Mr. OK Jazz (James Hussein Catchpole)
@mrokjazz.bsky.social
Host the OK Jazz Podcast (188 episodes, all genres) / run TokyoJazzSite.com
co-run Tokyo Jazz Joints Photo Project & Podcast/ host of Ekaya at OneJazz.net
Love Congolese Rumba, all Black American Music, pizza, dogs & beer, proudly anti-MAGA
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co-run Tokyo Jazz Joints Photo Project & Podcast/ host of Ekaya at OneJazz.net
Love Congolese Rumba, all Black American Music, pizza, dogs & beer, proudly anti-MAGA
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OK Jazz Episode #190 - with Peter Barakan
Super fun episode chatting with broadcasting legend Peter Barakan! Peter has been on Japanese TV & Radio for more than 40 years, and has introduced me to at least a couple hundred albums over the yea
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OK Jazz Episode #190 with special guest Peter Barakan! on.soundcloud.com/y2Y55Ekxbbk0...
OK Jazz Episode #190 with special guest Peter Barakan! on.soundcloud.com/y2Y55Ekxbbk0...
OK Jazz Episode #190 - with Peter Barakan
Super fun episode chatting with broadcasting legend Peter Barakan! Peter has been on Japanese TV & Radio for more than 40 years, and has introduced me to at least a couple hundred albums over the yea
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November 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
OK Jazz Episode #190 with special guest Peter Barakan! on.soundcloud.com/y2Y55Ekxbbk0...
Exactly! 😄 Trump is such a sociopath, he has no real beliefs in anything. Mayor Z is a ‘winner’ so he gets praised now.
Last person to talk to Trump rule in effect
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Exactly! 😄 Trump is such a sociopath, he has no real beliefs in anything. Mayor Z is a ‘winner’ so he gets praised now.
OK Jazz Episode #189 is here! New music from around the world plus some deep cut classics!
on.soundcloud.com/dLbELwTiQkrD...
on.soundcloud.com/dLbELwTiQkrD...
OK Jazz Episode #189
Back again with an episode of great tunes! New groovy jazz from Melbourne, compilation of Kenyan 'benga', deep cut from the departed legend Jack DeJohnette, some country-rock, the new Atlas Maior albu
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November 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
OK Jazz Episode #189 is here! New music from around the world plus some deep cut classics!
on.soundcloud.com/dLbELwTiQkrD...
on.soundcloud.com/dLbELwTiQkrD...
Two new profiles up at tokyojazzsite .com The perfect jazz kissa Altec and Crescent 🎵
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Two new profiles up at tokyojazzsite .com The perfect jazz kissa Altec and Crescent 🎵
It’s incredible how effective he and his team are at communicating. And in comparison, how truly awful the ‘established’ Democrats like Schumer, Harris and the Clintons are
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It’s incredible how effective he and his team are at communicating. And in comparison, how truly awful the ‘established’ Democrats like Schumer, Harris and the Clintons are
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Apparently there was a Gatsby party at Mar a Lago, while Trump is trying to kick 42 million off SNAP
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Apparently there was a Gatsby party at Mar a Lago, while Trump is trying to kick 42 million off SNAP
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The wonderful old-Twitter experience of a global group chat during a live event or breaking news is a thing you can't do on Threads bc of its trash algorithms and you can't do on X bc it's a Nazi propaganda weapon, but it's really happening on Bsky now and I hope more holdouts start to discover that
Fwiw, it’s nice to have a place to chat during a live event. That was one of the things that Twitter was great for. Before the dark times. Before the empire.
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The wonderful old-Twitter experience of a global group chat during a live event or breaking news is a thing you can't do on Threads bc of its trash algorithms and you can't do on X bc it's a Nazi propaganda weapon, but it's really happening on Bsky now and I hope more holdouts start to discover that
Respect to 75-year old Dodger Super Fan Mary Hart, still at her seats behind home plate into the 17th inning
October 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Respect to 75-year old Dodger Super Fan Mary Hart, still at her seats behind home plate into the 17th inning
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This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
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Intentionally walking the bases loaded is always a bad idea, sorry. I read enough @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social to know this
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Intentionally walking the bases loaded is always a bad idea, sorry. I read enough @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social to know this
Is Schneider contractually obligated to issue IBBs????
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Is Schneider contractually obligated to issue IBBs????
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Besides the fact that this is horrifying and illegal, and that individual private citizens funding the military is the darkest shit imaginable, $130 million will pay the salaries of the U.S. military for what, half of one day? Maybe?
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
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October 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Besides the fact that this is horrifying and illegal, and that individual private citizens funding the military is the darkest shit imaginable, $130 million will pay the salaries of the U.S. military for what, half of one day? Maybe?
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wemby, if healthy, is gonna fry the entire league
October 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
wemby, if healthy, is gonna fry the entire league
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With the Japan Sumo Association’s first trip to London’s in 34 years being far more successful than almost anyone could have expected, the possibility of a return visit has already been raised. 👉 ebx.sh/gTPHen
October 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
With the Japan Sumo Association’s first trip to London’s in 34 years being far more successful than almost anyone could have expected, the possibility of a return visit has already been raised. 👉 ebx.sh/gTPHen
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Tonight, in the final debate of his decades in power or desperately pursuing it, you will hear from Andrew Cuomo the same arrogance, the same entitlement, the same excuses for a broken status quo he's long maintained.
New Yorkers are ready for change.
New Yorkers are ready for change.
October 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Tonight, in the final debate of his decades in power or desperately pursuing it, you will hear from Andrew Cuomo the same arrogance, the same entitlement, the same excuses for a broken status quo he's long maintained.
New Yorkers are ready for change.
New Yorkers are ready for change.
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Commentary: Sanae Takaichi made history as Japan’s first female prime minister, navigating political turmoil and securing new alliances; now she has to tackle key issues like inflation and good governance.
Japan’s new 'Iron Lady' can play 'heavy metal' politics
One of the few things the world knows about Takaichi is her fondness for heavy-metal music.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Commentary: Sanae Takaichi made history as Japan’s first female prime minister, navigating political turmoil and securing new alliances; now she has to tackle key issues like inflation and good governance.
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エレキバイオリニストのわかなです🐱私の弾いているバイオリン曲は全てオリジナルです。ルーパーを使った即興曲で、モダンバイオリンという新しいジャンルを目指しています。こちら「ねこの冒険」
ねこの冒険
ねこの鳴く声をバイオリンで表現してみました🎻
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October 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
エレキバイオリニストのわかなです🐱私の弾いているバイオリン曲は全てオリジナルです。ルーパーを使った即興曲で、モダンバイオリンという新しいジャンルを目指しています。こちら「ねこの冒険」
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#BOTW Published by #KehrerVerlag and compiled by @philiparneill.bsky.social w/ James Catchpole aka @mrokjazz.bsky.social, let's bring light again to this excellent body of work: 'Tokyo Jazz Joints' (2023) ▶️ bit.ly/2EJFbkX #JazzKissa #Culture #OnlyInJapan ディスカバ
October 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#BOTW Published by #KehrerVerlag and compiled by @philiparneill.bsky.social w/ James Catchpole aka @mrokjazz.bsky.social, let's bring light again to this excellent body of work: 'Tokyo Jazz Joints' (2023) ▶️ bit.ly/2EJFbkX #JazzKissa #Culture #OnlyInJapan ディスカバ
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Forty years ago MLB teams opened their books to an independent economist and were proven to be lying liars who lied.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
October 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Forty years ago MLB teams opened their books to an independent economist and were proven to be lying liars who lied.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
Until they open their books that way again, let that be your default assumption about any claims they — and their media water carriers — make about their finances.
Salif Keita in Japan!!!
September 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Salif Keita in Japan!!!
OK Jazz Episode #181 is here! Plenty new releases from the jazz world, Japan, Brazil and Western Sahara, a soul deep cut, the return of the MinyoCrusaders & more! soundcloud.com/ok-jazz-podc...
OK Jazz Episode #181
Packed episode with a bunch of new jazz releases, the return of the MinyoCrusaders, more new music from Brazil, more guitar mastery from Madagascar, and tribute to some rock legends!
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July 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
OK Jazz Episode #181 is here! Plenty new releases from the jazz world, Japan, Brazil and Western Sahara, a soul deep cut, the return of the MinyoCrusaders & more! soundcloud.com/ok-jazz-podc...
OK Jazz Episode #180, Rainy Season Special! Some of my favorite tunes for the Japanese rainy season, 梅雨特集エピソード！ soundcloud.com/ok-jazz-podc...
OK Jazz Episode #180 Rainy Season Special!
Another (loose!) theme episode, celebrating the Japanese Rainy Season! Tunes from around the world about the rain, that mention the rain, or that I just loved listening to while walking in the twinkli
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June 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
OK Jazz Episode #180, Rainy Season Special! Some of my favorite tunes for the Japanese rainy season, 梅雨特集エピソード！ soundcloud.com/ok-jazz-podc...
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If your boss tells you to lie to teachers, hide your identity, and steal 1st graders from their schools you have a bad job and an evil boss and you should say no
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
If your boss tells you to lie to teachers, hide your identity, and steal 1st graders from their schools you have a bad job and an evil boss and you should say no
OK Jazz Episode #179 is here! soundcloud.com/ok-jazz-podc...
OK Jazz Episode #179
A ramshackle episode of OK Jazz but with the usual great musical selections! BlackSabbath sung in Amharic, new music from BrandeeYounger, more classic Strata-East jazz, respect to Sade, a visit to the
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June 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
OK Jazz Episode #179 is here! soundcloud.com/ok-jazz-podc...
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“Genocide experts are almost all in agreement, that what's happening [in Gaza] is a genocide.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social breaks down the definition of genocide and unpacks how actual experts see one in Gaza.
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@mehdirhasan.bsky.social breaks down the definition of genocide and unpacks how actual experts see one in Gaza.
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May 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“Genocide experts are almost all in agreement, that what's happening [in Gaza] is a genocide.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social breaks down the definition of genocide and unpacks how actual experts see one in Gaza.
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@mehdirhasan.bsky.social breaks down the definition of genocide and unpacks how actual experts see one in Gaza.
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