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Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

DIY multi-instrumentalist/vocalist
songwriter/producer/graphic artist
🌈 🩷💜💙 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 - Fuck 🧊

https://linktr.ee/calostenmusic

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Cal Osten @calosten.bsky.social · Nov 20

Sweet Lines to Read Between is now streaming everywhere!!

Check your favorite streaming service!

✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️ ✨️

tidal.com/browse/album...

#calosten #calostenmusic #sweetlinestoreadbetween #seattlemusic #jackendino #vinyl #vinylrecord

Cal Osten - Sweet Lines to Read Between

Listen to Sweet Lines to Read Between on TIDAL

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Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

Early conceptual shot for the cover of Sweet Lines to Read Between... pretty sounding piano at the Sou'wester Lodge 🎹

📸 by @thevitriol.bsky.social

#musicsky #musiciansky #behindthescenes #piano #singersongwriter

February 4, 2026 at 4:56 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

Organ grinders to sleep in the wash house 🫀

📸 by @thevitriol.bsky.social

#telephone #telephonebooth #oldtimey #flannel #pnwlife

February 3, 2026 at 4:13 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

Just a little Townes Van Zandt ukulele cover (mostly)
I mess up some words 🫠

At My Window

#ukelelecover #townesvanzandt #singersongwriter #folkmusic #musicsky #musiciansky

February 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

Listening habits, January 2026

February 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

Isn't it true what they say
that hindsight is 20/20?

📹 by Andrés Razuri
Track mastered by Jack Endino

Full video:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=36Cj...

#musicsky #musicvideo #dreampop #singersongwriter #musiciansky #indierock

February 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

PSA: Advocating for basic human rights and due process is not radical or even political, it's basic human decency. If you disagree, please examine your moral compass.

January 31, 2026 at 4:27 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

Shooting old-timey vibes for HEART STILL BEATING video yesterday, and as luck would have it, came across this old-timey phone booth ✨️

General Strike today, participate within your means!!

#sneakpeek #musicvideo #indiefolk #countrymusic #newmusic

January 30, 2026 at 4:37 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

Well, hello there...
come right on in ✨️

📹 by @thevitriol.bsky.social
Track mastered by Jack Endino

#musicvideo #musicsky #singersongwriter #indierock #musiciansky

January 29, 2026 at 7:01 PM

Reposted by Cal Osten

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

#sweetlinestoreadbetween can now be found at the following record stores in Seattle:

Easy Street Records (West Seattle)
Royal Records (LQA)
Jive Time (Fremont)
Sonic Boom (Ballard)

Wall of Sound
Spin Cycle
Life on Mars
(all Capitol Hill)

#supportlocalrecordstores #supportlocalartists
#musicsky

December 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM

Reposted by Cal Osten

George Takei

@georgetakei.bsky.social

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.

January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

✨️ NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT!! ✨️

✨️ Thursday, March 26 ✨️

We've been invited back to Underbelly for another show!
Mark your calendars!

#seattlemusic #seattlelivemusic #singersongwriter #indiemusic #seattlemusicscene

January 27, 2026 at 4:57 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

Darling, hold my hand
You know I'm a simple man
Don't need no understanding
Just hold me while you can

📹 by @thevitriol.bsky.social
Track mastered by Jack Endino

#newmusic #singersongwriter #indiefolk #musicsky #musiciansky

January 26, 2026 at 4:10 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

Unleash the monkey acrobat 🐵
Doing cartwheels offa my shoulders 🙈
And trying to make up for what I lack 🙉
It's not doing me any favors 🙊

📹 by Andrés Razuri
Track mastered by Jack Endino

#newmusic #musicvideo #alternativemusic #musiciansky #musicsky

January 25, 2026 at 6:02 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

But it's more than just what you make of it
The truth it lies in another skin
When all I want is a different one
You open me up and look right in

-=-=-=-=-=-
Practice makes practice ✨️

ANOTHER SKIN
Solo (excerpt)

#singersongwriter #organmusic #indiemusic #musicsky #musiciansky

January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

There's been a lot of depressing things happening lately, and this time of year is always hard.

I have to thank my friend Adrian who recently told me "depression can't hit a moving target."

#positivevibrations #doingthework #keepcalmandcarryon #anxiety #depression

January 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

When you told me what you wanted
It was really, really sweet
lines to read between
Please, tell me what you mean ✈️

📹 by Andrés Razuri
Track mastered by Jack Endino

#newmusic #musicvideo #countrymusic #musicsky #musiciansky

January 22, 2026 at 6:22 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

I've got nothing to offer
Don't got nothin' to show

📹 by @thevitriol.bsky.social

#musicvideo #officialvideo #alternativemusic #musicsky #musiciansky

January 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

Snippet of "Out on the Weekend" by Neil Young

I need new strings lol

#singersongwriter #coversong #acousticcover #musicsky #musiciansky

January 20, 2026 at 5:16 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

Every word just seems so useless in the end
And the worst is just around the bend 🎹

#newmusic #singersongwriter #folkmusic #musicsky #musiciansky

January 19, 2026 at 4:28 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

So call me, I'll come home
I'll admit that I was wrong

📹 by Andrés Razuri

Track mastered by Jack Endino

Full Video:
youtu.be/36CjWIZNAeE

#newmusic #musicvideo #seattlemusic #musicsky #musiciansky

January 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM

Cal Osten

@calosten.bsky.social

Isn't it true what they say
that hindsight is 20/20
I can look back and laugh
I just don't find it that funny

📹 by Andresillo Raz
Track mastered by Jack Endino

Full video on YouTube @CalOstenMusic

#newmusic #dreampop #officialvideo #musicsky #musiciansky