The Earth is also terrible, and dark, and cruel. The rabbit shrieks dying in the green meadows. The mountains clench their great hands full of hidden fire. There are sharks in the sea, and there is cruelty in men’s eyes.

And we are back with another episode of the Ghost Canyon podcast! In this week’s episode we talked to Tim Midyett from Silkworm about the winding trail of life that has brought the ‘Worm back into the world after their tragic initial breakup, along with a ton of other subjects.

STOP PRESS yesterday @sinblache.bsky.social described Tarkovsky’s STALKER as “The Detectorists, but Russian” and I may never recover

It feels like a really shitty place to be that I don't even want the president of this country to hear about this horror.

Wicked mail days while out of town. The MerKaBa Brotherhood - s/t Marisa Anderson - The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music Vol. 1 (Thrill Jockey) Bill Orcutt - How to Rescue Things (Palilalia) Neurosis - An Undying Love For A Burning World (Neurot) Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - Happy Today (Intl Anthem)

it took this country five decades for the surviving interned Japanese-Americans who were deprived of absolutely everything and imprisoned for no cause to get $20,000 in reparations per person. we are currently awarding the guys who did the Beer Hall Putsch five years ago orders of magnitude more

May 18, 1980 | 8:32 a.m. The ground shudders. A M5.1 quake hits beneath Mount St. Helens. Weakened critically, the north face bulge collapses outward. Within seconds, a pyroclastic density surge bursts through the disintegrating slope. The clock strikes zero.

So you CAN get reparations you just have to be a reactionary white person who tries to overthrow the government because black votes shouldn’t count

They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.

@peretsky.bsky.social is right, people can and should just find places to put on shows.

One of my bands, New Standards Men, did a one-off show in the hayloft of a barn in Longmont, CO. The legendary Windy & Carl played their first ever Colorado show, opening were future hall of famers @mjsage.bsky.social and Chaz Prymek. A lot of my time was spent listening while wandering around.

HOLY SHIT SHANE PARISH AUTECHRE GUITAR IN MPLS @shaneparish.bsky.social

Saw some of my favorite dudes play with Windy & Carl in a barn @hauntedteeth.bsky.social @floatingcave.bsky.social

hey john. its your cousin marvin. marvin cage! you know that new sound youve been looking for? well listen to this *hangs up phone*

This shithead should be taken off your list of acceptable candidates! Boo this man!

if we're talking crises that are existentially harmful to human culture 200 years in the future but need to be addressed now, this one is not even in the top 10

Oh cool I'm into modern dance now.

Two police officers from Gratis, Ohio, an all-white town per the US census, showed up at a majority Latinx public school in Cincinnati—50 miles away—to search for kids for ICE, disguised as a “wellness check.”

Apologies in advance where due, but that is the Videodrome tummy.

This week's spotlight is on Austin, Texas' Water Damage. We've been trying to bring this motley crew up this way since 2024 (after I heard their 2 Songs EP and had my frontal lobe rearranged). The stars finally aligned this year and we are stoked to be hosting their first-ever show in Denver!

Have this on again this morning, still can't get over it. Had it on before a show at Rozz-Tox and literally every person in the place wanted to know what it was, performers for that night included.

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Additionally, an Elgin, IL-based rapid response group has reported that as of 2 p.m., it has observed 22 vehicles being used by federal immigration agents across the Chicago area today.

Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm?

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The band I play bass in, New Standards Men, have a show this weekend in a barn in Longmont, Colorado with the legendary Windy & Carl along with our friends Chaz Prymek & Matthew Sage. That show is Sold Out. Windy & Carl are also playing the next night in Denver at Bug Theater with Ritger & Weathers

Drove through Central Illinois for work yesterday and a noticeable number of gas stations seemed to have decided to just not put the price on their signs. Saw more than a few. Can't imagine it's actually out of shame, but maybe embarrassment?

good deal

The Twin Cities are in an odd place where SO many people are newly civically activated, but it's the year after major elections. My friends and I are seeing lots of energy with little direction. May I offer some direction? Gift link (but also pay for indie journalism): racketmn.com/get-involved...

I’ll never forgive that stupid ass Showtime show for portraying him as some crazed ranting lunatic when every contemporary account of him described him as one of the most lucid and clear-minded thinkers of his time, whose actions were driven by a devotion to abolition not bc he had some screw loose

Our dog is two days post-op, healing very well, 0% chance he learned his lesson. We think his inflatable post-op collar makes him look like he's ready for a short, early flight.

We've reached the point where one party has so obliterated the rule of law that everyone else continuing to abide by it will only hasten the end of our democracy. That's a recipe for chaos and violence. It's terrifying, and I don't know what we do about it.

Neil Young’s performance at the Harvest The Hope anti-pipeline benefit in September 2014 has come up on two consecutive All One Song episodes — so let’s listen to the tape. doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/8160550...

time to post this once again badfaithtimes.com/david-lynch-...

me sleeping seven hours vs. me sleeping six hours and 42 minutes

ICE does not want you to see the cruel reality for children and their families locked up at Dilley. Children like Victor and Monserrat who were picked up at a bus stop miss their dad and school—and it’s not just them. 93 children remain locked up and it’s not right. #FreeOurChildren

And I implore everyone on BlueSky and beyond to understand the FBI’s refusal to investigate—at all—Renee Good’s death should be understood as racialized mechanism to police white allies of Black and Brown people. You have to see a name a Redeemer Project.

Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such.

"We’ve built a system in this state that’s imposing cancer on us and limits the ways we can get treated,” said Art Cullen of Storm Lake, who is a cancer survivor — along with all four of his siblings.

we need this series for contemporary new weird america as well.

PSA: Don't let your babies grow up to eat socks.

Sitting at the animal hospital, dog is back getting x-rayed, just got to hear one of the front desk folks do a post-op wellness call for someone's pet. "Just calling to make sure Cat Stevens is feeling okay today."

Toad looked at the sunshine coming through the window. “Frog,” he said, “I am so glad that you came over.” “I always do,” said Frog.

The acting AG vows to prosecute anyone who "touches" a federal agent. This govt continues to blur the lines between DOJ/DHS. We're seeing the makings of a national police force, one that anticipates civil resistance to increasingly militarized deportation roundups. www.notus.org/immigration/...