Jeff Jahn
@jeffjahn.bsky.social
Polymath curator, art critic, composer and cultural historian, based in Portland Oregon. https://jeffjahn.bandcamp.com/album/sj
PAM is free the next 4 days. What an incredibly significant and meaningful day with the public opening of the Rothko Pavilion expansion @portlandartmuseum.bsky.social museum. As providence would have it I was standing right next to Kate and Christopher Rothko and got to share a few meaningful words.
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
PAM is free the next 4 days. What an incredibly significant and meaningful day with the public opening of the Rothko Pavilion expansion @portlandartmuseum.bsky.social museum. As providence would have it I was standing right next to Kate and Christopher Rothko and got to share a few meaningful words.
Quiet Eye is my next single and music video: youtu.be/ZyBu-eZD6RI
Video features Portland Oregon (not on fire) and Roman statues of the Emperors Nero, Caligula and Commodus.
All instruments, performed by Jahn on completely improvised first takes using zero ai, prioritizing the human response.
Video features Portland Oregon (not on fire) and Roman statues of the Emperors Nero, Caligula and Commodus.
All instruments, performed by Jahn on completely improvised first takes using zero ai, prioritizing the human response.
Quiet Eye (official video) by Jeff Jahn
YouTube video by Mister Jahn
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Quiet Eye is my next single and music video: youtu.be/ZyBu-eZD6RI
Video features Portland Oregon (not on fire) and Roman statues of the Emperors Nero, Caligula and Commodus.
All instruments, performed by Jahn on completely improvised first takes using zero ai, prioritizing the human response.
Video features Portland Oregon (not on fire) and Roman statues of the Emperors Nero, Caligula and Commodus.
All instruments, performed by Jahn on completely improvised first takes using zero ai, prioritizing the human response.
A Halloween mood progressive music playlist: youtu.be/5ERMAdnmr-M?...
Here there be Monsters, Progressive music that haunts humanity
YouTube video by Mister Jahn
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October 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
A Halloween mood progressive music playlist: youtu.be/5ERMAdnmr-M?...
Portland a warzone? (I live there so I know) Perhaps my favorite rock band Rush reforms and I discuss... and Part II of my discussion of the second single Occultation Astrocytes: youtu.be/UceTvsJPxBg?...
Portland a Warzone? Rush Returns! Discussing the 2nd single Part II
YouTube video by Mister Jahn
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October 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Portland a warzone? (I live there so I know) Perhaps my favorite rock band Rush reforms and I discuss... and Part II of my discussion of the second single Occultation Astrocytes: youtu.be/UceTvsJPxBg?...
Walk'n and talk'n about the second single and music video in Ladd's Addition: youtu.be/EX9496ynMEM?... yup gorgeous Portland Oregon #livinginhell
Walk'n and talk'n Spiders: 2nd single and music video discussion for Occultation Astrocytes Part 1
YouTube video by Mister Jahn
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September 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Walk'n and talk'n about the second single and music video in Ladd's Addition: youtu.be/EX9496ynMEM?... yup gorgeous Portland Oregon #livinginhell
Presenting, Occultation Astrocytes: youtu.be/WYgCJ531pL0?... the second single off Sjå, my first album in over 25 years. Occultation Astrocytes is an adventurous instrumental accompanied with an experimental film directed by myself as its video companion.
Occultation Astrocytes by Jeff Jahn (Official Video)
YouTube video by Mister Jahn
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September 5, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Presenting, Occultation Astrocytes: youtu.be/WYgCJ531pL0?... the second single off Sjå, my first album in over 25 years. Occultation Astrocytes is an adventurous instrumental accompanied with an experimental film directed by myself as its video companion.
Discussing the limits of AI to generate convincing Prog, other art Part1: youtu.be/tAmgR1Ms-4k?...
Can AI Prog? Part1
YouTube video by Mister Jahn
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August 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Discussing the limits of AI to generate convincing Prog, other art Part1: youtu.be/tAmgR1Ms-4k?...
Discussing the avant-garde in visual art and music... because, niche stuff as the world burns. youtu.be/HOxK3yIVTGQ?...
Avant-Garde in music and visual art today
YouTube video by Mister Jahn
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August 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Discussing the avant-garde in visual art and music... because, niche stuff as the world burns. youtu.be/HOxK3yIVTGQ?...
Farewell Ozzy: youtu.be/FhEXZdEedLk
Farewell Ozzy... he deserves an awesome crypt
YouTube video by Mister Jahn
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July 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Farewell Ozzy: youtu.be/FhEXZdEedLk
Its hot here in Portland today so I thought Id do some odd prog music picks on my YT channel: youtu.be/r09bjECWegc?...
Some Hot Odd Prog Picks & Foo Fighter drummer talk
YouTube video by Mister Jahn
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July 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Its hot here in Portland today so I thought Id do some odd prog music picks on my YT channel: youtu.be/r09bjECWegc?...
As a fan of "parkitecture" this is a major loss: www.cnn.com/2025/07/13/u... Ive been there several times and an important friend worked there for a few seasons.
A historic Grand Canyon lodge has been destroyed by wildfire, an official says | CNN
A historic lodge on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim has been destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire, the park said Sunday.
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July 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
As a fan of "parkitecture" this is a major loss: www.cnn.com/2025/07/13/u... Ive been there several times and an important friend worked there for a few seasons.
Big News, King Crimson is coming back, youtu.be/6o8sjJMwLxU and checking in from a field of feral fennel. How Portland is that?
King Crimson returns and lots of fennel...
YouTube video by Mister Jahn
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July 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Big News, King Crimson is coming back, youtu.be/6o8sjJMwLxU and checking in from a field of feral fennel. How Portland is that?
What the world needs more of, Frank Zappa (first time this has been released). Especially as I do this interview, partly discussing his influence on me youtu.be/2Gdw7lFYdCw?...
Cheaper Than Cheep: Live Concert Film (1974)
YouTube video by Frank Zappa
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June 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
What the world needs more of, Frank Zappa (first time this has been released). Especially as I do this interview, partly discussing his influence on me youtu.be/2Gdw7lFYdCw?...
Reposted by Jeff Jahn
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
Reprehensible
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
Are you ‘jonesing to fire less lethal rounds’ and ‘launch gas canisters’? Oregon State Police SWAT email misses mark
Oregon State Police tried to conceal this controversial SWAT recruitment email when The Oregonian/OregonLive requested it. Now state police are distancing themselves from it.
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June 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Reprehensible
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/0...
Blueberry season begins in beautiful Portland Oregon
June 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Blueberry season begins in beautiful Portland Oregon
Bleeding Edge Show has posted the first formal album review for Sjå and as intended it was "very challenging"...comparisons to Zappa and The Cardiacs is always a win so check it out: youtu.be/xZhK4-fZxDM?... Isthis music I created really, "unique in the history of recorded music?" as he asks?
Reviewing 10 albums that were stacked up in my inbox!
YouTube video by Bleeding Edge
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June 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Bleeding Edge Show has posted the first formal album review for Sjå and as intended it was "very challenging"...comparisons to Zappa and The Cardiacs is always a win so check it out: youtu.be/xZhK4-fZxDM?... Isthis music I created really, "unique in the history of recorded music?" as he asks?
Returning Pat Barrett's trombone to Gail. It is featured on what has become my personally most listened to tune on the album, Occultation Astrocytes... which sounds like 2 Rush songs at the same time. You can hear it here: jeffjahn.bandcamp.com/track/occult... (Lots of free plays).
May 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Returning Pat Barrett's trombone to Gail. It is featured on what has become my personally most listened to tune on the album, Occultation Astrocytes... which sounds like 2 Rush songs at the same time. You can hear it here: jeffjahn.bandcamp.com/track/occult... (Lots of free plays).
Yes THE WORLD SUCKS, but not yesterday... winery with some next level art for artists weeken also opebn today @Saffron Hills in Yamhill Oregon
May 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Yes THE WORLD SUCKS, but not yesterday... winery with some next level art for artists weeken also opebn today @Saffron Hills in Yamhill Oregon
Some music and art geekery discussing the word of the week, "Weird." It is a word that is often misunderstood and misused. This is going to get technical. youtu.be/0QpRK8GhBds?... thinking about being idiomatic and paths to originality. I bring up Bjork, Confucius, Allan Holdsworth, Bowie etc.
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May 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Some music and art geekery discussing the word of the week, "Weird." It is a word that is often misunderstood and misused. This is going to get technical. youtu.be/0QpRK8GhBds?... thinking about being idiomatic and paths to originality. I bring up Bjork, Confucius, Allan Holdsworth, Bowie etc.
Reflecting on the Sjå, album now that it is out www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6w_..., also the next show I am curating... + Thanking people. Also discussing my influences like: Robert Fripp, Andy Summers and Frank Zappa
Reflecting on the Sjå, album now that it is out
YouTube video by Mister Jahn
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May 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Reflecting on the Sjå, album now that it is out www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6w_..., also the next show I am curating... + Thanking people. Also discussing my influences like: Robert Fripp, Andy Summers and Frank Zappa
Responses are rolling in from all points of the globe on my first album in 25+ years. So far the vibe words used most so far are: "Original", "Zappa", "King Crimson", "Cardiacs", "This Heat", "Adrian Belew", "Mr. Bungle" ... and "echoes of Bowie in your voice." jeffjahn.bandcamp.com/album/sj
Sjå, by Jeff Jahn
14 track album
jeffjahn.bandcamp.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Responses are rolling in from all points of the globe on my first album in 25+ years. So far the vibe words used most so far are: "Original", "Zappa", "King Crimson", "Cardiacs", "This Heat", "Adrian Belew", "Mr. Bungle" ... and "echoes of Bowie in your voice." jeffjahn.bandcamp.com/album/sj
Sjå, my first album in 25+ years is out now, listen to it here: jeffjahn.bandcamp.com/album/sj
Sjå, by Jeff Jahn
14 track album
jeffjahn.bandcamp.com
April 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Sjå, my first album in 25+ years is out now, listen to it here: jeffjahn.bandcamp.com/album/sj
Art stuff old and new in Portland and Eugene... some bittersweet like the film of David Eckard (RIP)
April 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Art stuff old and new in Portland and Eugene... some bittersweet like the film of David Eckard (RIP)