Ari Blank

@shellay.bsky.social hey sista!

Just so we are abundantly clear on where we stand on the subject; we are a safe space. 🦇🖤

Bookshelf app is absolutely brilliant.

NEW: Republican Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) has drafted a constitutional amendment aimed at allowing Donald Trump to serve a third term as president.

Ogles is proposing the U.S. Constitution be changed to accommodate Trump.

In November, Trump joked about seeking a third term to House…

Happily getting ready for my friends' goth/industrial night, Church Noir. Makeup TBD.

So many about-faces and double standards on all levels, from personal to global. It makes my head spin. I react with disgust. What other response could there be?

Pretty!

Next time you will be in Eugene lmk, I know a great secret place full of vintage suits for cheap.

I have not been able and I might not ever.

Still sitting on the wait list... Hoping for tickets... Wish us luck!

Pleased to have received the mysterious novel Dhoula Bel, finally in print from Italys Occult Press! Grazie!

"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."

Thomas Mann

It's my default. Your favorite pieces?

Yes, actually.

... Unless you bought their music at their show, or on bandcamp...

Very much enjoying the Ghost Story for Christmas series on Britbox. It's based on the spooky stories of M R James and others. Excellent folk horror.

Modern Production, by klack 7 track album

Some sites that do good "year end" lists for goth/industrial/synthpop/ebm (some or all):

@amodelofcontrol.bsky.social
@synthentral.bsky.social
@idieyoudie.bsky.social
@regenmag.bsky.social

Add others!

And remember Klack's EP this year. ;)
klack.bandcamp.com/album/modern...

Stream it too!

The Causal Effects of Income on Political Attitudes and Behavior: A Randomized Field Experiment Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

This paper is fascinating. A three-year field experiement in which a 1000 low income Americans get $1000 a month. The tl;dr conclusion is that it basically has zero effect on their political views or participation.

www.nber.org/papers/w33214

Bandcamp.com/djrefugium

End stage capitalism, meet irony:

Rad! It was so nice to see their presence at Mechanismus last year.

Yes, California, early 1980's. They started us with some bullshit called D'nealiean which no one could spell.

1) Simon Gallup
2) Charles Mingus
3) Tony Levin tied with Cevin Bila (as he's known on bookcase)

Slowly pushing past bad energy into good new energy. Evolution, revolution.

What are you making?

We're below the iceberg with some very fine friends, fiends, and mysterious creatures beyond the reach of light. 🤘

Me. Always .

At Lottie and Zulas Cafe the morning after Trst and Light Asylum

Watching A Page Of Madness, a pretty incredible Japanese surrealist film from 1921. Highly recommend.