The Builders and the Butchers: An Interview on 20 Years in Portland The Builders and the Butchers Discuss New Album No Tomorrow and Badman Recording Co. Transmission 324: Interview with The Builders and the Butchers The Builders and the Butchers formed in Portland in 2005, emerging from the dissolution of several local outfits to play acoustic sets in living rooms and on street corners. Over two decades, the ensemble has fluctuated between five and seven members, transitioning from unplugged floor performances to a high-energy stage show that frequently incorporates audience participation through call-and-response and the distribution of instruments to the crowd. Their catalog includes six studio albums, with their previous effort, …

From Portland house shows to tracking No Tomorrow on tape at the Laundry Room Studio, Ryan Sollee discusses twenty years of evolution and the necessity of communal music.
#folkrock #darkfolk #americanamusic #indiefolk #gothicfolk #modernfolklore #altfolk #rootsmusic #stomprock #revivalist

I didn’t set my hopes too high for a first blog post, so I am thrilled to see my first very positive feedback today 🤩

Check out the short story here: substack.com/@vmeyer
#LiteraryFiction #ModernFolklore #DutchAuthor

AI just remixed a holiday Soviet classic into a viral Snegurochka video. Clever modern folklore or tradition getting chewed up by algorithms? zorz.it/snegurochka
#Snegurochka #AIVideo #AIMusic #ViralVideo #NewYearVibes #HolidayNostalgia #ModernFolklore

NEW SCRIBE ALERT! Nilay Kumar Sarker joins HORRIFIC SCRIBES with #darkfantasy #mirrorstory "The Reflection's Strike." In his words, it "unfolds as #modernfolklore... where #horror emerges not from monsters but from meeting one’s own echo too late." It's like #prosepoetry at horrificscribblings.com

The Black Dog: Narrative poem (& music audio) Lost on the moor. Fog thick as fear. A man alone… someone—or something—is following him. #TheBlackDog #SpokenWordPoetry #GothicVerse #DarkAmbient #PoetryOfFear #MistyMoor #ModernFolklore #PoeticSuspense #StorytellingInVerse #Halloween

The Black Dog: Narrative poem (& music audio)

Lost on the moor. Fog thick as fear. A man alone… someone—or something—is following him. #TheBlackDog #SpokenWordPoetry #GothicVerse #DarkAmbient #PoetryOfFear #MistyMoor #ModernFolklore #PoeticSuspense #StorytellingInVerse #Halloween

The interesting coffin shaped monster known as the Funeral Mountain Terrashot youtu.be/wC3jFYlrLmY?... #FuneralMountainTerrashot #ModernFolklore

4/5 At one point, their numbers grew to around 300! Although the chickens have since been relocated, their legacy continues to bring smiles to locals and visitors alike. #SuffolkFolklore #modernfolklore

The Psychology of Urban Legends: Why We Believe What We Know Isn’t True "An exploration into why urban legends persist in the digital age, revealing their function as modern folklore that reflects our deepest societal anxieties."

From 'The Vanishing Hitchhiker' to Viral Hoaxes: How Modern Myths Reveal Our Deepest Fears

#UrbanLegends #ModernFolklore #Mythology #DigitalCulture #HumanPsychology #FactRage #FactRageNews

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Signal Above the Skyline
A fire-tipped gesture rises over the city—ancestral presence unmoved by glass towers.
#UrbanMythos #ModernFolklore #SurrealArt #SpiritInTheSky #GenAI #SynthArt #AIart #aiartist #aiartcommunity #GenerativeArt #BuilderofNightmares

Gert & Uwe Tobias
Untitled, 2006
Mixed media on paper
11 3/4 × 8 in | 29.8 × 20.3 cm

Contact @blackbird_rook - link in bio

#GertAndUweTobias #ContemporaryDrawing #ModernFolklore #SurrealArt #CollageArt #EasternEuropeanArt #ArtOnPaper #MythicalImagery #drawing

The most famous cryptid in American history youtu.be/YxXhp-xjZ28?... #Sasquatch #Cryptid #ModernFolklore

Griffin-like beast with a humanoid face pinning down a snake.

Griffin-like beast with a humanoid face pinning down a snake.

Griffin-like beast with a humanoid face pinning down a snake.

Griffin-like beast with a humanoid face pinning down a snake.

Creatures from my digital sketch book. Exploring some playful color palettes.

#mythologicalbeast #fantasyillustration #illustration #griffin #modernfolklore

Too me a while, but I finally understood it. The MAGA-cult are Redcaps. They need to murder people to get blood to soak their caps in. Nowdays it's more of a metaphor, and not literal act of soaking the cap in blood, but the murdering is still required.
#ModernFolklore

AMARANTH GAZETTE will be available to purchase on March 31 @ ko-fi.com/ziraphema/shop

#Surrealism #ModernFolklore #Cryptid #UFO #Fiction #Fantasy #SciFi