Anybody taking incendiary essays, highly critical of US and Israeli foreign policy, with a bit of sci fi, and Warren Gibson analysis thrown in?

New Between The Buried and Me. 👀

This one gets quoted in my household *at least* weekly. #StarWars #TumblrMemes #LookAtThemAnakin

For the first 40 odd years of my life, I lived under state-sanctioned oppression. The reality is that a great deal of ppl are perfectly comfortable with fascism as long as it doesn't mean them. To see blatant hate speech as "just an opinion" is the outlook of the perfectly comfortable. Same old.

Important reminder

"Free speech for me, But not for thee..."

If you missed it or haven't seen it recently, I am still adding to this starter pack.

I actually naively thought South Africans would be more concerned about what's happening in Nepal, than that white boy bigot getting shot.

South African's upset over Kirk's death, totally baffled how people can be so heartless... Also had nothing to say about the latest school shooting in the US. Yes, murder is wrong. But if the first US murder you comment on is over a cis, white man GOP member...I am taking notes.

I'm fascinated by all the South Africans that are falling over themselves to declare how bad murder is after Kirk's death. I mean, I agree, murder is wrong...which is why I was also sad after Kyle Rittenhouse went on a killing spree and these same people said...nothing.

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Wow. This new Deftones is insane.

Holy shit. music.apple.com/za/album/inf...

Every morning a mad woman come through feeding the birds

One of the funniest things about this it's inevitable, creatives will have to use it or get left behind, is that's never been the case. If that were true, no one would play acoustic guitar or acoustic drum kits anymore. These are human, not tech driven things. People have preferences.

With "writers" embracing the mediocrity of AI-produced slop, it's on us to fight back. And by fight back I mean be feral in your writing, be deeply weird and vulnerable and obsessive and human. Let the predictive text write its anodyne MoR bs. Spill your wild and your strange onto the page.

It's Bandcamp Day. thedarkcow.bandcamp.com/album/19521-...

Tomorrow is Bandcamp day. thedarkcow.bandcamp.com/album/19521-...

I have sent in the full manuscript.

WORLDSTAR!!!!!!! WORLD STAR

every day I see this economy shit on some of the most talented and brilliant minds on earth and I marvel at the strength they find to push through to the next day

ugh there are so many things i could do this morning. but i will probably just be a slug.

I'm almost done.

Had a few conversations today regarding the sinking feeling that we've reached the endgame, and the immense sense of sadness and powerlessness that comes with it. They're really live streaming it while we squirm around desperately trying to stop it. Our world leaders are monsters.

One of my favorite short stories...

The logic that "terrorist" organizations are so unbelievable that they must be pursued at all costs, and all "collateral" is acceptable in this moral pursuit is an American fabrication they've used for decades to commit their own atrocities and attempt to cover it up.

Doomscroll rant. I'm tired of hearing about Hamas. I don't give two shits about Hamas. It's incredibly stupid to blame an entity indirectly responsible for something more than the entity actually committing the fucking act. Pure propaganda bullshit.

Man this Kenny Kunene shit keeps making me chuckle.

RIP Ozzy. It's Black Sabbath day all day! music.apple.com/za/album/vol...

“It takes about 60 to 80 days for an adult to die of starvation—it is entirely predictable, foreseeable. A child will die much more quickly… we knew this was going to happen.”

Movie Madness here in Portland, Oregon, now has a shelf curated by me, under the heading "Strange Expeditions," both material and psychological. For those of you who aren't MM folks, here's the list:

And I love movies like The Thing, but I tried to curate a list where most of them are a little lesser known or are worth reevaluation (like, Ad Astra, which has the most terrifying evocation of deep space I've seen and is a deeply fucked up movie.)

Buddy Leezle was one of the first cats to jump on my beats. thedarkcow.bandcamp.com/album/buddy-...

Old, but still slaps. thedarkcow.bandcamp.com/track/godles...

Rewatched Man of Steel yesterday. Yall tripping it's not thaaaaaat bad. It's just not great either,lol. Maybe it's a bad Superman, but the movie is entertaining, so who gives a shit. I think I'd lump in that Constantine lane, bad adaptation, but entertaining movie.

Lol. Just remembered back in the early 2010s, when I first started releasing music. I was appalled by the economics of it, and didn't mince my words about streaming payouts being pathetic. Got a lot of shit from people, and a lot of pathetic defenses from industry people, claiming it's the future.

😮 You can't 'vibe' physics. It isn't a magical system!

Hahahahaha.

He even went on a random tangent about how not to overthink what you're playing. He said, just sit at your drum kit. Just sit there. It's made out of wood from trees that may have been around for generations. Just feel that energy. Just saying, in essence, playing an instrument is a magical thing.

Recently watched an interview with drummer Kenny Grohoski. In many ways he summed up what techbros don't understand about creative endeavors. Not everything is about maximum output. It's about being in the moment. He was asked how do you play in an improvisational setting.

THANK YOU! If you’re into art because you want to be cool and famous instead of because you love art, that techbro’s statement tracks. I love DJing because I love House Music. I only do it in my basement and maybe a dozen people listen to my sets. I listen to dozens of new House Music tracks a week…

Facts. It's literally the reason you try get good at something. Leveling up feels great.

Doing burpees with stomach cramps. Saenchai drill.

6 elbow combo.