eric lab rat
@ericlabrat.bsky.social
GlitterGuts photographer. Subculture historian. Wife guy. Tricycle enthusiast. Dingus. Deviant. In a weird, transitional stage of my life?
Pretty sure I went to a rave there called Burning Chocolate in 2005. All I remember is that the chillout room had an electric violinist accompanying the dj and also that a journalist I was feuding with kept flashing me
former site of Brach’s Candy Factory, built 1921-1923 and demolished 2014. I made hundreds of photographs there from 2011-2014: www.flickr.com/gp/gabrielxm...
February 18, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Pretty sure I went to a rave there called Burning Chocolate in 2005. All I remember is that the chillout room had an electric violinist accompanying the dj and also that a journalist I was feuding with kept flashing me
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What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
February 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
RIP Bud Cort. Hard to pinpoint how exactly a movie could have changed my life going forward, but I'm pretty sure I'm 4-7% more of a kind and patient person for having seen it when I did.
👇 classic over-the-top, hand painted Ghanaian movie poster by Heavy J
👇 classic over-the-top, hand painted Ghanaian movie poster by Heavy J
February 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
RIP Bud Cort. Hard to pinpoint how exactly a movie could have changed my life going forward, but I'm pretty sure I'm 4-7% more of a kind and patient person for having seen it when I did.
👇 classic over-the-top, hand painted Ghanaian movie poster by Heavy J
👇 classic over-the-top, hand painted Ghanaian movie poster by Heavy J
ONCE AGAIN thinking about Gorilla Television, the signal pirates who used to interrupt Muppet broadcasts on The Jim Henson Hour in 1989
February 5, 2026 at 9:59 PM
ONCE AGAIN thinking about Gorilla Television, the signal pirates who used to interrupt Muppet broadcasts on The Jim Henson Hour in 1989
I was hoping the Muppet special would have Paul Williams pop in for a bit because
1) he wrote so many of the Muppets' classic songs
2) after seeing her duet with Paul Simon, I want to see Sabrina Carpenter next to all the tiny men who wrote beautiful songs in the '70s
1) he wrote so many of the Muppets' classic songs
2) after seeing her duet with Paul Simon, I want to see Sabrina Carpenter next to all the tiny men who wrote beautiful songs in the '70s
February 5, 2026 at 7:50 AM
I was hoping the Muppet special would have Paul Williams pop in for a bit because
1) he wrote so many of the Muppets' classic songs
2) after seeing her duet with Paul Simon, I want to see Sabrina Carpenter next to all the tiny men who wrote beautiful songs in the '70s
1) he wrote so many of the Muppets' classic songs
2) after seeing her duet with Paul Simon, I want to see Sabrina Carpenter next to all the tiny men who wrote beautiful songs in the '70s
Outside the goth show at the repurposed meatpacking plant that now does sustainable farming
(I 🖤 Chicago so much)
(I 🖤 Chicago so much)
February 1, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Outside the goth show at the repurposed meatpacking plant that now does sustainable farming
(I 🖤 Chicago so much)
(I 🖤 Chicago so much)
Can't believe this motherfucker STOOD UP to steal my tamale
January 29, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Can't believe this motherfucker STOOD UP to steal my tamale
WEIRDER FAMILY FILM INDUSTRIAL MUSIC MOMENT
In RANGO, Hans fucking Zimmer mixes the Lard song "Forkboy" into the score, in a chaotic scene ending in a Fear & Loathing cameo.
The band LARD is Ministry + Jello Biafra.
It's like 1 minute tailor made for teenage me 😵💫
youtu.be/nl4xd2GeVVk?...
In RANGO, Hans fucking Zimmer mixes the Lard song "Forkboy" into the score, in a chaotic scene ending in a Fear & Loathing cameo.
The band LARD is Ministry + Jello Biafra.
It's like 1 minute tailor made for teenage me 😵💫
youtu.be/nl4xd2GeVVk?...
January 28, 2026 at 10:07 PM
WEIRDER FAMILY FILM INDUSTRIAL MUSIC MOMENT
In RANGO, Hans fucking Zimmer mixes the Lard song "Forkboy" into the score, in a chaotic scene ending in a Fear & Loathing cameo.
The band LARD is Ministry + Jello Biafra.
It's like 1 minute tailor made for teenage me 😵💫
youtu.be/nl4xd2GeVVk?...
In RANGO, Hans fucking Zimmer mixes the Lard song "Forkboy" into the score, in a chaotic scene ending in a Fear & Loathing cameo.
The band LARD is Ministry + Jello Biafra.
It's like 1 minute tailor made for teenage me 😵💫
youtu.be/nl4xd2GeVVk?...
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Does anyone doing community defense in an ICE hot spot need money for printing zines/know your rights cards? Or would you like a box of professionally printed KYR cards? We can accommodate both. For boxes of cards we’d want to do volume though, like 5000+
January 26, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Does anyone doing community defense in an ICE hot spot need money for printing zines/know your rights cards? Or would you like a box of professionally printed KYR cards? We can accommodate both. For boxes of cards we’d want to do volume though, like 5000+
Work decided not to open and give everybody a paid day off because the temps were hitting double digit negative numbers and then at home my furnace stopped working.
Sometimes you just can't get a fucking win.
Sometimes you just can't get a fucking win.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Work decided not to open and give everybody a paid day off because the temps were hitting double digit negative numbers and then at home my furnace stopped working.
Sometimes you just can't get a fucking win.
Sometimes you just can't get a fucking win.
Two friends I knew for over twenty years from different punk communities in Chicago passed this week.
I was kinda dealing with the first a couple days later and I am not ready at all for the second
I was kinda dealing with the first a couple days later and I am not ready at all for the second
January 15, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Two friends I knew for over twenty years from different punk communities in Chicago passed this week.
I was kinda dealing with the first a couple days later and I am not ready at all for the second
I was kinda dealing with the first a couple days later and I am not ready at all for the second
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seems as good a time as any to mention that i’ll be taking portraits for Wikipedia next week at Sundance, let me know if you’ll be there, come visit me at the portrait studio (or invite me to a fancy premiere) www.eventbrite.com/e/wikiportra...
January 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
seems as good a time as any to mention that i’ll be taking portraits for Wikipedia next week at Sundance, let me know if you’ll be there, come visit me at the portrait studio (or invite me to a fancy premiere) www.eventbrite.com/e/wikiportra...
There's a raccoon on the side of the highway looking so peaceful, head resting on his little paw.
I'd like to believe he died naturally, climbing down to the shoulder of the road to watch the lights whip past for one last time
I'd like to believe he died naturally, climbing down to the shoulder of the road to watch the lights whip past for one last time
January 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
There's a raccoon on the side of the highway looking so peaceful, head resting on his little paw.
I'd like to believe he died naturally, climbing down to the shoulder of the road to watch the lights whip past for one last time
I'd like to believe he died naturally, climbing down to the shoulder of the road to watch the lights whip past for one last time
Me at 26 vs me in '26
Left was a New Years party at the Members Only loft. Justice did a dj set after their Congress Theater show. The cartoon cutout backdrop was done by Melt
Right was a test shot for a headshot shoot at Turf Design
(Both by @oo0oo.bsky.social for GlitterGuts, obvz)
Left was a New Years party at the Members Only loft. Justice did a dj set after their Congress Theater show. The cartoon cutout backdrop was done by Melt
Right was a test shot for a headshot shoot at Turf Design
(Both by @oo0oo.bsky.social for GlitterGuts, obvz)
January 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Me at 26 vs me in '26
Left was a New Years party at the Members Only loft. Justice did a dj set after their Congress Theater show. The cartoon cutout backdrop was done by Melt
Right was a test shot for a headshot shoot at Turf Design
(Both by @oo0oo.bsky.social for GlitterGuts, obvz)
Left was a New Years party at the Members Only loft. Justice did a dj set after their Congress Theater show. The cartoon cutout backdrop was done by Melt
Right was a test shot for a headshot shoot at Turf Design
(Both by @oo0oo.bsky.social for GlitterGuts, obvz)
Started my first (prose) book of 2026
PRIMAL SCREAMER by Nick Blinko
PRIMAL SCREAMER by Nick Blinko
January 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Started my first (prose) book of 2026
PRIMAL SCREAMER by Nick Blinko
PRIMAL SCREAMER by Nick Blinko
Watching the Muppet Movie and yearning to go to the dirtbag saloon where a flirty 1979 Madeline Kahn and 1979 Carol Kane are hanging out at the bar, and 1979 Paul Williams is jamming out on stage..
Honestly it seems pretty fuckin easy being green.
Honestly it seems pretty fuckin easy being green.
January 6, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Watching the Muppet Movie and yearning to go to the dirtbag saloon where a flirty 1979 Madeline Kahn and 1979 Carol Kane are hanging out at the bar, and 1979 Paul Williams is jamming out on stage..
Honestly it seems pretty fuckin easy being green.
Honestly it seems pretty fuckin easy being green.
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About to sit down and mail about a dozen or so Gay Community shirts and will gladly add yours to the pile. All sizes from S-2XL are in stock. $20 plus shipping. 🤼
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The Gay Community Tee
The world has changed a lot since the first printing of this shirt. The Bullet Club isn't the force it once was. AJ Styles might be retiring in...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:36 AM
About to sit down and mail about a dozen or so Gay Community shirts and will gladly add yours to the pile. All sizes from S-2XL are in stock. $20 plus shipping. 🤼
fearofaghostplanet.bigcartel.com/product/the-...
fearofaghostplanet.bigcartel.com/product/the-...
Felt like a lot of HOT YOUNG BABES in their late 30s were hitting on me tonight, but I had to shut that shit down.
As a distinguished gentleman of 43, I can't fw an age gap that wide and problematic. Plus I just don't want to deal with all that youthful drama.
As a distinguished gentleman of 43, I can't fw an age gap that wide and problematic. Plus I just don't want to deal with all that youthful drama.
January 4, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Felt like a lot of HOT YOUNG BABES in their late 30s were hitting on me tonight, but I had to shut that shit down.
As a distinguished gentleman of 43, I can't fw an age gap that wide and problematic. Plus I just don't want to deal with all that youthful drama.
As a distinguished gentleman of 43, I can't fw an age gap that wide and problematic. Plus I just don't want to deal with all that youthful drama.
It's weird when people i don't even know take a significant role in my dreams.
It's like my subconscious is introducing a whole new wacky cast of characters for a backdoor pilot.
It's like my subconscious is introducing a whole new wacky cast of characters for a backdoor pilot.
December 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It's weird when people i don't even know take a significant role in my dreams.
It's like my subconscious is introducing a whole new wacky cast of characters for a backdoor pilot.
It's like my subconscious is introducing a whole new wacky cast of characters for a backdoor pilot.
Every social media app should have an option for an "I'm in public" feed.
Like I don't want the thirst traps and porn to go away. I just don't want them popping up when I'm scrolling on the bus or at the gym and there's people all around.
Like I don't want the thirst traps and porn to go away. I just don't want them popping up when I'm scrolling on the bus or at the gym and there's people all around.
December 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Every social media app should have an option for an "I'm in public" feed.
Like I don't want the thirst traps and porn to go away. I just don't want them popping up when I'm scrolling on the bus or at the gym and there's people all around.
Like I don't want the thirst traps and porn to go away. I just don't want them popping up when I'm scrolling on the bus or at the gym and there's people all around.
Fran Drescher as Bobbi Flekman in THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984), SPINAL TAP II (2025), and in an episode of The Nanny (1997) where she gets to meet..... Fran Drescher as Fran Fine
What a fucking goddess and forever crush
What a fucking goddess and forever crush
December 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Fran Drescher as Bobbi Flekman in THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984), SPINAL TAP II (2025), and in an episode of The Nanny (1997) where she gets to meet..... Fran Drescher as Fran Fine
What a fucking goddess and forever crush
What a fucking goddess and forever crush
There was a super run down house I used to pass every day on the schoolbus and we'd trade "information" on how it was haunted or inhabited by witches or murderers.
Razed years ago and I'm sad I'll never see a picture if it, because what're the odds anyone photograph it and upload it years later?
Razed years ago and I'm sad I'll never see a picture if it, because what're the odds anyone photograph it and upload it years later?
December 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
There was a super run down house I used to pass every day on the schoolbus and we'd trade "information" on how it was haunted or inhabited by witches or murderers.
Razed years ago and I'm sad I'll never see a picture if it, because what're the odds anyone photograph it and upload it years later?
Razed years ago and I'm sad I'll never see a picture if it, because what're the odds anyone photograph it and upload it years later?
When I was a boy, the WEEKLY Reader was half as thick as a phone book and came in four volumes, with two sections devoted to art and music and one full of alt comix.
I will never forgive Craigslist for eating up all the apartment rental, personals, and sex work ads that were keeping it afloat!
I will never forgive Craigslist for eating up all the apartment rental, personals, and sex work ads that were keeping it afloat!
December 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
When I was a boy, the WEEKLY Reader was half as thick as a phone book and came in four volumes, with two sections devoted to art and music and one full of alt comix.
I will never forgive Craigslist for eating up all the apartment rental, personals, and sex work ads that were keeping it afloat!
I will never forgive Craigslist for eating up all the apartment rental, personals, and sex work ads that were keeping it afloat!