Atlas O'Clare
@astralocale.bsky.social
not ska, not punk, but a secret third thing
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Boston, WMass, NH, CT
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Boston, WMass, NH, CT
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Atlas O'Clare
@astralocale.bsky.social
· Jun 17
This forever and ever and ever until we all die
Or do something to stop it
We've written a few songs about it over the past 5 years.... 15 to be exact.
What if Streetlight Manifesto was political? What if ska had synth? What if we are the ones who'll make change?
open.spotify.com/playlist/2Pw...
Or do something to stop it
We've written a few songs about it over the past 5 years.... 15 to be exact.
What if Streetlight Manifesto was political? What if ska had synth? What if we are the ones who'll make change?
open.spotify.com/playlist/2Pw...
Is 90s Music Nostalgia Holding Us Back? A "greatest hit" from the archives. Nostalgia is a dead end. The future is an open road. If the music you want to hear doesn't exist yet... create it. Save this for when you need a reminder to invent the future
November 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Is 90s Music Nostalgia Holding Us Back? A "greatest hit" from the archives. Nostalgia is a dead end. The future is an open road. If the music you want to hear doesn't exist yet... create it. Save this for when you need a reminder to invent the future
"Everyone who thinks they were a cool outcast during high school was probably actually a mean antisocial nerd like that 30 Rock episode" Actually I'm pretty sure the kids in my high school hated me bc I would call them out on bullying the one Jewish student, maybe it was me tho
November 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"Everyone who thinks they were a cool outcast during high school was probably actually a mean antisocial nerd like that 30 Rock episode" Actually I'm pretty sure the kids in my high school hated me bc I would call them out on bullying the one Jewish student, maybe it was me tho
Desperate to explain to some types of people that by the time they get comfortable enough with culture to think that something is "common knowledge" there's already a new wave they haven't picked up on yet
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Desperate to explain to some types of people that by the time they get comfortable enough with culture to think that something is "common knowledge" there's already a new wave they haven't picked up on yet
If people treated construction workers like they treat musicians they'd be standing on the ground level 3 months in to a 5-year building project saying "you call this a building 😂 it doesn't even have walls, just give up now 🤣💀"
November 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
If people treated construction workers like they treat musicians they'd be standing on the ground level 3 months in to a 5-year building project saying "you call this a building 😂 it doesn't even have walls, just give up now 🤣💀"
There is nothing more cringe than calling someone cringe. There is nothing more weak than mocking weakness. There is nothing more deserving of intolerance than intolerance.
"Sir are you going to place your order or just list aphorisms all night?"
That was actually my last one
"Sir are you going to place your order or just list aphorisms all night?"
That was actually my last one
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
There is nothing more cringe than calling someone cringe. There is nothing more weak than mocking weakness. There is nothing more deserving of intolerance than intolerance.
"Sir are you going to place your order or just list aphorisms all night?"
That was actually my last one
"Sir are you going to place your order or just list aphorisms all night?"
That was actually my last one
I'm the spiritual reincarnation of a 1950s rookie screenwriter who had the nerve to suggest "but what if he was a rebel... WITH a cause?" and got laughed out of the writers' room and then informally blacklisted by the influence of the US federal government before dying penniless
November 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I'm the spiritual reincarnation of a 1950s rookie screenwriter who had the nerve to suggest "but what if he was a rebel... WITH a cause?" and got laughed out of the writers' room and then informally blacklisted by the influence of the US federal government before dying penniless
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Nah, I won't be playing it cool. I'm dropping the "non" from the chalant. Expressing joy or thoughts and being super annoying about it. Excitedly presenting those things from my balcony of many things and recent obsessions. Killing the part of me that hesitates and thinks "is this cringe and dumb?"
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Nah, I won't be playing it cool. I'm dropping the "non" from the chalant. Expressing joy or thoughts and being super annoying about it. Excitedly presenting those things from my balcony of many things and recent obsessions. Killing the part of me that hesitates and thinks "is this cringe and dumb?"
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
Music w/ HEART? It's more likely than you'd think! Maybe not on the radio, but we're all living through this together, musicians included. If you know where to look you'll find a new fav band for every day of the week & more on the weekends
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Music w/ HEART? It's more likely than you'd think! Maybe not on the radio, but we're all living through this together, musicians included. If you know where to look you'll find a new fav band for every day of the week & more on the weekends
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Tumnus Maclunky, lead singer of Streetheat Manifeetso
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Tumnus Maclunky, lead singer of Streetheat Manifeetso
More wisdom from the teachings of my screechings, get it while it's hot. Or don't. I'm a ska musician, not a cop. #punkphilosophy
![THE ORACLE'S ATLAS
(alchemical illustration)
Throwing out curses is all good fun until you get hit with a reversal spell 🧙♂️ [wizard emoji]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z4eqq2auooihbg3gtu5vebs4/bafkreiee7lcr6ocmgdbjr6bbnn33zuwjvvil7r5hc6ge5yp5qhknywjifq@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
More wisdom from the teachings of my screechings, get it while it's hot. Or don't. I'm a ska musician, not a cop. #punkphilosophy
The real test: would you trust the crowd, or your own eyes? Nonconformity isn't punk. Discernment is. Save this reminder.
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The real test: would you trust the crowd, or your own eyes? Nonconformity isn't punk. Discernment is. Save this reminder.
LADIES, if ur man:
-Doesn't look a thing like Jesus, BUT
-Talks like a gentleman
-Like u imagined when u were young
That's not ur man, that's the deuteragonist of a Killers song. Take caution- u don't have to drink right now, but u CAN dip ur feet every once in a little while
-Doesn't look a thing like Jesus, BUT
-Talks like a gentleman
-Like u imagined when u were young
That's not ur man, that's the deuteragonist of a Killers song. Take caution- u don't have to drink right now, but u CAN dip ur feet every once in a little while
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
LADIES, if ur man:
-Doesn't look a thing like Jesus, BUT
-Talks like a gentleman
-Like u imagined when u were young
That's not ur man, that's the deuteragonist of a Killers song. Take caution- u don't have to drink right now, but u CAN dip ur feet every once in a little while
-Doesn't look a thing like Jesus, BUT
-Talks like a gentleman
-Like u imagined when u were young
That's not ur man, that's the deuteragonist of a Killers song. Take caution- u don't have to drink right now, but u CAN dip ur feet every once in a little while
Playground rules are in full force and i WILL tell the teacher on you if you keep pulling my hair #skapunk #wholesomememes #diymusicscene
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Playground rules are in full force and i WILL tell the teacher on you if you keep pulling my hair #skapunk #wholesomememes #diymusicscene
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Why Music Gatekeeping is a Waste of Time! Life's too short to argue on the internet about what's "real ska." Reposting this as a reminder to spend less time arguing and more time discovering. Tag a new, cool band that deserves more listeners.
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Why Music Gatekeeping is a Waste of Time! Life's too short to argue on the internet about what's "real ska." Reposting this as a reminder to spend less time arguing and more time discovering. Tag a new, cool band that deserves more listeners.
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There's a whole cultural movement that insists men cannot possibly do anything that isn't completely testosterone-soaked unless they're either performing to attract women or are gay/"weak".
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
There's a whole cultural movement that insists men cannot possibly do anything that isn't completely testosterone-soaked unless they're either performing to attract women or are gay/"weak".
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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starting to think all that harm reduction was actually just regular harm
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
starting to think all that harm reduction was actually just regular harm
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"It took me quite a while to realize that my youthful excitability was right and my father’s wealth of experience was wrong; that there are things that cannot be dealt with by calm skepticism."
Sebastian Haffner, Defying Hitler: A Memoir
Sebastian Haffner, Defying Hitler: A Memoir
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
"It took me quite a while to realize that my youthful excitability was right and my father’s wealth of experience was wrong; that there are things that cannot be dealt with by calm skepticism."
Sebastian Haffner, Defying Hitler: A Memoir
Sebastian Haffner, Defying Hitler: A Memoir
If you were unlucky enough for your first Dunkin experience to also have been the best coffee of your life up until that point, the branding takes over and you're cursed with a fondness for mid coffee for the rest of your life. This is why New England is
November 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
If you were unlucky enough for your first Dunkin experience to also have been the best coffee of your life up until that point, the branding takes over and you're cursed with a fondness for mid coffee for the rest of your life. This is why New England is
People are so confident when they fill in the gaps with their own assumptions instead of asking questions that half the time they don't even realize they're doing it
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
People are so confident when they fill in the gaps with their own assumptions instead of asking questions that half the time they don't even realize they're doing it
You're so vain, you probly think this tweet is about you 😬
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
You're so vain, you probly think this tweet is about you 😬
People watching me forgive: "Oh good, he's forgotten"
November 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
People watching me forgive: "Oh good, he's forgotten"