Ryan Orvis
ryanorvis.bsky.social
Ryan Orvis
@ryanorvis.bsky.social
Music stuff for Ghost Tower Records, Damaged Disco and others.
MLIS student - Archives & Preservation at SJSU
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But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?
December 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Border Patrol has been targeting the elderly heavily. Today in Santa Ana, that’s almost all they took, including this man and his cane.
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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"You need an expansive political imagination, one that can anticipate the tyrant’s next move and understand its logic without obeying it."

My latest: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/inventing-...
Inventing Antifa
In 2005, the Uzbek government invented a group called “Akromiya” to justify massacring protesters. Now I worry the US government will do the same.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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the US govt has mounted a repeal of the right to culture. There is simply no other way to understand dismantling Dept of Ed, PBS, NPR, NEH, NEA + IMLS, defunding universities, censorship of artists, attack on equal access to institutions,+ erosion of free speech.
hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
How to Protect Your Right to Culture
The United States government’s coordinated repeal of the right to culture has grave consequences for the texture of our daily lives. But there are ways to fight back.
hyperallergic.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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RIP Danny Thompson. Here's a playlist featuring just some of the hundreds of songs that were graced by his bass playing. Includes Nick Drake, Pentangle, Donovan, John Martyn, Sandy Denny, Marc Bolan, David Sylvian, Kate Bush, Talk Talk, Lilac Time, Julian Cope etc
▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4XS...
RIP Danny Thompson
open.spotify.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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They cannot make it more obvious what they're doing and where they're taking us.

For the love of god. See it. Hear it. Fight against this shit before there's no fighting to be done. Please. Give up these delusions that this isn't happening.
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
April 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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The Noir Dalis and Alex E.T. at Harvard & Stone April 14 - Free show!
April 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
April 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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keep it up! HANDS OFF this saturday! handsoff2025.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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“It’s easy to get lost in this album…this is “dark gaze” at its finest.”

Thank you to Matt Robeson at POW Magazine for reviewing the new Split Moon album More Clouds More Stars!

www.powmagazine.org/powmagazine/...
SPLIT MOON | More Clouds More Stars
Los Angles band Split Moon has released a new “dark dream gaze” style album with lush production and a trilogy of music videos to go along with it. The album starts off with a nice little palate clean...
www.powmagazine.org
March 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM