zan emerson

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i have no overall love for sxsw but i feel for that. on the other hand i do feel glee over the fact that mediocre middle aged agents and distro execs who have been coasting in this industry can’t like, party for free and try to have affairs tho 🫢

last i heard from a venue worker in Austin that whole industry made a large portion of their yearly salaries from southby. the pain in the ass was worth the money in their eyes.

i’m trying y’all

the existence of salt potatoes as a named dish

the pride in salt potatoes to the point of calling it a regional dish

all while it’s just potatoes boiled in lots of salt butter on top…

is an apt metaphor for the collective id of syracuse imo

it took until my late 30s but now instead of high school stress dreams i have ~my past job’s artistic director yelling at me~ stress dreams so that’s cool

as someone who’s worked in the service industry, every job ive had at a small business has been more exploitative and abusive than the ones at corporate joints. trumps biggest base of support is from petty tyrant small business owners. if you want to consume ethically, support worker cooperatives

heard for sure, i just can’t help but be overall frustrated by what i feel like is a reliance on social media-generated activism. like… that leaves out such huge swaths of folks that need to be engaged. just like really any marketing or message-spreading.

A) 1000% same

B) changing your shopping habits away from corporations will never be a bad thing

C) doing so for one day without a unified demand based on social media graphics is… i fear mostly an expression of fear and anger

D) i’m not going to post what i think can but i’m not saying give up

METALSMITHING I am a traditional metalsmith driven by a love for material and fire arts. For that reason, I integrate other mediums into my metalwork, such as glass, wood, and ferrous materials. My design proces…

anyway hi i’m zan i sometimes complain about the music industry but mostly these days i’m a traditional metalsmith and i really just like the internet for shitposting

zanemerson.com/metalwork/

maybe one day i’ll put out my next screed on the sloppy symbiotic relationship of opera, philanthropy, and legacy press and how the ~art form~ is actually just a massive churning comms and fundraising machine with a meager icing of shows on top 🙃

thank u for giving me space for the first thing i ever wrote publicly

💪 rip Klang Mag // long live Klang Mag 💪

ooo yeah i am obsessed and go every time i visit LA. my order (split with friends) is: jade noodles, classic Thai omelette, and the chebo trio meats over rice!

Koreatown mall food court, Jitlada, Sapp Coffee Shop