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Ears

@markears.bsky.social

Chicago based. Musician & plant lover. Into hiking, modular synths, literature and art.

540 Followers  |  838 Following  |  651 Posts  |  Joined: 08.02.2024
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Raja is an absolutely terrible choice folks.

03.03.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 303    πŸ” 120    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
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Damn, even Sesame Street is scoring off me

20.01.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2178    πŸ” 819    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 77
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she also colored "My Blue Heaven", which might be one of the most beautiful comics ever printed

27.02.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The secret hero of Moore's Swamp Thing run.

27.02.2026 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1743    πŸ” 603    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 9
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So sad to share that legendary colorist Tatjana Wood has passed away at the age of 99. Her pioneering painterly touch graced scores of DC & Vertigo series. She was truly one of a kind and a special friend. May her memory be a blessing.

27.02.2026 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1521    πŸ” 423    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 78
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Crowds of Mourners Line Up for Memorial Services for Jesse Jackson in Chicago The protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. andΒ two-time presidential candidateΒ will lie in repose for two days at the headquarters of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition before events in Washington, D.C., ...

A line of mourners streamed through a Chicago auditorium to pay final respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. as cross-country memorial services began in the city the late civil rights leader called home.

26.02.2026 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We may not have the best health care in the world but we definitely have the most expensive health care in the world.

25.02.2026 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That never works for me.

25.02.2026 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And now they own your media consumption habits as data to sell and exploit

24.02.2026 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Women of Detroit House "Detroit was house before it was techno. That’s a fact."

How Stacey "Hotwaxx" Hale, Kelli "K-Hand" Hand, and other female artists set the course of Detroit house music to come.

24.02.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œMacArthur Park” songwriter Jimmy Webb congratulates Olympic gold medalist Alysia Liu, who skated to Donna Summer’s hit version of the song in her free skate. Laufey and PinkPantheress, whose songs Liu also skated to last week, have congratulated the Olympian as well.

stereogum.com/2489964/alys...

23.02.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 12
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β€˜We watched 9/11 from the rooftop, blasting the music out’: how The Disintegration Loops became a requiem for the attacks It is an epic piece of music that literally falls apart – and it perfectly captured the end-of-days chaos after the tragedy. Composer William Basinski and musician Anohni recall its febrile birth in N...

Nice feature today in The Guardian. lovely chat with my dear ANOHNI about the Disintegration Loops. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

23.02.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Bye bye COBOL on IBM Mainframes….

23.02.2026 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thomas Pynchon Saw American Fascism Coming The elusive author of paranoid, absurdist novels looks more and more prescient these days.

This piece from @motherslug.bsky.social on Thomas Pynchon and our current predicament is superb

I re-read VINELAND ahead of the release of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and it not only held up, it resonated more with me than when I first encountered it in the '90s

www.currentaffairs.org/news/thomas-...

18.02.2026 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lucy to Charlie Brown; You have that on a 45!?!"

Lucy to Charlie Brown; You have that on a 45!?!"

22.02.2026 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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Willie ColΓ³n, trombone and salsa legend, dies at 75 Throughout his career, ColΓ³n released more than 40 albums, pioneering a salsa sound influenced by the streets of New York City and beloved by Latin immigrant households around the globe.

Willie ColΓ³n, trombone and salsa legend, dies at 75

21.02.2026 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

18.02.2026 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 40965    πŸ” 10903    πŸ’¬ 313    πŸ“Œ 340

Amazing. But then there’s the soundtrack. OMG!

21.02.2026 04:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Loved it. And loved that they touched on his flamboyance and his general aversion to heteronormativity. And just a glint of the one guy he liked before he decided no, only music.

21.02.2026 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh damn…

21.02.2026 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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ABC7 Eyewitness News - WABC-TV New York New York's source for breaking news and live streaming video online. Covering New York City, New Jersey, Long Island and all of the greater New York Area.

Gay Harlem Renaissance exhibit at the NY Historical Society Museum highlights Black LGBTQ+ artists, writers, performers | abc7ny.com share.google/dggkPn91AI6i...

21.02.2026 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nayland Blake - New York Studio School Registration is not required for in-person attendance. Nayland Blake is an artist, writer, educator and curator. Born in New York City in 1960, they attended Bard College and then California Institute...

Next Tuesday at the New York Studio School: "Mess for Success: examples from my confusing career"

20.02.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Black Dahlia Confession
~ Weegee (1947)

20.02.2026 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hemingway was once bet that he couldn’t write the world’s happiest short story in just 5 words. He replied,

19.02.2026 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 8573    πŸ” 1052    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 35

That tour lived up to the record big time

19.02.2026 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Arrigo Park's Columbus statue to be replaced by one of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, city says

A monument of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint, will be installed in Little Italy’s Arrigo Park, according to the Chicago Park District β€” potentially bringing closure to the yearslong saga to replace the park’s Christopher Columbus statue.

19.02.2026 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

I wasn’t there but a lot of my best friends were (and are in the doc!)

19.02.2026 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
You Weren't There - A History of Chicago Punk 1977 to 1984 | Full 2 Hour Documentary
YouTube video by Inside The Music You Weren't There - A History of Chicago Punk 1977 to 1984 | Full 2 Hour Documentary

youtube.com/watch?v=gxWO.... @suzannef.bsky.social

19.02.2026 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

P.s. Today is Huey’s birthday

17.02.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0