E.X || Chad R. Matheny
@emperorx.bsky.social
I write and record and study and yell and sing and yell and yell and yell and sing and yell and yell.
The nihilistic dehumanization some folks in DIY/indie music are displaying in response to a guy's neck exploding in front of 100s of impressionable college kids is...I've been ashamed of this subculture before, but never like this. You are being brittle, tiny-souled ghouls.
September 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The nihilistic dehumanization some folks in DIY/indie music are displaying in response to a guy's neck exploding in front of 100s of impressionable college kids is...I've been ashamed of this subculture before, but never like this. You are being brittle, tiny-souled ghouls.
It doesn't matter what his stances were today. Mocking Charlie Kirk's extrajudicial execution before the body's cold is callous dehumanization. If you treasure human life like I do but can't see that, you're playing into the hands of our worst opponents, and you've lost your way.
September 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It doesn't matter what his stances were today. Mocking Charlie Kirk's extrajudicial execution before the body's cold is callous dehumanization. If you treasure human life like I do but can't see that, you're playing into the hands of our worst opponents, and you've lost your way.
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Трумп — хуйло!
August 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Трумп — хуйло!
Don't worry, being an antimonarchist is going to be just as fun as being an antifascist.
August 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Don't worry, being an antimonarchist is going to be just as fun as being an antifascist.
In 2025 we fight *monarchism*, a political philosophy that says those with power deserve it because they have it (social Darwinism) or because God ordained it (divine right of kings). It threatens the rights we've enjoyed for centuries, and it's winning (Putin, Trump, Bibi, Kim.)
August 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
In 2025 we fight *monarchism*, a political philosophy that says those with power deserve it because they have it (social Darwinism) or because God ordained it (divine right of kings). It threatens the rights we've enjoyed for centuries, and it's winning (Putin, Trump, Bibi, Kim.)
These two tyrants want the same thing: a world where might makes right, power is hyper-concentrated at the top, and bloated nation-states carve up the globe into amoral mini-empires locked into ceaseless squabbles that impoverish most but enrich an unaccountable elite.
August 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
These two tyrants want the same thing: a world where might makes right, power is hyper-concentrated at the top, and bloated nation-states carve up the globe into amoral mini-empires locked into ceaseless squabbles that impoverish most but enrich an unaccountable elite.
A classic authoritarian move: oblique provocation designed to justify itself retroactively. Prob obvious, but we need to scream this, do something responsible about it, and stop rolling our eyes like it's a tacky shirt. Red alert territory. www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump takes control of Metro Police, deploys National Guard to take on Washington crime
President Donald Trump recently promised Washington would be "LIBERATED" from "Crime, Savagery, Filth, and Scum."
www.foxnews.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A classic authoritarian move: oblique provocation designed to justify itself retroactively. Prob obvious, but we need to scream this, do something responsible about it, and stop rolling our eyes like it's a tacky shirt. Red alert territory. www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
See 1-. I think we agree incidentally (def on Ukraine), but to say "every" Palestinian uses antisemitic speech is just false, and even if it were true, Palestinian civilians wouldn't deserve to be arbitrarily and extrajudicially murdered by an occupying army for those hypothetical speech acts.
August 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
See 1-. I think we agree incidentally (def on Ukraine), but to say "every" Palestinian uses antisemitic speech is just false, and even if it were true, Palestinian civilians wouldn't deserve to be arbitrarily and extrajudicially murdered by an occupying army for those hypothetical speech acts.
Reverb viola hip hop beats, cartoon cha-cha-cha on MIDI orchestra xylophones, infinite harmonically linear vi-IV-I-V loops, etc.: we underestimate how drastically the childish musical aesthetics of NPR shows and liberal podcasts undermine their credibility.
July 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Reverb viola hip hop beats, cartoon cha-cha-cha on MIDI orchestra xylophones, infinite harmonically linear vi-IV-I-V loops, etc.: we underestimate how drastically the childish musical aesthetics of NPR shows and liberal podcasts undermine their credibility.
Remember when you were a scared teen and thought that being cruel in public to people below you in status was the same thing as being funny? Some people grow past that, some don't, and those two groups are the nuclei of a new political divide that cuts across left and right.
July 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Remember when you were a scared teen and thought that being cruel in public to people below you in status was the same thing as being funny? Some people grow past that, some don't, and those two groups are the nuclei of a new political divide that cuts across left and right.
There's room for all kinds of friends on European trains. 🇪🇺
July 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
There's room for all kinds of friends on European trains. 🇪🇺
tonight in Brooklyn
July 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
tonight in Brooklyn
Thank you, Mark Lipsitz. crmatheny.net/board/2025/0...
July 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Thank you, Mark Lipsitz. crmatheny.net/board/2025/0...
Happy Independence Day.
Take nothing for granted.
Empire looms eternally.
Take nothing for granted.
Empire looms eternally.
July 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Happy Independence Day.
Take nothing for granted.
Empire looms eternally.
Take nothing for granted.
Empire looms eternally.
I listened to a ton of Christian rock as a kid. It was bad when it combined a superficial rebel cool kid with closed-minded conformist values. That fakeness was audible.
Much current DIY/"punk" music has the opposite problem: beautiful anticonformist values w/bland aesthetics.
Much current DIY/"punk" music has the opposite problem: beautiful anticonformist values w/bland aesthetics.
June 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I listened to a ton of Christian rock as a kid. It was bad when it combined a superficial rebel cool kid with closed-minded conformist values. That fakeness was audible.
Much current DIY/"punk" music has the opposite problem: beautiful anticonformist values w/bland aesthetics.
Much current DIY/"punk" music has the opposite problem: beautiful anticonformist values w/bland aesthetics.
Some shows have been added.
Some venues have changed.
Some require detective work.
Some do not:
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Some venues have changed.
Some require detective work.
Some do not:
emperorx.net/tour
June 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Some shows have been added.
Some venues have changed.
Some require detective work.
Some do not:
emperorx.net/tour
Some venues have changed.
Some require detective work.
Some do not:
emperorx.net/tour
Davenport
35 hours from now
with my childhood hero Kleenex Girl Wonder
and my adulthood hero Another Michael
dice.fm/event/q2y7ey...
35 hours from now
with my childhood hero Kleenex Girl Wonder
and my adulthood hero Another Michael
dice.fm/event/q2y7ey...
EMPEROR X w/ANOTHER MICHAEL, KLEENEX GIRL WONDER & MOCKTAG Tickets | $19.84 | Jun 27 @ Raccoon Motel , Davenport | DICE
Appearing IN PERSON, EMPEROR X w/very special guests ANOTHER MICHAEL, KLEENEX GIRL WONDER & MOCKTAG!!!
**ABOUT ANOTHER MICHAEL ::**
Something very special ...
dice.fm
June 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Davenport
35 hours from now
with my childhood hero Kleenex Girl Wonder
and my adulthood hero Another Michael
dice.fm/event/q2y7ey...
35 hours from now
with my childhood hero Kleenex Girl Wonder
and my adulthood hero Another Michael
dice.fm/event/q2y7ey...
truth
New Matching Outfits song comin out this week. (Emperor X produced it!) @emperorx.bsky.social @matchingoutfits.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
truth
Indianapolis
11 hours from now
very correct
11 hours from now
very correct
June 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Indianapolis
11 hours from now
very correct
11 hours from now
very correct
Flight Mode so good!
June 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Flight Mode so good!
Aus praktischen und politischen Gründen ist "...soliden Deutschkenntnissen..." mein liebstes Kompliment als Künstler! Biiiiiitte weiterleiten an die Ausländerbehörde, dann kann ich endlich europäisches Wahlrecht bekommen und meinen süßen aber verlorenen AfD-Nachbarn hart ärgern. 🇪🇺 :)
Gut Ding hat Weile!
Das #fairweatherfest ist eine Woche rum - Zeit für einen Bericht!
@shorelined.bsky.social
#flightmodeosl
@emperorx.bsky.social
#mundaneband
#smileandburn
#betweenbodies
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Das #fairweatherfest ist eine Woche rum - Zeit für einen Bericht!
@shorelined.bsky.social
#flightmodeosl
@emperorx.bsky.social
#mundaneband
#smileandburn
#betweenbodies
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Live in Bremen: Fair Weather Fest
Traumwandelnd, leicht abzulenken und verspielt - man muss die luserlounge einfach gern haben.
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June 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Aus praktischen und politischen Gründen ist "...soliden Deutschkenntnissen..." mein liebstes Kompliment als Künstler! Biiiiiitte weiterleiten an die Ausländerbehörde, dann kann ich endlich europäisches Wahlrecht bekommen und meinen süßen aber verlorenen AfD-Nachbarn hart ärgern. 🇪🇺 :)