That What You Wanted Will Never Unfold: My 2 Years With Mari Kattman’s Music

Length: 11:03 This is a short one for you guys, but that’s because of a very specific challenge I had with this piece when I was writing it in July of 2025. A lot has changed since then, but the reason the post was shorter has not: I saw Mari Kattman twice in 2023, but would need to write about her twice in 2025 due to one set being hers and the second being Helix’s set at Absolution Fest 2023. Absolution Fest 2023 is going to be season 2. The season is already written and exists here for paid subscribers, as the written posts ended in October 2025. The videos and posts are on the Substack on the Absolution Fest 2023 tab, as long as you can handle the fact that I was writing myself out of trauma and back into being able to focus. It’s a lil sloppy for my taste, but I had to be sloppy before I could imagine returning to anything like what I once had. So, it’s shorter, but you might like an 11-minute casual chat. The song I mention in this piece are “Swallow” and “You Can Show Yourself Out.” I have a Ghost Post Songs playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Get full access to Hyperactive Ghost at doctorbeepboop.substack.com/subscribe