Jacob Haller

@jwgh.bsky.social

173 Followers 215 Following

Musician, streamer, podcast editor, etc. Listen to my new single, The Christmas Lobster, at https://jacobhaller.bandcamp.com/track/the-christmas-lobster

My cat in silhouette either yowling or yawning, it’s hard to tell which. You can see his top and bottom fangs.
A cryptic crossword clue: “Paying close attention wrapping to a grip readjusted for avocados (9, 5)”. There are some penciled in notes, and I’ve circled the word “avocados”.
A Providence Porchfest poster reflecting the content of the post.
'Also if Musk does a bad job as head of software and servers, can the new CEO fire him? To be clear I would never, ever, ever want to be CEO of Twitter - even before Musk took it over, and certainly not after - but wouldn't it be a /little/ tempting to be CEO just so you could fire Musk? Like obviously /he/ would then fire /you/, more or less immediately; you are both his boss (you're the CEO and he is the head of a division) and his employee (you're a manager and he's the majority shareholder). But you'd have, like, 15 minutes. You could order security to escort him out of the building; you could put out a press release; you could tweet from the official account "Elon has been fired for not being hardcore enough, let that sink out." Oh /then/ he'd fire you and deny you severance and call you a sex criminal; your life would be horrible forever. But for a minute it would be very funny.'
Roscoe the cat sits on top of my mother’s laptop’s keyboard, obscuring the screen, as my mother sits in front of the laptop and looks at him fondly. There is a second USB keyboard attached to the laptop.
A charcoal drawing of Softie as a cat.
My cat sitting on an ottoman looking a bit annoyed. His front legs are angled further forward than you would expect.
Me, with unkempt hair, singing the following to the tune of 'Canticle/Scarborough Fair' by Simon & Garfunkle: "Remember we're in the Itchy lot. / Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. / Death is the only escape from capitalism. / The butter astronauts have strong Beef & Dairy energy."
My cat sitting on my lap giving me the side-eye
On the left, a wrapper of a Russell Stover brand Big Bunnt Dark Chocolate and Coconut Cream treat. On the right, the largely shapeless but maybe slightly rabbit shaped blob of chocolate it contained.
A tweet from Paul F. Tompkins that says, "This Slenderman documentary is making me strangely angry." Then a notation "47 more replies", followed by Lisa Hanawalt saying "@PFTompkins naw I'm with you, USB inputs can seriously suck a fuck" and Paul responding "True, but I should not have given it the dignity of speech."
An icon that Softie made of a cartoon me smiling and holding a shiny green heart.
A framed letter from Jean-Louis Ninu, head of the Public Treasury Judicial Agency, dated March 9, 1992. It says: Maitre, L'arrêt rendu le 24 janvier par la Cour d'Appel de CHICAGO, même s'il ne met pas entièrement fin au contentieux de l'AMOCO-CADIZ, n'en constitue pas moins une date essentielle dans cette affaire. Il constitue pour l'Etat français un succès total sur le plan des principes et un résultat très satisfaisant sur le plan des indemnisations. Dans ce succès si long à obtenir et si difficile dans ses multiples aspects, votre rôle aura été essentiel et vous aurez largement contribué avec autant de conscience que d'efficacité à défendre les intérêts de l'Etat et à faire aboutir un contenticux dontl'importance dépasse de beaucoup les seules indemnisations. Je tiens, au nom de l'Etat, à vous en remercier tout particulièrement. Je vous prie de croire, Maître, à l'expression de mes sentiments distingués. The English translation is: Dear Sir, The judgment rendered on January 24 by the Chicago Court of Appeal, even if it does not entirely resolve the AMOCO-CADIZ dispute, nonetheless constitutes a pivotal moment in this case. It represents a complete victory for the French State in terms of principles and a highly satisfactory outcome with regard to compensation. In this hard-won and complex success, your role has been essential, and you have contributed significantly, with both conscientiousness and efficiency, to defending the interests of the State and bringing to a successful conclusion a dispute whose importance extends far beyond mere compensation. On behalf of the State, I wish to express my sincere gratitude to you. Please accept, Sir, the expression of my highest regards.
A screenshot from the old twitter.com. In the background we see @thepanamacanal tweeting, "Today we welcomed the 3,000..." The rest of the tweet is blocked by a popup window that ssays "Block @thepanamacanal. @Thepanamacanal will no longer be able to follow or message you, and you will not see notifications from @thepanamacanal."
A red coke can withe a white silhouette of someone standing on one leg, doubled over, arms flailing above and below them, other leg crooked behind them, with a round object rolling off in front of them, with lines behind everything indicating that everything is moving quite quickly. Or, an upside down drawing of someone making an amazing save in volleyball in front of an American flag. Your call.
A cat sits on the back of a couch, his head turned away from the camera. A man is lying on the couch but only a bit of his face is in frame.
A shirt design. An imitation of an early American block print featuring a side view of a Puritan woman declaiming to the right, her fist in the air, with the text 'Anne Hutchinson was a Mighty Woman' printed around the upraised arm. Under that, it says "Jacob Haller: Folk Music for the 21st Century. music.jwgh.org.' A border above and below has the text 'ANNE HUTCHINSON', with the letters and accompany icons inspired by a 17th century illustrated alphabet.
A screenshot of a Nextdoor post which says, "Hi neighbors, I'm looking for greenery to make a wreath, any ideas where I might forage without getting arrested? I have a fake tree and really miss the piney smells. Thanks." There are then three Christmas tree emojis and three hearts.
A poster for the Sweet Little Holiday Show featuring me! Thursday December 11, 8 pm show / 7 pm doors, $10-15 suggested cash or vemon. At the Parlour, 1119 Main St, Providence, RI.
A plate with portions of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, squash, and kale salad.
A photo of an iPad displaying a side of toast with the following suggested wine pairings. Rank #1: Ferrari Carano, a 2010 red Bordeaux blend from Sonoma. Cost: $175 for a bottle. Rank #2: Paul Jaboulet, a 2005 Syrah from Rhone priced at $249 per bottle. Rank #3: Quilceda Creek, a 2011 red Bordeaux blend from Columbia Valley priced at $175 per bottle. Rank #4: Ontanon, a 2014 Tempranillo from Rioja priced at $36 per bottle.
A bearded man reclining on a couch petting a cat who is lying on the man’s midsection. Both mammals look content.
A screenshot that says "Chat blocked. Chat support didn't work out. Please continue to try self-help options at https://www.playstation.com/support/."
PlayStation Support: "Thank you for chatting with us today. I appreciate your waiting time. We are currently getting a high volume of contacts, so I will do my best to help you with this fast and easy in one contact. Today we'll be working with the PlayStation ID you entered in the pre-chat form. Can you please give me your best contact phone number just for records only?" Me: [redacted.] PlayStation Support: "Can you please give me further details about the situation that you are having?" Me: "When I try to log into PS Remote Play on my Mac, I get this error: Can't connect to the server. [There is a long error code.] This started yesterday evening."
The skeet describes the image.
A dark gray and white cat getting scratched on the back of its head.
A closeup of my cat’s chin as he takes a treat out of my fingers.
A dark grey and white cat is lying on a small satchel. A papier-mâché meerkat Stan’s nearby. Both are looking straight into the camera.
Wordlebot tells me: “Don’t beat yourself up. I tried solving it on my own and failed, too.”
Alison Leiby tweets: “Stop making new flavors of Diet Coke. The original flavor, chemicals, is already perfect.”
Katie Mack tweeted: “Based on nothing more than a video of Vance saying he likes beer, I now find myself doubting whether he actually likes beer. He comes off as so much the opposite of genuine that it is impossible to take even his most mundane statements as even plausibly true. The man has resting mendacity face.” Seth Trueger responds: “He strikes me as someone who has a reverse-Dorian Gray painting in his attic which never ages.” Katie Mack in turn responds: “That's just how normal paintings work”
A Rose Is Rose comic strip in. Panel 1: Rose, clad in a dress and apron and drinking a cup of coffee, lounger against a wall and says to her neighbor: “It’s weird… Sometimes I just feel like…” Panel 2: same place and characters, but Rose is drinking a beer and dressed like a biker in a tube top. Her glasses are gone and her hair is longer and curlier. There is no dialogue. Panel 3: Rose is back to ‘normal’ and continues as if nothing happened:”like there’s more than one person in my head.”
A cat lying on its side, twisted so that its forearms are both to the left of its left back leg.
A poster for two shows that are part of FringePVD, The Providence Fringe Festival, presented by Wilbury Theatre Group, fringepvd.org: Two Shows - Two Nights! The first is on July 16, 7-8:30 pm: Jug Band Music with Jacob Haller and Turner Zimmerman. The other is on July 17, 8:30-10 pm: Solo Show with All Original Music. Both shows are at the Providence Drum Troupe Clubhouse, 517 Atwells Ave, Providence, RI 02909. You can prepurchase tickets at jwgh.org. Tickets are $10/show, or cash only at the door.
A dark grey and white cat is climbing out of a large cardboard box that is set askew on a rocking chair. He is looking over his right shoulder at the camera. If you used a lot of imagination, it might have a slight resemblance to Jean-Léon Gérôme’s painting “La Vérité sortant du puits armée de son martinet pour châtier l'humanité” (English: Truth coming from the well armed with her whip to chastise humanity).
A poster for two shows that are part of FringePVD, The Providence Finge Festival, presented by Wilbury Theatre Group, fringepvd.org: Two Shows - Two Nights! The first is on July 16, 7-8:30 pm: Jug Band Music with Jacob Haller, Chris Turner, and Turner Zimmerman. The other is on July 17, 8:30-10 pm: Solo Show with All Original Music. Both shows are at the Providence Drum Troupe Clubhouse, 517 Atwells Ave, Providence, RI 02909. You can prepurchase tickets at jwgh.org. Tickets are $10/show, or cash only at the door.
My cat sits on my chest purring as I scratch his head.
A photo of a cat peeking around the side of the poster. To the right, this text: "HEY! Wednesday this week (June 11) 7 pm-midnight EDT/4-9 pm PDT. Fundraising livestream at twitch.tv/jwghaller to help Azra with their moving expenses! GAMES: Gartic Phone, REPO, Fall Guys, Marvel Rivals. GIVEAWAYS: Art by Jen Vaughn, Art Potato, ToxicD0gs, and Bell2371. Music by Jacob Haller. No donation required to participate! Donate at ko-fi.com/azralhawthorne. Starts at 7 pm EDIT with a live performance by Jacob Haller! See you there!"
A handwritten receipt on which is written 'NC' (but the 'C' looks kind of like a capital 'L'), 'RAV (F)', 'HSS' (but the 'H' really looks like a capital 'A'), and 'D Coke'.
A photo of a cat peeking around the side of the poster. To the right, this text: "HEY! Wednesday this week (June 11) 7 pm-midnight EDT/4-9 pm PDT. Fundraising livestream at twitch.tv/jwghaller to help Azra with their moving expenses! GAMES: Gartic Phone, REPO, Fall Guys, Marvel Rivals. GIVEAWAYS: Art by Jen Vaughn, Art Potato, ToxicD0gs, and Bell2371. Music by Jacob Haller. No donation required to participate! Donate at ko-fi.com/azralhawthorne. Starts at 7 pm EDIT with a live performance by Jacob Haller! See you there!"
A photo of a cat peeking around the side of the poster. To the right, this text: "HEY! Wednesday this week (July 11) 7 pm-midnight EDT/4-9 pm PDT. Fundraising livestream at twitch.tv/jwghaller to help Azra with their moving expenses! GAMES: Gartic Phone, REPO, Fall Guys, Marvel Rivals. GIVEAWAYS: Art by Jen Vaughn, Art Potato, ToxicD0gs, and Bell2371. Music by Jacob Haller. No donation required to participate! Donate at ko-fi.com/azralhawthorne. Starts at 7 pm EDIT with a live performance by Jacob Haller! See you there!"
A Facebook post that says “The wheels came off their bromance so fast you’d think it was a Cybertruck,” with some Meta AI suggestions: “Why did their bromance end?”, “More about bromance in popular culture…”
A New Yorker cartoon showing a scruffy, grumpy-looking, pantsless server pouring a cup of coffee for a slightly startled looking customer. A sign says, “Home of the Bottomless Cup of Coffee.” Underneath, Meta AI has helpfully suggested some possible discussion topics: “The story behind Bottomless Cup,” “Coffee shop specials,” “What’s the story behind the sign?”, and “Coffee Bottomless Home.”
A black and white photo of a bearded Edward Gorey wearing dark glasses, an outrageous fur coat, and a long but thin knitted scarf, walking down the sidewalk as other passers-by give him a once over.
A cat hisses at me. I say “good cat” and it deigns to let me scratch its head.
A photo of VSCO girl with a hydro flask and a backpack. It is captioned “SKSKSKSKSSK. You can’t go through my Fjallraven.”
A poster for a show at Myrtle, 134 Waterman Ave, East Providence, RI 02914, on April 17 from 8-11 pm, featuring Thee Phibbs, berm (from Worcester), Tyler Nail (solo), and Jacob Haller (also solo).
The last four were: Mildred Pierce (1945), three stars. Brick (2005), three and a half stars. Secret Mall Apartment (2024), three and a half stars. The Little Foxes (1941), four stars.
A screenshot: "SLVS debuts @ The Parlour Providence! 4/10/25, 8 pm show/7 pm doors, $5-$10 cash/Venmo @ door. Jacob Haller, Amy the Mime, Banana Pup, Sondray Lynn, Jaybird Walker, Ashley Magick, Emma & Mikey's Romedy, Host Eva Destruction. http://sweetlittlevarietyshow.com .
SLVS debuts @ The Parlour Providence! 4/10/25, 8 pm variety show / 7 pm doors, $5-$10 cash/Venmo @ door. Jacob Haller / Amy the Mime / Banana Pup / Sandra Lynn/ Jaybird Walker / Ashley Magick / Emma & Mikey's Romedy / Host Eva Destruction. / http://sweetlittlevarietyshow.com
A poster for a show at Myrtle, 134 Waterman Ave, East Providence, RI 02914, on April 17 from 8-11 pm, featuring Thee Phibbs, berm (from Worcester), Tyler Nail (solo), and Jacob Haller (also solo).
A pterosaur standing on the ground with his wings spread wide. Mostly blue, but his wings and crest are blue, pink, and white, arranged in the same order as the trans flag. He has a barbed tail, orange feet and eyes, horns, a little floof of blue hair atop his head, a white collar, and top surgery scars.
A screenshot of the opening lines of the song’s chorus: “Rhode Island, oh, Rhode Island surrounded by the sea.”
A photo of several official-looking signs posted next to each other: “Vehical will be towed to Pat’s” and “No Parking. Do not block door’s. You will be towed I promise.”
A poster for a show at Myrtle, 134 Waterman Ave, East Providence, RI 02914, on April 17 from 8-11 pm, featuring Thee Phibbs, berm (from Worcester), Tyler Nail (solo), and Jacob Haller (also solo).
A lute-playing cat in medieval garb and a violin-playing orc in a purple dress sit around a campfire, which casts light a short distance around them. Above, the sky is filled with stars.