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High Cube, by Foote/Dickow 6 track album

Even though I’ve only heard the initial track released from it, I think Foote/Dickow ‘High Cube’ on Geographic North is going to be a stellar release. foote-dickow.bandcamp.com/album/high-c...

‘94–‘96 was an amazing treasure of musical mastery from Stephin Merritt. (‘Holiday’ and ‘The Charm of the Highway Strip’ in ‘94; The 6ths’ album, ‘Wasps’ Nests’, in ‘95; and ‘Get Lost’ in ‘96.) Sooo many perfect and lovely songs among the bunch.

Awesome notice. Thanks! I had the great privilege of opening for Deadbeat a couple of lifetimes ago—he’s a gem of a guy and knew all the weird records I was playing in the opening set.

This is good work to review more deeply. “America’s problems are solved problems. Just not here.”

It’s one of my top 5!

So so good! Looking forward to seeing them in March with JP IVtet!!

Good AOTY list from one of this little corner of the Internet’s finest listeners. As always, so much to discover within for me.

I’ve been watching for your list, as I often like your plays. As always, so many that I’ve only heard of and plenty unknown to me. I will definitely have the Djrum album on my list—1 of a few “electronic” albums I really enjoyed this year. Also will have SML, Takuro Okada, & Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes.

That Smoke Point record was so good! I’d love to hear another from them.

It’s my wife’s story, but it goes something like this: when she was young, her dad decided to burn the Xmas tree in the fireplace, whole. There was a sap abundance and a small backdraft fireball which rocketed up the mantle. Somehow, a cherub stocking hanger survived, with a soot-blackened face.

This is an incredible LIE being told by the guy that manages the agency that oversees the ACA. It's obscene how easily, how frequently and how dramatically these Trump folks lie to us.

✅Fact check from the extremely reliable @kff.org (& no, KFF did not retract this.)

Granted, I did make that comment before scrolling further in my feed and seeing the news that DeJohnette has passed away. No disrespect meant to his excellent work and life!

I know this post is about DeJohnette, but just want to point out that anything with Joe Henderson on it is a winner.

Age verification? When I bought my first computer, they tried to upsell me to 8MB of RAM at the store.

Love the closing line tonight, @hcrichardson.bsky.social!

Love the closing line tonight. Thanks, as always, for the cogent and clarifying recap of events, @hcrichardson.bsky.social.

Momma’s new album is good! At number 2 on this list is a pleasant surprise. Nice to see the new Caroline album noted, as well as Horsegirl—both are also standout albums to me, so far this year.

@wired.com has been doing great reporting on the technocratic aspects of the present administration.

@propublica.org, going the extra lengths for the good, accurate story, yet again.

Haven’t heard it yet, but so much of his work is amazing.

Great collection of artists! Looking forward to listening. (Should out to Paul Strategy!)

Proud of my Senator for not getting spun around my this wildly circular response pattern.

This record gives me chills, every time.

a photo of a smiling Fred Rogers in a red cardigan

Name a non-fictional person who could carry the One Ring, uncorrupted, all the way to Mordor

Movie you’ve watched more than 6 times using GIFs.

(“Hard mode”: no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR.)

As he was falling asleep tonight, my five-year-old asked me, “Dad, who is our mayor? Like, the president, but for our city.”

I told him the name of our mayor. Then he asked me, “Dad, is Trumps going to hurt us?”

Why is my 5yr old asking this second question??

This was my thinking upon hearing the news of his breaking the floor speech time record.

@wired.com really has some great reporting going on in these present times.

Great listening pair with the 2nd (recent) Horsegirl album!

Love love love this album and the one before it, ‘Imperial f.f.r.r.’. Complex, dynamic, cyclical indie rock with minimalist vibes and great melodies. Looking forward to receiving my 2LP reissue soon.