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Jacob Blickenstaff
@jacobblick.bsky.social
Portrait + Documentary Photographer of Music. Bassist. Substack: thatmilliondollarbash.substack.com
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A "shared chronicle of a show neither of us will soon forget," @natechinen.bsky.social writes of his Substack post with photographer @jacobblick.bsky.social covering Ambrose Akinmusire's Big Ears Festival set featuring his new album, 'honey from a winter stone': thegig.substack.com/p/ambrose-ak...
April 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New feature on collaboration and creativity with the Sonic Explorer Daniel Lanois.
Soul Mining with Daniel Lanois
Two Nights in Brooklyn with the Sonic Explorer
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March 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Natalie Merchant and Makaya McCraven have joined 19 other artists in signing photos of themselves by @jacobblick.bsky.social for an auction to benefit @musicares.bsky.social in its efforts to help the LA music community recover from the wildfires. Place your bid now at www.ebay.com/usr/prints_f...
February 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Great collaboration on covering Makaya McCraven’s recent artist residency at NYC Winter Jazzfest from @natechinen.bsky.social and @jacobblick.bsky.social! thatmilliondollarbash.substack.com/p/makaya-mcc...

cc @intlanthem.bsky.social
Makaya McCraven: Four Days In the Moment
Inside the whirl of Winter Jazzfest with 2025's Artist-In-Residence
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January 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Happy belated 84th Birthday to Aaron Neville, forever in my pantheon of R&B/Soul singers. I photographed and interviewed him at his and his wife's farm in 2016 for @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/media/2016/1...
January 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A couple frames from Winter JazzFest: New @bluenoterecords.bsky.social signee Paul Cornish and his trio at the Brooklyn Marathon, Jan 11. #nycwjf
January 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Threads doesn't seem to help much with sharing work, so I'll try here and see if you'll help me wish Patti Smith a belated birthday with a story about these unpublished portraits from 10 years ago. thatmilliondollarbash.substack.com/p/got-to-los...
Got to Lose Control and Then You Take Control
Patti Smith gives me a portrait. (Happy Birthday, Patti)
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January 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The very first photo feature story of That Million Dollar Bash just went live. We chronicle an amazing hang with @coleminerecords.bsky.social 's own Kelly Finnigan.
A Lover Was Born
Soundcheck to load-out with Kelly Finnigan & the Atonements.
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December 6, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Somehow I've done something to get banned from posting on Threads for like 10 days. Has this happened to anyone else?
December 6, 2024 at 5:45 AM
I've launched a Substack featuring in-depth photo-based features on music and musicians. Check out the introductory post here: thatmilliondollarbash.substack.com/p/its-that-m...
Ooh, baby, ooh-ee it's That Million Dollar Bash
This is the inaugural post from That Million Dollar Bash, a Substack from photographer Jacob Blickenstaff of in-depth and intimate photo essays on the bands and musicians you love with opportunities f...
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December 3, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Morning Uber ride with Avtandil to the post office. I’m guessing he’s about 65. The opening notes to ‘Unforgiven’ come on the stereo. When I got out I said, “Thanks for the Metallica!” And I got confused silence, I don’t think he understood a word I said.
November 27, 2024 at 5:44 PM
I had had a little whiskey and I was trying to tell someone about Phil Spector (as a producer) but it came out ‘Spil Phector’ and that shoulda been my Bluesky handle.
November 20, 2024 at 6:18 PM
My feed is all anime drawings, cheeseball photography and squirrels. The Bluesky algo has some learning to do…
November 20, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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The owners of Wisconsin-based Uline spent more money funding Republicans in this election than even Elon Musk. www.opensecrets.org/outside-spen...
November 15, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Record dealers, bands, labels, etc. - PLEASE do not buy your LP/45 shipping supplies from ULINE. Yes, they have everything but they are MEGA-MAGA. Outfits like Bags Unlimited and Sleeve City can hook you up.
November 20, 2024 at 5:12 PM
1st Post. Hiya, I'm a Music Photographer, Bassist, Seller of Interesting Things, Brooklynite, Fly Fisherman, Fugitive Dem.
Music Photography work here: www.33-13.com
November 12, 2024 at 5:15 PM