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The blog of author Dennis Cooper

“A guy once was tickling me and he suddenly stopped and said, “Oh, man! You’re bleeding!” Only, it wasn’t me. It was him! Good times!”

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THEGLOW, 19
Lisbon

I know I said I swore off dope and wouldn’t do this anymore but I relapsed and need money until I clean up again.

Guestbook of THEGLOW

Itsaboutmars – March 7, 2026
Hahahaha… Sex god… Wow. I fucked him a few months ago when I was on a bender in Lisbon. I’ve never stooped so low.

flogga – March 4, 2026
Be proud of your addiction and its escalation. Dope is guiding you and you will become more and more addicted not just to the drug but especially to the kinky men who pay for it.

THEGLOW (Owner) – March 4, 2026
Maybe but I’m just a fucked up junkie cum dump now, I don’t care about nothing, and I hate it so much.

timlovesyou – March 4, 2026
Call me crazy but I really have a good Knowledge of human nature. I think he has a big heart and I think he is well received by his fellow human beings. He must have been so beautiful once. This fact breaks my heart. I don’t know how I do explain but I think he is a very good young man, not just to me I think he is so to everyone.

i_love_art123 – March 3, 2026
Who else loves fucking a heroin junkie? Nothing else matters. 24/7 heroin, eyes rolled back, blanched, checked out, and non stop fucking! I never wanna stop paying for his fix. Junkies, my God, I love them more than anything in this world! I give fuck about family or friends.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Latino
Body Hair Little
Smoker Yes
Languages Spanish, English
Position Bottom only
Dick L – Uncut
Dirty WS only
Fisting Passive
S&M Soft
Kissing Yes
PNP Yes
Hourly Rate 150€
Overnight Rate On request

 

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Corduroy_Boy, 20
Dallas

As you can probably tell, I’m into corduroy pants. It’s a rather unusual fetish that you don’t see every day. I’m here looking for people who want to have sex with a boy wearing corduroy pants. I’m a rather shy person and tend to be a bit reserved at first, but I also go crazy when I have an erection. I have a sex addiction that’s been with me both physically and psychologically since I was little, hence only sex and no relationships—that’s not working for me. Feel free to message me if I’ve piqued your interest, but only if you understand or want to understand my fetish. The pants can be pulled down to my knees of course.

Guestbook of Corduroy_Boy

ClosetBiDL – March 11, 2026
He’s smart, but I was smarter.

Body Type Athletic
Ethnicity Latino
Body Hair Shaved
Smoker No
Languages English
Position Versatile
Dick XL – Uncut
Dirty No
Fisting Active/Passive
S&M No
Kissing Consent
PNP Weed
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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Fairy, 21
Baku City

Horniest beautiful boy you ever met.

You can be old but not oldddd old.

Guestbook of Fairy

homesweethome – March 10, 2026
I can not stop wanking at your photos, i wank 3-4-5 times a day, so i need your help.

ray – March 6, 2026
May God or whatever exist give you brain.

BrawnyBroBK – March 1, 2026
I’ve rarely been with anyone who understands his limited purpose in life so quickly.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Azeri
Body Hair Smooth
Smoker Socially
Languages Azerbaijani, Turkish, English
Position Versatile
Dick L – Uncut
Dirty Ask
Fisting Ask
S&M Ask
Kissing Yes
PNP Ask
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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imloud, 19
London

I’m very tall (6’8″). In London from 3rd of March till 2nd of April. At my home town in Veenendaal, Netherlands the escorting scene is terrible, so hoping to find some great experiences while in London.

I love being tickled to extreme limits. I can’t be tickled enough! Tickle me until I cry, plead, beg – and ignore it all. I WANT you to tickle me until I either pass out or come as close to death from tickling as you can bring me. I DARE you to try.

A guy once was tickling me and he suddenly stopped and said, “Oh, man! You’re bleeding!” Only, it wasn’t me. It was him! Good times!

Comments

SLUTCookie – March 8, 2026
My fingers got tired and I ended up drag racing on him with my Hot Wheels.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Caucasian
Body Hair Little
Smoker No
Languages Dutch, English
Position Does not apply
Dick XXL – Uncut
Dirty No
Fisting No
S&M Soft
Kissing Consent
PNP No
Hourly Rate 60€
Overnight Rate On request

 

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KiethHernandez, 19
Portland

i am in an open relationship yes he is my boyfriend he wants me to earn money with my body i do have restrictions from him pertaining to this i will discuss this with you

he would prefer i experience a weekend long thing

i am planning in the future to become 24/7 completely become depended on money for sex but at the current moment i can not due to him

Guestbook of KiethHernandez

mitchelll – March 12, 2026
He’s not actually Kieth Hernandez.

urafund – March 9, 2026
I’m bi and wanted to explore myself a bit and he helped me conclude that I’m mostly straight.

KiethHernandez (Owner) – March 4, 2026
i am a pothead if weed’s not your thing i’ll deal but i’d like to have sex with other potheads

MakeMeRegretThis – March 2, 2026
I adored his little penis. For fans of that sort of thing.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Caucasian
Body Hair Not very hairy
Smoker Sometimes
Languages English
Position More bottom
Dick M – Cut
Dirty WS only
Fisting Ask
S&M Soft
Kissing Consent
PNP Weed, alcohol
Hourly Rate 150$
Overnight Rate 500$

 

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nicoolwzz, 19
Sao Paolo

Pump my two holes full uhhhhh

Guestbook of nicoolwzz

Dessert-is-served – March 10, 2026
Well, it’s true he’s not shy.

Nommy – March 8, 2026
There’s no one in Sao Paolo who hasn’t fucked this boy.

devil_doesnt_sleep – March 7, 2026
I spent an evening filming him at a BB gangbang where 7 guys came in him multiple times. Once it was over I slipped inside him and added 2 more. With my cock still deep in him I hugged him tight as I wanted to protect him and all that cum inside him. I proposed marriage to him and he said yes.

Hotcaucasian – March 2, 2026
I sucked his little nipples like a woman’s titties. I had him hold a fat white T cloud in his lungs. Hearing his heart beating harder and harder as the T reached his brain. I felt the orgasms that gave me in every molecule of my body.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Latino
Body Hair Shaved
Smoker Yes
Languages Portuguese, Spanish, English
Position More bottom
Dick L – Uncut
Dirty Yes
Fisting Passive
S&M Yes
Kissing Yes
PNP Yes
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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stupidname, 18
Dusseldorf

anyone got 🚀?

Guestbook of stupidname

heyhowisu – March 10, 2026
Thank you for the butt you beautiful fag.

Mattthecat – March 3, 2026
Bit of an aside here. Before he started escorting, this boy was the sugarboy of an ex of mine. I spent a few weeks befriending him without my ex knowing. I teased him long enough with my good boy act and finally managed to chem him up and film it all as I fucked him and spunked his hole multiple times. Best thing is I did this on 13th February and sent the video to the ex his boyfriend. They split up and I felt proud as fuck!

CuriousOwl – March 3, 2026
He would not use meth, but he did use weed, alcohol, poppers and mushrooms.

Body Type Athletic
Ethnicity Caucasian
Body Hair Not very hairy
Smoker Socially
Languages German, Latvian, English
Position Versatile
Dick L – Uncut
Dirty WS only
Fisting Ask
S&M Ask
Kissing Consent
PNP Yes
Hourly Rate 200€
Overnight Rate 2000€

 

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YoureInLuck, 18
Dublin

Alright, I’m Jon, 18. Irish Traveller background but not in the community anymore. Life took me a different way and I’m doing my own thing now. I’m not big into school stuff, more into work and looking after myself. I’m not what people expect when they hear where I’m from — I’m just me.

I’ve had to grow up a bit quick so I value honesty and straight talking and seeing where life goes. I’m into generous older gents. I like a man who doesn’t mess about. You’ve got to want me and know what you want.

Guestbook of YoureInLuck

StandingOrder – March 13, 2026
Bring substance. White. Lots of it.

YoureInLuck (Owner) – March 7, 2026
In case anyone would like reading about my real life apart from my libido, the book you can see is available under that title on Amazon.

mayIfeelYOU – March 7, 2026
OMG OMG. I can’t believe this!!!!!! This is a fairy tale but a real fairy tale! The scary kind from Scandinavia not the Disney shit. This is the best thing I’ve ever experienced in my life. If you feel like you’ve already had the best sex in your life before you had him, you’re completely wrong. Do your worst, and make him regret trying to get rich off of us.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Caucasian
Body Hair Little
Smoker Yes
Languages English
Position Versatile
Dick XL – Uncut
Dirty WS only
Fisting No
S&M Soft
Kissing Yes
PNP Yes
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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twink_snob, 19
Bristol

I will say right out the bat, I am OBSESSED with being rimmed. I want my entire existence to revolve around my ass hole being on men’s mouths. Constantly licked, kissed and sucked; from sunrise… till the next sunrise. If you are looking for an ass that fits this level of eagerness and dedication to be worshipped please let me know.

Guestbook of twink_snob

KingSpin – March 13, 2026
All I want is to fuck your ass! Why are you making it so hard!!!

trovraiash – March 10, 2026
i normally wouldn’t pay to eat a boy’s hole but ramadhan got me horny af (it’s savoury)

AssEaterBeto – March 8, 2026
Innovative escort

twink_snob (Owner) – March 5, 2026
Okay, so just to be clear: Other than getting rimmed I am asexual. I have no interest in sex nor do I feel sexual attraction towards people. I just wanted to express this to you guys. I think sex and pornography is gross, and I have no desire for either.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Caucasian
Body Hair None
Smoker Socially
Languages English
Position Does not apply
Dick S – Uncut
Dirty Ask
Fisting No
S&M No
Kissing No
PNP No
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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Honza, 21
Prague

I want men I can lean on who will accept me for what I am.

Guestbook of Honza

lilbabydontcry – March 4, 2026
A whore is not your cute friend. A whore is a piece of temporary property that exists to be used by his purchaser and for no other purpose. Renting whore is about you feeling the short term joy of slamming your dick into his bare arse and knowing that you you have so much control over him that he dare not move a muscle until you have finished in his hole and tell him to leave.

thickdickrick – March 4, 2026
Here’s how you get your 250€ worth. He put his warm lips on the head of my cock and let the sperm flow into his mouth and down his throat! Then I had him shit on my cock and lick it clean. Then I got on my knees and took care of his cock. Last I pissed in his mouth and he fed it back to me! 51 minutes on the dot.

I_am_George – March 4, 2026
Is it worth 250 Euros to spend an hour fucking this Czech peripheral porn actor who won’t kiss and doesn’t get hard? Unfortunately it is.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Caucasian
Body Hair Shaved
Smoker Socially
Languages Czech, Russian, English
Position More bottom
Dick L – Uncut
Dirty WS only
Fisting Active/Passive
S&M Soft
Kissing Yes
PNP Yes
Hourly Rate 250€
Overnight Rate 850€

 

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iNTRIGUEDYETSCARED, 19
Boise

pretty open straight guy, single, swim captain of my high school’s swim team, editor-in-chief of my school’s literary magazine, wild for girls but interested in gay men, want a part time job

Guestbook of iNTRIGUEDYETSCARED

SnakeOcelot – March 12, 2026
Before my very eyes, this nonchalant looking straight boy claimed my girlfriend with crazed, animalistic lust, seizing her, splitting her open, and fucking her with his long, thin unrelenting cock until she sobbed and shuddered in helpless surrender. I remained transfixed, pulse hammering, my own arousal laced with exquisite jealousy as I watched my cherished girl reduced to a dripping, quivering wreck impaled, stretched, and thoroughly used like the most depraved whore. When at last he had pumped her swollen cunt full to overflowing with hot, copious seed, I fell to my knees to lick every viscous strand from her ruined, gaping slit, tongue delving deep, swallowing the mingled flood of their debauchery while the taste of his triumphant cum coated my throat.

Nickjames – March 8, 2026
If there’s a magic word that turns him gay4pay I couldn’t find it.

iNTRIGUEDYETSCARED (Owner) – March 6, 2026
i like the feeling of being handled by a gay man because its like a huge contrast from my normal daily life

leoryder – March 6, 2026
He is a single and most beautiful flash of light between two unbelievably enormous periods of nonentity and darkness. It is fleetingly brief, totally amazing and an absolute privilege so make the most of it!

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Caucasian
Body Hair Average
Smoker Socially
Languages English
Position More top
Dick XL – Cut
Dirty Ask
Fisting Active
S&M Yes
Kissing Consent
PNP Sometimes
Hourly Rate 50$
Overnight Rate 500$

 

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HighestInTheRoom, 18
Budapest

My availability is from 6:45 PM to sunrise. I work during the day, cleaning offices from 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM. I get home at 6:45 PM. You can come starting then and leave whenever you want.

Guestbook of HighestInTheRoom

HighestInTheRoom (Owner) – March 8, 2026
If you want me full time I’ve got a contract drafted.

bigintheback – March 7, 2026
A twink that can take me to the next which I never seen since they give birth to me.

TheFantasyArchitect – March 1, 2026
We were at a high-end gallery opening. The air was thick with the scent of expensive perfume and aged wine. I was standing there, effortlessly charming a major donor, articulating my vision with a calm, practiced smile. You were standing exactly two steps behind me in your inappropriately casual clothes. To the rest of the room, you were my son. No one knew that ten minutes before, in the darkened leather interior of the car, you were gulping down my sperm with desperate hunger. They had no clue that you were a cheap slut prostitute. I could see the slight, rhythmic tension in your jaw and the way your knuckles were white as you clasped your hands behind your back. I loved that I was the only one in that crowded room who knew you would spend that night suffering for my money.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Mixed
Body Hair Shaved
Smoker Yes
Languages Hungarian, German, English
Position Bottom only
Dick M – Uncut
Dirty Yes
Fisting Passive
S&M Yes
Kissing Yes
PNP Yes
Hourly Rate 125€
Overnight Rate 800€

 

 

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p.s. Hey. ** kenley, Cool, happy to have potentially pleased your band. Not going to dissuade you from targeting France, obviously. France’s national foot/soccer team’s nickname is ‘Les Bleus’ if that helps. I think Dunaway can be pretty funny in movies, but I’m not a giant fan of ‘acting’ in general, although she certainly goes for it, that’s for sure. I totally get why you’re into her/it. Hm, I don’t know why I’m nice. Why wouldn’t I be? I’m not a person who’s ever been prone to competitiveness or resentfulness in general, and maybe that’s why. Those seem like the sources of non-niceness maybe? ** _Black_Acrylic, I’m certainly not an Oasis fan by any stretch of the imagination, but Noel can be pretty funny. And, actually, Liam too. Maybe they should have become a stand-up comedy duo instead? ** Adem Berbic, The Grauerholz/Burroughs years will probably be studied longer Burroughs’ actual work will be. Thanks, haha, re: ‘Jerk’. The ‘Jerk’ film Gisele directed is pretty terrific, if you haven’t seen it. Amazing that you can type and think on Day 2 sans nicotine. My hands would be like octopuses. ** Carsten, I like drums too, as long as they’re not in drum circles. Drum circles are very high on my cringe barometer. My dad was sort of like that too, except he didn’t aspire to acting, more to all-powerful business tycoon. Unless you can find Peck’s contact somewhere or know someone who knows him enough to lead you directly to him, I don’t know what other choice you have? No, I haven’t seen that series. I’ll see if I can find it. Thanks. ** Hugo, They can also pat your head like you’re a puppy dog. The Corll/snuff connection sounds very fantasy-based to me. Good of you to help your friend. I hope you can also have whatever fun entails while you’re there. ** Steve, Finding a way to use humpback whale samples without just creating a retro reminder is a noble goal. Weekend: go over the new film script with Zac, meet up with d.l. James Bennett, get interviewed for the Michael Silverblatt oral history book that someone’s editing, get ready for the Stockholm trip next week, film screening usual organising stuff, … Your laptop seems very finicky. But then I assume you use it a whole lot. ** Charalampos, ‘Mag Earwhig’ is terrific, go for it. The 33 1/3 book is pretty good. Jim Greer’s ‘Guided by Voices: A Brief History: Twenty-One Years of Hunting Accidents in the Forests of Rock and Roll’ is very good. Matthew Cutter’s ‘Closer You Are: The Story of Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices’ is also good. I finished ‘Guide’ long before ‘Mag Earwhig’ came out, so no. Hi from a nearly empty coffee cup. ** horatio, That should get that crush fully returned if anything ever will. No, sadly, we can’t go to Athens. We’d have to pay our way, and the finances won’t allow it. I wish. The festival seems super cool and fun. TITE: I’ll look it up. Splendidness throughout your weekend! ** Malik, Hi, Malik! Great to see you! Playing drums seems like it would be so cathartic. I took piano lessons as a child but bailed. I played guitar as a teen, and I also played recorder of all things as a teen and well enough to be in this recorder consort group that used to play at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire of all things. Yikes. I’m good, still busy getting our film shown for a while yet. Great luck re: Variations Project if you need it. And a full-length piece! That’s very exciting. Can you say anything about it? So nice to get to talk with you. ** HaRpEr //, I don’t think I have a favorite drummer. Huh. Well, there are visual artists whose form is the book, although I can’t think of any names off the top of my head. I guess the ideal is to write in a kind of state of mania and then feel exhausted and relaxed when you pull out? I think I just get extremely intent. I don’t know what being on meds is like, but I guess they need to time to adjust to being your helper and not your invader? ** Steeqhen, Yeah, it sounds like biding your time until the therapy is there to help organise you is likely the way to go? When I played guitar, bar chords on electric guitar weren’t so hard but they were painful on acoustic. ** Thom, Thanks. Boredoms, yeah. I’m surprised I didn’t think to include EYE at least somehow. I was kind of obsessed with Incredible String Band at the time. I saw them a ton. I even did a scary Scientologist IQ/personality test because I read they were Scientologists. Nice about the recording. I want that EP. Have a totally impeccably inspiring weekend. ** Okay. By virtue of the calendar this month, the escorts will be spending the weekend with you. See you on Monday.

Drummers

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Dave Muller Karen Carpenter Empty Drum Kit 4 (2013)

 

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Alicia Eggert Pulse Machine (2012)
‘This electromechanical sculpture was ‘born’ in Nashville, Tennessee on 2 June 2012, at 6:18 PM. It has been programmed to have the average human lifespan of babies born in Tennessee on that same day: approximately 78 years. The kick drum beats its heartbeat (at 60 beats per minute), and the mechanical counter displays the number of heartbeats remaining in its lifetime. An internal, battery-operated clock keeps track of the passing time when the sculpture is unplugged. The sculpture will ‘die’ once the counter reaches zero.’



 

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Stéphane Vigny Sans Titre (2012)
‘Witness the dozens of cymbals arranged by Stéphane Vigny into a musical landscape, which is subtly brought to life by the discreet triggering of a mechanical vibration.’

 

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Terry Adkins Muffled Drums (2003)

 

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David Shrigley Headless Drummer (2012)

 

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Michael Sailstorfer Drumkit (2005)
‘Michael Sailstorfer fuses two loci of masculine aggression in Drum Kit, a drum kit fashioned from the scraps of an LAPD police car. The drummer and police man are recurrently imagined as rogue figures, however the police officer only becomes one when teaming up with other officers to create “force.” The LAPD is one of the most violent police departments in the United States and the drummer is perpetually cast as the craziest band member in our pop cultural memory.’

 

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Terence Koh Sprungkopf (2006)
Mixed media sculpture/installation:destroyed/altered drums, plaster, paint, spray paint, wax, metal, plastic, wood with sweat, beer cans, strobe lights, black plastic, black walls and floors, accompanied by video documentation and hand silkscreened posters.

 

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Christoph Büchel Minus (2002)
‘A punk-concert was held inside a room at the Kunstverein Hannover. Immediately after the show, the entire room was frozen.’

 

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Fabienne Audéoud, John Russell & Wayne Lloyd The withdrawal from conversation/return to the oceanic: the weight of the breast. Twenty women play the drums topless. (2002)

 

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Ivan Navarro Wail (2010)
Neon light, plexiglass drums, metal, mirror, one-way mirror and electric energy.

 

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Samson Young Nocturne (2015)
‘For this work, Young collected video recordings of night bombings – predominately U.S. attacks on the Middle East, ranging from the Gulf War to ISIS – and edited the found footage into a six hour-long film, which plays mutely on his laptop computer. As he watches, the artist uses household objects and “live foley” techniques to reproduce the sounds of explosions, gunshots and debris as accurately as possible. This work is conceived of as a “Sonic Warfare Training Program,” with the artist taking on the role of training combatant; by the end of the show, he will know the aleatoric composition by heart. His “sound effects” are broadcast on-site via pirate radio frequencies, accessible via FM receivers both within and outside of the gallery.’

 

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Pascal Grandmaison Manner (2003)

 

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Krištof Kintera Bad News (2011)
Bad News, created in 2011, represents a devil who, head leaning on a drum, reacts to his listening to a radio airing announcements about catastrophes, speeches by dictators and Heavy Metal music hitting the instrument like a maniac.’

 

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Naama Tsabar Twilight (Drum Case) (2006)
‘Encasing a whole drum set into an instrument case extended to such a size that it nullifies its usability. It is transformed into a giant stage, substituting a backstage functionality with a performative, front-stage one.’

 

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Dolphin Explosion performs “Boogie Man” with guest drummer Mike Kelley (2006)

 

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Pedro Reyes Disarm (Mechanised) (2012)
Disarm (Mechanized) is an ambitious installation, comprising of 8 mechanical musical instruments, resulting from Pedro Reyes’ international project in which illegal firearms were used to fabricate musical instruments. Musical instruments were created from firearms, including revolvers, shot-guns and machine-guns, which were crushed by tanks and steamrollers to render them useless. These were offered to the artist by the Mexican government following their confiscation and subsequent public destruction in the city of Ciudad, Juarez. From the 6,700 destroyed weapons the artist received from the Mexican Secretary of Defence, Reyes created two groups of instruments including Disarm. This installation of mechanical musical instruments can either be automated or played live by an individual operator using a laptop computer or midi keyboard.’

 

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Ed Ruscha Double Americanisms (2019)

 

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Yuko Mohri THE BEGINNINGS (or Open-Ended) Part 1 (2015)

 

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Jonathan Polkest Drum Fusion (2008)

 

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Christian Marclay Museum Tinguely Performance (2018)
‘On the 26th of January, as part of a two-day international symposium, performance artist Christian Marclay took up the challenge to interact with the artwork of Jean Tinguely. Joined by Okkyung Lee (Cello) and Luc Müller (Percussions), the trio performed a concert in the midst of machines created by Jean Tinguely and other material found in the museum by interacting with them spatially and by the sounds they produce.’

 

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Los Carpinteros Congas (2015)

 

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Anri Sala Still life in the Doldrums (2015)

 

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Michelangelo Pistoletto Terzo Paradiso (2003-2013)
346 cymbals, lids, 120 x 640 x 1120 cm

 

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Open Reel Ensemble Tape Tapping (2018)
‘Japanese musicians Ei Wada, Haruka Yoshida, and Masaru Yoshida create reverberating drum beats on the outstretched tape of cracked open reel-to-reel tape recorders from the 1970s and 1980s. The group, appropriately named Open Reel Ensemble, produces an intriguing timbre that more closely resembles a synthesizer than an analog drum. The group has created the soundtrack for Japanese designer ISSEY MIYAKE‘s last four seasons.’

 

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John M Armleder Furniture Sculpture 189 (1988)
Furniture Sculpture 189 is a quasi-symmetrical composition consisting of a silent drum kit standing in front of a horizontal yellow canvas with two strips of mauve at each end, hung very low, so that the drums share the same visual space. The title of the work is a nod to its musical genealogy. Indeed, Furniture Sculpture echoes Erik Satie’s experiments in Furniture Music from 1917 on. This was music designed to create a mood rather than be listened to: as Satie himself wrote, it ‘claims to contribute to life in the same way as a private conversation, a painting in the gallery or the seat one is, or is not, sitting on’. While Furniture Sculpture may be read by analogy as installations contributing to an ‘art of ambiance’, the use of a silent drum kit in Furniture Sculpture 189 also gestures to Cage, a major influence on Armleder’s performances.’

 

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Alex Gawronski The Old Man With the Big Long Horn (He’s the One Who Isn’t There) (2016)
‘The title of this installation, The Old Man With the Big Long Horn (He’s the One Who Isn’t There) paraphrases a lyric from seminal experimental-absurdist ‘band’ The Residents. The creepy apparition conjured in the song is that ugly thing, ignored by reason and self interest, that is nonetheless ever present and inescapable. Inserted through the wooden monolith, a TV depicted a close-up of a musician (Jack Wotton) simulating a beat from Jean Luc Godard’s 1967 film Weekend. In a scene towards the end of that film, a rock drummer plays over farcical events like the blackly humorous cannibalisation, by a group of deluded ‘revolutionaries’, of a wholly unlikable bourgeois couple. The lose-lose scenario depicted speaks of a contemporary world devouring itself.’

 

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Dawn Kasper Cluster (2016)
Cymbals, cymbals stands, ardunios, motors, motion sensors, power strips, extension cords and AC adapters, dimensions variable.

 

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Claes Oldenburg


Drum Set (1967)


Miniature Soft Drum Set (1969)


Ghost Drum Set (1972)

 

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Jean-Lucien Guillaume Chocolate Drums (2000)

 

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Takeshi Ikeda Band of the Night (2005)
‘I and my friend destroy earnestly the drums made from styrene and corrugated paper. This work is made by the basis of the influence of the idea which records the song for 1-30 second on a 7-inch record in large quantities. This idea was borne by the trend of hardcore punk from the first. At the exhibition, all possible drums were made among one day, and it repeated destroying every day. The wreckage of the broken drums so, then day by day stacks and goes up to the hall.’

 

 

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p.s. Hey. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi. Yes, I’ve heard and read nothing but disappointment and accusations of counter-productivity re: that ‘Manosphere’ thing. Chucky, now there’s a real man. ** Bill, Hi. I hope your flight had lots of filmic gems and generous freebies and that your jetlag is kind. And where are you? ** Hugo, As you can surely guess, I had nothing to do with the ‘Ugly Man’ cover. When I was doing research on Dean Corll there was absolutely nothing about any snuff film connection. That seems like a stretch to me. Rain here too. Non-high five. ** Dominik, Hi!!! I guess the only potentially good thing is that cancelling an election for no plausible reason might be the final fuel needed to start a revolution? Film programmers are even more passive aggressive than literary magazine editors. In the worst case scenario, obviously. The birthday wishers seemed totally random. Oddball. As a semi-addict of lost and unadoptable dog videos, I feel love’s relief. Love making the Punch the Monkey video uploading phenomenon much less viral, G. ** jay, Hi. 30 minutes, you’re such a jet- or EuroStar-setter, wild. There’ll be another time. I hope the dinner is a feast. ** Carsten, Famously nuts. If you have no other way to try to reach him, and you really want to pitch him on your idea, going through his production company … why not? It could reach him, and you have nothing to lose apart from the unpleasantness of possibly being ghosted. ** Adem Berbic, My impression is that it was more the people who controlled his career that were the creeps. But I don’t know. He and I shared a boyfriend at one point, and the boyfriend said he was kind of innocent and sweet. If you can quit, for fuck’s sake do. Don’t be afraid of the patch. When Zac quit, he had them plastered all over himself. If you can’t quit, I’ll spot you a cig when I see you. My week is my usual week so far. It’s okay. Less frustrations than not. And it’s not over yet. ** fish, Hi. I’m not writing fiction at the moment either for the same reason: none of my ideas are exciting enough. That said, I would recommend just writing to get used to doing that, and I think if you get into the semi-habit at least, it’ll give exciting ideas a good reason to form maybe? ** Steve, Yeah, I heard, what a wasted theoretically interesting possibility. ‘Songs of the Humpback Whale’ was a little too scary to listen to on acid back in the day, but people certainly tried. ** kenley, Hey. Oh, I’m not sure what the grocery store cake liking is about. I have a thing for fake food, and they’re kind of like fake food that you can actually eat, which is certainly appealing. I like the cakes with the most unnatural colored icing. Like blue and purple and stuff. The French aren’t into cakes except at Xmas/New Years re: the Buche de Noel, etc. Otherwise there aren’t really cakes here in the North American sense. Pastries, for sure, in all shapes and sizes. The patisseries here are everywhere and like amusement parks for the mouth. Faye Dunaway is fun to observe being a diva freak. It seems like she can’t open her mouth without saying, ‘Don’t you know who I am?!’ ** Steeqhen, So sorry to hear about your downer week, man. It really does sound like forcing yourself to fraternise with friends IRL is the right way to go. It’s okay about the venting. Whatever works and helps. ** HaRpEr //, I will. He’s on a big book tour right now, so I probably won’t hear back from him for a while. I think he would love being taught in schools. Dude likes to be respected. Granted I’m a giant Baldessari fan, but I’d say he’s a poet, sure. Yay, you’re in the impending SCAB too. Can’t wait. Any moment now, I think. Nice, I always feel like when I’ve aced a novel’s ending, it will definitely get finished, whatever backwork is still needed. ** Uday, Hi. With the restored posts, it’s mostly dead video imbeds and links I have to fix, but this blog has a bad habit of disappearing images sometimes that I have to re-upload. And sometimes the posts are dated, and I need to expand them a little. Stuff like that. I don’t know what you mean about ‘unfindable’. When I restore a post, I take the original offline. That Pettibon is so seductive, yeah. And hard to transcend, yeah. Nice project: yours. ** Laura, Hi. As I always say, I don’t remember my dreams, and I have no understanding what they’re doing. They’re an inaccessible genre to me. I’m not much of a Placebo fan other than their first album, so I guess that comparison is like, I don’t know, Instant coffee -> coffee. Fave GbV albums … I’m going to have to be minimalist. At the moment I would say ‘Under the Bushes. Under the Stars’, ‘Bee Thousand’, ‘Universal Truths and Cycles’, ‘Kid Marine’ (Pollard solo), ‘Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department’ (Pollard/Gillard), ‘Let’s Go Eat the Factory’, … I’d better stop there. If the visa application gets cancelled, I’ll have to get a tourist visa and hope the second longer terms visa application works. I’m an optimist, so I predict aka hope you’re getting closer and closer. Save all of your zen for your migraine, for goodness’s sake. ** Right. Self-explanatory thematic post today. See you tomorrow.

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