A peek into the journals of Octavia Butler. 

Legendary sci-fi author Octavia Butler wrote landmark books like Kindred, Parable of the Sower, and Dawn. In a notebook of hers archived at the Huntington Library, it’s clear Butler had a strong vision for her future. On this page in 1988, she wrote, “My books will be read by millions of people. So be it! See to it!” 

That’s what happened—after willing her work into existence, her work is now part of the science fiction canon.

h/t to Blavity

Aventuras de Kirlian - Una historia

If interested, opt for the “86-88″ CD of early demos from 2001, as opposed to anything that happened to their sound after labels got involved. They only lasted a few years past that point, and their charm was lost in the process. Rudimentary and brief seemed to be the ideal, but their songs got stretched out and their quality misunderstood in the hands of producers. Although if you listen to their singles or their one and only full-length from 1991, the songcraft is still there. Let the VHS quality highlight that for you below, with their televised performance of “Un día gris” and “El cielo”:

“Columbus Didn’t Discover America - He Invaded It!”

Chicano students from the University of Wisconsin at Madison protest Columbus Day on October 12, 1992, the Columbus quincentennial. 500 years of resistance.

Source: UW-Madison Library Archives

Studies show the American War on Drugs is a racist, counter-productive supplement to white capitalist prison economies--and will therefore continue.

Criminal Justice and Criminal Investigation, Keystone College

PATTERN GRAPHIC

Friday, March 21st I will be reading and performing at the Simi Valley Public Library. Free admission, all ages.

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Welcome To True Rocker DC

We have a name now! True Rocker! http://truerockerdc.tumblr.com

We’re considering having more contributors so that this can be a more lively and diverse blog. Submit record reviews, show reviews, thought pieces, fake horoscopes, comix, fan art, etc! 

Also, please submit your music, your zines, whatever else for us to review! 

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Luv, MJ & NASTY

"While the song for this video is about a mean slumlord that owns a lot of apartments and a liquor store in Providence, the video itself is about our critique, experience, and disrespect for the police. The police are an institution that have roots in slave surveillance and still uses…

CHECK IT OUT! THIS IS MY NEW MUSIC BLOG WITH BFF MJ - KICKING OFF WITH THE PREMIERE OF DOWNTOWN BOYS “SLUMLORD SAL” VIDEO + DEBUT 7” REVIEW & ANTI-ZEN’S S/T CS!

Yes! My best friend and i started a music blog. Check it out freax.

Anti-Zen unleashing a WHOLE LP’S worth of material right off the back! Killing it!

some new, tight DC hardcore. i thiiiink it’s members of sick fix and state violence. anyone know? where’s chris when you need him?

Damn!! (Things 2 Look Forward 2 In DC/booked my bus ticket for next Monday!)

Siq, i think they're based in Philly now tho

Blood, NYHC band in 1984

Wish I knew what they sounded like. Reason #31294764 why it’s so important for less represented people in punk to be photographed, videoed, recorded, and interviewed.  When you don’t leave behind material culture, it’s easier for people to forget that you ever existed, and the next generation feels like they have to reinvent the wheel and break down the barriers all over again. 

straight from mount pleasant’s pirate radio to your blessed ears, courtesy of two of our generations greatest musical minds: MJ Regalado and Katie Alice Greer

We blush, Daniele! We really do! We may be more ‘enthusiasts’ than ‘minds’, but here’s the first half of EPISODE 1 (Nov.3) streaming and download-ready just the same, hosted at SISTERPOLYGON.COM, up and coming website for all you website fans. EPISODE 2 (Nov.17) in its entirety should be streaming tonight around 11PM when we broadcast SUBVERSIVE PLEASURE EPISODE 3 live from RADIO CPR in WASHINGTON DC. Requests welcome! 

UPDATE: sucky station telephone issues, you can still request by tumblr ask box

Yeeeah, this is happening now. Katie and I are stuffing our mouths with vegan baked goods while playing all the jams. WASSUP, give us a call at 202-491-1050. The phone is shit but we'll make it work, maybe.