Mark Allender
@markallender.bsky.social
artist | musician | designer | blackjack dealer
New from TORU
(artwork by yours truly)
(artwork by yours truly)
TORU Volume 33 featuring John Bisset, by TORU
4 track album
torutrumpets.bandcamp.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New from TORU
(artwork by yours truly)
(artwork by yours truly)
Cat piss is the nastiest of the pisses.
October 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Cat piss is the nastiest of the pisses.
Reposted by Mark Allender
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Six years ago, I showed up in the morning at University Hospitals in Cleveland for surgery. Ten hours later I woke up with neither my esophagus, nor the nasty tumor it had been dragging around.
October 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Six years ago, I showed up in the morning at University Hospitals in Cleveland for surgery. Ten hours later I woke up with neither my esophagus, nor the nasty tumor it had been dragging around.
An introduction to HAZOR, the Golems' "proof of concept" piece.
Support #surfmasada on Kickstarter!!
#surfguitar #surfrock #johnzorn #masada #akronohio #akron
Support #surfmasada on Kickstarter!!
#surfguitar #surfrock #johnzorn #masada #akronohio #akron
Introducing HAZOR by Golems of the Red Planet
YouTube video by Golems of the Red Planet
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October 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
An introduction to HAZOR, the Golems' "proof of concept" piece.
Support #surfmasada on Kickstarter!!
#surfguitar #surfrock #johnzorn #masada #akronohio #akron
Support #surfmasada on Kickstarter!!
#surfguitar #surfrock #johnzorn #masada #akronohio #akron
Behold... the origin story of Golems of the Red Planet, as transmitted by The Bass Player. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLSs...
Please spread the word about this campaign to all your friends and relations.
#SurfMasada #SurfGuitar #SurfRock #JohnZorn #Masada #Akron #AkronOhio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLSs...
Please spread the word about this campaign to all your friends and relations.
#SurfMasada #SurfGuitar #SurfRock #JohnZorn #Masada #Akron #AkronOhio
Origin Story of Golems of the Red Planet
YouTube video by Golems of the Red Planet
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October 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Behold... the origin story of Golems of the Red Planet, as transmitted by The Bass Player. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLSs...
Please spread the word about this campaign to all your friends and relations.
#SurfMasada #SurfGuitar #SurfRock #JohnZorn #Masada #Akron #AkronOhio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLSs...
Please spread the word about this campaign to all your friends and relations.
#SurfMasada #SurfGuitar #SurfRock #JohnZorn #Masada #Akron #AkronOhio
As The Golems prepare for our vinyl campaign, I want to share our tune HADRIAL This tune acts as kind of an overture to the Golems repertoire.
Support our Kickstarter - launches next week!
youtu.be/yECK87SUFK0?...
Support our Kickstarter - launches next week!
youtu.be/yECK87SUFK0?...
Hadrial by Golems of the Red Planet
YouTube video by Golems of the Red Planet
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
As The Golems prepare for our vinyl campaign, I want to share our tune HADRIAL This tune acts as kind of an overture to the Golems repertoire.
Support our Kickstarter - launches next week!
youtu.be/yECK87SUFK0?...
Support our Kickstarter - launches next week!
youtu.be/yECK87SUFK0?...
As The Golems prepare for our vinyl campaign, I thought I'd share our weirdest tune - prob my favorite: PASCHAR/TZOFEH. And that's me reading an André Breton poem in the background.
Support our Kickstarter - launches next week!
youtu.be/8J5uk1V4lmw?...
Support our Kickstarter - launches next week!
youtu.be/8J5uk1V4lmw?...
Paschar/Tzofeh by Golems of the Red Planet
YouTube video by Golems of the Red Planet
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September 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
As The Golems prepare for our vinyl campaign, I thought I'd share our weirdest tune - prob my favorite: PASCHAR/TZOFEH. And that's me reading an André Breton poem in the background.
Support our Kickstarter - launches next week!
youtu.be/8J5uk1V4lmw?...
Support our Kickstarter - launches next week!
youtu.be/8J5uk1V4lmw?...
As The Golems prepare for our vinyl campaign, I thought I'd share one of our scrappier tunes MO'ED.
In which we conjour the spirit of The Velvet Underground.
Support our Kickstarter - launches this week!
youtu.be/-c5s3FNrBzU?...
In which we conjour the spirit of The Velvet Underground.
Support our Kickstarter - launches this week!
youtu.be/-c5s3FNrBzU?...
Mo'ed by Golems of the Red Planet
YouTube video by Golems of the Red Planet
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September 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
As The Golems prepare for our vinyl campaign, I thought I'd share one of our scrappier tunes MO'ED.
In which we conjour the spirit of The Velvet Underground.
Support our Kickstarter - launches this week!
youtu.be/-c5s3FNrBzU?...
In which we conjour the spirit of The Velvet Underground.
Support our Kickstarter - launches this week!
youtu.be/-c5s3FNrBzU?...
COMING SOON!
Golems of Red Planet's SURF MASADA vinyl campaign!
Sign up to be notified when the campaign launches!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
Golems of Red Planet's SURF MASADA vinyl campaign!
Sign up to be notified when the campaign launches!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
Coming soon: SURF MASADA by Golems of the Red Planet
A surf exploration of John Zorn's MASADA songbooks.
www.kickstarter.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
COMING SOON!
Golems of Red Planet's SURF MASADA vinyl campaign!
Sign up to be notified when the campaign launches!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
Golems of Red Planet's SURF MASADA vinyl campaign!
Sign up to be notified when the campaign launches!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
SURF MASADA - vinyl release campaign on Kickstarter
YouTube video by Golems of the Red Planet
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September 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
@sarahv.dftba.social I'm looking at hitting one of the Vanguard shows. Prolly on Wednesday. You going to any/all of these?
August 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
@sarahv.dftba.social I'm looking at hitting one of the Vanguard shows. Prolly on Wednesday. You going to any/all of these?
When something or someone surprises you, pay attention.
You have evidence that the world is a different place than you thought it was.
You have evidence that the world is a different place than you thought it was.
July 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
When something or someone surprises you, pay attention.
You have evidence that the world is a different place than you thought it was.
You have evidence that the world is a different place than you thought it was.
I'll have to see if there's a recording of that show anywheres ;-)
July 25, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I'll have to see if there's a recording of that show anywheres ;-)
Formerly unbuilt Frank Lloyd Wright usonian home built on the site it was originally designed for.
And I manage its website.
www.axios.com/local/clevel...
And I manage its website.
www.axios.com/local/clevel...
The last home Frank Lloyd Wright designed was just built near Cleveland
The original plans for RiverRock have waited since Wright's death in 1959.
www.axios.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Formerly unbuilt Frank Lloyd Wright usonian home built on the site it was originally designed for.
And I manage its website.
www.axios.com/local/clevel...
And I manage its website.
www.axios.com/local/clevel...
Funnier if it was a $20.
June 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Funnier if it was a $20.
Happy 24th to my kickass daughter Allison. You are a force for good in the world and I am proud of you every single day.
June 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Happy 24th to my kickass daughter Allison. You are a force for good in the world and I am proud of you every single day.
Seems I'm going to be a professional blackjack dealer.
March 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Seems I'm going to be a professional blackjack dealer.
I saw an ad for "camouflage that stands out" and they seem to have meant it in the non-clever way.
March 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I saw an ad for "camouflage that stands out" and they seem to have meant it in the non-clever way.
Because police misconduct is AWESOME
Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct
The Trump administration has removed a nationwide database of federal police officers’ misconduct, launched by the Biden administration to keep bad cops from jumping from job to job.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Because police misconduct is AWESOME