vol. 30 is now floating around….
featuring @donna_regina_ , @junkdrawerband , @gucci_pineapple , @goodflyingbirds , and plenty more throughout time and space.
listen now at the link in our bio
cover by @____spud_____
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The Saddle’s Monthly Round-Up is a curated collection of tunes we’re digging momentarily through space and time with a focus on the best of Chicago, the Midwest & beyond. You may even catch some of our own. Playlists released on the 1st of every month. Giddy Up!
#chicagomusic #chicagoartists #localmusic #monthlyplaylist #curatedplaylist
hey y’all, spud (@____spud_____ ) here. 2024 was a yummy year for music and some of those delicious releases are here on this list.
sometimes when sitting on a riverbank watching the water float by, i see a leaf dancing it’s way downstream and i start mimicking its movements - joining in the great guffaw of life. hoping you’ll notice yourself in the big laugh - the celestial dance; the eternal burp.
maybe you’ll find a song here that you’ll fall in love to, fry an egg to, listen to while you take a dump, build community with, cry to, or watch a leaf float down the river and dance to. have a laugh for me, life’s absurd.
Favourite - Fontaines D.C.
NOTHING TO SAY - Fen Fen
Take Your Mask Off - Tyler The Creator
Same But Different Now - Greet Death
Pontoon Boat - Orillia
Bite Down - Rosali
through the mirror- crystal trench
Prairie Fire - ULNA, Alexa Viscius
reincarnated- Kendrick Lamar
A Song That Sings About You - This Is Lorelei
Dandelions - La Luz
Primrose - Marbled Eye
Inky Horses - Alex Perez
Tender Little Sunshine - The Fever Haze
Rewards for Survival - Ministry of Interior Spaces
Nothing Lasts - Bnny
listen at the link in our bio! cover art by spud! ⭐️
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spudd-o’s songs are the sounds of a bluebird dancing with a turtle on the bank of the manistee river — electrified with a crackling fire by your side and friends who are there when it gets cold. think of when melancholy starts slowly melting in a short sunny moment between a long winter and a late spring.
Listen to Spudd-o (@____spud_____ ) on Bandcamp or Spotify and listen live with us on October 5th!
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“AT NIGHT
headin down the highway
the orange glow of the console reminds me of home
my window’s cracked
as i breathe in the world through this sliver of time
i can’t help but think of what i’m heading towards
and feeling the ghosts of the past tickle the hairs on my neck”
the rest of this piece is on umpwrld.ghost.io -link is in the bio. you can subscribe there if you want these sent to your email.
#poetry #digitalart #chicagopoetry #spooky #love #loveyourself #idk
“i think of Wilde, Harrison, Smith, or Hemingway sitting on the porch of a cafe on a day just like today – rolling the dice on some string of words that haven’t been written yet.
as they bask and turn the suns shine into graphite.
yelping into the void”
go check out the rest of the post on umpwrld - the link is in the bio. also — subscribe if you’d like my posts to be sent directly to your email. #poetry #digitalart #sunshine #gooutside #anotherpostinaseaofendlesscuriosity
scrawl // pluck me an apple from the depths of fall, eat it with the love you have for what you most desire, and drop the seeds in your vest pocket - sew it up and put it on me // the rest of this poem and associated visual bits are on umpwrld - lincoln bio // #poetry #digitalart #whatever
a few nights after the full moon has passed
i still feel the energy rising
the silken veil between worlds billowing in this cool breeze
breathing in
breathing out
allowing shadows to slumber on the couch in the day time
and bringing them to life at night
hold your daylight close my friends
for when the shadows come
you’ve got a chance
when the shadows come // ~shadows dance~. #chicago #visualart #poetry #halloween
we went from white cloud to traverse city on le NCT with rigid framed bikes, started off wet and ended up with glee. what a trip it was! ups, downs, and the glorious in betweens. glad we got to do this together <3
#nct #bikepacking #biking #surly #nature #manisteenationalforest
“Dearest readers - I spent some time studying oranges and the way they peel. My findings might not be mighty but I have found one thing, and that's that oranges peel like most other things - with some effort and tenderness.” New post from umpwrld LINK IN BIO
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At the bottom of umpwrld’s new post, you’ll find a hot tip for those interested in the art of orange peeling 🍊
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#glitch #colors #orange #art #words #poetry
The glitter sunrise with it’s unspoken words
Tell me a story through your warmth
Tell me about the time you were born
When you grew a million miles a second or
That time down an alleyway
Resplendent with cobblestone you
Crafted a wooden horse
That speaks in riddles
Down its iris you can
See a small city of tiny wooden folk
Going about their daily routines
Hoping one day this place doesn’t go up in flames
But someone must light the match
As terrifying as it sounds
Sparks are spewing from your wrists when you’re honest
I’d like to see more of that
A thick hardwood like me can only hope to be caught on fire
Patient are the trees in the valley
Watching seeds of civilizations blossom and wither
As their floral counterparts -
They make patterns of concentric zigzags
Dancing around each other
In circles but not too circular
Just enough
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Full post within UMPWRLD -go take a look - linkin bio
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image1: cracked paint on a door on the side of a hardware store
image2: cement on the sidewalk of clark street
image3: image of icarus i drew in my notebook on tour with Bnny. I think we were in Utah.
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#poetry#digitalart#glitch#surrealism#photoshopmanipulation#chicago
what’s up- here are some gradients i made. gradients are some of my favorite things.
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there are more in umpwrld if you’d like to take a gander. link in bio
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#art #gradient #photoshop #colorful
