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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 5h

An absolutely incredible, life-altering record. Every time I listen to it I hear something new. But also: recorded in June and July, released in October! It was a different world...

Milestones: A Miles Davis Archive @milestones-archive.bsky.social · 6h

Released October 11, 1972: 𝙊𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧 (Columbia KC 31906). Recorded on June 1 & 6, 1972 (with overdubs from June 7). Produced by Teo Macero, engineer by Stan Tonkel and Russ Payne. Cover art by Corky McCoy.
#jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 6h

Oh, definitely of "the left," but likely more Bernie than Bernie bro - on the right side (especially on class issues) but with huge blind spots.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 6h

Lennon? ABSOLUTELY a guy who would trumpet his lefty bona fides but crash out when asked to please stop using quite so many slurs.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 6h

John Lennon in a four-hour conversation with Joe Rogan

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

As social critique, THE SUBSTANCE is on the level of an episode of TALES FROM THE CRYPT, but in a good way. And I do love a movie that's not afraid to go big (and wet). My favorite horror movie of the 2020s remains MALIGNANT, though.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

Watched THE SUBSTANCE on HBO Max tonight. The MVP of the movie isn't Demi Moore or Margaret Qualley, it's director of photography Benjamin Kračun; the thing LOOKS incredible from first shot to last. But it's about as Not For Everyone as a movie can be.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

Cinnamon raisin bagel with a half-inch thick slab of cream cheese in the middle.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

Is Peter Thiel standing in a hole in this picture?

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

"A Night of Country Music Supporting Law Enforcement" - ooh, enticing! Booking my flight to Nashville ASAP!

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

There's a song on the new Total compilation that made me think of that "Planet Of The Bass" video from a couple of years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=46wD...

9OASES - Call Coco - Kompakt

YouTube video by KOMPAKT

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

Just got an email telling me that a CD I shipped to Canada via UPS got there in *three days*. I am officially shipping to Canada again, so if you want something, order it!
burningambulancemusic.bandcamp.com/merch

Merch from Burning Ambulance Music

burningambulancemusic.bandcamp.com

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

Today's newsletter is about the Moscow Composers Orchestra, a fantastically original 1990s avant-garde big band. It also includes a hint of what you'd get if you were a paid subscriber, so consider that.
burningambulance.substack.com/p/the-moscow...

The Moscow Composers Orchestra

Vladimir Miller & his wild men

burningambulance.substack.com

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

Happy New Total Day to all who celebrate.
kompakt.bandcamp.com/album/total-25

Total 25 album cover - a pattern of blue, green, maroon (burgundy?) and white dots on a light blue background

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

Rob Zombie's last couple of albums are better than you think, but the first single from his new one (coming in February) is... not great.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0mf...

ROB ZOMBIE - Punks And Demons (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

YouTube video by Nuclear Blast Records

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 2d

I never want to listen to any of the bands featured in PEACEMAKER *except in the context of the show*, because the absurd over-the-top emotionalism of hair metal power ballads works perfectly when reflected in John Cena's ham sculpture of a face. (He deserves an Emmy for this show.)

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 2d

You know that interstate crime spree you've had your eye on?

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 2d

About a quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing to upward of 40% in the largest FBI field offices, according to The Washington Post. Agents have been pulled from investigations into cybercrime, drug trafficking, terrorism, counterintelligence and more.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 2d

I found this paean to Chris Brown interesting, because I don't know any of the songs mentioned. I live in a universe parallel to the one where Chris Brown is a huge star. And I'm OK with that.
www.vulture.com/article/the-...

The Uncanceling of Chris Brown

The singer claims he’s been overlooked, but his blockbuster stadium tour suggests otherwise.

www.vulture.com

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 3d

Editors are not saints. I’ve had some great ones, and I’ve had some who’ve inserted factual errors into my copy.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 3d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 3d

Follow-up: Plant's got a good voice, as does Suzi Dian, who sings with him on most of the album, but this is the kind of pseudo-folk music that you hear on prestige TV series about Appalachian crime families. Not one song lingered afterward.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 3d

Gonna listen to the new Robert Plant album and see if I remember having done so afterward.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 3d

Listening to three newly reissued albums by dancehall vocalist Wayne Smith, all produced by King Jammy; contemplating an essay.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 3d

I don't understand who you people thought Bill Burr was before this. The man's entire comic persona is "ignorant shouty asshole" and you thought because he said two things you agreed with, 20+ years into his career, that he was One Of The Good Ones?
variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Bill Burr Slams Riyadh Comedy Festival Backlash as ‘Bulls—‘ and Roasts Critics: ‘I Don’t Give a F— What These Phony F—ing People Are Saying’

Bill Burr says he does not care if performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival ruins his career and continues to defend performing in Saudi Arabia.

variety.com

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 3d

"Who writes great lyrics" depends on what you're looking for in a song. Depending on the day I might nominate Tom Waits, LL Cool J, Lana Del Rey, or a dozen other people. But I prefer instrumental music.

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 6d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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I.A. Freeman @iza3800.bsky.social · 3d

Into a space of suspension.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 3d

Watched this last night after first seeing it on VHS 30+ years ago. It really is primo 80s Carpenter, meaning some of the best American horror ever made, and Keith Gordon is amazing in it; in the movie's second half, he reminds me of the returned soldier (Richard Backus) in DEATHDREAM.

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 6d

The John Carpenter movie Christine is on HBO Max. The print looks like it was scrubbed against a cheese shredder. But it's properly letterboxed, and there are no ads. Hallelujah.

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