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Just spoke with God! Apparently that secret chord that pleased him so much was actually just a D7#9, like at the beginning of "Here Comes Your Man."

Alright, Hitler, you're in. But I'm watching you.

Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

The reason the Dems are a failed party is because they have collectively decided that the best policy for any issue is a halfway compromise between a good idea and fascist bigotry, rather than fighting for any sort of coherent ethical framework

She has given her soul to the devil: The best of Caetano Veloso A master warbler, a catholic songwriter whose erudition and folkish inclinations and taste for gutbucket rock form a beguiling hybrid, Caetano Veloso remains one of the most original of living arti…

Happy birthday to master warbler and sharp songwriter Caetano Veloso. humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/2021/08/07/s...

YouTube video by Art Blakey - Topic Sleeping Dancer Sleep On

Recorded #onthisday in 1960

Art Blakey – drums
Lee Morgan – trumpet, flugelhorn
Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone
Bobby Timmons – piano
Jymie Merritt – bass

Released - Mid-August 1967
Recorded - August 7, 1960
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Label - Blue Note
Producer - Alfred Lion
#jazzsky

YouTube video by Santoszzz Thelonious Monk - In Walked Bud

Recorded #onthisday in 1958

Thelonious Monk – piano
Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone
Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
Roy Haynes – drums

Released - December 1958
Recorded - August 7, 1958
Venue - Five Spot Café (New York)
Label - Riverside
Producer - Orrin Keepnews
#jazzsky #music

YouTube video by Thelonious Monk Blue Monk by Thelonious Monk from 'Thelonious In Action'

Recorded #onthisday in 1958

Thelonious Monk – piano
Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone
Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
Roy Haynes – drums

Released - 1958
Recorded - August 7, 1958
Venue - Five Spot Café, NYC
Label - Riverside
Producer - Orrin Keepnews
#jazzsky #music

YouTube video by Idrees Sulieman - Topic Saturday Afternoon at Four

Happy birthday Idrees Sulieman!

Idrees Sulieman – trumpet, flugelhorn
Cedar Walton – piano
Sam Jones – bass
Billy Higgins – drums

Released -?1976
Recorded - February 16 & 17, 1976
Weesp, Holland
Label - SteepleChase
Producer - Nils Winther
#jazzsky #botd #music

YouTube video by Roland Kirk Quartet - Topic From Bechet, Byas, And Fats

Happy birthday Rahsaan Roland Kirk!

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: tenor sax, stritch, manzello, flute, siren, oboe, castanets
Jaki Byard: piano
Richard Davis: bass
Elvin Jones: drums

Released - Dec 1965
Recorded - Jan 13, 1965
Van Gelder Studio, New Jersey
Label - Limelight
Producer - Jack Tracy
#jazzsky

Chris Cuomo posting a deepfake of AOC the same week that Jim Acosta “interviews” a deepfake of a school shooting victim are both harbingers of how traditional media power players will help usher in the worst of the AI slop era

Low key one of the worst anbuses of power ever? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nice. I don’t know him but great name!

If you'd also like to raise a stink:

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Is your child texting about ancient Assyrian demons? Tune in at 11

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

Image from the article, in recognizably awful AI plasticine aesthetic, of woman and child on couch watching a tv facing the wrong direction: “Just then, a news bulletin flashed on the TV. A silly-looking villain named Dr. Dull was turning the city grey with his Bland-O-Ray! “Oh no!,” said Mom. “Everything will be tasteless and boring!”

It sure will, Mom

You know who else can do that? Writers and artists and, if you feel like it, you! Also of course these suck ass

Florida, unlike the federal government, can be sued for civil rights violations and punished with monetary damages.

Four covers by Andy Warhol, who was born on this day

we’ve made it clear that anyone who visits the US could be disappeared into a Salvadoran prison but I’m sure it’s the kids and their avocado toasts who’re to blame

A friend just sent me some AI slop that I'm always saying

I swear to god these dipshits think “being alive” is a hassle everyone is sick of

Meet the Losers Who Still Want to Read and Think With Their Own Brains

meet the people who are 100% morally justified and will be vindicated by history, but i've found them annoying in the conversations that have occurred entirely within my imagination

YouTube video by Andrea L Abbey Lincoln - Lonely House

Happy birthday Abbey Lincoln!

Abbey Lincoln - vocals
Kenny Dorham - trumpet
Les Spann - guitar
Wynton Kelly - piano
Sam Jones - bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums

Released - 1959
Recorded - Spring and Fall, 1959
New York City
Label - Riverside
Producer - Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
#jazzsky #botd

Released - January 1970
Recorded - April 27–29, 1969
Judson Hall, New York City
Label - Impulse!
Producer - Bob Thiele

(Personnel contd)
Bob Northern — French horn, hand wood blocks, crow call, bells, military whistle
Howard Johnson — tuba
Sam Brown — guitar, Tanganyikan guitar, thumb piano
Carla Bley — piano, tambourine
Charlie Haden — bass
Paul Motian — drums, percussion

YouTube video by Charlie Haden - Topic War Orphans

Happy birthday Charlie Haden!

Perry Robinson — clarinet
Gato Barbieri — tenor saxophone, clarinet
Dewey Redman — alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Don Cherry — cornet, flute, Indian wood & bamboo flutes
Michael Mantler — trumpet
Roswell Rudd — trombone
#jazzsky #botd #music

YouTube video by Dorothy Ashby - Topic Pawky

Happy birthday Dorothy Ashby!

Dorothy Ashby - harp
Frank Wess - flute
Herman Wright - bass
Art Taylor - drums

Released - 1958
Recorded - March 21, 1958
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Label - Prestige
Producer - Bob Weinstock
#jazzsky #botd #music