Multi-genre playlist from 2019 about moving on from an ending relationship, featuring Carina Round from Puscifer and Early Winters
BWDerge Blog Archives
Fiction Prose Writing
Episode 13 of Serialized Short Story about Steve: Why Do You Write?
More from our anonymous narrator in the wilderness, Steve talks with one of his writing professors, and a drunken conversation outside of a bar.
Prose Writing
These Parties Suck. America is Broken. We Need a Third Political Party
Business conglomerates and A.I. driven algorithms have taken precedence over the interests of the middle and lower classes.
Jams Music
Jam Notes Podcast: Songwriting, Recording, and Raging Against Machines
Nick talks about writing songs, debates with Ben about the importance of recording quality, and both discuss Rage Against the Machine’s album of cover songs (Renegades of Funk)
Fiction Prose Writing
Start at the Beginning: Book One of the Laenif Trilogy
Read the very beginning of the Laenif trilogy and meet the characters that populate the first four chapters of Book 1
Mix Playlists Music
Fiona Apple and Maynard Playlist from 2020 featuring Multiple Genres
Created in 2020 at the onset of the pandemic, a playlist that acts as a kind of emotional journey through the first shockwaves of that year. Featuring Fiona Apple and Mayanrd with Multiple Genres
Fiction Prose Writing
Steve is Back for Episode 12 of Untitled Mini-Series
A quote from the Simpsons, an intimate moment with Laura, and a large bong rip. It’s the twelfth episode of an untitled mini-series about a young drunk writer named Steve.
Prose Writing
2025 Year in Review for Original Poetry, Art, Stories, and Music
A little less than 2 years ago, this website was created. In 2025, there was much bigger focus on video content, leading to the creation of Laenif Studios. Let’s review the year’s original stories, poems, essays, art, and music.
Jams Music
Guitar and Drums Jam, Inspired by In the Hall of the Mountain King
A little bit of a strategy with this jam. BW Derge on the Drums and Nick on the Guitars in an improvised instrumental jam inspired by Hall of the Mountain King.
Prose Writing
The Scariest Type of Zombie Might Be Real, and It’s Not What You Think
Philosophical essay about possible explanation for an individual’s experience of life and qualia. Is the multiverse theory real, and what implications would that have? And the walking dead could be among us, but not how one might assume… But it’s related to the idea of there being many worlds existing simultaneously.