#ape records

[mywifeleftme]

364: Various Artists // Israfel

Israfel Various Artists 1997, Ape

A 1997 vinyl benefit compilation of mostly Middle American grindcore / powerviolence / emo acts, assembled in an edition of about 1000 by Bloomington-based DIY label Ape Records (active 1995 to 2002), in handmade sleeve with a recent release catalogue, a substantial zine, and a few priceless gag inserts (incl. YOUR HARDCORE SELL OUT DECODER RING). I’m not an aficionado of any of the genres Israfel covers by any means, but you’d have to be a real head to know most of these: in terms of notoriety, the Locust (who contribute a 47 second blast of lo-fi outrage) are basically Led Zeppelin compared to the rest of the acts, most of whom topped out with a couple of EPs and compilation appearances.

Of course, hearing music that would otherwise be basically lost to time is the appeal of taking a flyer on a comp like this. One of my favourite tracks is “Untitled” by Roanoke, VA’s the Weak Link Breaks, supposedly the first thing the band ever wrote (and, judging from their discography, nearly the last too). It begins with a very, very quiet spacy-Fugazi-style amble (the vocal harmonies couldn’t be more Ian and Guy) that explodes into a brief screamo-style D-beat section, and then some big heaving riffs that make me want to exaggeratedly lift and stomp my feet like a giant trying to keep his balance. I also dig Murfreesboro, TN’s Serotonin, an emo / post-hardcore act with a steely '80s shred band guitar tone who play like they want people in the pit to twirl around ecstatically instead of slam dancing. A lot of the other nasty yowling cat speedballs on Israfel don’t really catch my ear, but that’s okay—I’m weirdly proud of them 27 years after the fact for being themselves and getting out whatever they needed to get out through this violence.

The package’s tone is all over the place. The zine opens with a haunting description of the compilation’s beneficiaries, the family of a pair of little girls with spinal muscular atrophy (a common birth defect) whose condition worsened until they perished, leaving their parents distraught and financially ruined—and the 21-year-old compiler racked with guilt that he didn’t somehow do more to help. From there, it whips through his heterodox thoughts about the hardcore scene (despicably self-absorbed; unresponsive to requests from label operators); the state of emo (too abstract); the best way to bring about change (working within the capitalist system); rape (it’s bad; consent is black and white; can we stop litigating this in the scene?); calling the cops (fine to do); disrespecting the American flag (played out; tacky); and drinking/drug use (“when did self-destruction become rebellion?”). After he finishes up, each band (that got their artwork in on time anyway) gets a page to talk about themselves. This section is full of old school punk zine/leaflet treasures, with designs that mimic motel newspaper ads, postcards, messy handwritten perzines, and Xeroxed 7” grindcore sleeves.

It's funny reading his scornful words about pseudo-rebellious drunkards stumbling toward “the day when punk rock is shelved for an 8 hour workday, Budweiser, and television” and then finding his LinkedIn, where he describes himself as “driving omnichannel excellence” and as “whimsical (after coffee).” You wouldn’t believe it from the splenetic angst of the Israfel zine, but the guy seems like he turned out happy and normal, with a few kids and a successful career. I wonder how the 21-year-old would see the 48-year-old, if he’d call him a sell-out or feel relieved that things worked out; if the 48-year-old would pity his former self, or feel ashamed about losing his edge. More one-time zinesters and hardcore kids end up looking square from a distance than you’d think (I certainly do if you catch me during the workday), because you usually stop hearing about them when they drop out of the scene. For most, the quiet part of life is the larger portion by far. It’s your choice whether to embrace that, mourn it, or seek your own alternative. But if Israfel reminds us of nothing else, it’s the importance of having a good scream at least once in your life.

364/365

#the locust #ape records #the panoply academy #architects of the new christ rebellion #criswell #harriet the spy #thenceforward #locust #inept #the weak link breaks #serotonin #old hearts club #twenty seven hours #eurich #the judas iscariot #reversal of man #screamo #post hardcore #d beat #grindcore #sasscore #zines #diy #selling out #'90s music #music review #vinyl record #emocore

[snackugaki]

and the template here: https://twitter.com/KarlaDoodlesPen/status/1495943787138408457

That's my girl since i was 12 in 1997 and that's my girl at 38 in 2023

#ngl it was nice to turn off my brain and just do some quick draws and paints #this close to giving OoTS Venus the Selena Bustier #that's quintanilla-perez to lay that down so the people know #finding brushes that ape what Mora used was a pain tho #technically cheated on it because I already had a design for MM and Bay #included the MMPR crossover cuz Venus was there Gandalf #3000 years ago for the FIRST power rangers crossover #Next Mutation and Power Rangers: in Space did it first #not to be confused with Power Rangers Lost Galaxy or SPD #I still stand by Rise Venus as a softshell #because let's get it on record correctly #her name was Mei Pieh Chi #and awkward wade-giles romanization aside #...actually her name is a bit of a linguistic mess #but Splinter did clarify her name is supposed to translate as “beautiful turtle of energy” #...which... is... an odd naming sty--ANYWAY #the hanzi used for Pieh is understood to refer specifically to 'softshell turtle' #so nyeh #also there's spiny softshell and smooth softshells native to North America #apalone mutica baby! #god I hope her story continues past 150 in IDW #i waited so long to see her again #PLS #good things for my precious daughter Venus i plea i pray #also rainbowfoxes is right #the MMPR cross over is from BOOM! Studios not IDW #we strive to credit properly in this house

[science70]

Battle for the Planet of the Apes book & record set (Power Records, 1974).

#science fiction #comic book #album #Planet of the Apes #Battle for the Planet of the Apes #Power Records #USA #1974

[thekidsare-not-alright]

thinking about how tttyg was kinda the calm before the storm, if you will. and how futct was them entering the storm, ioh and folie in the thick of it, and then at long last, the hiatus in the eye of the storm. and then they entered it again, this time having already braved it once before, from srar to the harsher end of mania. and smfs is them finally being free of the storm altogether. they still went through it, the storm is still around, but they're in calmer seas now, following the wind currents wherever they want

#fall out boy #fob #pete wentz #patrick stump #joe trohman #andy hurley #smfs #fob mania #folie a deux #tttyg #ab/ap #srar #futct #ioh #the storm might be a metaphor for the mainstream industry or pop culture's harsh gaze or media in general or record labels idfk #had this thought in the shower #I might be onto something I might not I don't care

[liquidstar]

Need you guys to not judge my search history real quick bc I wanna share the fact that my phone brightness is on really low, and I kept trying to wipe away what I thought was a stain only to look closer and see it was in fact Xenacanthus.

#for the record the reason it's all animals that start w certain letters is bc i play a game w the kids where they have to say an animal #that starts w a specific letter and sometimes it's easier to just be looking at the list of what they'll say #and i clicked on xenacanthus by misatke lol #anything bellow that tho i don't really have an excuse for. sorry. #rhesus monkey and apes weren't even for the game that was for me

[stpansy]

can i hear it for fall out boy’s sixth studio album american beauty/american psycho everybody please give it up for fall out boy’s sixth studio album american beauty/american psycho

#i really hope that they start integrating post hiatus stuff for 8 ball/otherwise #jet pack blues… kids aren’t alright… favorite record… TWIN SKELETONS #please #fall out boy #fob #ab/ap

[spirallingstarcases]

when the guitar in favourite record hits

#ITS ALMOST LIKE A CALL AND REPEAT LIKENEHEHSHSHSHHDHDHDHHDHDHDHDHD #GODDD. #spispeaks #FAVOURITE RECORD #ab/ap

[roxannepolice]

At the risk of sounding like a drunk sentimentalist, can I take a moment to rant about the Doctor's face when he sees the Valiant cleaning the air in The Poison Sky?

Bc he's so happy. It's him in the prancing puppy mode. He was 100% prepared for Colonel Mace to go trigger happy and instead he sees the vessel being used as a perfectly ethical non-violent defence.

But it's also his first proper reminder of the Master since s3. And noone but he and Martha's clone's imperfect memories knows the full story behind who helped design it. For everyone in UNIT Harold Saxon was a technological genius gone mad and they are putting his nefarious devices to good use. Just look at this face and tell me the Doctor isn't thinking just that.

And as for how the Master would react if the Doctor recounted the tale to him, Idk, I think he'd be torn between being furious about the apes playing with his toy and extremely satisfied about scoring aginst the uglies :3

#don't mind me i'm just #using thoschei as warmup for writing #but it almost upsets that none of the s4 rewrites make use of this #just look at him #that's an *i say that's my wife!* face #tensimm #thoschei #doctor x master #tenth doctor #simm!master #the master #doctor who the master #for the record the apes and the uglies are what the master would call humans and sontarans in his head

[lumaverse]

Day 88 of drawing every @falloutboy song! Today's song is Favorite Record, which has some of the cutest lyrics. I wanted to capture the song's vibe, especially with the line "I spin for you like your favorite records used to" and the imagery of dancing with someone you love.

#fall out boy #art #fanart #fall out boy fan art #pete wentz #patrick stump #joe trohman #andy hurley #ab/ap #favorite record #fob #fob art #fob fanart

[juriyuna]

#magia record #kasane ao #been going through early arc 2 again lately and... man :( #ao is just constantly trying to hype herself up and pretend that she's not scared #she desperately wants to get the purification system so nobody will need grief seeds anymore #not just because that's a good thing in general but because she's so badly traumatized by the blood tragedy #for a faceless NPC the bat has a really strong sway over ao's character #fucked this girl up so bad she joined the magical girl yakuza that's planning on murdering people and stealing their APS #seeing ao refer to battles as ''easy mode'' is depressing too #since trying to act like it's all a game is the only way she can avoid completely breaking down #ao... :(((( #hello tag essay readers i hope you're doing well today

[marlynnofmany]

Stray idea: a world like in Wall-E where a planet has been left to the robots to fix up, only things go differently. The humans are gone for untold ages (perhaps a wormhole is involved), and the robots succeed beyond anyone’s wildest dreams.

There is no pollution in this verdant garden world, and the last struggling life forms from when the humans left have flourished … and evolved. And created a new civilization among all the greenery. They take a dim view of the returning humans, who have some sort of claim on their one remaining god.

Yes you can meet our god, but it is old and frail now, and beloved by an entire word. Leave every trace of a threat on your ships, or you will not like what happens next.

#rude awakening #writing prompts #the robots were lonely #can you blame them for safeguarding pets #which evolved into friends #then worshippers? #especially if there was only one left by then #no goals other than ‘companions’ and ‘keep them safe’ #succeeded beyond the parameters of programming that it outgrew long ago #robots #Wall-E #Planet of the Apes vibes #'this may have been your planet once -- and that's debatable -- but it is ours now' #‘and it has been for all of recorded history’ #‘so behave yourselves very carefully’

[briarpatch-kids]

My favorite kind of trash tv are those cryptid hunting shows where they put people in situations and they scare themselves because they think regular nature sounds are actually the nefarious samsquanch

#another record breaking hit would be real housewives of spooky woods #where we follow the wives of bigfoot and skunk ape while they drink too much and argue with each other

[lesbiangiratina]

#if i ran into my dad on the street i would leap at him like a crazed ape too. like i just understand this guy #im not waiting for higher quality video to make this. whatever. you get a twitter video screen recording #everyone have a delightful dabi dance day #the kat goes meow #bnha #video

[anotherpapercut]

sorry for thinking every single fall out boy song is perfect without exception. as if it's my fault

#when im in the record shop asking why they only have 1 copy of ab/ap and nothing else #there was a period of time where i didnt like uma thurman. glad i moved past that difficult time in my life #directing this at the person i saw on twitter who said that heartbreak feels so good wasnt a very good song. i hate u

[records-of-dirt]

Basics of Soil

Soil has three main ingredients:

Minerals

Open spaces - which can be filled with air or water

Organic materials - from decomposing plants & animals

Then, these ingredients form different levels or horizons.

Soil Horizons

When I say “rock”, that is an oversimplification!

Rock Types

There are three basic types of rocks:

Soil Composition

How do we define a soil? We look at what type of particle it's mostly made of.

Figuring out what type of soil you have is quite important to a healthy garden, but we’ll cover how to do that a little later.

For now, let's move on to soil quality!

Soil Quality

Soil quality is typically determined based on eight main components.

Up to this point, we’ve talked about soil as something inorganic - but soil is alive.

It teems with life, and when changing the soil in any given area, it's incredibly important to think about how those changes will affect the organisms already living there.

I hope y’all learned something, and have a great day!

Sincerely,

records of dirt

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#records of dirt #ap environmental #biology #solarpunk #gardening #geology #the soil series

[your-friendly-neighbourh00d-fag]

i literally saw this in a dream but

"altered boys altered boys we're the things that love destroyed" thinking about Them again

📢📢📢

SPEAK THIS KAZ

also.

'you, me, us, them, we're just resurrection men' ⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

#I HADNT CONSIDERED THE FUNKOBRA OF IT ALL IN MY AB/AP LISTENING #YOU'RE ACTUALLY SO RIGHT #are we ready to talk about favourite record based funkobra #. #piper's askbox #piper talks to the beloveds #funkobra