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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · 2d

meanwhile, in "harsh art show review" news...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Triple Trouble: Fairey, Hirst, Invader review – the most revolting visual soup imaginable

Shepard Fairey, Damien Hirst and Invader join forces to make an exhibition that’s so bad, it’s like walking in on a crime scene

www.theguardian.com

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · 3d

incoming hot take: kid rock is the "garbage pail kid" version of vanilla ice.

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · 4d

phew: surviving yet another typical night of antifa-fueled riots in chicago. oh the horror. thank goodness for ice and kristi noem protecting us.

a calm street in the evening in chicago, which is the norm and a contrast to the lies dribbled out by kristi noem and other human garbage.

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Mindcite💥 @mindcite.bsky.social · 10d

Younger veteran: "How old are you, man?"

Older veteran: “87.”

Younger veteran: “Out here getting arrested, raising hell at 87.”

Older veteran: “It’s just beginning.”

🦅 🦅 🦅 #ResistanceUnited 🔥 🔥 🔥

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · 11d

yadda yadda algorithm
yadda yadda bandcamp friday
this would be the most recent bandcamp offering from me...
enjoy it as a counterpoint to the new Taylor Swift
because you should also be listening to that, obvi.
vertonen.bandcamp.com/album/live-b...

"live" bootleg series #1: 1985 (21:06), by vertonen

1 track album

vertonen.bandcamp.com

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · 13d

friendly reminder: taking your earplugs out for five minutes so you can be "fully immersed" in a live Swans performance is about as stupid as looking at a solar eclipse without the proper eyewear "for just a couple of minutes."

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Skeletal Viking Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 21d

Trump: I have linked Tylenol to autism
Kenvue lawyers: *rubbing their hands together in glee* yeah you did buddy

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Aug 30

if someone asked me to name the greatest 16 seconds in tv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFhp...

Police Squad - I'm a Locksmith and I'm a Locksmith

YouTube video by OMNISEC LTD

www.youtube.com

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Aug 26

I'm right there with you in solidarity rage that Travis is off the market.

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Aug 26

I appreciate that three of my work colleagues—in three separate instances, no less—felt the need to notify me about Taylor Swift's engagement.

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Aug 25

obviously the song is amazing, but, as one commenter noted, the way she glides aross the floor = total smoothess.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUjN...

Bobbie Gentry - Fancy (Live)

YouTube video by ShoutFactoryVEVO

www.youtube.com

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Aug 9

(sigh); I thought my fetish group mailing services had more tact.

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Aug 7

daaaaaaaamn.

blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Aug 1

lollapalooza has been hosted in chicago for 800 years

blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Jul 29

sometimes I feel I could listen to the cramps' version of "goo goo muck" on repeat all day.
I've been listening to the cramps' version of "goo goo muck" on repeat for the last hour.

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Jul 18

lookin at you, @kanshiketsu.bsky.social ......

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Jul 18

things are humming along at ballast...

Making these releases available again is, for me, cause for celebration alone. I could talk about the merits of each cassette for longer than many might appreciate.
ballastnvp.blogspot.com/2025/07/now-...

now available: ballast nvp077: Eric Lunde: Shoulda killed me when you had the chance...... (8 x cs, book, prints, and more!)

When it rains at ballast, it pours at ballast... Eric Lunde: shoulda killed me when you had the chance…… (8x cs, book, thumb drive, hand pr...

ballastnvp.blogspot.com

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Jul 17

very excited to announce the release of @steve4s.bsky.social's it's nothing, but still: japan/us tour 2023 DVDR. amazing audio, video, and packaging.

ballastnvp.blogspot.com/2025/07/now-...

now available: Steve Fors: it’s nothing, but still: japan/us tour, 2023-24 DVDR (ballastnvp070)

I saw Steve perform these pieces in Chicago in 2024 and immediately asked if he had an interest in releasing the material asa DVDR. The audi...

ballastnvp.blogspot.com

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Jul 10

A comprehensive list of cool convertibles
1. volkwagen beetle (1949-1980)

blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Jul 9

A+, would sex again

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Jul 5

July 4 in the US: the unofficial holiday of people willfully ignoring / remarkably ignorant of what the lyrics to Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" are about.

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Jul 4

every coward republican in congress who slurped to the thin-skinned manbaby should be sent a pair of kneepads.

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blake edwards @bedwards314159.bsky.social · Jul 3

have a lot of fun releases on ballast coming out in the next weeks: most recently, this collaboration I did with @simonwhetham.bsky.social made its way into the world...
ballastnvp.blogspot.com/2025/07/ball...

ballastnvp079: Blake Edwards & Simon Whetham: Uncultured Media (2x3" CDR)

After trading releases with Simon for about a year, he asked if he could process some of my sounds for one of his live performances. When h...

ballastnvp.blogspot.com

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Dunkin’ Cruller Carl @keithdecent.bsky.social · Jun 16

They say we are all children of god and Stephen Miller is proof that we don’t get to choose which one

Dunkin’ Cruller Carl @keithdecent.bsky.social · Jun 16

They had to give Stephen miller the most normal name possible because he was so off-putting as a baby

Dunkin’ Cruller Carl @keithdecent.bsky.social · Jun 16

Stephen Miller looks like he sleeps inside the husk of a long-deceased birthday clown

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