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“Evergreen” from Threnody, my second volume of poetry available now for pre-order at http://nihtgengapress.com

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S5384
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours per week to 32 hours per week, and for other purposes.

📢 Introduced in Senate

https://congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5384

#S5384 #congress119 #senate #independent #congress #newbill

Triple threat powers Iowa’s Best Burger Cafe https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/10962/ #community #financial #foodservice #HumanResources #IceCream #independent #Iowa #IowaDining #IowaFood #IowaGroceryStores #IowaRestaurants #labor #News #retailers #Sandwiches

Triple threat powers Iowa’s Best Burger Cafe https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/9528/ #community #financial #foodservice #HumanResources #IceCream #independent #Iowa #IowaDining #IowaFood #IowaGroceryStores #IowaRestaurants #labor #News #retailers #Sandwiches

Triple threat powers Iowa’s Best Burger Cafe https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/9528/ #community #financial #foodservice #HumanResources #IceCream #independent #Iowa #IowaDining #IowaFood #IowaGroceryStores #IowaRestaurants #labor #News #retailers #Sandwiches

Triple threat powers Iowa’s Best Burger Cafe https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/9528/ #community #financial #foodservice #HumanResources #IceCream #independent #Iowa #IowaDining #IowaFood #IowaGroceryStores #IowaRestaurants #labor #News #retailers #Sandwiches

"Tysma's light touch on the piano's skin and a faint, cautiously optimistic, ambient awakening, echoing real-life affairs of the heart"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/andert-tysma-savoy-for-rajshri-ambient

Find Trysma in the Slow Ambient Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/links/slow-ambient-playlist

#ambient #piano #music #alternative #independent #artist #berlin

"Tysma's light touch on the piano's skin and a faint, cautiously optimistic, ambient awakening, echoing real-life affairs of the heart"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/andert-tysma-savoy-for-rajshri-ambient

Find Trysma in the Slow Ambient Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/links/slow-ambient-playlist

#ambient #piano #music #alternative #independent #artist #berlin

"Tysma's light touch on the piano's skin and a faint, cautiously optimistic, ambient awakening, echoing real-life affairs of the heart"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/andert-tysma-savoy-for-rajshri-ambient

Find Trysma in the Slow Ambient Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/links/slow-ambient-playlist

#ambient #piano #music #alternative #independent #artist #berlin

"Tysma's light touch on the piano's skin and a faint, cautiously optimistic, ambient awakening, echoing real-life affairs of the heart"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/andert-tysma-savoy-for-rajshri-ambient

Find Trysma in the Slow Ambient Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/links/slow-ambient-playlist

#ambient #piano #music #alternative #independent #artist #berlin

"Tysma's light touch on the piano's skin and a faint, cautiously optimistic, ambient awakening, echoing real-life affairs of the heart"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/andert-tysma-savoy-for-rajshri-ambient

Find Trysma in the Slow Ambient Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/links/slow-ambient-playlist

#ambient #piano #music #alternative #independent #artist #berlin

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“Devour” from Threnody, my second volume of poetry, available for pre-order at http://nihtgengapress.com

Thank you for supporting an independent poet 🖤✨

#Poetry #Books #Independent

“Devour” from Threnody, my second volume of poetry, available for pre-order at http://nihtgengapress.com

Thank you for supporting an independent poet 🖤✨

#Poetry #Books #Independent

“Devour” from Threnody, my second volume of poetry, available for pre-order at http://nihtgengapress.com

Thank you for supporting an independent poet 🖤✨

#Poetry #Books #Independent

“Devour” from Threnody, my second volume of poetry, available for pre-order at http://nihtgengapress.com

Thank you for supporting an independent poet 🖤✨

#Poetry #Books #Independent

“Devour” from Threnody, my second volume of poetry, available for pre-order at http://nihtgengapress.com

Thank you for supporting an independent poet 🖤✨

#Poetry #Books #Independent

Ein ausgelegter Flyer in der Markthalle Hamburg besagt, dass das #ZILLO zurück ist. Ältere Semester und Gothic Fans erinnern sich noch an das Independent Musikmagazin der Schwarzen Szene. 🎶🖤👋👀 #SchwarzeSzene #Musikmagazin #Gothic #Musik #Music #Magazine #Independent

https://facebook.com/zillo1989
https://www.instagram.com/zillo_1989/

Ein ausgelegter Flyer in der Markthalle Hamburg besagt, dass das #ZILLO zurück ist. Ältere Semester und Gothic Fans erinnern sich noch an das Independent Musikmagazin der Schwarzen Szene. 🎶🖤👋👀 #SchwarzeSzene #Musikmagazin #Gothic #Musik #Music #Magazine #Independent

https://facebook.com/zillo1989
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Ein ausgelegter Flyer in der Markthalle Hamburg besagt, dass das #ZILLO zurück ist. Ältere Semester und Gothic Fans erinnern sich noch an das Independent Musikmagazin der Schwarzen Szene. 🎶🖤👋👀 #SchwarzeSzene #Musikmagazin #Gothic #Musik #Music #Magazine #Independent

https://facebook.com/zillo1989
https://www.instagram.com/zillo_1989/

Ein ausgelegter Flyer in der Markthalle Hamburg besagt, dass das #ZILLO zurück ist. Ältere Semester und Gothic Fans erinnern sich noch an das Independent Musikmagazin der Schwarzen Szene. 🎶🖤👋👀 #SchwarzeSzene #Musikmagazin #Gothic #Musik #Music #Magazine #Independent

https://facebook.com/zillo1989
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Ein ausgelegter Flyer in der Markthalle Hamburg besagt, dass das #ZILLO zurück ist. Ältere Semester und Gothic Fans erinnern sich noch an das Independent Musikmagazin der Schwarzen Szene. 🎶🖤👋👀 #SchwarzeSzene #Musikmagazin #Gothic #Musik #Music #Magazine #Independent

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Hana Stretton - tiarn (Lima Limo)

"field recordings that might have sounded tired and detached in more traditional ambient work, but which here are a living, breathing part of the compositions"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/hana-stretton-tiarn-ambient-folk

Find Stretton in the Slow Folk Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-folk-playlist

#ambient #folk #fieldrecordings #music #alternative #independent #artist #australia

Hana Stretton - tiarn (Lima Limo)

"field recordings that might have sounded tired and detached in more traditional ambient work, but which here are a living, breathing part of the compositions"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/hana-stretton-tiarn-ambient-folk

Find Stretton in the Slow Folk Playlist: https://www.submithub.com/link/slow-folk-playlist

#ambient #folk #fieldrecordings #music #alternative #independent #artist #australia

NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==

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Mixtape 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QkNh-DGpKM

A take on mondo mixtapes: classic movies, tv, ads, toons, genre, psychotronic, vintage, avant-garde, silent, talkie, Hollywood, independent, worldwide.

Mixtape 82 – Von mondomixtapes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtZrodlMVeU

Clips in order:
3DV (1983)
Space Warriors 2000: The Year of the Monkey Wrench (1985)
3DV (1983)
The Harlem Globetrotters On Gilligan’s Island (1981)
3DV (1983)
Ballet Robotique (1982)

"Peyghamy showcases his percussive dexterity and love of modular sound twisting; opening up a brave new world of world music & rave possibility"
https://www.theslowmusicmovement.org/post/cinna-peyghamy-music-for-tombak-synth-world-music

Find Peyghamy in the End of Week Freak Playlist:
https://www.submithub.com/link/end-of-week-freak

#worldmusic #tombak #electronicmusic #independent #alternative #paris

mondoclassicmixtapes – mixtape 74

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGOypZ30xng

(List of clips in description) A take on mondo mixtapes: classic movies, tv, ads, toons, genre, psychotronic, vintage, avant-garde, silent, talkie, Hollywood, independent, and worldwide

🚀💰 So, you dropped $48K on a GPU server to quit your #FAANG job and be *independent*? Clearly, spelling "grumbl" wasn't the only thing you missed. But hey, at least the server's name is as confused as your career decisions! 😂🔧
https://rosmine.ai/2026/05/13/was-my-48k-gpu-worth-it/ #GPUserver #Independent #CareerChange #Humor #TechInvestment #HackerNews #ngated

Mixtape 2: A take on mondo mixtapes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3U3Ov1o_vU&t=68s

classic movies, tv, toons, ads, genre, psychotronic, vintage, avant-garde, silent, talkie, Hollywood, independent, worldwide.

#DominiqueAné
La littérature me permet d’être frontalement sur un terrain autobiographique et d’aborder l’écriture d’une façon totalement différente. Je suis alors dans un rapport aux mots qui m’intéresse, me passionne et me questionne.
#DominiqueA #Rock #independent #France #Music #cover #Dalida #Tv #Socialmedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY5ocXOWkNc&list=PLJHsmitFsi0Yd1SUWcM_TCgZaPRIFqKA7&index=5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJui8k-5wdY&list=PLJHsmitFsi0Yd1SUWcM_TCgZaPRIFqKA7&index=12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjNtLOdj2I&list=PLJHsmitFsi0Yd1SUWcM_TCgZaPRIFqKA7&index=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAk0rbSFx50&list=PLJHsmitFsi0Yd1SUWcM_TCgZaPRIFqKA7&index=7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jqWwbkfcHo&list=PLJHsmitFsi0Yd1SUWcM_TCgZaPRIFqKA7&index=10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyxaMSin3Rk&list=PLJHsmitFsi0Yd1SUWcM_TCgZaPRIFqKA7&index=20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2gtGW10-G8

IT'S UP TO JURORS NOW TO FIND JUSTICE AND USE THEIR COMMON SENSE.
#Trump #justice #independent #reposteria #Congress #democracy #Democrats #jurors #JuryDuty
See
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DPc-sZ0gw_k&si=Cg38IhXtEhvFBq0N

Record(s) o’ the Month – May 2025

By Angry Metal Guy

There are months when the Record(s) o’ the Month feels like a sacred duty. It is the noble, worthwhile culmination of rigorous listening and passionate discourse.1 And then there’s May. May, a month in which Dr. A.N. Grier tried to vote for a band called… SEXCAVE or some shit four or five different times using different pseudonyms (but the same IP address), and where Dolphin Whisperer almost made me rage quit by making a single comment about “sky-tearing tonalities,” which, like… what kind of pretentious fucking bullshit is that? Do you people even listen to music, or do you just sit around all day making up stupid poetic ways of saying absolutely nothing?2 But if we’re fair, he wasn’t entirely wrong. Sometimes a record arrives that doesn’t just demand attention, it seizes it like an Aztec death deity grabbing the sun.3 So for the first time in a while, the best album in May came from an unsigned band. And not just any unsigned band. It came from a band proficient in bull riding!

The beauty of the Unsigned Band Rodeö lies in its chaos. No expectations. No promo sheets. No preconceived narratives. Just music dropped into our laps like cursed artifacts.4 On Nikan Axkan, which was self-released on May 2nd, 2025 [Bandcamp], Kalaveraztekah weaponizes its vision of death metal through the lens of pre-Hispanic culture and indigenous cosmology. There’s no sense that these Hidrocálidos are some kind of novelty act. They aren’t a Mexican Eluveitie, just playing Dark Tranquillity riffs while putting a Ritual Death Flute over it for 40 seconds in every song.5 Rather, Nikan Axkan is a muscular, seething, and deeply rooted record that radiates conviction from every grinding riff. The percussion rumbles like a procession of drums echoing through stone temples, fusing to a brutal core of death metal that just fucks. There’s a Blood Incantation-like spaciness that offers a counterbalance to all this brutality and adds unexpected depth. After spending the better part of a week in what my physician has called a “ritualistic fugue state,” I managed to pull myself out of the netherworld to write that when Kalaveraztekah’s two pillars—the atmospheric otherworldly and the brutal death metal—meet, “they crash into each other like storm fronts, creating something beautiful and terrible to behold. Nikan Axkan is simultaneously brutal and thoughtful, grindy and melodic, atmospheric and immediate,” and it’s the Record o’ the Month.

Runner(s) Up:

…and Oceans // The Regeneration Itinerary [May 23rd, 2025 | Season of Mist | Bandcamp] — …and Oceans is having an Amorphisesque second act and I am here for it. They’ve always walked the line between symphonic grandiosity and black metal chaos, and with The Regeneration Itinerary, they’ve engineered their third very good platter in 5 years. The record combines sharp, Emperor-style riffing with theatrical synths, industrial flourishes, and ruthlessly precise pacing. “Demonstrating a degree of evolution in their craft” and with “exceptional [performances] across the board,” …and Oceans have once again hit that sweet balance—and ever-more unique sound in this current black metal soundscape—that makes their revitalization so welcome. But it’s not just that it’s a good continuation, I feel like they are continuing to refine and revitalize the launch with each new album they release. It’s always fun to watch bands defy Angry Metal Guy’s Law of Diminishing Recordings™, and while The Regeneration Itinerary isn’t their best record yet, 30 years after their debut, …and Oceans is still releasing vital music that’s impossible to overlook.

Jade // Mysteries of a Flowery Dream [May 9th, 2025 | Pulverised Records | Bandcamp] — Mysteries of a Flowery Dream is an atmospheric death metal record that unfolds like a guided hallucination. It’s melodic. It’s moody. It’s weirdly elegant. And it doesn’t care about my riffs-per-minute quota. It takes things slow and keeps them dreamy. Jade trades bludgeoning immediacy for textured dream-logic, and while it takes a few listens to understand what’s happening, once it clicks, it’s hard for listeners to shake. And yet, it balances out the problem that atmospheric records rarely feel heavy, because they’re too busy padding the sharp edges with “atmosphere.” But Mysteries of a Flowery Dream accomplishes its heaviness by feeling oppressive, dense, claustrophobic, and crushing—leaving the listener feeling like they’re in an experimental submarine on their way to see the Titanic.6 And while it’s not the easiest record to penetrate, Owlswald wants you to know that “those who actively immerse themselves in Jade’s expansive world will be handsomely rewarded. The excellent songwriting, replete with its cohesion, balance, and dynamism, is impressive, steadily shifting my initial apathetic impressions to genuine appreciation. So don your finest headphones, sit back, and let Jade immerse you in their dreamlike world.”

#AndOceans #2025 #AMGSUnsignedBandRodeo #Amorphis #DarkTranquillity #Eluveitie #Emperor #Independent #Jade #Kalaveraztekah #May25 #MysteriesOfAFloweryDream #NikanAxkan #RecordSOTheMonth #RecordsOfTheMonth #SelfReleases #TheRegenerationItinerary

Harvested – Dysthymia Review

By Tyme

Despite a waning stigma, mental illness remains an oft-closeted topic, as those suffering from it struggle not only to cope but to discuss their struggles with others. Here to shed some of their death metal light on the matter are Canadian upstarts Harvested, with their independent debut full-length Dysthymia, which, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine, is defined as a long-lasting form of mild depression. Touching on topics ranging from submitting to one’s long-bottled-up ‘shadow self’ (“Repressed Neurosis”) to the gluttonous way humans abuse the earth (“Unanchored”), something Harvested consider a form of mental illness, they’ve dialed back the lyrically gorier aspects of their eponymous 2022 EP to intensify the focus on their chosen theme. As evidenced by the beautifully rendered CJ Bertram cover art, which main guitarist Mitchi Dimitriadis says depicts ‘an individual in great mental turmoil’ and represents ‘the abstract visualization of the chaos that is the human brain,’ it’s clear that Harvested are committed to the subject. The only question left to answer is whether it’s worth reaping what Harvested’s Dysthymia hopes to have sown.

Nostalgically anchored in 1990s and early 2000s death metal, Harvested also incorporate modern elements of slam and tech-death into the mix to achieve Dysthymia’s goal. This is one brutal fucking record, and from the get, you realize Harvested aren’t messing about, as Dysthymia mashes the potatoes and pulls the meaty steaks off the grill, a muscle-bound manifestation of their Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, and Deicide (“Harvested,” “The Infestation”) influences. Dimitriadis’ and Vitto Oh’s guitar harmonics are pinched harder than Grier‘s butt cheeks at an enema convention, ensorcelled by viscerally blistering riffs, technically proficient leads, and tornadic, swirling solos. Jacob Collins’ drums1 crack skulls and pummel sternums with whirling fills and destructive double-kicks while Eric Forget’s bass lines remember everything necessary to keep things rumbling along. Adam Semler’s vocals, primarily an homage to George Fisher’s chesty aggression and Glenn Benton’s demonic discernibility, also share elements with Cattle Decapitation’s Travis Ryan at his most high-pitched and raspy. For such a young band, Harvested have planted a flag on the death metal scene, and Dysthymia is the wind through which that flag furls, filled with exuberant, energy-filled performances and solid songwriting.

With highlights aplenty, Dysthymia demands attention by way of its genuine songcraft and near flawless execution. I found myself stank-faced and sweaty through many a listen, whether basking in the glow of galloping riffs and percussive bass on “Unending Madness” or taking in the detailed technicality of the Soreption and The Zenith Passage influenced “Designed Dilemma,” a song that chugs so hard through its last ninety seconds I nearly gave myself whiplash. My favorite track, “Gathered and Deluded,” is a Cattle Decapitation-tinted slammer with pinched harmonic progressions that have been living rent-free in my head for weeks as Forget’s bass marches in flurrying lockstep with Collins’ robotically precise drums, and Selmer channels his best inner Travis Ryan. Harvested is one tight-knit outfit, belying their relatively brief existence and sounding like a band that’s been together much longer.

I’d argue the efforts of Harvested’s “sixth member” deserve as much credit for the success Dysthymia should garner as the band themselves, and that is the excellent work Joe Lyko performed from the booth at Darkmoon Productions. Lyko’s mix and master slathers Dimitriadis’ and Oh’s guitar work in a tone that, for me, defies obvious comparison, as bright and bouncy as it is deadly and devastating. Like a calculated throat punch, it was the first thing that hit me when album opener, “Harvested,” launched, holding my rapt attention all the way through to “The Infestation,” an excellent close to Dysthymia’s very manageable thirty-two-minute runtime. Each instrument exists within its own space, breathing freely and intertwining with high-definition clarity, thereby topping this auditorily successful sundae with a big, fat, juicy cherry.

Lyrically poignant, brutally heavy, and bursting with engagingly twisted, hook-filled instrumentation, Dysthymia is a helluva debut, and one Harvested should be proud of. As poetically as I have waxed, I still believe there’s room for Harvested to grow. God help those who might lay their ears on a sophomore effort from this line-up, should they remain intact. Rest assured, I’ll definitely be watching and waiting. For now, however, I wholeheartedly recommend you spend some long-lasting, quality time with Dysthymia.

Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320kbps mp3
Label: Self-Released
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Releases Worldwide: August 1st, 2025

#2025 #35 #Aug25 #CanadianMetal #CannibalCorpse #CattleDecapitation #DeathMetal #Deicide #Dysthymia #Harvested #Independent #Review #Soreption #Suffocation #TechnicalDeathMetal #TheZenithProcess

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It's that time of year again. 🎵🗳️☑️
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A #strong #democracy and trusted #electoral #system are foundational requirements for progress on any number of issues.

Donors who haven’t funded in this area, or see democracy issues as outside their interests, should
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Donors who already support work on voting and elections should
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Donors must first and foremost invest in shoring up the democratic system in the short term.

This means supporting #legal #efforts to
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Funding for this strategy should also go to groups focused on
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On the legal side, donors can support the
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All four groups engage in #litigation, #research and #policy advocacy.

♦️♦️Organizing for a more expansive and inclusive democracy.

🆘 Low-income people, communities of color and young people participate in elections and civic life at lower levels than the general public.

✅ To create a more representative democracy and advance progressive change, donors should invest in organizations that work to engage these voters.

Groups like
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both work with and support #grassroots groups and leaders throughout the country,
with a focus on #working #class #communities of #color.

Donors can also support the
🔹Voter Participation Center and its c4 arm,
the 🔹Center for Voter Information, https://www.centerforvoterinformation.org/

which work to increase turnout among “#new #American #majority” voters,

as well as support groups focused on #young #voters,
such as
🔹NextGen America https://nextgenamerica.org/
and
🔹TurnUp https://www.turnup.us/

♦️♦️Groups advocating for democratic reforms.

A range of reforms can help create a democracy that is more responsive,
offering voters more choices and fostering fairer outcomes as well as increased trust in our electoral system.

Donors can support
🔹FairVote, https://fairvote.org/

which advocates for #ranked #choice voting and #proportional #representation,
and has already had some success at the state and local levels;
and
🔹Unite America, https://www.uniteamerica.org/
which focuses on #independent #redistricting, #primary #reform,
as well as #instant #runoff voting.

His full-throated support of the 2003 invasion of #Iraq & the increasingly unpopular #war that followed doomed #JoeLieberman’s bid for the Democratic presidential nom in 2004 & led to his rejection by #Connecticut #Democrats when he sought his 4th #Senate term in 2006. He kept his seat by running that Nov as an #independent candidate & attracting substantial support from #Republican & unaffiliated voters.

#RFKjr has just proven that his so-called #candidacy is all about his #ego, and his #vanity. Realizing that his run for #president is a joke that's going nowhere, he's abandoning his #Democratic affiliation and running as an #independent. This way, he'll be able to continue using this phony run for president as a platform to spread bullshit #conspiracyTheories, and hurt #JoeBiden. Bobby is a #disgrace whose actions will make a #Trump presidency more likely.

https://radaronline.com/p/robert-f-kennedy-jr-plan-announce-independent-run-2024-white-house/

@istuetzle

Der Musikverlag ist heute einer der Besten zu #independent wie #bayrischer #Musik führend lange Zeit #Söllner, aber auch #valentin und andere #Volkssänger.

https://hausderkunst.de hat am letzten Freitag #freeandopen: Ab 16h kein Eintritt (#Archiv ist immer frei) und freie Getränke, gelegentlich Musik von Trikont, bei der Eröffnung waren vor allem Frauen am Werk!