Business idea I can't afford: A winter Renaissance fair. Fake ice castles dusted with real snow. Rowdy taverns with warm cider and mead. Frost giants. Weird European Christmas/Saturnalia traditions (the demony ones, not the racist ones). Jousting on ice. Etc.

Couldn't remember Jon Hamm's name or the name of his character. So I made a discovery

As seen on a Chicago L: no fucking thank you. But if I see someone on the L wearing one, I'll be sure to take a picture, so that I get a payout in the inevitable Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act class action lawsuit

Thought I saw a dead friend riding down Chicago Ave, making a mean face on a moped that was too tiny for his tall frame. Which is exactly what he'd be doing if he came back from the dead, so it v well might be him if necromancy is real

Celebrating a friend's birthday by going to a Rocky Horror shadowcast performance at a diy space that my 25 year old coworker says makes her "feel old sometimes"tonight.

Shot a meet-and-greet for King Molasses at STRAPPED last Friday at Empty Bottle

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road. "Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!" source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

Mick Fleetwood in 2019 vs Mick Fleetwood in 1987 portraying Mick Fleetwood in 2019 for the movie THE RUNNING MAN

Two weeks back I was at the Humboldt Arboreal Society (day rave that happens all summer in Humboldt Park) when a couple dozen geese flew by in a perfect V and literally hundreds of party people cheered for them. Such a pure moment.

hey @ericlabrat.bsky.social took these photos :) we are bummed we can't be at this new one, we are at working bikes that day, TOO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME

What are the odds that I really am the person the algorithm thinks I am... A mall goth with nitrous-induced brain damage who may be entitled to damages?

Check out this emo calf I met at a petting zoo on my birthday Named this motherfucker "SWEET WENTZ"

Not to be outdone, another neighbor had their cat giving me a Jim from the Office look as a fluffy skunk stole his porch food

Saw four cats and one raccoon walking around Pilsen today

Popped by a day rave under a bridge yesterday and was really happy to see that my old plug had buried the hatchet with his estranged brother. Hadn't seen them together in years. 💞

Downstairs neighbor cat was hyped for the Bears season opener tonight

Attn all ICE agents! Here’s an announcement from our front window: Chicago hates you, and you are not welcome here!

My store switched from Spotify to an app that specializes in licensing music for retail spaces. So the music selection is worse, there's much less control, and all the playlists are AI generated, but at least when it plays a banger like Prince Buster "Big 5" none of us are to blame

Holy shit, they did the classic @theonion.com headline!!

Posted some new Nocturna pics on glitterguts.com last night

Damn the Showgirls (1995) soundtrack was industrial af. Was Nomi Malone a rivethead??

I was hanging with my neighbor Bob and he accidentally stepped on an earthworm squiggling by and he is DISGUSTED

Anybody buy too many hot dogs and need an extra glizzy goblin at your BBQ today? I can help!

Look at this cool fuqqen praying mantis hanging out on my kitchen window

Just heard 10,000 people yell "FIST FUCK!" in unison at the United Center, which I guess would be much more shocking at a Bulls game than it is at the Nine Inch Nails show

Went to Don's Grill on Western for the first time in years, and these Michael Bedard posters were hanging, fairly worn in even inside their frames, and I was instantly transported back to the 1980s. I think my dentist or pediatrician (or maybe both) had these hanging in their office

"I hope this extreme rain is filtering some of the wildfire toxins out of the air," is something a comedy background extra might say right before, "Oh shit, is that Snake Plissken? I thought he was just a legend." NOT something I say in real life. Bit here we are.

How I use hyphens is my own business - no matter how wide or narrow they are. Maybe you should “emdash” to church and make things right with the lord.

Someone painted over Supes, so he called in for reinforcements. If they paint over it again we're definitely getting bowlcut Nathan Fillion punching a Lantern Corps ring print into an agent's cheek next

If anyone knows anyone in the Laffy Taffy wrapper division, I just thought up a solid one, maybe you could pass it up the ladder? Q: What do you call a sitar player at an Italian restaurant? A: Ravioli Shankar

Walked past a trance rave at the living room diy spot on my block, a high intensity bachata set at a street fest, and a bunch of muscle-y men lined up for a circuit party to get late night snacks in Chinatown. I love my beautiful, vibrant city! I love Chicago in the summer!

Watching S4 of Angel like

Went through a breakup and my bestie put me up for a month. She was learning to play guitar via THIS song and played it nonstop. Her gf was selling coke so we'd bust into an 🎱and stay up til another friend opened up the punkrock cupcake shop at 5am and we'd bug her for free cake pops. THE 2010s!

Listening to an old dance mix and remembering the track "Lookin' Boy" by Hotstylz for the first time in at least a decade. The HOLD this song had over Chicago radio was like nothing else I've ever seen. Power 92 must've been playing this at 45 min intervals youtu.be/Mu4iYTrJbwk?...

Gonna throw a nightclub sex party for South Siders and U of C students called FROTTAGE GROVE

Nearly every second I was awake last week I was editing photos, working my day job, or dismantling the studio we've occupied for the last 9 years. Don't know if I'm more physically or mentally broken rn, but I'm glad my immune system held out this far 🤞

There are like two visual zines* I've wanted to do in the back of my mind for a couple years, but I haven't had enough energy/motivation to work on them in my very limited free time. (Scanning stuff from my personal archives, not GlitterGuts stuff)

Gym employee just confronted guy in front of me. If he told guy they're enforcing the locker policy and guy has to put his stuff away, he's a villain I hate him. If he told guy he can't livestream his workout, filming everyone else in the process, he's a hero I love him

Mapping out the territory of where I've seen skunks in Pilsen this summer. So far it stretches from 18th Place to Cullerton between Sangamon and Morgan. Important detail: I'm keeping my distance but THEY ARE CUTE and I want them to be my friends.

Someone who's seen me at multiple events this month told me she's proud of me for how well I've been meeting my self-imposed deadlines on posting photos. It's so rare to hear that someone is PROUD OF ME outside of maybe family I definitely made an UwU face about it.

Someone in Hollywood must have loved the absolute shit out of My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult in the 1990s. It makes total sense that they're in The Crow and Cool World and Gregg Araki movies, but WHY THE FUCK is the song "Hit and Run Holiday" in THE FLINTSTONES (1994)⁉️

Stickers are popping up all over my neighborhood that say STINKFISH, which I'm assuming is a band that does jammy blues rock and Americana style covers of Tool songs

Verrrry elderly man sitting on his stoop across the street from me blasting Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing" and playing along on his own guitar. Absolutely killing it. Dudes rock.

Tryna be on a first name basis with the pigeon lady at the park across from my work. I know she's Barbara but I don't think I've made enough of an impression for her to know mine yet

haven't even STARTED the 5k photos i took Friday night, but @ericlabrat.bsky.social and/or I have a bunch of photos in this nice writeup on the Fly Honey Show! i'll be there as a civilian next weekend and shooting the last show or two, say hi if you're there :)

Forgot to post my latest work this morning, I call it "waiting for the train to pass with a delivery drone under a blue sky uninterrupted except for Disney sponcon"

Debbie Harry in '80 // Debbie Harry at 80 Happy birthday to one of my first and forever crushes! 💕

MEANWHILE IN CHICAGO... 18th & Western

Just spotted this whole wall of heavy metal monster themed art along 15th Street at Wood (Which is a significantly less metal part of the neighborhood, considering the wall abuts Costco and a private helipad business)

ART IS NOT A FORM OF GRAFF Hubbard & Racine