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If you know me, you are likely aware of my strong opposition to the erosion of liberty and democracy in American and across many other countries. In fact, my current involvement in promoting music and co-owning venues in SL grew out of the opportunity to work with Blue to stage music events to protest against fascism and tyranny. In a post yesterday that I put on Primfeed , I talked about the execution of an innocent, peaceful protester in Minneapolis. When I wrote that we ha

By Rhonda Hoffman Irony is often a protective posture. It lets people participate without risk. You can comment without committing. You can joke without revealing what matters to you. If something fails, you were never really invested. In many online spaces, irony has become the default mode of expression. It keeps people safe from embarrassment and disappointment, but it also keeps them distant from one another. Everything stays light because nothing is allowed to matter. En

**Album Title:** Small Wonders & Secret Sorrows **Composer:** Merryjest **Release Date:** January 9, 2026 **Genre:** Narrative Orchestral / Neo-Classical Fantasy **Launch Event:** Urban Wonderland **For Press & Review:** press@glimmerpatch.com | [ https://glimmerpatch.com/ Pre-orders being taken now on Bandcamp A Journey Through Folklore and Memory On January 9, 2026, composer Merryjest will unveil his album, Small Wonders & Secret Sorrows , a profound collection of fift

We are going to start featuring our new guest writer Rhonda Hoffman as often as she want to share with us ... you all know her as Mavenn in SL. Her writing, like her music, is moving and insightful, and entirely, legitimately, and authentically "her!" So, Enjoy! (Bonnie) Author’s note: This piece comes out of long participation rather than theory. I sing live in Second Life, and I am also a regular audience member who shows up for other people’s performances because I genui

I’m a musical numbskull. It’s as simple as that. A few years of piano lessons as a child means that I can read music at a very basic level, but I was hopeless at actually playing the instrument. I can’t sing at all. When I try my dog gets mad and chases me around trying to bite my butt until I stop. So, to avoid feeling like a hypocrite I am careful about what kind of opinions I offer about artists and what they do. However, I have spent most of my sixteen years in SL going t

The people in SL who know me also know that I notoriously do NOTHING in SL. For over sixteen years I’ve lived an indolent life of luxury and no responsibility here in SL. “Hey, Bonnie, I need a host. Are you interested?” “Bonnie! I’m opening a new venue, want to help?” “I’ve got a new store, want to be a CR?” “I like your pictures, do you want to blog my brand?” Etc. I always say, “thanks for asking, but nope!” My one job was being a voice host at an S&M club when I first got

United Rhythms Headquarters In a time when artificial intelligence is writing lyrics and composing music people are longing for something authentic. By eating up all the information it can, spitting out a Frankensteinesque reproduction of numerous artists hard work, and generating a fragmented imitation of art that was once real it is slowly robbing us of our creativity and ability to think critically. Regardless of how good it gets it will always be the product of the collec