Now making my way thru Phil Freeman’s book on Cecil Taylor.
Radio friends: tomorrow (Sunday) is the last day of the @wfmu.bsky.social 2026 fundraising marathon. I’ll be on @gtdradio.bsky.social with a D:O Radio program cohosted by Bronwyn B.! If you pledge during the show, 9-noon ET, you might win one of these prizes:
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Chatted with excellent human Jeff Jackson about his band Julian Calendar's new album... www.vol1brooklyn.com/2026/03/12/j...
Happy Birthday Ornette Coleman
photo Christopher Felver
Great record! (I played a cut on D:O Radio a little while back.)
If there’s one thing these guys hate, it’s kids anywhere getting a free ride.
I 100% agree!
I wonder how they’ll celebrate a win
that is how capitalists relate to the labor they hire, so it makes sense of an aspiration perhaps if you want to become an labor exploiter rather than a maker of things
I’m no expert, but as you learn more about it, I’d consider not keeping it on the floor.
Great Arnold Dreyblatt feature @bandcamp.com, by @gtra1n.bsky.social: daily.bandcamp.com/lists/the-so...
Happy birthday, Henry Threadgill! About to start a radio show devoted to his 1990s work; join here, if you'd like: wfmu.org/playlists/sh... @wfmu.bsky.social @gtdradio.bsky.social
Today on WFMU: On Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman (Give the Drummer Radio stream), Tomeka Reid Interview. Cellist, composer, and MacArthur Fellow Reid’s groundbreaking work on the cello has propelled her to the top echelon of creative musicians (7 p.m. ET).
Post a banger not in English:
youtu.be/lp9uZKy6H7Y
The things they put on tv!
Amazing Riley footage. Via @anothercultland.bsky.social
“Looked to be” is some weak sauce.
It’s herbs all the way down
I understand; just thinking about models.
You are describing something that sounds akin to @flaminghydra.com, if you’re familiar with them?
Sauajazz has really caught my eyes and ears lately.
Ooof that is grim and feels accurate.
Have had the same problem with images not showing up in BC emails from accounts I follow. My email support told me that the issue is “the image is hosted on a server that blocks our image privacy proxy”—wondering if there’s some new tracking being introduced by BC?
NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani swinging by the Louis Armstrong House & Museum in Queens to kick off Black History Month. Free admission this Saturday! I visited for the first time in 2024… a religious experience for any Armstrong and jazz fan.
Turns out the They Live glasses for spotting AI use is knowing how to spell:
Somehow “excluding free promotions” is the funniest part of this.
Oh no. So sorry and shocked to see this. Deepest condolences to you and all of the extended Defector/McQuade family.
@markyarm.bsky.social this might help you to conceptualize the whole Darnold thing.
It’s rare these days that I’ll sit and listen to a new album all the way through, but this one demanded it. Transfixing.
