Chris Robinson
@chris-robinson.bsky.social
Music writer, saxophonist, steel guitarist, PhD in American Studies, bylines in Downbeat, Point of Departure, Passion of the Weiss, elsewhere. Day gig: Duke University Press.
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A beautiful tribute to the late jazz legend Jack DeJohnette, who drummed for Miles, Bill Evans, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious, Coltrane, and crafted classics in his own right as a bandleader
@chris-robinson.bsky.social highlights ten of his best performances.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/10/29/j...
@chris-robinson.bsky.social highlights ten of his best performances.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/10/29/j...
Remembering Jack DeJohnette, Your Favorite Drummer's Favorite Drummer | Passion of the Weiss
A tribute to the late great prodigiously-gifted musician who proved that he could play with anybody, in any style, at any time across an illustrious, seven decade-long career.
www.passionweiss.com
I joined in the Jack DeJohnette chorus of appreciation with 10 of my favorite JD albums in my latest for @passionweiss.bsky.social RIP to one of the realest to ever sit behind a kit.
Anybody up for some Butlerian Jihad?
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Anybody up for some Butlerian Jihad?
I'm still upset my alma mater decided to kill its radio station and to focus on having students do podcasts instead. They ditched their call sign and sold their spot on the dial. Being a part of college radio enriched my life and the lives of others in so many ways.
I love college radio and I wrote about my favorite station for The New York Times... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
College Radio Keeps Its Cool
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I'm still upset my alma mater decided to kill its radio station and to focus on having students do podcasts instead. They ditched their call sign and sold their spot on the dial. Being a part of college radio enriched my life and the lives of others in so many ways.
After a day or two of being harassed in the Triangle, ABC 11 is reporting that Border Patrol has left the area. Mobilizing and individuals standing up to bullies is the only way.
November 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
After a day or two of being harassed in the Triangle, ABC 11 is reporting that Border Patrol has left the area. Mobilizing and individuals standing up to bullies is the only way.
My wife made WRAL news last night, which featured her video of her standing up to the Border Patrol, who took at least three people in Durham yesterday. She's fearless.
WRAL is covering the border patrol in Durham. Here is my video and another by Nida Allam.
youtu.be/n4Z1ukjMbHg
youtu.be/n4Z1ukjMbHg
Videos show intense encounters between Border Patrol and Durham residents
YouTube video by WRAL
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November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
My wife made WRAL news last night, which featured her video of her standing up to the Border Patrol, who took at least three people in Durham yesterday. She's fearless.
I find it interesting that none of the official photos of Border Patrol agents or their uniforms feature masks. I guess masks are for those special times when they run around terrorizing neighborhoods.
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I find it interesting that none of the official photos of Border Patrol agents or their uniforms feature masks. I guess masks are for those special times when they run around terrorizing neighborhoods.
My wife was just pulled over and surrounded in Durham, NC. ICE fucked around and found out that you do not mess with my wife. ICE and Border Patrol are stopping people at random to see who they can grab. She is fearless and is ok and I am proud of her.
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My wife was just pulled over and surrounded in Durham, NC. ICE fucked around and found out that you do not mess with my wife. ICE and Border Patrol are stopping people at random to see who they can grab. She is fearless and is ok and I am proud of her.
Durham, North Carolina: ICE and border patrol are pulling over random people (my wife who is as white as it gets and grew up 15 miles from Kristi Noem's house) and surrounding their cars looking for anybody they can disappear off the street. Film them and tell them to fuck off. They are cowards.
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Durham, North Carolina: ICE and border patrol are pulling over random people (my wife who is as white as it gets and grew up 15 miles from Kristi Noem's house) and surrounding their cars looking for anybody they can disappear off the street. Film them and tell them to fuck off. They are cowards.
My wife just chased off 5 ICE vehicles with like 10 or 12 masked dudes who had blocked her car right next to her house. She told them to go fuck off and she chased them off by herself. Video to come. Don't fuck with Durham.
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
My wife just chased off 5 ICE vehicles with like 10 or 12 masked dudes who had blocked her car right next to her house. She told them to go fuck off and she chased them off by herself. Video to come. Don't fuck with Durham.
It might be time for me to buy a blow up frog suit.
Democratic legislative sources briefed by Gov. Josh Stein’s office told The Assembly and INDY that agents are coming to the state capital.
Immigration Agents Coming to Raleigh Tuesday, Sources Say
Democratic legislative sources briefed by Gov. Josh Stein’s office told The Assembly and INDY agents are coming to the state capital.
indyweek.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It might be time for me to buy a blow up frog suit.
I cant believe that theres never been a Portland band called The Terwilliger Curves. Naturally their debut album would be called Curves Ahead.
November 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I cant believe that theres never been a Portland band called The Terwilliger Curves. Naturally their debut album would be called Curves Ahead.
Yo Portland, its been like 7 or 8 years. What's good these days?
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Yo Portland, its been like 7 or 8 years. What's good these days?
Damn, the second mvt of Bruckner 6 is currently giving me all the feelings.
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Damn, the second mvt of Bruckner 6 is currently giving me all the feelings.
Real talk to academic authors about how messed up ("messed up" is my public insight) the blurb economy is.
November 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Real talk to academic authors about how messed up ("messed up" is my public insight) the blurb economy is.
Ducks make the happiest sounds. I sure would like some ducks one day.
After a week of rain in Vermont, our ducks are showing the fine art of dabbling in mud. This is a natural foraging behavior where the ducks sift through mud with their bills finding worms and insects while letting the inedible stuff fall away.
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Ducks make the happiest sounds. I sure would like some ducks one day.
Performative reading. You mean those times I showed up to class in grad school having pretended to have done all the reading?
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Performative reading. You mean those times I showed up to class in grad school having pretended to have done all the reading?
CDs are what used records were 25 years ago, cheap, everywhere, and mostly unwanted.
Interesting convo with a friend who owns a hip NYC record shop about a sudden renewed interest in CDs, which were a negligible part of his business till recently.
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
CDs are what used records were 25 years ago, cheap, everywhere, and mostly unwanted.
It's Bruckner 5.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It's Bruckner 5.
You can never go wrong with a Caravaggio.
Judith Beheading Holofernes, by Caravaggio, 1599
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You can never go wrong with a Caravaggio.
If you see this, put up an album with a car on the cover. I've always wondered, did Daddy have the Caddy, was this title an imperative to get Daddy his Caddy, did Daddy ever have a Caddy, was it just Daddy's unfulfilled dream to have a Caddy?
November 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
If you see this, put up an album with a car on the cover. I've always wondered, did Daddy have the Caddy, was this title an imperative to get Daddy his Caddy, did Daddy ever have a Caddy, was it just Daddy's unfulfilled dream to have a Caddy?
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November 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Don't sleep on this last minute, down to the wire chance to get some great books for a killer deal.
I was explaining the Butlerian Jihad to my wife this morning because she's seen so many references this week and thought it had something to do with Judith Butler. Not quite, but what if it's coming and Judith becomes its first martyr and that's where the name came from?
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I was explaining the Butlerian Jihad to my wife this morning because she's seen so many references this week and thought it had something to do with Judith Butler. Not quite, but what if it's coming and Judith becomes its first martyr and that's where the name came from?
I wonder what the Grammy criteria is for "alternative jazz album" is. Like is there a venn diagram showing where alt jazz, alt country, and 90s alt rock shall meet? Or is it like mainstream jazz is the jazz 95% of ppl dont care about and alt jazz is the jazz 99.9% of ppl dont care about?
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I wonder what the Grammy criteria is for "alternative jazz album" is. Like is there a venn diagram showing where alt jazz, alt country, and 90s alt rock shall meet? Or is it like mainstream jazz is the jazz 95% of ppl dont care about and alt jazz is the jazz 99.9% of ppl dont care about?
I can't believe the lede on the reviews of the new Makaya McCraven are still along the lines of "it's kind of jazz, it's kind of hip hop, everybody will love beats." It's like his what, 8th album or whatever? What he does shouldn't be surprising. I guess if you've never heard of him.
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I can't believe the lede on the reviews of the new Makaya McCraven are still along the lines of "it's kind of jazz, it's kind of hip hop, everybody will love beats." It's like his what, 8th album or whatever? What he does shouldn't be surprising. I guess if you've never heard of him.
So I can get these bloody oscillators to go buzz buzz when they are hooked up to a breadboard, even this rat's nest, but every time I try wiring them up in my awesome, tidy, sexy enclosure I built they don't work right. Major freaking bummer.
Works on the breadboard, not so much when I wire it up in the enclosure. #dronemusic #diyelectronics
YouTube video by See Rob
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November 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
So I can get these bloody oscillators to go buzz buzz when they are hooked up to a breadboard, even this rat's nest, but every time I try wiring them up in my awesome, tidy, sexy enclosure I built they don't work right. Major freaking bummer.