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Celerity

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15. wearing nooses
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:43 PM
Thursday
The Monks - Oh, how to do now (1966)


The Monks, referred to by the name monks on record sleeves, were an American garage rock band formed in Gelnhausen, West Germany in 1964. Assembled by five American GIs stationed in the country, the group grew tired of the traditional format of rock, which motivated them to forge a highly experimental style characterized by an emphasis on hypnotic rhythms that minimized the role of melody, augmented by the use of sound manipulation techniques.

The band's unconventional blend of shrill vocals, feedback, and guitarist David Day's six-string banjo baffled audiences, but music historians have since identified the Monks as a pioneering force in avant-garde music. The band's lyrics often voiced objection to the Vietnam War and the dehumanized state of society, while prefiguring the harsh and blunt commentary of the punk rock movement of the 1970s and 1980s. The band's appearance was considered as shocking as its music, as they attempted to mimic the look of Catholic monks by wearing black habits with cinctures symbolically tied around their necks, and hair worn in partially shaved tonsures.




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When ostentatiously worn on a chain around the alabaster-white neck Ocelot II Thursday #1
Just had a funny thought, maybe we should all wear gold crosses around our necks Walleye Thursday #2
If Jesus had been executed by hanging, would the Barbies be wearing nooses? Ocelot II Thursday #4
wearing nooses Celerity Thursday #15
A lot of weak "men" are sporting it as well Aviation Pro Thursday #3
The ostentatious cross has replaced the ubiquitous flag pin as the symbol denoting rightwing fascist cult membership sop Thursday #5
Wow, bigoted generalization much? TommyT139 Thursday #6
I'm a Christian Wednesdays Thursday #9
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." sop Thursday #11
Exactly, that's why intelligent conversations are essential. TommyT139 Thursday #14
It doesn't matter if you are offended. TommyT139 Thursday #13
The cross is being used as a weapon. And a symbol of hatred, racism, violence. Irish_Dem Thursday #16
It's an ignorant globalization. TommyT139 Thursday #18
Don't write us all off. Christians that is. Write off all all the MAGAs and Nazis regarless of the crosses they claim .. marble falls Thursday #7
They need to upsize dalton99a Thursday #8
Absolutely but the real symbol for Christianity Blue Full Moon Thursday #10
The cross was a symbol of hatred and brutality long before Hitler was born DavidDvorkin Thursday #12
It makes me wonder what Jesus might think, Buns_of_Fire Thursday #17
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