Chris Monsen
@chrismonsen.bsky.social
Music scribe (mostly jazz & related idioms) for Klassekampen's weekly music supplement Musikkmagasinet, Jazznytt, https://chrismonsen.substack.com/, and others. I recommend wine at Vinmonopolet between deadlines. Arsenal fan. Posts in Norwegian and English
Trommeslager, komponist og bandleder Dr. Mark Lomax, II fortsetter å tematisere afrikansk-amerikansk historie og borgerrettighetskamp da og nå på «Unity Suite», denne gang med en bredere musikalsk palett enn tidligere. Mister den da noe av slagkraften? Tekst i dagens Musikkmagasinet, papir og nett.
February 13, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Trommeslager, komponist og bandleder Dr. Mark Lomax, II fortsetter å tematisere afrikansk-amerikansk historie og borgerrettighetskamp da og nå på «Unity Suite», denne gang med en bredere musikalsk palett enn tidligere. Mister den da noe av slagkraften? Tekst i dagens Musikkmagasinet, papir og nett.
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I don’t actually want UBI for artists.
I want either
- UBI for everybody
Or
- Artists to be paid properly for our work and property again.
It’s weird to think that *both* these options are now seen as naive, impractical and romantic.
I want either
- UBI for everybody
Or
- Artists to be paid properly for our work and property again.
It’s weird to think that *both* these options are now seen as naive, impractical and romantic.
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 AM
I don’t actually want UBI for artists.
I want either
- UBI for everybody
Or
- Artists to be paid properly for our work and property again.
It’s weird to think that *both* these options are now seen as naive, impractical and romantic.
I want either
- UBI for everybody
Or
- Artists to be paid properly for our work and property again.
It’s weird to think that *both* these options are now seen as naive, impractical and romantic.
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UBI is a great idea. It’s just distressing to see that the *first* people to get it are workers in a colossally successful and profitable sector.
The *first* people. So it’s now just assumed that we can’t make a living any more. Because someone decided they’d steal our labour and property.
The *first* people. So it’s now just assumed that we can’t make a living any more. Because someone decided they’d steal our labour and property.
February 12, 2026 at 6:33 AM
UBI is a great idea. It’s just distressing to see that the *first* people to get it are workers in a colossally successful and profitable sector.
The *first* people. So it’s now just assumed that we can’t make a living any more. Because someone decided they’d steal our labour and property.
The *first* people. So it’s now just assumed that we can’t make a living any more. Because someone decided they’d steal our labour and property.
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This is wonderful.
Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.
But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.
Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.
But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.
Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
February 12, 2026 at 6:30 AM
This is wonderful.
Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.
But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.
Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.
But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.
Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
Happy birthday to guitarist Raoul Björkenheim, who is 70 today. Here in a live clip from 2008 as part of the, eh, scorching Scorch Trio (Björkenheim, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten & Paal Nilssen-Love): youtu.be/4-4_ZAgvItc...
Scorch Trio, Espazos Sonoros, Sinsalaudio, Museo do Mar
YouTube video by Sinsalaudio
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Happy birthday to guitarist Raoul Björkenheim, who is 70 today. Here in a live clip from 2008 as part of the, eh, scorching Scorch Trio (Björkenheim, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten & Paal Nilssen-Love): youtu.be/4-4_ZAgvItc...
Remembering the late, brilliant cornetist, composer and conductor Lawrence Douglas "Butch" Morris, who was born on this day in 1947. #NowPlaying Dust to Dust (1991).
February 10, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Remembering the late, brilliant cornetist, composer and conductor Lawrence Douglas "Butch" Morris, who was born on this day in 1947. #NowPlaying Dust to Dust (1991).
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These guys are so normal.
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
These guys are so normal.
Superior Viaduct is releasing a reissue of Noah Howard’s magnificent classic The Black Ark on LP in March (it was last reissued in 2007, on both LP and CD, though there was also a 2021 CD release in Japan). Liner notes by John Corbett www.superiorviaduct.com/collections/...
Noah Howard - The Black Ark LP - Superior Viaduct
Release Date: March 6th, 2026 In the pantheon of classic free jazz, Noah Howard's The Black Ark looms large. Recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City in 1969 – just prior to the alto saxophonist's relocation to Europe – the album was eventually released in 1972. The Black Ark exhibits not only the power and imag
www.superiorviaduct.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Superior Viaduct is releasing a reissue of Noah Howard’s magnificent classic The Black Ark on LP in March (it was last reissued in 2007, on both LP and CD, though there was also a 2021 CD release in Japan). Liner notes by John Corbett www.superiorviaduct.com/collections/...
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The United States is purposefully blockading Cuba from accessing fuel that powers everything from grocery stores to hospitals. People will die. Children will die. What's being done to the people of Cuba is monstrous.
The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
February 10, 2026 at 3:59 AM
The United States is purposefully blockading Cuba from accessing fuel that powers everything from grocery stores to hospitals. People will die. Children will die. What's being done to the people of Cuba is monstrous.
The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
February 9, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Fascinert over grafikken oppe til venstre i tv-bildet under kunstløp-konkurransen, med grafen som får flere og flere prikker i ulike farger etter hvert som utøverne utfører ulike øvelser. Som om de skulle være med i et dataspill.
February 9, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Fascinert over grafikken oppe til venstre i tv-bildet under kunstløp-konkurransen, med grafen som får flere og flere prikker i ulike farger etter hvert som utøverne utfører ulike øvelser. Som om de skulle være med i et dataspill.
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I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
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The Marx Brothers - Lindsay Cooper, Georgina Born and Sally Potter - Promotional photograph, early 1980s. Photo from the Lindsay Cooper Digital Archives, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Photographer unknown
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
The Marx Brothers - Lindsay Cooper, Georgina Born and Sally Potter - Promotional photograph, early 1980s. Photo from the Lindsay Cooper Digital Archives, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Photographer unknown
Geri Allen recorded the music for The Printmakers, her debut as a leader, with Anthony Cox and Andrew Cyrille on February 8. and 9. in 1984.
February 8, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Geri Allen recorded the music for The Printmakers, her debut as a leader, with Anthony Cox and Andrew Cyrille on February 8. and 9. in 1984.
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Sunday morning listening from the Delmore Brothers: "You Can't Do Wrong and Get By": www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-kR...
You Can't Do Wrong And Get By
YouTube video by The Delmore Brothers - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Sunday morning listening from the Delmore Brothers: "You Can't Do Wrong and Get By": www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-kR...
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Everyone should be following the digitization and posting of the Adam Jacobs Collection. A 10,000 live concert chronicle of rocknroll-live-in-Chicago between the mid-1980s and today. archive.org/details/aada...
February 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Everyone should be following the digitization and posting of the Adam Jacobs Collection. A 10,000 live concert chronicle of rocknroll-live-in-Chicago between the mid-1980s and today. archive.org/details/aada...
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Wait, THIS is young Anton Chekhov? This? Good lord. Let that gun go off, daddy
February 7, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Wait, THIS is young Anton Chekhov? This? Good lord. Let that gun go off, daddy
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💔💔
February 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
💔💔
Crappy photo of a holy grail spotted in the wild (and wall mouted, too, like a some trophy animal). «Waves From Albert Ayler» by the Mount Everest Trio.
February 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Crappy photo of a holy grail spotted in the wild (and wall mouted, too, like a some trophy animal). «Waves From Albert Ayler» by the Mount Everest Trio.
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New record! It's been five years since I recorded Music for Four Guitars and it's time for a new jam — proud to present the latest four guitars LP, "Music in Continuous Motion," up for preorder today and shipping next month.
billorcutt.bandcamp.com/album/music-...
billorcutt.bandcamp.com/album/music-...
February 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
New record! It's been five years since I recorded Music for Four Guitars and it's time for a new jam — proud to present the latest four guitars LP, "Music in Continuous Motion," up for preorder today and shipping next month.
billorcutt.bandcamp.com/album/music-...
billorcutt.bandcamp.com/album/music-...
Har skrevet om den glimrende altsaksofonisten Angelika Niescier, som sammen med et knippe av Chicagos mest frempå musikere har lagd musikk som både er frydefull, agiterende og mere til på «Chicago Tapes» (Intakt Records). Omtale i Musikkmagasinet, bilag i papir- og e-avisa til Klassekampen.
February 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Har skrevet om den glimrende altsaksofonisten Angelika Niescier, som sammen med et knippe av Chicagos mest frempå musikere har lagd musikk som både er frydefull, agiterende og mere til på «Chicago Tapes» (Intakt Records). Omtale i Musikkmagasinet, bilag i papir- og e-avisa til Klassekampen.
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apropos of nothing
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youtu.be/AZUHjOHsu9k?...
Refuge (Rudy Van Gelder Edition/1999 Remaster)
YouTube video by Andrew Hill - Topic
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 10:31 PM
apropos of nothing
youtu.be/AZUHjOHsu9k?...
youtu.be/AZUHjOHsu9k?...