Atlas O'Clare
@astralocale.bsky.social
not ska, not punk, but a secret third thing
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Boston, WMass, NH, CT
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Atlas O'Clare
@astralocale.bsky.social
· Jun 17
This forever and ever and ever until we all die
Or do something to stop it
We've written a few songs about it over the past 5 years.... 15 to be exact.
What if Streetlight Manifesto was political? What if ska had synth? What if we are the ones who'll make change?
open.spotify.com/playlist/2Pw...
Or do something to stop it
We've written a few songs about it over the past 5 years.... 15 to be exact.
What if Streetlight Manifesto was political? What if ska had synth? What if we are the ones who'll make change?
open.spotify.com/playlist/2Pw...
Everyone has blindspots, but some build whole personalities around hiding their own by attacking others. I've never heard a vegan announce their diet unprompted, but I've heard dozens of vegan jokes w the same punchline. Taxes are too expensive- but alcohol & gambling isn't?
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Everyone has blindspots, but some build whole personalities around hiding their own by attacking others. I've never heard a vegan announce their diet unprompted, but I've heard dozens of vegan jokes w the same punchline. Taxes are too expensive- but alcohol & gambling isn't?
"People need to stop calling everything xyz" stop. take stock of the totality. you don't know as much as you think you do about the details. xyz exists as a term because it happens frequently enough to be societally noticeable. maybe people need to stop calling everything fake
November 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"People need to stop calling everything xyz" stop. take stock of the totality. you don't know as much as you think you do about the details. xyz exists as a term because it happens frequently enough to be societally noticeable. maybe people need to stop calling everything fake
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
If you've got something to say about what I do today, just wait till you see what I do tomorrow 😘
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
If you've got something to say about what I do today, just wait till you see what I do tomorrow 😘
I don't think Marcus Aurelius would have said that shit about blankets if he were born today. They are much softer now
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I don't think Marcus Aurelius would have said that shit about blankets if he were born today. They are much softer now
If your reaction to a problem is "how do I make sure no one finds out about this" instead of "how do I make this better going forward," please allow me to reintroduce you to the drawing board
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If your reaction to a problem is "how do I make sure no one finds out about this" instead of "how do I make this better going forward," please allow me to reintroduce you to the drawing board
The musical genre of being so myself that it drives haters into personality crises
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The musical genre of being so myself that it drives haters into personality crises
Kids start getting angry at their mistakes when it stops being socially acceptable to say "oopsie". Since replacing my mistake reactions with oopsie, I have personally seen a 45% reduction in frustration and a corresponding improvement in quality of life. In this essay, I will
November 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Kids start getting angry at their mistakes when it stops being socially acceptable to say "oopsie". Since replacing my mistake reactions with oopsie, I have personally seen a 45% reduction in frustration and a corresponding improvement in quality of life. In this essay, I will
OUTPUT over OUTCOME. We all care what ppl think of our hard work. But at the end of the day, what's important is that you DID the work. You're someone who has done it. Who will you become next? And in the meanwhile... what've THEY done lately?
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
OUTPUT over OUTCOME. We all care what ppl think of our hard work. But at the end of the day, what's important is that you DID the work. You're someone who has done it. Who will you become next? And in the meanwhile... what've THEY done lately?
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I feel like the last couple decades of "is representation good or not?" discourse missed more important questions of "how fragile is representation?", "what do we do when multiple industries eliminate it as an intentional move against us?" and "how can we sustain queer artists when shit goes south?"
"According to the report, [...]during the 2024-25 television season, queer characters increased across platforms by 4%, bringing the total to 489. However, the Thursday report found that 41% of those characters will not return." www.thewrap.com/glaad-where-...
Nearly Half of All LGBTQ+ Characters Will Disappear From TV Next Season, GLAAD Study Finds
The 2024-25 TV season recorded 489 queer characters across broadcast, cable and screenings, but cancellations and plot find a deep decline to come
www.thewrap.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I feel like the last couple decades of "is representation good or not?" discourse missed more important questions of "how fragile is representation?", "what do we do when multiple industries eliminate it as an intentional move against us?" and "how can we sustain queer artists when shit goes south?"
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November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The insane ramblings of a madman, or the hidden codes that unlock the path to victory? Only one way to find out, traveller #skapunk #diymusicscene #bedroomproduction
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The insane ramblings of a madman, or the hidden codes that unlock the path to victory? Only one way to find out, traveller #skapunk #diymusicscene #bedroomproduction
My words glimmer with the truth of experience and reflection. You can take them home with you and show your friends, even tell them that they're your words if you so choose. Just remember that when they ask you where the glimmer came from, you won't quite know how to answer.
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
My words glimmer with the truth of experience and reflection. You can take them home with you and show your friends, even tell them that they're your words if you so choose. Just remember that when they ask you where the glimmer came from, you won't quite know how to answer.
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I’ve been caught. They know about my Miss Piggy Tattoo now.
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I’ve been caught. They know about my Miss Piggy Tattoo now.
You start a conversation you can't even finish 🧐
You're talking a lot 👀
But you're not saying anything 😧
When I have nothing to say? My lips are sealed 🙂↕️
Say something once, why say it again? 🤷♀️
You're talking a lot 👀
But you're not saying anything 😧
When I have nothing to say? My lips are sealed 🙂↕️
Say something once, why say it again? 🤷♀️
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
You start a conversation you can't even finish 🧐
You're talking a lot 👀
But you're not saying anything 😧
When I have nothing to say? My lips are sealed 🙂↕️
Say something once, why say it again? 🤷♀️
You're talking a lot 👀
But you're not saying anything 😧
When I have nothing to say? My lips are sealed 🙂↕️
Say something once, why say it again? 🤷♀️
I used to worry whether changing who I am for each person made me inauthentic. Bc everyone interprets things differently, how do I stay "me"?Eventually I realized the key: don't change who you are, change how you communicate who you are. That small difference is everything
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I used to worry whether changing who I am for each person made me inauthentic. Bc everyone interprets things differently, how do I stay "me"?Eventually I realized the key: don't change who you are, change how you communicate who you are. That small difference is everything
When your face is a product... A mask isn't hiding, it's autonomy. It's deciding who gets to access your likeness.
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When your face is a product... A mask isn't hiding, it's autonomy. It's deciding who gets to access your likeness.
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Rainy day here in SoCal so worked on this little video for my song "Flowers".
Eli Rector - Flowers
YouTube video by Eli Rector
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Rainy day here in SoCal so worked on this little video for my song "Flowers".
Slowly radicalizing the CIA agent in my phone by reading true news that is actually happening and then fact-checking the more ludicrous claims to find that they, too, are actually happening
November 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Slowly radicalizing the CIA agent in my phone by reading true news that is actually happening and then fact-checking the more ludicrous claims to find that they, too, are actually happening
Glimpse the mind of a ska hobbyist n you'll discover a reslience you didn't think possible. Imagine loving a genre & when you tell people, half of them laugh before you even show them your take on it, and the other half laugh once they've heard it bc it's not ska enough #skapunk
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Glimpse the mind of a ska hobbyist n you'll discover a reslience you didn't think possible. Imagine loving a genre & when you tell people, half of them laugh before you even show them your take on it, and the other half laugh once they've heard it bc it's not ska enough #skapunk
SKAGICIAN
Ska wizard
Is this anything
Is this anything
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Is 90s Music Nostalgia Holding Us Back? A "greatest hit" from the archives. Nostalgia is a dead end. The future is an open road. If the music you want to hear doesn't exist yet... create it. Save this for when you need a reminder to invent the future
November 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Is 90s Music Nostalgia Holding Us Back? A "greatest hit" from the archives. Nostalgia is a dead end. The future is an open road. If the music you want to hear doesn't exist yet... create it. Save this for when you need a reminder to invent the future
"Everyone who thinks they were a cool outcast during high school was probably actually a mean antisocial nerd like that 30 Rock episode" Actually I'm pretty sure the kids in my high school hated me bc I would call them out on bullying the one Jewish student, maybe it was me tho
November 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"Everyone who thinks they were a cool outcast during high school was probably actually a mean antisocial nerd like that 30 Rock episode" Actually I'm pretty sure the kids in my high school hated me bc I would call them out on bullying the one Jewish student, maybe it was me tho
Desperate to explain to some types of people that by the time they get comfortable enough with culture to think that something is "common knowledge" there's already a new wave they haven't picked up on yet
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Desperate to explain to some types of people that by the time they get comfortable enough with culture to think that something is "common knowledge" there's already a new wave they haven't picked up on yet
If people treated construction workers like they treat musicians they'd be standing on the ground level 3 months in to a 5-year building project saying "you call this a building 😂 it doesn't even have walls, just give up now 🤣💀"
November 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
If people treated construction workers like they treat musicians they'd be standing on the ground level 3 months in to a 5-year building project saying "you call this a building 😂 it doesn't even have walls, just give up now 🤣💀"