Institute
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Film, TV and sequential art lover. Book clubber. Gen X, apparently. Lecturer in Communication Studies. Of Canada, the land of institutionalized ambivalence. 🇨🇦
Art: Crime & Punishment, Rudolph Palais. The Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Art: Crime & Punishment, Rudolph Palais. The Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
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Favourite face I’ve drawn today.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Favourite face I’ve drawn today.
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The two most recent editions of my Low End Theory radio show are now available on Mixcloud at www.mixcloud.com/andrew-herma... featuring new music by Jo Quail, Wild Wild Wets, Blood Vulture, Activity, LOMMI, Anna Von Hausswolf, Blackwater Holylight, Hateful Abandon, The Wood Demons, Rún, Katatonia
DJ Ouroboros Low End Theory November 19, 2025
Welcome to Low End Theory. If I were to describe the aesthetics of Low End Theory as a musical territory or space, its borders would be provided by doom/stoner/psych metal on one side, contemporary pr...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The two most recent editions of my Low End Theory radio show are now available on Mixcloud at www.mixcloud.com/andrew-herma... featuring new music by Jo Quail, Wild Wild Wets, Blood Vulture, Activity, LOMMI, Anna Von Hausswolf, Blackwater Holylight, Hateful Abandon, The Wood Demons, Rún, Katatonia
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Two key moments happened in Félix Vallotton’s life in 1899: he married his wife Gabrielle (seen here slumbering in bed), and he decided to fully commit himself to painting rather than the more profitable line of engraving.
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Two key moments happened in Félix Vallotton’s life in 1899: he married his wife Gabrielle (seen here slumbering in bed), and he decided to fully commit himself to painting rather than the more profitable line of engraving.
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Favourite face I’ve drawn today.
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Favourite face I’ve drawn today.
After the NE game, and this one with Buffalo, looks like Tampa Bay is very susceptible to outside runs.
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
After the NE game, and this one with Buffalo, looks like Tampa Bay is very susceptible to outside runs.
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For those who will be in Toronto on Saturday the 6th of December, here is the poster for The Friends of the Merril Collection's upcoming panel, "The Crafting of Worlds: Pitching, Publishing and Promoting Your SF/Fantasy Ideas." Come join us. Everyone is welcome. (Repost with cosmetic edit).
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
For those who will be in Toronto on Saturday the 6th of December, here is the poster for The Friends of the Merril Collection's upcoming panel, "The Crafting of Worlds: Pitching, Publishing and Promoting Your SF/Fantasy Ideas." Come join us. Everyone is welcome. (Repost with cosmetic edit).
For those who will be in Toronto on Saturday the 6th of December, here is the poster for The Friends of the Merril Collection's upcoming panel, "The Crafting of Worlds: Pitching, Publishing and Promoting Your SF/Fantasy Ideas." Come join us. Everyone is welcome.
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
For those who will be in Toronto on Saturday the 6th of December, here is the poster for The Friends of the Merril Collection's upcoming panel, "The Crafting of Worlds: Pitching, Publishing and Promoting Your SF/Fantasy Ideas." Come join us. Everyone is welcome.
Musically eclectic and enjoyable. A really interesting and fun listen from the upbeat "Overture" to the ending "Broken to Begin With."
The Mountain Goats: Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan review – shipwreck songs from a master storyteller
The Mountain Goats: Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan review – shipwreck songs from a master storyteller
The latest themed album from John Darnielle’s band – with some help from Lin-Manuel Miranda – takes them on a sumptuously crafted and surprisingly upbeat voyage to a desert island
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November 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Musically eclectic and enjoyable. A really interesting and fun listen from the upbeat "Overture" to the ending "Broken to Begin With."
Nailed the vocal cadence of prog rock!
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Nailed the vocal cadence of prog rock!
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It's not funny. A launched pastrami from Katz's can knock a man unconscious. I've seen it happen.
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's not funny. A launched pastrami from Katz's can knock a man unconscious. I've seen it happen.
Where are all the Dodgers fans here tonight?
October 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Where are all the Dodgers fans here tonight?
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.
October 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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This week's edition of my Low End Theory radio show is now available on Mixcloud at www.mixcloud.com/andrew-herma... eaturing new music by Acid Magus, Jehnny Beth, Green Carnation, Activity, Preoccupations, Gigafauna, Paradise Lost, HEALTH, The Sun or the Moon, Giobia, Circuit des Yeux, and Vioflesh
DJ Ouroboros Low End Theory October 8, 2025
Welcome to Low End Theory. If I were to describe the aesthetics of Low End Theory as a musical territory or space, its borders would be provided by doom/stoner/psych metal on one side, contemporary pr...
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October 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This week's edition of my Low End Theory radio show is now available on Mixcloud at www.mixcloud.com/andrew-herma... eaturing new music by Acid Magus, Jehnny Beth, Green Carnation, Activity, Preoccupations, Gigafauna, Paradise Lost, HEALTH, The Sun or the Moon, Giobia, Circuit des Yeux, and Vioflesh
@djouroboros.bsky.social The mesmerizing frog strikes!
October 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
@djouroboros.bsky.social The mesmerizing frog strikes!
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Here is a link to the beautiful first single from our new album, one of the two non instrumental pieces, written by Kevin Hearn. Record comes out Nov 21st! m.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ0V...
Rheostatics - The Inland Sea
YouTube video by Rheostatics
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October 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Here is a link to the beautiful first single from our new album, one of the two non instrumental pieces, written by Kevin Hearn. Record comes out Nov 21st! m.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ0V...
Listening to one of the best albums ever and wondering once again why Perfect Day isn't on this one.
October 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Listening to one of the best albums ever and wondering once again why Perfect Day isn't on this one.
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This week's edition of my Low End Theory radio show is now available on Mixcloud at www.mixcloud.com/andrew-herma... featuring music by King Buffalo, A.A. Williams, Algiers, They Watch Us From the Moon!, Jonathan Hulten, Gaupa, Hammerhedd, Gazelle Twin and Nyx, Crippled Black Phoenix and . . .
DJ Ouroboros Low End Theory May 21, 2025 Celebrating Five Years of Low End Theory, part II!
Welcome to Low End Theory. If I were to describe the aesthetics of Low End Theory as a musical territory or space, its borders would be provided by doom/stoner/psych metal on one side, contemporary pr...
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May 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This week's edition of my Low End Theory radio show is now available on Mixcloud at www.mixcloud.com/andrew-herma... featuring music by King Buffalo, A.A. Williams, Algiers, They Watch Us From the Moon!, Jonathan Hulten, Gaupa, Hammerhedd, Gazelle Twin and Nyx, Crippled Black Phoenix and . . .
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I see the LOSER DEMS are MAD that your favorite PRESIDENT is being straightforwardly BRIBED by a foreign government! Typical LOSER attitude. Bribes are COOL and FUN. I’M GETTING A FREE PLANE, and then I’ll PAY IT BACK with FAVORS! I’ll let Qatar do WHATEVER THEY WANT. Everybody wins!!!!!
May 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I see the LOSER DEMS are MAD that your favorite PRESIDENT is being straightforwardly BRIBED by a foreign government! Typical LOSER attitude. Bribes are COOL and FUN. I’M GETTING A FREE PLANE, and then I’ll PAY IT BACK with FAVORS! I’ll let Qatar do WHATEVER THEY WANT. Everybody wins!!!!!
This is usefully clarifying. Go Charlie!
People have been sending me messages asking me to run for the leadership of the NDP.
I have served 21 years in Parliament. It was a great honour.
But our nation is facing unprecedented threat.
My focus is Canada and building resistance to the rise of anti-democratic/fascist forces.
#elbowsup
I have served 21 years in Parliament. It was a great honour.
But our nation is facing unprecedented threat.
My focus is Canada and building resistance to the rise of anti-democratic/fascist forces.
#elbowsup
May 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is usefully clarifying. Go Charlie!
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I think about this comic at least once a week
May 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I think about this comic at least once a week
Beautiful.
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Beautiful.