Who’s this Shannon Larkin hater? It’s funny how so many B- and C-level bands seem to spend more time talking about us than writing songs people actually remember. Maybe it’s jealousy, maybe it’s insecurity, maybe ticket sales are a little slow. Either way, borrowing someone else’s spotlight has never been much of a long-term career strategy. I genuinely feel for musicians who never figured out that the best publicity is writing great songs—over and over again, decade after decade for fans not critics. It reminds me of the endless bimbo podcast crowd that builds an audience by talking about everyone else instead of creating something worth talking about. Anyway, maybe he’s needs to take a nap before he does more press.

Can the world just take one day off a week for NO DRAMA? It’s hard being positive while it’s raining down constant negativity. When I was younger I didnt give a fuck about the world. Funny how age changes that.

I love advancements in technology. Over the past decade, I’ve used it in just about every way you can imagine. But I also put limits on what I will and won’t use. The AI tools I mess with? Great for jumping-off points—design ideas, print inspiration, visual sparks. No problem there. But there are areas that sit right in the middle for me. Music is one of them. I’m not here to judge how anyone else uses it—but for me, my life is words. And I can’t hand that over. I’m talking about the struggle… pulling your hair out, pacing the room, yelling at the walls trying to break through a block. That’s part of it. That’s the work. When I’m stuck, I go for a walk. I read something random—even a damn user manual. I go way outside my lane just to shake something loose. You can’t keep going back to the same source if you want to break through new, uncomfortable, exciting walls. And I will NEVER hand my words over to a program to make them “better.” Could it be better sometimes? Maybe. Then I need to get better. So I keep my antenna up. I stay open. And eventually—it comes. That said, this is a hot-button subject. We can’t stop this wave, so we have to learn how to use it without abusing it. That’s the balance. What does scare me is not knowing what’s real anymore—especially when it comes to things like political information we used to trust. Anyway… this has been on my mind. Hopefully some bottom-feeder clickbait outlet doesn’t twist this into something negative. This is just a conversation with my fans. All thoughts open. Nikki