Dada Strain

“Progressives don’t care about the issues facing men today.”

We do. It’s why we’re socialists. Ya dinguses.

I am paywall'd from what is below top three graphs but...in what mind-state is Johnny Cash "less cool" than Springsteen and Dylan?

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

😂😂😂

YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic Me In Honey

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Not just musicians and not just creative "block" - "touch grass," "meet new people," "go talk to somebody," etc. are universal balms. Get out into society and outdoors and away from media. Even in the worst times (circa: now), IRL interaction with the world is an ever-ready balm!

Jeff Mills Live + On the Record INTERVIEW + DISCOUNT CODE: Mills' Tomorrow Comes The Harvest plays Pioneer Works on Wed. 10/8. Read an excerpt of my 2019 interview with the Wizard, and get 15% of a Highest Recommendation show

BKLYN Live Sounds PSA + Interview: On the occasion of Jeff Mills' Tomorrow Comes the Harvest landing at Pioneer Works Wed 10/8, a discount code on tickets for readers, and an excerpt from a 2019 Mills interview about improvisation and community.

we’re gonna need a cbs news pitchbot pretty soon

this is incredible

An article in which, unsurprisingly, the Times' own culpability in elevating this person's gaslighting "free speech" campaign, and heedlessly raising her profile, never comes up!

In fairness, as someone who used it throughout the late-80s/early-90s (I worked at the university library and amused myself by reading old copies of UK music magazines), I too have always wondered about that word. The "micro" I get, but why "fiche"?

Paramount Buys Bari Weiss’s the Free Press for $150 Million Weiss, who once said she was done with legacy media, is to take control of CBS News’s editorial vision, aiming for “news that reflects reality.”

You work hard as a journalist. You lead with empathy, and you sweat details. You operate in good faith. You believe in honesty and truth. You get yelled at by the president of the United States. You worry that you'll get laid off. Again and again.

And then you see this. www.wsj.com/business/med...

New Dada Music_September 2025 Sounds + Links from Cecile McLorin Salvant / Ben LaMar Gay / Chris Williams / Oraculu / Grateful Dead / Tomas Fujiwara / Ryan Sawyer's Shaker Ensemble / C.R. Gillespie / Fieldwork / Optimo / and more

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First-of-its-kind Queer Nightlife Community Center to open in New York · News ⟋ RA QNCC's first event, an ambient night featuring sets from Madison Moore and Shaun J. Wright, is set for October 5th.

More Excellent NYC Community News
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Piotr Orlov (@dadastrain) New Music | Ryan Sawyer’s Shaker Ensemble, For Those Who Wish to Sing Will Always Find a Song(Lobby Art Editions) https://lobbyartrecs.bandcamp.com/album/for-those-who-wish-to-sing-will-always-find-a...

New Music (review) | Ryan Sawyer's Shaker Ensemble, 'For Those Who Wish To Sing Will Always Find a Song' (Lobby Art Editions)

Bklyn Sounds 10/2/2025—10/7/2025 This week's events include "Abdulah Ibrahim: Life of a Legend" / Tom Skinner / "Sonic Vibrational Fundraiser for Organizations Supporting Zohran Mamdani" / Yazmin Lacey / Arto Lindsay / and more

New Bklyn Sounds
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Includes discount code for Abdullah Ibrahim's Jazz at Lincoln Center performances, Oct 3rd-4th

Brooklyn Media Nonprofit BRIC Secures Permanent City Funding The Downtown Brooklyn art and media group was added to the city's Cultural Institutions Group, which provides art organizations stability with an annual operating subsidy instead of a grant.

Good Bklyn Culture News! Congratulations to the folks @briccelebratebk.bsky.social

Bklyn Live Music PSA | 'Dada Strain @ L&SD'
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Cornerstone!

The inspiration...

Domino catalog indie-electronic overlap...maybe? But as a longtime fan (and published supporter), I'm not sure what a "best known Notwist song" is? Are any considered bigger than others?

Piotr Orlov (@dadastrain) New Music | Cecile McLorin Salvant, Oh Snap (Nonesuch) https://cecilemclorinsalvant.bandcamp.com/album/oh-snap There was never denying Cecile McLorin Slavant as a generational jazz singer, but there...

New Music (review) | Cécile McLorin Salvant, 'Oh Snap' (Nonesuch) substack.com/profile/1848...

I'm chasing it with another listen of the epic, majestic 7hr "Optimogeddon," when Twitch'n'Wilkes ended their legendary Glasgow night, triggering memories of hearing the live webcast (in Venice of all places), Kate and I laughing at its emo-ness. #RIPJDTwitch One of the greatest to ever do it!

Must Read! These past few months, it's been a heartbreak and a pleasure to read Ned commemorating Keith McIvor's life, the love and respect for all of JD Twitch's musicking on full display. Here's the inevitable denouement, as plainspoken and beautiful as I expected. Thanks Ned! [1/2]

Always thought it was true, but previously felt she was being a little constricted by the tightness of tradition she was willfully giving her art over to. But maaaaaan, 'Oh Snap!' breaks those molds so well. On-Repeat round here - and hoping for remixes...

idk how many different ways to reiterate this but cecile is so special!!

Must Read! Not only a deeply researched, considered argument on the "poptmisim wars," but a very good overview of where popular music criticism stands at the moment. With links and secondary reads galore. Hopefully the last thing we'll need on the subject.

Bklyn Sounds 9/25/2025—9/30/2025 This week's events include Spinnafest / ganavya / Natasha Diggs' 'Soul in the Horn' with Moodymann + DJ Ultra Violet / Billy Woods & friends / Musicland's 'Slow Motion weekender' / and more

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"please rate your package delivery" i mean ill click the smiley face because i assume it impacts the poor bastard who delivered it but i must impress upon you that forcing both him and i into this situation is an act of utter inhumanity and furthermore that god frowns upon your deeds

Just returning here to say "kudos" Carl - and know that if yr in NYC during the school-year, there's at least a couple of undergraduate classes that would welcome you to discuss this...