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ON THIS DAY ... in 1983 - ALIEN SEX FIEND. 36 photos from 'Ignore The Machine' sleeve session at https://mickmercer.substack.com/ - subscribe for free or click on 'no thanks' and it lets you straight in.

Taken for the sleeve of the single that started it all, ‘Ignore The Machine’ in the year that also saw ‘Lips Can’t Go’ released, and they’re off on their unstoppable wild ride of a journey. I just picked up some cheapo live radio CD on eBay (“Edit Overdose”?). Might review that if it’s any good in case others fancy picking one up for a few quid.

ON THIS DAY ... in 1983 - ALIEN SEX FIEND 32 photos from Rayleigh, 17th November 1983 at https://mickmercer.substack.com/p/on-this-day-in-1983-alien-sex-fiend-eff - free to subscribe.

Nick + Nik - Nick Cave & The Cavemen and Alien Sex Fiend at a Birmingham Powerhouse all-dayer, May 13th 1984

1983 - UK - London, Lyceum

Nick Cave with The Birthday Party in London, July 1982

Hiiiii guysss happy pride from your fav doll that never evacuated FL bc ron dipshit cant touch thisss. 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

I finally gave up on insurance this year and started DIY HRT after 10 years waiting to start bc I wanted to do things 'the right way' and I'm 3 months along now. I've gotten closer than I've ever been with my community through sports which was something I had avoided intensely as a trans woman. I've kept the same restaurant job for over a year and I've been getting more opportunities in modeling! sometimes i think i'm mid, but for now I'd like to take a moment to be proud of myself bc being a doll down here made a lot of those prospects feel out of reach for a long time!! When I was younger and more afraid I used to think these were things I'd need to move to a haven state for.

I've also experienced some difficult life changes this year. HUD raised the rent by another $40 effective July, and I have nobody I can split expenses with until my lease is up at the end of November. Because I don't get full 40 hour weeks and only make $16 hourly, I often have to get an advance in order to clear my rent and then scramble for the rest of the month to make up the difference on my utilities, bills, gas prices, and food. I haven't wanted to make another post like this to fundraise, but even with all of the supportive community in my life I have today, my safety net isn't very robust. when I can avoid it I do, but I've had to rely on mutual aid and survival sex work on this platform for years now. If you've read this far thank you, I'm well aware there are people suffering worse than me now and I don't want to divert resources from them, however there's no donation amount that'd be too small to make a difference for me. #paythedolls 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

Ratpajama.