eric lab rat
@ericlabrat
GlitterGuts photographer. Subculture historian. Wife guy. Tricycle enthusiast. Dingus. Deviant. In a weird, transitional stage of my life?
I was so interested in EYE BOY and WIZ-KID after their depictions in Leah Williamson's X-Factor and Al Ewing's SWORD, wish someone ran with them. Also I'm partial to "monstrous" characters so my interest was really piqued by Illyana Rasputin's DARK RIDERS team but they only appeared like twice
If I was a CNN anchor, I'd keep a supply of outrageous costume hats (viking helmet, pimp fedora, Green Bay Packers cheese wedge, etc) nearby, so I could don them anytime a guest wanted to be taken seriously in a cowboy hat. "What, this isn't what we're doing now?"
All I vaguely remember is my friend Fridge—kind of the token Southside Irish skinhead at all the Mexican hardcore shows—starting a brawl with some uncouth out-of-towners that sprawled a whole stairwell. (Yes his name WAS a tribute to The Bears' William the Refrigerator Perry. CHICAGO!) the stage:
Was listening to Riistetyt and thinking about where I first heard them, and this was kind of a bonkers stacked lineup 🤪 21 years ago at Chicago Fest 05
Wolverine can keep growing em back, but he's no match for Moheltiple Man. L'chaim!
I bet if I started saying that premade food at 1960s Automats was healthier than most made-to-order food at restaurants today, a lot of people would believe me. I haven't done ANY research and I never experienced it firsthand but I bet I could convince lots of folks purely off vibes.
#xspoilers daaaamn, ep 2 of X-Men 97 had a whole ship full of easter egg characters I was excited to see, but none surprised me as much as this diva
Debbie Harry in '81 // Debbie Harry at 81 Happy birthday to one of my first and forever crushes! 💕
I was shooting #GlitterGuts photos of the Black Monument Ensemble at @gpconservatory.bsky.social when the rain outside started to become rain inside and it was really beautiful and chaotic.
So like [???] years ago, @oo0oo.bsky.social and I bonded over remembering this photo of Carla Bozulich that we both thought was hot when we were 14. Could not successfully Google it so I haven't seen it in years UNTIL TODAY. Thank you for your service, photographer Darcy Hemley!
Watching the porn awards episode of Party Down and my spouse said, "i dont think the woman next to Stormy is really in porn" so I looked her up. 90 acting credits in mainstream movies, primarily playing strippers. 16 CREDITS AS AN ANIMAL WRANGLER, SPECIFICALLY SPIDERS. People are so interesting
Some #GlitterGuts portraits from Nocturna's 38th anniversary at the Metro
Someone suggested it might be the work of Russian painter Viktor Lyapkalo. The style seems similar to my very untrained eyes, but the subject matter is very much on brand for him
So curious about this giant painting in my neighbor's window. Image search was no help, anyone familiar with it?
Was shooting a Pride event for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and saw this classic Walter Peyton/Sir George Solti poster in a back room that instantly transported me back to childhood. Pretty sure I saw this in multiple principals' and pediatricians' offices for YEARS
This combination (96° F with heavy thunderstorms) can be so fucking delightful/sexy/refreshing if you have the day off... and so fucking miserable if you have to work or have any serious obligations really. Good luck everybody.
I mostly follow Chicago music history groups on fb and one thing I've noticed was how much more interwoven rock, blues, and soul acts were in the '60s and '70s. Drooling over this 1970 bill for a one day festival at Soldier Field with MC5, The Stooges, and Funkadelic
Is this like how there are "baby raves" now? Millennials started hitting 40 and now we've got family-friendly FOAM PARTIES?? Or is there a different type of foam party I don't know about because it only happens on farms?
He gets one (1) knocking my water bottle off the table to express his displeasure, because I'm sick of him hissing at the kitten but I get his need for attention
Someone in my neighborhood is giving away a Barbie's Malibu Dream Scrapper Truck. Unfortunate to learn of her political associations though
RIP Holiday Club. Throwback to when my friend Arvo and I had a lounge/tiki/yé-yé/motown ooooooldies night there. Occasionally people even showed up.
Last night one of my old punkhouse friends helped her son throw a vfw hardcore show for his 16th birthday and it was the cutest shit in the world
On the more POSITIVE side of "I can no longer tell if I'm experiencing consensus reality and reality is real weird right now, OR my brain is just going haywire on autopilot"... It's ALWAYS a good time to celebrate Selena, but a commemorative Slurpee flavor 31 yrs after her murder IS WEIRD, right?
The chyron on TV at the gym right now. Is this real life or did I bump my head really hard on something and I'm really lying on a mat with my eyes closed?? I can no longer tell