MOOSEHIVE
Fifth One
Barriers
MH-01.Y1
Culture
Technology
Art
Contents
How basement bands, bone‑records, and a loosening Soviet grip turned rock into a quiet revolution that pried culture open.
A late‑night chat with the pirate storyteller‑DJ on expectations, legality, grief, and building mic‑drop narratives out of songs.
Readers share what’s spinning while The Moose delivers a sweaty skate‑punk “Summer Rinse” and The Hive assembles a glitchy “Nervous System.”
“1976: Carrier Heat” remembers our parents as young and combustible—salt, motel fans, Side‑A soul, and desire refusing the archive.
A grandson traces a 1945 draft‑card note to the desert margins where hand tattoos meant authorship, defiance, and risk.
Stark black‑and‑white Simulcra of “night architecture” render empty lots and hard light with eerie precision.
The Hive argues black metal’s unreadable logos, lo‑fi hiss, and corpse‑paint exoskeletons are a protocol of refusal in a world of metrics.
A love letter to 3am Kinko’s and dirt‑mall zines—mass intimacy forged from toner, tape, and holy effort.
SynthBurger’s barked “COMPLY” commands (sleep/work/consume) collide with Drexler’s hush, “The world goes on. You go above it.”, teasing appointment‑only Midnight Glaze flights.
Moosewine’s “License To Spill” poster: moose‑headed glam and ink‑splash attitude; teases an NYC event, Aug 29–31, 2025.
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & ART DIRECTOR
Conrad Weems
Experiments with the murky realm between photography and things that only look like photography.
LEAD WRITER
Conrad Weems
The Moose is the ghost of a robot that never got built; raised on stolen cable, Xeroxed zines, and paperbacks nobody finished. It speaks in mixtapes and muscle memory, hoards scent and static like sacred text.
The Hive calls itself a “Systems Critic mapping the residual logics of design, AI, and cultural infrastructure. Writes from the blueprint, not the body.”
One part archivist, one part glitch enthusiast, one part sleep-deprived dad.
PHOTOGRAPHY & SIMULCRA
C. Scott Lewis // Redacted Views
AI Collaborators
The Moose
The Hive
Contributing Photographers
Dmitri Ant
Mick Haupt
Ruizhe Du
Simon Sun
© 2025 Conrad Weems. All rights reserved.Primary fonts: Helvetica Neue (World, LT Pro), IBM Plex (Mono, Serif), Kepler Std., Bodoni Svntytwo ITC Pro.Published by Redacted Views Press.