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“our country” exists because of immigrants

my favorite part about being a jazz musician is the way that whiplash will be basically a permanent topic of discussion, which sucks because apparently other jazz musicians don't know what movies are or how to watch them

you aren’t ‘making’ ‘art’ when you plug nonsense into AI and it spits out an ugly little picture fyi. that’s called ‘going on the computer’

especially since no one there is hiring me anyway

i love posting unhinged things on linkedin

My cousin, back from her first semester at college, tentatively: “Hey, have you heard of Aphex Twin?”

is there a way to take that approach for an entire degree? is it "academic" enough? are the bulk of students even interested? the problem with colonization is many of its effects are subliminal. i can complain about the commodification of jazz, but there's so many young people who love it.

i feel so fortunate that my mentor in undergrad was passionate about us actually interacting with the time and place and people who made the music, seeing them like people with flaws and passions and interiority. we have no use for the deity approach, professional and in a clean suit all the time

we really destroy so much when we tack a name on something. read any interview with any supposed "jazz" genius - almost ALL of them hate that word. they didn't think about that word before putting pencil to paper or going to a studio. it was given to them

as a person who has devoted his adult life to studying that music, and who has finally had some opportunity to teach it privately, i really have to wonder if it's possible to decolonize jazz education on a broad scale. it's easy one-on-one... can it fit into classrooms?

i've been seeing more and more videos on instagram calling out jazz academia, or at the very least pointing out the ways that jazz was re-imagined to fit into music academia. it's great that young people are feeling passionate enough about it to speak out

many of them stand to benefit from many of the things trump wants.

i teach drums and there’s been a major spike in young people wanting to learn oasis songs - i did NOT remember how long basically ALL their songs are. so many hits approach or pass the five minute mark and none of them need to

assault, battery… not great stuff i’m afraid

everyone always says "oh man, elvin jones changed my life" and whatever, which is kind of funny, because you'd never know it. what did it change? it's always motherfuckers playing the safest, most inside shit who say this

sure but i’d still rather see a president bring war criminals to justice

it’s also a window into how these people view the world. they’d be that “loyal” to white christian people of any stripe, therefore any (even suspected) muslim person will be that loyal to “their people.”

it’s morbidly impressive how effective bush’s post-9/11 xenophobiamongering was. we’ll be dealing with millennial islamophobia for decades to come

this drives me crazy. it wasn’t enough that everything you watch - regardless of whether you liked it or not - ends up a data point in your algorithm, you also have to worry about what your mouse hovers over.

who is actually *watching* videos like that? how is this at all helpful to users?

ultimately there’s a lot of things people straight up would not do if it were an iota more difficult. think of all the DJs who sprung up once there were digital tools to make the work easier - it didn’t mean all DJs were now low effort, but there was a massive influx of people who were.

i don’t think we’re doomed, it just takes effort to not rely on algorithms etc. you have to actively not stop at them, at the very least. we have access to more information than i could have imagined in my childhood, and it’s still useful! you just have to use it.

i wonder how much if it is their fault. if you’re used to an algorithm finding things for you, you might misunderstand what curiosity even feels like

and - it’s one of their finest in years.

we all know your #1 is flood

you know, i hadn’t even considered that would be the angle. i just assumed she was feeling some freedom since the touring cycle was stalled… of course it wasn’t that.

breaking news: artists with astronomical resources and budgets still choose to make the most boring music

i’d actually be very excited for her scott walker arc

i was definitely watching closely to see what would happen when live music returned. she was unfortunately just cosplaying as indie folk until she could go back to doing her real thing

ah jason from shiner

woah. wonder who will be drumming.