Dustin Kensrue
@dustinkensrue
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Sing/Guitar for @Thrice, and do song singing and playing on my own. New album Desert Dreaming out now https://t.co/P1J98ecWcl
Golden State
Joined November 2009
My new album Desert Dreaming is out now! Listen here:
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I kind of wish Christianity would have died in the States like it did in Europe, before half of it here morphed it a sloppy chimera of white supremacy, anti-intellectualism, and rabid entitlement.
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If you don’t want all the votes legally counted, you don’t believe in democracy (ie. “Freedom”.) Period. If you support a candidate that doesn’t want all the legal votes counted, you don’t believe in democracy. Own your fascism and stop pretending it’s anything other than that.
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Hey friends. Who would be interested in me starting a podcast? I’m thinking it would essentially be me talking to people about the things I’m interested in ie. the big questions of life (and other random, probably nerdy, stuff.
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Hey, evangelicals. Most of you blew it already electing a sexual predator to the Presidency. Let’s not do it again with Roy Moore. These abusers are far from Jesus, who cared for the poor and marginalized.
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About to sing the second to last song for the new @thrice record. Can’t wait to finish. Making a record is absolutely exhausting and the pace on this one has been brutal. Super excited about the music though.
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COVID is spread mostly through droplets from your mouth and nose. Masks decrease the spread of droplets, thereby reducing transmission of COVID. It’s that simple. Wear a mask indoors in public or in close proximity outdoors. It’s not hard. Please do it.
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When I sing “In Exile” live, I am singing it as an anthem to never be satisfied with the status quo of the world around us. We don’t have to settle. We can build a shining city together. Don’t get complacent with thoughts of some future heaven. Bring heaven to earth today.
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Hey beautiful humans. If you come out to one of the @thrice shows on this run, please understand that we will not be taking pictures, signing things, hanging out, etc. It’s not personal, we are just trying to keep this tour going by being overly cautious. ❤️❤️❤️.
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In case this was somehow in doubt, I am unequivocally anti-fascist, and I sure hope you are too. The fact that is controversial at this point is very disturbing.
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Took a month but I finally got Twitter to give me back my hacked account. 👍🏼 Hey there everyone!.
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Hey everyone. We in @Thrice have always been looking for another concept like The Alchemy Index to write a record around, but we’ve never found something that we liked as much. Please share any ideas you have of what could be cool. 🙏🏼 You shall be credited should we use it.
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Hey, if you’ve been waiting for full FDA approval before getting vaccinated, they are approving Pfizer by beginning of Sept, so you might as well get your shot now. Or at least make an appt for early Sept? Please? Orrr this thing can just keep mutating I guess?.
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Those flowers I found you. .
This is Ivy. She wanted to show you the flowers she found on her walk. Hopes they’re your favorite color. 12/10 thank you so much for sharing
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Hey everyone. Thrice/I will be playing a song called “The Weight of Glory” on the upcoming Vheissu tour, which was a b-side from that recording session. Since I wrote the song though, I’ve come to better understand some of the subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) ways…(1/5).
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Christian friends, if you care more about “right doctrine” than you do about people (esp. outsiders,) you aren’t following Jesus’ example.
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Here is the truth. You are fundamentally confused if you think that your view of a specific religion separates you from all of humanity. If God exists, and if God is love, then it follows that our conflicts and hatred grieve God’s heart. There is no them. There is only us.
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Fight that long defeat. It doesn’t mean accepting defeat. It means fighting for good when it seems there’s no chance to win.
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Everything is connected. If you’re one of the people who have called Covid the “China-flu” then you are a part of the rise violence against our fellow Asian-Americans.
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The word privilege seems to really bother some people. It doesn’t need to if you understand that it’s not a binary, but a spectrum. It doesn’t deny your hard work or excuse someone’s laziness. But to deny that there is a spectrum is to blind yourself to a lot of things.
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Finally letting my kids watch Star Wars Episode I. The reality of Jar Jar is so mutch worse than even my memories. So so so so so bad.
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The state of affairs in the world right now is just exhausting, but people refusing to get a free vaccine to protect themselves AND their neighbors, especially the vulnerable and immunocompromised, is just killing me. Please get vaccinated.
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Refusing to raise the minimum wage to a living wage is morally reprehensible. If an economy requires a minimum wage below a living wage, that economy needs to adjust.
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If the last tweet was too controversial for you, let’s simplify: Hey evangelicals (as well as anyone who, like Jesus, cares for the abused and marginalized), please don’t vote for sexual predator Roy Moore. 👍.
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If you think love of country means blind and total affirmation - that’s not love, it’s enablement. Lately this means enablement of bigotry, hatred, entitlement, etc. LOVE seeks the betterment of it’s object, calling forth the best from their beloved, not enabling their worst.
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Brazil. I’m so sorry. What a mess we are all in. Any politician who does not regularly defend the dignity and humanity of people is an enemy to all of humanity. Hold up a light.
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Twitter break. Deep in writing/recording process. See you in a bit. ✌️.
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Don’t forget how strange it is that anything exists at all.
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Parents: You will screw up - a lot. So when you do, apologize to your kids. Often and sincerely.
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Why be outraged that someone is using their freedom to protest? What’s the point in freedom if you can’t use it to speak out?.
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If you are afraid that new data or more knowledge could change your mind about a belief, it means you are stuck in an ideology. Take a breath. We should always be open to change our beliefs/orientation based on the data/experience. Reality is nothing to fear.
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This isn’t a political statement. It’s just us communicating policies and politely requesting you wear a mask. There’s no perfect way to get back to live music, but we are trying our best to make it work while also taking reasonable precautions in the interests of public health.
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Hey, if you are a @BernieSanders supporter, can you try not to be an asshole? There is enough negative vibes coming his way without your help. Being an asshole is not going to magically make people ‘see the light.' You being patient and kind could actually do the trick. Thanks.
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I know Barack is likable and is such a breath of fresh air compared to, well, most presidents in the last however many years, but he really ramped up the whole murdering people with drones thing and I don’t love how chummy we all get with that.
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This is hilarious but gets at a serious point. I feel like so many of you dig Star Wars and “the rebellion” etc but aren’t connecting the dots.
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You know what’s worse than “not letting people grieve” before talking about enacting reasonable gun laws? It’s using the grieving as shields to keep from ever having to talk about enacting reasonable gun laws (especially when the NRA is lining your pockets.).
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Hey everyone. I love you. Even if you annoy me. Even if my introverted nature makes me annoyed or afraid. I love you. I do. I do. I do. We are connected. We are one. I wish we had a president (and more senators/pastors/humans) who would say the same. ❤️.
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White Christians in the West thinking they are persecuted = a perpetually spoiled 27 year old crying “unfair” when their parents finally stop paying their cell phone bill. Wake. Up.
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Anyone out there who follows me STILL not understand that COVID-19 is real and dangerous? My wife is a nurse. We know many other nurses and people in health care. They have changed prone cases in ICU from 1-1 care to 4-1 because they are overwhelmed. Cold freezer trucks. .
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Night away with this lovely human and some friends we haven’t seen forever. 🙌🏼
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You. And me. We are are connected. To each other. And the stars. And everyone that has ever lived or ever will. Anywhere and everywhere. That is strictly scientific fact. Whether or not you want to deal with it is up to you.
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I am consistently both simultaneously encouraged by and absolutely discouraged about humanity. It’s a strange feeling. Thanks to the former 🙏🏼 Keep it up.
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Lifehack: We do “in bed” for our kids 30 minutes before “lights out.” They can read in their beds for those 30 minutes. This helps them wind down as well as making reading a treat that they look forward to, and so far seems to be instilling in them of love of reading in general.
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Hey everyone thinking the digital version of the EP is wrong: no. You’ve been listening for two months to a youtube rip from someone who’s record player needs a tune up and is playing too fast. Had you not heard that over and over the digital version would sound normal. 👍🏼.
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Interesting how some people think #palms is too political and others think it’s too spiritual. Hmmm.
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You know that @thrice song “The Earth Will Shake”? There’s no set meaning. Who are the jailers in your life? Who is afraid of you changing your mind, of escaping? What might lie just outside the walls of your preconceptions of what the world is doing right now? 🤔.
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Actual people and their actual experiences in the world should have more weight to us than our abstract beliefs about how the world is or should be. Check your certitude and well organized dogma at the door and go and actually listen to people in different circumstances than you.
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A small bird and I just gave each other heart attacks in my garage.
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This is a gang, not anyone protecting or serving. I’m ashamed of this. Vote out of office anyone who is not actively confronting police brutality. Also, if you have a problem with people protesting, you need to step outside your own experiences and imagine someone else’s.
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I support @BernieSanders for President. He has consistently worked for the good of the American people instead of for the good of giant corporations. He understands the way we are all connected, and that our connection can be our strength. #NotMeUs.
Our job is to give people hope. If we stand together, there is nothing that we cannot accomplish.
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Maybe try voting for humans who seem to value other humans more than corporations.
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Hey friends. I made a reading list of stuff that was inspiring and catalyzing on my journey the last couple years leading up to Palms. Check it out if that seems interesting.
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How is this not considered a terror plot? Ohhhh, because he is white and not a Muslim 😑 People would be LOSING THEIR MINDS if he was a Muslim POC and got released pre-trial and/or not charged with terrorism.
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Hey evangelicals. I apologize if I seem to pick on you a lot. It’s not from lack of love, but because my roots are with you and I think it’s easier to hear critique from someone who knows you more personally. I’m gonna keep it coming probably, but know I love you. ❤️.
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I sing gibberish lyrics that come out on the spot when doing demoes. I just sang “calm your fiery asses.” And then laughed.
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Parked at a mall where our hotel is. Mall cop has made us wake driver to move bus once after we parked where we were told to originally. Came back and wants us to move again. Literally says “It’s protocol.” Here's a real time picture of the chaos we're causing in the parking lot.
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I made wildfire for my GOT party last night. 1.75 oz vodka.1 oz lemon juice. 5 demerara simple syrup. 5 green chartreuse.Couple drops of Blue Curaćao.Dry Ice for bubbles and smoke (please research dry ice first and don’t hurt yourself. I take no responsibility for you.)
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The Christchurch attack is so disheartening. As we mourn for the people and families affected, please, dwell on our interconnectedness. Our every word and action contributes one way or the other to a world where this kind of thing happens. There is no THEM. We are one family, US.
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Hey everyone. I apologize for times when I’m sure I get overly combative or uncharitable in replying to things. Twitter is a hard format to not that do with, but I’m trying. Thanks especially to those who disagree with civility and patience. Love to you all. ❤️.
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Acoustic version of Beyond the Pines. Listen close and you’ll hear a background hum that was in the room that we noticed at the end was the same as the drone note on the record 🤯 The universe was playing along with us.
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My dog gets her pills in cheese. I was getting my own pill out and she got excited. So I got her cheese out to be nice. Then I automatically put my pill in her cheese and fed it to her. 😬😑Called pet poison control. She’s fine, but I felt reallllly dumb.
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I realized yesterday at practice that the Thrice song Doublespeak is, although always applicable, eerily prescient in regards to what’s been going on in the past few years.
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For the first time in 50 years the iconic Epiphone Casino is being made in the USA and I was lucky enough to grab one from Gibson. It’s gorgeous and plays and sounds amazing👍🏼
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Reminder: we can disagree on stuff and still be fiends. 👍.
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I just realized that the @Thrice song Music Box would be a killer mariachi song and now I need someone out there to make this a reality.
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The Flame Deluge seems more timely today than when I wrote it. A lot of TAI is pretty appropriate for the place we find ourselves today.
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Watching LOTR with my kids and feeling a lot of affinity to Gandalf. I feel calm and wise most of the time but sometimes these hobbits (children) make me want to pull my head out and call someone a “fool of a Took.”
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Great answer and beautifully respectful to those who don’t yet share his point of view. Texas, please vote for this man.
‘I can think of nothing more American.’ — Beto O'Rourke — the man taking on Ted Cruz — brilliantly explains why NFL players kneeling during the anthem is not disrespectful
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I apologize for the flippant tone of the previous tweet about Trump. That tone distracts from my intent. So in all seriousness and soberness I beg you to stop and truly look at our a president. He’s a dangerous narcissist, a racist, a sexual predator, a pathological liar, 1/4.
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All my cynical friends, I understand your frustration with the system, but ignoring your chance to vote is definitely worse than voting for the lesser of two evils. Really.
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My new single "Death Valley Honeymoon" is out tomorrow! More news to come!
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Many of u asking 4 best ways to support musicians. Coming to shows & buying merch is huge. Buying vinyl or physical records is super helpful. And theoretically the more people actually pay for streaming, the better it will get for artists. I appreciate your support so much! Thx!.
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I lose my faith in humanity twice a day in the pick-up/drop-off line for my kid’s school. 😑.
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As well as repairing my mistake, this change also better captures the underlying dynamics at play in the story the song is riffing on. May we always keep growing; thank you for your patience as I strive to do so. See you out on there on the road. (5/5).
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Are you tired of our country’s politics being fixated on fear and hatred of the other, on looking after big business and the super rich, and on taking away basic human rights and services for those who need them most? I am. Please vote. Don’t let them write you off.
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People always talk about the slippery-slope of questioning the doctrine of inerrancy. But, what if the slippery-slope is actually a rad waterslide to a pool full of nuance, compassion, love, wonder, joy & free tacos. Has been for me (minus the free tacos.)
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When faith feels like a fist full of sand, trying holding it in an open palm instead ✋🏼.
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Apparently there’s an Adele song also mentioning “setting fire to the rain” 🤷🏼♂️ Oh well. 😂.
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Finally watching @QueerEye and it is a remarkably beautiful and entertaining show. Honestly feels like my favorite parts of the gospels: radical love, acceptance, openness and inclusivity.
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This isn’t bad apples people. It’s a consistently militarized mentality that views the common people (esp people of color) as enemies to be suppressed. This isn’t “keeping the peace” or “protecting and serving.”.
Officers in Salt Lake City rushed this nonviolent protest and started beating people.
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Newsflash: You don’t perfectly know the TRUTH OF ALL THINGS. You might have faith in something. cool. Please just realize that everything is pretty much equally improbable so maybe have faith in something beautiful, and know that you might be wrong, and that’s ok. ❤️❤️❤️.
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Check this thread. White people - you need to listen. Show up, support, but this is not your moment to lead, and def not your moment to just wreck shit.
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I'm so excited I can finally announce Desert Dreaming, my next solo record due out on April 5th, along with the first single and video, "Death Valley Honeymoon" now available on all streaming platforms. Vinyl preorders & exclusive merch are available at
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Asshole-in-Chief.
Close up of President @realDonaldTrump notes is seen where he crossed out "Corona" and replaced it with "Chinese" Virus as he speaks with his coronavirus task force today at the White House. #trump #trumpnotes
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. to some random person on Facebook or to the lone doctor or nurse who is being motivated by some skewed ideology. This isn’t complicated. Yes, it sucks and is frustrating for everyone. But we have ample reason to trust the larger medical abs scientific community, so please do.
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