Observations of Deviance

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Spacemen 3 / Live in Kassel, Germany 1989

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A woman with a whistle around her neck and a black shirt that reads “Anne Frank wrote in her diary about this” next to the text is two red circles and a slash crossing out the word “ice” She’s holding up a DIY printed sign that reads in black text, all caps: “NO CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN SURPRISE”

There are hundreds of people trickling into the Surprise City Council meeting. The main room has filled up, and the overflow room is filling up atm. A crowd of protesters is also outside the building. 130 people have signed up to speak (and that’s just folks who live in Surprise).

The Tomeka Reid Quartet - dance! skip! hop! record cover with green vinyl spinning on turntable

Maybe You Should Talk To Someone - Haruhi Kobayashi cassette nestled between pokemon plushies of Sylveon and Cubone

Loved today’s mail delivery 💌

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Latest from me: on Listening Position's reissue of Kelan Phil Cohran's 1993 album African Skies, one of the deepest post-1970s spiritual jazz records. Features two double basses, two harps, lots of percussion, cornet, voice and the Frankiphone, an electrified kalimba that Cohran built himself.

It’s hard to put into perspective how truly massive the warehouse is that was recently sold by the Rockefeller Group to the Department of Homeland Security for $70 million to build a concentration camp in Surprise, AZ. Across the street is a huge neighborhood and a school. It’s 400,000-square-feet.

World premiere music from new duo Flöjter – Delphine Joussein and Mats Gustafsson. Flöjter's debut album, recorded live at La Dynamo, Banlieues Bleues in Paris, explores audio landscapes never heard before. Delphine and Mats have been collaborating in Fire! Orchestra and Nout for several years and are now meeting as a duo, the ultimate setting for musical interaction at its highest energy! Anything goes! In a radical commitment to exploiting the flute to its very last layer of nickel silver, solid silver blends with electronics, groove, riffs, percussion, and vocals. In short, the pipes cross in a new high-voltage story, where intense energy meets unrivaled beauty, extreme metal, contemporary music, free jazz, noise and early music. colorful, surreal cover art, swirling images, flowers, red sun, black waves

Now Jazz Now book, black & white cover, white text, black background, photo of Don Cherry playing a flute

black & white cover art, minimal, back text, white background Kit Downes – organ Mats Gustafsson – saxophones, flute Nicolas Leirtrø – double bass Veslemøy Narvesen – drums High energy improvisers from three generations set for new discoveries in evergoing transcendental riffs and spiritual-esque free jazz, loaded with spectral organ sounds. Nicolas Leirtrø has been busy these last ten years as band leader and musician in several bands and projects, such as I LIKE TO SLEEP, Amalie Dahl’s Dafnie, Veslemøy Narvesen’s We Don’t Imagine Anymore, Mats Gustafsson’s Hidros o.T. and Hidros9, in addition to cooperations with Ståle Storløkken, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and more. Leirtrø has now put together ACTION NOW! A brand new quartet featuring some of Europe’s greatest improvisers! With Gustafsson, Downes and Narvesen on board we are set for a journey into the spaces in between. Compositions heavy with riffs and high energy, referencing spiritual free jazz and gnawa. Throw Leirtrø’s visual concepts in the mix, in the room with them on shows, posters and featured on the cover art, with unique lino printed graphic scores set as the foundation for improvisation. ACTION NOW! spans across different sub genres, inspirations and generations, with the intention of exploring the friction between composed music, improvisation and visual art.

Backengrillen Dennis Lyxzén – vocal and effects Mats Gustafsson – saxophones, flutes and live electronics Magnus Flagge – bass David Sandström – drums and electronics Anti-fascist, anti-racist, free form Death Jazz – BACKENGRILLEN’s debut album out now Svart Records. orange/black cover art

Mats Gustafsson is on a great run, starting out 2026 with three killer new albums!

Flöjter "Paris Blow" (Utech)
Backengrillen s/t (Svart)
Nicolas Leirtrø's Action Now! "Entrance" (Sauajazz/Sheep Chase)

Plus, the Now Jazz Now book is blowing my mind.

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When a Mob Nearly Killed Nixon in Venezuela (1958)

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black vinyl LP playing with album sleeve behind obi strip reads: Celestial psalms, spiritual jazz experiments & homemade hymns captured in everyday music memos by one-woman chorus of clarinets, voices, vessels & keys.

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Josh Shapiro is a disgusting worm. Krasner’s opinion here should be the message of every elected democrat in the U.S.

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billy woods & August Fanon "Funny Games" feat. Fatboi Sharif [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

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New HISTORY DOG song & video

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Spacemen 3 / Live in Kassel, Germany 1989

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Details regarding “We’re Trying To Save Your Ass!” Sun Ra / Nuclear War Mega Mix (1982-1988)

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Intergalaxtic Music: Rare Sun Ra We are living in the golden age of Sun Ra availability. There are over 100 albums available on the bandcamp page, made from best available sources. Sun Ra LLC and The Sun Ra Music Archive have done a...

If you've ever wondered where I find rare Sun Ra, well here's the answer. Most of this material has been sourced from this YT channel that's filled with rare Sun Ra recordings. I've only barely scratched the surface.

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I thought this was a typo for "nose flutes' for a sec, and no disrespect to nose flautists, but I'm glad it's not.

3 yrs ago I started writing a book that is in stores TODAY. It's narrative nonfiction, anti-fascist spy thriller set in Trump era. It's timely as hell & I'm proud of it.

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Rock On!

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Action Jazz!

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What a book!

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NOISE FLUTES!

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Jazz from Detroit Jazz from Detroit explores the city’s pivotal role in shaping the course of modern and contemporary jazz. With more than two dozen in-depth profiles of remarkable Detroit-bred musicians, complemented ...

'Jazz from Detroit' Now In Paperback!

I've been so preoccupied promoting my film, "The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit," that I've neglected to announce that my book, "Jazz from Detroit," will be published in a fully revised paperback edition on Feb. 11.

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Paris Blow
by Flöjter
(Utech 2026)

Delphine Joussein and Mats Gustafsson

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Saw this band live in May last year, a couple of days before they were due to head into the studio. Easily one of the best concerts I attended in 2025. If the album captures only a fraction of the magic on display that evening, we’re in for something special.

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#NowPlaying 'Wood Blues'

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