Austin
@duchess-orlock.bsky.social
Guitarist, drummer, songwriter, software developer, death metal enthusiast. Detroit, MI.
I play drums for @izak-detroit.bsky.social and electric guitar for two tributes: Playground Twist (Siouxsie & the Banshees), This Broken Machine (NIN)
www.izak.band
I play drums for @izak-detroit.bsky.social and electric guitar for two tributes: Playground Twist (Siouxsie & the Banshees), This Broken Machine (NIN)
www.izak.band
What’s better than making art with your favorite people? When you can listen back to it with high fidelity!
That’s right—we hit the recording studio today! Get excited for an upcoming single!
December 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
What’s better than making art with your favorite people? When you can listen back to it with high fidelity!
Great times with my faves!
December 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Great times with my faves!
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Listen up—you got TWO chances to celebrate our beautiful drummer @duchess-orlock.bsky.social’s birthday this weekend; first, this very Friday at the Polka Dot Lounge in Hamtramck and then the next night at the Regal Beagle in Ypsilanti. We better see you at both! 😡 #izak #folkpunk #livemusic
October 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Listen up—you got TWO chances to celebrate our beautiful drummer @duchess-orlock.bsky.social’s birthday this weekend; first, this very Friday at the Polka Dot Lounge in Hamtramck and then the next night at the Regal Beagle in Ypsilanti. We better see you at both! 😡 #izak #folkpunk #livemusic
Playing a show with Izak this Friday, 10/17, at the Polka Dot in Hamtramck! #hamtramck #livemusic #izakdotband
October 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Playing a show with Izak this Friday, 10/17, at the Polka Dot in Hamtramck! #hamtramck #livemusic #izakdotband
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I'm teaching the computer to smoke cigarettes
October 6, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I'm teaching the computer to smoke cigarettes
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Just kidding! Show canceled because the people at New Dodge Lounge are fucking idiots, pass it on 🖤
We wish to formally invite you to the birthday party of our drummer, @duchess-orlock.bsky.social, on October 17th at the New Dodge Lounge in Hamtramck! Featuring our special friends, @swampratsmusic.bsky.social.
October 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Just kidding! Show canceled because the people at New Dodge Lounge are fucking idiots, pass it on 🖤
It’s my birthday show and you’re invited! 🤩
We wish to formally invite you to the birthday party of our drummer, @duchess-orlock.bsky.social, on October 17th at the New Dodge Lounge in Hamtramck! Featuring our special friends, @swampratsmusic.bsky.social.
October 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It’s my birthday show and you’re invited! 🤩
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they should start polling for military coup approval
September 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
they should start polling for military coup approval
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I honor my body by moving it daily; because I understand that movement is a privilege and exercise is a celebration of what my body can do. No need to be extreme. Just consistent.
September 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I honor my body by moving it daily; because I understand that movement is a privilege and exercise is a celebration of what my body can do. No need to be extreme. Just consistent.
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trans people just want to be able to live their lives and cis people are like "due to this we need to do mandatory genital inspections to children playing sports". im sorry but the problem is cis people
September 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
trans people just want to be able to live their lives and cis people are like "due to this we need to do mandatory genital inspections to children playing sports". im sorry but the problem is cis people
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YPSI FREAK FEST
OCTOBER 3-5th
ALL ACROSS DOWNTOWN YPSILANTI, MI
OCTOBER 3-5th
ALL ACROSS DOWNTOWN YPSILANTI, MI
September 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
YPSI FREAK FEST
OCTOBER 3-5th
ALL ACROSS DOWNTOWN YPSILANTI, MI
OCTOBER 3-5th
ALL ACROSS DOWNTOWN YPSILANTI, MI
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Hey, friends! Boosting this because donations have slowed down a bit. Thanks to those who’ve donated so far, PLEASE keep sharing. We’re about halfway there.
Hey everybody. I’m trying to help a loved one afford to move out of her house and away from her abusive partner; please share as much as you can, as this is the only social media I have. Thank you.
Donate to Help May move to a safe, happy home, organized by Taylor Izak
Hello. I’m raising money on behalf of my friend May*, who needs to move out of an abus… Taylor Izak needs your support for Help May move to a safe, happy home
gofund.me
September 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hey, friends! Boosting this because donations have slowed down a bit. Thanks to those who’ve donated so far, PLEASE keep sharing. We’re about halfway there.
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Political violence is abhorrent. I have not celebrated Kirk's death.
But Newsom calling for his followers to "continue Charlie Kirk's work," someone who praised stoning gay people as "god's perfect law," who called for men to "take care of" trans people like they did in the 50s and 60s, is not it.
But Newsom calling for his followers to "continue Charlie Kirk's work," someone who praised stoning gay people as "god's perfect law," who called for men to "take care of" trans people like they did in the 50s and 60s, is not it.
September 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Political violence is abhorrent. I have not celebrated Kirk's death.
But Newsom calling for his followers to "continue Charlie Kirk's work," someone who praised stoning gay people as "god's perfect law," who called for men to "take care of" trans people like they did in the 50s and 60s, is not it.
But Newsom calling for his followers to "continue Charlie Kirk's work," someone who praised stoning gay people as "god's perfect law," who called for men to "take care of" trans people like they did in the 50s and 60s, is not it.
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Here’s the complete lineup for Ypsi Freak Fest:
September 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Here’s the complete lineup for Ypsi Freak Fest:
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hi, cis folks!
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
NEWS: House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The legislation would prohibit taxpayer dollars for any type of gender-affirming care for transgender people. This would include programs like Medicaid
September 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
hi, cis folks!
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
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From “Hamtramck Is Gay!”, August 4th at the Ghost Light Bar.
September 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
From “Hamtramck Is Gay!”, August 4th at the Ghost Light Bar.
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Remember! If you support trans people in any even vaguely meaningful way, then you hate democracy and America—so proudly show your disdain for this country by putting more money in the hands of evil trannies like me this #bandcampfriday.
Cheers to Half of You..., by Izak
2 track album
izakdetroit.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Remember! If you support trans people in any even vaguely meaningful way, then you hate democracy and America—so proudly show your disdain for this country by putting more money in the hands of evil trannies like me this #bandcampfriday.
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Cute girls telling you how cute and good you are will fix you
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
August 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Cute girls telling you how cute and good you are will fix you
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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No conversation about crime is useful unless we talk about what causes most city crime: exploitation and poverty.
Any intervention that isn't aimed at reducing the working class oppression that leads to poverty (wage slavery, for-profit housing, over-policing etc) will simply not work
Any intervention that isn't aimed at reducing the working class oppression that leads to poverty (wage slavery, for-profit housing, over-policing etc) will simply not work
August 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
No conversation about crime is useful unless we talk about what causes most city crime: exploitation and poverty.
Any intervention that isn't aimed at reducing the working class oppression that leads to poverty (wage slavery, for-profit housing, over-policing etc) will simply not work
Any intervention that isn't aimed at reducing the working class oppression that leads to poverty (wage slavery, for-profit housing, over-policing etc) will simply not work
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When I was ghostwriting gay werewolf romances the client once emailed me an idea & ended it with "you get the jizz." He wasn't being funny, he just honestly thought the saying was "you get the jizz" & I think about that every now & then. I wish him well
August 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
When I was ghostwriting gay werewolf romances the client once emailed me an idea & ended it with "you get the jizz." He wasn't being funny, he just honestly thought the saying was "you get the jizz" & I think about that every now & then. I wish him well
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Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.
August 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.
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One of my favorite pics of me and @duchess-orlock.bsky.social #t4t
August 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
One of my favorite pics of me and @duchess-orlock.bsky.social #t4t
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EP release party 9/3!!! ‘2 Soft’ streaming everywhere now!
August 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
EP release party 9/3!!! ‘2 Soft’ streaming everywhere now!