spencer compton
@spencercompton.bsky.social
proper nouns // word painter // currently allergic to penicillin and anarcholiberalism // intermittent stalwart at @umaw.bsky.social
Guys I figured it out, what we’re going to do is take all that expired “what’s at stake?” away from the art world and art schools and redirect it to the derivative counterrevolutionary pop/indie music universe. Reuse recycle.
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Guys I figured it out, what we’re going to do is take all that expired “what’s at stake?” away from the art world and art schools and redirect it to the derivative counterrevolutionary pop/indie music universe. Reuse recycle.
The official accidental trope from booth to booth this year at miami basel is paintings of candles in case anyone needed know
December 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The official accidental trope from booth to booth this year at miami basel is paintings of candles in case anyone needed know
Overheard a genXer on my flight say they can’t wait for “cypher monday” tomorrow
November 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Overheard a genXer on my flight say they can’t wait for “cypher monday” tomorrow
Boomer relatives have declared the living room an autonomous zone and in lieu of revolutionary praxis have opted to cover Creep by Radiohead for the past 20 minutes on the acoustic guitar(s)
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Boomer relatives have declared the living room an autonomous zone and in lieu of revolutionary praxis have opted to cover Creep by Radiohead for the past 20 minutes on the acoustic guitar(s)
Condolences to millennials who spent the last two decades unsuccessfully toiling to mimic genX’s economically unreproducible diy/punk ethos blueprint and then get to watch this shit happen lol
Gen Z Black Flag break their silence
Black Flag. Gen-Z Version, Break Their Silence
The massively important hardcore institution Black Flag has been through many, many incarnations over the years, and its strangest might be the one happening right now. The only constant member of Bla...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Condolences to millennials who spent the last two decades unsuccessfully toiling to mimic genX’s economically unreproducible diy/punk ethos blueprint and then get to watch this shit happen lol
I’m calling it - DSM6 is going to include the Thiel/Soros spectrum
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I’m calling it - DSM6 is going to include the Thiel/Soros spectrum
Forget the avocado toast, forget the fake bootstrap moralizing, why do boomers think it’s under any circumstances ok to send you a 30mb pdf
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Forget the avocado toast, forget the fake bootstrap moralizing, why do boomers think it’s under any circumstances ok to send you a 30mb pdf
Mao’s Little Red Barclays Center
November 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Mao’s Little Red Barclays Center
Starting immediately New York City public schools will replace homeroom with Dialectical Zone, a brief portion of the morning devoted to teaching dialectical thinking, towards an exponential increase in awareness of historical materialism and class consciousness
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Starting immediately New York City public schools will replace homeroom with Dialectical Zone, a brief portion of the morning devoted to teaching dialectical thinking, towards an exponential increase in awareness of historical materialism and class consciousness
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Capitalism is now illegal
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Capitalism is now illegal
The podcasts are going to be talking about this
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The podcasts are going to be talking about this
every now and then i agree with takes like “let’s not celebrate individual deaths” and this isn’t one of those times
Dick Cheney, widely regarded as the most powerful vice president in American history, who was George W. Bush’s running mate in two campaigns and his most influential White House adviser in an era of terrorism, war and economic change, died on Monday. He was 84. nyti.ms/4nADo6Y
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
every now and then i agree with takes like “let’s not celebrate individual deaths” and this isn’t one of those times
I finally heard some gen alphas say 6-7 and I told them it’s actually an anagram for 76, the year Mao Zedong left this world
November 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I finally heard some gen alphas say 6-7 and I told them it’s actually an anagram for 76, the year Mao Zedong left this world
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Just a reminder not to play any of the stupid games on here (or anywhere!) that make you choose which three records you'll keep or one region of food or one place to visit: these are ALL ops that are meant to train us to austerity.
We can have more! We insist!
We can have more! We insist!
September 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Just a reminder not to play any of the stupid games on here (or anywhere!) that make you choose which three records you'll keep or one region of food or one place to visit: these are ALL ops that are meant to train us to austerity.
We can have more! We insist!
We can have more! We insist!
Who knew zillow is the true contemporary liminal space of the avant garde in 2025
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
www.zillow.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Who knew zillow is the true contemporary liminal space of the avant garde in 2025
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
Art school mentality: Being a true artist is making a lot of work and knowing how to talk about it.
Real life mentality: Being a true artist is owning a used flat file.
Real life mentality: Being a true artist is owning a used flat file.
July 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Art school mentality: Being a true artist is making a lot of work and knowing how to talk about it.
Real life mentality: Being a true artist is owning a used flat file.
Real life mentality: Being a true artist is owning a used flat file.
Never thought I’d finally come around to effectively liking Oasis the band after learning Noel subtweeted Billie for being a bad sport and not singing Wonderwall when prompted to do so, yet here we are
July 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Never thought I’d finally come around to effectively liking Oasis the band after learning Noel subtweeted Billie for being a bad sport and not singing Wonderwall when prompted to do so, yet here we are
Tentatively legitimately freaking excited to have my rent frozen holy shit
June 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Tentatively legitimately freaking excited to have my rent frozen holy shit
some might say Zohran is owning the libs and I’m here for it
June 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
some might say Zohran is owning the libs and I’m here for it
Ok so what’s the Delilah Option
June 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Ok so what’s the Delilah Option
Hot take on a hot day - what if I told you falling for the “Trump & Vance are in charge, not the MIC” line is just as gullible and fucked as libs falling for the WMD redux nuclear weapon threat propaganda 22 years ago?
June 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hot take on a hot day - what if I told you falling for the “Trump & Vance are in charge, not the MIC” line is just as gullible and fucked as libs falling for the WMD redux nuclear weapon threat propaganda 22 years ago?
TJ is calling me to explain that there are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see
June 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
TJ is calling me to explain that there are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see
Cover of the new Semiotext(e) intervention series just dropped
June 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Cover of the new Semiotext(e) intervention series just dropped
It’s only a matter of days until the NYT runs an op-ed titled “Israel is Performing Preemptive Self-Care; A Deeply Personal Decision”
June 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It’s only a matter of days until the NYT runs an op-ed titled “Israel is Performing Preemptive Self-Care; A Deeply Personal Decision”
You say consider the lobster; I say consider the pelican case. We are not the same.
June 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You say consider the lobster; I say consider the pelican case. We are not the same.