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It’s Me, Crompsy.
Artist, Designer, Selector.📍Vancouver, Canada
https://davidcrompton.net/
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crompsy @crompsy.com · 10d
The latest transmission of my newsletter just went out. Studio updates, current obsessions, a new playlist and more ✌️: buttondown.com/crompsy/arch...
Transmission 8.5 | 11.01.25 • Buttondown
Studio updates for the East Van Culture Crawl, A Soft Geometry on the CBC, The Lowdown, Local art shows and current music obsessions.
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The latest transmission of my newsletter just went out. Studio updates, current obsessions, a new playlist and more ✌️: buttondown.com/crompsy/arch...
Transmission 8.5 | 11.01.25 • Buttondown
Studio updates for the East Van Culture Crawl, A Soft Geometry on the CBC, The Lowdown, Local art shows and current music obsessions.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Great news!
miss604.com Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 16d
New lease on life for the Park Theatre in Vancouver thanks to the Rio Theatre and a team of film industry investors including Osgood Perkins, Mike Flanagan, Sean Baker, Zach Lipovsky, and Finn Wolfhard.
Park Theatre Takeover by The Rio and Team of Investors
The Rio Theatre, along with a team of private film industry financiers, will be taking over the Park Theatre on Cambie in Vancouver
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October 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Facts. So, so many reasons to move on—this is just the latest.
etherdiver.bsky.social Ether Diver @etherdiver.bsky.social · 20d
Y'all, when Spotify stops running those ICE ads, they're still going to be a terrible, evil company.
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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caviarsonoro.bsky.social Caviar Sonoro (Delicious Music). @caviarsonoro.bsky.social · 20d
“The silence must be longer. This music is about the silence. The sounds are there to surround the silence.”
― Arvo Pärt
October 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Indeed. In this house too.
thenighttrain.co.uk The Night Train® @thenighttrain.co.uk · Oct 11
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Listen to Moodymann
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louiseann.bsky.social Louise @louiseann.bsky.social · Oct 11
Anyway, hot pumpkin guy aside, I'm boring the tits off my family again with Moodyman tales
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October 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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For the record, music isn't shite. It's pretty good.
October 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Killer @jeanpaullanglois.bsky.social show opened at @fazakasgallery.bsky.social today. If you’re in Vancouver, check it.
October 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Amazing. It’s been great seeing this club grow! ⚡️
October 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Ohhhh, this @ghostlyint.bsky.social joint is a thing of beauty! ✨💙https://ghostly.com/products/we-ll-never-stop-living-this-way-a-ghostly-international-catalogue
We'll Never Stop Living This Way: A Ghostly International Catalogue
Given its nature, expect some imperfections and potential corner dings. Due to the limited printing of this product, this item is FINAL SALE. Expect - Returns/Exchanges will not be accepted Limit 2 u...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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“Time to shelve all the warm weather gear and pull out the Germans! Time for Neu!, Kraftwerk, Can, and Ash Ra Tempel. Time to get Station To Station and “Heroes” spinning. Joy Division bootlegs will be activated soon.”

— Henry Rollins
(From one of the Fanatic books, can’t remember which one.)
October 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Here's their Facebook: www.facebook.com/strawberry.g...
A photo of a man carrying a basket of plants, from the Gaza Strawberry facebook page.
October 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Transmission 08 of my newsletter just out! ✌️

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Transmission 08 | 09.25.25
The last threads of summer to the first cracks of fall: Art, Music and R3SP3CT.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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A reel I created for @studio-tristesse.bsky.social’s upcoming show at @propellorstudio.bsky.social.
A Soft Geometry opens this Friday (09.19.25) on Granville Island in Vancouver. Come through if you’re in the neighborhood! ✌️#CanadianArt
September 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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these are great fall outfits
September 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Short newsletter transmission went out this morning, back with a more in-depth edition next week! ✌️⚡️ buttondown.com/crompsy/arch...
Transmission 7.5 | 09.13.25
Tristesse’s new show "A Soft Geometry" at Propellor and an upcoming Duct Tape Magazine pop-up show
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September 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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A man sits in shadow, lit by cool blue light from window blinds behind him. He wears a wide-brimmed black hat and gold aviator sunglasses, his face partially obscured in darkness.
September 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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David Bowie's wisdom always hits the mark. 🎯
August 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Archives: Photograph | FAO, 2018.
A single photograph made up of multiple plains at various distances. Carious tile and stone materials appear in different sections of the frame. The upper left shows an irregular mosaic pattern made of broken stone pieces in cream, beige, and blue-gray tones with mortar joints. Below that is a yellow glazed tile border. The upper right displays a smooth beige or tan colored surface. The lower portion features small square mosaic tiles in neutral tones arranged in a grid pattern.
August 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Archives: Photograph | LAS, 2017.
A weathered roadside sign under a clear blue sky. The top panel reads “BAIL BONDS” in faded purple letters. Below it, a black sign with a skull illustration reads “AMERICAN NIGHTMARE.” The bottom panel advertises “McDermott Crematory” with a phone number.
August 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
August 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Happy Birthday Joe Strummer! I cobbled this playlist together years back based on track-lists from the radio shows he hosted at the turn of the century. Enjoy! ✌️📻❤️
#musicsky

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Joe Strummer's London Calling Radio by Crompsy on Apple Music
Playlist · 86 Songs
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August 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Maybe others do this but I’ve only noticed it with @readwise.bsky.social —I love how they call out individual developers by name. Also detail around updates. This is how it’s done—at least as long as scale allows.
A developer update screen for Readwise Reader version 7.16 (2), expiring in 83 days. Under “What to Test,” two notes appear: • Fixed Edge Highlighting — Artem fixed a bug where highlighting text near the margin sometimes turned the page. Long presses on the reading view no longer trigger navigation. • Parsing Updates — Krzys improved how Reader handles posts from sites like substack.com, nytimes.com, reddit.com, science.org, specialprojects.jp, theatlantic.com, seattletimes.com, thedispatch.com, fd.nl, and zed.dev. At the bottom, a blue button reads “Continue.”
August 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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I shared this playlist in my most recent newsletter transmission a week or two ago. Late summer vibes & atmospheric pressure featuring Shigeto, There In Spirit (Jeremy Shaw & Konrad Black,) @rroxymore.bsky.social, Theo Parrish, Djrum + more. Hope you dig. ✌️❤️ #musicsky
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Transmission.08.08.25 by Crompsy on Apple Music
Playlist · 10 Songs
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August 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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August 15, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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I’ve got work in the new issue of Duct Tape Magazine — Issue 05: A Shared Madness, themed around mental health. Here’s a peek at my spread. Pre-orders are now open if you want to snag a copy. ducttapegallery.com/magazine.html
Grid of nine close‑cropped photographic portraits of street‑tree trunks against urban walls. Page with text: David Crompton, (L–R, top to bottom): Ruben, Alice, Joan, Stanley, Hiroshi, Tony, Ruthie, Winfried, Emma, 2025. "I’m not a street photographer in the way people seem to mean. It’s not about people in any direct manner — the practice is largely solitary. The acts of walking, looking, seeing, composing, and sequencing do a lot to calm the head office and keep the devils down in the hole. Making these images of street trees is a simple act of reaching out to another being. Comrades in the struggle. I pause, take in the tree, make an image, then pat its bark in encouragement before walking on. It’s a reset for the mind, an act of solidarity and a tonic for a restless spirit."
August 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM