Ground Up

Is it just me?  Do you feel like you've been ground up?  Chewed, and spit out?

My own life this year looked like a miniature model of what's gone on in the US and the world - ignorant greed (be it in the form of private equity firms, grifters, or other such leeches) dismantled a functioning system (be it a codebase I've proudly worked on for decades or a nation I was proudly born to) and gleefully scrapped it.  It's wasteful, it's shameful, and it leaves a whole lot of folks hanging... all just so a few rich unaccountable men can get even more rich and unaccountable.

The good news is, even with important things in ruin, there is now room and reason to rebuild.

There is a great deal which needs doing.

The biggest, richest few already offer their answer - just do everything through us!  All your time, all your attention, all your money, just give it to us; our one-size-fits-all "solutions" will take care of everything.  Our algorithms, which cannot experience your world, will describe your world for you.

A better answer has been right in front of us, in our own hands, all along.  In fact, it IS our own hands.

When we make and do things ourselves, when we work with each other, when we strengthen our local communities - that's how we get the important work done.  That's how our real needs get addressed.  That's how we express and receive gratitude and appreciation.  That's how we make human business human again.

We know we're better off living and buying and reading and talking locally.  Now, it's time to live it.

If, like me, you've been ground up in 2025, then let's make 2026 the year we build our own lives back.  From the ground up.  Together.

Pics from Punk'n Spice: Hold The ICE!

Our No Kings after-party show has come and gone, and it's time to share pictures!

Marty of Lava Submarine took lots of great photos, which you can view here.

I myself took some video, and I've shared a bunch of stills on the event's old promotional web address:
https://revellionfest.org/punknspice/

Just for fun, I'll also re-post a few right here:

 

Choose A Side

NO KINGS

 versus

THE RICH DO WHATEVER THEY WANT

 

We can only have one.

From the ACLU: Know Your Rights

 Just wanted to make this available to all, so that you've got a better understanding of what is allowed or not, as well as to watch for each other out there. If you see ICE or anyone seeming to claim authority over civilians, it seems the best action is to film them and get the footage out for others to see. Please give it a read:

ACLU.org: Know Your Rights

People all around the world are waking up to the idea that American is no longer a place to envy. We are still generally the biggest and baddest, but people in other countries are realizing that they'd rather have quieter, safer, more thoughtful lives than we lead here. 

All of our Hollywood entertainment used to be flashy and fun and it put American culture into the lives of everyone everywhere. Now it's just a sewer pipeline of propaganda riddled with excuse about why our leaders get to use and abuse not only our citizens but the rest of the world, too. Our allies are walking away because they see what we've done and what we plan to do. I believe that other nations of the world understand us better than we understand ourselves.

Wanna know what made America great that we don't ever talk about? 

No locusts.

Full coastlines along two oceans.

Surrounded by safe neighbors and water.

Immigration.

Checks and balances.

Didn't get bombed into oblivion in WW2.

WW2 agreement where our allies agreed we get to be the world's security guarantee.

There's more, but this are undeniable.

Wanna know what make America not so great?

Division.

Unchecked greed.

Propaganda.

Apathy.

Abandoning checks and balances.

Devaluing human lives.

Devaluing our world.

Fight to reclaim our dignity and character, or all we will be leaving for our kids is that second list.

Flyers and Handouts

Want to help us get the word out about our upcoming concert?  Stick up some flyers, cut and distribute some handouts, or post some links to revellionfest.org !

Printable files:  Punk'n Spice Flyer, 4x Handout sheet

This is the primary social media ad for the October event. Please feel encouraged to repost it everyplace you can. The more the word spreads, the faster we can contribute to getting our leaders to wake up and smell the pumpkiny-foam and spikey-leather-straw combo.

Ticket link:  https://www.dayblockbrewing.com/live-events/revellionfest-punk-n-spice-hold-the-ice/