the class war is a resource war we’re going mad max over autocomplete I hate it and by “it” I mean like five specific overwealthy assholes who ought be banished from the realm and by “realm” I mean Earth, the only livable planet we will have before overcoming capitalism.

Lying is bad unless you do it via AI. False advertising is bad unless you do it via AI. Plagiarism is bad unless you do it via AI. Losing billions of dollars for no good reason is bad unless you do it via AI. Robbing cities of water is bad unless you do it via AI. You’re just embracing the future.

People don't long for "inconvenience." They long for permanence. And though streaming services may be convenient, people are waking up to the fact that we are paying rent-seeking middle men month after month for things we will never actually own.

back at it with Nowhere Cinema for another poster. this go ‘round … The Hitcher, with the late, great Rutger Hauer and C Thomas Howell. catch it 6/2 at Studio Two Three for my Richmond folk

Good morning.

me, tryna survive by cobbling together multiple art projects to make one decent job

House 3. the record digging trips gon be the stuff of legend

the episode Rafi & Dirty Randy shoot a porno in Andre’s apartment…

EV-ER. EVER! Whatever you think he's good at on big mouth, invincible, everything else, he's BEST at as Rafi.

Jeff Goldblum as Ruxin’s dad and they walk in on him bending over Andre’s sister “you just saw your dad’s vinegar strokes”

Rafi is one of the greatest tv characters ever

pulling up on Sage with a suitcase of crunchwrap supremes

if y’all have never watched The League, you should fix that. watch it right now.

… Big Barda gon be there??

while you’re at it, July 1. another listening session. all Native Tongues. 35th anniversary of De La Soul Is Dead. 30th of Stakes Is High. 35th of Tribe’s Low End Theory. 30th of Beats, Rhymes & Life. 10th of We Got It From Here. 30th of Busta’s The Coming. I better see you there

shooting for the moon this summer. already got a listening session scheduled for June 17, celebrating the 30th and 25th anniversaries of Aaliyah’s One In A Million & self-titled albums. put it in ya calendar

wrapped up one show last night. getting ready for a new show to open next Friday

ya know … the hardest part of running a gallery so far has been managing personalities. so I keep coming back to this post from Black Art Matters, cuz it perfectly communicates what i’m thinking/feeling

its 3AM. lets see if they land the plane with The Boys finale.

they were cooking with Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet but alas .. they got lazy. aint got that dawg in em anymore

go here tomorrow and then Thursday, come to HI•RES [306 EGrace St] for a talk about cultural journalism, especially as it pertains to Richmond’s art scene

Monday, I'll be moderating a panel at Gallery5 about Richmond's marginalized genres, especially hip-hop and electronica, alongside conversations about DIY spaces and the current state of the city's creative community. On stage with me will be @antthesymbol.bsky.social, CJ The Profit, & Hunting Dog.

RVA if you are free Monday evening you should check this out And if not, please share it so others know

Christ on a bike, this is brilliant. And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10

my one attempt at a heaven spot that made me give up the idea, I was walking across the roof of an abandoned building and my foot went a through a weak spot. turned around and climbed right back down. i’m good on that.

this is such a great encapsulation of what the various factions of the reactionary right want. i might add that they envision themselves as slave masters and the rest of us, in one way or another, as their slaves. betterdonkey.substack.com/p/the-vra-wa...

We watched Tootsie tonight—still great!—which always reminds me of all the VHS tapes we had growing up of movies my parents would tape off HBO’s free preview weekends (3 movies per tape!) and it’s impossible to explain to anyone under 35 but life was so much simpler then, and this was our streaming

that Rousey/Carano fight fit into an IG reel with time to kill. that whooping was expeditious

Alien: And how did you run out of water? Earthling: Machines drank it. Alien: Machines. Earthling: We had to feed machines the water. Aliens: So the machines were holding your planet hostage for water. Earthling: No, we made the thirsty machines. They worked for us. Alien: End communication.

sitting at a whopping 13%

The president of the United States is giving himself and his friends $2 billion dollars of our money because Biden hurt their feelings.

Im wearing a dress✨

Hi. 😊 Black American here. Norway is an almost entirely white country. The United States is racist as fuck. That's why we don't have a social democracy or, like, healthcare. Follow for more glimpses into a racist society where white people* would rather die than see a Black person succeed.

As family homelessness hits record highs, school districts are offering parking lots as safe sites for students and their families to sleep at night

beatcinema finally uploaded one of my fave Dibia$e beat sets to the youtoobz . partake. youtu.be/oFudZZ0NJ4I?...

Fun thread 👇🏼

Nobody wants to reboot any of the projects I want to see. Everybody gets a slice of nostalgia pie but me.

in the leadup to our John & Maggie’s show, the homie HipHop Henry put together a playlist. 35 songs/album turning 35 this year. shoutout to my fellow geriatric millenials and Gen Xers. music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

Thundercat - Them Changes

Tall Black Guy - Feeling Good Off Dat Life Gorillaz + Little Dragon - Empire Ants Cibo Matto - Birthday Cake Lupe Fiasco - I Gotcha

more time

mostly local spots Stories Comics - Forest Hill Main Art Supply

[adultswim]

FlyLo, Thundercat & Friends Gorillaz & Friends Robert Glasper & Friends (Yasiin, Lupe, etc) Madlib & Friends Alchemist & Friends that “& Friends” is a cheat code with these artists

I kinda miss the feeling of scrolling through tumblr and there’s some artist clearly off the clock drawing the most unhinged and self-indulgent thing you ever saw

I really want commercial artists to all be paid enough to do weird little side projects and make a bunch of pointless OCs or whatever without feeling like they have to always be hustling