Remember Sunday Best at Gowanus Grove? I will have this photo for sale at the Arts Gowanus booth, Affordable Art Fair next weekend 3/18-22 at the Starrett-Lehigh Bldg in Chelsea. Cash + Carry!
forever
34minutes of WHOAH!
as a music listener you will be rewarded tenfold spending $15-$20 to see a local act at a local venue. make live music a regular thing, not one more unreasonable facet of our profiteering corporate hellscape
cue my monologue about the death of listings
Great Folkloric Storytelling Read | In the North American Review, a journal I’d never previously heard of, Eric McHenry narrates an amazing story of the competition for historical memory (a place in the archive) between two turn-of-the-century “blues ballads.” northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
New Dada Work | On Ronen Givony’s 'Us V. Them'
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Wrote a few words about Givony’s new book, a consideration of how one can be both an instigator of a moment, and attempt to observe and document it. It's a music book almost completely devoid of famous musicians.
Kalia's one of the best we have
New Music (review) | OHYUNG, 'Iowa' (Trans Music Archive)
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Great piece! Kudos.
Excellent piece of hip-hop journalism, about the state of hip-hop journalism archives: what happened to them, what's happening now, and how the work can still be preserved in the future. Lotsa heavyweight interviews.
New Bklyn Sounds 3/5/2026—3/11/2026 + On Ronen Givony's 'Us V. Them'
What to buy on Bandcamp Friday! bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch/limite...
This is a flip (in the same direction) on something I said approximately a decade ago: The past was "everyone wants to be famous for 15minutes" - the future is "everyone wants to be famous to 15 people."
Less scale, more connection.
Funny that they're not using the phrase "weapons of mass destruction" again.
things every single republican president of your lifetime has done
- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy
Was in Shea for **that** catch in Game 7. Was also in the Garden for Starks' dunk over Jordan, and Endy's catch instantly felt more memorable, amazin' historic: instant groans when the the bat cracked and the ball was flying to left-center, absolute disbelief when he brought it back in #Legend
This new Moran solo piano record of Ellington tunes is magnificent, pure pathos, a reflection of what is happening in the world, and in our feeds, at the moment.
May the goddess have mercy on all our souls.
New Bklyn Sounds 2/26/2026—3/4/2026 + On Derek Bailey's documentary, 'On The Edge: Improvisation in Music'
Jeffrey Epstein killed everything
Even newspapers
Amazing story by an old Philly pal, Maureen Tkacik prospect.org/2026/02/26/n...
This is bigotry, pure and simple.
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"Fuck ICE"
Spotted in Flint, Michigan
Zen dancing on ice to Donna Summer in Milan >>>
Did it this morning. So! Much! Joy! in this performance...cried like a baby after watching
Not sure of it's "God's work" or mental/emotional media equivalent of "suicide squad"
Honestly don’t understand how @atrupar.com does this shit every day. The level of stupid is off the fucking chain.
New Bklyn Sounds 2/19/2026—2/25/2026 + Short thoughts on 'Dweller' & 'Urban Stomp' (+ a t-shirt deal for subscription upgrades)
THIS is insane
WHAT???? HOW? WHY?
