David Menestres
@abstracttruth.bsky.social
Destroy the original. Fax the images to Newark.
davidmenestres.com
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Ok, we are excited to announce the debut double LP from Dryhouse Ruins! Digital download available today, with vinyl LP preorders starting to ship on 12/05/25. We're really excited to share this with the world. Feel free to reach out to me for more info! dryhouse-ruins.bandcamp.com/album/dryhou...
Dryhouse Ruins, by Dryhouse Ruins
4 track album
dryhouse-ruins.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Ok, we are excited to announce the debut double LP from Dryhouse Ruins! Digital download available today, with vinyl LP preorders starting to ship on 12/05/25. We're really excited to share this with the world. Feel free to reach out to me for more info! dryhouse-ruins.bandcamp.com/album/dryhou...
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ME: ah dang. my shoes untied
EVIL BRIAN ENO: yeahhhh can't help u with that lol
ME: what the fuck dude
EVIL BRIAN ENO: yeahhhh can't help u with that lol
ME: what the fuck dude
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
ME: ah dang. my shoes untied
EVIL BRIAN ENO: yeahhhh can't help u with that lol
ME: what the fuck dude
EVIL BRIAN ENO: yeahhhh can't help u with that lol
ME: what the fuck dude
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Like LA, DC, and Chicago, the previous targets of ICE crackdowns, Charlotte has a Black mayor and is majority non-white. These crackdowns are meant to normalize using federal forces to terrorize people of color.
What's new is that Charlotte is in a swing state. Let's explore the implications.
🧵⬇️
What's new is that Charlotte is in a swing state. Let's explore the implications.
🧵⬇️
Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, and his officers are heading to Charlotte, according to a source familiar with the planning. That was news to city officials. https://cnn.it/49crpZT
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Like LA, DC, and Chicago, the previous targets of ICE crackdowns, Charlotte has a Black mayor and is majority non-white. These crackdowns are meant to normalize using federal forces to terrorize people of color.
What's new is that Charlotte is in a swing state. Let's explore the implications.
🧵⬇️
What's new is that Charlotte is in a swing state. Let's explore the implications.
🧵⬇️
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This is what all in pricing with itemization looks like in practice. This is what musicians have been fighting for federally and in the states, despite the opposition of Ticketmaster, StubHub, Vivid Seats, and other predatory resellers and their proxies.
November 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is what all in pricing with itemization looks like in practice. This is what musicians have been fighting for federally and in the states, despite the opposition of Ticketmaster, StubHub, Vivid Seats, and other predatory resellers and their proxies.
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The long-awaited new edition of Bob Flanagan’s Fuck Journal, on Hanuman Books, thank you for this copy Johanna Hedva, who wrote the intro in this new edition 💘💘💘
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The long-awaited new edition of Bob Flanagan’s Fuck Journal, on Hanuman Books, thank you for this copy Johanna Hedva, who wrote the intro in this new edition 💘💘💘
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Hot ticket! My trumpet piece "Monologue" is being released by Nate Wooley as a very limited edition chapbook featuring a professionally shot/recorded film of the piece (download), writing and interviews by me and Nate, and artwork by Mara Baldwin pleasureofthetextrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/preord...
PREORDER: Sarah Hennies: Monologue from Pleasure Of The Text Records
PREORDER: Sarah Hennies: Monologue from Pleasure Of The Text Records
pleasureofthetextrecords.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hot ticket! My trumpet piece "Monologue" is being released by Nate Wooley as a very limited edition chapbook featuring a professionally shot/recorded film of the piece (download), writing and interviews by me and Nate, and artwork by Mara Baldwin pleasureofthetextrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/preord...
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VCU changed scholarship for descendants of the enslaved to align with anti-DEI policies
Great work by my colleague Megan Pauly
www.vpm.org/news/2025-11...
Great work by my colleague Megan Pauly
www.vpm.org/news/2025-11...
VCU changed scholarship for descendants of the enslaved to align with anti-DEI policies
Among the scholarships reviewed by an outside firm was the Gabriel Scholars Program.
www.vpm.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
VCU changed scholarship for descendants of the enslaved to align with anti-DEI policies
Great work by my colleague Megan Pauly
www.vpm.org/news/2025-11...
Great work by my colleague Megan Pauly
www.vpm.org/news/2025-11...
just remembered there's a thing called "space force" and it's not a joke (at least not more than any other aspect of our ridiculous society).
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
just remembered there's a thing called "space force" and it's not a joke (at least not more than any other aspect of our ridiculous society).
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LL Cool J - The Force (produced by Q-Tip)
THE FORCE - YouTube
youtube.com
October 29, 2024 at 11:50 AM
LL Cool J - The Force (produced by Q-Tip)
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Have listened to this album at least 10 times in the the 2.5 weeks since Chad reminded me of it. What an incredible thing it is. Released 17 years ago tomorrow.
Q-Tip
The Renaissance (2008)
Q-Tip
The Renaissance (2008)
November 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Have listened to this album at least 10 times in the the 2.5 weeks since Chad reminded me of it. What an incredible thing it is. Released 17 years ago tomorrow.
Q-Tip
The Renaissance (2008)
Q-Tip
The Renaissance (2008)
New one from JJJJerome Ellis out today.
Vesper Sparrow, by JJJJJerome Ellis
6 track album
jjjjjerome.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
New one from JJJJerome Ellis out today.
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JoVia Armstrong & Eunoia Society
Inception (2023)
JoVia Armstrong, Composer and Hybrid Cajon Kit
Leslie DeShazor, Electric Violin
Damon Warmack, Bass
Sasha Kashperko, Guitar
Inception (2023)
JoVia Armstrong, Composer and Hybrid Cajon Kit
Leslie DeShazor, Electric Violin
Damon Warmack, Bass
Sasha Kashperko, Guitar
Inception, by JoVia Armstrong & Eunoia Society
6 track album
joviaarmstrong.bandcamp.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
JoVia Armstrong & Eunoia Society
Inception (2023)
JoVia Armstrong, Composer and Hybrid Cajon Kit
Leslie DeShazor, Electric Violin
Damon Warmack, Bass
Sasha Kashperko, Guitar
Inception (2023)
JoVia Armstrong, Composer and Hybrid Cajon Kit
Leslie DeShazor, Electric Violin
Damon Warmack, Bass
Sasha Kashperko, Guitar
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Based on my conversations with people in Europe the European press is really not doing a good job of explaining to people how bad it is here, and they are not doing their own research.
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Based on my conversations with people in Europe the European press is really not doing a good job of explaining to people how bad it is here, and they are not doing their own research.
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NC DEQ just approved its water permit for this Southgate extension of MVP. 🔥☠️🔥
NC DEQ holds public hearing on MVP Southgate natural gas project that impacts Virginia
->Virginia Mercury | #NaturalGas | More info from EcoSearch
->Virginia Mercury | #NaturalGas | More info from EcoSearch
NC DEQ holds public hearing on MVP Southgate natural gas project that impacts Virginia
North Carolinians were able to provide public comment on a natural gas pipeline at a hearing Tuesday evening, the latest step in the MVP Southgate project cutting through the state. The Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR)...
virginiamercury.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
NC DEQ just approved its water permit for this Southgate extension of MVP. 🔥☠️🔥
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The next city bracing for the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is Charlotte, North Carolina, which could see an influx of federal agents as early as this weekend, a county sheriff said Thursday. https://to.pbs.org/4nZ6DAK
Trump's next immigration crackdown will target Charlotte, North Carolina, local sheriff says
The next city bracing for the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is Charlotte, North Carolina, which could see an influx of federal agents as early as this weekend, a county sheriff said Thu...
www.pbs.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The next city bracing for the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is Charlotte, North Carolina, which could see an influx of federal agents as early as this weekend, a county sheriff said Thursday. https://to.pbs.org/4nZ6DAK
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A biography of Alice Coltrane, by Andy Beta? Yes please. (Coming from Hachette in March.)
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-...
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A biography of Alice Coltrane, by Andy Beta? Yes please. (Coming from Hachette in March.)
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-...
Saturday
15 November
Circle Thrift RVA
8pm $10 notaflof
Jack Wright & David Menestres
Enchantress of Bioluminosity
Birds in the Meadow (Marty McCavitt etc)
Circle Thrift RVA
8pm $10 notaflof
Jack Wright & David Menestres
Enchantress of Bioluminosity
Birds in the Meadow (Marty McCavitt etc)
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Saturday
The number of "campaigns for equality" on here that still don't use alt text.
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The number of "campaigns for equality" on here that still don't use alt text.
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So we must weaponize the art that we have and refrain from sharing it with those who seek to utilize it in bad faith, and we can do so online by choosing where we distribute our work.
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So we must weaponize the art that we have and refrain from sharing it with those who seek to utilize it in bad faith, and we can do so online by choosing where we distribute our work.
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Fundraiser going on now for the organization I used to work for and lead, Anthony Braxton's Tri-Centric Foundation! Perks are 🔥. I got a tote. How fortunate I am to be able to call Anthony Braxton my former boss.
fnd.us/braxton80fun...
fnd.us/braxton80fun...
Tri-Centric Archive Campaign: Celebrating Braxton at 80
Tri-Centric Foundation is a non-profit organization which preserves and disseminates the works of American composer and musician Anthony Braxton. Contribute to our campaign to support the preservation...
fnd.us
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fundraiser going on now for the organization I used to work for and lead, Anthony Braxton's Tri-Centric Foundation! Perks are 🔥. I got a tote. How fortunate I am to be able to call Anthony Braxton my former boss.
fnd.us/braxton80fun...
fnd.us/braxton80fun...
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On the first album under her given name, Ale Hope turns her language of vibrant electronics, electric guitar and Latin rhythms into a canvas for diaristic poetry and spoken word. One worthy of the "most personal album to date" moniker and one of my favourite reviews for @thequietus.com this year.
A Topography of Intimacy: A Body Like A Home by Alejandra Cárdenas | The Quietus
To the sound of cumbia rhythms, noisy bass tremors, frantic violin phrases and spectral electronics, the Peruvian-born artist creates a moving meditation on home and homeliness, from the unconscious d...
thequietus.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On the first album under her given name, Ale Hope turns her language of vibrant electronics, electric guitar and Latin rhythms into a canvas for diaristic poetry and spoken word. One worthy of the "most personal album to date" moniker and one of my favourite reviews for @thequietus.com this year.
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Virginia's giving $1.2 million to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit's US subsidiary where it manufactures night vision tech in Roanoke, +$300k for a performance based grant. Elbit produces drones it calls "the primary platform of the IDF in counter-terror" ops www.elbitsystems.com/autonomous/a...
Governor of Virginia | Governor.Virginia.gov
Governor Glenn Youngkin, 74th Governor of Virginia
Governor.Virginia.gov
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Virginia's giving $1.2 million to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit's US subsidiary where it manufactures night vision tech in Roanoke, +$300k for a performance based grant. Elbit produces drones it calls "the primary platform of the IDF in counter-terror" ops www.elbitsystems.com/autonomous/a...
Money Jungle (1963)
Duke Ellington
Charles Mingus
Max Roach
Thinking about how I've probably listened to this album more than a thousand times in my life.
Duke Ellington
Charles Mingus
Max Roach
Thinking about how I've probably listened to this album more than a thousand times in my life.
Money Jungle - YouTube
youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Money Jungle (1963)
Duke Ellington
Charles Mingus
Max Roach
Thinking about how I've probably listened to this album more than a thousand times in my life.
Duke Ellington
Charles Mingus
Max Roach
Thinking about how I've probably listened to this album more than a thousand times in my life.
If you drink that nasty Starbucks shit today is a good day to stop.
"Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott"
"Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott"
‘Whatever it takes’: Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott
Unfair labor practice strike on ‘red cup day’ in over 25 cities comes amid stagnant negotiations with coffee chain
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If you drink that nasty Starbucks shit today is a good day to stop.
"Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott"
"Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott"
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Very pleased to share video of Lori Goldston & Greg Kelley at Boston City Hall, presented in collaboration with @rpmfestival.bsky.social & the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI7c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI7c...
Greg Kelley + Lori Goldston === Sound + Light + Movement Tuesday, October 14, 2025, EXCERPT
YouTube video by wenhua shi
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Very pleased to share video of Lori Goldston & Greg Kelley at Boston City Hall, presented in collaboration with @rpmfestival.bsky.social & the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI7c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI7c...