
A rainbow and white checkerboard wallet on a wood surface
Two small black synthesizers, a purple effects box, and a black Zoom audio recorder plugged into a Mackie mixer. An orange and white cat is lying on top of the mixer and recorder
A middle aged man with dark hair and very grey bushy beard in a Fantastic Four t-shirt taking a mirror selfie. He is wearing a messanger bag in a print fabric covered with large yellow bananas
The cover of Satellite Sam by Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin. A topless work covering her breasts with Polaroid pics in each hand is wearing a bdsm collar and lace arm coverings. More polaroid pictures are falling around her
Blue fabric with overlapping bananas printed on it. In the background is more of the fabric and silver fabric scissors.
A short tumbler with iced tea and large ice cubes looking like a glass of whiskey
A bird with a dark head and back and a bright yellow-orange belly at a small clear plastic bird feeder
The set of You Are Wrong. What the characters in the panel are saying is irrelevant. The important detail is the Christmas tree in the background.
An orange and white cat's face poking out from a hole in the middle of a grey cat tunnel on a like grey carpet
A shepherd pie sitting on top of a stove. You can only see the mashed potatoes browned with a little sprinkle of paprika
A creamsicle cat sitting on top of a small Mackie mixer
The case for the Criterion Edition of David Lynch's Blue Velvet
And orange cat sitting on top of an electric piano in front of a window. A small tv tray covered in staff paper and pencils is perpendicular to the low end of the keyboard
A bag of potatoes with the name Biggins russet
The bulky arms grabbing each other meme from Predator
A stylized color blocked painting of Spider-Man on a bright green background
A white bunny on a cornflower blue background surrounded by white and pink flowers. In blue script above is written "this too shall pass" and below is written "but what the fuck?"
Panel of a comic book. Dr. Strange is floating in the background shouting "No!" While a body in the the foreground explodes. The sound effect SPLOOB is in large blue letters at the top
The cover of Alien Roots: Eliane Radigue by Blank Forms
An orange and white cat asleep on my lap
Several toy pianos and noisemakers on a table
An orange and white cat curled up an asleep on a green cushion
Me, a middle-aged white man with slicked back hair, glasses, a grey bushy beard, in a blue zip up hoodie looking burned out and defeated
A white stove on the left of a standard white fridge.
The Bastl Kastle 2 Wavebard synth (a small black box with a lot of knobs)
The two trade collections of DC comics series 52
The cast of Babylon 5
A still image of Spider-Man and the text Spider-Man Brand New Day New Trailer in the upper left corner. Spider man appears to be leaning backwards and pulling on web strands in each hand. The strands lead off-screen to the left. The graphics are very smooth and unnatural looking
My orange and white cat named Chet with huge pupils and a partially open mouth staring wildly out of frame
A small antique toy grand piano with a red lid on top of a larger modern red toy piano
Sign printed and taped to the inside door of a bathroom stall: To whoever keeps destroying this toilet: You have great health insurance. Go see a doctor. Smaller strip of paper below: Or if not a doctor, maybe an exorcist. Smaller strip below again: or go poop in a field like the other buffalo
New Album Coming Soon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart started the countdown on Spotify. Pre-save now. This is Mozart
My redheaded son Sam sitting on a green couch opening presents
An orange and white cat sitting next to a Behringer JT-4000 micro
HBO Max recommendations labeled Family Drama. The movies DC League of Superpets is right next to Call Me By Your Name
If Adam Quinn gave it some thought, or if someone were to prompt him with the right questions, he could put words around the fact that his existence doesn't bring him any satisfaction.
A synth ad for MARF stating "Excalibur, the Aegis of Zeus, the Vajra thunderbolt; this supreme CV generator ranks alongside weapons of myth, and now you can preorder your very own.
The band Deco in yellow jumpsuits and red flowerpot helmets
Me, a middle-aged man with a giant green beard, lying in a bed with purple lighting
A computer screen with the top of a musical score on it. The title is A K-Pop Demon Hunters' Guide to the Orchestra. With zero apologies to Benjamin Britten.
A blue and white button down shirt that looks like it is covered in waves. Bob Ross is surfing these waves on various painting supplies
A red sweatshirt with "I put the hot in psychotic" printed in lighter red type
A blue circular sticker with a white arrow in the center point to the right. Written in the middle of the arrow is the word "ratings.x
Talking Krusty doll from the Simpsons Halloween episode
Sleeping orange cat
A Mac laptop, Korg nano control, an amplified toy piano, microphone, and portable effects unit
A white coffee mug with Cat Dad printed on it. The mug is sitting on a black digital scale with the weight showing 666 grams.
The Electronica group EMF looking like old men with grey beards on multiple members
A list of instrument file names, all duplicates, without file extension s
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