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A dump, in order. Photos and videos from the WhatsApp-status days of vocal fry and XXXTentacion, through Twenty One Pilots, meeting Joan, my daughter Rayana, and my friends. Tap anything to watch it as a slideshow.
Before Jedshock
Lily Kite, recording a WhatsApp status
The early days, before Jedshock was a name. Late-night WhatsApp statuses: vocal fry, a little screamo, and XXXTentacion's “Pain = BESTFRIEND” on repeat.
My “Anathema” challenge
Singing Twenty One Pilots' “Anathema”. The screen stays black the whole way through. It was only ever about the voice.
Kitchen Sink
Hacking on the Kitchen Sink
A mark inspired by Twenty One Pilots' “Kitchen Sink”, a song about finding purpose. The rule it stands for: build with purpose, not for the sake of building, and stop making dummy projects.
Blue beyond blue
Genius, one of my favourite films of all time. A rooftop, a city at dusk, and a phrase I still carry around: blue beyond blue.
Me, trying to be sigma
One eye shut, lips out, fully committed to the bit.
Joan
Jed and Joan
Meeting Joan. Black and white, matching frowns, one frame.
Jed and baby Joan
Fresh cornrows on a balcony, looking back at whoever held the camera.
Joan in technicolor
A night by the water, lights on the far shore, Joan moving faster than the shutter. My favourite kind of blur.
Kanye Affection
A pictorial version of a poem I wrote for Taveo. “What a strange being she is, to love the weirdest human being like me.”
Rayana
Me and my daughter, Rayana
Her shirt says 50% Mami, 50% Papi. She is 100% in charge of this photo.
The boys
Jedidiah and Praise
Caught mid-conversation. Snacks in hand, a Starknet pixel cat on the shirt.
Dem boys of faith
Paper plates, plastic cups, a cross on a chain and one finger up.
Now
Feeling myself
White tee, coral beads, a sky-blue backdrop. I am awesome, hehehe.
I think I like this little life
Locs, beads and a grin that says it before I do.
About this gallery
This is the personal side of Jedidiah Gabriel, also known as Jedshock: a product engineer from Kaduna, Nigeria, who builds business software, websites, mobile apps and smart contracts. The work lives on the home page and the poems on the blog. This page is the rest: the singing, the songs on repeat, and the people. It grows whenever there is something new to dump.
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