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I have these on a different release - www.discogs.com/master/16562... - and it's also noisy, comparatively. It's possible that this is the best they could do, or they preferred not to use noise-reducing software - since it can also change the music, too - to clean them up. Hard to say.
Today is International Bagpipe Day and the bagpipe fairy hasn’t come by my house yet.
You know, I’m really starting to lose faith in this whole holiday …
It's surprising how "scratchy" BN 78s sound. Even cleaned up as they are. Makes you wonder about the quality of shellac they used for their 78s.
The guy from the OC did his undergrad in economics and has become a prominent critic of cryptocurrency. He made a documentary last year and you should see it.
#jazzsky | Too Heavy for Words is an album by James Moody in collaboration with Al Cohn, recorded in August 1971 and released in 1973 under German MPS Records label | In the recording studio, the saxophonists were joined by pianist Barry Harris, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Roy Brooks.
"... there is something for everyone: seasoned scholars of Black literature, aspiring fiction writers, and casual readers of Toni Morrison will all delight in Serpell’s prose style, which can flash between breezy rigor, delicious gossip, and curious appreciation in the span of a few pages. ..."
Jennifer Runyon, ‘Ghostbusters’ And ‘A Very Brady Christmas’ Actress, Dies At 65
I honest-to-god love when my students really experiment with finding their writing voice. Even if they occasionally get a little carried away, it's not every day that a thesis makes me spit out my coffee laughing.
(Student gave me permission to share!)
I sometimes worry that too many people think being a good critic means being a self-righteous dick about every little thing and I think far too many miss the point that you can't critique anything if you don't know how to love something.
The labor of cultural criticism doesn't scale - it takes close reading and the building up of expertise. You know what does scale? Grievance and rage-bait, short hot takes that platforms can monetize as they go viral. Fandom also scales.
it’s tiny trunk tuesday
Remembered Sky
Rhodes 2023
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It's the 26th because the game on the 25th is on Netflix therefore it doesn't really count.
‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’
‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’
‘Hello’ is not related to either.
Goodbye.
In today's newsletter, I review two new books about Prestige Records, one focused on the music and the other on the albums' covers.
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I adore this version of Petrouchka, I really do. There's an earlier performance (1971) from Boulez with the New York Philharmonic that's as compelling. The Rite of Spring in the playlist is from a 1969 performance with the Cleveland Symphony.
Info can be found here: www.discogs.com/release/2422...
City of Quartz and Prisoners are two of the most exciting “reading experiences” I’ve ever had, apart from being informative and enlightening
For what would have been Mike Davis's 80th birthday today, we've put the Essential Mike Davis collection on sale through the weekend.
"We must fight like the Red Army in the rubble of Stalingrad. Fight with hope, fight without hope, but fight absolutely."
The general approval rating of Draft Kings and Fan Duel among normal people is probably pretty negative, but in a sort of obvious way. Some of us participate in it. Almost all of us find its ubiquity in sports annoying. Most nof us see it as a net negative but just accepting that fact is enough to sort of not investigate any further, the way people can kind of say "politicians are corrupt" and then not follow their local races or propositions.
fo his week’s My Time Back, i wrote about @dannyfunt.bsky.social ‘s Everybody Loses, why i think it’s the most important sports book this decade, my own gambling addiction, and why i’m glad it was an illegal bookie who got their hooks in me mytimeback.beehiiv.com/p/everybody-...
Does anyone here know any historians or political scientists who study wartime propaganda? Bonus points if they specialize in the American context specifically, but not necessary
Quincy Jones "This is How I Feel About Jazz" (1957, ABC-Paramount ABC-149)
info: www.discogs.com/release/4546...
truly the most indispensable archival edition we've heard in forever - just genius, genius work by instrument builder/innovator Hans Reichel, compiled by Oren Ambarchi and utterly essential whether yr into 0PN, Fred Frith, Derek Bailey ✨
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Wheeler/Konitz/Holland/Frisell - Angel Song. A charity shop find from a few years ago. One pound well spent. Lovely music from a quartet of master musicians.
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