Steve Smith
@nightafternight.bsky.social
Proud papa. @bambrooklyn.bsky.social senior copywriter. New music on stage and on record: https://nightafternight.substack.com [he/him/his]
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For the Record: Dec. 5, 2025.
The last Bandcamp Friday of 2025, a transporting new album by NOMON, and more new arrivals and coming attractions.
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For the Record: Dec. 5, 2025.
The last Bandcamp Friday of 2025, a transporting new album by NOMON, and more new arrivals and coming attractions.
Photograph: NOMON (Shayna and Nava Dunkelman) by Dayan Liu
The last Bandcamp Friday of 2025, a transporting new album by NOMON, and more new arrivals and coming attractions.
Photograph: NOMON (Shayna and Nava Dunkelman) by Dayan Liu
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More good news on the critical front: The New Yorker’s new theater critic will be the wonderful @emilynussbaum.bsky.social, who distinguished herself mightily as its TV critic for years and will surely do so again in this new post
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
More good news on the critical front: The New Yorker’s new theater critic will be the wonderful @emilynussbaum.bsky.social, who distinguished herself mightily as its TV critic for years and will surely do so again in this new post
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I know that my little newsletter about what cool shows are happening this week in town isn't even coming close to the kind of output mentioned in this thread, but it is writing that lands in people's inboxes for free almost every week.
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this might be helpful in illustrating the difference between looking at buying subscriptions as “buying content” vs. seeing it as “investing in writers” or even “building new media orgs to last”
Running any media organization is expensive, especially when we pay freelancers industry-standard rates. We were running at a loss until our subscription drive in October, and we're looking at around $33,000 in expenses for 2025.
That is before we pay ourselves.
That is before we pay ourselves.
December 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I know that my little newsletter about what cool shows are happening this week in town isn't even coming close to the kind of output mentioned in this thread, but it is writing that lands in people's inboxes for free almost every week.
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Goooooooooooaalllllll!! (But hey, don't let that stop you.)
Headed into the final 27 hours of a campaign honoring Anthony Braxton's 80th birthday, the Tri-Centric Foundation is less than $500 away from its goal. The foundation is doing vital work… if you're inclined to help out (or meant to do it but forgot), now's the time. fundrazr.com/braxton80fun...
Tri-Centric Archive Campaign: Celebrating Braxton at 80
Tri-Centric Foundation is a non-profit organization which preserves and disseminates the works of American composer and musician Anthony Braxton. Contribute to our campaign to support the preservation...
fundrazr.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Goooooooooooaalllllll!! (But hey, don't let that stop you.)
Just $150 short of goal with 16 hours remaining. Let’s go, Friendly Experiencers!!
The organization I proudly served for more than a decade, and still have strong ties to, part of the support system for the improvising music ecosystem of today. They are close to reaching their goal. Pick up some of their limited edition merch today before the end of their fundraiser. #music
Headed into the final 27 hours of a campaign honoring Anthony Braxton's 80th birthday, the Tri-Centric Foundation is less than $500 away from its goal. The foundation is doing vital work… if you're inclined to help out (or meant to do it but forgot), now's the time. fundrazr.com/braxton80fun...
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Just $150 short of goal with 16 hours remaining. Let’s go, Friendly Experiencers!!
Headed into the final 27 hours of a campaign honoring Anthony Braxton's 80th birthday, the Tri-Centric Foundation is less than $500 away from its goal. The foundation is doing vital work… if you're inclined to help out (or meant to do it but forgot), now's the time. fundrazr.com/braxton80fun...
Tri-Centric Archive Campaign: Celebrating Braxton at 80
Tri-Centric Foundation is a non-profit organization which preserves and disseminates the works of American composer and musician Anthony Braxton. Contribute to our campaign to support the preservation...
fundrazr.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Headed into the final 27 hours of a campaign honoring Anthony Braxton's 80th birthday, the Tri-Centric Foundation is less than $500 away from its goal. The foundation is doing vital work… if you're inclined to help out (or meant to do it but forgot), now's the time. fundrazr.com/braxton80fun...
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This commercial for French's Mustard from 1987 is equal parts charming and also kinda unsettling, but what strikes me is the work that went into the absolutely delightful puppetry and practical effects for a *mustard commercial*!! Imagine that today??
May 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This commercial for French's Mustard from 1987 is equal parts charming and also kinda unsettling, but what strikes me is the work that went into the absolutely delightful puppetry and practical effects for a *mustard commercial*!! Imagine that today??
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Agenda: Les Arts Florissants performing Christmas works by Charpentier at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social (a.k.a. the office).
December 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Agenda: Les Arts Florissants performing Christmas works by Charpentier at @bambrooklyn.bsky.social (a.k.a. the office).
He had me at 'Red Headed Stranger' but really there is nothing about this that is not divine.
Look forward to touring with the incredible Clarice Jensen next year! Covering lots of ground, doing solo sets as well as a new collab called Hand on the Bay, in which we render 16 bars of Willie's Red Headed Stranger over a longform graphic score! Tix in bio.
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
He had me at 'Red Headed Stranger' but really there is nothing about this that is not divine.
Following this poetry thread avidly, partly to educate myself and partly just to push aside the endless firehose of horror that otherwise constitutes the majority of my feed.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Following this poetry thread avidly, partly to educate myself and partly just to push aside the endless firehose of horror that otherwise constitutes the majority of my feed.
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Just between us? It’s possible to have a lot of objectively good things happening around you and still feel a little lost and lonely and afraid.
You know. In case anyone wondered.
You know. In case anyone wondered.
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Just between us? It’s possible to have a lot of objectively good things happening around you and still feel a little lost and lonely and afraid.
You know. In case anyone wondered.
You know. In case anyone wondered.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
Absolute garbage.
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Absolute garbage.
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c'mon you guys, there's only 4 more hours of Bndcmp Friday. the website has stopped crashing as far as i can tell. go to jeffreyalexander.bandcamp.com buy a thing GIVING AWAY THREE ADDITIONAL FREE DOWNLOAD CODES WITH EVERY PURCHASE IN THE NEXT 4 HOURS.
i mean, look at this dude. look in his eyes.
i mean, look at this dude. look in his eyes.
Jeffrey Alexander
Founded The Iditarod in 1996, Black Forest/Black Sea in 2003 + Dire Wolves in 2008. Joined JOMF in 2013. Started The Heavy Lidders in 2019.
Pome Pome Tones label + radio show.
Former label owner of M...
jeffreyalexander.bandcamp.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
c'mon you guys, there's only 4 more hours of Bndcmp Friday. the website has stopped crashing as far as i can tell. go to jeffreyalexander.bandcamp.com buy a thing GIVING AWAY THREE ADDITIONAL FREE DOWNLOAD CODES WITH EVERY PURCHASE IN THE NEXT 4 HOURS.
i mean, look at this dude. look in his eyes.
i mean, look at this dude. look in his eyes.
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some straight men will only dance if there are more than 200 pounds of analog synths onstage. it’s just how it is. whatever it takes.
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
some straight men will only dance if there are more than 200 pounds of analog synths onstage. it’s just how it is. whatever it takes.
Guitarist/bassist George Draguns sent me a link to this new album by his current group with Storm & Stress bandmate Kevin Shea and saxophonist Ayumi Ishito. I had to buy it instantly; forwarded the link to a friend and same thing happened. Go on, try it! secularfusionism.bandcamp.com/album/secula...
Secular Fusionism, by Roboquarians
5 track album
secularfusionism.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Guitarist/bassist George Draguns sent me a link to this new album by his current group with Storm & Stress bandmate Kevin Shea and saxophonist Ayumi Ishito. I had to buy it instantly; forwarded the link to a friend and same thing happened. Go on, try it! secularfusionism.bandcamp.com/album/secula...
HAN SHOOTS FIRST, again!!
The original, unaltered Star Wars (aka A New Hope) is coming back to cinemas with a brand new restoration in 2027 as part of the franchise's 50th anniversary celebrations.
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies...
December 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
HAN SHOOTS FIRST, again!!
For the Record: Dec. 5, 2025.
The last Bandcamp Friday of 2025, a transporting new album by NOMON, and more new arrivals and coming attractions.
Photograph: NOMON (Shayna and Nava Dunkelman) by Dayan Liu
The last Bandcamp Friday of 2025, a transporting new album by NOMON, and more new arrivals and coming attractions.
Photograph: NOMON (Shayna and Nava Dunkelman) by Dayan Liu
For the Record: Dec. 5, 2025.
The last Bandcamp Friday of 2025, a transporting new album by NOMON, and more new arrivals and coming attractions.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
For the Record: Dec. 5, 2025.
The last Bandcamp Friday of 2025, a transporting new album by NOMON, and more new arrivals and coming attractions.
Photograph: NOMON (Shayna and Nava Dunkelman) by Dayan Liu
The last Bandcamp Friday of 2025, a transporting new album by NOMON, and more new arrivals and coming attractions.
Photograph: NOMON (Shayna and Nava Dunkelman) by Dayan Liu
Soon come.
Recommended live new-music events for Dec. 3–9.
Photo: Themba Mvula in 'The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions' at Park Avenue Armory, by Stephanie Berger
Recommended live new-music events for Dec. 3–9.
Photo: Themba Mvula in 'The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions' at Park Avenue Armory, by Stephanie Berger
Soon come.
Recommended live new-music events for Dec. 3–9.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Soon come.
Recommended live new-music events for Dec. 3–9.
Photo: Themba Mvula in 'The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions' at Park Avenue Armory, by Stephanie Berger
Recommended live new-music events for Dec. 3–9.
Photo: Themba Mvula in 'The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions' at Park Avenue Armory, by Stephanie Berger
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I've got a piece up today at @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome to Hell World. Check it out: www.welcometohellworld.com/a-coordinate...
A coordinated campaign to drive trans people out of public life
Parker Molloy on the latest Oklahoma anti-trans work
www.welcometohellworld.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I've got a piece up today at @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome to Hell World. Check it out: www.welcometohellworld.com/a-coordinate...
All the blocked and muted words in my power couldn't prevent this curséd sentence infecting my bluestream.
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
All the blocked and muted words in my power couldn't prevent this curséd sentence infecting my bluestream.
Finally streaming Kenny Leon's 2023 Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Hamlet,' set in modern-day Atlanta. Great cast with Ato Blankson-Wood as an unreadable, unsettling prince, John Douglas Thompson uncommonly sympathetic as Claudius. Streaming free through 12/31. www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/h...
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Finally streaming Kenny Leon's 2023 Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Hamlet,' set in modern-day Atlanta. Great cast with Ato Blankson-Wood as an unreadable, unsettling prince, John Douglas Thompson uncommonly sympathetic as Claudius. Streaming free through 12/31. www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/h...
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Google's "AI Overview" invents essay I've never written, about a book published two years after I was supposed to have written it, while claiming the book was published six years before it was published. For gifts like these, the global economic teeters on the verge of collapse.
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Google's "AI Overview" invents essay I've never written, about a book published two years after I was supposed to have written it, while claiming the book was published six years before it was published. For gifts like these, the global economic teeters on the verge of collapse.