#demonstration 2024

[dustedmagazine]

Fan Club — Demonstration 2024 (Self-released)

Fan Club seems to be an aesthetic recalibration by the Seattle-based folks who have spent the better part of a decade making snotty hardcore under the unlikely name Lysol. Same folks, new sound. Listeners of that former band will already have heard some hints of more rawkin’ tendencies in their most recent output; check out “Sick as a Dog” from Lysol’s Soup for My Family (2021) or “Grease Paint” from the excellent Down the Street cassette (2023). Fan Club gathers up those retrograde and recalcitrant notions, coats them in Aqua Net and several layers of eyeliner — and whammo! There you have it: five tunes and seven minutes of glammy punk, a lot more Mott the Hoople than Minor Threat. And that’s a good thing.

We should be clear: Fan Club plays fast, and the songs are short. At just 89 seconds, “Sore Eyes” is the most sustained statement on Demonstration 2024. That’s hardcore-scaled stuff. But the guitar tone is equal parts nasty and flashy, and a song like “Hospital Beds” could have emerged from a 3 am jam session between Syl Sylvain and Cheetah Chrome. The title of “Sweet Nothin’” seems to nod toward the Velvets, and the lyrics aren’t far from sweet Lou’s most savage, speed-infused visions: “You got me gushing / My blood is rushing / Hear your sweet nothings / Because my needle’s in the red.” Gotcha—but which needle? And is that red stuff on the VU meter, or is it running up into the syringe?

Some of that symbolic play might seem a little cynical in these days of fentanyl-infused street dope and way-too-frequent overdose deaths. But there’s a historical dimension to Fan Club’s new tape that’s worth thinking through. Glam emerged in grim times, when the 1960s countercultures had collapsed, and the drugs got very, very serious. Heavy vibes for heavy times. Somehow, songs like the Sweet’s “Block Buster!” and T Rex’s “Metal Guru” emerged from that miserable morass, shining and full of ebullient melody.

2024’s version of socio-cultural bum-out feels like it has higher stakes, global in extent. Everything is running into the red: temperatures, politics, the speed of change. Fan Club’s rendition of glammed-up punk is proportionally harder, sharper and more dangerous. No ebullience in earshot, sorry, kids--but it’s still hugely satisfying. You’ll dance harder, in shorter bursts. Until it’s all over. All of it.

Jonathan Shaw

[imlittlebitdie]

So now in the latest saga of Lando Norris Trying to Make Me Hate Him, we have Lando *checks notes* being shitty towards other drivers that had heatstroke after Singapore.

First of all, someone should introduce rich boy to the idea of “class consciousness”. Instead of tearing down his fellow drivers for health issues after the race (that he implied he was also feeling), he should direct his ire to the people in charge.

Why not use the collective power they have as drivers to influence a change? That’s the entire reason for a driver’s union.

Why is he denigrating people’s health issues (which he is in no position to judge as he is not a medical professional), when instead he could be amplifying their experience and his own to call for change.

Lando sees other people suffering and says, “why do they get a free pass, I suffered too.” He sees their health being put at risk and he judges the driver and the team for looking out for them.

Max, his own best friend, told him “you don’t know what they’re going through.” And he doesn’t, Mercedes has been having a problem with their cockpit getting too hot even before Singapore. There’s been no indications that that has been fixed.

But instead of saying, “yeah maybe you have a point.” Lando instead says, “they don’t know mine.” Again, here it’s either Lando gets the focus or no one should. It has to be about him.

And either way, if he does feel like this…he doesn’t need to say it.

It’s perfectly normal to keep shitty opinions to yourself, but he seems to lack a certain level of self-awareness and discernment for that level of self-control.

Lando Norris, I tried very hard but you’ve made me not like you.

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

ELM Evolv demonstrator, 2024. Prodrive Advanced Technology and Astheimer Design have revealed a ‘last mile’ L7e category electric quadricycle prototype with a cubic load capacity rivalling mid-size vans. At 3,240mm long, 1,450mm wide, 2,150mm high and weighing 850kg with batteries, the compact Evolv can accommodates a 1.6m tall Euro pallet with a 300kg payload in the main load area. The secondary load area, accessible through rear ‘barn doors’, provides additional space for a 1.2m tall Euro pallet and 200kg payload. Prodrive and Astheimer has established a new company, ELM Mobility, to take the project into the production readiness phase. The vehicle, which has a 20kWh battery, will offer a 100 mile range with sales starting in 2028 at a target price of around £25,000.

ELM Mobility

[rableradle1]

The teeth knows no better. Perhaps this burning for vengeance must end.

Attempt 1 w Caine and Gangle!

Definitely not attempt 5 w Caine because the teeth posed a challenge <:D

[hydrossity-zone]

@sonilverweek Day 3: Gardening

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[austrianshitposting]

My top 10 favorite signs at Vienna Pride 2024

[ID: A woman holding a sign saying "Jesus' Playlist: Only Love songs. She is wearing a purple shirt saying "another Christian for LGBTQ* Equality ]

Cute! We love seeing supportive religious folks in this house!! 7/10 🌈

[ID: A blue flag saying "Fundis zur Hölle jagen", flying in front of the Austrian Opera]

Short, sweet, good punch, keeping Pride a demonstration. 7.5/10 🌈

[ID: A woman holding a cardboard sign saying "I got 99 Problems and white hetero normative Patriarchy is all of them"]

fun reference, gets points for being political 7,5/10 🌈

[ID: A yellow shipping container, on it is a sign saying "Intersex Solidarity", next to two ads for an photography exhibition. The Exhibition is called "Inside views", the ad is showing a human body dressed in a ripcage]

It is just so funny to me I can't even really tell why. But it just feels appropriate, next to the ad and also the color of the container is very fitting. 8/10 🌈

[ID: A group of russian-speaking people demonstrating at Vienna Pride. One sign says "Proud and Loud for the Opressed in Russia, another shows Vladimir Putin in front of rainbows and writing saying "Vladimir, it's Time"]

Honestly my heart goes out to all queer people living in countries where they are still treated horribly, much worse than Austria. Love ❤️ 8/10 🌈

[ID: Where usually the movie titles being show are displayed, the Burg Kino shows a message saying "Pride without Prejudice. Hello Viella Pride 2024.]

Just a fun and sweet way to show support in a way that does not reek too much of rainbow capitalism. nice! 8.5/10 🌈

[ID: A sign saying "A day w/o Lesbians is like a day w/o sunshine"]

Cute!!!! As a lesbian, I approve ☀️ 9/10 🌈

[ID: two men holding signs saying "Hurra! Die Hurn sind da!", "In Vielfalt vereint, in tratsch entzweit" and "support your local cum dump"]

charming. fun. would get your grandma to gasp, probably. 9/10 🌈

[ID: The Group "Volksoper Wien" holding signs saying "Mama, Papa, ich muss euch was sagen: Ich liebe Operette", "Volksoper Wien: Queer seit 1898" and "125 Jahre Volksoper: man ist nie zu alt, um sich zu outen!"]

Extremely funny. Love it. Love that such a old, prestigious institution is at pride. 10/10 🌈

[ID: A sign saying "Heten Wahnsinn stoppen"]

Short, sweet, extremely funny, great reference, i love it 1000/10 🌈

Bonus:

Ace Santa :)

[nando161mando]

[France]

This Sunday will be a day of demonstrations for trans rights in all major French cities

@anarchistmemecollective @radicalgraff @kropotkindersurprise @antifainternational

[nocternalrandomness]

High over Pensacola Beach

[gaslightgirlsummer]

the day charles starts getting his flowers for his insane tyre management is the day i’ll know peace

[stillunusual]

A little bit of Ukraine in Manchester....

[age-of-moonknight]

“New Moon,” Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu (Vol. 2/2024), #1.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

[pinacoladamatata]

waava week: Reverse!

I've drawn Wan carrying Raava so many times I had to switch it up, like one day she just picks him up and he's like '_'

[billpottsismygf]

Doctor Who: The Pyramids of Mars / The Devil's Chord

Bonus foreshadowing: The Pyramids of Mars / The Legend of Ruby Sunday

[opelman]

Bavarian Tiger by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: For the first time in quite a few years, 2024 saw a German Air Force aerobatic flying display (as opposed to role demonstration) during the Royal International Air Tattoo, with the Eurofighter on show. Aircraft: Luftwaffe Eurofighter EF-2000 31+06 from Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 74, wearing special Bavarian Tiger markings. Location: RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

[russellius]

George talking about his qualifying | source

[ivygorgon]

Seeing a lot of Harris Walz signs and demonstrations in my red state. Love to see it!