It was a busy weekend for yours portly, so I’m putting off movie reviews for another week (don’t worry—they will return). In the meantime, I wanted to look at some feedback I’ve received from different folks about Koi Dance.
Koi Dance is still 90% off with promo code koipond. That means you can get the entire album for $1.
Here are some things listeners are saying:
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Koi Dance is out now on all streaming platforms and at https://tjcookmusic.bandcamp.com. It’s 90% off (!) with promo code koipond. That means it’s $1 for twelve tracks of great music (that promo code is also good for everything on the site).
As such, I’m featuring some posts related to Koi Dance (and the title track, “Koi Dance”):
Happy Sunday!
—TPP
Mogadish Matt, Somalia’s #1 Libertarian and a longtime friend of the blog, shared a bit about Koi Dance (out today on all streaming platforms and on Bandcamp; 90% off with promo code koipond) on his blog, Free Matt Podcast:
Thanks for the shout-out, my grizzled friend!
Also, I’ll be hosting a listening party tonight (Friday, 7 August 2026) at 8 PM EST; join here.
Thanks again, Matt!
—TPP
Thanks to Erin at Existential Ergonomics for this awesome write-up of my new album, Koi Dance (out today on all streaming platforms and on Bandcamp; 90% off with promo code koipond).
I’ll also be hosting a listening party tonight (Friday, 7 August 2026) at 8 PM EST; join here.
Thanks again, Erin!
—TPP
Koi Dance is out TODAY, Friday, 7 August 2026, on all streaming platforms and at https://tjcookmusic.bandcamp.com!
It’s 90% off (!) with promo code koipond. That means it’s $1 for twelve tracks of great music (or 8⅓ cents per track).
That promo code is also good for everything on the site, including a full discography purchase. That means you can get thirty-one (31) releases—almost all of which include tons of original artwork, scores, videos, essays, etc.—for $9.70 with promo code koipond.
To put that into perspective, if you purchased every release on my Bandcamp page individually, it would cost $194. Purchasing the full discography (just click on any release to see the option to purchase my full discography) comes with a built-in 50% discount, so that brings the cost down to $97.
Use promo code koipond, and the price plummets to $9.70. That’s less than any one of my albums at full freight. It’s less than a small pizza. It’s less than two cups of coffee.
But if you buy just one release—or even just stream one release—make it Koi Dance. It’s my best release in awhile.
Also, I’m hosting a free listening party to the entire album tonight, Friday, 7 August 2026, at 8 PM EST. You can join in on the fun and conversation here: https://tjcookmusic.bandcamp.com/live/koi-dance-listening-party
Finally, it’s Bandcamp Friday, which means Bandcamp waives their usual 15% cut of sales, making it the absolute best time to support your favorite pudgy composer—me!
I was going to slap together a review of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey for today, but yours portly and Dr. Wife have been pretty busy getting stuff done around the house. Instead, I wanted to share the press release I sent to the local paper for my upcoming release, Koi Dance.
As readers know, I’m never one to let content go to waste. Why not recycle/reduce/reuse content to save myself some trouble? Well, that’s what I’m doing here. But I also really, really want to get the word out about this release, because I sincerely believe it’s some of my best work.
The album releases this Friday, 7 August 2026, on all streaming platforms and at https://tjcookmusic.bandcamp.com. It’s 90% off (!) with promo code koipond. That means it’s basically $1 for twelve tracks of great music (that promo code is also good for everything on the site).
Now, on to my corporate-ese press release:
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Yesterday I encouraged readers to “Support Right-Wing Culture“; the thesis of my argument was that there are conservatives who create amazing art, but who languish in obscurity. Meanwhile, we’ll complain that don’t have any cultural products compared to the Left while also paying for a DailyWire+ subscription so Ben Shapiro can buy another ivory kippah. (but, by all means, have a DW+ subscription, just also be willing to spend five or ten bucks a month on smaller creators).
Ben Shapiro doesn’t need your money or your emotional support (although his plummeting viewership may suggest otherwise). His wife (like mine) is a doctor, after all. Quite frankly, he doesn’t deserve it, either: it’s pretty clear he hates the very people he purports to support. However, conservatives are willing to give him $9 a month, but will balk at the idea of spending $9 a month to support a small creator, for whom that $9 could be extremely impactful.
But I digress. Plenty of other people can (and have, and should) poke fun at Ben Shapiro. My point here is to discuss ways we can build each other up—and build a lasting cultural legacy.
To that end, I highlighted a few creators yesterday (note that a lot of the links to come are Amazon Affiliate links; I receive a portion of the purchases made through these links, at no additional cost to you):
There are several other creators I failed to mention yesterday; to wit:
And that’s just a start! There are people who are really trying to create new, original, cool stuff.
I’d like to think I am one of them. All of the folks mentioned above are far more talented and driven than yours portly, but I’d like to think I have created some unique culture in my doughy life. So, here are some of the ways you can support my contributions to right-wing culture:
Almost all of those items can be replicated for the other creators mentioned herein. None of them take very long. Many of them are free!
It doesn’t take much. I know money is tight and we’re probably staring down the start of the Third World War (or everything fine will be in another week—no need to panic), but everyone can afford five bucks a month to support a creator. Sacrifice one meal out and you’ve saved enough buy a couple of books or Substack subscriptions.
We conservatives need to step up and actually support—financially, morally, and culturally—our own people. The Left has built entire institutions to propagate their worldview, such as it is.
We don’t have to let them have a stranglehold on creating cool stuff. There is more to life than grilling and Kid Rock concerts and Ben Shapiro’s nasally commentary.
So dig deep and do the bare minimum to support the creators in your life (and, if you see fit, me, even though I just lectured you).
God Bless!
—TPP
When I first wrote about workers needed Thanksgiving Day off, I was experiencing pretty severe burnout myself. I do still believe that the Black Friday creeping into Thanksgiving is reprehensible, but I also realize my own stress was playing a role in my analysis.
Of course, this Black Friday I’m bunduru’d with Dr. Wife on the high seas, so I’m absolutely getting a break. Indeed, I might be eating pizza covered in gravy and leftover turkey from last night’s onboard Thanksgiving feast (I assume we had one; I’m writing this post way beforehand). While I’m enjoying the Thanksgiving Lover’s Pizza, though, millions are schlepping into retail stores at 4 AM to help grannies save pennies on toaster ovens.
Well, who doesn’t love a good deal? But a better deal would be shuttering retailers all day on Thanksgiving so employees can rest up and spend time with family before being berated by penny-pinching Karens.
With that, here is 25 November 2022’s “Flashback Friday^4: Brack Friday Bunduru: Workers Need a Break“:
Pickup my newest release: Leftovers III! Use promo code ziggurat to take an additional 20% off all purchases on Bandcamp! Code expires at 11:59 PM UTC on Tuesday, 31 December 2024.
My tenth album of the year is out today, Leftovers III. Technically, it’s just an EP, but whatever—I’m proud of it, and I think you’ll enjoy it.
It’s just five bucks on Bandcamp, and with promo code ziggurat it’s an additional 20% off (indeed, that 20% off applies to everything on Bandcamp). My entire discography is $59.64; with 20% off, that’s just $47.71 for twenty-two albums, or about $2.17 per release. Dang!
Barring some sudden boost of inspirado, Leftovers III will be my last release for 2024. I set a goal for myself to release ten albums and/or EPs this year, and I’ve achieved it. I don’t know if 2025 will feature ten albums (probably not), but I’ll definitely be releasing more music at some point next year.
If you’re the streaming type, you can find LIII at the following services:
And pretty much anywhere else where music is streamed.
Here’s hoping everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy these leftovers.
Happy Listening!
—TPP
Pickup my newest release: Spooky Season III! Use promo code spooky to take an additional 20% off all purchases on Bandcamp! Code expires at 11:59 PM UTC on Thursday, 31 October 2024.
Ah, yes, Bandcamp Friday has returned, which means I hope you will consider pitching in a few bucks to buy my music—or my second book! It’s the most magical Friday of the month!
The first Friday of a bunch of months in 2024 will feature this pro-indie music observance, a day on which Bandcamp waives its usual 15% commission on sales. Today (Friday, 6 September 2024) is one of those days.
In other words, when you buy my music, almost 100% of it goes to me, instead of almost 85%.
Naturally, yours portly has a brand new release, and my longest to date: Spooky Season III is available now on Bandcamp, Apple Music, YouTube/YouTube Music, Amazon Music, etc., etc.—pretty much anywhere and everywhere digital streaming is available—including, for the first time in nearly a year, Spotify!
Spooky Season III is forty-one (41) minutes of Halloween-ish jams, from the driving opener “Heavy Metal Mummy” to the creaking creepiness of “A Haunted House” to frightful “Flight of the Vampire Bats” and more. SSIII features pieces in multiple genres: heavy metal, rock, country-western, classical, Romantic, smooth 70s pop, and, of course, Halloween music!
My full discography is 50% off (and the 20% promo code spooky can be used for that, too), so it’s only $57.14 to purchase twenty-two releases. That’s just $2.80 per release—and dozens of hours of music, not to mention hundreds of megabytes of musical scores, artwork, liner notes, videos, and other goodies that are packed onto nearly every release.
With the 20% promo code spooky the total comes down to $45.71, or $2.08 per release.
My plan is to release (at least) one more album or EP this year, Leftovers III, which should release Friday, 29 November 2024 (the day after Thanksgiving). That’ll make ten releases in 2024.
Thank you for your support, and rock on!
—TPP
