The Orchid Show
@theorchidshow.myatproto.social
He/him. Lapsed writer/musician, guerrilla archivist, socialist, et Jew sans frontières. COVID-consciousness and community care-forward. Death to power.
Also at https://mastodon.social/@theorchidshow.
Also at https://mastodon.social/@theorchidshow.
Modern prog band photos are the gift that keeps on giving.
December 7, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Modern prog band photos are the gift that keeps on giving.
Rind Forture Kill
December 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rind Forture Kill
Alternate universe where Alice bit it after DaDa and that 1978-1983 run got the proper appreciation.
December 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Alternate universe where Alice bit it after DaDa and that 1978-1983 run got the proper appreciation.
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Holy Black Mountain Side (Rolling Heads, 2024 - r. 2025)
New CD issue of 2024 LP. Still baffled by the Jyonsun Tsu era retaining the 'Melting Paraiso U.F.O.' suffix as it's so distinct in sound/personnel, but whatever sells more records!
#CDFriday
New CD issue of 2024 LP. Still baffled by the Jyonsun Tsu era retaining the 'Melting Paraiso U.F.O.' suffix as it's so distinct in sound/personnel, but whatever sells more records!
#CDFriday
December 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Holy Black Mountain Side (Rolling Heads, 2024 - r. 2025)
New CD issue of 2024 LP. Still baffled by the Jyonsun Tsu era retaining the 'Melting Paraiso U.F.O.' suffix as it's so distinct in sound/personnel, but whatever sells more records!
#CDFriday
New CD issue of 2024 LP. Still baffled by the Jyonsun Tsu era retaining the 'Melting Paraiso U.F.O.' suffix as it's so distinct in sound/personnel, but whatever sells more records!
#CDFriday
I wish you could report people on here for being stupid.
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I wish you could report people on here for being stupid.
There isn't a gallows big enough.
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
There isn't a gallows big enough.
If you still use Spotify, you should die.
December 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If you still use Spotify, you should die.
"I definitely can't relate to the incel mindset whatsoever," I say, ordering the full Happy The Man discography.
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"I definitely can't relate to the incel mindset whatsoever," I say, ordering the full Happy The Man discography.
"How can you listen to noise?" Dude, my literal first word was 'dada'.
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"How can you listen to noise?" Dude, my literal first word was 'dada'.
Anybody holding that 10-disc Cocteau Twins EP box for a non-extortionate price? I know Lullabies To Violaine Vol. 1 contains 95% of it, but the remaining 5% still hasn't popped up elsewhere and I'm very much That Bitch. Been putting off picking their stuff up for years and this is a big part of why.
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Anybody holding that 10-disc Cocteau Twins EP box for a non-extortionate price? I know Lullabies To Violaine Vol. 1 contains 95% of it, but the remaining 5% still hasn't popped up elsewhere and I'm very much That Bitch. Been putting off picking their stuff up for years and this is a big part of why.
Unparalleled day for the Joyce Blodgett fandom.
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Unparalleled day for the Joyce Blodgett fandom.
If everything is falling apart so much that we live in the literal world of government whistleblower Reality Winner and conservative strategist Steve Outhouse, I'm changing my name to Luscious Hogmaster.
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If everything is falling apart so much that we live in the literal world of government whistleblower Reality Winner and conservative strategist Steve Outhouse, I'm changing my name to Luscious Hogmaster.
It's beautiful when Republican men kill each other.
November 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It's beautiful when Republican men kill each other.
Reposted by The Orchid Show
right now we are "in the middle of the pandemic". If we are ever going to reach the end of the pandemic we need to talk about it like the present crisis it is. Remember when HIV was a death sentence? HIV denialism didn't lead to a cure. Organizing did.
March 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
right now we are "in the middle of the pandemic". If we are ever going to reach the end of the pandemic we need to talk about it like the present crisis it is. Remember when HIV was a death sentence? HIV denialism didn't lead to a cure. Organizing did.
Reposted by The Orchid Show
We are still in the pandemic, right now.
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2020 is "early in the ongoing pandemic".
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2021 is "earlier in the ongoing pandemic".
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2020 is "early in the ongoing pandemic".
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2021 is "earlier in the ongoing pandemic".
March 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
We are still in the pandemic, right now.
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2020 is "early in the ongoing pandemic".
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2021 is "earlier in the ongoing pandemic".
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2020 is "early in the ongoing pandemic".
The phrase you are looking for to describe 2021 is "earlier in the ongoing pandemic".
It's a shame that Hakeem Jeffries is being wasted on congress when he could be doing his best work in Jeffrey Dahmer's stomach.
November 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It's a shame that Hakeem Jeffries is being wasted on congress when he could be doing his best work in Jeffrey Dahmer's stomach.
NEW YORK TIMES
OPINION
I Don't Want To Fuck The President - I Want The President To Fuck Me
Bret Stephens
OPINION
I Don't Want To Fuck The President - I Want The President To Fuck Me
Bret Stephens
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NEW YORK TIMES
OPINION
I Don't Want To Fuck The President - I Want The President To Fuck Me
Bret Stephens
OPINION
I Don't Want To Fuck The President - I Want The President To Fuck Me
Bret Stephens
Once I was a person, now I'm just a burden.
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Once I was a person, now I'm just a burden.
Scar Crow - ¡Davesnakedass! (Spanish Fly, 1993)
Spanish Fly is one of those early ‘90s labels I don’t hear talked about anywhere near enough. This album is some sax-heavy avant-rock nonsense, like a mathy Caroliner or some shit. I dig.
#CDFriday
Spanish Fly is one of those early ‘90s labels I don’t hear talked about anywhere near enough. This album is some sax-heavy avant-rock nonsense, like a mathy Caroliner or some shit. I dig.
#CDFriday
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Scar Crow - ¡Davesnakedass! (Spanish Fly, 1993)
Spanish Fly is one of those early ‘90s labels I don’t hear talked about anywhere near enough. This album is some sax-heavy avant-rock nonsense, like a mathy Caroliner or some shit. I dig.
#CDFriday
Spanish Fly is one of those early ‘90s labels I don’t hear talked about anywhere near enough. This album is some sax-heavy avant-rock nonsense, like a mathy Caroliner or some shit. I dig.
#CDFriday
Everything is terrible both personally and systemically but, speaking solely for myself, life would at least feel navigable if society managed to defeat COVID.
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Everything is terrible both personally and systemically but, speaking solely for myself, life would at least feel navigable if society managed to defeat COVID.
The Dead Milkmen - Quaker City Quiet Pills (The Giving Groove, 2023)
The latest (to date) outing by Philly's favourite hackneyed cowpunk sons. Always glad when a band like this is still out there giving it their all.
#CDFriday
The latest (to date) outing by Philly's favourite hackneyed cowpunk sons. Always glad when a band like this is still out there giving it their all.
#CDFriday
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The Dead Milkmen - Quaker City Quiet Pills (The Giving Groove, 2023)
The latest (to date) outing by Philly's favourite hackneyed cowpunk sons. Always glad when a band like this is still out there giving it their all.
#CDFriday
The latest (to date) outing by Philly's favourite hackneyed cowpunk sons. Always glad when a band like this is still out there giving it their all.
#CDFriday
Just saw some Reddit thread about someone whose oven is suddenly no longer connecting to the Internet the day of their big Thanksgiving dinner and it really makes me hope that one day someone develops a kitchen appliance that doesn't require an active web connection to function.
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Just saw some Reddit thread about someone whose oven is suddenly no longer connecting to the Internet the day of their big Thanksgiving dinner and it really makes me hope that one day someone develops a kitchen appliance that doesn't require an active web connection to function.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Jandek
Magma
Shellac
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Slint
Jandek
Magma
Shellac
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Slint
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Genesis
Peter Gabriel
54.40
Metallica
Rush
(I think that's the first five, actually)
Genesis
Peter Gabriel
54.40
Metallica
Rush
(I think that's the first five, actually)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
The Kinks
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Iggy Pop
Dave Brubeck
The Kinks
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Iggy Pop
Dave Brubeck
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Jandek
Magma
Shellac
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Slint
Jandek
Magma
Shellac
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Slint
Target restock!
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Target restock!