2026 #1
I find myself in a liminal space between two gigs in Brno, both with the band, and this Saturday, we’re playing in the biggest lineup we’ve ever had. I’m a mix of nerves and pure excitement. There are so many plans right now, honestly more than feels humanly possible to manage.
It’s been two weeks since we did the show in Prague with the Bare Minimum Collective. Pigeon Pit, Ruen, Dungbeetle, Blaho. A bigcrowd, it was beautiful, sweaty, and intense. We had polenta and mushroom for dinner. And honestly? We all shed a few tears of pure joy because of how incredibly moving the whole evening was.
What’s next? The collective is probably going to chill a bit over the summer. We’re planning one outdoor gig in Ostrava, but that’s going to be more of a relaxed vibe. We’re also finalizing the first release for our label, but more on that sometime later, hpefully. On the other hand, I have a ton of shows lined up with Škeble. Three times in Brno, one of which I just finished. And then in August, if all goes well, a tour! A tiny one, but it’s in Poland, so finally going abroad. Let´s hope it works out.
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I’m also playing a gig in Karlovy Vary at the Criminology Days conference (no cops, just academia people), which will probably be more bizarre than anything else, but well, the organizers know what they’re getting into.
I don’t know if this is going to turn into a systematic journal or if I’m just dropping this here today because I felt the need to, only to never touch it again or even delete it.
In July, another release is coming out on Nunatak, and hopefully a full EP by the end of the year. I’ve upgraded my home “studio” a bit, so next year, a proper full-length album might finally happen. I have the material, but the mere thought of it terrifies me a little.
A few days ago, I saw The Backrooms in the cinema and I am officially obsessed. My kink for 90´s corporate aesthetics has never had so much fuel. This exact type of aesthetic was what I had in mind while writing Going Postal, but it never occurred to me to give it a horror setting. Then again, nothing is more terrifying than the ’90s corporate grindset.
Right now, I should probably be focusing on my academic career. Lol. Talk to you later.
Recently consumed:
The Backrooms [2026, dir. Kane Parsons]
Outerlands [2025, dir. Elena Oxman]
Land and Freedom [1995, dir. Ken Loach]
Myles Bullen — Afterlife
Lande Hekt — Lucky Now
Brook Pridemore — Only I Can Prevent Forest Fires
Harry Styles — Kiss All The Time. Disco, Ocassionally.
Hello Incognito — Prepare to die, cutie pie
Meowlau — KVETY
Slayyyter — WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA
Střední vlny A/B
Robyn — Sexistential
Aran Satan — Konspirace
Cardo&Decumanus — Brdskej vlak do neznáma / D. C. notes
Radek Wollman — Krev Kruh Černá: O squatech, antifě a Palestině
Off the Map [Crimethinc, 2003]
Dean Spade — Love in a F*cked-Up World
Naomi Klein — Doppelganger
Cindy Barukh Milstein — Try Anarchism for Life: The Beauty of Our Circle
