Ears
@markears.bsky.social
Chicago based. Musician & plant lover. Into hiking, modular synths, literature and art.
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...and appropriately enough for such gorgeous February weather, on @thequietus.com we've got a piece on Talk Talk's The Colour Of Spring, 40-years-old today:
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:57 AM
...and appropriately enough for such gorgeous February weather, on @thequietus.com we've got a piece on Talk Talk's The Colour Of Spring, 40-years-old today:
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
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“Jackson is arrested in 1993 after blocking 5th Avenue as part of a group protesting against the Clinton administration’s policy of maintaining a detention camp for Haitian political refugees who were HIV positive”
Remember this history as we remember this man.
Remember this history as we remember this man.
Jesse Jackson – a life in pictures
The US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, a pioneer of progressive Democratic politics, close ally of Martin Luther King Jr, and two-time candidate for the presidential nomination, has died at 84
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:12 PM
“Jackson is arrested in 1993 after blocking 5th Avenue as part of a group protesting against the Clinton administration’s policy of maintaining a detention camp for Haitian political refugees who were HIV positive”
Remember this history as we remember this man.
Remember this history as we remember this man.
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In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud
In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud — 'The mud should sound perfectly awful, but it doesn't,' notes the experiment creator
Who knew listening to a banana sounded so good?
www.tomshardware.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:46 PM
In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud
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Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways
February 16, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways
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I’m so obsessed with Moby Dick… like, he and Queequeg are broing tf out. they said they’d be there for each other thru every hap….
February 16, 2026 at 12:44 AM
I’m so obsessed with Moby Dick… like, he and Queequeg are broing tf out. they said they’d be there for each other thru every hap….
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John Carpenter wrote a column on wrestling in the south for The Ring magazine as a high school student. Here’s his contribution to the August 1964 issue
February 14, 2026 at 9:23 PM
John Carpenter wrote a column on wrestling in the south for The Ring magazine as a high school student. Here’s his contribution to the August 1964 issue
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[rupaul voice] and they call…. me…. ISHMAEL
I'm crunching ice loud as hell and performatively reading Moby Dick in public
February 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM
[rupaul voice] and they call…. me…. ISHMAEL
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Rep Ocasio-Cortez is a cosponsor of the Living Wage for Musicians Act 🔥
If we are going to stave off the scourges of authoritarianism globally, our politics need to center the working class.
February 14, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Rep Ocasio-Cortez is a cosponsor of the Living Wage for Musicians Act 🔥
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Aquarius, or the Water-bearer, pours out his whole deluge and drowns us
February 14, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Aquarius, or the Water-bearer, pours out his whole deluge and drowns us
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Oldpilled and slangmaxxing.
February 14, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Oldpilled and slangmaxxing.
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First post on here is for my own sanity!
Duke Ellington on dreaming.
Duke Ellington on dreaming.
November 16, 2024 at 10:10 PM
First post on here is for my own sanity!
Duke Ellington on dreaming.
Duke Ellington on dreaming.
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“These albums […] demonstrated that it was possible to be intelligent without being cold, sophisticated without being soulless, literate without being inaccessible.”
I wrote about Prefab Sprout’s Steve McQueen and Jordan: The Comeback for @aquariumdrunkard.com.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/13/t...
I wrote about Prefab Sprout’s Steve McQueen and Jordan: The Comeback for @aquariumdrunkard.com.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/13/t...
The Elegance of Longing: Prefab Sprout’s Steve McQueen and Jordan: The Comeback - Aquarium Drunkard
There are albums that shimmer with impossible ambition, records that sound like they were beamed in from some parallel dimension where pop music never surrendered its claim to sophistication. In the m...
aquariumdrunkard.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
“These albums […] demonstrated that it was possible to be intelligent without being cold, sophisticated without being soulless, literate without being inaccessible.”
I wrote about Prefab Sprout’s Steve McQueen and Jordan: The Comeback for @aquariumdrunkard.com.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/13/t...
I wrote about Prefab Sprout’s Steve McQueen and Jordan: The Comeback for @aquariumdrunkard.com.
aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/13/t...
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I love Lego so much.
February 13, 2026 at 1:21 PM
I love Lego so much.
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When I grew up it was Dick Cavett interviewing James Baldwin. Today it's Theo Von interviewing a dude that eats roadkill.
Devo was right about everything.
Devo was right about everything.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
When I grew up it was Dick Cavett interviewing James Baldwin. Today it's Theo Von interviewing a dude that eats roadkill.
Devo was right about everything.
Devo was right about everything.
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I literally cried when I learned about Bayard Rustin and that the only reason I hadn't been taught his impact earlier in life was because he had loved other men.
That erasure broke my heart.
That erasure broke my heart.
I’m interested in hidden figures in Black History who are hidden because they didn’t play into respectability politics
February 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I literally cried when I learned about Bayard Rustin and that the only reason I hadn't been taught his impact earlier in life was because he had loved other men.
That erasure broke my heart.
That erasure broke my heart.
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Ebo Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history.
His son Kweku Taylor:
“The world has lost a giant, a colossus of African music, leaving behind an unmatched artistry legacy. Dad, your light will never fade.”
His son Kweku Taylor:
“The world has lost a giant, a colossus of African music, leaving behind an unmatched artistry legacy. Dad, your light will never fade.”
Ebo Taylor, Ghanaian highlife pioneer and guitarist, dies age 90
Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Ebo Taylor, who did for Ghanaian music what his friend Fela Kuti did for Nigeria, has been called the greatest rhythm guitarist in history.
His son Kweku Taylor:
“The world has lost a giant, a colossus of African music, leaving behind an unmatched artistry legacy. Dad, your light will never fade.”
His son Kweku Taylor:
“The world has lost a giant, a colossus of African music, leaving behind an unmatched artistry legacy. Dad, your light will never fade.”
Was looking for info on one of my all time favorite noise rock bands and found this - enjoy if you love Scratch Acid like I do! www.austinchronicle.com/music/the-gr...
The Greatest Gift
When Scratch Acid scorched the earth, an oral history
www.austinchronicle.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Was looking for info on one of my all time favorite noise rock bands and found this - enjoy if you love Scratch Acid like I do! www.austinchronicle.com/music/the-gr...
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It annoys me to no end that because I donated $10 to a democratic candidate one time 10 years ago, I’ve unknowingly consented to receive random text messages from every democratic candidate across the country asking for more money until either I die or change my phone number. STOP STOP STOP TO END
February 9, 2026 at 9:50 PM
It annoys me to no end that because I donated $10 to a democratic candidate one time 10 years ago, I’ve unknowingly consented to receive random text messages from every democratic candidate across the country asking for more money until either I die or change my phone number. STOP STOP STOP TO END
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Chris Watson- Planet Oceans
An hour of weird sounds from the ocean. What's not to love?
chriswatsonreleases.bandcamp.com/album/planet...
An hour of weird sounds from the ocean. What's not to love?
chriswatsonreleases.bandcamp.com/album/planet...
Planet Ocean, by Chris Watson
1 track album
chriswatsonreleases.bandcamp.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Chris Watson- Planet Oceans
An hour of weird sounds from the ocean. What's not to love?
chriswatsonreleases.bandcamp.com/album/planet...
An hour of weird sounds from the ocean. What's not to love?
chriswatsonreleases.bandcamp.com/album/planet...
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"Sophia Chang is the music business matriarchitect who managed Ol’ Dirty Bastard (RIP), RZA, GZA, D’Angelo, Raphael Saadiq, Q Tip, and A Tribe Called Quest as well as working with Paul Simon…marketing at Atlantic, A&R at Jive, A&R Admin at Universal…trained with and managed a Shaolin Monk…" 🤩
February 8, 2026 at 12:56 AM
"Sophia Chang is the music business matriarchitect who managed Ol’ Dirty Bastard (RIP), RZA, GZA, D’Angelo, Raphael Saadiq, Q Tip, and A Tribe Called Quest as well as working with Paul Simon…marketing at Atlantic, A&R at Jive, A&R Admin at Universal…trained with and managed a Shaolin Monk…" 🤩
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essay i mentioned previously on how independent music gives you the basic tools for organizing even if you didn’t realize you were building those skills, and how great it’s been to watch people hit the ground running
TODAY: @supremenothing.myatproto.social shares the good news from indie music: "People from all over, regardless of scene or genre, are really showing up. This isn’t just a punk thing; this isn’t about protest songs, or music that’s always been explicitly political." flaminghydra.com/issue-497/?a...
Wisdom of the crowd / Star power
jj skolnik on underground organizing; Laurie Woolever talks with culinary superstars in Mexico City
flaminghydra.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:31 PM
essay i mentioned previously on how independent music gives you the basic tools for organizing even if you didn’t realize you were building those skills, and how great it’s been to watch people hit the ground running
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A demon making a condemned person into noodles.
~ Nichosai
(late 17th early 18th Century)
~ Nichosai
(late 17th early 18th Century)
February 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
A demon making a condemned person into noodles.
~ Nichosai
(late 17th early 18th Century)
~ Nichosai
(late 17th early 18th Century)
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The 2026 Primary Edition of ##GirlIGuess is now live!! You can find the Guide and other election-related resources at girliguess.com. I don't want to even THINK about Congress again until November. Happy voting!!
February 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The 2026 Primary Edition of ##GirlIGuess is now live!! You can find the Guide and other election-related resources at girliguess.com. I don't want to even THINK about Congress again until November. Happy voting!!
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After a month and a half break from print, the Reader makes its debut as a monthly. Thank you to everyone who supported the paper last year when we were scraping by week to week, and all the ups and downs before then. Thank you to everyone who picks up a new issue, it means the world.
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
After a month and a half break from print, the Reader makes its debut as a monthly. Thank you to everyone who supported the paper last year when we were scraping by week to week, and all the ups and downs before then. Thank you to everyone who picks up a new issue, it means the world.