Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label)
@burningambulance.bsky.social
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.
Weekend used book score: Three Travis McGee novels, chosen pretty much at random, for $6.
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Weekend used book score: Three Travis McGee novels, chosen pretty much at random, for $6.
Did you know there are now TWO exorcism-themed movies starring Russell Crowe? And incredibly, they're both good! THE POPE'S EXORCIST is a rollicking spookablast, while THE EXORCISM is much darker (emotionally and literally - half the movie seems to take place in unlit rooms) and scarier.
November 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Did you know there are now TWO exorcism-themed movies starring Russell Crowe? And incredibly, they're both good! THE POPE'S EXORCIST is a rollicking spookablast, while THE EXORCISM is much darker (emotionally and literally - half the movie seems to take place in unlit rooms) and scarier.
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-...
Today in FUCK YEAH: Cecil Taylor/Tony Oxley Flashing Spirits CDs are officially SOLD OUT. (We have UK and EU distribution, so I'm sure some sites still have copies left, but I have NONE.) This is the first Burning Ambulance Music title to sell out its print run and I am THRILLED.
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Today in FUCK YEAH: Cecil Taylor/Tony Oxley Flashing Spirits CDs are officially SOLD OUT. (We have UK and EU distribution, so I'm sure some sites still have copies left, but I have NONE.) This is the first Burning Ambulance Music title to sell out its print run and I am THRILLED.
So about a week ago, this tabby cat showed up at our front door, wanting to come inside. Very vocal, looking up at me and meowing, pressing both front paws against the door. I said no, and it walked away. But it came back around 1:30 AM, meowing loudly and finally leaving again.
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
So about a week ago, this tabby cat showed up at our front door, wanting to come inside. Very vocal, looking up at me and meowing, pressing both front paws against the door. I said no, and it walked away. But it came back around 1:30 AM, meowing loudly and finally leaving again.
Saw this Joan Mitchell diptych in a Chelsea gallery almost 10 years ago and it's stuck with me ever since. Thanks as always to @iza3800.bsky.social for exposing my dumb ass to the good shit.
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Saw this Joan Mitchell diptych in a Chelsea gallery almost 10 years ago and it's stuck with me ever since. Thanks as always to @iza3800.bsky.social for exposing my dumb ass to the good shit.
OH NOOOOO
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
OH NOOOOO
I wonder if my label is in this book...
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I wonder if my label is in this book...
The best compilation of Buddy Guy’s Chess material, and my introduction to him, thanks to an uncle who also gave me Hunter Thompson’s Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas.
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The best compilation of Buddy Guy’s Chess material, and my introduction to him, thanks to an uncle who also gave me Hunter Thompson’s Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas.
Tonight's proofreading/copy-editing soundtrack.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Tonight's proofreading/copy-editing soundtrack.
Some surprising candidates for "Most 1993 Album Cover Ever"...
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Some surprising candidates for "Most 1993 Album Cover Ever"...
This is it, folks - these are the last three copies of Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley’s Flashing Spirits, an amazing live performance from 1988. We’re not making more, so if you want one (and you do), order now!
ceciltaylor-bam.bandcamp.com/album/flashi...
ceciltaylor-bam.bandcamp.com/album/flashi...
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is it, folks - these are the last three copies of Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley’s Flashing Spirits, an amazing live performance from 1988. We’re not making more, so if you want one (and you do), order now!
ceciltaylor-bam.bandcamp.com/album/flashi...
ceciltaylor-bam.bandcamp.com/album/flashi...
The new box set version of Jimi Hendrix's Axis: Bold As Love might have the worst cover art of any super deluxe reissue EVER. That said, the mono version of the album, on Disc 2, is fantastic.
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The new box set version of Jimi Hendrix's Axis: Bold As Love might have the worst cover art of any super deluxe reissue EVER. That said, the mono version of the album, on Disc 2, is fantastic.
I think this is very generous of him and I admire him for it. I think every aspiring Democratic politician in New York State should be given the chance to beat Andrew Cuomo in a primary at least once.
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I think this is very generous of him and I admire him for it. I think every aspiring Democratic politician in New York State should be given the chance to beat Andrew Cuomo in a primary at least once.
Pre-lunch listening: Glorious Depravity, Death Never Sleeps. 3 dudes from Woe + 1 dude from Gravesend + 1 dude from Pyrrhon + 1 painting by Dan Seagrave = pure knuckle-walking NY death metal.
gloriousdepravity-label.bandcamp.com/album/death-...
gloriousdepravity-label.bandcamp.com/album/death-...
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Pre-lunch listening: Glorious Depravity, Death Never Sleeps. 3 dudes from Woe + 1 dude from Gravesend + 1 dude from Pyrrhon + 1 painting by Dan Seagrave = pure knuckle-walking NY death metal.
gloriousdepravity-label.bandcamp.com/album/death-...
gloriousdepravity-label.bandcamp.com/album/death-...
It's a sequel of sorts to Caicedo's previous album, Seis Amorfismos, which The Wire described as "where extreme metal, contemporary classical and non-idiomatic musics meet.” If you haven't heard that one, we're selling both CDs for just $22 plus shipping!
diegocaicedo.bandcamp.com/album/eidos-...
diegocaicedo.bandcamp.com/album/eidos-...
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It's a sequel of sorts to Caicedo's previous album, Seis Amorfismos, which The Wire described as "where extreme metal, contemporary classical and non-idiomatic musics meet.” If you haven't heard that one, we're selling both CDs for just $22 plus shipping!
diegocaicedo.bandcamp.com/album/eidos-...
diegocaicedo.bandcamp.com/album/eidos-...
Today is the official release of guitarist/composer Diego Caicedo's Eidos Daemonium, an amazing album of compositions for noise guitar, extreme metal vocals, and string quartet, all wrapped in a beautiful sleeve by @iza3800.bsky.social.
diegocaicedo.bandcamp.com/album/eidos-...
diegocaicedo.bandcamp.com/album/eidos-...
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today is the official release of guitarist/composer Diego Caicedo's Eidos Daemonium, an amazing album of compositions for noise guitar, extreme metal vocals, and string quartet, all wrapped in a beautiful sleeve by @iza3800.bsky.social.
diegocaicedo.bandcamp.com/album/eidos-...
diegocaicedo.bandcamp.com/album/eidos-...
New CDs — Diego Caicedo’s Eidos Daemonium and Ivo Perelman/Nate Wooley’s Polarity 4 — just arrived via DHL. They look and sound incredible; order now!
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New CDs — Diego Caicedo’s Eidos Daemonium and Ivo Perelman/Nate Wooley’s Polarity 4 — just arrived via DHL. They look and sound incredible; order now!
When @iza3800.bsky.social and I were leaving this afternoon this cat auditioned us. Ran up to our front door meowing, then jumped onto the car hood to look us in the eye. We said no (several times) and it eventually ran off.
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When @iza3800.bsky.social and I were leaving this afternoon this cat auditioned us. Ran up to our front door meowing, then jumped onto the car hood to look us in the eye. We said no (several times) and it eventually ran off.
Thinking it's time I explored the catalog of the Vandermark 5. I've only ever really listened to their "covers albums" (Free Jazz Classics Vols. 1-4), so I'm starting at the beginning with 1997's Single Piece Flow.
vandermark1.bandcamp.com/album/single...
vandermark1.bandcamp.com/album/single...
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Thinking it's time I explored the catalog of the Vandermark 5. I've only ever really listened to their "covers albums" (Free Jazz Classics Vols. 1-4), so I'm starting at the beginning with 1997's Single Piece Flow.
vandermark1.bandcamp.com/album/single...
vandermark1.bandcamp.com/album/single...
In today’s mail: research material for a potential project.
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In today’s mail: research material for a potential project.
I used to be a big Mental Vortex guy, but now I am very much a No More Color guy.
November 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I used to be a big Mental Vortex guy, but now I am very much a No More Color guy.
The Taco John's near me (Kalispell, MT) is participating in this.
November 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Taco John's near me (Kalispell, MT) is participating in this.
Saw someone wearing this T-shirt and I think I need one. (Apparently the design is based on actual USGS topographical data.)
October 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Saw someone wearing this T-shirt and I think I need one. (Apparently the design is based on actual USGS topographical data.)
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
October 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.