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Suburban Death March

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Hi, I'm Jason (he/him) Middle aged musician dad making very weird music and stickers in the SF East Bay (and playing in a couple of live bands too!). https://linktr.ee/suburbandeathmarch ACAB/Punch Nazis/Hail Satan/guillotines for the rich/Free Luigi

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · Jul 9

Reposting this video clip about my upcoming cassette release for reasons. It drops like a blade on oligarchs’ necks on Bastille Day 7/14! It’s an hour of experimental industrial doom and the soundtrack for Hot Commie Summer!p

#musiciansky #freeluigi

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 5h

So last night our home internet went down while my phone is currently out of mobile data until tomorrow. And we’re also in the middle of a move, so most of my books are in storage. Luckily I had a few oddballs around including this one that I bought used mainly for the cover. 1/

A hardcover book called “Terrorist Chic - An Exploration of Violence in the Seventies” by Michael Selzer. It has a picture of a woman’s hand holding a Japanese hari kari knife by the blade and an ornate metal bracelet around her wrist.

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Fear Captain @cheercaptain.wang · 6h

Making a Bandcamp account and following musicians is incredibly important! Bandcamp allows artists to export their mailing lists - it’s difficult to build and maintain an audience when we don’t own our platforms and social media networks are temporary. Bandcamp’s community features are essential.

Red Cavalry @redcavalry.bsky.social · Sep 2

Its that time again that we ask all non-musicians to do one thing to try and help the community out.

Join Bandcamp.

We're not saying spend money, but just joining and be open to streaming or following some new music is so important.

Help be the change you want to see

It's time to join Bandcamp

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 3h

Free Robby! He’s gonna have some epic tunes about this.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 5h

While the author is extremely square, this is an incredibly entertaining read, like something out of a time capsule. And it is well written. I honestly wish it included some photos. I can’t wait to read his takes on Studio 54 and CBGB! 5/5

Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 5h

The chapter I’m currently reading is about fashion in both ads and window displays. Here are some entertaining excerpts… 4/

cumstance explainable in terms of the belt suspended from the ceiling, within which the neck is caught.
Up a few blocks, at Halston's, we find five glossy metallic mannequins attired in incongruously wispy and delicate evening gowns. The room is bare of furni-ture, but a portable TV set and record player sit on the floor. Someone has smashed them and a large number of champagne bottles that are also scattered around the floor. Brutal intruders, perhaps? Or just the girls having fun in their own special way?
These displays are striking, no doubt about it.
Along with the new wave of advertisements and fash-ion-magazine layouts, they have introduced a fresh ex-citement-in fact, sensationalism-to haute couture.
And according to The Wall Street Journal, they have also boosted sales.
What Gene Moore, a prominent display director, has to say about windows holds true of the other media, too: "Windows should give an emotional reaction of either pleasure or yuk! You know, there has to be an emotional reaction or else you're a failure."
Pleasure or yuk. Or, perhaps, pleasure and yuk: the pleasure of yuk. What is noteworthy, though, is the arbitrariness of this yukky pleasure and its basic pur-poselessness. You remember the images but not the objects to which they are attached. The ominous, sinis-ter, violent timbre remains in the mind long after you have forgotten what "the killer" shoes looked like or What clothes the ladies who are about to be shot by the fring squad at Bendel's were wearing. You not only forget these quickly, you scarcely note them at the time.

He spoke in a thoughtful manner even as his remarks meandered from point to point. The current obsession with violence has a novel dimension, he re-marked, which is also reflected in fashion. In particular, terrorism appeals to the imagination. It is fascinating. And it has taught people that there's an end in sight for the world ...
"Yes, an end in sight for the world is what I said," Birch confirmed. "The violence in the world is going to go on and on until we all blow ourselves up or destroy the world. But the space program has shown us that there's another place, and so when everything ends here, we'll be able to go there—to some other planet or whatever-and start off anew. So we know there's a way out, and if that's the case, then violence is nothing to get all that upset about."

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 5h

The first chapter was all about the gay leather scene in the West Village, with sex shops and bars that are most likely no longer there. The second chapter is about a couple of photographers carrying on in the tradition of Diane Arbus. The author questions their authenticity. 3/

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 5h

So far it has nothing to do with actual violence or terror, but moral panic over pop culture in a New York City I was too young to experience. Here’s the table of contents. I’m still on the chapter about fashion. 2/

Acknowledgments / xi

Introduction / xiii

PART ONE

1 Man's Country / 3

2 Son of Arbus / 13

3 Haute Couture: Going Out of Style | 23

4 Dracula / 51

5 Stool Angst / 63

6 Studio 54, and Objects of Obscure
Desire / 73

7 Beat Me at Le Château / 95

8 Noise / 107

9 Christopher Makos: Trash 'n'
Thrash / 129

10 CBGB: Armpit of the Punk Scene | 145

11 Terrorist Thrillers / 151

PART TWO

12 Terrorism and Terrorist Chic | 177
Index / 199

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 1d

OFFS, they're at it again with that shit? Were we not loud enough about it the last time?

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 1d

I am enjoying trolling the constant No on 50 ads on my facebook feed! And then seeing the overwhelming comments there being for YES!

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 1d

And whatever you do, don't sign up or RSVP for it! Just go.

Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 1d

Back from a long weekend with connectivity issues. Goddammit I missed all you wonderful BlueSky freaky people!

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 1d

elvis presley is dancing in a black and white photo with a group of men playing drums and guitars .

ALT: elvis presley is dancing in a black and white photo with a group of men playing drums and guitars .

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 2d

So I’m having all sorts of connectivity issues which is why I’ve been so uncharacteristically quiet on here. Currently typing this from the Bathroom at a Michael’s.

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memesofthedan @memesofthedan.bsky.social · Nov 21

gotta watch these royal scammers

Text message meme that reads: "Hello this is Donald Fagen from Steely Dan, I lost my credit card and I need money for a plane ticket so I can fly to your city to perform. Can you send me some money? I'll bring Michael McDonald

Hello this is Michael McDonald"

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 3d

Happy #casSunday! My cassette has been available for a while and it’s also now available digitally from the link below. Have a listen!

Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 11d

Come take a drive with me and listen to one of my new tunes! Taking pre-orders now, releases Friday, 10/10/25

suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com/album/deny-d...

#musiciansky

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 3d

So there was this dingus who owned a winery in my town and tried suing the local food bank and he let his domain registration lapse and hilarity ensued! #alameda #alamtg

Building 43 Winery - We Will Rise Again! 🍷

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meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 3d

good afternoon

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 3d

I’m a solid 7 today!

9 numbered pictures of Dean Ween making some normal and some ridiculous faces. Text above reads “How Deaner do you feel today?”

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 4d

Hey Marc, say bonjour to Mon petit ami!

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 4d

You have no frame of reference here, Donny. You’re like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie.

Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 4d

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hallowellie maybe 🕷️ @ellie.thecancellations.com · 4d

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"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · 4d

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Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 4d

That reminds me, I still need to dive into your discography! I have been so stupid busy, but I’ll load it up on my phone ASAP.

Suburban Death March @suburbandeathmarch.bandcamp.com · 4d

I will delve when I have the chance! My next couple months are gonna be busy AF! And I also just got a Kaoss pad to use with it and figure out custom presets for. And I’m learning mandolin. And moving.

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