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All posts by Phil Freeman, co-founder/co-owner (and author of IN THE BREWING LUMINOUS: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF CECIL TAYLOR). When in doubt, assume I'm kidding. I'll have forgotten whatever we were arguing about by tomorrow.
Tonight's movie: THE SPLIT, a 1968 adaptation of a Parker novel with Jim Brown in the lead. A good cast (Ernest Borgnine, Jack Klugman, Warren Oates, Donald Sutherland, Gene Hackman, James Whitmore, Diahann Carroll, Julie Harris) and a decent jazz-funk score by Quincy Jones. 6/10. On Tubi.
January 31, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Tonight's movie: THE SPLIT, a 1968 adaptation of a Parker novel with Jim Brown in the lead. A good cast (Ernest Borgnine, Jack Klugman, Warren Oates, Donald Sutherland, Gene Hackman, James Whitmore, Diahann Carroll, Julie Harris) and a decent jazz-funk score by Quincy Jones. 6/10. On Tubi.
The only thing I remember about college is that I met my wife there. (I read a lot and am interested in a wide range of subjects, but I haaaaate formal education. Always have. Put me at a desk with someone lecturing at me and my brain shuts right down.)
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Urban politics
Urban sociology
Mid 20th century U.S. History
Gender and Politics
World History (I'm sorry for sleeping through this at 8am, but the prof was so nice in office hours, I will always pay that forward)
Urban politics
Urban sociology
Mid 20th century U.S. History
Gender and Politics
World History (I'm sorry for sleeping through this at 8am, but the prof was so nice in office hours, I will always pay that forward)
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Calc II
Irish drama
Bertolt Brecht auf deutsch
Poetry writing
Race in America
Calc II
Irish drama
Bertolt Brecht auf deutsch
Poetry writing
Race in America
January 31, 2026 at 1:30 AM
The only thing I remember about college is that I met my wife there. (I read a lot and am interested in a wide range of subjects, but I haaaaate formal education. Always have. Put me at a desk with someone lecturing at me and my brain shuts right down.)
Holy crap! One of the rarest Cecil Taylor releases - Friedrich Gulda's Nachricht Vom Lande, out of print since the 70s - was reissued on CD last year!
January 30, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Holy crap! One of the rarest Cecil Taylor releases - Friedrich Gulda's Nachricht Vom Lande, out of print since the 70s - was reissued on CD last year!
Coroner is playing Montana! 🤘😀
Coroner is playing *Billings*, Montana, which is 6 1/2 hours' drive (one way) from me. ☹️
Coroner is playing *Billings*, Montana, which is 6 1/2 hours' drive (one way) from me. ☹️
January 30, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Coroner is playing Montana! 🤘😀
Coroner is playing *Billings*, Montana, which is 6 1/2 hours' drive (one way) from me. ☹️
Coroner is playing *Billings*, Montana, which is 6 1/2 hours' drive (one way) from me. ☹️
In today’s mail: Kamasi Washington’s soundtrack to the anime series Lazarus (only available on CD in Japan), and two classic BYG/Actuel titles - Frank Wright’s One For John and Alan Silva’s triple LP free-jazz-orchestra blowout, Seasons.
January 29, 2026 at 10:12 PM
In today’s mail: Kamasi Washington’s soundtrack to the anime series Lazarus (only available on CD in Japan), and two classic BYG/Actuel titles - Frank Wright’s One For John and Alan Silva’s triple LP free-jazz-orchestra blowout, Seasons.
Listening to an album we're going to be releasing in the second half of the year and all I can say is... DUUUUUDE. When I think about the caliber of artists who choose to work with us, it absolutely blows my mind.
January 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Listening to an album we're going to be releasing in the second half of the year and all I can say is... DUUUUUDE. When I think about the caliber of artists who choose to work with us, it absolutely blows my mind.
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Collecting and storing marks.
January 29, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Collecting and storing marks.
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If you would like to see more of my work (organized by medium), visit my website. I am available for commissions and design work.
iafreeman.com
iafreeman.com
I.A. Freeman
Artist | Designer
iafreeman.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:41 PM
If you would like to see more of my work (organized by medium), visit my website. I am available for commissions and design work.
iafreeman.com
iafreeman.com
Marmozets signed to Roadrunner Records shortly before I left; they were an absolutely blistering live band, and I really liked both the albums they made. They're on Nettwerk now, and releasing their first music since 2018. New album in May.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC4e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC4e...
Marmozets "New York" (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Marmozets
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Marmozets signed to Roadrunner Records shortly before I left; they were an absolutely blistering live band, and I really liked both the albums they made. They're on Nettwerk now, and releasing their first music since 2018. New album in May.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC4e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC4e...
Had to move a large appliance down the front steps with much clattering and banging, and the two deer who chill in our neighbor's yard stood up and began nervously grooming each other, trying to decide if this activity was a danger to them. But the job's done, and they've settled down again.
January 29, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Had to move a large appliance down the front steps with much clattering and banging, and the two deer who chill in our neighbor's yard stood up and began nervously grooming each other, trying to decide if this activity was a danger to them. But the job's done, and they've settled down again.
I am not familiar with the work of composer Arnold Dreyblatt, but an album subtitled Music For Four Pipe Organs In One Space? I'm downloading that promo for sure.
January 29, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I am not familiar with the work of composer Arnold Dreyblatt, but an album subtitled Music For Four Pipe Organs In One Space? I'm downloading that promo for sure.
So Wynton Marsalis is stepping down as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center... fine, I guess I'd be willing to take over if they asked nicely.
January 29, 2026 at 3:17 PM
So Wynton Marsalis is stepping down as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center... fine, I guess I'd be willing to take over if they asked nicely.
I do not love Sun Ra's music as much as others do, and I have a somewhat different view of his place in the lineage than others, BUT this documentary is seriously necessary and I am ABSOLUTELY going to watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZO...
Sun Ra: Do The Impossible | Official Trailer | American Masters | PBS
YouTube video by American Masters PBS
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:33 AM
I do not love Sun Ra's music as much as others do, and I have a somewhat different view of his place in the lineage than others, BUT this documentary is seriously necessary and I am ABSOLUTELY going to watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZO...
TFW a plan comes together.
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
TFW a plan comes together.
German death metal band Teratoma will release their second album, Longing Voracity, in March; if you're a fan of floor-punching DM like Celestial Sanctuary, with awesome abstract cover art, check them out.
teratomadeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/longin...
teratomadeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/longin...
January 28, 2026 at 9:45 PM
German death metal band Teratoma will release their second album, Longing Voracity, in March; if you're a fan of floor-punching DM like Celestial Sanctuary, with awesome abstract cover art, check them out.
teratomadeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/longin...
teratomadeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/longin...
Re-listening to MAMA KILLA. Just an amazing record. I put Ava Mendoza and gabby fluke-mogul together with Carolina Pérez - they'd never met - and booked the studio; they did the rest themselves. So proud to have put this album out.
mendozaflukemogulperez.bandcamp.com/album/mama-k...
mendozaflukemogulperez.bandcamp.com/album/mama-k...
January 28, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Re-listening to MAMA KILLA. Just an amazing record. I put Ava Mendoza and gabby fluke-mogul together with Carolina Pérez - they'd never met - and booked the studio; they did the rest themselves. So proud to have put this album out.
mendozaflukemogulperez.bandcamp.com/album/mama-k...
mendozaflukemogulperez.bandcamp.com/album/mama-k...
Rihanna's ANTI turns 10 this week. When I met Cecil Taylor at the Whitney Museum for a conversation that became a Wire cover story (and, later, my book IN THE BREWING LUMINOUS: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF CECIL TAYLOR), I gave him a copy as a gift on our last day together.
January 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Rihanna's ANTI turns 10 this week. When I met Cecil Taylor at the Whitney Museum for a conversation that became a Wire cover story (and, later, my book IN THE BREWING LUMINOUS: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF CECIL TAYLOR), I gave him a copy as a gift on our last day together.
The space shuttle Challenger explosion was 40 years ago today...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=57-q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=57-q...
Major Malfunction
YouTube video by Keith LeBlanc - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:36 PM
The space shuttle Challenger explosion was 40 years ago today...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=57-q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=57-q...
BAD PEOPLE own communications platforms - and they let other BAD PEOPLE use them. 😮 So to be a GOOD PEOPLE, you must stop using those platforms. (Nobody look into who owns ISPs, or the physical infrastructure of the internet.)
Owned by right wing billionaire fascist supporters and/or welcoming to fascists:
X
Instagram
Facebook
Threads
WhatsApp
TikTok
Substack
Plan your exit strategies if you haven't already.
X
Threads
TikTok
Substack
Plan your exit strategies if you haven't already.
January 28, 2026 at 2:41 PM
BAD PEOPLE own communications platforms - and they let other BAD PEOPLE use them. 😮 So to be a GOOD PEOPLE, you must stop using those platforms. (Nobody look into who owns ISPs, or the physical infrastructure of the internet.)
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The Brazilian thrash band Nervosa are basically a Destruction clone, but I like them. They've got a new album coming out in April.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bOp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bOp...
NERVOSA - Slave Machine (Official Video) | Napalm Records
YouTube video by Napalm Records
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The Brazilian thrash band Nervosa are basically a Destruction clone, but I like them. They've got a new album coming out in April.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bOp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bOp...
Crap. Better download some updates this weekend...
I added this clarification as I think it's worth reflecting:
"basic operations will continue; this stage of the process does not mean the lights go out. There will be an outcome to all of this -- there needs to be, because the purpose of the insolvency proceedings is to pay creditors."
"basic operations will continue; this stage of the process does not mean the lights go out. There will be an outcome to all of this -- there needs to be, because the purpose of the insolvency proceedings is to pay creditors."
Native Instruments GmbH is in preliminary insolvency - CDM Create Digital Music
According to insolvency documents, Berlin-based Native Instruments GmbH (also parent to iZotope, Plugin Alliance, and Brainworx) is in preliminary insolvency proceedings. This is devastating news for ...
cdm.link
January 27, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Crap. Better download some updates this weekend...
Those are Iggy's real teeth in this video, not a horror movie prop. (They have since been replaced, but holy hell.)
this one goes out to Bovino youtu.be/dnI6A_YUoDc?...
Iggy Pop - Five Foot One (Official Video)
YouTube video by IggyPopOnVEVO
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Those are Iggy's real teeth in this video, not a horror movie prop. (They have since been replaced, but holy hell.)
Lotta musicians slipping out the side door today; I'm seeing reports that saxophonist Carlos Ward (BT Express, also played with Cecil Taylor) and pianist Richie Beirach have both passed.
January 26, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Lotta musicians slipping out the side door today; I'm seeing reports that saxophonist Carlos Ward (BT Express, also played with Cecil Taylor) and pianist Richie Beirach have both passed.
The first four Fabulous Thunderbirds albums (newly reissued) are all good to great blues records, but their covers are across-the-board horrific.
1) Local wrestling poster!
2) Imitation B-52's!
3) Holding cell group portrait!
4) Last known photo before the horrific car accident!
1) Local wrestling poster!
2) Imitation B-52's!
3) Holding cell group portrait!
4) Last known photo before the horrific car accident!
January 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The first four Fabulous Thunderbirds albums (newly reissued) are all good to great blues records, but their covers are across-the-board horrific.
1) Local wrestling poster!
2) Imitation B-52's!
3) Holding cell group portrait!
4) Last known photo before the horrific car accident!
1) Local wrestling poster!
2) Imitation B-52's!
3) Holding cell group portrait!
4) Last known photo before the horrific car accident!