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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin

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Music that nobody asked for | DIY guy | ⚾️ ‘Helluva Swing’ ⚾️ out now on the internet: lightleakthing.bandcamp.com

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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Is there a labor historian out there who could help me with a Q regarding what version of “La Marseillaise” (i.e. was it a translation? or the “Workers’ Marseillaise”?) the radicals of 19th century Chicago would have been singing? @haymarketbooks.org?
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mastering by heather jones of so big auditory @hthrjnswav.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
this EP totally rips and you def spin it, maybe even a few dozen times. "They cannot kill what springs eternal." My commie heart loves this music
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The wonderful @marisakabas.bsky.social let me go long on the grim historic parallels between the Prairieland defendants and 19th century America’s brutal repression—and execution—of anarchists, union organizers, and political dissidents. We are all antifa now. www.thehandbasket.co/p/haymarket-...
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From Haymarket to Prairieland: How dissent has unleashed the long arm of the law
The Prairieland sentencing has dark historical parallels, Kim Kelly writes. But we can change the end of the current story.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 29/06/2026
#OtD 29 Jun 1898 Michael Schwab, German-American labour organiser, Haymarket defendant, and anarchist, died from tuberculosis contracted whilst in prison. He was framed along with seven others for organising for the 8-hour day stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1011...
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Always a beautiful thing 🖤
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
New band’s first EP is out! I play drums & do some singing etc—a fully collaborative affair w/ my pal Lex, who plays guitars & sings etc Mastered by @hthrjnswav.bsky.social It’s $0, but any funds raised will be redistributed to @chicommunityjs.bsky.social 🙏🏻 futuretwo.bandcamp.com/album/future...
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Future Two, by Future Two
7 track album
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The Haymarket parallels are uncanny.
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𝖆𝔫𝔫𝔦𝔢'𝔰 𝖈𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔱 @anniefish.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
agent smith is letting morpheus know that misery is a butterfly
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Around once a year I listen to ‘End Hits’ & think, “is this actually the best Fugazi record?”. Today is one of those days.
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I’m told it’s Bandcamp Friday. As a reminder, my stuff is always free anyway! In particular, I’d recommend ‘Heads / Tails’—a double album that people are saying is “this generation’s ’The White Album’, if ‘The White Album’ had no shitty songs”. lightleakthing.bandcamp.com
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Lightleak
Music for people & animals.
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 14/04/2026
i do not want to make content. i want to make music and i want to write. i do not want to make content
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 04/04/2026
The further the phone has gotten from the wall is analogous to how far we’ve strayed from gods light
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"Has any band shown the difference between 97 and 100 percent to be so vast?" hits real hard. 👏
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
One of the best parts about wearing band shirts is that it reminds you to put their records on while you wear them. NOW PLAYING: Paper Mice - ‘1-800-MONDAYS’
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Great lyric. Which REM song is that from?
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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A piece about my friend Tim Bailey, who fought hard for a long time. www.styleweekly.com/remembering-...
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Remembering a Messenger
The community surrounding the defiantly hopeful rock bandleader Timothy Bailey reacts to his passing.
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Please listen to the people of Illinois/Chicago/South Shore on this one—it’s a clear & resounding NO.
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Saw this in the theatre at age six, with my grandma. One of the funnier cinema experiences in my life, personally speaking.
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Would truly love to hear that song.
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Okay
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
It’s really weird to observe in real-time the transformation of a word into an antonym of itself. How long has this been happening re: the word “transparency”? Is the transformation complete?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/03/2026
"You can only be decent because we are horrible" is a very, very popular line of thinking among horrible people.
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Can confirm. It works.
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 26/02/2026
the "just asking questions" to "legitimate questions about fairness in sports" to "the state doesn't have to consider us as real people" pipeline working exactly as designed.
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Ever notice how the only time you hear someone say that we should keep politics out of [x activity or art form], it's when they definitely know that their politics are abhorrent, that they're stubbornly on the wrong side of something?
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Or any night. Especially if the moon is full.
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
They did a show late last year with the Chicago Philharmonic & it was bonkers. Instantly made me “get” the new record in a way I hadn’t yet. I noticed a film crew there. Hopefully you’ll be able to see what I mean one of these days.
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Demanding PTA articulate his politics verbally after watching OBAA seems a bit like listening to “Killing in the Name” & then demanding an essay on the topic of police killings from RATM. Like… he just said it, weren’t you listening?
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Did a double take ‘cause this guy looks so much like Louis Lingg aka obviously the hottest of the Haymarket 8. I mean come on:
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 24/02/2026
i’ve never watched a state of the union, i’m certainly not going to start NOW
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This is what you do. All invitees to the State of the Union should do the same, for example.
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
It’s truly remarkable. Deal-with-the-devil type shit.
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 12/02/2026
just fyi if the SAVE act passes i will not be able to vote (cause: transgender)
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This is very exciting news! Both on the creative front & on the Continued Survival of Chad front. 🖤
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I am enjoying this. Sometimes you can judge the thing by the cover.
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Alternate headline: LCD Soundsystem Sells Whatever Left of Soul to Big Tech Ghouls Yet Again
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
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Heads / Tails (2xLP) by Dustin Currier on Apple Music
Playlist · 12 Songs
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Hamnet? What’s next, Macmeth?
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/12/2025
Today is World AIDS Day. AIDS has killed 44 million people globally. Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors. Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.” Silence = Death
Please note that this guidance has now changed. This new guidance supersedes the blanket approval we shared last week.
The U.S. Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year. To comply with this new directive, please note the following:
•USG funds should not be used for any World AIDS Day-related events or commemorative activities.
• Please refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing messaging.
• CDC and other USG personnel may attend external, locally organized World AIDS Day events, but may not speak at these events or promote their attendance via social media or media channels.
We recognize this updated guidance differs from the blanket clearance and may require adjustments to planned activities. Thank you for vour flexibility and attention to these changes
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Maya Dukmasova @mdoukmas.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I hate the term "hallucinate" vis a vis false AI outputs. It's another way we're being primed to view it as a mind way before it's proven to be anything but a product. Human hallucinations are not "real" but they're not false in the way that wrong facts are. Anyone read anything good on this theme?
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Okay.
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
...or better yet, you can just have the files. Burn it to a CD, jam it on yr phone, whatever! drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Wood & Wires, Vol. 1 - Google Drive
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
New album WOOD & WIRES, VOL. 1 out today 🎈 Solo guitar music + field recording for quiet, restorative moments. Mastered by Heather Jones @ So Big Auditory. Streaming most places (but not Spotify or Amazon)—listen on @bandcamp.com: dhcurrier.bandcamp.com/album/wood-w...
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Wood & Wires, Vol. 1, by D.H. Currier
9 track album
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Saxophone has to be the instrument that I most often mistakenly hear as a human voice for a sec.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
this week's post is something i've been thinking about for a long time. it's called "all of us imperfect comrades: or, an army of fuckups cannot lose" margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/each-of-us...
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Just learned that it was Alfred Nobel (of the Prize fame) who invented dynamite!
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Very very cool. Love the brief “scribbly” moments!
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Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
You may recall when gentleman and scholar @imleor.bsky.social wrote about Chicago artists dumping Spotify last month. Fortunately, telling Daniel Ek to go fuck himself appears to be contagious! Solidarity to these musicians, and may their movement continue to grow. chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...
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Chicago indie musicians organize to spurn Spotify via open letter  - Chicago Reader
Local indie artists organize to spurn Spotify via open letter, the 19th annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival lights up the neighborhood, and more.
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The Autobiographies of the Haymarket Martyrs
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Lightleak aka D.H. Currier aka Dustin @lightleakthing.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Good guys with guns watch over us They know what’s best to serve the economy Good thing they so seldom hurt us Their aim is true when protecting state property And you know how us crowds get unruly When we’re upset, when we’ve got the numbers… lightleakthing.bandcamp.com/track/gang-o...
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Gang of Pawns, by Lightleak
from the album Helluva Swing
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