Carats LeVert

@thirstinmore.bsky.social

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music fan, loudmouth & idiot

a 5x5 grid of album art, including Domi & JD Beck’s Who Asked?, the Strokes’ is this it?, Paul Simon’s Rhythm of the Saints, Carly Rae Jepsen’s Emotion, After 7’s self titled, Oneohtrix Point Never’s Age Of, and Kelela’s new record
the sky reflected off a beautiful, placid bay in Ocean City NJ
a 5x5 grid of album artwork, including Simon & Garfunkel’s Bookends, the Zombies’ Begin Here, the Velvet Underground’s Loadedx Jeff Parker’s Forfolks, Ghostface & Badbadnotgood’s Sour Soul Instrumentals, both Amy Winehouse studio LPs, and Bob James’ One
last.fm screen
photo of a horribly rendered, badly hand drawn tattoo, which depicts three men and two horses in such a way that two of the men appear to be riding the horses and the other guy is maybe… fucking one of the horses?
Sunrise reflected in wet sand on the beach in Ocean City NJ
man yelling in woman’s ear while she looks displeased
I’m not owned! I’m not owned! I continue to insist as I slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob
a 5x5 grid of album art, including Aphex Twin’s Window Licker, Wednesday’s Bleeds, Blood Brothers’ Burn Piano Island Burn, Tierra Whack’s Whack’s Museum, J Dilla’s Lost Tapes, Cake’s Fashion Nugget, and MIA’s Arular
JK Rowling is a bigot
old dude in a straw hat crowd surfing at the Wednesday show
Wednesday
Warriors 87 - Knicks 77
a 5x5 grid of album art, including Rihanna’s Anti, Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia, Joni Mitchell’s Blue, DJ Quik’s Quik Is The Name, Tower of Power’s Bump City, the LA Boppers’ self titled, Ibrahim Alfa Jnr’s Infinite Black Inside, and Portishead’s Dummy
I kind of can't believe they found a topline for this song, there's just so much going on. Little Taco Bell dings, the sinister organ, miniature watery blorps, funk guitar, disco piano, Tom Tom Club bwamp bwamps, and best of all, that jaunty rising melody in the chorus that reminds me of rap songs with music videos set on boats. Don't get mad at me but I think this music shares a lineage with Quincy Jones in the '80s (shades of "Thriller," of course, monsters and ghouls and zombies with no conscience) and Pharrell in the '00s
cover art for Malkmus’ Face the Truth
RIP to everyone killed by the gods for their hubris but I’m different. And better. Maybe even better than the gods
“it would be insulting to the understanding of America at this enlightened period to suppose she stood in need of arguments to prove our right to liberty. It would be to suppose she has already forgot those exalted principles she has so lately asserted with her blood”
bloody player on Morocco’s World Cup team at the end of extra time, game tied 1-1
a 5x5 grid of album art including the Whispers’ So Good, J Dilla’s Ruff Draft and Dillatronic, TLC’s CrazySexyCool, Tierra Whack’s Whack Museum, Antonio Carlos Jobim’s Jobim, Bonnie Raitt’s Nick of Time, the Avalanches’ Since I Left You, and Aaliyah’s self titled
a 5x5 grid of album art, including Babyface’s Lovers, Toni Braxton’s s/t, Julie London’s Julie is Her Name, Boyz II Men’s II, Trail of Dead’s Source Tags & Codes, Paul Simon’s Graceland, and YACHT’s See Mystery Lights
photo of pineapple buzz balls with a hand drawn circle around the part of the packaging that says “woman owned”
Trump admin downplaying the specific language of the US/Iran deal
Released into the wild before everyone was trackable, etc
Born in the 80s. Raised on AIM away messages, Mountain Dew & lip gloss
a 5x5 grid of album art, including Elvis Costello’s When I Was Cruel, Tevin Campbell’s I’m Ready, Kehlani’s self titled, Aphex Twin’s drukqs, Kacey Musgraves’ Middle of Nowhere, J Dilla’s Donuts, Boyz II Men’s II, Toni Braxton’s self titled, Japanese Breakfast’s Jubilee and Wednesday’s Bleeds
a 5x5 grid of album art, including Toni Braxton’s self titled, Wednesday’s Bleeds, Sam Prekop’s self titled, Weezer’s blue album, Dismemberment Plan’s Emergency & I, Björk’s Debut, and the new Boards of Canada album
Dee saying maybe if he leaves the room the Knicks will start scoring, and the very next post in my feed is from the NBA, saying the Knicks have gone on a seven point run
a 5x5 grid of album art, including Green Day’s Dookie, Kehlani’s self titled, Snail Mail’s Lush, Babyface’s Lovers, the Deele’s Material Thangz, Eyes of a Stranger, and Street Beat, Pavement’s Brighten the Corners, Kacey Musgrave’s Middle of Nowhere and SWV’s It’s About Time
a 5x5 grid of album art, including the Lemon Twigs’ Look For Your Mind, Solange’s A Seat at the Table, Ella Fitzgerald’s Get Happy, Little Brother’s The Listening and the Minstrel Show, Ronnie Laws’ Pressure Sensitive, and Kendrick’s Damn
a 5x5 grid of album art, including Kehlani’s self titled, Chet Baker’s Chet, Ghostface & BadBadNotGood’s Sour Soul Instrumentals, Willie Nelson’s And Then I Wrote, Wishy’s Triple Seven, Yo Yo Ma’s compilation of Bach cello suites, Pieces of a Dream’s self titled album, and two records by Hayden Pedigo
noted bitchbaby Chuck Schumer tweeting “For decades, UFO disclosure has been a distant object- unidentified and unexplained. That’s starting to change. I’ll keep pushing until we land on the truth”
a 5x5 grid of album art, including Charlie Byrd’s Bluebyrd, D’Angelo’s Voodoo, the SOS Band’s Sands of Time, the Dirty Projectors’ Slaves Graves & Ballads, Jill Scott’s To Whom This May Concern, Björk’s Post, and Lone’s Hyperphantasia
“Those were the things that DJs did, and Girl Talk was not a DJ. Instead, the splatter was the point”
a 5x5 grid of album art, including the self titled album by Kehlani, Thundercat’s Distracted, Pavement’s Brighten the Corners and Terror Twilight, Veruca Salt’s American Thighs, Grant Green’s Green is Beautiful, Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life and Talking Book, Loukeman’s Sd-3, and Donald Byrd’s Places and Spaces
a 5x5 grid of album art, including Beyoncé’s 4, Keith Sweat’s Make it Last Forever, Stereolab’s Emperor Tomato Ketchup, the Sea and Cake’s Oui and One Bedroom, Jay-Z’s Black Album and the Blueprint, Dirty Projectors’ Rise Above and Ben Folds Five’s Whatever and Ever Amen
Fetterman with a necktie tied around his bare neck and flopping out over the front of his hoodie
a 5x5 grid of album art, including Ariana Grande’s Sweetener, Julie London’s Julie is Her Name., Charlie Byrd’s Bluebyrd and Brazilian Byrd, Grant Green’s Green is Beautiful, the Lemon Twigs’ A Dream is All We Know, Sam Prekop’s self titled debut, and Tortoise’s TNT
Mike Myers in drag for the Coffee Talk sketch
a 5x5 grid of album art, including Robyn’s Sexistential, Skylar Spence’s Prom King, Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life, Miles Davis’ Workin, Charli XCX’s Brat, and Charlie Puth’s Whatever’s Clever
MJ Lenderman
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK
it’s always two dumb bitches telling each other “exactlyyy”
the cover for Hell Razah’s album Renaissance Child
a 5x5 grid of album art including Jill Scott’s To Whom This May Concern, two Vince Guaraldi records, Beulah’s When Your Heartstrings Break, Sonic Youth’s Rather Ripped, and a few albums mysteriously blacked out, including Los Van Van vol 2 and Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete’s live album
a 5x5 grid of album art, including Cannonball Adderly’s Pyramic, Panda Bear’s Sinister Grift, Jill Scott’s To Whom This May concern & Vol 1, Sade’s Promise, KMD’s Black Bastards, MF DOOM’s Born Like This, Take Me To Your Leader, and Operation Doomsday, and the SOS Band’s Sands of Time
Rockwell painting of a man standing up to speak
a copy of the book The Chronicles of DOOM by SM Fernando Jr
Marc Andreeson tweeting “there is no inner self, you’re chasing an imaginary concept, the end”
screenshot showing an episode of Daniel Tiger called “Daniel Fixes Trolley/Problem Solver Daniel”
“If this truce they shoulda burned it’s the Patterson-Gillian film is one of the great achievements of 20th Century mythmaking, and living in a world where it has been definitively proved a fraud would be depressing”
Poster for a Deep Sea Diver/Nation of Language show in Portland
Elon Musk talking about a dumb ass idea called Macrohard
can you ever just be “whelmed”?
a shelf with hundreds of records, with a small stack of records in front with the Beach Boys’ recent We Gotta Groove box set visible in the front
a 5x5 grid of album art including MF DOOM’s Doomsday, Born Like This, & Take Me to Your Leader, Brandy’s Never Say Never, Lemon Twigs’ A Dream is All We Know, Stereolab’s Dots & Loops, Lauryn Hill’s Unauthorized Biography, and Cal Tjader’s Tambu
which core values??
Text from a Wikipedia article states: “Although the United States has formally declared war only five times and these declarations cover a total of 11 separate instances against specific nations, there are currently 197 non-colonial military conflicts included in these lists, eight of which are ongoing. Between all six lists, there are currently 235 military conflicts. Formal declarations of war include the War of 1812 (United Kingdom), the Mexican–American War (Mexico), the Spanish–American War (Spain), World War I (Germany and Austria-Hungary) and World War II (Japan, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania).”
cover art for Bakar’s Beastie