Ian Karmel
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Ian Karmel
@iankarmel.bsky.social
Standup. Writer. Trail Blazers fan.
https://linktr.ee/iankarmel
watching the blazers mount an insane comeback and then lose on a buzzer beater
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Rest in Peace Jack DeJohnette. Listen to Bitches Brew today (and anything he did with ECM, Keith Jarrett, etc.)
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
October 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
nice
October 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
You can rig a poker game but you can't rig the lottery to get us Wemby?
October 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Double Trouble! We've got Doug Benson AND Rory Scovel on today's All Fantasy Everything. Movies Directed By Actors with Doug and a special Mini Draft of Mini Things with Rory!

Go see Rory in Portland tonight!

bit.ly/afedirect
October 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Damn, they got his ass dead to rights.
October 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
October 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
ITS TIME.
October 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Oscar Peterson would have been 100 years old today. For my money, the greatest pianist of all time. A master technician with pop sensibilities and the PERFECT access point if you're looking to listen to more jazz. Check out Night Train or West Side Story or his take on Gershwin and go from there!
August 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Perfect mellow Friday night album. The OPT and Stan Getz. #jazzsky
August 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
July 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
July 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Sick.
July 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Tonight’s lineup. Starting with Mongo Santamaria and Art Blakey live albums. Then Sonny Rollins playing with Miles Davis’ amazing band (Coltrane, but no Davis!) and then Cymande’s self-titled masterpiece. #jazzsky
July 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Portland. July 10th. 8pm. Kyle Kinane, Shane Torres, @seanjordancomedy.bsky.social and myself are going to do a show at Polaris Hall to raise money for people being affected by these ICE raids. 100% of the proceeds going to charity.

www.etix.com/ticket/p/424...
July 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Call me Napoleon because I'm blasting Cannonballs on the record player tonight while I write...

My writing is better than that "Call me Napoleon" thing. I mean, I'm mostly outlining, so it isn't like BETTER better. The hope is that it will, at some point, be better. Hard to know for sure. #JazzSky
July 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Writing music tonight. #JazzMusic
June 29, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Was lucky enough to see this beautiful, immersive performance by Kamasi Washington tonight. Several bands spread throughout the gallery, a choir, a woodwind section, brass, strings, all interacting with each other. Truly beautiful! If this ain't nice. #JazzSky
June 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
RIP Lalo Schifrin, who among many many many other things, composed this absolute shmacker. #jazzsky
June 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
THIS IS WHAT PEEK PODCASTING LOOKS LIKE. We were joined in studio by @laurapeekcomedy.bsky.social to draft "Snacks for a Middle School Pool Party!"

WHAT ARE YOUR TOP PICKS?

bit.ly/afepoolsnacks
June 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
June 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A Duck named Beaver... the Prince Who Was Promised...
June 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The wisdom to use a James Gandolfini type to model the Trail Blazers plush embroidered robe will eventually lead us to a championship. Do not lose faith.
June 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Cannonball with Bill Evans and the MJQ rhythm section. Erroll Garner spinning gold in Carmel. Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry going back and forth playing the brightest music you’ve ever heard. All this plus you’re a grown up who can eat Cold Stone pretty much WHENEVER. #jazzsky
June 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM