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Dada Strain

@dadastrain.bsky.social

Rhythm Improvisation Community (#BklynSounds) Founded by Piotr Orlov in 2021 to build new institutions from 2020 visions, https://dadastrain.substack.com/

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Was in Shea for **that** catch in Game 7. Was also in the Garden for Starks' dunk over Jordan, and Endy's catch instantly felt more memorable, amazin' historic: instant groans when the the bat cracked and the ball was flying to left-center, absolute disbelief when he brought it back in #Legend

01.03.2026 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jason Moran plays Duke Ellington, by Jason Moran 12 track album

This new Moran solo piano record of Ellington tunes is magnificent, pure pathos, a reflection of what is happening in the world, and in our feeds, at the moment.

May the goddess have mercy on all our souls.

28.02.2026 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bklyn Sounds 2/26/2026β€”3/4/2026 This week's events include 'Luminescence' (curated by Kalia Vandever) / Tim Angulo & friends / Doula / 'Romare Bearden: Paris Blues: Painting Jazz' / 'On the Edge: Imporvisation in Music' / and more

New Bklyn Sounds 2/26/2026β€”3/4/2026 + On Derek Bailey's documentary, 'On The Edge: Improvisation in Music'

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Newspapers Did Not Kill Themselves - The American Prospect New docs say Jeffrey Epstein collaborated with the Russian mob to loot the New York Daily News, then tried to help Mort Zuckerman discard it when reporting became inconvenient.

Jeffrey Epstein killed everything

Even newspapers

Amazing story by an old Philly pal, Maureen Tkacik prospect.org/2026/02/26/n...

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Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period."

This is bigotry, pure and simple.

open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

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"Fuck ICE"
Spotted in Flint, Michigan

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Zen dancing on ice to Donna Summer in Milan >>>

21.02.2026 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did it this morning. So! Much! Joy! in this performance...cried like a baby after watching

21.02.2026 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure of it's "God's work" or mental/emotional media equivalent of "suicide squad"

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Honestly don’t understand how @atrupar.com does this shit every day. The level of stupid is off the fucking chain.

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Bklyn Sounds 2/19/2026β€”2/25/2026 | Short thoughts on 'Dweller' + 'Urban Stomp' This week's events include 'Voices of Healing and Liberation' / 'Black Bliss Krishnananda' / Gia Fu's Canton Mambo / Kate Mattison & friends / 'Heavy Hearts' / Louie Vega: Elements of Life / and more

New Bklyn Sounds 2/19/2026β€”2/25/2026 + Short thoughts on 'Dweller' & 'Urban Stomp' (+ a t-shirt deal for subscription upgrades)

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THIS is insane

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WHAT???? HOW? WHY?

17.02.2026 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bruce Springsteen’s protest songs still hit where it hurts Springsteen has repeatedly turned moments of violence and injustice into songs that demand moral reckoning.

apropos Bruce Springsteen's tour announcement, may I once again share my list of his 10 best original protest songs (before you ask me why Edwin Starr's "War" isn't here): www.salon.com/2026/02/10/b...

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thank you for this thread - crying...

16.02.2026 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This thread has music + youth + anti-fascism, and brought a tear to my eye...

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A private collection of 10,000 Chicago show tapes finds a public home - Chicago Reader The Internet Archive begins posting the Aadam Jacobs Collection. Plus: Four locals heat up the dead of winter with new music.

I strongly suggest, BTW, if you have any interest at all in all kinds of rock, jazz and other styles in terms of live recordings done in Chicago from the 80s until, well, now, you follow @ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy on here. Lots more shows being uploaded all the time. More here from last year:

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No crypto in Canton: Town blocks data centers and crypto mining operations Canton’s makeshift town hall in a tiny trailer was bursting at the seams Wednesday night with citizens united against data centers and cryptocurrency mining.

For my money, the way thousands of regular people are self-organizing to resist data centers is one of the most cautiously hopeful stories going right now.

www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...

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Bklyn Sounds 2/12/2026β€”2/18/2026 This week's events include Marshall Allen x Blacks' Myths / ESG's "Final Dance" / Joe Henderson's 'The Elements' live / Tortured Soul / SCRAATCH + Sweater on Polo open Dweller / and much more

New Bklyn Sounds 2/12/2026β€”2/18/2026

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Excellent read...

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Amazing liner notes. Thank you!

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New Dada Music_January 2026 New Sounds + Links from Christopher Hoffman / Cassie Watson Francillon / Daniel Carter & N/UM / Adey Omotadem / Grupo Um / Steve Dyer / and more

New Dada Music_January 2026
dadastrain.substack.com/p/new-dada-m...

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Bklyn Sounds 2/5/2026β€”2/11/2026 | On The Lot Radio's Birthday + the Value of Local Frequencies This week's events include "Champion Sounds," a J Dilla listening session + conversation / Brooklyn Museum First Saturday's "Tribute To Jayne Cortez" / Mixology Festival / Daniel Carter & N/UM / more

New Bklyn Sounds 2/5/2026β€”2/11/2026 | On The Lot Radio's Birthday + the Value of Local Frequencies
dadastrain.substack.com/p/bklyn-soun...

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Friday Morning Radio PSA!

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Bklyn Sounds 1/29/2026β€”2/3/2026 + Short thoughts on aesthetics vs. intentions This week's events include Carrie Mae Weems: Contested Sites of Memory / Charles Tolliver Music Inc. / Kiernan Laveaux / Chee Shimizu / Kalia Vandever / Underground Resistance / and much more

New Bklyn Sounds 1/29/2026β€”2/3/2026 + Short thoughts on aesthetics vs. intentions

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The grotesque.

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Clear memory of walking into Lolla '91 as kind of a fan - only knew this and "Down in it" - and walking out fully on-the-bus.

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"Bow down before the one you serve / You're going to get what you deserve" - always apropos, rarely more so (I hope)

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And ofc the most significant "protest music" of the MPLS crisis is the callithumpian racket being kicked up by citizens themselves in the streetsβ€”alerting neighbors to the presence of Trump's thugs w/whistles & raising hell outside ICE agents' hotels w/drums, sticks, pots, pans, sirens, chants, etc.

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