LAL
@lalforest.bsky.social
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“Innocence, she told me, is ‘the gift of dominance, or of one’s favorable adjacency to it—the proposition that it is possible to not see, which capital can buy depending on your relationship to it.’”
jewishcurrents.org/the-measure-...
jewishcurrents.org/the-measure-...
The Measure of the World
By attending to the vibrant specificity of Black life, poet Dionne Brand contests the cruel mathematics of empire.
jewishcurrents.org
July 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“Innocence, she told me, is ‘the gift of dominance, or of one’s favorable adjacency to it—the proposition that it is possible to not see, which capital can buy depending on your relationship to it.’”
jewishcurrents.org/the-measure-...
jewishcurrents.org/the-measure-...
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Changing your relationship with social media to cut back on needless nonsense is very helpful during these times. It feels good to have pointless drama come to you and not know anything about it because your attention is where it matters most.
May 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Changing your relationship with social media to cut back on needless nonsense is very helpful during these times. It feels good to have pointless drama come to you and not know anything about it because your attention is where it matters most.
“We must get closer to the essence of life “ Rest in peace Andy Bey
The distinctive vocalist Andy Bey passed away last week. Bey was heard on early-70s Horace Silver albums including "That Healin' Feelin'" featuring songs like "The Happy Medium" & "Love Vibrations": bluenote.lnk.to/HoraceSilver...
Read the WRTI obituary by Nate Chinen:
www.wrti.org/arts-desk/20...
Read the WRTI obituary by Nate Chinen:
www.wrti.org/arts-desk/20...
Andy Bey, jazz singer of emotional and musical range, has died at 85
From his seat at the piano, Andy Bey sang with a hushed interiority that could make a listener feel as if he were exchanging confidences. He died on April 26, at 85.
www.wrti.org
May 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
“We must get closer to the essence of life “ Rest in peace Andy Bey
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No one deserves detention.
No one deserves deportation.
No one deserves prison.
No one deserves to be separated from their loved ones.
No human is illegal. Free them all.
No one deserves deportation.
No one deserves prison.
No one deserves to be separated from their loved ones.
No human is illegal. Free them all.
April 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
No one deserves detention.
No one deserves deportation.
No one deserves prison.
No one deserves to be separated from their loved ones.
No human is illegal. Free them all.
No one deserves deportation.
No one deserves prison.
No one deserves to be separated from their loved ones.
No human is illegal. Free them all.
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Congratulations to Dionne Brand for winning the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize in Nonfiction for Salvage: Readings from the Wreck.
ICYMI: here is our deep dive together into Salvage:
Audio📻🔥: tinhouse.com/podcast/dion...
@fsgbooks.bsky.social
ICYMI: here is our deep dive together into Salvage:
Audio📻🔥: tinhouse.com/podcast/dion...
@fsgbooks.bsky.social
Dionne Brand : Salvage : Readings from the Wreck - Tin House
What does it mean that a life can not only be animated by books but destroyed by them? That a self can be not only made by reading, but unmade by it? Dionne Brand’s latest book of nonfiction Salvage: ...
tinhouse.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Congratulations to Dionne Brand for winning the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize in Nonfiction for Salvage: Readings from the Wreck.
ICYMI: here is our deep dive together into Salvage:
Audio📻🔥: tinhouse.com/podcast/dion...
@fsgbooks.bsky.social
ICYMI: here is our deep dive together into Salvage:
Audio📻🔥: tinhouse.com/podcast/dion...
@fsgbooks.bsky.social
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"…in the bland “utopia” of value pluralism, where one thing is as good as the next, there are musics that hunt for an exit."
– S.D. Chrostowska, Utopia in the Age of Survival
– S.D. Chrostowska, Utopia in the Age of Survival
April 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"…in the bland “utopia” of value pluralism, where one thing is as good as the next, there are musics that hunt for an exit."
– S.D. Chrostowska, Utopia in the Age of Survival
– S.D. Chrostowska, Utopia in the Age of Survival
LAL - Self Defence
Rubbish - Featuring Rae Spoon
With our friend and long time collaborator @raespoon.bsky.social
A cover of “Rubbish “
From our “Find Safety” Album
Video by Nicholas Murray
#selfdefence #Rubbish #baby #LAL #Raespoon #memory
Rubbish - Featuring Rae Spoon
With our friend and long time collaborator @raespoon.bsky.social
A cover of “Rubbish “
From our “Find Safety” Album
Video by Nicholas Murray
#selfdefence #Rubbish #baby #LAL #Raespoon #memory
March 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
LAL - Self Defence
Rubbish - Featuring Rae Spoon
With our friend and long time collaborator @raespoon.bsky.social
A cover of “Rubbish “
From our “Find Safety” Album
Video by Nicholas Murray
#selfdefence #Rubbish #baby #LAL #Raespoon #memory
Rubbish - Featuring Rae Spoon
With our friend and long time collaborator @raespoon.bsky.social
A cover of “Rubbish “
From our “Find Safety” Album
Video by Nicholas Murray
#selfdefence #Rubbish #baby #LAL #Raespoon #memory
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LAL Get Rae Spoon, Lee Paradise, SlowPitchSound for 'Self Defence'
LAL Get Rae Spoon, Lee Paradise, SlowPitchSound for 'Self Defence'
After dropping Spectacular back in 2023, Toronto duo LAL — Nicholas Murray and Rosina Kazi — are back with a new project, enlisting some lo
dlvr.it
March 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
LAL Get Rae Spoon, Lee Paradise, SlowPitchSound for 'Self Defence'
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LAL (2x Long List) have released 'Self Defence.'
March 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
LAL (2x Long List) have released 'Self Defence.'
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New collabs album from @lalforest.bsky.social! I adore @raespoon.bsky.social's cover of "Rubbish".
Rubbish - Rae Spoon, by LAL
from the album Self Defence
lalforest.bandcamp.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
New collabs album from @lalforest.bsky.social! I adore @raespoon.bsky.social's cover of "Rubbish".
February 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Coming this Friday on @bandcamp.com - Self Defence
February 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Coming this Friday on @bandcamp.com - Self Defence
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“I came to the city and it wasn't the city yet. It wasn't any place and I began there.”
Dionne Brand
Dionne Brand
February 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
“I came to the city and it wasn't the city yet. It wasn't any place and I began there.”
Dionne Brand
Dionne Brand
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This is a small excerpt from a song by Hampton Gerbrandt, a Black trans artist living in Vancouver. This show was in 2019 at Unit 2, a Do-it-Together space run by @lalforest.bsky.social team and community. Love them, love Hampton, love this space. Thankful for community!
February 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is a small excerpt from a song by Hampton Gerbrandt, a Black trans artist living in Vancouver. This show was in 2019 at Unit 2, a Do-it-Together space run by @lalforest.bsky.social team and community. Love them, love Hampton, love this space. Thankful for community!
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Multi-time nominees LAL have a new song called "White Coat."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhmW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhmW...
White Coat
YouTube video by LAL - Topic
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January 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Multi-time nominees LAL have a new song called "White Coat."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhmW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhmW...
White Coat
Turn Water into Blood (Phen Ray Remix)
Comes Out Friday Jan 31st
Turn Water into Blood (Phen Ray Remix)
Comes Out Friday Jan 31st
January 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
White Coat
Turn Water into Blood (Phen Ray Remix)
Comes Out Friday Jan 31st
Turn Water into Blood (Phen Ray Remix)
Comes Out Friday Jan 31st
We are fine
In our trembling
In our fear
Our silence holds lifetimes of
Beauty and bloodshed
To Love deeply
And Honestly
Beyond sorrow
That sings softly
With the wind
They’ve danced battles
Moved in chaos with lovers
Kissing wounds
That close and open
We find moments of release
In our trembling
In our fear
Our silence holds lifetimes of
Beauty and bloodshed
To Love deeply
And Honestly
Beyond sorrow
That sings softly
With the wind
They’ve danced battles
Moved in chaos with lovers
Kissing wounds
That close and open
We find moments of release
January 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We are fine
In our trembling
In our fear
Our silence holds lifetimes of
Beauty and bloodshed
To Love deeply
And Honestly
Beyond sorrow
That sings softly
With the wind
They’ve danced battles
Moved in chaos with lovers
Kissing wounds
That close and open
We find moments of release
In our trembling
In our fear
Our silence holds lifetimes of
Beauty and bloodshed
To Love deeply
And Honestly
Beyond sorrow
That sings softly
With the wind
They’ve danced battles
Moved in chaos with lovers
Kissing wounds
That close and open
We find moments of release