#rituals of mine

[garadinervi]

Master Cleanse feat. OldBoy Rhymes, Sage Francis, Rituals of Mine, Alxndrbrwn, Strange Famous Records, 2024, Single

Lyrics: OldBoy Rhymes, Sage Francis, Rituals of Mine Production, mixing, and mastering: Alxndrbrwn

Artwork: ArtByTai

(OldBoy Rhymes) This is a lost Earth People's heads are down but they're pointing up like it's God's turf A synagogue, a mosque, a black rock, or a pop church Playing Christian rock in a concert Whether left wing like Madonna's skirts or the right wing like the John Birch A holy man quotes proverbs while they toss dirt on a toddler In a casket that he's wrapped in like a bratwurst Real monsters where the shots burst from militiamen in their assault merch Where the helicopters sound like cha-ka cha-ka cha-ka cha-ka …Reconnaissance work Where the citizens stop as they're frisking their pockets a kid who's just out on a job search Where a doctor's got post-traumatic stress disorder ‘cause all the gory stuff that he saw hurts Where the people are stuck and the demons amok And they're saying that peace is some treasonous stuff and babies are dying like clockwork I'm having lucid dreams of gruesome scenes Things that humans beings do when we become too extreme Pursue our pray like wolverines, we root for teams But some see troops as a means to an end They salute the marines while funding the Mujahideen Funding coups for a new regime, puppets we move on strings But then there's blowback collateral damage you see on your news feed And we choose to read only one side of the narrative screaming through computer screens Zoom meetings where the truth is reduced to a meme Lunacy we can't find unity instead I'm losing sleep Watching refugee encampment tents turn to blood baths Of punctured abdomens, gashed skin, and fractured limbs While weapon manufacturers are cashing in Flags of neo-fascist men flap in the wind Back in Washington fat, old, conservative chickenhawks act masculine And they act offended like I'm a bigot for even questioning or asking them If hate is a communicable pathogen passed to them Javelin missiles and Apache's blasting This is the psychology of a master cleanse

(Rituals of Mine) How many becomes too much? How many justified then becomes enough? I see the whole becoming hollow But the terrain's still rough Losing ourselves in ego When we should have given up The kingdom failed you Your king failed you To loosen your grip The fear of unknown The fear of being seen I guess it's easier to deflect and revise the history Hold the white flag Give me something to believe in

(Sage Francis) How can I watch all these kids get killed and not speak up? Along with healthcare workers and not speak up? Journalist upon journalist and not speak up? While so many mouth pieces feel the need to keep shut. For what? Is that career suicide to you? Or just the comfortable but scared side of you? Who was thumping their bible when Bethlehem got bombed on Christmas? Did y'all send your thoughts and prayers in whispers? Hoping no one would really listen or hear it and then share their own opinions? Schools and hospitals get targeted, this ain't a difference of religion Nor is it antisemitism Judaism is not the zionist agenda, America funds Israel by the billions Upon billions, upon billions It's all good since they use that money to purchase our weapons and ammunition If you always identify as the victim I guess any form of resistance is an assault on your existence Just remember how the “Won't someone think of the children” contingent Went dead silent amidst all the the indiscriminate killing The apartheid, the genocide, the open air prisons Slaughtered civilians, please spare us the what about-isms This is a 75 year negative feedback loop With an oppressed and an oppressor, a neck and boot For a people who've been brutalized for so goddamn long You've gotta know deep down this shit is wrong

(Rituals of Mine) Give me something to believe in Give me something to believe in

(OldBoy Rhymes) How many men of God are demigods in them synagogues or little mosques? Hypocritical Christians tending to the flock like Chickenhawks squawk on CNN and Fox? How many kids pitch rocks against soldiers with Kalashnikovs? The planet is a tinderbox, humanity just missed the plot I'm not bowing to the Twitter mob, naw, my mind is clear I'm rising to a higher tear, up above the primal fear Up above the riot gear, up above the puppeteers who profiteer like financiers Above the little kids who died eyes wide as frightened deer I'm up above the biosphere, here crying ultraviolet tears Looking at us fighting like tribes with spears on our tiny sphere If you're like Werner Von Braun what's the consequence of murder? They don't take your life away just like some non-essential workers I'm not talking ‘bout your server, I'm not talking flipping burgers I'm talking ‘bout the hate like when the Christians fought the Berbers We know some scars are ancient and they lead to dark places Like the hearts of hardened racists snarling at the Star of the David And I know It's hard to say it, but I'll say it, here's a question Whose in prison? Who's flexing with precision guided weapons? Yo we witnessed 9/11 they monopolized deception Go Ask Julianne Assange if sunlight's a disinfectant Washing bloody clothes in chloride, standing on the lord's side Let's turn em into animals like we anthropomorphize AI and warp drives, baby corpse with horse flies Mordecai, fortify the king, protect your tribe The New York Times, both sides report lies We're watching martyrs memorialized as we justify war crimes

[radiophd]

sage francis ft. oldboy rhymes, rituals of mine, alxndrbrwn -- master cleanse

[briannacarmel]

I made a spotify playlist featuring as many DIY music scene friends as I could think of!

Ft. @hoitytoityofficial, @lokeigh, @xahferd, @ritualsofmine, @luhansihadin, Crywank, Ash Bricky, Autumn Sky Hall, Absinthe Father (pictured with me above), +MANY more!!

Listen here:

[veryintricaterituals]

Can we talk about the parallel between Guillermo's turning and un-turning.

His turning went so wrong, it wasn't what he wanted at all. We know our crazy, dramatic baby. He wanted a ceremony, he wanted it to be romantic and soft, he wanted vows and sacred words. He wanted to slowly expose his neck, he wanted whispered words, he wanted to feel safe and cherished. He wanted to be asked and be held and be seen and be accepted.

What he got instead was a badly lit horrifying ordeal. He had to take charge. Derek had no idea what he was doing. It happened in a backroom of a store, they kept getting interrupted by Derek's boss asking him to clean out toilets. Derek fucked up his bite. He almost died. "Have you done this before". Derek fainting. Blood everywhere. Anticlimactic, disappointing, not at all the culmination of his life long dream, of decades of service and love.

His un-turning on the other hand.

Oh Nandor knows him. He made up a ritual for him with a suitably dramatic name: "The Ceremony of Vampiric Transmogrification". He dressed him in robes which he put on him so softly and spoke to him so kindly beforehand. He got all the other vampires ready for him. He hung banners and lit candles. He wrote and spoke vows and sacred words to him. He gave him a choice and asked him a question. And when he got his answer he took charge and made sure everything went exactly as it should. He made Guillermo feel seen and loved and accepted, even if it broke his heart.

[loudhazemusic]

“The Only Way Out Is Through” - Rituals of Mine

Repeating things to yourself as everything around you slowly distorts.

Just like a ritual, this haze-filled, tranquil track is rooted in repetition. It steadily builds into something so grand by the end. It's like cautiously climbing stairs in the dark, guided by Terra Lopez' sustaining lyrics, occasionally lit by gentle sounds throughout.

From The Only Way Out Is Through (single) Released by Bitchwave.

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

You ready? My throat's dry. Me too

[goryhorroor]

horror sub-genres: mythological

[tennant]

What do you know about what I want?

GOOD OMENS (2019-) "The Clue" (2.02)

[whilomm]

oh okay heres one:

"sleepaway camp"= you go there for at least a few days, a week, sometimes several weeks, and sleep there, as opposed to a """camp""" where you go for the day and your parents or whoever picks you up afterward (those arent really camps, but like. idk when i went to "space camp" it was a weeklong but not sleepaway). in the U.S. at least, the typical image of a sleepaway camp involves staying in cabins, dunno how common it is/what it looks like in other countries.

for the first few i just mean like. not necessarily a stealth church camp, just like. idk, a camp where theres also an Assumption Of Christianity and just general vibes without being actually church camp. So, there might not be daily services and jesusy dedicatwd activities, but maybe theres still a prayer said over meals and shit. Which i assume might exist...

(oh and @reblogforsamplesize if u wanna)

[bigboybutch]

as a butch, I think that watching your femme do their makeup is an ancient lesbian ritual and it’s my love language and I will not be taking other opinions thank you

[myrkulitescourge]

can i just say, it still makes me feel a little crazy how astarion, come act 3, still can’t quite put a name to his relationship with his partner, but he WILL tell them he wants to keep them both safe.

he won’t say i love you just yet but he will say forever, for good.

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

I'm allowed to make this joke, but I love that Jewish death rituals are like:

"Pfeh, for what should I spend $12,000 on a big fekakte box they see only for five minutes before they cover it with dirt?"

"Don't waste my good suit what might fit my nephew Lev if the bum should ever even try to get a real job!"

"Embalming? Don't mind me, I'll rot in the dark."

[clandestinestardust]

go fish motherfucker

fall out boy: backstage rituals

[iwillbestronger]

You've been a proper little seductress, haven't you?

[jiaoliqiao]

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