Password to louvre surveillance server upgraded to “louvre1.”

JB Pritzker: “President Trump and his bootlickers have torn down the US Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. I’m sorry to be vulgar, but Donald Trump and his cronies can fuck all the way off” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

also, in honor of the time change, two new audio things from me on bandcamp. these are more of my "live" bootleg series recordings, wherein I aim to, in one take (as feasible), lean into the "industrial" music of the 70s/80s that made an impression on me. vertonen.bandcamp.com/track/live-b...

community is: telling ice to go choke on their own tainted loins.

if you like asemic writing, and I don't know why you wouldn't, you should reach out to @kanshiketsu.bsky.social about how to receive fun-time, grade-a level asemic writing in the mail.

if there are any fetish groups planning to attend a no kings event and haven't used this, it's yours: "pro-kinks, no kings" i look forward to the imagery choices.

meanwhile, in "harsh art show review" news... www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

incoming hot take: kid rock is the "garbage pail kid" version of vanilla ice.

phew: surviving yet another typical night of antifa-fueled riots in chicago. oh the horror. thank goodness for ice and kristi noem protecting us.

Younger veteran: "How old are you, man?" Older veteran: “87.” Younger veteran: “Out here getting arrested, raising hell at 87.” Older veteran: “It’s just beginning.” 🦅 🦅 🦅 #ResistanceUnited 🔥 🔥 🔥

yadda yadda algorithm yadda yadda bandcamp friday this would be the most recent bandcamp offering from me... enjoy it as a counterpoint to the new Taylor Swift because you should also be listening to that, obvi. vertonen.bandcamp.com/album/live-b...

friendly reminder: taking your earplugs out for five minutes so you can be "fully immersed" in a live Swans performance is about as stupid as looking at a solar eclipse without the proper eyewear "for just a couple of minutes."

Trump: I have linked Tylenol to autism Kenvue lawyers: *rubbing their hands together in glee* yeah you did buddy

if someone asked me to name the greatest 16 seconds in tv... www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFhp...

I appreciate that three of my work colleagues—in three separate instances, no less—felt the need to notify me about Taylor Swift's engagement.

obviously the song is amazing, but, as one commenter noted, the way she glides aross the floor = total smoothess. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUjN...

(sigh); I thought my fetish group mailing services had more tact.

sometimes I feel I could listen to the cramps' version of "goo goo muck" on repeat all day. I've been listening to the cramps' version of "goo goo muck" on repeat for the last hour.

things are humming along at ballast... Making these releases available again is, for me, cause for celebration alone. I could talk about the merits of each cassette for longer than many might appreciate. ballastnvp.blogspot.com/2025/07/now-...

very excited to announce the release of @steve4s.bsky.social's it's nothing, but still: japan/us tour 2023 DVDR. amazing audio, video, and packaging. ballastnvp.blogspot.com/2025/07/now-...

A comprehensive list of cool convertibles 1. volkwagen beetle (1949-1980)

July 4 in the US: the unofficial holiday of people willfully ignoring / remarkably ignorant of what the lyrics to Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" are about.

every coward republican in congress who slurped to the thin-skinned manbaby should be sent a pair of kneepads.

have a lot of fun releases on ballast coming out in the next weeks: most recently, this collaboration I did with @simonwhetham.bsky.social made its way into the world... ballastnvp.blogspot.com/2025/07/ball...

They say we are all children of god and Stephen Miller is proof that we don’t get to choose which one

Experimental music fanfic: Merzbow begins recording his only "to-be-posthumously-released album. Entitled “final.wav” it’s him telling Anthony Jeselnik jokes in the style of Neil Hamburger with additional Emil Beaulieau inflections.

this ding dong repeatedly screaming for food at 4:50 AM = her channeling the cat version of "this is a real goddamn emergency!" from shellac's "the end of radio."

some good news, and my favorite fan reaction. www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-s...

the President of the United States, everyone

what's better that answering the door and finding two jehovah's witnesses? a) immediately turning the conversation to beyonce being welcomed to chicago with "biblical" plagues—"I mean, what's she gonna deal with tonight—locusts, amirite?" b) doing so wearing my goat shirt c) both of the above

seems fitting.

an alternate universe where the sole difference is the geto boys sample the poseidon adventure instead of scarface

a zillow ad where the second to last image features an elegant library and one of the bookcases contains numerous clearly visible peter sotos books

Finished up the last piece of this puzzle—the DVD label. The a/v set from last year's tour to Japan and the US. Limited edition of 32, released this summer on ballast in Chicago. @bedwards314159.bsky.social

“You will go down in history as the greatest mistake of our time. Your naiveté is only comparable to your violence. You will go down in history as one of the greatest damages to humanity… You will go down in history as a catastrophe.” variety.com/2025/film/ne...

i'd like to propose a holiday to celebrate everyone who ever thought, "hmm, I think I'll record this Screamers show."

not just "these times" but, I would argue, in all times, a photo of eliane radigue composing while her cat lounges = beneficial to all. image is from the IMA Portrait documentary.

kudos to Harvard for not bending the knee to the fascist. their rebranded homepage is also a pleasant academic middle finger to the man who fears intelligence and has no understanding of the value of research. www.npr.org/2025/04/14/n...

new ballast: 1) vertonen—on company business CDR / 3"CDR: unabashed homage to the brilliant work of Eric Lunde 2) Pope Joanna—Holy Furnace CDR: power electronics maelstrom (and her final release). Info: ballastnvp.blogspot.com/2025/04/ball... Vital Weekly reviews: www.vitalweekly.net/number-1480/

'twas a heavy night of mixing.

#asemic, #art, #rubegoldberg, #poetry attempt to make writing from accident. accidental writing, automatic drawings.

my buddy adam just shared this with me...super delightful. @cranksatori.bsky.social , @cranksturgeon.bsky.social, kinda feel like this may be in your respective wheelhouses (if you aren't already familiar): www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K_Y...

i mean, if you're the kind of driver that isn't going to let a patient, signaling 18 wheeler merge in front of you because their damn lane is ending, don't be surprised when I don't let you merge from your non lane-ending lane.