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humanhost · 1 year

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HUMAN HOST IN PUBLIC: The First Two Decades Part 2 - a Realicide show at an abandoned apartment house in Cincinnati, Ohio; Autumn 2004

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People who live in or near the midwestern city of Cincinnati possess an odd mix of cultural influences. Smashed up against the border of Kentucky bluegrass to the south, the Appalachian foothills directly to the east, and the agricultural bread basket of Indiana to the west, the citizens of this Ohio River beacon have all been defined by contentious issues of identity. The southern influences seem to bubble up stronger here than in any other city in Ohio, even though for the most part the state has always been squarely neutral or unapologetically alligned with the Union when it came to political divides left over from the American civil war.

One of the more harmless southern culture elements in Cinci is the southern accent. Many Cinci residents speak with a drawl more akin to that of their neighbors in West Va. and Kentucky. With this accent, words, sometimes even single letters, can sound as if they have two or three extra syllables.

At Human Host’s first Cincinnati show, before the music began, we overheard a kid in the audience off in a corner talking with some of her friends. Her voice had a thick southern drawl. She was talking about how that day was her birthday and someone had gotten her “EGGS” as a present. This inspired laughs and a’lot of confusion. I stopped whatever I was doing and replied, ”Eggs??? Really? That’s a strange birthday present. I mean, there’s nothing wrong with that, but...” She laughed and replied, ”No, no, no. Not eggs, i got ‘E’, as in ecst*sy” (aka the wild party drug so popular at raves and other EDM-type music fests). Her southern accent was so prominent that out of the corner of my ear the letter “E” seemed to sound more like “Ehhh” or “Ayy”. Since there is no such noun as “Ehh”, my imagination quickly transformed “Ehh” into “eggs”.

It was just a mistake, but in a weird way it was also a poetic allusion of things to come; eggs and ecstasy were ultimately the two things that symbolized the energy that went on to illuminate Human Host’s first Cinci show.

Before Human Host ever played Cincinnati, Rick Weaver’s other band New Flesh had made a splash in the town a few months-to-a year prior to HH’s debut there. Rick had turned the Host crew on to the records, flyers, zines, and web content created by Cinci multi-media collective Realicide; the collective’s teenage co-founder Robert Inhuman (who today is known as Robert Imhuman) was the promoter who booked New Flesh and he also had a great interest Rick’s other early 2000′s projects (mainly, Organ Donors, Flowers In The Attic, and eventually Human Host).

Anti-authoritarian/anti-imperialist provocation was and remains to be Realicide’s main raison d’etre, but these kids weren’t by-the-numbers punks. They refused to accept any strict convention involving punk tradition, especially when it came to hierarchies and aesthetic parameters. Much like Human Host, Realicide is concerned with creating a medium as expansive as their message. The group’s influence has extended far beyond the noise scene that initially embraced them. Today Realicide provides a free mobile sound system for local political demonstrations, they set up DIY film screenings with their offshoot group Gonx, and the Realicide artists have even gained a foothold in the global experimental punk scene by touring internationally. The Realicide record label releases material from like-minded overseas artists, and has secured worldwide distro for the releases of the many Ohio-based Realicide stalwarts.

Even though political elements have always been only a tiny piece of the chaotic puzzle that is Human Host’s inspiration, Realicide’s methods weren’t wildly different than ours. Their distinctly 21st century-style multi-media weirdness was drenched in classick crust punk presentation; just like us they refused to embrace the future, nor did they worship the present or the past. Just like us, this was a crew interested in altering their reality through creative work in as many different and positive ways as they possibly could. Come hell or high water, Realicide and their allies were going to save the world in their own weird way and we wanted to help them do it.

As we started booking our second tour in the fall of 2004, Rick Weaver convinced Robert and the Realicide crew to help book a Cinci stop for us. Memories about the tour date’s venue and exactly how the Realicide crew secured it are unclear; Rick Weaver seems to think this show may have originally been booked at a cafe or coffee shop. If that was the case, a last minute re-scheduling was probably neccessary after the original venue randomly cancelled on Robert. Touring around the U.S. playing experimental pop music was still a relatively new thing, especially when it came to the domestic DIY basement show scene circa the early 2000′s, a time that was essentially still culturally smothered by lingering trends of the 1990′s. Consequently, last minute cancellations were common for non-genre artists (aka artists who weren’t easily marketable) in this period.

But Realicide was acutely aware that problems like this were always possible. On a dime, the kids were able to find a back-up venue by utilizing the basement or laundry room of an apartment building one of their friends was sort-of living in. The place was a big old 5 story house on a hill with a basement and an attic. It had been converted into a apartment complex sometime in the 1940′s or 50′s, maybe earlier. By the early 2000′s the building was either abandoned, or its residents were about to be evicted. It felt very awkward hangin in there when the other acts (Realicide and poet/spoken word artist Jim Swill) were not playing. It often felt kind of like we were all tresspassing in there. We had to go upstairs to an apartment to use a bathroom and the place had almost no furniture, and many of the other apartments’ doors were wide open revealing spaces just as desolate as the one where the “public” restroom was. It was clear that - whatever was going on with the building - no one was supposed to be in there.

Adding to the eerie abandoned atmosphere was the fact that the night of the show was cloaked in a dense fog much more akin to that of coastal New England than any midwestern place. It was as if we brought a little piece of “The Evil East” along with us.

By late 2004 HH had been trying out many different line-ups and forms of live performance at gigs, but we were somewhat stuck in a rut by forcing ourselves to do something different at every single show (mostly as a means of adding a dynamic confusion texture to the work). One show we’d be an acid punk band with guitars and primal drums; the next we’d be doing improv drone music; the next we’d be playing quiet experimental folk using toy instruments; and the next we’d be stomping around crooning the paganistic electro-crunk that eventually earned us the 2005 “Best Live Act” award from the Baltimore City Paper (at that time we were one of the few non-genre groups ever to achieve that distinction).

Since we knew that Robert and his friends were more than enthusiastic about stretching the parameters of performance and presentation, it seemed like the autumn 2004 Cinci event needed to be extra special. Back in the early 2000′s our sets were often meticulously planned, especially sets that we did on tour. Shortly before we hit the road in October ‘04, I came up with the idea of taking a big chance in Cinci and trying out a set that incorporated nearly all of the various shades of Human Host into one mega-diverse half-hour production. Even if the idea fell flat, even if we totally screwed up, we knew that the Realicide kids would at the very least respect us for honestly trying to do something ambitious.

As it turned out, the risky/schizoid set idea paid off. Even the screw-ups ended up making the set incredibly powerful and special. Our demonic crunk tunes would end and we’d collapse on to the floor only to start improvising drones created with tape machines, microphones, and processed live toy drum sounds that lasted only for a minute at a time. As each drone segement unfolded we’d kill the lights using a floor switch connected to the harsh work lights we used to light up most of our 2000′s gigs. When the painful white lights blasted back on we blasted back into our crunkenstein alter egos, howling out our vocals in operatic/troubadour style as we carreened around the room, possessed by music and the ethereal madness of creation on the fly.

Sometimes when we’d kick off the lights we’d forget where the switch was and there’d be a few seconds of maniacal laughter and confusing/out-of-breath discussion accompanying the opening of each crunk beat as we fumbled around attempting to find the “on” switch again. Instead of causing a hiccup in the action, these spontaneous introduction skits only made the performance and the subsequent flood of brutal light a thousand times more intense. Though the dance moves may consequently have been extra sloppy, the overall effect of this set was more energetic and rewarding for both artist and audience than anything we’d done before.

The lyrics and prose of Human Host often detail the symbiotic relationships of vulnerability and chaotic energy, reality and fantasy, intoxication and sobriety, stupidity and intelligence, the old and the new, the weird and the normal, Earth and outer space. As this set concluded I really felt we had covered all of these bases and probably about a billion previously unknown others. That feeling was beyond exhilirating; in the space of a few minutes our entire world had undergone a radical/irrevocable change for the better. While the spring 2003 Human Host show at St. Thomas Church in Towson* was where we were spiritually born, Human Host’s Autumn 2004 Cincinnati show was where our spirit came of age; the *egg* of Human Host had hatched in an outburst of interdimensional multi-media *ecstasy*.

- Mike Apichella, co-founder of Human Host

photo credit: two shots taken by Scott Russell at a Human Host tour date that occurred at Nowarehouse in Cincinnati, Ohio circa Autumn 2008; unfortunately there are no known photos of the first HH Cinci show circa 2004.

* https://humanhost.tumblr.com/post/704049932941803520/human-host-in-public-the-first-two-decades-part

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heidiblack · 2 years

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Convention Review: Indiana Comic Con

Convention: Indiana Comic Con

Location: Indianapolis, IN

Date: April 15-17 (Fri-Sun)

Table cost: $275

Table size: 6’

Application: FCFS

Items for sale: 11x17" posters (fanart and original), coloring book, zines (fanart and original; sfw and nsfw), pins (original), resin coasters and jewelry

New items/display: Genshin host club posters

Mask policy: Not required, I wore one (except when eating)

Previously attended? No

Pros: Big name celebrity guests, close to Cinci (less than 2 hours), relatively inexpensive tables

Cons: Very large vendor hall with many vendors having incredibly tall displays featuring flashing lights/screens/carnival booth setups

Most popular item(s): Posters (47), Resin Jewelry (36)

Least popular item(s): Sons of Fire (original comic, 0)

I had not previously done this show, but the friend I drove with had. The last iteration of this show had been only 6 months prior (October), and the convention floor had expanded to nearly twice the size of that show. Unfortunately, sales seemed to reflect this, as there was just not enough attendees to support the number of artists and vendors who were present.

Gross sales: <$2000

Recommend/will attend again? Unsure. Corner “premiere” booths (10x10 with 2 8' tables) are around $500, and I've unfortunately outgrown 6' tables. However, having a larger display area may increase my sales.

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paladudette · 1 year

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#HELP #i also don’t want it to be like a huge complicated tattoo because i don’t want to like. take advantage of him like that #also not an option in the poll but amtrad nurse tattoo but. gerard. 🧍‍♀️#then i would have him on my body twice

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ceramicsandtheory · 1 year

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NCECA Conference wrap up! Feeling immense after coming home from Cincinnati. Hello to everyone I didn’t get to see, to everyone I only was able to wave at across the room, thankful for everyone I got to have an actual conversation with. My DMs are open, hope to see you again soon 1) one of my contributions to the Cup Sale “what makes a good pot these days” 2) @aderowillard stunning work, my first hi hello howdy I’m Cinci 3) Jeremy Brook’s crocheted porcelain condoms 4) Xia Zhang’s always beautiful and provocative work at @cincyartmuseum 5) more rookwood art pottery than you can shake a stick at. This is actually from Matt Morgan Art Pottery 1882-1884 6) Roxanne Swentzel’s encouraging closing lecture and her trickster gods. 7) the glint of @tyler_quintin_arts 8) @sunkooyuhceramics, the only artist I purchased for my cupboard collection this year 9) party people @cxc_ceramics_collective 10) Cincinnati’s finest, put me back together after nights of diverse beverages xx https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-VCOor8Dn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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concubuck · 2 years

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A delivery for Alastor that somehow made it to him in rehab.

It's several albums from Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox. A note provided with it reads, "Thought you might appreciate these while you're going through all this. Welcome to the Black Parade made me think of you.

-C.C."

((Due to the mun being busy, this wasn't answered when it was sent on August 30 and Alastor was still in alcohol detox. Pretend it got lost in the mail for a month. We'll overlook the fact that he only told two people privately that he was in detox.))

I take it you're the same person who sent me this!

Now, I've never been terribly fond of this group's gimmick. "Rewrite a recent song in an 'old' genre"—swing or jazz or doo-wop or what have you. Because it acts like nobody else is playing in old styles. Like the swing revival of the nineties never happened, or like jazz clubs don't still host jam sessions, or like there isn't a successful Satanic doo-wop group touring right now.

Anyway, it's all too clean, too over-produced for the sounds they're trying so hard to replicate. Tell me their "New Orleans marching band" cover sounds anything—like—this. Sure, over the decades, the genre's drifted a bit from the style they're trying to replicate. But let me assure you—because I was there—that the energy in modern second line bands has more in common with what I heard than Mr. Bradlee's self-controlled little dirge.

The difference between Joey Cook singing so perfectly over a sedately improvisational wind section and a real second line marching band is like the difference between a Broadway soprano singing about dying, and a raw howl of pain.

If you want to hear Top 40 pop and rock in "New Orleans" style, don't ask a rotating band of genre-dabblers headed by a New Jersey pianist to attempt to sound New Orleanian. Ask a New Orleans band to play the song.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you—

Hot 8 Brass Band performing Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing"

The Soul Rebels performing Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams"

New Creations Brass Band performing the Beatles' "Come Together"

Sunshine Brass Band performing Blondie's "Heart of Glass"

The Original Pinettes Brass Band performing Katy Perry's "Roar"

Blown Away Brass Band performing OutKast's "Spread"

Where Ya At Brass Band performing Bruno Mars's "Treasure"—for half a minute, at least

—or, if you want to hear a real New Orleans band play a song about funeral parades, pick one that already fits the genre.

Or hell—if you can't get a genuine "second line" band, at least get a real brass band:

The Cincy Brass from Ohio performing Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance"

No BS! Brass from Virginia performing Michael Jackson's "Thriller"

Dirty Catfish Brass Band from Canada performing Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off"

Broken Brass from the Netherlands performing Macklemore's "Thrift Shop"

Brass Délirium from France performing The Offspring's "The Kids Aren't Alright"

Hit Brass from Colombia performing Reel 2 Real's "I Like to Move It" and Lipps Inc.'s "Funkytown"

Bieranjas from Switzerland performing Adele's "Rolling in the Deep"

And that's just the ones I could find before I got bored. I'm not even touching on artists like Lucky Chops or Brass Against, they're popular enough.

Now, I have nothing against Mr. Bradlee personally. His arrangements sounds fine. But the trouble with the glorification of this one artist for dressing up in a genre for a song or two is that it treats him like a unique novelty. As if he's the only man in the market who's ever set a Top 40 pop hit to jazz.

Meanwhile there are living, performing, struggling bands who dedicate their entire careers to playing these genres. Notice how many of the recordings I offered come from cell phone cameras rather than nice, professional music videos! If you adore it so much when the novelty act pretends to play in those styles for five minutes, why don't you show any of that adoration to the bands playing those styles every day?

Listen to some bands that really perform those styles��not just the band that plays at those styles.

#((idk why so many people think Alastor needs to be told about PMJ?))#((in the pilot he applies for the hotel manager position by PMJing a song he heard on the news one time like an hour earlier.))#((he probably knows things about making retro covers of modern songs that would put Scott Bradlee to shame.))#((anyway this is why it took me over a month to answer this: because alastor could prob find these links in 15 min but it took me all day))#((do y'all know how hard it is to find NOLA street performers on youtube.))#((I've got a mile long list of band names that get 4 search results and they're all shaky 2 minute phone recordings with no song titles))#anonymous #ask #music #on air and online (broadcasting)

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thelensofyashunews · 4 days

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Cincinnati's Skylar Blatt is the Midwest's Next Hip-Hop Princess

Cincinnati is a blue collar town, known as the home of the Bengals, the Reds, Skyline Chili, and Procter & Gamble. But despite a bustling scene, the Queen City isn't really known for its hip-hop. Enter rising rapper Skylar Blatt, who has the talent and charisma to put her city on the rap map. Her crushing bars and knack for easy melody has earned her co-signs from some of the biggest artists in the game, and with ILWT/Saint Ka$h/Arista Records at her back, the sky is the limit.

Raised by a single mother as one of six kids, Skylar learned early lessons about the high stakes of life on the Cincinnati streets. When her mom lost her job, she moved in with her Grandma–who Skylar describes as a "gangsta"–who taught her how to survive on her own. She found a safe harbor in hip-hop, escaping her troubles by listening to rappers from all regions–she learned free associative rhyming from Lil Wayne, picked up feminine fury from Nicki Minaj, took notes on the creative use of melody by artists like Young Thug and Future, and implemented plenty of the tough-talking bravado she learned from NY rappers like 50 Cent, Juelz Santana and Jadakiss.

With 10,000 hours of hip-hop study in the bank and a style that she knew stood out from others in her city, she started to embark on her own hip-hop dreams. At first, she uploaded freestyles to her personal Facebook and Instagram pages, and when those gained traction, she started writing her own songs.

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After gaining an early co-sign from Meek Mill, and a glowing profile from Lyrical Lemonade, the young rapper started collaborating with many of the Midwest's finest rappers, connecting with Babyface Ray and fellow Cincinnati rapper Midwest Milly for "Exactly," racking up over 800k YT views, and teaming with Icewear Vezzo for the sinister "God Forbid." A lifelong Bengals fan, she teamed with fellow Ohioan Doe Boy to craft "BENGALS (SUPER BOWL)," an anthem meant to cheer on Joe Burrow and company as they played in Super Bowl LVI. In October 2023, Skylar shared her mixtape Blatt SZN, home to "God Forbid" and ten other Cincy slappers. The tape won her a fan in Lola Brooke, who hopped on a remix to her song "F*ck Fame."

Skylar is currently riding a wave of momentum from her new single “Laughin To Tha Bank,” a hard-hitting anthem that is already beginning to impact local radio in Cincinnati. Produced by Too Dope and Akachi, “Laughin To Tha Bank” is a perfect exemplar of what makes Skylar a special talent: rhyming through a sly grin, Skylar crafts an addictive cadence, alternating rich life flexes with intimidating tough talk with effortless ease: "See I'm the type who took her on a date/Just so she can show me where she stay if you ever at her place," rhymes Skylar.

Now, as the inaugural signee to Saint Ka$h Records, the record label founded by Kendell "Sav" Freeman, Skylar is looking to become the next Midwest rapper to break things open. With more music and, "Wake Up," a major collaboration with Chris Brown coming this Friday, April 26th, the Queen City queen is ready to defy the odds. Watch this space.

Follow Skylar Blatt on socials: instagram | spotify | youtube | twitter | tiktok

Pre-save "Wake Up" ft Chris Brown: http://skylarblatt.lnk.to/WakeUpPreSave

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alertbooty · 21 days

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Joe loves Trippie Redd and he’s also a bengals fan! He came to a game last year. Mgk is from Ohio and they dropped an album together… it’s not surprising he went lol

He’ll probably be at Cudi show in cincy this summer

I don’t know why this is controversial. I know MGK isn’t the best human being but I interact with shitty fuckin people all day at my job lol. Being a fan of someone’s music doesn’t mean you know about them being problematic. I listen to so many artists I know NOTHING about.

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nicolae · 3 months

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Artiști, artizani, ucenici, calfe, meșteri și maeștri

În cea mai mare parte a lumii de astăzi, un artist este considerat a fi o persoană cu talentul și abilitățile de a conceptualiza și de a realiza lucrări creative. Astfel de persoane sunt remarcate și apreciate pentru ideile lor artistice și originale. Lucrările lor de artă pot lua multe forme și se pot încadra în numeroase categorii, cum ar fi arhitectură, ceramică, artă digitală, desene, tehnici mixte, picturi, fotografii, printuri, sculptură și textile. De o importanță mai mare, artiștii sunt indivizii care au dorința și abilitatea de a imagina, proiecta și fabrica imaginile, obiectele și structurile pe care le întâlnim, le folosim, ocupăm și ne bucurăm cu toții în fiecare zi a vieții noastre. Astăzi, așa cum a fost cazul de-a lungul istoriei și între culturi, există diferite titluri pentru cei care fac și construiesc. Un artizan sau un meșteșugar, de exemplu, poate produce arte decorative sau utilitare, cum ar fi pilote sau coșuri. Adesea, un artizan sau un meșter este un muncitor calificat, dar nu inventatorul ideii sau formei originale. Un artizan sau un meșter poate fi și cineva care își creează propriile modele, dar nu lucrează în forme de artă sau cu materiale asociate în mod tradițional cu așa-numitele arte plastice, cum ar fi pictura și sculptura. În schimb, un meșter ar putea să modeleze bijuterii, să forjeze fier sau să sufle sticlă în modele și obiecte create de el. Asemenea piese inventive și calificate sunt adesea clasificate astăzi ca Meșteșuguri fine sau Artă artizanală. În multe culturi de-a lungul celei mai mari părți ale istoriei, cei care au produs, înfrumusețat, pictat și construit nu au fost considerați a fi artiști așa cum ne gândim la ei acum. Erau artizani și meșteșugari, iar rolul lor era să realizeze obiectele și să construiască structurile pentru care erau angajați, conform designului (propriu sau al altuia) convenit cu cei pentru care lucrau. Asta nu înseamnă că erau neinstruiți. În Europa medievală sau în Evul Mediu (secolele V-XV), de exemplu, un artizan își începea activitatea în general în jurul vârstei de doisprezece ani ca ucenic, adică un elev care învăța toate aspectele unei profesii de la un maestru care avea propriul atelier. Uceniciile durau cinci până la nouă ani sau mai mult, și includeau meserii de învățare de la pictură la copt și zidărie și fabricarea lumânărilor. La sfârșitul acelei perioade, un ucenic devenea calfă și i se permitea să devină membru al breslei meșteșugărești care supraveghea pregătirea și standardele celor care lucrau în această meserie. Pentru a obține statutul deplin în breaslă, o calfă trebuia să își finalizeze „capodopera”, demonstrând suficientă îndemânare și măiestrie pentru a fi numit maestru. Sursa: Sachant, Pamela; Blood, Peggy; LeMieux, Jeffery; and Tekippe, Rita, "Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning" (2016). Fine Arts Open Textbooks. 3. https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/arts-textbooks/3, licența CC BY-SA 4.0. Traducere și adaptare Nicolae Sfetcu Read the full article

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luminenwalker · 3 months

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[14-1-2024]

Between the yellow paint and blood- all you can see is the blood. Your mistake was costly, and can't be repeated. Another day of living in Cinci, right? Right. Doesn't make it any better. //RRH

Glass hits you. You're caught in a crossfire, and all hell is breaking loose around you. Nearly deaf, simply confused. How quick can you move? You feel heat pumping from your chest. //RRH

Your whole life is a calculated risk. Good days feel like that. Just a deal, but everything if you pull it off. Another day, another week, another month. Just keep working. //RRH

Buried treasure? No, you want to think that. But, it's just another dead drop. Some cash, a few thums, and a spike. SensPerience. Could be game changing but it's doubtful. //RRH

Your eyes lose focus, and you force yourself to blink. Keep putting one foot in front of another, just figuring out where you're going and if you have a reason to even go there. //RRH

Your heart is beating, and somehow that's all that matters right now. They're fast, but you're more limber. You turn down an alley, and then another, and keep going until they're gone. //RRH

Something's wrong. Your ports are still itchy. The diagnostic is red, and the spike ports are... Is this the shakes, or the treatment last month, or... You need help, and soon. //RRH

You keep plodding along. Just one foot in front of the other towards the city, through its gates. Something bad will happen, but something worse will happen if you keep doing nothing. //RRH

He's ragged. Ragged at best. You listen, and glide your pen over the scrap. All he has are names and numbers. And, they all need to know. Not your job, but someone has to do it. //RRH

Does the name mean anything to you? No. Whoever they were is gone. You try to focus, but they're not in your programming now. You've lost something, but, does that matter? //RRH

Self-styled 'nanite artist' Genetrix Io's latest work is a dismal affair. An implant 'seeding' flowers in the human body? Blossom-matrixed keratin for petaled nails; pistil-patterned tonguebuds for pollened saliva? Trite, grotesque, and kitsch-ridden thriftshop fare. //TruthWave

There's new grub down at Gamble. Steamed streetfood tightly scribbled all over with Chinese calligraphy. Triad thing? Tried to get the lowdown from an Asian head, but it's all hush-hush, some secret lingo or dialect she didn't know. Looks killer though, real eyecandy. //TruthWave

Found a derelict SensPerience parlour once. A Chinese sign that looked like a melting sundae outside, men lying silent like mannequins inside. When I came back, the men were dead. Only one remained. He came to the window and smiled. Golden eyes, mouth red as blood. //TruthWave

Corpo exec went poof at the airport and there's still no buzz on the news. Tale got nixed the moment they sniffed something shady in the footage. All those tunnels down there—it's the goddamn catacombs. One wrong step and you're gone. Swallowed. Total black hole zone. //TruthWave

Individuals experiencing retinal implant-induced hallucinations are advised to refrain from interacting with visual anomalies to prevent the misdirection of retinal nanites onto unintended neural pathways. Cases of people falling into unrousable dreams are escalating. //TruthWave

Our bash got stormed by the pigs and yeah, our bad for not fisting their asses full of dough beforehand, but they nabbed some real weird shit. Drugs and guns chillin', but the houseplants? Every last pot gone. The hell? Anyway, we're hittin' Tower back to save Fernie. //TruthWave

Met a man claiming to live not on food, not on water, but air; a proprietary blend of gases some exclusive clinic deep in the Projects injects into his lungs. Made a bet with a sniper; she's now down 15k and up a brain-splattered, half-chewed burger. Ho hum. //TruthWave

Rip Van Winkle spike ain't a myth—it completely ruined my Ma. She's just a shell cryin' over some ghost life, now. A lifetime lived in a blink. Irony is you don't came back to a future world like the tale. You come back to a world that you no longer have any use for. //TruthWave

Ready to sing like Xara One? Insiders report that Sens star Genetrix Io is spearheading a partnership between CinnTech and SensPerience for her hotly anticipated new Sens series, said to use a revolutionary next-gen Sens spike designed to leave bio-imprinted souvenirs.//TruthWave

Fears of implant sentience gain awareness as anecdotal accounts of pain controller implants 'Pavlovian-conditioning' individuals become widespread. "It's deliberately choosing when to turn the pain tap on or off," one man says. "Subtle, insidious manipulation." //TruthWave

#cyberpunkdreams #cyberpunk #text based game

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neverbesokind · 7 months

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🎃- Hi! Going to start asks with this from now on for easy identification purposes lmao

Both evermore’s being your fav is impeccable taste we love to see it.

Chicago n2 was SUCH a fun night for surprise songs wow, and Cincy n2 being your two best picks is so amazing! My shows are next year I’m counting down the days wondering what I’ll get.

I ADORE She-Ra, one of my favourite shows of all time! I won’t elaborate too much in case I give something away identity-wise but I’ve found it so inspiring as an artist and honestly Catradora are everything to me. And the Mamma Mia movies are incredible ofc (my hot take is I actually prefer the second one though 👀). I also love every Madeline Miller book I’ve read!

The Last Olympian is honestly still my favourite book to this day, and I SOBBED watching the trailer for the show omg. I definitely need to fit in a reread once I finish uni for the year!

If you’re at all into musicals I HIGHLY suggest listening to The Lightning Thief musical! I think it’s a brilliant adaptation in terms of capturing the spirit of the book, plus the songs are SO GOOD!

Any chance to wear a Speak Now ball gown one should wear a Speak Now ball gown, excellent choice.

My favourite Hozier song is probably still Jackie and Wilson as it’s the first one I really fell in love with, but Francesca and The First Time are the ones that have been on repeat since Unreal came out! Shrike is so underrated though love it.

This is absurdly long but one more question for now: who’s an artist you’ve been meaning to listen to but haven’t really had the chance to yet?

Hope you have a wonderful day! <3

Ahh exciting! I hope you get great surprise songs!! I got really lucky with mine but I also feel like one of the great things about surprise songs is they become special because they're yours!

OMG I ALSO think the 2nd Mamma Mia is better. IMMACULATE taste. It's just soooo unapologetically genuine I love it so much.

I have actually never listened to the Lightning Thief musical but I've meant to because I do love musicals (Great Comet my beloved ❤️). Might be a good way to tide me over before the show comes out!

An artist I've been meaning to listen to but haven't had the chance yet... hmm... that's hard! I think boygenius and the three artists who make it up - Lucy Dacus in particular - are on my list. Their music is just so dense and meaningful I want to give it a good, attentive listen to really take it all in and haven't had a chance yet.

#and no worries I love the long messages 🧡#have a great day swiftie halloween anon!!!#swiftiehalloween #swiftie halloween anon #shh gilly #answers

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