The Orchid Show

Normalize asking American tourists where they were on January 6th

Looking forward to continuing to make pourover coffee frustratingly poorly albeit with a slightly more ergonomic workflow once my new dosing cup set arrives.

"buddy it doesn't sound like you respect women on this, the international day of women" "hey pal it's called a cumtribute not a cuminsult"

remember to celebrate international woman's day by shopping on amazon (tall woman)

The best kind.

Sometimes you're surprised by the hatred you hang on to & sometimes you're surprised by the hatred you let go of, but sometimes it's neither: sometimes, the way you feel makes perfect sense - it may ebb a little here & there, but the tides of time always bring you back. In any case, fuck you, Vinny.

happy international woman's day to the world's most international woman carmen sandiego

yes I'm an LLM

Ladies
Loving
Man

Not the New York Times crossword puzzle transvestigating Elmo (the muppet) by proxy.

Had to log back into the Bluesky portal because Blacksky seems to be having an issue where it shows me having unfollowed a bunch of you when I haven't unfollowed anyone. Don't be shy to reach out if it's showing that I've unfollowed you and I'll correct that when I see it.

And hopefully whoever is in charge of his estate commissions the most tasteless portraits of him from flesh-and-blood artists for the cover artwork for all of them.

Maybe 'hurricane relief' is some sort of medical colonic.

Back Drafts now ... RIP Merzbow

Manifesting my 2026 goals in the drafts.

Stupidest person you know: "I'm just waiting for what the guy from The Dismemberment Plan thinks about this before I say anything about it."

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

#MWE 2026 master thread. Taking a different approach with the exercise this year and listening to albums that I theoretically own but don't yet physically possess because they're waiting to be shipped out by the friends who are holding onto them for me.

Cover artwork for Social Climbers' self-titled album (Hoboken, 1981).

2/28: Social Climbers - s/t (Hoboken, 1981)

I wanted to like this more as it timbrally touches upon a lot of things I like from period independent music, but kept getting distracted by the Steve Winwood FM-radio butt-rock vocals.

Cover artwork for Ruby Falls' 'What She Does' (Personal Favorite, 1995).

2/27: Ruby Falls - What She Does (Personal Favorite, 1995)

Splits the difference between period Olympia and Lousville bands quite nicely.

The Handbasket 100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.

Off the top of my head:

www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email

Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

The second you leave this country for even a few days, you realize the place you call home is decaying at an almost exponential pace. The realization that you don't have to live like this is stark, and that nobody in power is taking tangible actions to fix it in your lifetime is even starker.

Only because nothing can stop a Primus fan's cum (except for a sock or their personality).

I don't believe that the cover photograph reflects the performing lineup.

Cover artwork for Pulsallama's self-titled release (Modern Harmonic, 2020 - rec. 1983).

2/26: Pulsallama - s/t (Modern Harmonic, 2020 - rec. 1983)

Archival radio session by this percussion-heavy all-lady no-wave collective who sound like The Go-Go's [sic] playing The Slits with touches of Liquid Liquid. Ann from Bongwater was in this band at one point, but I don't think she's on this.

RIP to my garbage-ass microwave.

Whenever I see a dead person trending, I immediately wonder if they died again.

I like to pretend that his meeting with Bob Dylan was completely organic and refuse to hear otherwise.

Cover artwork for Xiu Xiu's 'Girl With Basket Of Fruit' (Polyvinyl, 2019).

2/25: Xiu Xiu - Girl With Basket Of Fruit (Polyvinyl, 2019)

The 'oh man this is so fucking brutal and disturbing' reputation that this one has really flummoxes me; did someone with a platform who never experienced a Xiu Xiu album before hear this and now that's the narrative? A Promise smokes this.

today i saw hospital staff wipe their nose on the back of their gloved hand. lots of coughing and sniffling. zero masks. they see my mask and put them on when they enter the room as if to accommodate my fears, not because they should anyway, then take them off when they return to the floor

Cover artwork for Retsin's 'Salt Lick' (Simple Machines, 1995).

2/24: Retsin - Salt Lick (Simple Machines, 1995)

I have never once asked myself 'what would it sound like if Alanis Morissette fronted The Sonora Pine?', but the answer is apparently 'pretty darn good, actually!'.

Teaching my kids both about Christmas and the importance of unionizing by hiding desperate messages from the elves inside of their handmade toys.