Zhir

@zhir.bsky.social

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he/him gran autismo. train and guitar guy. literally a communist. https://zhir.bandcamp.com/ https://basalmetabolism.bandcamp.com/ https://zhir.neocities.org/

Frame from Bambi (1942) of the titular character laying next to his slain mother, with a superimposed skeleton wielding dual machine guns in the background. All subjects are labeled "The Right".
One of those SweetHearts candies that has "joint taxes" printed on it
A broomstick labeled "Body Dept. Bench 6/7". As in the funny six seven number. If you are reading or hearing this I sincerely apologize.
two panel meme of Anthony Fantano saying "I... Agree"
Current United Airlines livery
Fortune cookie slip with "LEARN CHINESE - Ice cream" printed on the back. The funny John Cena meme.
Advertisement for my next album. Edited photo of myself in grayscale wearing a blue suit jacket behind a posterized photo of a gimlet cocktail. Text reads: "The bugs are back. One bug, actually. It's Zhir. New album coming soon. Preorder May 2, full release May 30"
An iced coffee with lettering on the cup in faux-Japanese. In English the characters appear as "soul of coffee", but those who can read hiragana and katakana will read "rarohire rochi terochichimomo"
Text explaining the phrase "art is forever, the audience comes and goes". It reads thus: An audience pursues its own course. An artist pursues his own course. Sometimes (often) these are diverging courses. From the artist's POV an audience is fickle, its focus blinkered, impatient and intolerant. An artist who doesn't believe in his own course above all other considerations is not worth diddly-squat. The right course, the narrow road, must be pursued. In 50 years the Beatles will be a minor footnote in pop history, Don Van Vliet will be a chapter. Art does stand the test of time. Screw the audience. They come and go. Who cares? The only important thing is pursuit of the right course. The only artistic role that an audience fills is that of... oh, I can't come up with a clever phrase... it amounts to this: You work on an album everyday (it seems) for a year. You never *hear* it until you play it for a third party and then within moments of starting the playback, in an instant, you are aware of all its strengths and weaknesses. You *hear* it. That moment has nothing to do with whether or not the third party listener, the audience, likes it or not. It is the simple presence of an audience that establishes the proper perspective. -David Thomas of Pere Ubu