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Writer. Activist. Ska fan. Reader. Animal lover. Organizer of MIG Fest. migfestsalem.com
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This new song from JER is so 🔥🔥🔥 and perfect for this moment.

If you've ever wondered how we can bring such top-notch bands to Salem, you can thank our generous sponsors like Litowich Law. They have supported us a lot over the years and are a Platinum Sponsor this year. We hope you don't need a family law lawyer, but if you do, call them. www.litowichlaw.com

The Bike Peddler has been such an amazing supporter of MIG Fest since the start and we greatly appreciate their continued sponsorship. If you are in Salem and looking for a bike, bike gear, or repair services, please go give them some business! 🚲

And doubling down by sending in the Marines is also fascism. It just keeps getting worse.

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Long-time activist Randy Wicker celebrated his friends and former roommates, Marsha P. Johnson and Willie Brashears, with a homemade quilt square for our Freedom to Be monument on the National Mall. This Pride Month, we honor all three for their contributions to queer liberation.

Yep, that's right, I'll be talking with Darbie today about @migfestsalem.bsky.social. If you could tune in so that we aren't just talking to ourselves, we would greatly appreciate it. ❤️

Jonathan Joss was MURDERED. Words matter here. He was MURDERED. it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man. Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.

At the start of Pride Month, a Native American gay man was murdered by a homophobic neighbor. Already the mainstream media is dancing around the reality of the situation. THIS is why we need Pride Month, and inclusive education, and protections for the LGBTQ+ community.

It's official: only 100 tickets remain for this year's festival! If you don't have one yet, you'd better hurry! Come see @badcopbadcop.bsky.social, @mephiskapheles.bsky.social and more at an intimate, small, beautiful outdoor venue in Salem, OR. www.migfestsalem.com

Show #10 of 2025: The Kiffness at Crystal Ballroom in Portland, an evening filled with raw joy and smiles for a musician who turns adorable pet sounds into music. 🐾😻

Do it... 🤘🌸🎺🎸🎤🫐

Show #9 of 2025: Son Rompe Pera at the Get Down in Portland. SO MUCH FUN. I haven't danced that much in a long time. Cumbia is the new punk. 😃

You don't win friends with salad, but it's easy to make friends with Friends With Salad. 😃🥗

Thanks to @salemreporter.bsky.social for including us in their roundup of major summer events in Salem. Is summer here yet??? 😎 We still have tickets available. Get yours before they're gone: www.migfestsalem.com

City Mouse is bringing her soulful punk rock up to Oregon from L.A. and we are here for it! Miski Dee's harmonies are gonna sound great on our farm stage. Get your ticket now so that you don't miss this! www.migfestsalem.com

My latest book review is out at @hippocampusmag.bsky.social: "Son of a Bird" by Nin Andrews, a beautiful little memoir in prose poems.

It's really messed up that we need to have Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day but here we are. This is a real problem. We must stop ignoring it. This incredible song by @1876band.bsky.social captures the pain and I encourage you to give it a listen.

If you've followed us even a little bit, it's no secret we love the Bandulus (@thebandulus.bsky.social). In fact Tell it Like it Is was each of our AOTY 2025! That's why we're beyond excited to have frontman Jeremy Peña on the program this Thursday (5/8).

Show #8 of 2025: A really fun night of watching badass women shred at the Twilight in Portland. Featuring the Venomous Pinks, @theantiqueens.bsky.social and the Altar Girls.♀️🤘

I ❤️ anti-fascist bands.

So proud of our @surj.bsky.social contingent attending the May Day March in Salem, OR to support PCUN and other Oregon unions! ¡Si se puede! #MayDayStrong

Cruelty to immigrant communities is not a policy solution.

TODAY: We’re taking to the streets on May Day. Over 1,000 events are planned to remind Trump and the oligarchs controlling our government of working people’s power. Join organized labor, immigrants’ rights groups, and Hands Off! allies for our national day of action: maydaystrong.org?utm_source=i...

It's a beautiful day to be #MayDayStrong :) Find an action near you: maydaystrong.org

MIG Fest is proudly anti-racist, anti-fascist, anti-MAGA, and extra supportive of women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ communities. All ticket sales go to the artists and sound person, and we only solicit sponsorships from local businesses we trust.

The #MayDayStrong coalition call last night represented only a small fraction of the thousands of national and local orgs rising up for immigrants, workers, and all of us. 1300 rallies, 1100 cities, all 50 states. See yall tomorrow! www.mobilize.us/surj/map/

Fun fact: If you watch this video closely, you will spot me and my show wife in the front row. (Oh, and get your MIG Fest tickets already: www.migfestsalem.com)

Punching Nazis: A True Gilman Punk Rock Story (Link to ep in bio) You know we love some good Gilman history. Well, the new film FREAKY TALES based one of their stories on some true Gilman lore. We talked to the people that we at the original Nazi/punk fight. It's all on the latest ep of IDOS

Layoffs, higher prices, and empty shelves: We're about to see the consequences of Trump's tariffs. app.sosha.ai/s/3mZcZyIu

Trump likes to talk about "law and order," but his administration is defying a unanimous Supreme Court order to return a Maryland man who was deported illegally and sent to a notorious prison camp. app.sosha.ai/s/S1hmTqFn

Trump has broken his own record for the lowest presidential approval rating at the 100-day mark. app.sosha.ai/s/cbEw6Evs