at lonna’s going away potluck blake was showing us some of his books. here are a bunch of pictures of hex symbols, some witchy dutch settler shit. me and lydia were talking about making an embroidery club this summer and embroidering patches of these on our clothes.
~*My Athens (A Playlist)*~
Nana Grizol- Circles ‘Round The Moon (youtu.be/zzL-seezx5Q)Werewolves- Monuments (werewolves.bandcamp.com)Quiet Hooves- Feelin’ Down (quiethooves,bandcamp.com)Caliko- All That I Want (caliko.bandcamp.com)Eureka California- I Write TV Themes (eurekacalifornia.bandcamp.com)Outer Spaces- Creature of Nature (outerspaces.bandcamp.com)Four Eyes- Tiny Love Song (foureyesathens.bandcamp.com)El Hollin- Bats (elhollin.bandcamp.com)Mouser- The Curtis Song (mouser.bandcamp.com)Helen Scott- Listen Leo (helenscott.bandcamp.com)Titans of Filth- Survival Tunes (titansoffilth.bandcamp.com)Wade Boggs- … (reverbnation.com/wadeboggs)Whiskey Sunrise- It’s not Goodbye, but just Until We Meet Again (whiskeysunrise.bandcamp.com)Grape Soda- Obvious Signs (grapesodaath.bandcamp.com)Hot New Mexicans- It’s Called Leaning Back (myspace.com/hotnewmexicans)Gnarx-Pizza Core (gnarx.bandcamp.com)—-~*Secret Track*~Reptar- Housebout Babies Demo Version (youtu.be/BFBC9hhvInA)
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“The other thing that happened tonight” aka “WHY I LOVE THIS TOWN”
After the bands played, a pink-haired sprite set up a tent on the floor of the club. The tent consisted of two hula hoops suspended on a string with a few sheets draped over them. The whole contraption was held together with staples and tape. The room grew quiet and a spinning disco ball cast little dancing light specks all around the club. A small voice called out from behind the curtain “enter for your free heavenly blessing. Anyone?” One by one people entered one end of the tent, disappeared for a moment and reappeared on the other side with smiles beaming. I asked the girl next to me “can anyone enter? Is there a line?” A voice in the crowd said “the line is in your heart. Go when it tells you to go.” I slid into the tunnel, popped up to this pink-haired nymph perched on a round pedestal. “Pick a color” she whispered with a giggle. I pointed to a small jar which turned out to be graphite colored nail polish. “Hold out your hand” she whispered. I placed my left hand on the pedestal and she painted my finger nails. (paraphrasing here and failing miserably) “You have the power, you can do this in your room in time” she said, delivering a peck on my cheek. I crawled out of the tunnel and returned to the crowd bewildered and happy for the experience.
this is a thing i did last night, in addition to seeing multiple friend-bands and trying fairly unsuccessfully to get them to take my money in exchange for their musics
today me and my other grouchy friends (m & j) were talking about dance back the night and notable misogynistic experiences at it and how most of the performers are dudes. i looked up last year and most of the performers were female. the year that i played (2010) i was the only female musician involved and i was just playing shitty drums in a crappy band that wasn’t very um nondude-friendly. the rest of my bandmates, the two other bands, and the dj later on were all dudes. that was the time the door guy didn’t believe i was in the band and i had to have everyone vouch for me that i was and he was a real asshole to me in a lot of other ways. 2009’s performers were almost entirely female. 2011, dudes. i don’t really know who is in charge of organizing this but i could get behind it as an event if like, the people in charge could talk to the go bar and find a way to have the bar staffed that night so maybe non-dude patrons wouldn’t feel like, you know, verbally attacked or like they have to jump through hoops just to be at a benefit for project safe? maybe? and maybe we could have some entertainment that isn’t just us cramming into a small room to listen to dudes sing songs about how girls suck (not that all of these bands’ songs are about that, but i remember some notable ones) or the shitty women in their life or whatever? what is even the point of going to a bar, getting hassled by the door guy solely for being a woman, and then listening to a band that is just dudes yelling, all in the name of raising money for project safe and speaking out against sexual/domestic violence?
ughhh, i remember 2011, ~~the singer of the band playing is complaining about his ex-girlfriend being a bitch~~ ~~dance back the night~~
there are so many dudes in this town who i’m cordial to but secretly hate because i’ve heard stories about how they treat women
tw: rape
i filled out an application to be a hotline volunteer for the cottage today.
i learned from the website that:
In 1974, the Athens Rape Crisis Line was established in reaction to the Holman-Sunset rapist by a group of female activist within the Athens community.
this is important because this is the area of athens i currently live???
http://onlineathens.com/stories/111900/new_1119000034.shtml
1973-1975: The Sunset Rapist
A man invades homes in the area of Sunset Drive, Holman Avenue and Prince Avenue and rapes as many six young women. The suspect, a white male, is never caught, though police say they had a suspect whom they were never able to gather enough evidence against.
whoa thanks for this additional information. “past cases of serial rapes in athens,” oh my god.
i filled out an application to be a hotline volunteer for the cottage today.
i learned from the website that:
In 1974, the Athens Rape Crisis Line was established in reaction to the Holman-Sunset rapist by a group of female activist within the Athens community.
this is important because this is the area of athens i currently live???
The Music Tapes tent <3
i went to this show, there were games and julian koster magic and a human phonograph etc etc
This is just a peek of some of the new wool colors we got in. With all these colors available the projects are endless! Let the crafting begin!
treehouse is like my favorite athens store, and i don’t even have a baby.
i went there today and i found out they have THE KIND OF YARN I USE TO MAKE HATS, aka single ply wool yarn in bright colors, and it’s not even that expensive! i als got really excited about these fibers and i bought some even though i don’t even know how to spin wool because i signed up for a wool spinning class next month.
look! i didn’t even know they sold wool in katy colors til i went there today!
Hey yall, we’re playing this tonight, along with some other fine and talented folks. You should come to it and donate yr cash dollars or kind words or whatever to Stacey, who is one of the coolest, smartest, most generous n helpful people I know. <3
misandric feelings have been flaring so hardcore this week. feels like there are only a very a small handful of dudes i don’t want to explode off the earth
i wish i had a recording of stacey’s reaction when she read this
“Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.”
Happy Y’allidays, I accidentally rode my bicycle into a car & made the front page of the paper.
My amazing friends started a Fundraiser for me so I can manage my ridiculous medical bills and other living expenses while I spend the next few weeks dragging my dead meat legs around until I can get back to work. Friends are so important. This community is unbelievable.
Below the cut are some disgusting injury photos (taken by Dena!). It’s pretty badass. What is a body anyway, ya know? I had a concussion & I’m on a lot of painkillers, so you’ll have to excuse my demeanor.
these are some pretty great pictures. i have some good pictures from when i got a black eye falling off a train (umm…) but these definitely have me beat.
anyway don’t forget i got a car grrrl
