#olympia washington

[chlobody]

Forest fairy 🧚‍♂️

[regicide1997]

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[olypupfreak]

A local animal shelter said they have no spare kennels and need adoption/fosters soon and like. I am moving soon. I am going to class. I am trying to get a job. I need to pay rent. I already have a cat. I do not have the time or money to be fostering or adopting a dog. BUT LOOK AT THEEMMMMMMMM

Anyway if ur in the Olympia area please consider adopting or fostering a dog from joint animal services. They need some help and I need someone to make it harder for me to take home one of these puppies because I really can’t afford it right now.

[vsthepomegranate]

[oliveoilcorp]

Trees #1

Millersylvania State Park - Olympia, WA

[framedphotons]

Justin Trosper of Unwound, Olympia WA, 3/18/23

[stellanslashgeode]

So I may have written something new even though I started a new series as a break from my long-running series. I like this one, though. Probably the best meet-cute I've written for these two.

[hellbraiserart]

HELLO if you happen to be near Olympia, WA, come see this gallery pop-up. First ever show I've had a piece at and it's gonna be awesome :o)

[dustedmagazine]

Physique — Overcome by Pain (Iron Lung)

D-beat maniacs Physique hail from the insanely bumping punk scene in Olympia, WA, which also includes hardcore speedsters Electric Chair and noiseniks Cyberplasm, whose unclassifiable tunes work the Ven diagram of electro, blackened punk and harsh noise. The considerable pleasures to be had on Overcome by Pain are more straightforward: grinding hardcore inevitably driven by d-beat rhythms. It’s a grimy old sock, with plenty of gaping holes in it, but somehow it feels so right when you drag it onto that tired foot. Your barking, aging dog sort of feels younger again.

That suggests a question which clarifies when you drop the needle on this record: How long can forms so simple in their design (and seemingly so hostile to innovation) sustain the explosive energies of something like a punk song? Even Discharge felt the need to explore other sounds, for at least a little while, with notably disastrous results. Physique entertains no such ambitions, however harebrained. From “Onward” to “Game,” you get the same overdriven, buzzsaw Swedeath guitar tone; the same growling, barking vocals; the same essential rhythmic patterns, seemingly repeated with a ball-peen hammer to the back of your skull. Some of us really like that sort of treatment, but we don’t expect the rest of the world to share our issues.

Physique seems to be aware of the limitations and the lineage of their antics. See their direct visual quotation of Doom’s famous bandname logo, and check out “As Tradition Dictates,” which is the record’s most faithful reading of d-beat’s required sonic features. It may be necessary to the success of Overcome by Pain that the experience is so quick (the record passes by in a fleet, feral eleven minutes), and that it’s presented as a 7” record. As tradition dictates, indeed.

On the other hand, why shouldn’t the punk kids hold on to some semblance of stability? The world is on fire, full of chaotic volatility that presents nothing but doom-struck dread and disgust. The fascists are back, their moronic populism more than just an undercurrent of reactionary resentment; it’s got political juice all over the map right now (Argentina, the Netherlands, DC…). Those are old fights, and maybe some enduring tactics for resistance are worth keeping in practice. In any case, if you’re looking for a kick in the teeth that’ll make you smile through all the blood and shattered bone, give Overcome by Pain a spin. It hurts, and it’s really good.

Jonathan Shaw

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

PINKCORE GREETINGS FROM K RECORDS.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on then new pink pin-back buttons/badges on two different shades of pink paper just in time for St. Valentine’s Day 2016. Illustrations drawn by BEAT HAPPENING's Calvin Johnson. 💞😽💕

Source: http://shop.krecs.com/collections/buttons.

[chlobody]

self portrait from my iphone, on a gorgeous trail I hiked today in Washington State 🌲

[pickersinparadise]

A tiny home floats on West Bay in Olympia, WA. A single pair of slippers sit haphazardly outside the front door. — April 17, 2024

[fantasyofgreen]

fallen tree roots overgrown with ivy at burfoot in olympia washington

[dirtpossums]

i had my popup yesterday! it went really well!! i didn’t know what to expect, since this was my first time doing my own thing instead of being part of a bigger market, and i was so happy to have such a positive reception. i even sold some bigger pieces, like the coyote pelt!! i am absolutely planning to do more, im so happy i did it. if anyone is in western WA, keep an eye out and come by an event sometime!

 happy new years everyone!

[Image is of my table setup, which was along a wooden bar-style counter, and features thing such as pelts, wet specimens, pigeon wings, and various other items further from the camera.]

[lessoneislessthannow]

PSA: FENTANYL IS COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU & WHEN IT DOES, FORGET EVERYTHING YOU EVER KNEW

It'll end up in the schools you send your children to, the sidewalks of the playgrounds they once played in so youthful, it will tear apart the monuments and buildings that once made your town beautiful, it will kill more people than you know, and it'll be your spouse or your child, your next door neighbor, your childhood hero. And it'll go from everything to zero before you know. Soon, it'll be all everywhere you go. Even if you stay clean, you'll get swept away in the spiral.

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