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@jpb.bsky.social
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Novelist (RELENTLESS MELT out now from Melville House) // collagist // inveterate notetaker // gracefully aging zinester // to be found in the Greater Boston/Chicago metro region
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key lime pie
January 25, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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january collage
small collage in a roughly square format. forest green flanked by beige and pink. a worn, inverted face. a fragment of a decorative motif and what appears to be a Japanese apartment building (both sourced from the ADDITIONS collage cards). moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 24, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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took me over a year to track this down again but it was Larry "Fuzz-O" Dolman (@blastitude.bsky.social) making a playlist from this Good Willsmith post at X
GoodWillsmith @ X: "need ~5000 word Tiny Mix Tapes piece that examines Kim Gordon - The Collective in the context of Mystic Stylez, My Teenage Dream Ended, King Night, Big Science, Mista Thug Isolation, Perfect Lives, The Money Store"
January 23, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Sterte has a unerring line which suits her gnarly content magnificently. Every panel a gift, etc!!
page spread from "Blood Caudex," a bonus supplement to STAGES OF ROT. botanical weirdness rendered with ragged-edged precision. perfect in every way??
January 23, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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📚 1. STAGES OF ROT by Linnea Sterte. A nearly-wordless tour of an evolving alien biome across a vast timeframe. Biological forms calcify, dissolve, bloom into fungal networks, and are torn apart by occasions of sudden violence. A re-read
STAGES OF ROT by Linnea Sterte (cover) STAGES OF ROT, a representative spread
January 23, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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january collage
tall angular collage // a portion of a face, some fur and spiny textures // fragmented letterforms // stray marks from a white pen // moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 21, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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Marvel Comics nailed this archetype well
Karnak the Shatterer
January 21, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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stick optional
Lik*a*Stix on pile of sugar
January 20, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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specifically this non-reed instrument:
instruction manual for the Dubreq Pianomate, which adds an electronic layer to the sound of an upright piano. but Mats isn't playing the piano with it, just the device itself
January 19, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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recent collage // moreover, ICE must be destroyed
tall collage with green and salmon colors, both above and below a tangled mass of browns, including what looks like a mass of hair. moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 18, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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two pieces of mail art I sent over winter break #mailart
scan of a messy freeform collage in postcard dimensions scan of a messy freeform collage in postcard dimensions
January 15, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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digital collage, 2025 // moreover, ICE must be destroyed
a patterned texture (possibly fabric?) held in a grid of scuzzy black frames // no generative ai was used // moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 13, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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december collage // moreover, ICE must be destroyed
small collage made of red and black scraps
January 10, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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I don't know enough about Paul Laffoley's cosmological beliefs to know if these are supposed to be God, exactly, but your son might like em
one of many Paul Laffoley visionary paintings
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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december collage // furthermore, ICE must be abolished
collage in dark colors with bursts of red here and there // some scraps depict details that appear sculptural—little carved or chiseled bits—but most of it is abstracted beyond recognition
January 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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first play of 2026
"negative snow," from Taylor Dupree's FAINT
January 1, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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I got you
& Clarendon
January 1, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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nine albums from 2025
Alex Marsh, "Trellis" // Ben Lamar Gay, "Yowzers" // claire rousay, various releases but "a little death" pictured here // Horse Lords & Arnold Dreyblatt, "Extended Field" // Kali Malone & Drew McDowell, "Magnetism" // M. Sage, "Tender / Wading" // Rafael Toral, "Traveling Light" // William Tyler, "Time Indefinite" // various artists, "The Bottle Tapes"
December 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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here's a process outtake where the effect is more visible
mostly smears, some color
December 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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digital collage, december 2025 // made on a plane
roughly boxed off regions containing different colors and patterns, orbited by digitally created* chips of color // one boxed region contains partially obscured text that says "northern lights" // smeary artifacting cuts across the image // *no generative AI was used
December 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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True words from VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE (@vipeopleshow.bsky.social) season one
Satanic youth pastors explain: "the line between people who are into the occult--" "--and modular synthesis is very permeable."
December 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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list format letterboxd.com/jbushnell/li...
NOSFERATU; THE BRUTALIST; MICKEY 17; THE SHROUDS; SINNERS (2x); THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, BALLERINA; THE LIFE OF CHUCK; DAGUERREOTYPES; WHERE IS THE FRIEND'S HOUSE?; LITTLE, BIG, AND FAR; ARCHITECTON; WEAPONS; RELAY; SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS; THE MASTERMIND
December 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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this one
triple thinking emoji
December 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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december collage
tiny collage, lights, dots, flakes, and a human hand
December 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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december collage
a small collage made from some delicate, worn papers in pinks and blues. a comic book rendering of the earth clings to one edge
December 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM