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The Dexorcist

@deaglin.bsky.social

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post-punk, singer in Venomous Snakes Irish in Berlin 🇮🇪 / 🇩🇪 bandcamp: http://venomoussnakes.bandcamp.com

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The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · Aug 25

It’s my birthday and my new album is out! All money goes in aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians.

rock, folk, post-punk

venomoussnakes.bandcamp.com/album/unome

unome, by Venomous Snakes

12 track album

venomoussnakes.bandcamp.com

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The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 2h

I’m not getting my news from people who spend time on Twitter anymore. There was a time when Twitter was real life but it’s over, that site is pure misdirection

The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 9h

Another pointless lie from the Cheeto in chief

Aidan Fitzmaurice @fancyvegaspro.bsky.social · 10d

Whatever about the implications of it all, saying "I'll learn Irish if I become president" is objectively a very funny line. Amazing they continue to run with it.

The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 12h

I know some of you commies have a link to the audiobook of Engels - “On The Origin of Private Property the Family & the State”

The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 1d

That makes sense! I couldn't believe how many of my friends went to Eras who were suddenly Swifties, having the best time. She had so much buy-in and capitalised on it with the re-releases and that snowballed with the Eras tour. Really a napoleonic figure.

The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 1d

Ya, Taylor's music is perfect for the hyperlink era coz it is complex and self-referential, kind of a pop wikipedia

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The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 1d

I remember when I first heard Dreamin' Eyes of Mine, I hated it to be honest! It made me feel sick and confused. I had the same thing with Erik Satie's music. It's off, it's wrong... or it demands something of you the listener. If you do a gross face and move with the rhythms, it's amazing.

The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 1d

Black Messiah was so good because it follows straight from Voodoo, clearing away all the junk that happened in between. You get the sense of the artist. The flash is still there but it's not as blinding as it was on Brown Sugar when it was new.

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The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 1d

One result of Dilla's death and D'Angelo stepping away from the limelight for a decade was that their musical legacy was left to be developed by lesser artists. 3 amazing albums is enough output from anybody but it left his work vulnerable to carrion scavengers.

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The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 1d

yes! thats exactly the kind of music you end up making

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𝚁𝚎𝚍 𝚁𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚕 @rachrua.bsky.social · 1d

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The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 1d

This "good colonialism" is so tantalising because it validates the existence of the US. So people seek out the exception to the rule "colonialism is bad". Israel has been seen as "good colonialism" for decades, and for many people it is a keystone in their entire understanding of geopolitics.

The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 1d

While liberals do oppose colonialism on a genuine emotional level, they also oppose violent uprising. The global failure to confront US colonialism (indigenous, vietnam etc.) has created a status quo where colonialism can be permissable in certain conditions.

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NO GODS, NO MASTERS, BISEXUAL DISASTERS 🇵🇸 🇺🇦🔞 @travisteatime.bsky.social · 1d

This is an extremely important part.

I can tell you from my experience, the reason Germans specifically take so easily to Zionism is because Islamophobia has mostly supplanted Antisemitism as the national hobby, and projecting on Israel also lets us escape our guilt.

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The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 1d

My unhinged musical opinion is that the swing feel of jazz comes from Irish reels.

j-e-l 🎃🎄🦇 @jelbugle.bsky.social · 1d

Share your most unhinged musical opinion - I would like to know how Disarm is a Christmas song

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

Someone please do a “share your most unhinged musical opinions” quotebait so I can once again talk, correctly, about how Disarm by Smashing Pumpkins is a Christmas song.

The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 1d

I’d rather have 10 crap instruments than one decent one

The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 1d

There was a fantastic reality show where Busted went to America to do pranks and busk their songs and nothing they did could get anybody to recognise them

The Dexorcist @deaglin.bsky.social · 1d

hey isn’t that what the US did to Vietnam

Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 1d

This. And this again.

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 3d

Overheard a guy last week telling a buddy he got a tattoo in latin, but ChatGPT gave him the wrong translation, and after he got the tattoo, he confronted ChatGPT about the error and it was like “You are totally right I gave you the wrong info. That is my mistake.”