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Love Your Local Music Scene vol. 1

made a post recently about how fun participating in your local music scene can be. so i made a quick little zine about how to get involved if you don't know how to find things like that in your community.

i know a lot of people want to get involved in irl spaces but are intimidated to start, so this has super intro level information about finding them in your area and how to be a participant aside from just going to shows.

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frost children for emmie magazine

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Heccra @ the Mouse Trap

Madison, WI | 4.27.2024

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Bug Moment @ the Mouse Trap

Madison, WI | 4.27.2024

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glass beach for EMMIE Magazine

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“the grackly glare of interference on every station - why bother having stations? why bother bragging to people that they've reached another dead end?" Is now out on all platforms, please enjoy https://open.spotify.com/album/6wv6dzsajLVEi4bzQg9zh5?si=14ZKRYlPTwmwK5IGuHhCKA

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Arthurfest II - 1/27/2024

feat. Mio Min Mio, Supercritical, Bug Moment, Kule, Boxing Day, Lunar Moth, The Present Age, Sex, Fear, Excuse Me, Who Are You and Endswell

all battle sets with all proceeds going to the neighborhood house

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i guess it's scary to me when white leftists say that the punk scene is the scene where you wanna go if you're trans or a person of color or a drug addict or someone else who's been kicked down in life. cuz like, if you've lived in this scene, is it really where you wanna send people?

i got involved in my local punk scene and the problem is that people aren't actually focused on looking out for each other. punk is heavily white. punk is heavily abled. punk is heavily cis. i know everyone says "real" punk is this and that, but the problem is: i live in a punk house venue. i live in a house where punks throw punk rock shows weekly and invite other punks into our home to throw music and art shows. the DIY scene is a mess. it's full of abusers. it's full of enablers. it's full of queerphobes and tranny chasers. it's full of people who collect vulnerable traumatized people. it's full of people who will hand beers to recovering alcoholics and pass lines to recovering addicts.

this scene is full of people who scribble "this machine kills fascists" on every object they own and turn around and cower and say "I'm scared, can you come pick me up, there's some scary guys outside." because some black dudes listening to some rap posted up outside of the punk show. this scene is full of virtue signaling assholes who put antisemitic symbols on their "battle vests". this scene is full of half-assed "communists" who just want to brag about the big scary words they learned like "praxis" and "proletariat" and "bourgeoisie".

this scene is full of fake socialists who won't lift a finger to help each other, but will drag each other into hell instead.

the problem with punk as we know it is that it's whitewashed to hell and back, and the spaces created by these individuals are not centered around safety, but violence. yeah, you kill fascists, but do you provide meals for the hungry, shelter for the homeless, and harm reduction for the addicted? do you pass out extra blankets and clothes? do you help people get to the hospital? do you pat someone on the back when they turn down that beer? do you remember to not offer a baggie to the person who just got out of recovery?

no? then you aren't a safe person to be around, and you ain't punk. you are the reason this scene is unsafe.

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username change, crazy that huntingforsport wasnt taken, sorry to couplestherapy but i feel like people wont associate it with the split ep right away. meanwhile huntingforsport? sounds awesome even if you dont know its a remo drive reference

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ZINE: A Beginners Guide to Wisconsin Local Music

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Have been wanting to start making zines for a while ! Started out with just a simple list of some local acts I recommend if you’re new to the scene ^_^

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2023 is the year that got me back into DIY!!!!

here's to more shows in the new year :) check out some of my favorite releases + shows from the scene below

Albums

Equipment- Alt. Account

BUG MOMENT- The Flying Toad Circus

Tiny Voices- Make Up Your Place

EPs

RIOTNINE- death before detransition

Insula Iscariot- Separation Anxiety EP

Singles

Boxing Day- "Your Voice"

Garden Home- "Past Life"

Sex, Fear- "Byzantine Camshaft"

Shows

Nottingham Prom

I think this was the first proper house show I went to in 2023! Kind of life changing and made me so happy, remembered what I was missing out on. Lesson: if there are people in your life who tell you that the things you love are lame don't listen to them. Was also named prom queen :) Thank you Arthur

Homiefest 2.5

My first time at the skatepark! So many cool bands from both the area and afar. Carpool was my favorite. I brought a pair of dog ears which I took off to mosh, one of the guys from Aren't We Amphibians ended up wearing them for most of the night. Ran into my cousin

Sanctuary Halloween

Hallweekend is always like DIY Christmas. Every year I've been able to go to a great show. This was the first time I had to wait outside in a line in order to get into a basement. Was super sweaty but saw so many friends! Plus I still had time to go to other parties after

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waiting for someone in the wisconsin scene to hang from the ceiling at the x-ray

his ass is NOT playing bass