GWAR
Cain’s Ballroom
April 9, 2026
The full spectrum of humanity's impulses throbbed like a fresh wound last week. Our proclivity towards sacred aspirations took flight in the diverse crew of Artemis II, which captured our fragility and fortune in the vastness of the universe while affirming that we are a cooperative species whose long arc bends towards progress. Down in this toilet earth, a madman brandished the world's second largest nuclear arsenal like a toddler with scissors as he threatened “a whole civilization” with destruction. Those connecting the dots worried that the beautiful crew of Artemis might witness the destruction of our own pale blue dot from their orbit of the moon.
But the Artemis crew came home, humanity is obviously still here, and the only people who would’ve been fine with the nuclear option are apocalyptic accelerationists—or maybe The Scumdogs of the Universe, GWAR.