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I have the oldest Xbox known to man // trans dyke // author of NOISE MUSIC (forthcoming) // writing at Stereogum, Paste, FLOOD, Bright Wall/Dark Room, etc. // Takashi Miike fangirl

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Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · Nov 8

Well, I'm finally doing it: I'm starting a music newsletter

Starting next week, I'll be posting and sending out exclusive artist interviews, essays, book updates, and more.

Welcome to Ghost Tropic, hope you enjoy your stay <3 ghost-tropic.ghost.io

Music ephemera newsletter

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Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 5d

Out today!!! If you love The Spiritual Sound as much as I do, now's a great time to (re)read my interview with Agriculture about all the influences that went into it

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · Aug 13

Had a blast talking with ecstatic black metal superstars @agriculturemusic.bsky.social for @stereogum.bsky.social about all the many inspirations in music, queer literature, and art that influenced their amazing upcoming record The Spiritual Sound

Agriculture On How Zen Buddhism, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, & More Influenced 'The Spiritual Sound'

It can be so hard to succinctly pin down what goes into the “ecstatic black metal” of Los Angeles band Agriculture that sometimes that self-proclaimed label feels incomplete. At the very least, the ba...

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Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 6d

when my mom says it's time for my siblings to have a turn on the Xbox

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 6d

the hierarchy of power in the ape universe is about to change

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 8d

standing at the side of the room as a 31 year old at my 2nd of 4 gigs in a week, barely moving at all while all the gen z kids rage in the pit

Idris Elba meme format image quote: "Learn to sit bacj and observe. Not everything needs a reaction."

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 11d

Gonna be streaming Hitman 2 for the night until I'm ready to pass out, hop in

Twitch is the world

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 11d

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025)

Discord message: "I can't wait for the day I decide to hop in my car with my family and put Mo Bamba on and my wife and I look into each other's eyes and yell, "I GOT HOEEEEEES" and then our kids realiR they have the cool parents"

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Alexis Vandom @vandomva.bsky.social · 15d

Madison Carstens, a transgender woman from Seattle, was attacked by six men in a transphobic hate crime on Sept 2. She suffered a ruptured eardrum - that may have permanently damaged her hearing - and a severe concussion that will keep her out of work for weeks or months.

Do your thing, fam. (1/2)

Donate to Help a Trans Survivor Heal After a Violent Hate Crime, organized by Madison Carstens

Hi, my name is Madison and I'm asking for your help to get thro… Madison Carstens needs your support for Help a Trans Survivor Heal After a Violent Hate Crime

www.gofundme.com

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 16d

it's playing the rest of this week, i think!!

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 16d

Shit got me looking like goddamn Gendo Ikari

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 16d

I have to be the dykiest trans woman at this completely empty Jackass 3D screening for whatever reason

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 16d

And that's a wrap on Pod Hero Season 2!

Thank you to everyone who's listened & enjoyed, excited to finish out this silly passion project (likely next year) with GH5 + Warriors of Rock, two fascinating mixed bags

(P.S. anyone interested in guesting on S3 should hit me up in the hiatus period 👀)

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 16d

me, before recording: "i don't think I have a ton to say about Metallica"

me, hours later: *puts in nearly 3 hours talking about Guitar Hero: Metallica*

Deeply bizarre, silly episode where I fixate on the over-the-top orchestral song and we spend a ton of time goofing on Some Kind of Monster

Indieheads Podcast @indieheadspod.bsky.social · 16d

On the season finale of Pod Hero, we're joined by @marcyani.me as we tackle the setlist for Guitar Hero: Metallica (2009).

Support us on Patreon for as low as $1/month to hear this episode over 2 days early: patreon.com/c/IndieheadsPodcast

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Marcy Cat 💙 @marcyani.me · 16d

Thank you to Natalie for letting me go off about 2 of my teenage fixations very fun support the pod

Indieheads Podcast @indieheadspod.bsky.social · 16d

On the season finale of Pod Hero, we're joined by @marcyani.me as we tackle the setlist for Guitar Hero: Metallica (2009).

Support us on Patreon for as low as $1/month to hear this episode over 2 days early: patreon.com/c/IndieheadsPodcast

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 17d

which unused album title for St. Anger are you?

possible album titles on a whiteboard that include:

Old, Ugly, Nasty
Best Dressed Chicken In Town
Butchered
Sarcasm With Meaning
Surfing the Zeitgiest (sic)
Unbridled
Aint (sic) Askared (sic) No Mor (sic)
Floods of Vomit
Speed Ave.

possible album titles on a whiteboard that include:

Light Hate Speed Love
Pills
We're Already Dead
We're Just Haunting Together
Feels So Much Better .. Not to Think
Satanic Cuckoo Clock
Unresolve
Every Gift Ha$ Its Pri¢e S
My Azz

possible album titles on a whiteboard that include:

Tails - I Kill You
If Your (sic) Broke, You Were Never Fixed
Time Issues Are Never About The Clock
The Unclearness Is Very Clear
I Love You Even When You Smile
I Am My Own Friend !

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 17d

I love the horticultural sounds of ecstatic Oklahoman agriculture

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 17d

that King of the Ants poster looks fun, going off vibes alone from that

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jourdain searles @judysquirrels.bsky.social · 18d

my mom is out of the halfway house and needs some cash to get on her feet in her new living situation. she already has a job. for those who don’t know, she got out of jail pretty recently and was facing deportation this summer. the goal is $2000.

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Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 19d

Jackass 3D is back in theaters this weekend, so now's a great time to revisit one of my favorite things I've written this year about the series ❤️

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · May 30

Hi, I'm Natalie Marlin, and this is Laughing With The Pain (my @bwdr.bsky.social essay on Jackass being an unconventional form of community, finding queer belonging, and displacing the prevalence of trans pain)

Jackass: Laughing With the Pain

One of Jackass’s perpetual charms is that it feels like it can belong to anybody, that anybody can become a part of it.

www.brightwalldarkroom.com

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 19d

the best to ever do it

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 19d

Jackass 3D is back in theaters this weekend, so now's a great time to revisit one of my favorite things I've written this year about the series ❤️

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · May 30

Hi, I'm Natalie Marlin, and this is Laughing With The Pain (my @bwdr.bsky.social essay on Jackass being an unconventional form of community, finding queer belonging, and displacing the prevalence of trans pain)

Jackass: Laughing With the Pain

One of Jackass’s perpetual charms is that it feels like it can belong to anybody, that anybody can become a part of it.

www.brightwalldarkroom.com

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 19d

Bob Dylan in town tomorrow, I'm gonna get him to recreate his Pawn Stars appearance and sign my copy of Self Portrait

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Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · Nov 21

[getting yelled at for doing stupid shit] you're not really respecting how my lifestyle determines my deathstyle rn

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 20d

THAT'S MY WIFE WHO DESIGNED THIS INCREDIBLE POSTER!!!

GO OUT AND SEE THESE MOVIES AND PICK A POSTER UP!!!!!!!!!

Trylon Cinema @trylon.org · 23d

Abbie Phelps designed this poster for our upcoming weekend dedicated William Shatner, before he would become known as Captain Kirk. Two long neglected and consistently underrated films both newly restored and deserving of a second look.

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 22d

Andy Shauf's The Neon Skyline starts with him doing the anime toast run... The Neon Skyline is an anime?????

Lyrics for "The Neon Skyline":

I looked in my fridge, it was a dark scene so I buttered some bread
Chewed my way out the door and walked down the street

Natalie @nataliesnotinit.bsky.social · 27d

the most played song in the history of the 19 Bar is apparently the Pussycat Dolls' version of "Jai Ho!"