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Jessica Kallista
@jessicakallista.bsky.social
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Artist/Educator: collage, video, sound & performance. Love & simulacra via Barbies. Blissed out making 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 indie pop with @fitzplastic.bsky.social 💋💋💋 New album 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝘼𝙥𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙘 out now!

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Jessica Kallista @jessicakallista.bsky.social · Jan 24
“Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.” - Bertolt Brecht
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So super cool!!! Thank you for including Higher Selves Playdate⚡️📻⚡️ Hey @fitzplastic.bsky.social ♥️👀♥️
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Notre émission de cette semaine avec les nouveaux Miguel, keiyaA, Crayon, Pictureplane, Grand Prix, Higher Selves Playdate, Marius Lien, Oaken Lee

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November 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Released 37 years ago
Fugazi, also known as EP 7 Songs, is Fugazi's eponymous debut release, available in record stores in November 1988 with this opening track

Waiting Room – live at the Wilson Center 1988

#punk #punkrock #hardcorepunk #fugazi #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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An article on American Punks in Sounds 5th, November 1977 including Devo and The Weirdos by Darcy Diamond. Pics by Kate Simon.
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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A poem is a place where the conditions of beyondness and withinness are made palpable, where to imagine is to feel what it is like to be. It allows us to have the life we are denied because we are too busy living.

Mark Strand
xxiu • On Becoming a Poet ever their subject happens to be. They have a voice, and the formation of that voice, the gathering up of imagined sound into utter-ance, may be the true occasion for their existence. A poem may be the residue of an inner urgency, one through which the self wishes to register itself, write itself into being, and, finally, to charm another self, the reader, into belief. It may also be something equally elusive-the ghost within every experience that wishes it could be seen or felt, acknowledged as a kind of meaning. It could be a truth so forgiving that it offers up, a humanness in which we are able to imagine ourselves. A poem is a place where the conditions of beyondness and withinness are made palpable, where to imagine is to feel what it is like to be. It allows us to have the life we are denied because we are too busy living. Even more paradoxi-cally, a poem permits us to live in ourselves as if we were just out of reach of ourselves. Mark Strand, from The Making of the Poem
October 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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How to be un-dead – Anaïs Nin and D.H. Lawrence on the key to living fully www.themarginalian.org/2022/11/02/a...
How to Be Un-Dead: Anaïs Nin and D.H. Lawrence on the Key to Living Fully
“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.”
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September 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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The next opening in the Women Artists of the DMV mega-show is Sunday at the Athenaeum in Alexandria share.google/f2mPN0NoRRVu... with @juliasbloom.bsky.social @jessicakallista.bsky.social and many more fine artists
A list of artists for the exhibition opening at the Athenaeum Gallery in Alexandria
September 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Join us for an opening reception on September 28, from 4-6pm!!! Come see my analog collage, 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙈𝙚 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙔𝙤𝙪, in person at The Athenaeum in Alexandria, VA, as part of 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐌𝐕: 𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐘 𝐄𝐗𝐇𝐈𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍, curated by Lenny Campello.
ATHENAEUM Women Artists of the DMV September 25 - November 2, 2025 Artist's Reception: Sunday, September 28, 4 - 6 pm CATHY ABRAMSON, SUZI BALAMACI, SARA BARDIN, JENNIFER BARLOW, JENNIFER LYNN BEAUDET, JULIA BLOOM, LISA BROTMAN, CAROL BROWN GOLDBERG, SHANTE BULLOCK, ANNE CHERUBIM, AMANDA COELHO, ANDREA CYBYK, ANNA U. DAVIS, CYNTHIA FARRELL JOHNSON, SHARON FISHEL, CIANNE FRAGIONE, MARILYN HORROM, M. JANE JOHNSON, JESSICA KALLISTA, P D KLEIN, KARA LIN, ANNE MARCHAND, AMY MARX, ANN MEAGHER-COOK, CAROL NEWMYER, TEA OKROPIRIDZE, MADELEINE SARGENT, ADI SEGAL, SUSAN SHALOWITZ, PRITHA SRINIVASAN, JENNY WALTON, SUZANNE YURDIN, HELEN ZUGHAIB Curator F. Lennox Campello has put together a survey exhibition of female artists in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia that features 400 artists in 15 different galleries throughout the region. The artists selected for the Athenaeum Gallery are featured above. The Athenaeum Gallery Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association 201 Prince Street, Alexandria, Va 22314 703.548.0035 | nvfaa.org Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday from 12 to 4 pm. Admission is free. Next in the Gallery: Leslie Thornton and Laura Caliguiri November 6, 2025 — December 14, 2025 A Winter's Walk December 18, 2025 — January 26, 2026 Paintings by members of the Botanical Art Society of the National Region Continuum | Sculpture at the Athenaeum January 29, 2026 - March 8, 2026 We are committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. To request a reasonable accommodation or materials in an alternative format please contact us at nvfaa@nvfaa.org or 703.548.0035. The NVFAA is partially supported by an Arts Program Grant from the City of Alexandria.
September 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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see-saw.fun
I feel like people aren't listening to enough music that recognizes their interior rage. Take my hand—listen to the latest monthly playlist from see/saw. I also blog about the inherent tumult of this time of year!!!!
playlist: the best punk songs of august 2025
A time to plant, a time to reap, a time to kill, a time to heal.
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September 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Save the Date… Come see my analog collage, 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙈𝙚 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙔𝙤𝙪, in person at The Athenaeum in Alexandria, VA, from September 25 to November 2, 2025, as part of 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐌𝐕: 𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐘 𝐄𝐗𝐇𝐈𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍, curated by Lenny Campello. Opening reception on September 28, from 4-6pm!!!
Take Me With You by Jessica Kallista is an analog collage with white background and red triangle. Jess and Steve stand in front of the triangle dressed in black with accents of black and white checkerboard. An earlier digital version of this collage also served as the cover for the Higher Selves Playdate song of the same name.
September 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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civilizedplanet.bsky.social
Friday 5x5
Album covers in a 5x5 grid Make Them Wonder Why by Cruelster MISERE by Misere The Last Temptation of Alex Wiley Coyote by Alex Wiley Coyote 1000 Mille by Cheveu The New Apocalyptic by Higher Selves Playdate Hypnotic Smack by Knowso Take It! by The Problem With Kids Today Adult Romantix by Winter Flesh Circuit by Plastics Jobber To The Stars by Jobber Shoot The Point by Tullycraft Time's Up by Bootcamp Cheveu by Cheveu Burnover by Greg Freeman Golden Caravan by Clifford I Don't Know and I Dongker by Dongker, Jason Ranti cut up by PATROLTIME Wildflower by Tonk It's A Beautiful Place by Water From Your Eyes IN YER SIGHTS by Fen Fen Human Extinctions by Groceries! A Child's Gator by Rik and the Pigs Segundos Auxilios by Segundos auxilios Appropriate Music by The Caution Children talents ep by O-D-EX
August 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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the version of the column I was plotting last night got completely reformatted when I heard the new Abi Ooze tape. it's completely unbelievable.

see/saw delivers new punk recommendations, deep cuts + big names alike, to your inbox every friday! subscribe and start digging.
punk this week: abi ooze, fuck money, pile, retail simps + 15 more
The return of punk greats, an unreal week for power pop, Mick Foley repped on a hardcore demo, and much more.
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August 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Beat The Delete #0255 (new music recommendations) now at the blog

Feat: @thisisblake.bsky.social @smoxham.bsky.social @tullycraft.bsky.social @thejerrys.bsky.social @jessicakallista.bsky.social @tamarberk.bsky.social @goodbyewudaokou.bsky.social & many more!

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Beat The Delete #0255 (new music recommendations)
Thanks for joining us for Beat The Delete #0255, bringing you 30 tracks of new music that has tickled our Editors jangle bone over the last couple of weeks…we hope you find a new favourite or…
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August 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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bigtakeover.com
Higher Selves Playdate - Take Me With You (Olly Olly)
#Music #MusicSky #MusicReviews #IndieMusic
Higher Selves Playdate - Take Me With You (Olly Olly)
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August 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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New blog post! Wrote about new albums from Beauty, Higher Selves Playdate @fitzplastic.bsky.social @jessicakallista.bsky.social, OK Cool @okcoolband.bsky.social @kleptophase.bsky.social, and Josh Halper:
Pressing Concerns: Beauty, Higher Selves Playdate, OK Cool, Josh Halper
This Thursday Pressing Concerns is taking a look at three albums that come out tomorrow, August 1st (new LPs from Beauty, OK Cool, and Josh Halper), plus a new album from Higher Selves Playdate tha…
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July 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Discovery: Higher Selves Playdate find love and togetherness in chaos

The Fairfax, Virginia, USA-based duo of Jessica and Steve, Higher Selves Playdate are new to our blog through their new single, Take Me With You.
Discovery: Higher Selves Playdate find love and togetherness in chaos
The Fairfax, Virginia, USA-based duo of Jessica and Steve, Higher Selves Playdate are new to our blog through their new single, Take Me With You.
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July 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Surviving a hyperreal hellscape takes years of training, right? Wrong! One of the best tools for thriving in a dystopia is dancing!

Click the link in bio for your world-altering dance party soundtrack—the brand new Higher Selves Playdate album The New Apocalyptic!!!

w/ @fitzplastic.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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What experiences keep you coming back for more Earth Realm adventures? In what ways are you an alchemist of love?

We play with these questions in our new Higher Selves Playdate song, Take Me With You, coming out with our new album, The New Apocalyptic, July 30!!!

w/ @fitzplastic.bsky.social 💋💋💋
July 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Blissed out on a Higher Selves Playdate with @fitzplastic.bsky.social 💋💋💋 Are we real? What is reality?
Messy art/music studio with Jess and Steve and Fonzie the blue dinosaur. They are all wearing red and black. Jess is holding a microphone and singing. Steve is playing guitar. Fonzie is directing the action. A large TV camera is filming the scene.
July 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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This Groundbreaking Artist Vanished. A Decade of Sleuthing Reveals Her Greatness.

Mavis Pusey was a pioneer of Black abstraction before she was nearly forgotten. A new show in Philadelphia begins a journey of rediscovery.
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This Groundbreaking Artist Vanished. A Decade of Sleuthing Reveals Her Greatness.
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July 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Messy fun art/music studio playtime with @fitzplastic.bsky.social 💋💋💋 What’re you up to today?
Jess and Steve of Higher Selves Playdate relaxing together in their art/music studio. Fonzie the blue Dino is grooving in the background.
July 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Beat The Delete #0253 feat:

@lastdaysofrome.bsky.social @fortitudevalley.bsky.social @thanks-light.bsky.social @jessicakallista.bsky.social @honeyradar.bsky.social and 25+ more!

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Beat The Delete #0253 (new music recommendations)
Visit the post for more.
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July 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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If you were hoping for some giddy on up then the indie rock fuzz of @jessicakallista.bsky.social is a reminder when times were funner.

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#higherselvesplaydate #indierock
June 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Our new Higher Selves Playdate single—𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨—is out now!!! Full album, The New Apocalyptic, releases July 30⚡️📻⚡️

🔗 Tap that link in my bio to listen, dance & bring your good dreams to life.

#newindiemusic #indiepop #musicsky #newmusicrelease

With @fitzplastic.bsky.social 💋💋💋
June 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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⚡️Thank you⚡️ @bigtakeover.com for this awesome review of our new single!!!

Higher Selves Playdate - Good Dreams (Olly Olly) bigtakeover.com/recordings/h...
Higher Selves Playdate - Good Dreams (Olly Olly)
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June 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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There’s no need to panic about AI Barbie yet. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/7IZQ5W
How smart do toys need to be, really?
There’s no need to panic about AI Barbie yet.
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June 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM