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Mike Shirley-Donnelly (MSD)
Hi hello I am msd I make music and take photos and make art but also run a joint cat rescue / recording studio in southern new england with my partner Della. I'm still mourning Cohost closing, but at least I started blogging as a result??
Latest Posts
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Had a wild last few days but I'll be damned if I don't make at least 10 minutes a day to draw a pokemon. Here's the catch-up: Thur 02/19/2026 - Appleton Gotta admit I...
AI is the latest iteration, but financial predators targeting musicians with false promises is kind of an institution at this point Oh btw this has nothing to do with the topic; I like having visuals in my blog posts, you'll have to...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Mon 2/16/2026 - Dewgong Dewgong. Get it. Like a dugong. Gen 1 was fucking on one, man. Tues 2/17/2026 - Chirachi Look at this guy! I'd never seen this guy before...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Fri 02/13/2026 - Wartortle By special request! (Reminder that you can at any time ping me anywhere I'm pingable, even in the comments on one of these posts, to request...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Weds 02/11/2026 - Bulbasaur RNG gave me 0001 yesterday. The OG. The first lad. Which I'd memory holed into being just a grass type for so long; blew my mind that it's...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Mon 02/09/2026 - Jigglypuff In honor of Lady Gaga at the super bowl lmfao I get that the pokemon company has like infinite dollars but a lady gaga super bowl commercial...
I know, I know, two blog posts in one day what's become of me - but I had some disjointed thoughts about the discord announcement today that I needed to put somewhere. Enjoy. The things often left out of the age verification...
That time we played a concert at "Super Bowl City" Note: This post originally appeared on cohost.org In 2016, Team San José reached out to my band and offered us a paid slot to play at 'Super Bowl City'. That sentence is infinitely funny...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Both yesterday and today were selections by the kids after loading up a random 6 and them selecting two and I gotta admit I don't think I was on my game for these. Sat...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Weds 02/04/2026 - Horsea Ok that's enough ice types for now; I didn't intentionally mean to follow the ice types with a water type like some sort of metaphorical thaw...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Tues 02/03/2026 - Glalie It's still ice types which means there's still more than 2 feet of snow outside here. Scientific weather measuring going on. Sorry to the...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Sun 02/01/2026 - Eiscue I know that I rag on pokemon designs fairly regularly but like this one...this fucking guy is a pure 10/10 shitpost. Penguin with an ice cube...
Three days worth of moon photos including Jupiter, camera focus AND lens adventures Finally was able to catch up with some moon photo editing; the last few days have been great for that and like, to be a downer, not a lot else!! It's v...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop I guess the ice type pokemon will continue until the snow melts or I run out of ice types. Not that I want the snow to melt, it's pretty as hell. Also we got out first...
That time a random song about giving up on New Year's Resolutions lead to committing to a year-long project The song in question - give it a watch and turn on closed captions for lyrics, etc Every year around the end of January I think...