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Art :: Photography :: Experimental Music :: and whatever

jsincock.bandcamp.com
xerst.bandcamp.com
This looks interesting
I strongly suggest, BTW, if you have any interest at all in all kinds of rock, jazz and other styles in terms of live recordings done in Chicago from the 80s until, well, now, you follow @ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy on here. Lots more shows being uploaded all the time. More here from last year:
A private collection of 10,000 Chicago show tapes finds a public home - Chicago Reader
The Internet Archive begins posting the Aadam Jacobs Collection. Plus: Four locals heat up the dead of winter with new music.
chicagoreader.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I think I just found my favorite new punk band! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM0T...
Dead Pioneers - Nazi Teeth (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by HassleRecords
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Experimenting today. Feeling like going back to the dark side of my art to correspond with the dark times ahead. Photo printed on natural/tan letterhead, waxed, and dry silver powder pigment.
February 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Scrolling through older photos and this reminded me of how I never print in the darkroom anymore. Defender 55-D is probably my favorite black and white paper developer. You need to mix it from scratch since it’s no longer made these days. Lovely tones and a slight warmth to it.
February 7, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Randy Greif - Alice in Wonderland, five CD set. (Must be five CD set Friday for me)
February 7, 2026 at 2:03 AM
RLW - Tulpas- 5 CD + Book, compilation with various artists.
February 6, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I was looking for something on an old hard drive and found this low rez scan of cassette art for an experimental music project I did with a friend in Milwaukee probably around 1993. Dark weird embarrassingly bad music that will probably never see the light of day. 😂
February 5, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I wish I still had a minidisc player so I could get these files on my computer. Old solo music of mine plus my “band” Xerst. No idea what is on these, could well be crap! 😂
February 3, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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"When armed agents operate beyond the reach of law, they are no longer public servants. They are something else entirely."

www.huffpost.com/entry/combat...
As A Veteran Combat Soldier, I've Noticed 1 Especially Sinister Thing About ICE That Needs To Be Called Out
"When armed agents operate beyond the reach of law, they are no longer public servants. They are something else entirely."
www.huffpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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Timmy playing prepared guitar for our old music project, Xerst, photos/performance probably around 1997. xerst.bandcamp.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Why do so many have zero critical thinking skills? People (some who should know better) keep circulating an AI image of Alex Pretti with a gun to his head. LOOK at the image! Plenty of signs it’s AI, guy with an AR that has no barrel, and best of all agent with NO HEAD! Fucking hell folks wake up
January 29, 2026 at 12:42 AM
A page from a mixed media little one of a kind book I made a few years ago.
January 28, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Paul Schütze - New Maps of Hell. Just remembered this one, been a while since I’ve played it.
January 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM
This is a hard one to watch.
Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔
January 26, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Good sticker!
January 26, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
These need to make a comeback. (My parents had this one)
January 24, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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Extreme cold didn’t stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed out of work, & an estimated 50,000+ marched through downtown Minneapolis.

@sarahlazare.bsky.social with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social reporting.

#ICEOUT

inthesetimes.com/article/minn...
January 23, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Amazing to see Minnesotans standing together like this.
Ben Damberg protest volunteer: “None of us want to be doing this — I don’t, but we simply cannot stand by as other Minnesotans are being hurt — we will march, we will protest, & we will do it all peacefully above all else”
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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In Wisconsin, state assembly member and democratic socialist Francesca Hong has announced she is running for governor.

We spoke to her about the campaign.
Francesca Hong Is a Socialist Running for Wisconsin Governor
In Wisconsin, state assembly member and democratic socialist Francesca Hong has announced she is running for governor. We spoke to her about the campaign.
jacobin.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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"Genora Johnson Dollinger became one of the organizers of not only the Flint Sit-Down Strike, but the all-female paramilitary force known as the Women's Emergency Brigade."

www.geneseehistory.org/genora-johns...
Genora Johnson Dollinger
Genora Johnson Dollinger
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January 18, 2026 at 5:08 PM