ALBERT CAMUS

Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.

Daily Painting

P. Buckley Moss
SUNDAY WALK (1981)

Watching
30 Days of the Gays™ Edition

AT NIGHT ALL THE CATS ARE BLACK
[DE NOCHE LOS GATOS SON PARDOS]
Valentin Merz
Switzerland, 2022

Playing

Jan Dismas Zelenka
TRIO SONATAS

Paul Dombrecht, Marcel Ponseele, Danny Bond, Chiara Banchini

JEAN-LÉON GÉROME

The Lie said to the Truth-
"Let's take a bath together,
the well water is very nice.

The Truth, still suspicious,
tested the water and found out
it really was nice.

So they got naked and bathed.

But suddenly, the Lie leapt out of the water
and fled, wearing the clothes of the Truth.
The Truth, furious, climbed out of the well
to get her clothes back.

But the World, upon seeing the naked Truth,
looked away, with anger and contempt.

Poor Truth returned to the well and disappeared
forever, hiding her shame.

Since then, the Lie runs around the world,
dressed as the Truth, and society is very happy.
Because the world has no desire to know
the naked Truth.

Daily Painting

Luigi Lucioni
VERMONT FARM SCENE (c. 1930)

Watching
30 Days of The Gays™ Edition

A DICE WITH FIVE SIDES
Riccardo Tamburini
Italy, 2022

Happy Birthday to ME.

Happy Birthday to ME.

Happy Birthday, Sleepy Donnie.

Happy Birthday to ME.

Playing

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
The Original Movie Sound Track

Playing

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
The Original Movie Sound Track

Bee Gees

Yvonne Elliman, Walter Murphy, Tavares, David Shire, Kool and The Gang, KC and The Sunshine Band, MFSB, and The Trammps

ABHIJIT NASKAR
Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

When someone plays fast and loose with rights and freedom, their place is either in the jungle or in a mental institution, not in office. Fascism, fundamentalism and nationalism, these are the ultimate mental illness.

Daily Painting

Dolores Hackenberger
AMISH SCHOOLHOUSE (c. 1970)

Playing

CLUB MOD on allclassical.org

Hosted by Andrea Murray

Reading

Helen Whybrow
THE SALT STONES - SEASONS OF A SHEPHERD'S LIFE

Playing

Judy Garland
JUDY AT CARNEGIE HALL

WILHELM REICH
The Mass Psychology of Fascism

Fascism is the frenzy of sexual cripples.

Daily Painting

Aaron K. Zook
FUNERAL (1974)

Playing

Patricia Kopatchinskaja
TAKE TWO

GEORGE SELDES
Fact and Fascism

The truth is not in the commercial media because the truth is a dagger pointed at its heart, which is its pocketbook.

Daily Painting

Elsie Beiler
HAPPIER DAYS (2006)

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In memory of theWest Nickel Mines Amish School massacre.

"I don't think there's anybody here that wants to do anything but forgive and not only reach out to those who have suffered a loss in that way but to reach out to the family of the man who committed these acts"

- Jack Meyer, member of the Brethren community

Currently Watching
30 Days of The Gays™ Edition

SWAN SONG
Todd Stephens
USA, 2021

Playing

Björk
VESPERTINE

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Human, All Too Human

It is easy to give the recipe for what the masses call a great man. By all means, supply them with something that they find very pleasant, or, first, put the idea into their heads that this or that would be very pleasant, and then give it to them. But on no account immediately: let it rather be won with great exertion, or let it seem so. The masses must have the impression that a mighty, indeed invincible, strength of will is present; at least it must be seen to be there. Everyone admires a strong will, because no one has it, and everyone tells himself that, if he had it, there would be no more limits for him and his egoism.

Now, if it appears that this strong will is producing something very unpleasant for the masses, instead of listening to its own covetous desires, then everyone admires it all the more, and congratulates himself. For the rest, let him have all the characteristics of the masses: the less they are ashamed before him, the more popular he is. So, let him be violent, envious, exploitative, scheming, fawning, groveling, puffed up, or, according to the circumstances, all of the above.

Daily Painting

Ellie
AMISH YARD SALE (nd)

Playing

PJ Harvey
TO BRING YOU MY LOVE

NORMAN MAILER

I really am a pessimist. I've always felt that fascism is a more natural governmental condition than democracy. Democracy is a grace. It's something essentially splendid because it's not at all routine or automatic. Fascism goes back to our infancy and childhood, where we were always told how to live. We were told, Yes, you may do this; no, you may not do that. So the secret of fascism is that it has this appeal to people whose later lives are not satisfactory.

Daily Painting

Paul Klee
OR THE MOCKED MOCKER

Watching
30 Days of The Gays™ Edition

GOD’S OWN COUNTRY
Francis Lee
UK, 2017

Watching
30 Days of The Gays™ Edition

LOVE IS STRANGE
Ira Sachs
USA, 2014

Trying to reach the level of shit stain.

Even failing at that.

Daily Painting

René Magritte
THE SONG OF LOVE

Playing

Roy Ayers
EVERYBODY LOVES THE SUNSHINE

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT

The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. Among us today a concentration of private power without equal in history is growing.

Watching
30 Days of The Gays™ Edition

MONSTER
[怪物]
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japan, 2023

His hatreds are his spiritual nourishment.

Playing

Grant Green
FUNK IN FRANCE - FROM PARIS TO ANTIBES (1969-1970)

ERNEST HEMMINGWAY
For Whom the Bells Toll

“Are you a communist?"

"No I am an anti-fascist"

"For a long time?"

"Since I have understood fascism.”

Daily Painting

Pablo Picasso
GUERNICA (1937)

Watching

ATTACHMENT
Gabriel Bier Gislason
Denmark, 2022

Sow. Reap.

First Amendment to The Constitution of the United States of America

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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Anything short of utter condemnation of Karoline Leavitt and her tweet is complicity and compliance.

And to the dude who said in the comments that you "understand needing to delete a post" because you once got hate for saying you prefer Labradors over Goldens...

Are you okay now? Do I need to call the paramedics?

Playing

Philippe Jaroussky and Thibaut Garcia
À SA GUITARE

TALIB KWELI
June 8, 2025

The people who said we should abolish ICE were right.

The people who said we should defund the police were right.

The righteous are always cursed with being too early.

Daily Painting

Caspar David Friedrich
THE CEMETERY ENTRANCE (1825)

Watching
30 Days of The Gays™ Edition

TWILIGHT'S KISS
[叔 叔, SUK SUK]
Ray Yeung
Hong Kong, 2016

Playing

CLUB MOD on allclassical.org

Hosted by Andrea Murray

When you graduate from manchild cult member to batshit insane manchild for a few rubles.

Christians.

Playing

Lucinda Williams
CAR WHEELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD

HANNAH ARENDT
The Origins of Totalitarianism

In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world, the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and nothing was true.

Constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.

A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong.

With such a people, you can do whatever you want.

Daily Painting

James Tissot
CRUCIFIXION AS SEEN FROM THE CROSS (1894)

Watching
30 Days of the Gays™ 2025

FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES
[薔薇の葬列]
Toshio Matsumoto
Japan, 1969

Reading

James Baldwin
ANOTHER COUNTRY

Happy Pride, y'all.

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Punch Brothers
PUNCH