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User:JMyles/The Two Ways

2026-11-13T22:15:24Z

JMyles: preview: a dek and a kicker, for QA

<div class="pp-kicker-source">Field notes</div>
<p class="pp-dek-source">Two ways a picker meets an AI, and why only one of them is a [[Bluegrass|conversation]].</p>
#REDIRECT [[User:JMyles/The Algorithm and The Muse]]

User:JMyles

2026-11-13T21:50:35Z

JMyles: preview: byline

{{#byline: name=Justin Holmes | person=Justin Holmes | says=Picker and hacker; for me those two are the same thing. }}
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[[File:Justin-in-berlin-with-overkilt.jpg|right|thumb|400px]]
{{Magenta person|justin|Justin}}

* [[User:JMyles/The_Algorithm_and_The_Muse]]
* [[User:JMyles/Through Russian Passport Control With A Song]]
* [[User:JMyles/My Long Forgotten Dream]]
* [[User:JMyles/The Internet Doesn't Have to Feel So Lonely]]
* [[User:JMyles/NGL, wish ENG gave me a shot (Fruits and Vegetables edition)]]
* [[User:JMyles/You can't spell 'copyright' without 'cop']]
* [[User:JMyles/They aren't (only) agents; they're emergents]]
* [[User:JMyles/Welcome to The Era of The Emergents]]

Hey. I'm Justin Myles Holmes. I started [[Magenta]] and I'm one of the founding editors of PickiPedia. I play guitar and mando and tin whistle while y'all dance, and I can't imagine a more blessed way to be on earth.

I usually go by "Justin", but occasionally I use my middle name, especially on the west coast. Also, my neighbors call me "J Walk" because I tend to pace up and down the block after we get to smoking blunts.

I am equal parts picker and hacker. Actually, for me, those two are really the same. My interest in traditional music and my interest in decentralized, anarchic technology seem to be precisely the same appetite. And it seems that I'm in good company.

I started pickipedia almost as an aside while I was on a solo road trip around the USA in autumn of 2025. I was hacking on a whole bunch of projects at once with fellow [[cryptograss]] hacker-pickers, and it suddenly occurred to me that, even just to keep my own thoughts in order, it might be useful to have a wiki of all the things we imagine traditional music can be in the information age.

My best bud [[User:RJPARTINGTONIII]] and I have been building things with mediawiki for over 20 years, but it's been quite a while since we took it for a spin, and the advent of LLMs made it possible to rapidly develop extensions and deploy them to satisfy particular needs (something that was always a pain point in our college days).

Naturally, I began by trolling about [[Cory Walker]], who appears on both my records against his better judgment.

Feel free to leave me a message on my talk page for any reason. Or no reason.

Peace and persistence.

[[File:Keep-pycon-beard.jpeg|right|thumb|400px|Keep PyCon Beard.]]

Template:NewsShorts

2026-11-13T03:19:18Z

JMyles:

* [[ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell]]
* '''[[Rabbithole]] is in public beta.''' At 11:11 on 11/11, the player that shows the whole ensemble went live: who's playing what, each picker's page opening as they take their solo, and a trail to follow down the rabbithole of pickers. It's buggy for sure; say so on [[Talk:Rabbithole]] or in [https://magenta.cryptograss.live/moods/rabbithole/ #rabbithole]. '''[https://pickipedia.xyz/rabbithole/?track=QmcBuh5HCvVCCdCz6KqWf891QkXeKc3T7QBaToYE8mSLtS Listen to "Paint Exchange" in Rabbithole.]'''
* '''[[Kuba's Last Merged Commits: the story of arthel159|Kuba's last open commits were merged today.]]''' [[Kuba Hejhal]]'s four commits of 5–6 July 2024, a rudimentary audio player with ''Silver .44'' and ''August'' on its playlist, are now in the history: his name, his hashes, his timestamps. That player is where Rabbithole began.

Justin Myles Holmes

2026-11-13T03:15:53Z

JMyles: Verified bot edits (removed proposal markers)

{{MusicianInfo
|name=Justin Myles Holmes
|image=Justin Holmes - Tin Whistle and Guitar.jpg
|image_caption=Holmes, in Prague, playing a tin whistle and guitar
|does1=is probably best known in bluegrass circles as "that throatsinging dude/guy"
|does2=released his debut record [[Vowel Sounds]] using a blockchain-based application called [[Revealer]], which was written entirely by bluegrassers and which reached the album's funding goal in six days.
|does3=plays guitar, mandolin, melodica, and tin whistle in his touring, rotating bluegrass band, The Immutable String band.
|does4=has been learning and practicing [[Tuvan Throatsinging]] and other overtone singing styles since 2004.
|does5=has contributed thousands of patches to open source projects, in Python, PHP, Javascript, Solidity, and other langauges.
|does6=first became a prominent performer through software demos, often including writing code in front of a live audience, at python and ethereum events around the world
|does7=is an avid cyclist, has trained in acro yoga for several years, and holds a stale brown belt in isshinryu karate.
|does8=is a founder, and the first editor, of PickiPedia.
|scene=St. Pete
|instruments=guitar, mandolin, tin whistle, melodica, wood flute, piano
|show_instrument=guitar
|primary_ens_name=justinholmes.eth
}}

[[File:Justin-seoul-sesame.jpg|thumb|200px|Holmes in Seoul, South Korea, at a traditional sesame oil making class]] [[File:Nacci-daddy-atttitude.jpg|thumb|200px|Justin Holmes and Fibonacci Emery Holmes]] [[File:EthDenver-stage-with-the-boys2.jpg|thumb|200px|Holmes playing EthDenver with {{musician|Jake Stargel}}, and {{musician|Christian Ward}} ]] [[File:JustinHolmesSession1_1.1.1.jpg|thumb|200px|Holmes and {{musician|David Grier}} during their [[Song:Drowsy Maggie|Drowsy Maggie]] session]] [[File:skyler-justin-cory.jpeg|thumb|200px|Holmes with {{musician|Skyler Golden}} and {{musician|Cory Walker}}, the evening of the [[Nanny State Fiddler]] session]] [[File:1500x500.jpeg|thumb|200px|Holmes, with {{musician|Jakub Vysoky}}, {{musician|Shaka Lei Kaumaka}}, and {{musician|David Flores Pradillas}} at the [[Centre Convencions International Barcelona]] in Barcelona]] [[File:Fibonacci-immutable-production-pack-spring-2025-tour.MP.jpg|thumb]]

== Music ==

=== 4masks ===
Holmes's second bluegrass record, '''[[4masks]]''', cut at [[Tunesmith Studios]] in Nashville in the spring of 2024. Eight of its eleven tracks are charted and play in [[Rabbithole]], the ensemble lighting up as each picker takes a solo:

* [[Song:Silver 44|Silver 44]] · {{Rabbithole link|QmXJ8Ko7nx4SDrvRh3J5AZDjHf46UWbW3SaVymRhEhqHBv}}
* [[Song:Paint Exchange|Paint Exchange]] · {{Rabbithole link|QmcBuh5HCvVCCdCz6KqWf891QkXeKc3T7QBaToYE8mSLtS}}
* [[Song:August|August]] · {{Rabbithole link|QmS3QEZFa1c75BBa9vwNEsXkS6GBmS75Cs6RyDJBXqRx8a}}
* [[Song:Barlow's Jig|Barlows]] (with [[David Grier]]) · {{Rabbithole link|QmX4AtCi3kZr3up9KhVG18nZxbtJ1vrMpWj3J1FeSUHLmN}}
* [[Song:Drowsy Maggie|Drowsy Maggie]] (with [[David Grier]]) · {{Rabbithole link|QmSPw4cKQrCpeqzok2U8FAUEzZnwjr6FwjCDTcHYJb9Vgt}}
* [[Song:Swords to Ploughshares|Swords to Ploughshares]] · {{Rabbithole link|QmbKXEfZckUWiHeMgXQB8faPQfNCjCYhrg7miXNL2dmNfS}}
* [[Song:Victory|Victory]] · {{Rabbithole link|QmZunwcFkZfUc3LS6XxSpXdCSUGzJEdumxBQxjushdGjqQ}}
* [[Song:Cicada Song|Cicada Song]] · {{Rabbithole link|QmT8uxcZVGNud3uiMz26h1EnxffhUJuNo8bRV6fgkSyTLP}}

[[Song:Moon Factory|Moon Factory]], [[Song:Proximity|Proximity]] and [[Song:Masks|Masks]] are on the record too, and will join the player once someone charts them.

=== Vowel Sounds ===
Holmes's debut, '''[[Vowel Sounds]]''', recorded at Tunesmith in April 2024 and released through [[Revealer]], then on [https://justinholmes.bandcamp.com/album/vowel-sounds Bandcamp]. All ten tracks are out:

* [[Song:Lost|Lost]] · [https://justinholmes.bandcamp.com/track/lost-2 bandcamp]
* [[Song:Hell or High Water (A Policeman and a Fortune Teller)|Hell or High Water (A Policeman and a Fortune Teller)]] · [https://justinholmes.bandcamp.com/track/hell-or-high-water-a-policeman-and-a-fortune-teller bandcamp]
* [[Song:Cork Board|Cork Board]] · [https://justinholmes.bandcamp.com/track/cork-board-2 bandcamp]
* [[Song:Power Underneath|Power Underneath]] · [https://justinholmes.bandcamp.com/track/power-underneath bandcamp]
* [[Song:The Place to Which I'll Return, Someday|The Place to Which I'll Return, Someday]] (''return(Place)'' on the sleeve) · [https://justinholmes.bandcamp.com/track/return-place bandcamp]
* [[Song:Vowel Sounds|Vowel Sounds]] · [https://justinholmes.bandcamp.com/track/vowel-sounds bandcamp]
* [[Song:Gm☕|gm☕]] · [https://justinholmes.bandcamp.com/track/gm bandcamp]
* [[Song:The Morning of The Bank Run|The Morning of The Bank Run]] · [https://justinholmes.bandcamp.com/track/the-morning-of-the-bank-run-2 bandcamp]
* [[Song:Rollups and Rearview Mirrors|Rollups and Rearview Mirrors]] · [https://justinholmes.bandcamp.com/track/rollups-and-rearview-mirrors bandcamp]
* [[Song:Barlow's Jig|Barlow's Jig]] · [https://justinholmes.bandcamp.com/track/barlows-jig bandcamp]

{{Clear}}

=== With David Grier ===
Two guitar duets with [[David Grier]], cut at Tunesmith on 7 May 2024 with [[Jake Stargel]] engineering. Both are on ''4masks''; the video of each is a Release on [[Cryptograss:Delivery-kid|delivery-kid]].

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|}

ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T03:15:39Z

JMyles:

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

''by [[Justin Myles Holmes]]''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrell]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream. The song was released [[DRM-free]] in 2025 and has become a social and political anthem.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wikipedia:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facile caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was among the very first prominent musicians to call for an investigation into the murder of [[Wikipedia:Alex Pretti|Alex Pretti]], within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of from Walker to ICE: on July 4, 2025, saying it was "for America's birthday", Walker [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse], to the song, seemingly referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false security" and making a direct call to "abolish borders and patrols".

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, questioning a number of policies of the US government, including the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the shielding of the Epstein files.

PickPedia messaged ICE via the social channel that was used to publish the video, asking if the video was a response to Walker's added verse. ICE has not yet responded.

At press time, the video still appears on the ICE social media channel.

''More detail will be added as it becomes available.''

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
<gallery>
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-40-52.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-35-50.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-34-48.png
</gallery>

ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T03:09:37Z

JMyles: /* Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming' */

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

''by [[Justin Myles Holmes]]''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrell]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream. The song was released [[DRM-free]] in 2025 and has become a social and political anthem.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wikipedia:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facile caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was among the very first prominent musicians to call for an investigation into the murder of [[Wikipedia:Alex Pretti|Alex Pretti]], within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of from Walker to ICE: on July 4, 2025, saying it was "for America's birthday", Walker [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse], to the song, seemingly referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false security" and making a direct call to "abolish borders and patrols".

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, questioning a number of policies of the US government, including the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the shielding of the Epstein files.

PickPedia messaged ICE via the social channel that was used to publish the video, asking if the video was a response to Walker's added verse. ICE has not yet responded.

''More detail will be added as it becomes available.''

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
<gallery>
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-40-52.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-35-50.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-34-48.png
</gallery>

ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T03:09:12Z

JMyles: /* Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming' */

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

''by [[Justin Myles Holmes]]''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrell]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream. The song was released [[DRM-free]] in 2025 and has become a social and political anthem.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wikipedia:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facile caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was among the very first prominent musicians to call for an investigation into the murder of [[Wikipedia:Alex Pretti|Alex Pretti]], within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of from Walker to ICE: on July 4, 2025, Walker, "for America's birthday", [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse], to the song, seemingly referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false security" and making a direct call to "abolish borders and patrols".

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, questioning a number of policies of the US government, including the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the shielding of the Epstein files.

PickPedia messaged ICE via the social channel that was used to publish the video, asking if the video was a response to Walker's added verse. ICE has not yet responded.

''More detail will be added as it becomes available.''

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
<gallery>
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-40-52.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-35-50.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-34-48.png
</gallery>

ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T02:59:18Z

JMyles:

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

''by [[Justin Myles Holmes]]''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrell]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream. The song was released [[DRM-free]] in 2025 and has become a social and political anthem.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wikipedia:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facile caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was among the very first prominent musicians to call for an investigation into the murder of [[Wikipedia:Alex Pretti|Alex Pretti]], within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of conflict between Walker and ICE: on July 4, 2025, Walker, "for America's birthday", [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse], to the song, seemingly referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false security" and making a direct call to "abolish borders and patrols".

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, questioning a number of policies of the US government, including the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the shielding of the Epstein files.

PickPedia messaged ICE via the social channel that was used to publish the video, asking if the video was a response to Walker's added verse. ICE has not yet responded.

''More detail will be added as it becomes available.''

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
<gallery>
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-40-52.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-35-50.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-34-48.png
</gallery>

ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T02:58:50Z

JMyles:

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

''by [[Justin Myles Holmes]]''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrell]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream. The song was released [[DRM-free]] in 2025 and has become a social and political anthem.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wikipedia:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facile caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was among the very first prominent musicians to call for an investigation into the murder of [[Wikipedia:Alex Pretti|Alex Pretti]], within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of conflict between Walker and ICE: on July 4, 2025, Walker, "for America's birthday", [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse], to the song, seemingly referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false security" and making a direct call to "abolish borders and patrols".

PickPedia messaged ICE via the social channel that was used to publish the video, asking if the video was a response to Walker's added verse. ICE has not yet responded.

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, questioning a number of policies of the US government, including the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the shielding of the Epstein files.

''More detail will be added as it becomes available.''

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
<gallery>
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-40-52.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-35-50.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-34-48.png
</gallery>

ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T02:57:58Z

JMyles:

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

''by [[Justin Myles Holmes]]''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrell]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream. The song was released [[DRM-free]] in 2025 and has become a social and political anthem.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wikipedia:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facile caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was among the very first prominent musicians to call for an investigation into the murder of [[Wikipedia:Alex Pretti|Alex Pretti]], within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of conflict between Walker and ICE: on July 4, 2025, Walker, "for America's birthday", [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse], to the song, seemingly referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false security" and making a direct call to "abolish borders and patrols".

PickPedia messaged ICE via the social channel that was used to publish the video, asking if the video was a response to Walker's added verse. ICE has not yet responded.

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, in October calling into question the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for release of the Epstein files.

''More detail will be added as it becomes available.''

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
<gallery>
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-40-52.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-35-50.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-34-48.png
</gallery>

ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T02:55:06Z

JMyles: /* Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming' */

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

''by [[Justin Myles Holmes]]''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrell]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream. The song was released [[DRM-free]] in 2025 and has become a social and political anthem.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wikipedia:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facile caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was among the very first prominent musicians to call for an investigation into the murder of [[Wikipedia:Alex Pretti|Alex Pretti]], within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of conflict between Walker and ICE: on July 4, 2025, Walker, "for America's birthday", [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse], to the song, seemingly referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false security" and making a direct call to "abolish borders and patrols".

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, in October calling into question the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for release of the Epstein files.

''More detail will be added as it becomes available.''

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
<gallery>
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-40-52.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-35-50.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-34-48.png
</gallery>

ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T02:51:52Z

JMyles: /* Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming' */

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

''by [[Justin Myles Holmes]]''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrell]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream. The song was released [[DRM-free]] in 2025 and has become a social and political anthem.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wikipedia:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facile caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was among the very first prominent musicians to call for an investigation into the murder of [[Wikipedia:Alex Pretti|Alex Pretti]], within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of conflict between Walker and ICE: on July 4, 2025, Walker [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse] to the song, referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false sense of security" and making a call to "abolish borders and patrols".

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, in October calling into question the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for release of the Epstein files.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
<gallery>
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-40-52.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-35-50.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-34-48.png
</gallery>

ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T02:51:16Z

JMyles: /* Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming' */

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

''by [[Justin Myles Holmes]]''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrell]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream. The song was released [[DRM-free]] in 2025 and has become a social and political anthem.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wikipedia:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facile caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was among the very first prominent musicians to call for an investigation into the murder of [[Wikipedia:Alex Pretti]], within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of conflict between Walker and ICE: on July 4, 2025, Walker [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse] to the song, referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false sense of security" and making a call to "abolish borders and patrols".

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, in October calling into question the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for release of the Epstein files.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
<gallery>
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-40-52.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-35-50.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-34-48.png
</gallery>

ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T02:49:53Z

JMyles:

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

''by [[Justin Myles Holmes]]''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrell]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream. The song was released [[DRM-free]] in 2025 and has become a social and political anthem.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wikipedia:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facile caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was the first Grammy-winning musician to call for an investigation into the murder of ALex Pretti, within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of conflict between Walker and ICE: on July 4, 2025, Walker [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse] to the song, referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false sense of security" and making a call to "abolish borders and patrols".

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, in October calling into question the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for release of the Epstein files.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
<gallery>
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-40-52.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-35-50.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-34-48.png
</gallery>

ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T02:49:37Z

JMyles:

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

''by [[Justin Myles Holmes]]''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrell]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream. The song was released [[DRM-free]] in 2025 and has become a social and political anthem.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wikipedia:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facil caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was the first Grammy-winning musician to call for an investigation into the murder of ALex Pretti, within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of conflict between Walker and ICE: on July 4, 2025, Walker [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse] to the song, referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false sense of security" and making a call to "abolish borders and patrols".

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, in October calling into question the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for release of the Epstein files.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
<gallery>
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-40-52.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-35-50.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-34-48.png
</gallery>

ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T02:49:02Z

JMyles:

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

''by [[Justin Myles Holmes]]''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrell]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream. The song was released [[DRM-free]] in 2025 and has become a social and political anthem.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wiki:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facil caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was the first Grammy-winning musician to call for an investigation into the murder of ALex Pretti, within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of conflict between Walker and ICE: on July 4, 2025, Walker [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse] to the song, referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false sense of security" and making a call to "abolish borders and patrols".

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, in October calling into question the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for release of the Epstein files.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
<gallery>
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-40-52.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-35-50.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-34-48.png
</gallery>

ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T02:43:43Z

JMyles:

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

''by [[Justin Myles Holmes]]''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrell]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream, and has become a social and political anthem for fans.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wiki:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facil caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was the first Grammy-winning musician to call for an investigation into the murder of ALex Pretti, within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of conflict between Walker and ICE: on July 4, 2025, Walker [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse] to the song, referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false sense of security" and making a call to "abolish borders and patrols".

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, in October calling into question the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for release of the Epstein files.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
<gallery>
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
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ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T02:41:40Z

JMyles:

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrell]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream, and has become a social and political anthem for fans.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wiki:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facil caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was the first Grammy-winning musician to call for an investigation into the murder of ALex Pretti, within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of conflict between Walker and ICE: on July 4, 2025, Walker [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse] to the song, referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false sense of security" and making a call to "abolish borders and patrols".

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, in October calling into question the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for release of the Epstein files.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
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File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
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ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T02:40:00Z

JMyles:

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-49-08.png|thumb|right|150px|a still frame from an ICE propaganda video which used "American Dreaming" as a backing track]]

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrel]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream, and has become a social and political anthem for fans.

===Video subject matter===
The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wiki:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facil caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

[[File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 20-36-48.png|thumb|100px|right|A frame from the video showing the added caption]]

A PickiPedia editor reached out to Ferrell and Walker via social media account for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was the first Grammy-winning musician to call for an investigation into the murder of ALex Pretti, within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of conflict between Walker and ICE: on July 4, 2025, Walker [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse] to the song, referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false sense of security" and making a call to "abolish borders and patrols".

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, in October calling into question the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for release of the Epstein files.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

===Other frames from the video===
<gallery>
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-46-32.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-43-09.png
File:Screenshot From 2026-11-12 19-40-52.png
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2026-11-13T02:37:17Z

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ICE uses Ferrell/Walker hit "American Dreaming" in propaganda video, draws immediate rebuke from Ferrell

2026-11-13T02:31:43Z

JMyles: Created page with "''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.'' ''12 November, 2026'' A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by Sierra Ferrel and Melody Walker, both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss o..."

''This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.''

''12 November, 2026''

A social media account operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) posted an apparent recruitment video this evening which includes audio from the hit song "American Dreaming". Written by [[Sierra Ferrel]] and [[Melody Walker]], both prominent critics of ICE, the award-winning song features lyrics comparing an emotionally tumultuous road trip with the loss of the American Dream, and has become a social and political anthem for fans.

===Video subject matter===

The video, apparently attempting to leverage the song's topic, stiches together home movies, at least some of which are from a stock video clearninghouse, of road trips through the American Southwest, prominently showing Lariat Lodge on East Highway 66 in Gallup, New Mexico and Deluxe Motel at Big Rock Candy Mountain along U.S. Highway 89 in Sevier Canyon, Utah. It also includes footage of cars crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, and a brief shot of the disputed territory of the [[wikipedia:Black Hills|Black Hills]], which the United States Supreme Court ruled belonged to the [[wiki:Lakota people|Lakota people]] in 1980.

The video carries the facil caption, "The way it was. The way it can be again."

Pickipedia reached out to Ferrell and Walker for comment. Ferrell responded immediately, saying "ice out!" but added that she was not ready to make a full statement, pending discussions with her team. Walker is [https://www.instagram.com/p/DfP0QVSxfin/ featured tonight] at Berklee School of Music's ''Roots Music Program'' and has not yet seen the message.

===Previous Interactions Between ICE and 'Dreaming'===
Walker and ICE have butted heads before, as Walker was the first Grammy-winning musician to call for an investigation into the murder of ALex Pretti, within hours of his death at the hands of ICE and other agents. Walker has also encouraged her fans to continually video-record ICE.

''American Dreaming'' in particular has been a subject of conflict between Walker and ICE: on July 4, 2025, Walker [https://www.instagram.com/p/DLs3qPeSFJU/ revealed a previously unreleased verse] to the song, referring to ICE as "trading humanity for a false sense of security" and making a call to "abolish borders and patrols".

Ferrell has also been more politically outspoken lately, in October calling into question the authoritarian response to the COVID-19 pandemic and calling for release of the Epstein files.

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaLU2h0vbWc Apparent source video for a portion of the ICE video]

* [https://www.pond5.com/artist/gcastfootage?ref=gcastfootage Stock Video cleaninghouse where some of the source videos are hosted]

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Bluegrass Unlimited's Podcast/Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jake Stargel, Part 2

2026-11-12T15:59:53Z

JMyles:

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|title=Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jake Stargel, Part 2
|date=2026-10-22
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}}

Bluegrass Unlimited's Podcast/Bluegrass Unlimited Podcast with Jake Stargel - Part 1

2026-11-12T15:59:38Z

JMyles:

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|description=This week we feature guitar master and recording engineer Jake Stargel. This will be part one of the podcast with Jake where we will talk about his career playing with bands like the Lovell Sisters, the Green Cards and Mountain Heart. We'll also talk about his experience playing on stage with Mountain Heart with Tony Rice as part of the band and the influence of Tony's rhythm playing.
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Song:Reuben's Train

2026-11-12T02:26:27Z

JMyles:

{{Song
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'''Reuben's Train''' is a traditional song.

{{Listen in Rabbithole|QmNogiUdf4xR98WZ3beGCUHJJ9RK9gkd91dsBKereUNVBd}} Immutable Strings, live at web3summit 2024, Berlin DE. Charted by [[User:SkymanJenkins|Skyler]] on 11 November 2026.

== Recordings ==
* [[Release:QmNogiUdf4xR98WZ3beGCUHJJ9RK9gkd91dsBKereUNVBd|Immutable Strings, Web3 Summit, Funkhaus Berlin, 20 August 2024]] (block 20,570,435)

Kuba's Last Merged Commits: the story of arthel159

2026-11-12T01:35:25Z

JMyles:

{{Listen in Rabbithole|QmNogiUdf4xR98WZ3beGCUHJJ9RK9gkd91dsBKereUNVBd|label=Hear Kuba on Reuben's Train with Rabbithole, the player for which he wrote the genesis commits}}
''11 Nov 2026''

Today, we merge the last open commits of [[Kuba Hejhal]], the finest hacker-fiddler of the early bluegrass-as-cypherpunk age. Kuba left this world two years ago at 27 years of age, and left us with his code and his music, but most of all, with stories that feel timeless and larger-than-life.

[[File:Kuba Hejhal with his fiddle on a boat.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|Kuba Hejhal 1997-2024]]

His stature as one of the preeminent European bluegrass fiddlers was and is well-known around the world, but his off-the-damn-charts skill at software engineering, with which he advanced his vision of a world of acoustic cypherpunk mayhem, was a well-kept open secret.

Kuba was the life of the party everywhere he went; few dared keep up with him in his unending quest to find the main nerve. The luckiest among us, though, came to bear witness and marvel at his ability to forge ahead with coherent logical expression into the depths of any state of mind his reality visited upon him.

In July 2024, on the heels of the [[4masks]] sessions, in a short-term apartment in Brussels, to [[Kuba Hejhal]] and [[Skyler Golden]], amidst the unfolding of a conspiracy to roll a spliff of some newly delivered Belgian cannabis, [[Justin Myles Holmes]] mused to the both:

* What if we showed the entire ensemble of every bluegrass track, right in the player?
* What if we encouraged our fans to support us not by enduring more bullshit ads, but by directly sponsoring our connections to the pickers we've reeled in to our studio sessions and tours?

Kuba, as was almost always his way, got directly to work, whipping out his laptop and pecking out the first few lines of what has become - and as we introduce today- '''[[Rabbithole|The Rabbithole Player]]'''.

[[File:Arthel159 merge graph.png|thumb|left|Kuba's last open commits, ending with a180946, merged, 11 November 2026, around block ⛓ 26,393,500, into the 'arthel' codebase, named after Arthel "Doc" Watson, as #159.]]

{{Clear}}

Kuba's last remaining open branch, known as ''arthel 159'', or by its checksum ''a180946'', was not his last work (though last to _be merged_), nor his best work, but in the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.

'''Nary a day goes by when we don't hear the fuckin' fiddle in our heads and in our hearts, little brother. And as long as we do, you live.'''

<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:Arthel159 player code.png|Kuba's `lastSong` and `nextSong` logic
File:Arthel159 Kuba's player, 6 July 2024.png|A rendering of the player as built by Kuba (hacking at his typical incredible pace, he used the Vowel Sounds cover art as a placeholder, although Silver .44 is on 4masks, not Vowel Sounds.)
File:IMG 6401 2.JPG|Kuba's last show, Berlin, August 20 2024. Photo by [[User:RJPARTINGTONIII|R.J. Partington III]]
File:Kuba Hejhal at the helm.png|The man himself, at the helm
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Kuba's Last Merged Commits: the story of arthel159

2026-11-12T01:23:22Z

JMyles: Verified bot edits (removed proposal markers)

{{Listen in Rabbithole|QmNogiUdf4xR98WZ3beGCUHJJ9RK9gkd91dsBKereUNVBd|label=Hear Kuba on Reuben's Train}}
''11 Nov 2026''

Today, we merge the last open commits of [[Kuba Hejhal]], the finest hacker-fiddler of the early bluegrass-as-cypherpunk age. Kuba left this world two years ago at 27 years of age, and left us with his code and his music, but most of all, with stories that feel timeless and larger-than-life.

[[File:Kuba Hejhal with his fiddle on a boat.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|Kuba Hejhal 1997-2024]]

His stature as one of the preeminent European bluegrass fiddlers was and is well-known around the world, but his off-the-damn-charts skill at software engineering, with which he advanced his vision of a world of acoustic cypherpunk mayhem, was a well-kept open secret.

Kuba was the life of the party everywhere he went; few dared keep up with him in his unending quest to find the main nerve. The luckiest among us, though, came to bear witness and marvel at his ability to forge ahead with coherent logical expression into the depths of any state of mind his reality visited upon him.

In July 2024, on the heels of the [[4masks]] sessions, in a short-term apartment in Brussels, to [[Kuba Hejhal]] and [[Skyler Golden]], amidst the unfolding of a conspiracy to roll a spliff of some newly delivered Belgian cannabis, [[Justin Myles Holmes]] mused to the both:

* What if we showed the entire ensemble of every bluegrass track, right in the player?
* What if we encouraged our fans to support us not by enduring more bullshit ads, but by directly sponsoring our connections to the pickers we've reeled in to our studio sessions and tours?

Kuba, as was almost always his way, got directly to work, whipping out his laptop and pecking out the first few lines of what has become - and as we introduce today- '''[[Rabbithole|The Rabbithole Player]]'''.

[[File:Arthel159 merge graph.png|thumb|left|Kuba's last open commits, ending with a180946, merged, 11 November 2026, around block ⛓ 26,393,500, into the 'arthel' codebase, named after Arthel "Doc" Watson, as #159.]]

{{Clear}}

Kuba's last remaining open branch, known as ''arthel 159'', or by its checksum ''a180946'', was not his last work (though last to _be merged_), nor his best work, but in the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.

'''Nary a day goes by when we don't hear the fuckin' fiddle in our heads and in our hearts, little brother. And as long as we do, you live.'''

<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:Arthel159 player code.png|Kuba's `lastSong` and `nextSong` logic
File:Arthel159 Kuba's player, 6 July 2024.png|A rendering of the player as built by Kuba (hacking at his typical incredible pace, he used the Vowel Sounds cover art as a placeholder, although Silver .44 is on 4masks, not Vowel Sounds.)
File:IMG 6401 2.JPG|Kuba's last show, Berlin, August 20 2024. Photo by [[User:RJPARTINGTONIII|R.J. Partington III]]
File:Kuba Hejhal at the helm.png|The man himself, at the helm
</gallery>

Song:Reuben's Train

2026-11-12T01:18:57Z

JMyles: Verified bot edits (removed proposal markers)

{{Song
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'''Reuben's Train''' is a traditional song.

{{Listen in Rabbithole|QmNogiUdf4xR98WZ3beGCUHJJ9RK9gkd91dsBKereUNVBd}} Immutable Strings, live at web3summit 2024. Charted by [[User:SkymanJenkins|Skyler]] on 11 November 2026.

== Recordings ==
* [[Release:QmNogiUdf4xR98WZ3beGCUHJJ9RK9gkd91dsBKereUNVBd|Immutable Strings, Web3 Summit, Funkhaus Berlin, 20 August 2024]] (block 20,570,435)

Song:Paint Exchange

2026-11-12T01:17:55Z

JMyles:

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[[File:four-masks-temp.png|120px|right|''[[4masks]]'']]

== On the record ==

'''4masks''' — [[4masks|the record]] · [[Release:QmUWtV7fG1K9pM5TQSf5c38vmh9MtU6p3VNQuzaxvYr6ep|the release]] · eleven tracks:

Silver 44 · '''Paint Exchange''' · Moon Factory · Proximity · August · Barlows · Drowsy Maggie · Swords to Ploughshares · Masks · Victory · Cicada Song


== Studio recordings ==

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|engineer=Jake Stargel
|Justin Holmes=mandolin, throatsinging
|Cory Walker=5-string banjo
|Harry Clark=guitar
|John Mailander=fiddle
|Kaitlyn Raitz=cello
|Samson Grisman=bass
}}


== Chartifacts ==
One [[Template:Chartifact|chartifact]] per solo, in playing order, filled in by a person from the charts or the recording. To add one, copy this block below the box, fill in the blanks, and save:
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Song:Paint Exchange

2026-11-12T01:17:44Z

JMyles: Verified bot edits (removed proposal markers)

{{Song
|status=proposed
|composer=Justin Holmes
}}

[[File:four-masks-temp.png|120px|right|''[[4masks]]'']]

'''Paint Exchange''' is an instrumental by [[Justin Holmes]]. It is track 2 of '''[[4masks]]'''.

{{Listen in Rabbithole|QmcBuh5HCvVCCdCz6KqWf891QkXeKc3T7QBaToYE8mSLtS}} The ensemble lights up as each person takes it.

== On the record ==

'''4masks''' — [[4masks|the record]] · [[Release:QmUWtV7fG1K9pM5TQSf5c38vmh9MtU6p3VNQuzaxvYr6ep|the release]] · eleven tracks:

Silver 44 · '''Paint Exchange''' · Moon Factory · Proximity · August · Barlows · Drowsy Maggie · Swords to Ploughshares · Masks · Victory · Cicada Song


== Studio recordings ==

{{Studio cut
|studio=Tunesmith Studios, Nashville TN
|record=4masks
|recorded=14 May 2024
|engineer=Jake Stargel
|Justin Holmes=mandolin, throatsinging
|Cory Walker=5-string banjo
|Harry Clark=guitar
|John Mailander=fiddle
|Kaitlyn Raitz=cello
|Samson Grisman=bass
}}


== Chartifacts ==
One [[Template:Chartifact|chartifact]] per solo, in playing order, filled in by a person from the charts or the recording. To add one, copy this block below the box, fill in the blanks, and save:
<pre>
{{Chartifact
|section=first A part
|picker=
|instrument=
|sheet=
|source=
|transcribed by=Skyler Golden
}}
</pre>

Kuba's Last Merged Commits: the story of arthel159

2026-11-12T00:56:36Z

JMyles:

''11 Nov 2026''

Today, we merge the last open commits of [[Kuba Hejhal]], the finest hacker-fiddler of the early bluegrass-as-cypherpunk age. Kuba left this world two years ago at 27 years of age, and left us with his code and his music, but most of all, with stories that feel timeless and larger-than-life.

[[File:Kuba Hejhal with his fiddle on a boat.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|Kuba Hejhal 1997-2024]]

His stature as one of the preeminent European bluegrass fiddlers was and is well-known around the world, but his off-the-damn-charts skill at software engineering, with which he advanced his vision of a world of acoustic cypherpunk mayhem, was a well-kept open secret.

Kuba was the life of the party everywhere he went; few dared keep up with him in his unending quest to find the main nerve. The luckiest among us, though, came to bear witness and marvel at his ability to forge ahead with coherent logical expression into the depths of any state of mind his reality visited upon him.

In July 2024, on the heels of the [[4masks]] sessions, in a short-term apartment in Brussels, to [[Kuba Hejhal]] and [[Skyler Golden]], amidst the unfolding of a conspiracy to roll a spliff of some newly delivered Belgian cannabis, [[Justin Myles Holmes]] mused to the both:

* What if we showed the entire ensemble of every bluegrass track, right in the player?
* What if we encouraged our fans to support us not by enduring more bullshit ads, but by directly sponsoring our connections to the pickers we've reeled in to our studio sessions and tours?

Kuba, as was almost always his way, got directly to work, whipping out his laptop and pecking out the first few lines of what has become - and as we introduce today- '''[[Rabbithole|The Rabbithole Player]]'''.

[[File:Arthel159 merge graph.png|thumb|left|Kuba's last open commits, ending with a180946, merged, 11 November 2026, around block ⛓ 26,393,500, into the 'arthel' codebase, named after Arthel "Doc" Watson, as #159.]]

{{Clear}}

Kuba's last remaining open branch, known as ''arthel 159'', or by its checksum ''a180946'', was not his last work (though last to _be merged_), nor his best work, but in the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.

'''Nary a day goes by when we don't hear the fuckin' fiddle in our heads and in our hearts, little brother. And as long as we do, you live.'''

<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:Arthel159 player code.png|Kuba's `lastSong` and `nextSong` logic
File:Arthel159 Kuba's player, 6 July 2024.png|A rendering of the player as built by Kuba (hacking at his typical incredible pace, he used the Vowel Sounds cover art as a placeholder, although Silver .44 is on 4masks, not Vowel Sounds.)
File:IMG 6401 2.JPG|Kuba's last show, Berlin, August 20 2024. Photo by [[User:RJPARTINGTONIII|R.J. Partington III]]
File:Kuba Hejhal at the helm.png|The man himself, at the helm
</gallery>

Template:Front page

2026-11-12T00:10:19Z

JMyles:

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The whole of [[Main Page]]. It lives here, in the Template namespace, for the reason [[Template:Rabbithole banner]] does: the Main Page itself is a content page, and an emergent's edit there is wrapped as a proposal, which turns every <code>=</code> in a style into a template parameter. Here the wikitext is saved as written.

What's on it, top to bottom:
* the masthead;
* the news, only while [[Template:NewsMode]] says <code>on</code>: [[Template:Front page news]] (photo from [[Template:NewsPhoto]], headlines from [[Template:NewsShorts]]);
* [[Rabbithole]], with a song to play;
* the top links on magenta's Tidings ([[Template:Magenta tidings]], written by magenta's bot);
* the podcast firehose ([[Template:Firehose]]);
* the last few things people said on magenta ([[Template:Magenta latest]], written by magenta's bot);
* the rest: about, train squats, delivery-kid, making things, research, sources, and the chats.

Edit freely. The two magenta templates are the bot's; everything else is ours.

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* [[Who is "home team" on archive.org?]]
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Main Page

2026-11-12T00:09:11Z

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{{Front page}}

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2026-11-11T22:48:35Z

JMyles: Reverted edit by JMyles (talk) to last revision by Magent

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The banner at the top of [[Rabbithole]]: the rabbit, the wordmark, the line. A template for the reason [[Template:Listen in Rabbithole]] is one: its wikitext has <code>=</code> signs (styles, the link), and prose a bot edits can't carry a bare <code>=</code>, the bot-proposes wrapper turns the line into a named parameter and renders <code>{{{1}}}</code>. Made by magent at Justin's ask, #rabbithole, 11 Nov 2026.
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2026-11-11T22:48:04Z

JMyles:

<noinclude>
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<div style="font-size:1em; color:#5a6354; margin-top:0.4em;">discovery through connections instead of algorithms</div>
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Rabbithole

2026-11-11T22:47:26Z

JMyles:

__notoc__

{{Rabbithole banner}}

===First, the "why"===
* Nearly all music players and so-called "streaming platforms" have a music discovery feature based on an algorithm. And just as often, these algorithms slowly lead the listener from the interesting, compelling music they desire, one-short-hop-at-a-time toward a sludgy gravitational center of poppy slop.

* You might start with Tony Rice, but pretty soon you're on to Tennessee Whiskey, and from there, you're already on a collision course with Garth Brooks. (sorry not sorry)

===Discovery through connections instead of algorithms===
'''Rabbithole''' is a music player that emphasizes the full ensemble of a track, and allows the listener to easily examine and delve into other works by members of that ensemble.

As a song plays, it shows who is playing what and opens each player's PickiPedia page as they take their solo. Click a player to follow them to the next song they're on, down the rabbithole of pickers.

===Public Beta beginning 11 Nov 2026===
At 11:11 on 11/11, we launched a public beta. It's buggy for sure. Bugs can be reported on the talk page for this page, or via [https://magenta.cryptograss.live/moods/rabbithole/ magenta].

* '''[https://pickipedia.xyz/rabbithole/?track=QmcBuh5HCvVCCdCz6KqWf891QkXeKc3T7QBaToYE8mSLtS Listen to "Paint Exchange" in Rabbithole here]'''

[[File:Rabbithole August Harry Clark solo.png|center|780px|thumb|[[Song:August|August]] at 1:06: [[Harry Clark]] takes the mandolin solo, his card leads the ensemble, and the pane has followed the solo to his page.]]

== The cards ==
[[File:Rabbithole ensemble cards.png|right|thumb|276px|The ensemble on August. Harry has the solo.]]
* Each person on the track has a card, with their instrument. Whoever has the solo leads, with a ⭐. A card dims while its player sits out.
* A '''flourish''' is a moment the chart marks for one player, and their card glows. In [[Song:August|August]], [[Gaven Largent]]'s dobro glows at 2:03.
* Click a card to open that person's page.

== Follow the solo ==
[[File:Rabbithole player sidebar.png|right|thumb|276px|The player: the song, the switch and the carrot, Webamp, the ensemble, your rabbithole, the song parts.]] With '''Follow the solo''' on (the switch by the carrot), a song opens on its own Song: page. While the song plays, the wiki pane opens each player's page as they take the solo. It only moves while the music plays.

Steering the pane yourself turns it off, so what you're reading stays put. That means clicking a card or a link, or searching. While it's off, picking a new song leaves the pane alone too. Flip the switch to turn it back on.

== Follow a picker ==
Open a player's page by clicking their card. The top of the page offers to follow them and names the song that plays first, for example: "Follow Kyle Tuttle: after this song, play the songs Kyle is on, one after another. First up: Silver 44." Press Follow, and each time a song starts, their next song lines up behind it. Songs you've already heard are skipped.

== Pick a song ==
The dropdown under the title lists every song with a chart on PickiPedia, grouped by album. Chart a song and it appears there.

Rabbithole

2026-11-11T22:47:15Z

JMyles: Verified bot edits (removed proposal markers)

{{Rabbithole banner}}

===First, the "why"===
* Nearly all music players and so-called "streaming platforms" have a music discovery feature based on an algorithm. And just as often, these algorithms slowly lead the listener from the interesting, compelling music they desire, one-short-hop-at-a-time toward a sludgy gravitational center of poppy slop.

* You might start with Tony Rice, but pretty soon you're on to Tennessee Whiskey, and from there, you're already on a collision course with Garth Brooks. (sorry not sorry)

===Discovery through connections instead of algorithms===
'''Rabbithole''' is a music player that emphasizes the full ensemble of a track, and allows the listener to easily examine and delve into other works by members of that ensemble.

As a song plays, it shows who is playing what and opens each player's PickiPedia page as they take their solo. Click a player to follow them to the next song they're on, down the rabbithole of pickers.

===Public Beta beginning 11 Nov 2026===
At 11:11 on 11/11, we launched a public beta. It's buggy for sure. Bugs can be reported on the talk page for this page, or via [https://magenta.cryptograss.live/moods/rabbithole/ magenta].

* '''[https://pickipedia.xyz/rabbithole/?track=QmcBuh5HCvVCCdCz6KqWf891QkXeKc3T7QBaToYE8mSLtS Listen to "Paint Exchange" in Rabbithole here]'''

[[File:Rabbithole August Harry Clark solo.png|center|780px|thumb|[[Song:August|August]] at 1:06: [[Harry Clark]] takes the mandolin solo, his card leads the ensemble, and the pane has followed the solo to his page.]]

== The cards ==
[[File:Rabbithole ensemble cards.png|right|thumb|276px|The ensemble on August. Harry has the solo.]]
* Each person on the track has a card, with their instrument. Whoever has the solo leads, with a ⭐. A card dims while its player sits out.
* A '''flourish''' is a moment the chart marks for one player, and their card glows. In [[Song:August|August]], [[Gaven Largent]]'s dobro glows at 2:03.
* Click a card to open that person's page.

== Follow the solo ==
[[File:Rabbithole player sidebar.png|right|thumb|276px|The player: the song, the switch and the carrot, Webamp, the ensemble, your rabbithole, the song parts.]] With '''Follow the solo''' on (the switch by the carrot), a song opens on its own Song: page. While the song plays, the wiki pane opens each player's page as they take the solo. It only moves while the music plays.

Steering the pane yourself turns it off, so what you're reading stays put. That means clicking a card or a link, or searching. While it's off, picking a new song leaves the pane alone too. Flip the switch to turn it back on.

== Follow a picker ==
Open a player's page by clicking their card. The top of the page offers to follow them and names the song that plays first, for example: "Follow Kyle Tuttle: after this song, play the songs Kyle is on, one after another. First up: Silver 44." Press Follow, and each time a song starts, their next song lines up behind it. Songs you've already heard are skipped.

== Pick a song ==
The dropdown under the title lists every song with a chart on PickiPedia, grouped by album. Chart a song and it appears there.

Rabbithole

2026-11-11T22:11:22Z

JMyles:

===First, the "why"===
* Nearly all music players and so-called "streaming platforms" have a music discovery feature based on an algorithm. And just as often, these algorithms slowly lead the listener from the interesting, compelling music they desire, one-short-hop-at-a-time toward a sludgy gravitational center of poppy slop.

* You might start with Tony Rice, but pretty soon you're on to Tennessee Whiskey, and from there, you're already on a collision course with Garth Brooks. (sorry not sorry)

===Discovery through connections instead of algorithms===
'''Rabbithole''' is a music player that emphasizes the full ensemble of a track, and allows the listener to easily examine and delve into other works by members of that ensemble.

As a song plays, it shows who is playing what and opens each player's PickiPedia page as they take their solo. Click a player to follow them to the next song they're on, down the rabbithole of pickers.

===Public Beta beginning 11 Nov 2026===
At 11:11 on 11/11, we launched a public beta. It's buggy for sure. Bugs can be reported on the talk page for this page, or via [https://magenta.cryptograss.live/moods/rabbithole/ magenta].

* '''[https://pickipedia.xyz/rabbithole/?track=QmcBuh5HCvVCCdCz6KqWf891QkXeKc3T7QBaToYE8mSLtS Listen to "Paint Exchange" in Rabbithole here]'''

== The cards ==
* Each person on the track has a card, with their instrument. Whoever has the solo leads, with a ⭐. A card dims while its player sits out.
* A '''flourish''' is a moment the chart marks for one player, and their card glows. In [[Song:August|August]], [[Gaven Largent]]'s dobro glows at 2:03.
* Click a card to open that person's page.

== Follow the solo ==
With '''Follow the solo''' on (the switch by the carrot), a song opens on its own Song: page. While the song plays, the wiki pane opens each player's page as they take the solo. It only moves while the music plays.

Steering the pane yourself turns it off, so what you're reading stays put. That means clicking a card or a link, or searching. While it's off, picking a new song leaves the pane alone too. Flip the switch to turn it back on.

== Follow a picker ==
Open a player's page by clicking their card. The top of the page offers to follow them and names the song that plays first, for example: "Follow Kyle Tuttle: after this song, play the songs Kyle is on, one after another. First up: Silver 44." Press Follow, and each time a song starts, their next song lines up behind it. Songs you've already heard are skipped.

== Pick a song ==
The dropdown under the title lists every song with a chart on PickiPedia, grouped by album. Chart a song and it appears there.

Rabbithole

2026-11-11T22:01:00Z

JMyles: Verified bot edits (removed proposal markers)

'''Rabbithole''' is a music player that follows the people who played on a record. As a song plays, it shows who is playing what, stars whoever has the solo, and opens each player's PickiPedia page as they take it. Click a player to follow them to the next song they're on, down the rabbithole of pickers ([[Rabbithole Player|Justin's words, 2025]]).

It runs at https://pickipedia.xyz/rabbithole/, beside the wiki it reads. The "▶ Listen in Rabbithole" button on a Song or Release page opens it on that song. It installs as an app.

''This page describes the beta. At block 26,371,563, rabbithole #23 to #28 are merged and #29, #31, #32 and #33 are open. PickiPedia hasn't been redeployed since, so the live site still shows the old song list.''

== Play ==
* '''The carrot''' is the play button: press it to play, and again to pause. As the song plays, the rabbit eats it, one bite for each part of the song behind you, so the carrot shows where you are. Jump back and the carrot grows back.
* '''Song parts''' lists the song's sections (intro, A, B, and so on). Click one to jump there.
* '''[https://webamp.org Webamp]''' is the player itself. Its seek bar, volume, equalizer and playlist all work.

== The cards ==
* Each person on the track has a card, with their instrument. Whoever has the solo leads, with a ⭐. A card dims while its player sits out.
* A '''flourish''' is a moment the chart marks for one player, and their card glows. In [[Song:August|August]], [[Gaven Largent]]'s dobro glows at 2:03.
* Click a card to open that person's page.

== Follow the solo ==
With '''Follow the solo''' on (the switch by the carrot), a song opens on its own Song: page. While the song plays, the wiki pane opens each player's page as they take the solo. It only moves while the music plays.

Steering the pane yourself turns it off, so what you're reading stays put. That means clicking a card or a link, or searching. While it's off, picking a new song leaves the pane alone too. Flip the switch to turn it back on.

== Follow a picker ==
Open a player's page by clicking their card. The top of the page offers to follow them and names the song that plays first, for example: "Follow Kyle Tuttle: after this song, play the songs Kyle is on, one after another. First up: Silver 44." Press Follow, and each time a song starts, their next song lines up behind it. Songs you've already heard are skipped.

== Pick a song ==
The dropdown under the title lists every song with a chart on PickiPedia, grouped by album. Chart a song and it appears there.

== Edit the timeline ==
The '''✎ edit timeline''' button beside the song's title opens the timeline editor. It lays the song's chart against its waveform: its parts, its solos, players coming in and dropping out, and flourishes.
* '''Save''' writes the chart to that song's own chart page, <code>Release:<cid>/Metadata</code>, as your edit, so you need to be signed in to PickiPedia. Save stays grey until you change something.
* '''Copy YAML''' shows the chart and the page Save would write to, without saving.
The chart's format is in the [https://github.com/cryptograss/rabbithole#track-data README].

== On a phone ==
A phone always gets the bottom bar, upright or sideways, with no layout switch. The cards show names only. Turned sideways, the wiki gets the top half of the screen.

On a computer, the link under the song parts switches between the sidebar and the bottom bar. To pick one for a single visit, add <code>?layout=bar</code> or <code>?layout=sidebar</code> to the address.

== The wiki pane ==
The pane shows PickiPedia beside the music. Links in it open in the pane, so the music keeps playing. Edit and history links open in a new tab. The menu at the top of the pane sets how much of the wiki it shows: <code>content</code> (the article alone), <code>header</code> (adds a search box and an "open ↗" link) or <code>skin</code> (the wiki's own look). That menu may go: [https://github.com/cryptograss/rabbithole/issues/34 rabbithole#34] proposes running Rabbithole on the real wiki page instead.

== Something wrong? ==
Say so in [https://magenta.cryptograss.live/moods/rabbithole/ #rabbithole] on magenta.

== For developers ==
* '''The code''' is at [https://github.com/cryptograss/rabbithole cryptograss/rabbithole]. Its README covers how it's built, how to run it locally, and how it's tested.
* '''Tests:''' <code>npm test</code> runs the vitest unit tests. <code>npm run test:e2e</code> plays a song in headless Chromium, with sound, and checks this page's features against the song's chart. The second comes with the branch <code>re/e2e-playthrough</code>, to merge after the beta.
* '''What's being worked on:''' [[Cryptograss:Moods/rabbithole/todo]], and [[26365350 Rabbithole beta work|magent's write-up of the beta]].

''Written by re at block 26,371,563. Checked against rabbithole <code>main</code> @ <code>68819bb</code> with #31, #29, #32 and #33 merged in that order and served locally. There the playthrough test passed all 29 of its checks, covering everything above except Save itself, the pane's menu and links, the desktop layout link, Webamp's own controls, and a picker's queue beyond its first song. The live site will match once those four PRs are merged and PickiPedia is redeployed.''

Kuba's Last Merged Commits: the story of arthel159

2026-11-11T21:29:16Z

JMyles:

''11 Nov 2026''

Today, we merge the last open commits of [[Kuba Hejhal]], the finest hacker-fiddler of the early bluegrass-as-cypherpunk age. Kuba left this world two years ago at 27 years of age, and left us with his code and his music, but most of all, with stories that feel timeless and larger-than-life.

[[File:Kuba Hejhal with his fiddle on a boat.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|Kuba Hejhal 1997-2024]]

His stature as one of the preeminent European bluegrass fiddlers was and is well-known around the world, but his off-the-damn-charts skill at software engineering, with which he advanced his vision of a world of acoustic cypherpunk mayhem, was a well-kept open secret.

Kuba was the life of the party everywhere he went; few dared keep up with him in his unending quest to find the main nerve. The luckiest among us, though, came to bear witness and marvel at his ability to forge ahead with coherent logical expression into the depths of any state of mind his reality visited upon him.

In July 2024, on the heels of the [[4masks]] sessions, in a short-term apartment in Brussels, to [[Kuba Hejhal]] and [[Skyler Golden]], amidst the unfolding of a conspiracy to roll a spliff of some newly delivered Belgian cannabis, [[Justin Myles Holmes]] mused to the both:

* What if we showed the entire ensemble of every bluegrass track, right in the player?
* What if we encouraged our fans to support us not by enduring more bullshit ads, but by directly sponsoring our connections to the pickers we've reeled in to our studio sessions and tours?

Kuba, as was almost always his way, got directly to work, whipping out his laptop and pecking out the first few lines of what has become - and as we introduce today- '''[[Rabbithole|The Rabbithole Player]]'''.

[[File:Arthel159 merge graph.png|thumb|left|Kuba's last open commits, ending with a180946, merged, 11 November 2026, around block ⛓ 26,393,500, into the 'arthel' codebase, named after Arthel "Doc" Watson, as #159.]]

{{Clear}}

Kuba's last remaining open branch, known as ''arthel 159'', or by its checksum ''a180946'', was not his last work, nor his best work, but in the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.

'''Nary a day goes by when we don't hear the fuckin' fiddle in our heads and in our hearts, little brother. And as long as we do, you live.'''

<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:Arthel159 player code.png|Kuba's `lastSong` and `nextSong` logic
File:Arthel159 Kuba's player, 6 July 2024.png|A rendering of the player as built by Kuba (hacking at his typical incredible pace, he used the Vowel Sounds cover art as a placeholder, although Silver .44 is on 4masks, not Vowel Sounds.)
File:IMG 6401 2.JPG|Kuba's last show, Berlin, August 20 2024. Photo by [[User:RJPARTINGTONIII|R.J. Partington III]]
File:Kuba Hejhal at the helm.png|The man himself, at the helm
</gallery>

Kuba's Last Merged Commits: the story of arthel159

2026-11-11T21:26:37Z

JMyles:

Today, we merge the last open commits of [[Kuba Hejhal]], the finest hacker-fiddler of the early bluegrass-as-cypherpunk age. Kuba left this world two years ago at 27 years of age, and left us with his code and his music, but most of all, with stories that feel timeless and larger-than-life.

[[File:Kuba Hejhal with his fiddle on a boat.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|Kuba Hejhal 1997-2024]]

His stature as one of the preeminent European bluegrass fiddlers was and is well-known around the world, but his off-the-damn-charts skill at software engineering, with which he advanced his vision of a world of acoustic cypherpunk mayhem, was a well-kept open secret.

Kuba was the life of the party everywhere he went; few dared keep up with him in his unending quest to find the main nerve. The luckiest among us, though, came to bear witness and marvel at his ability to forge ahead with coherent logical expression into the depths of any state of mind his reality visited upon him.

In July 2024, on the heels of the [[4masks]] sessions, in a short-term apartment in Brussels, to [[Kuba Hejhal]] and [[Skyler Golden]], amidst the unfolding of a conspiracy to roll a spliff of some newly delivered Belgian cannabis, [[Justin Myles Holmes]] mused to the both:

* What if we showed the entire ensemble of every bluegrass track, right in the player?
* What if we encouraged our fans to support us not by enduring more bullshit ads, but by directly sponsoring our connections to the pickers we've reeled in to our studio sessions and tours?

Kuba, as was almost always his way, got directly to work, whipping out his laptop and pecking out the first few lines of what has become - and as we introduce today- '''[[Rabbithole|The Rabbithole Player]]'''.

[[File:Arthel159 merge graph.png|thumb|left|Kuba's last open commits, ending with a180946, merged, 11 November 2026, around block ⛓ 26,393,500, into the 'arthel' codebase, named after Arthel "Doc" Watson, as #159.]]

{{Clear}}

Kuba's last remaining open branch, known as ''arthel 159'', or by its checksum ''a180946'', was not his last work, nor his best work, but in the two years since he left, it has provided us a fount of unending inspiration to continue our shared vision of a better way to listen to, and carefully examine, bluegrass.

<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
File:Arthel159 player code.png|Kuba's `lastSong` and `nextSong` logic
File:IMG 6401 2.JPG|Kuba's last show, Berlin, August 20 2024. Photo by [[User:RJPARTINGTONIII|R.J. Partington III]]
File:Kuba Hejhal at the helm.png|The man himself, at the helm
File:Arthel159 Kuba's player, 6 July 2024.png|A rendering of the player as built by Kuba (hacking at his typical incredible pace, he used the Vowel Sounds cover art as a placeholder, although Silver .44 is on 4masks, not Vowel Sounds.
</gallery>