J Gruenwald
@nola68.bsky.social
Known locally as Biff Racee, esq.
I rarely leave my chair. 💺
I rarely leave my chair. 💺
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"I listen to new music every morning, and again late at night. It's a blissful adventure, because I never know what I'm going to find."
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May 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"I listen to new music every morning, and again late at night. It's a blissful adventure, because I never know what I'm going to find."
open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...
open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...
May 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Steve McDonald (May 24, 1967) is known as the bass guitarist in the Los Angeles rock/power pop band Redd Kross. He is a founding member of the hardcore punk band OFF! & a member from 2009-21 as well as bassist for Melvins since 2015. He has appeared in numerous film projects w/his brother Jeff.
May 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Steve McDonald (May 24, 1967) is known as the bass guitarist in the Los Angeles rock/power pop band Redd Kross. He is a founding member of the hardcore punk band OFF! & a member from 2009-21 as well as bassist for Melvins since 2015. He has appeared in numerous film projects w/his brother Jeff.
May 24, 1967 Heavy D [Dwight Errington Myers], Jamaican-American rapper, born in Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica (d. 2011)
youtu.be/I2fS9XtWemY?...
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May 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
May 24, 1967 Heavy D [Dwight Errington Myers], Jamaican-American rapper, born in Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica (d. 2011)
youtu.be/I2fS9XtWemY?...
youtu.be/I2fS9XtWemY?...
Vivian Trimble (May 24, 1963-April 4, 2023) keyboardist in the band Luscious Jackson from 1991-98. She also joined bandmate Jill Cunniff under the name Kostars. After leaving Luscious Jackson in April 1998, Trimble formed a duo w/Josephine Wiggs named Dusty Trails
youtu.be/X-7tZ_F5Mys?...
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May 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Vivian Trimble (May 24, 1963-April 4, 2023) keyboardist in the band Luscious Jackson from 1991-98. She also joined bandmate Jill Cunniff under the name Kostars. After leaving Luscious Jackson in April 1998, Trimble formed a duo w/Josephine Wiggs named Dusty Trails
youtu.be/X-7tZ_F5Mys?...
youtu.be/X-7tZ_F5Mys?...
May 24, 1963 Kathy Leander, Swiss pop singer, born in Alle, Switzerland
youtu.be/9Q2pzqMEaLg?...
youtu.be/9Q2pzqMEaLg?...
May 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
May 24, 1963 Kathy Leander, Swiss pop singer, born in Alle, Switzerland
youtu.be/9Q2pzqMEaLg?...
youtu.be/9Q2pzqMEaLg?...
May 24, 1969 Rich Robinson, American rock guitarist (Black Crowes - "Shake Your Money Maker"), born in Atlanta, Georgia
youtu.be/XLg7aoGAkkk?...
youtu.be/XLg7aoGAkkk?...
May 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
May 24, 1969 Rich Robinson, American rock guitarist (Black Crowes - "Shake Your Money Maker"), born in Atlanta, Georgia
youtu.be/XLg7aoGAkkk?...
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Our list of the best music of 2025 so far got a fresh update
Check out the latest additions here
Check out the latest additions here
The 39 Best Albums of 2025 So Far
A rolling list of our favorite albums of the year, updated somewhat frequently.
pitchfork.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Our list of the best music of 2025 so far got a fresh update
Check out the latest additions here
Check out the latest additions here
President Trump shared photos from the wrong country this week to prove his false claims that white farmers are being systemically killed in South Africa.
May 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
President Trump shared photos from the wrong country this week to prove his false claims that white farmers are being systemically killed in South Africa.
Archie Vernon Shepp (Msy 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 60s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz.
youtu.be/61N0Xzo6aH4?...
youtu.be/61N0Xzo6aH4?...
May 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Archie Vernon Shepp (Msy 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 60s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz.
youtu.be/61N0Xzo6aH4?...
youtu.be/61N0Xzo6aH4?...
Blues Compartido:
Joe Louis Walker appears in a portrait taken with his Gibson Les Paul Goldtop guitar at Rhino's Den Studio on May 23, 2008 in Brooklyn.
Photo by Al Pereira 📷
youtu.be/013N3hEefHQ?...
Joe Louis Walker appears in a portrait taken with his Gibson Les Paul Goldtop guitar at Rhino's Den Studio on May 23, 2008 in Brooklyn.
Photo by Al Pereira 📷
youtu.be/013N3hEefHQ?...
May 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Blues Compartido:
Joe Louis Walker appears in a portrait taken with his Gibson Les Paul Goldtop guitar at Rhino's Den Studio on May 23, 2008 in Brooklyn.
Photo by Al Pereira 📷
youtu.be/013N3hEefHQ?...
Joe Louis Walker appears in a portrait taken with his Gibson Les Paul Goldtop guitar at Rhino's Den Studio on May 23, 2008 in Brooklyn.
Photo by Al Pereira 📷
youtu.be/013N3hEefHQ?...
May 24, 1938: Jamaican singer, songwriter & producer, Prince Buster. The records he released in the 60s influenced & shaped the course of Jamaican music & created a legacy of work that later reggae & ska artists would draw upon. Buster died on 8 Sept 2016.
youtu.be/5ukZmiFKzog?...
youtu.be/5ukZmiFKzog?...
May 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
May 24, 1938: Jamaican singer, songwriter & producer, Prince Buster. The records he released in the 60s influenced & shaped the course of Jamaican music & created a legacy of work that later reggae & ska artists would draw upon. Buster died on 8 Sept 2016.
youtu.be/5ukZmiFKzog?...
youtu.be/5ukZmiFKzog?...
Marian McPartland:
Duke Ellington's last words were:
"Music is how I live, why I live and how I will be remembered".
Edward Kennedy Ellington (April 29, 1899-May 24, 1974)
Duke Ellington's last words were:
"Music is how I live, why I live and how I will be remembered".
Edward Kennedy Ellington (April 29, 1899-May 24, 1974)
May 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Marian McPartland:
Duke Ellington's last words were:
"Music is how I live, why I live and how I will be remembered".
Edward Kennedy Ellington (April 29, 1899-May 24, 1974)
Duke Ellington's last words were:
"Music is how I live, why I live and how I will be remembered".
Edward Kennedy Ellington (April 29, 1899-May 24, 1974)
What You Should Know About the Mardi Gras Indians
For more than a century, New Orleans' Black residents have donned Native-inspired attire to celebrate Carnival
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what...
For more than a century, New Orleans' Black residents have donned Native-inspired attire to celebrate Carnival
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what...
March 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
What You Should Know About the Mardi Gras Indians
For more than a century, New Orleans' Black residents have donned Native-inspired attire to celebrate Carnival
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what...
For more than a century, New Orleans' Black residents have donned Native-inspired attire to celebrate Carnival
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what...
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The truth preached here.
December 18, 2024 at 11:25 PM
The truth preached here.
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Sad to imagine New Orleans without Offbeat (c'mon last-minute buyer), but grateful for the city's still-hanging-in-there journalists, including those at @lailluminator.bsky.social
www.nola.com/gambit/comme...
www.nola.com/gambit/comme...
Commentary: 2024 once again showed the need for a free and independent press
It has been a busy year in the news business here in New Orleans.
www.nola.com
December 16, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Sad to imagine New Orleans without Offbeat (c'mon last-minute buyer), but grateful for the city's still-hanging-in-there journalists, including those at @lailluminator.bsky.social
www.nola.com/gambit/comme...
www.nola.com/gambit/comme...
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Huge thanks to Brett Milano for his review of my book 'Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music,' which devotes three chapters (and a few sidebars) to the proud if occasionally perilous tradition of New Orleans street music. Review appears in New Orleans' iconic Offbeat Magazine.
Cary Baker: Down On The Corner: Adventures In Busking & Street Music (Jawbone Press)
Veteran journalist Cary Baker takes an overdue look at the phenomenon in this book and in doing so, he creates a workable alternative history
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November 26, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Huge thanks to Brett Milano for his review of my book 'Down on the Corner: Adventures in Busking & Street Music,' which devotes three chapters (and a few sidebars) to the proud if occasionally perilous tradition of New Orleans street music. Review appears in New Orleans' iconic Offbeat Magazine.
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No more OffBeat Magazine for New Orleans. www.nola.com/entertainmen...
New Orleans music magazine OffBeat is shutting down after 37 years
Publisher Jan Ramsey is ready to 'pack up the instruments'
www.nola.com
November 7, 2024 at 9:42 PM
No more OffBeat Magazine for New Orleans. www.nola.com/entertainmen...
