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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 5 days
TIL that the New Wave band DEVO was formed in response to the Kent State shootings. In 1970, co-founders Gerald Casale and Bob Lewis got serious about their idea of the "de-evolution" of the human race after Casale's friends Jeffrey Miller & Allison Krause were killed by OH national guards.
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wishda @wishda.bsky.social · 5 days
Reminds me of how almost all the French dadaists and surrealists were WWI veterans of the trenches seriously exploring alternatives to conventional thought and language.
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 5 days
have you read China Mièville's short book reflecting this?
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wishda @wishda.bsky.social · 5 days
No. I really like his fiction, but I haven’t read any of his stuff since The Iron Dream. Will look into it!
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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 5 days
The Iron Dream was Norman Spinrad. Perhaps you meant Iron Council?
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wishda @wishda.bsky.social · 5 days
Yeah! The train one.