#firstunitarianchurch

[noisegf]

ur face looks like u should be one of the gals on the back cover of stevie nicks’ wild heart album . 70s-80s witchy queen

This is perhaps the greatest compliment I’ve ever received in my life 💜

// what time period does my face look like?

[brewerytownbeats]

A blitz of photo’s - aiight, 1st flick.. Notice the #souldevalents & #carlandthecommanders - 2nd shot - "James C. Barnacle, FBI special agent, looks over part of the 17 million records, stored in a wareshouse on Delaware Avenue, taken during a raid. 3rd.. - #firstunitarianchurch 4th & 5th - @mrkennygamble & #leonhuff with #joetarsia at #sigmasoundstudios (at Brewerytown Beats) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9nkdyRjhcm/?igshid=65zddcpyzr12

[thecheapshotartist]

Benefit show for @philamoca with @thinlips @kississippiphl and @yowleryowler at @phillyuu #philamoca #phillyuu #firstunitarianchurch #thinlips #kississippiphl #yowler #phillyshows #instashow #instarock #diyscene #diy #myphillyphoto #showphotos #instamaster #gameoftones #phillyrock #phillydiy #thescene #fridayrocks #turnitup #rockon #thecheapshotartist (at First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9a1M6OpfF0/?igshid=wnd5thh2zqag

[belle-skinner]

Just sent a newsletter to my NYC/BK people. Playing this next Saturday 2/8 and I'm so pumped!! Gorgeous vaulted ceiling church + acoustics, *amazing* desserts, and incredible performers @sophiebuskin + @pete_mancini sharing the night with me. Adv tix ($15adv/$20door) here: https://www.musae.me/voicesintheheights/experiences/619/b , limited seating so don't wait too long. 7pm doors 730music #brooklyn #pierrepontstreet #firstunitarianchurch (at First Unitarian Universalist of Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B76c4c6l-pr/?igshid=m3pjwacanbkm

[interruptionsblog]

First Unitarian Church

Rochester First Unitarian Church

Rochester First Unitarian Church, Louis I. Kahn. 1969. Axonometric drawing. Read the full article

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Japanese Breakfast @ First Unitarian Church #japanesebreakfast #philly #firstunitarianchurch #igers_philly #htbarpb (at First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia)

[louis1kwords]

December: Elverum

Sitting in a rigid church pew, watching light adorn a high-ceilinged, painted cathedral. Halfway through the performance I have a couple realizations. I am surrounded by people who represent past lives I’ve led in Philadelphia, watching a person perform songs that deal largely with personal legacy, relationships, growth, and pain. I have not been to a Philadelphia church sanctuary since 2008. The cushion is uncomfortable and the memories are a little discomfiting as well. I’m constantly embarrassed when I remember my younger self, even if no one remembers me as an embarrassment. Art students who are still in their 20s, figuring out their niche in the downtrodden adult world, still practically able to ignore stimuli around them. Saw one person I knew who has experienced a great loss, an appropriate attendee. Ditto to my emo idol, Johm: A peripheral person in my life for over 10 years who I don’t know, kind of like P. Elverum himself. Aging punks who have a real reverence for the music being performed, and are perhaps more reverent because of how much psychotropics they consumed prior to the show. We discussed Watchmen, Chernobyl, Huppman, flaking out. Talking new media and local connections with these grown boys was as refreshing as an experience I could have hoped for given their level of glaze. 

Inevitably, being in this space carried me to times I have spent here. Hanging out with Aaron and a chattering Bradford Cox while his band looked on with loathing, hearing shoegaze synth erupt from a plexiglass box emanating blue light  -- “Cathedral - M83″, Nosferatu on Halloween in 2008 with pipe organ accompaniment. I thought a lot about my past Beat worship that has been polished by this point in my thirties. It served a purpose to keep me moving and looking for things buried in the grey world that can bring me a glimmer of light. That will hopefully persist in a way that is helpful. Is it crystallized the point where I can never lose it? On some levels it seems self-congratulatory, but that cheapens the joy I derive from these wistful moments. I bought his homemade release “Now Only” because it speaks the most to me about these feelings and features the songs that feel most like the crucially revisited entries in a diary. I could have left with three other records, and regret not picking up the latest but there is a lifetime for collecting relics of memory. Showing up alone to see what was an outward display of isolation and loneliness seemed appropriate enough to eat one of my $25 tickets. Also bringing a companion to an event like this stokes expectations I am not sure could be met. An encounter with the only person I knew would be in attendance at the merch table left me feeling more alone.

Karl Blau did a bunch of a cappella covers of songs, including Snow is Falling in Manhattan by Purple Mountains, a darkly beautiful song that reflected the evening’s theme of grief. His funny earnestness brought the room to warm crescendos of applause. 

Up to this point I have always had my personal expectations of what the mind behind Mount Eerie would be like in person. Equal parts boyish, thoughtful, grim, and fixated on everyday beauty, it is easy to follow the connections his music weaves through my mind. He should look like a small form, too small to sail a ship, yet striking out to sail it through the tumults ahead. I can picture myself as a child playing in the schoolyard of my elementary school, looking up at trees, lacking the willful desire to climb them, paralyzed by their infinity and beauty. Digging in the dirt to make clay, picking small stones to build some imagined palace for the future. My goals all seemed immediate and although I knew nothing of the vastness of the world, I still felt it lurking at the periphery. I felt that colossal jumble of personae, physical objects, renderings of human existence and played in spite of them. That is the closest I can get to pinpointing how I have felt listening to Phil’s music.

Phil’s voice and appearance has an innocence that belies his inner struggle. In person, behind the table selling his work, Phil himself seems unfit for his form. He is obviously torn between celebrity and reclusiveness, and a whole album of songs about breaking up with an A-list celebrity is what he has to show for it. I told him I looked forward to seeing his performance. His self-consciousness about the show didn’t seem to impact his performance, since craft like his seems to exist completely separately from the consequence of how he feels. I truthfully hadn’t listened to the record enough to recognize every song, but that is how I have enjoyed some of the more moving performances I’ve attended (e.g. Emily Haines, Miracle Fortress). The imagery woven by Phil and Julie included the affecting “Widows” which closes with a memory of the fledgling love that came before Phil and Michelle’s likely schism. The accompanying beauty was hearing the songs that acknowledge nothing about the world but its frank existence in contrast to being within a building built to praise a higher power. Phil’s message is clear: the universe is just an experience that we have, it is indifferent to how or what we feel about it. There are things that we cannot help but note: like a bonfire, the loss of contact (eternally) with the ones we love. 

The closing duet he and Julie Doiron shared was Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”. The absolute perfection of this move was that the version they played was couched in a style that masked the song until the hook erupted into the air and everyone was smiling, cheering, and singing along. The catharsis of breaking through the sad subjects of the evening with a joyous affirmation of eternal love seemed like a dose of Lost Wisdom indeed.

[jessicaweybright]

Beautiful display at the #firstunitarianchurch in #albuquerque come check it out through October 14. . . . . . #artistsroundtown #nmigers #artistsofinstagram #artexhibit #jessicaweybright #marysundstrom #pkwilliams #vickibolen #rachelgiunta #allenlowery #theabun #theabundantartist #printmaking #photopolymer #photogravure #painting #photography #travelphotography (at First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque)

[angelnumbers]

who r u talking abt in ur recent posts so i can block lol

a previous mutual of mine is publicly interacting w someone who is a vile human being . and has said some weirdass things I wasn't aware of so I unfollowed and will not be interacting with them anymore. u can dm me for more details but I really don't want to get involved

[prairiewomen]

@firstunitarianchurch thank u for making this beautiful gif

[narcobarbies]

i was tagged by @carladuquette ❤️ thank u so much!

1. Favourite piece of clothing you own? my dinosaur onesie

2. Your comfort food? coffee crisp

3. Fav time of the year? halloween and christmas — actually the whole month of october, november and december. they’re the best.

4. Fav song? it changes all the time lol but right now it’s come “come back” by usher.

5. Do you collect something? books i would say lmao.

6. Fav drink? coffee all the way!

7. Fav fanfiction (if you are comfortable to share)? i do have one lol and it is about my first otp (im sure you’ve seen me blog about it) sasusaku — but for some reason i can never find it again. if i happen to find it i will link it!

i tag @jayhalsteadcpd @innocentbeing @firstunitarianchurch

[evilnicegirl]

hiii thank u @faeryfossil for tagging me Ꮚ☆ꈊ☆Ꮚ

hot shower or cold shower // texting or calling // earphones or headphones // paperback or hardcover // matte or gel // 12 hour clock or 24 hour clock // blue or green // sunsets or sunrises // tulips or orchids // candle light or moonlight // sci-fi or horror // pen or pencil // pandas or koalas // gold or silver // sneakers or boots // denim jacket or leather jacket // pink or purple // chocolate or sour candy // deodorant or perfume // drive-in movie theater or the cinema // pastel colors or neutral/earth tones // lemonade or fruit juice // past or future // constellations or aurora borealis

tagging @s0ftice @churchbathroom @angolmois @iamotragine @tomieisnotthevillain @ushirominya @firstunitarianchurch

[thecheapshotartist]

@chazzybelt @phillyuu = Chastity Belt at the First Unitarian Church #chazzybelt #phillyrock #firstunitarianchurch #phillyshows #instaphilly #myphillyphoto #showphotos #music #musicscene #instamasters #rockandorroll #phillygram #gameoftones #bandw #blackandwhite #thirstythursday #philly #philadelphia #illadelphia #musictomyears #phillyphotos #215 #215shooters #mycamera #mycameratellsmystory #thecheapshotartist (at First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B43zu4ZHiPI/?igshid=1ak20udrpxi8z

[sofyasemyonovna]

rules: tag 9 ppl u wanna kno better !!

tagged by: @mushroomdeity <333

favorite colors: pink and blue-green

currently reading: rereading jane eyre by charlotte bronte

last song: happiness is a butterfly by lana

last series: I've been rewatching both iasip and the sopranos recently lol

sweet savory or spicy: depends but usually savory

currently working on: knitting stuffed animals and finding a waitressing job

i tag: @pureamericantrash @jadeeee @taser @nightmare@prairiegiiirl @gentleshepherdess222 @mailcarrier@firstunitarianchurch@toxiclunarvibrations

[brucespringsteen]

Hey really really long shot but do you know the person who had ur user before you? Trying to track down an older internet friend

yea karma @firstunitarianchurch gave it to me 🍻!

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Radiator Hospital @ First Unitarian Church #radiatorhospital #firstunitarianchurch #philly #igers_philly #htbarp #timeoutphilly (at First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia)