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Jul 12Liked by Lisette Murphy

@jefftiedrich You’ll love the opening salvo in this piece. Especially the hellmouth bit.

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👆The only news source we can trust!

…the rabbit hole I went down about hellmouth art was nearly a “pit with no bottom”…

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Jul 12Liked by Lisette Murphy

The clouds have been AMAZING here lately! I agree, the 4th seemed very ominous this year and depressing. Great job finding beauty in the present moment ♥️

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Haven’t they??? I mean, I could do with a few dozen less tornado sirens and hail warnings Yknow! but, wow, what a show. Iowa skies never disappoint.

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(Thank god for poetry/art/music & friends. Hang in there, Christa 🫶🏼)

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I'm imagining the postcard. "Greetings from Hellmouth. Brought to you by USA-holes of all shapes and sizes." Good on you for basking in the not-yet-commoditized free sunlight, enjoying those pink commie clouds above America. I'm looking forward to Jesus' return if it also involves him setting the record straight for some of these anti-democratic folks. Enjoyed your newsletter as always, and thanks for sharing the river view on this one!

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Our current bathroom reader is "The Book of Ceremonial Magic: Including the Rites and Mysteries of Goetic Theurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy" on the back of which is this exquisite woodcut titled "HELL MOUTH AND THE DEVIL CHAINED"- and I'm obsessed with this being my new band name... Commie Cloud Commodification will make a great single...

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Aug 2Liked by Lisette Murphy

Just some light reading, hm? The book sounds amazing. I've never before considered on-the-john-conjuring. If Doc Brown can invent the flux capacitor on the toilet, we certainly can make (a different kind of) magic there. No shitspells, though (sorry, I know, I know...).

Love the band name. HMTDC. With all-alliterative song titles. By the way, just came across a unique band I've love to see someday: Amish Outlaws (https://amishoutlaws.com)

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This is the best band bio ever: “with a bold lust for life and a fire for music and performance that can only come from 16 years of repression, The Amish Outlaws were unleashed upon the world.”

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