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Jazz, other kinds of music, baseball (go O's!), comics, movies
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The other coolest version is by Con-Funk-Shun. They ditch the chords entirely and just groove out on F#m. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmlU...
CON-FUNK-SHUN - MR TAMBOURINE MAN .wmv
YouTube video by LAURA BLISS ART PARIS
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December 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The other coolest version is by Con-Funk-Shun. They ditch the chords entirely and just groove out on F#m. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmlU...
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You guys ever heard Odetta's version of "Mr Tambourine Man"? It's so cool. Extremely slow 12/8, bluesy seventh chords, phrasing like Billie Holiday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOEP...
Odetta - Mr. Tambourine Man
YouTube video by Irapoan Nogueira Filho Alford
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December 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
You guys ever heard Odetta's version of "Mr Tambourine Man"? It's so cool. Extremely slow 12/8, bluesy seventh chords, phrasing like Billie Holiday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOEP...
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a post from @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app got me thinking about the Bone Thugs, who I love to think about, really a miracle of an act. this jam from 2007's "Strength & Loyalty" is so good even though Bizzy & Flesh-n-Bone were both unavail for that album
youtu.be/q4EiBFUpFXg?...
youtu.be/q4EiBFUpFXg?...
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - I Tried (Official Music Video) ft. Akon
YouTube video by BoneThugsHarmonyVEVO
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December 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
a post from @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app got me thinking about the Bone Thugs, who I love to think about, really a miracle of an act. this jam from 2007's "Strength & Loyalty" is so good even though Bizzy & Flesh-n-Bone were both unavail for that album
youtu.be/q4EiBFUpFXg?...
youtu.be/q4EiBFUpFXg?...
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i don't know what i keep looking for in my phone but it is ~NOT THERE~
May 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
i don't know what i keep looking for in my phone but it is ~NOT THERE~
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Thanks to @thescrvnr.bsky.social for turning me on to the reissue of this absolute gem of late 70s world jazz.
December 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Thanks to @thescrvnr.bsky.social for turning me on to the reissue of this absolute gem of late 70s world jazz.
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@andrewfarago.bsky.social and I got to weigh in on some of the best comics of the year for The Comics Journal (and he shamelessly plugged our work):
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The best comics of 2025, as chosen by our contributors - The Comics Journal
We asked our contributors what they thought were the best comics of 2025 were. Here's what they said.
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December 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
@andrewfarago.bsky.social and I got to weigh in on some of the best comics of the year for The Comics Journal (and he shamelessly plugged our work):
www.tcj.com/the-best-com...
www.tcj.com/the-best-com...
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These clowns are just making up duties and rules and laws. Artists don't have any duty to sing for fascists, and only a fascist would try to force them to.
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
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December 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
These clowns are just making up duties and rules and laws. Artists don't have any duty to sing for fascists, and only a fascist would try to force them to.
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On #DavidRemnick. The @newyorker.com has some great science writers. But there is an affinity high-up for COVID contrarianism: Jessica Winter's piece on school closures, Dan Immerwahr's ode to "In COVID's Wake," & the best of 2025 for that book. 1/
December 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
On #DavidRemnick. The @newyorker.com has some great science writers. But there is an affinity high-up for COVID contrarianism: Jessica Winter's piece on school closures, Dan Immerwahr's ode to "In COVID's Wake," & the best of 2025 for that book. 1/
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I still haven't made my year-end list, but this is undoubtedly on it
Today's newsletter is about The Bottle Tapes, an incredible new 6CD set of live avant-jazz recordings, and about the difference between the New York and Chicago music scenes:
burningambulance.substack.com/p/the-bottle...
burningambulance.substack.com/p/the-bottle...
The Bottle Tapes
An essential storehouse of Chicago music history
burningambulance.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I still haven't made my year-end list, but this is undoubtedly on it
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Cover by Harvey Eisenberg.
December 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Cover by Harvey Eisenberg.
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things can indeed be effortless and light, because magicians walk among us youtu.be/uQDwt4MOZdY?...
Yo La Tengo (with Norah Jones) - Encores - 2025-12-18 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
YouTube video by Chad Sclove
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December 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
things can indeed be effortless and light, because magicians walk among us youtu.be/uQDwt4MOZdY?...
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Gasoline Alley by Frank King from December 18, 1921.
December 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Gasoline Alley by Frank King from December 18, 1921.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
more info: ecmrecords.com/product/drea...
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An hour's worth of SML searching for the magic of the moment in Brooklyn earlier this year.
Doom & Gloom From The Tomb
SML - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, January 11, 2025
The LA-based jazz/improv/electronic collective SML put out their second LP earlier this year — How You Been. And lo, it was good. But it's....
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December 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
An hour's worth of SML searching for the magic of the moment in Brooklyn earlier this year.
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Jazz bassist Linda May Han Oh discusses her album 'Strange Heavens,' a chordless trio recording with Ambrose Akinmusire and Tyshawn Sorey that explores anxiety, release, and the human tendency to choose comfort over unknown possibility.
Surfin' Bass — Linda May Han Oh Rides an Uncertain Wave:
Surfin' Bass — Linda May Han Oh Rides an Uncertain Wave:
Linda May Han Oh's 'Strange Heavens' | The Tonearm
The bassist discusses her album 'Strange Heavens,' a chordless trio recording with Ambrose Akinmusire and Tyshawn Sorey that explores anxiety, release, and the human tendency to choose familiar comfort over unknown possibility.
www.thetonearm.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Jazz bassist Linda May Han Oh discusses her album 'Strange Heavens,' a chordless trio recording with Ambrose Akinmusire and Tyshawn Sorey that explores anxiety, release, and the human tendency to choose comfort over unknown possibility.
Surfin' Bass — Linda May Han Oh Rides an Uncertain Wave:
Surfin' Bass — Linda May Han Oh Rides an Uncertain Wave:
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Dave Holland, Norma Winstone, & London Vocal Project • Vital Spark (Music of Kenny Wheeler)
February 20 • Edition Records
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February 20 • Edition Records
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December 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Dave Holland, Norma Winstone, & London Vocal Project • Vital Spark (Music of Kenny Wheeler)
February 20 • Edition Records
editionrecords.com/releases/vit...
February 20 • Edition Records
editionrecords.com/releases/vit...
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From UK hardcore to Uruguayan future-ancient complexity, from Texan dancehall poetry to utopian Uzbek electro, French ambient house bliss to politicized Colombian arena-techno punk I GOT YOU.... Again, abundance, abundance, afuckingbundance, let's go.
The Best Electronic Music of 2025
Our guide to the year’s crucial electronic LPs.
daily.bandcamp.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
From UK hardcore to Uruguayan future-ancient complexity, from Texan dancehall poetry to utopian Uzbek electro, French ambient house bliss to politicized Colombian arena-techno punk I GOT YOU.... Again, abundance, abundance, afuckingbundance, let's go.
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Michael Ullman on the previously unheard live recording "Sun Ra, Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank" (Resonance Records). Ragged through and through, this varied set is nonetheless a vigorous delight.
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Jazz Album Review: Sun Ra and his Arkestra Live at The Left Bank - Cosmic Swing and Ragged Glory - The Arts Fuse
Sun Ra was often deliberately far out, as we used to say, and also joyously entertaining.
artsfuse.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Michael Ullman on the previously unheard live recording "Sun Ra, Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank" (Resonance Records). Ragged through and through, this varied set is nonetheless a vigorous delight.
artsfuse.org/320836/jazz-...
artsfuse.org/320836/jazz-...
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Jon Garelick reviews new albums from Billy Hart, Phil Haynes & Free Country, Pat Thomas, Kalia Vandever, and the Webber/Morris Big Band.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Jon Garelick reviews new albums from Billy Hart, Phil Haynes & Free Country, Pat Thomas, Kalia Vandever, and the Webber/Morris Big Band.
artsfuse.org/321053/jazz-...
artsfuse.org/321053/jazz-...
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These are the best contemporary classical albums of 2025.
The Best Contemporary Classical Music of 2025
Our guide to the year’s crucial contemporary classical releases.
daily.bandcamp.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
These are the best contemporary classical albums of 2025.
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Excellent news for SML heads.
Booker Stardrum • Close-up On The Outside
feat. Anna Butterss, Jeremiah Chiu, Chris Williams, Lester St. Louis, Logan Hone, Michael Coleman
February 27 • We Jazz Records
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feat. Anna Butterss, Jeremiah Chiu, Chris Williams, Lester St. Louis, Logan Hone, Michael Coleman
February 27 • We Jazz Records
bookerstardrum.bandcamp.com/album/close-...
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Excellent news for SML heads.
Favorite Music of 2025
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Favorite Music of 2025
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My Slate music-year-in-review is up! Tried to celebrate the humanity of music makers vs. AI slop, those who value autonomy in a time of corporate concentration, & those who speak up about the state of the world in a time of suppression, brutality, and enshittification. slate.com/culture/2025...
The 10 Best Albums of 2025—Plus the 20 Songs That Met the Moment
The top albums, singles, and protest anthems of the year.
slate.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My Slate music-year-in-review is up! Tried to celebrate the humanity of music makers vs. AI slop, those who value autonomy in a time of corporate concentration, & those who speak up about the state of the world in a time of suppression, brutality, and enshittification. slate.com/culture/2025...
