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NⒶTHAN G

@nathanobrien.bsky.social

33.3% skateboarder • youth basketball coach • jazz editor at soda killers magazine • zero tolerance for autism jokes • minneapolis

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NⒶTHAN G

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If you see this quote post a concert picture you took blah blah blah

Retirement live at Black Lodge, Seattle, WA, 04/19/2025. The singer stands left of center, legs wide, screaming into mic, intense look on face. The bass player stands right of center, wearing a Throbbing Gristle - Beyond Jazz Funk bootleg T-shirt. Everything is awash in red lighting

Retirement live at Black Lodge, Seattle, WA, 04/19/2025. The singer screams from stage, awash in red light. A audience member stands below, fist pumping, back to the camera, awash in green lightning. Like punk rock Christmas in April

September 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM

NⒶTHAN G

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I couldn't help myself...

A sign outside of the Keewaydin Park Rec Center in South Minneapolis, which I may or may not have rearranged the lettering from "Fall Registration" to read "No Fart Allergis"

September 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM

NⒶTHAN G

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Whatcha'all up to?

A screenshot of an email confirming I have successfully updated my MySpace password

August 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM

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A meme from David Linklater's 1993 American cinema masterpiece Dazed and Confused, in which the character David Wooderson (played by Mathew McConaughey) proclaims, "That's what I love about these high school girls, I get older, they stay the same age." For the purposes of this incredibly specific and undeniably hilarious meme created by me,"high school girls" has been changed to "college radio DJs"

July 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM

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Kinda trying not to be a 'recommends music to people unsolicited guy' (omg cringe amirite) anymore (beyond doing zine stuff), but this album and the back story is pretty radical...

July 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM

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Good afternoon. Let's take a moment to appreciate the great new look of Minneapolis Labor Review...

The 118-year anniversary issue (May 2025) of Minneapolis Labor Review, featuring a new title flag. The front page image is a photograph of a pile of Minneapolis Labor Reviews from throughout their publication history, which show a wide range of title flags

June 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM

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Good morning. Let's all take a moment to appreciate this incredible album artwork by Neville Garrick for Steel Pulse's Earth Crisis...

Album art by Neville Garrick for Steel Pulse's 1984 LP, Earth Crisis, from which the heavy metal comedy act took their name. Mixed media collage consisting of photographs, painting, illustration, ephemeral clippings, etc., depict riot police, famine, the pope, Soviet Union, Ronald Reagan, KKK, war, etc.

June 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM

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Reminder, Agnostic Front sucks...

May 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM

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The average American has three friends ...

May 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM

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@nathanobrien.bsky.social

I got the zine, y'all...

A latte from Cafe Umbria in Seattle, WA, next to issue #15 (1989) of Your Flesh, a punk zine from Minneapolis, MN

April 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM

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I got some shirts, y'all...

T-shirt for South Korean hardcore punk band Slant, designed by artist Yewon Kwon

April 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM

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Oh, before I forget, I do have a new newsletter available, which you can get for $2 PPD. Venmo, CashApp, whatevs. Or, if you'd like one but rather not pay, that's OK too; just say so...