Andy Futuro's Blog: Excerpts, page 3
July 8, 2025
You Keep Playing Games
This is track 7 from the album 1333, which released May 9, what seems like years ago. The whole album is short, punchy, colorful EDM tracks that always find a way to go in a fresh direction.
Buy or stream 1333 at the links below:
(Also available on Tidal, Deezer, Pandora, and other sites. I just don’t have the links yet)
And thanks to everyone who already picked it up 🙏.
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July 4, 2025
Rooting for the Apocalypse - The Shore (3)

Rooting for the Apocalypse began as series of vignettes, loosely based on my life and the lives of my fellow dirtbags living in Philadelphia. The nameless dirtbag serves as a protagonist, though he never learns anything, with some repeat characters like Zak and Athena. I tried to combine the vignettes into a picaresque novel, but ultimately, I decided that it wasn't strong enough and spun out a single, long vignette to be the novella and the story bearing the title Rootin...
July 2, 2025
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July 1, 2025
Came Back
This is track 6 from the album 1333, which released May 9, what seems like years ago. The whole album is short, punchy, colorful EDM tracks that always find a way to go in a fresh direction.
Buy or stream 1333 at the links below:
(Also available on Tidal, Deezer, Pandora, and other sites. I just don’t have the links yet)
And thanks to everyone who already picked it up 🙏.
Just so you know…The absolute best way to support me is to become a paid subscriber....
June 27, 2025
Rooting for the Apocalypse - The Shore (2)

Drama ensues when Athena invites her dirtbag boyfriend on her dysfunctional family’s vacation.
Rooting for the Apocalypse began as series of vignettes, loosely based on my life and the lives of my fellow dirtbags living in Philadelphia. The nameless dirtbag serves as a protagonist, though he never learns anything, with some repeat characters like Zak and Athena. I tried to combine the vignettes into a picaresque novel, but ultimately, I decided that it wasn't strong enough...
June 26, 2025
How to Grow on Substack

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This essay is not about how to generate growth on Substack. I don't know how to do tha...
June 20, 2025
Rooting for the Apocalypse - The Shore (1)

Drama ensues when Athena invites her dirtbag boyfriend on her dysfunctional family’s vacation.
Rooting for the Apocalypse began as series of vignettes, loosely based on my life and the lives of my fellow dirtbags living in Philadelphia. The nameless dirtbag serves as a protagonist, though he never learns anything, with some repeat characters like Zak and Athena. My goal was to combine the vignettes into a picaresque novel, but ultimately, I decided to spin out a sing...
June 17, 2025
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June 13, 2025
Rooting for the Apocalypse - Download
Rooting for the Apocalypse (11)

Drama ensues when Athena invites her dirtbag boyfriend on her dysfunctional family’s vacation.
A sound like ripped ass loudens and descends upon us. What looks like a hang glider attached to a tricycle swoops overhead, low enough to high five, and rolls to a stop fifty yards down the beach. The pilot, a bulbous man on spindly legs, steps out, and a crowd of children runs over to ooh and aah at his trike. A woman approaches and talks to the pilot. Money changes hands,...