OUROBOROS RING
"State of the Ring" Status Update 1.5.2025
In this first entry of 2025, your O.R. representatives weigh in on the topics that REALLY matter... read on for words of wisdom + INs & OUTs for the coming year:
WOW!! 2025!!!!! The new year hits us like an evil wizard train carved of black obsidian...
People talk a lot about higher callings, and why we're on this stupid rock in the first place. If you (like us) don't make art for a living, you're only in it for the love of the game... that's baller and pure-hearted!!
This year, make stuff with your friends (doesn't matter how many you have), have fun, spread lots of Rot. Take it easy... Make some art that won't really lead to bigger & better opportunities. And get the fuck off of social media! Start calling people you know, write them letters, run into them at shows!! GRAAAAAAGHHH!!!
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Your sleepy towns and gated plazas are done. Your self-effacing tyranny is through.
We are trampling the fences and rushing the stage.
We are taking the mic and making some fucking noise.
O.R. The Dragon is sleeping no longer.
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Now ... let's find out what's HOT and what's NOT for 2025! The latest trends forecast by the one and only O.R.:
| IN | OUT |
|---|---|
| A Beating Heart | A Numbed Mind |
| Agua de Jamaica | Architecture Majors |
| Articulated Joints | Buckets of Crabs |
| As Above, So Below | Cowardice |
| Capitalization | Defending Billionaires |
| Cold Welding | Form over Function |
| Divination | Garlic Aioli |
| Finishing the Job | Grinding in the Chalice Dungeons |
| Historical Fiction | Historical Revisionism |
| Iggy Pop | Novelty Mugs That are Way Too
Big to Drink From |
| Lolcats / Can Haz Cheeseburger? | Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie |
| Love | Hate |
| Machines That Take Up Entire Rooms | Pins & Needles |
| Perfume | Predictive Models |
| Perverted Moderation | Short-form Video |
| Scary Lesbians | The Rigidity of Death |
| The Fleshly Body | Things Left Unsaid |
| Vampirism as Transgender Allegory | Vampirism as Homosexual Allegory |
Our Cat Pic of the Month is this bad ass cheetah covered in blood. O.R. salutes you:
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'til next month ... Keep on Rottin' in the Free World!