HAPPY HALLOWS' EVE! Yes, it is Halloween at the time of writing and possibly at the time of your reading! New releases... Spirit Assembly put out their great one-track free music album "09.23.25" and it has carried me through a few car rides since its release. It reminds me a lot of first wave industrial like Einsturzende Neubauten combined with the more timbral side of free jazz... if any of that sounds remotely interesting to you, listen to it on Bandcamp or here! Please consider purchasing it on Bandcamp though, as all proceeds go directly towards the Palestine Red Crescent Society, a hugely important thing. It is incredibly inspiring to me that in this absolutely crushing and cruel life that my friends are willing to sacrifice things to sincerely help others even if they do not know them... thank you very much Maya (Formerly Sean, this is no longer the case) and Riley. As for me, I've not had much time to work on music but the little time I have had has been spent very well I believe. Big important thing: I have received permission to play and record in my college's massive auditorium basically whenever the college is open and no one else is in there! This means... the next Solska album will be the very first one to not have been recorded entirely within my basement. Thank fucking god. This also gives me access to some of the college's other resources, like their huge awesome grand piano. Very excited. Expect this next album to feel very deliberate... much more time and effort has gone towards writing and developing these songs than any of the ones before it. This also means they are much less spontaneous - they flow in a more fluid way that I personally find incredibly rewarding and it's the first time I've ever felt like a real actual songwriter.
All of the past albums I've felt more like I'm engineering these songs together, rather than writing them - having one piece, then finding another piece or writing another piece of it to connect to the other and so on. This time is different and I think you will like it a lot.

Also, our resident animator Skokapus (who will actually be releasing his very own album on LPR sometime soon) released a fantastic cartoon this hallows' eve. It features many individuals on LPR, including Jack, Kit, and yours truly! It is hilarious, and even if I wasn't in it I'd be putting it here because I think what Skokapus is doing is very important. They are one of the few individuals keeping the early internet tradition of funny cartoons on YouTube and Newgrounds alive today. If you're looking for a reason for the season, watch now: https://youtu.be/A6YgVC-vTHA?si=QqsdwQzqB1sEpaKI


State of the Union

First, the important stuff. Cassettes for Consolation Prize are out right now, and are reasonably priced. Writing has started for LP1, expect it some time in 2026, along with hopefully something out with The Lead Paint Memorial, along with me and Kit’s [please insert an image of ProJared’s penis here thank you very much.]

Randy Described Alternia

Let me get this out of the way: I will not submit anything to the Nuclear Warfare Warning, I can get serious but I cannot get Nuclear God Damn War serious. However, back in January I told Joan that I would still listen to Deceit by This Heat, which I eventually did, and watch Threads. I am not a movie person. Fast forward to June, and I am on a call with Kit. Skokapus, and a few other people watching Queer Duck: The Movie, when a beautiful idea enters my head.

“What if I just tell Joan that I watched Threads when I really watched Queer Duck?”

And so it was, and it was good. After I finished the movie, I faked a screenshot and told Joan that I watched Threads.

At some point afterward, Kit mentioned redownloading The Unofficial Homestuck Collection, (good timing, as the horse racing bastard known as “Andrew Hussie” hit the people running it with a nuclear takedown claim a few weeks later.) and brought up the idea of me downloading it as well to further accelerate the Threads bit. I of course said no, who do you think I am? A few days later we watched Freddy Got Fingered, my new favorite movie, and everyone in the call announced with much excitement that they had “Just Watched Threads! 🤟” Later that night I had a critical “Fuckit” moment and asked Kit to send me the Github link, thinking it would be a legendary bit if I could only choke it down.

To my surprise, I fucking loved it. I haven’t enjoyed a piece of non-music media that much since I first played Undertale at 12 years old. I spent enough time reading Homestuck that it overtook masturbation as my primary non-music hobby. Another thing to note is the frankly terrifying amount of mannerisms I’ve found myself using at some point or another that appear within Homestuck.

The Wit and Wisdom of Jack Gross and also the Horse Racing Bastard.
Jesus fuck
Fuckillion
Megahitler
Borth

As I have previously explained in “Talking Shit About Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset,” [please add link to the may newsletter to title] throughout the past few months I’ve been making an effort to become less of a dick, and as a result I’ve pretty definitively abandoned the concept of being “cool.” Probably not gonna watch Threads any time soon, sorry Joan.

THE KIT WORKINPROGRESS BIT OF THE NEWSLETTER:
albums delayed! i really wanted to kill myself for most the month, its something ill definitely get to putting out but what im interested in doing has shifted a bit so its on the back burner for now. ill probably be releasing Alot Of Bullshit soon enough because thats what ive felt like doing.
i dont have much to say otherwise except expect Big Things from me and Jack "Horsepenis" Gross of burning dutch girl coming 2026, keep an ear out for The Great Rhythm!