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‘Like a Hymn’ | Adam Shatz In June 1980 Amina Claudine Myers was in a New York City studio, recording a tribute to the great blues singer Bessie Smith, when she began to improvise a

It’s always seemed strange to me that Amina Claudine Myers, one of our great musical artists, isn’t better known. I hope this piece helps to spread the word. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

TT 542: Mal Waldron Centennial A drone, a riff, a mood

@ethanIversonpiano.bsky.social on Waldron today, via his substack: iverson.substack.com/p/tt-542-mal...

Herbie goes to Monte Carlo paperback edition

“Kids today don’t read.”

Actual book from my childhood collection:

Sempre Amore, by Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy 8 track album

What are you listening to to celebrate Mal Waldron’s centennial today?

soulnote.bandcamp.com/album/sempre...

I brought my family to DC for the Cherry Blossom festival.

The first thing I saw when when I exited the L'Enfant Plaza Metro were attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.

So forgive me if I doubt that crime is down.

Friday at 5:40pm—as only the savviest know, the best time to make sure your message gets out to everyone

Gulf of…Amerco?

Would an actual sales brochure read any differently? (Maybe no mention of the insurance fraud, but otherwise…?)

‎Tapped In – NYC Live Music ‎We've taken the people who see the most music in the city and asked them to curate a daily list of 10-20 shows a night. No more slogging through the 300 shows a night in the city, we focus on the bes...

Re the music listings discourse, I’d like to put in a plug for the Tapped In app, which I have found useful here in NYC: apps.apple.com/us/app/tappe...

No editorial content, but a good guide if you happen to know what you’re looking for-ish.

NYer cartoon showing a couple in a car, talking about Robert Moses.

So this wasn’t you…?

Lips, by Daniel Lentz 11 track album

We've lost an iconoclastic original in composer Daniel Lentz, someone I wish that many more people had known about. unseenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/lips #RIP #FTZWT

ANDRE THE GIANT "I don't like to speak badly of people. | have grown up thinking and being told that if you cannot say something nice about someone, you should not say anything at all. But I must break that rule in this case because I hate Hulk Hogan very much. He is a big ugly goon and I want to squash his face."

I can’t believe Hulk Hogan died of an infected mustache from guzzling garbage juice from the trash can. RIP Terry, you loved to drink the nasty trash juice.

meh

The NYT ethos: we will scrupulously and conspicuously use “whom” but we are kind of on the fence about freedom

Had it.

I had this realization about three minutes ago

Han’s first shot!

Providing a voice for the swag-less.

Harmonic Convergence: A Guide to Derek Bailey Essential albums, collaborations, and home recordings from a titan of improvised music.

Great great intro to Derek Bailey’s work over @bandcamp.com, via this fine primer by @creamocoyl.bsky.social: daily.bandcamp.com/lists/derek-...

Sweet. Nate Wooley, Darius Jones...and?

Pam bondi and he side profile wearing a dark yellow coat.

A yellow porta potty probably less shitty than Pam.

pam bondi as porta potties: thread

George Jetson

A thread to bookmark, a reading list, a riposte, all in one.

Good weekend, everybody!

It's too humid to type. send skeet

This guy gets it.

Ew.

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