Aaron Mullan

Ballots will soon arrive for the general election. Don't be frightened by the voting process. Need insight beyond the voters' pamphlet? Check out the Mercury's voter guide and endorsements, or risk being haunted by your decisions.

Thanks to @vicbergeriv.bsky.social for introducing this clown to so many of us. youtu.be/rOH37W0jPpA?...

Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy

I had no idea this was something real and not just random syllables said by Marc Bolan. Not that "I'm just a Jeepster for your love" makes much more sense now.

INDEED (said in City Gardens banter voice)

25 years later and The Onion’s ParentCorner 9/11 explainer from immediately after the attack is a better understanding of the threat environment than the one produced by the U.S. government.

thou wouldst be seiz’d by the leopard

To light a candle is to cast a shadow.

YOU MUST DISAGREE WITH AUTHORITY FIGURES

Visionaries have been calling for an end to Beatle Mania since at least 1980 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMGM... #oncewasenough

Rad matinee show alert- Extremely rare Pacific Northwest Appearance for Pete Nolan's (Magik Markers) long-running psych blues project Spectre Folk, Rebecca Gates (Spinanes) is un-mothballing her undefined sound art project Parcematone, and I'll be doing my electro-folk tabletop hijinx. 4pm Sat. #pdx

I made a Garfield breeding simulator.

On this July 4th, remember the words of Dashiell Hammett, who was jailed by HUAC for not naming names. "I don’t let cops or judges tell me what I think democracy is." —Dashiell Hammett

I saw Fugazi at the Washington Monument in 1993 and there were a lot more people there. youtu.be/IC-lLmwiMdg?...

Please god let this close the portal to Hell the Cubs opened in 2016

play-by-play calls of last night’s winning basket from across Europe

I have no idea who this guy is or what he is talking about and it's my new favorite thing.

10 bands you've seen, female lead singer edition: Teenage Jesus and the Jerks Huggy Bear Scissor Girls Erase Errata Talk Normal ESG Stereolab Bardo Pond Coathangers Heron Oblivion

honk if what if

They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.

The sunlights differ, but there is only one darkness.

House, 1993 by Rachel Whiteread #womensart

My beloved College is on the ropes. I've pledged to this campaign to reimagine (again) what a college could be.

Wow! I have been looking for this for years... I was doing sound that night and I know I recorded it on cassette but I can't remember what happened to the tape. Maybe I gave it to Loren? I didn't know there was any documentation. Can't wait to watch.

This is not the main point, but I think "absolute unit" would be a fine translation for the monstrous boar in Herodotos 1.36.2, ὑὸς χρῆμα γίνεται μέγα, "in Mysian Olympos there arose a big thing of pig"

Plectrum Spectrum

Fugazi

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity

First thing that comes to mind? Lack of safety strap stressing me out.

The best place to be when It happens would be a music venue mid-concert. A little drunk. A little sweaty. The news rippling through the crowd as people’s phones light up. An abrupt halt to a banger before the announcement is made from the stage. Everybody kissing like it’s V-J Day in Times Square.

operator: 911, please state the nature of your emergency me: there’s a site i go to a lot that isn’t the best way to follow breaking news operator: is it a news site me: not really operator: why don’t you go to a news site me: i don’t know operator: jesus. ok. how many ambulances do you want me: 75

The complete nerdiness of the responses here is what I love about this website.

You know how in a library no one’s trying to sell you anything? That’s how the internet was.

looks like we traded generations of healthcare for 4 days worth of missiles

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26 NO - 41% YES - 38% UNSURE - 21%

[Exit Murderer.]

Turns out lawlessness is not a winning strategy. See you at Nuremberg 2.0

Cassingle just dropped: sagerats.bandcamp.com/album/voices

Playing bass in Sage Rats tomorrow at Turn! Turn! Turn! Limited edition cassingle release, too. Gonna blow minds.

really wonderful terry riley bliss-out on san francisco public television, april 1969, with the just exactly perfect visuals you might imagine for san francisco public television in april 1969. many orbs!

I gathered up a bunch of versions of #sonicyouth 's 'Diamond Sea' and John Oswald did his thing: recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelea...