Peter Holslin
@peterholslin.bsky.social
Writer, sometime freelancer, the fool in every fairytale. حياتي راضية لكن فاضية
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Echo, Echo: Death, Rebirth, and New Age Music | Los Angeles Review of Books
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Peter Holslin reflects on synthesizer drones, inoffensive ambience, and his father’s affinity for New Age soundscapes....
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Death, rebirth, and New Age music — I wrote about having music epiphanies while bonding with my ailing father for LA Review of Books Read below. lareviewofbooks.org/article/echo...
Took a lot of soul searching and difficult reflections but I finally have accepted that I just don’t fucking like apples.
July 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Took a lot of soul searching and difficult reflections but I finally have accepted that I just don’t fucking like apples.
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The Silver Apples in New York, 1968
June 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Silver Apples in New York, 1968
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The man who was killed by 50501 Utah's "peacekeepers" is Afa Ah Loo, an acclaimed fashion designer. He was the only Sāmoan contestant on Project Runway. A fundraiser for his family is here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-laura...
June 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The man who was killed by 50501 Utah's "peacekeepers" is Afa Ah Loo, an acclaimed fashion designer. He was the only Sāmoan contestant on Project Runway. A fundraiser for his family is here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-laura...
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this is also a good chunk of why ceos like it
Authoritarians love "Gen AI" because it
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
June 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
this is also a good chunk of why ceos like it
Me: “I have too many records, gonna stop buying them and focus on what I have.”
Also me: “I’m bored, let’s go to the record store and stock up on more cassette tapes.”
Also me: “I’m bored, let’s go to the record store and stock up on more cassette tapes.”
June 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Me: “I have too many records, gonna stop buying them and focus on what I have.”
Also me: “I’m bored, let’s go to the record store and stock up on more cassette tapes.”
Also me: “I’m bored, let’s go to the record store and stock up on more cassette tapes.”
Agree wholeheartedly. Signed, fellow alt-weekly veteran
[guy who writes about local music for an alt-weekly] yes
my most Gen X coded belief is that cities and the culture at large suffer profoundly for the near-complete death of alt-weeklies
May 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Agree wholeheartedly. Signed, fellow alt-weekly veteran
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it is CRAZY that i have ever felt imposter syndrome tbh
A lil tidbit from the summer reading AI culprit in an interview w WashPost.
May 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
it is CRAZY that i have ever felt imposter syndrome tbh
Up late watching drain unclogging videos, as one does
May 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Up late watching drain unclogging videos, as one does
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Happy May Day folks, may workers everywhere smash the machinery of their oppression.
May 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Happy May Day folks, may workers everywhere smash the machinery of their oppression.
Just to weigh in on the 1 gorilla vs. 100 men debate, my position is that the entire premise of this question is totally flawed because gorillas are peace loving and friendly. I am firmly on the side of the gorilla here.
May 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Just to weigh in on the 1 gorilla vs. 100 men debate, my position is that the entire premise of this question is totally flawed because gorillas are peace loving and friendly. I am firmly on the side of the gorilla here.
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Turning my phone off and on to make sure I didn’t miss any signal invites from Pete Hegseth
April 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Turning my phone off and on to make sure I didn’t miss any signal invites from Pete Hegseth
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this was a find by the amazing @cedarshims.bsky.social that they found & had posted on x but I thought ppl over here would appreciate. I believe @cedarshims.bsky.social has a collection of other rlly amazing tapes & I’d love to hear more! (see comments to listen)
January 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
this was a find by the amazing @cedarshims.bsky.social that they found & had posted on x but I thought ppl over here would appreciate. I believe @cedarshims.bsky.social has a collection of other rlly amazing tapes & I’d love to hear more! (see comments to listen)
Didn’t expect the rush of pure joy I’d feel seeing Kraftwerk live but here it is
April 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Didn’t expect the rush of pure joy I’d feel seeing Kraftwerk live but here it is
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trade war? yeah i'd like to trade war...for peace!
April 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
trade war? yeah i'd like to trade war...for peace!
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Spent a good amount of time in the first weeks of 2025 getting to know the folks behind Rastafari Indigenous Village, a community in Jamaica dedicated to cultural preservation and psychedelic awakening. Read my feature on them in DoubleBlind. doubleblindmag.com/how-a-rasta-...
How a Rasta Village Reclaimed Psychedelics on Its Own Terms
In the hills of Montego Bay, one community is using plant medicine not for trend, but for survival, blending ritual, resistance, and a new kind of retreat.
doubleblindmag.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Spent a good amount of time in the first weeks of 2025 getting to know the folks behind Rastafari Indigenous Village, a community in Jamaica dedicated to cultural preservation and psychedelic awakening. Read my feature on them in DoubleBlind. doubleblindmag.com/how-a-rasta-...
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Trump sent a teenager in the US legally to a gulag for being Venezuelan www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
The Austin-Area Teen Trump Disappeared to El Salvador
Eighteen-year-old Daniel Terán was taken from his home and shipped to a notorious prison on the charge that he is a gang member. The government hasn't produced evidence supporting the claim, says his ...
www.texasmonthly.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump sent a teenager in the US legally to a gulag for being Venezuelan www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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Interviewed the swami of all swamis, crypt rocketeer, Jehu driver and hottest snake, John Reis. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...
‘We said yes to everything!’ John Reis on his blistering punk career, from Hot Snakes to Rocket from the Crypt
He went from San Diego’s DIY scene to mega-budget albums and Top of the Pops. Now, grieving late bandmate Rick Froberg, he explains why he’s still punk’s hardest worker
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Interviewed the swami of all swamis, crypt rocketeer, Jehu driver and hottest snake, John Reis. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...
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I did not expect to find my work among the books and articles that Meta pirated for their AI, yet here it is
March 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I did not expect to find my work among the books and articles that Meta pirated for their AI, yet here it is
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An extensive and curious look at an artist whose career never quite took off
Q Lazzarus : Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus - Treble
The companion album to the documentary about the enigmatic artist reveals a world of music beyond "Goodbye Horses"
www.treblezine.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
An extensive and curious look at an artist whose career never quite took off
Wrote this uplifting message to myself and scheduled it to send today, I must know myself really well because it landed right when it should have.
March 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Wrote this uplifting message to myself and scheduled it to send today, I must know myself really well because it landed right when it should have.
The Netflix movie “Saturday Night” is a fun watch but can’t help but come away thinking of it as little more than a 110-minute big-budget Instagram influencer sketch designed to get me to watch more SNL.
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The Netflix movie “Saturday Night” is a fun watch but can’t help but come away thinking of it as little more than a 110-minute big-budget Instagram influencer sketch designed to get me to watch more SNL.