quadrospazzed @gregorism - Tumblr Blog

hello everyone! most, maybe all of you will have forgotten me. this is my first time in tumblr in five years, maybe more. Is tumblr dead now, should i come back, is there any point? “tumblr is over” or a variation of is something i heard a lot of this last half decade. way back, i loved this place, there has never been any social network that comes close to to tumblr at creating an online YOU that really was YOU. i’d love your thoughts. Thanks everyone xxx

Diane Arbus, Boxer with a Punching Bag, N.Y.C., 1964

#diane arbus #sweet science #nyc #the inner lives of violent men #stick and move #other folks blood

Sisyphus (1920) by Franz von Stuck (1863-1928).

#Franz von Stuck #sisyphus #our shared lives #does it end #probably not

Eugene Richards, Cocaine True Cocaine Blue Series

Twenty-one-year-old "Ruthless," a drug dealer since the age of twelve, is the heavily-armed enforcer or protector for the Ninth Street Posse in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1990. The crack epidemic refers to the period of time between 1985 and 1990 in which there was a huge surge in the use of crack cocaine. Corresponding surges in crime and murder rates in American cities during those years have been attributed to crack dealing and usage.

#eugene richards #crack #drop the prick #have gun will travel #the good old bad days

The Wire - Omar Little

#The Wire #omar little #hbo #aesthetics of violence #when the gun smokes

Paul Thek, Untitled (Meat Piece with Flies), 1965.

#Paul Thek #damien hirst #the avant garde #east village #NYC #burning embers of a broken era

Eugene Richards - Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue series.

#Eugene Richards #cocaine #crack #crack epidemic #the hood

Garry Winogrand

#Garry Winogrand #new american photography #robert frank #our time #this life we lead

THOSE ALBUMS #2

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers, 1994.

What more can be said about The Holy Bible? In the twenty three years since it’s release it has existed in a state of a permanent autopsy, endlessly examined for the answers to the tragedy that would follow. When the lights begin to fade and the fight is all but fought what sound is made? The Holy Bible remains rocks tragic answer to that tragic question. A study in one mans grief by way of verse chorus verse. An open wound we can’t let heal.

#manic street preachers #the holy bible #rocks dark trinity #post punk #in utero #closer #joy division #nirvana #Richey James #those albums

Night of the Demon by James C. Wasson (1980)

#Night of the Demon #James C. Wasson #1980s #80s horror #fright night #that place and time #so long ago #when the warmest glow #came from the bright red blood

Those Albums #1

Wild Nothing - Nocturne (Full Album)

I was an addict once.

A whole slice of life was taken, far longer than i can admit, far longer than i’ll ever accept. But hidden deep within it’s saddest moments was that place obscured by time or reason. That’s the place we search for, a place to never visit, in case you stay.