JDG
@cottonmather.bsky.social
Fan of music & theater & have published much (and/or made public radio) about each. Interests: Phish, Bob Dylan, national parks, Shakespeare, fiction, BBC Natural History Unit, Miles Davis, colonial New England. Lived in Boston, Berkshires, St. Louis.
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If you've ever wondered what all the fuss is about, shows like this are why Phish sickos exist
That’s what’s up.
Phish at the Worcester Centrum on 11/27/98.
Released as LivePhish Vol 6.
Known to fans as the “‘Wipeout’ show.”
Phish jet-packing around in (blow) door-down mode.
Phish at the Worcester Centrum on 11/27/98.
Released as LivePhish Vol 6.
Known to fans as the “‘Wipeout’ show.”
Phish jet-packing around in (blow) door-down mode.
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Fact check: TRUE
That’s what’s up.
Phish at the Worcester Centrum on 11/27/98.
Released as LivePhish Vol 6.
Known to fans as the “‘Wipeout’ show.”
Phish jet-packing around in (blow) door-down mode.
Phish at the Worcester Centrum on 11/27/98.
Released as LivePhish Vol 6.
Known to fans as the “‘Wipeout’ show.”
Phish jet-packing around in (blow) door-down mode.
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
That’s what’s up.
Phish at the Worcester Centrum on 11/27/98.
Released as LivePhish Vol 6.
Known to fans as the “‘Wipeout’ show.”
Phish jet-packing around in (blow) door-down mode.
Phish at the Worcester Centrum on 11/27/98.
Released as LivePhish Vol 6.
Known to fans as the “‘Wipeout’ show.”
Phish jet-packing around in (blow) door-down mode.
Oh, you like Phish?
Name three shows that disappointed you.
Name three shows that disappointed you.
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Oh, you like Phish?
Name three shows that disappointed you.
Name three shows that disappointed you.
My contribution to today’s gathering. I’m the Brussels sprouts specialist. The prep is a bit time-consuming and you need serious quantity for it to look bountiful after cooking down (this is ~6 pounds), but many are delighted to have the option to eat it!
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
My contribution to today’s gathering. I’m the Brussels sprouts specialist. The prep is a bit time-consuming and you need serious quantity for it to look bountiful after cooking down (this is ~6 pounds), but many are delighted to have the option to eat it!
This machine creates fascists.
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This machine creates fascists.
Mr. Mamdani: “Affordability” includes YEMSG!
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Mr. Mamdani: “Affordability” includes YEMSG!
This was so real in the late ‘90s, except replace talking about Phish with couch space to nap.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This was so real in the late ‘90s, except replace talking about Phish with couch space to nap.
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huh. well look at that.
starting around the 10min mark of the 11.26.97 Gumbo Trey introduces an idea (following Mike honestly) that sure sounds an awful lot like the roots of the theme that informs some pretty fantastic jams like The Raleigh Tweezer
where's our Vegas weatherman when you need him?
starting around the 10min mark of the 11.26.97 Gumbo Trey introduces an idea (following Mike honestly) that sure sounds an awful lot like the roots of the theme that informs some pretty fantastic jams like The Raleigh Tweezer
where's our Vegas weatherman when you need him?
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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I loved the Beacon Jams at the time. It was a real gift! ❤️
But this is the only pandemic-era thing that I’ve seen anyone try to do a nostalgic anniversary thing about, and I say just let it be.
Start a new, Thanksgiving-week thing perhaps. But I’m not looking for any 2020 commemorative coins.
But this is the only pandemic-era thing that I’ve seen anyone try to do a nostalgic anniversary thing about, and I say just let it be.
Start a new, Thanksgiving-week thing perhaps. But I’m not looking for any 2020 commemorative coins.
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I loved the Beacon Jams at the time. It was a real gift! ❤️
But this is the only pandemic-era thing that I’ve seen anyone try to do a nostalgic anniversary thing about, and I say just let it be.
Start a new, Thanksgiving-week thing perhaps. But I’m not looking for any 2020 commemorative coins.
But this is the only pandemic-era thing that I’ve seen anyone try to do a nostalgic anniversary thing about, and I say just let it be.
Start a new, Thanksgiving-week thing perhaps. But I’m not looking for any 2020 commemorative coins.
The dirty secret is that in a tour with only one great Tweezer, Hartford is the best one that isn’t 12/6/97. (Hartford’s is *extremely* similar to Denver but I clock it as slightly better.)
Happy Orpheum Bowie Day!
Happy Hartford Zero->2001->Cities->Ya Mar Day!
frankly, you should be spinning that whole Hartford 97 show. the balance of the Minneapolis 94 show ain't too shabby neither
Happy Hartford Zero->2001->Cities->Ya Mar Day!
frankly, you should be spinning that whole Hartford 97 show. the balance of the Minneapolis 94 show ain't too shabby neither
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The dirty secret is that in a tour with only one great Tweezer, Hartford is the best one that isn’t 12/6/97. (Hartford’s is *extremely* similar to Denver but I clock it as slightly better.)
Did heart and lung disease do this
BREAKING: The Trump EPA is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on air pollution.
The EPA will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
Scientists say this move could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
The EPA will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
Scientists say this move could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Did heart and lung disease do this
LIBRARIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO HUMAN CIVILIZATION
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
LIBRARIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO HUMAN CIVILIZATION
It is a mathematical certainty that the answer to the question “How many dumplings can I eat?” is always identical to the answer to the question “How many dumplings are available?”
my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It is a mathematical certainty that the answer to the question “How many dumplings can I eat?” is always identical to the answer to the question “How many dumplings are available?”
He breaks into song.
“My influence may be fadin’
But attention you must be payin’”
::tap dance::
“My influence may be fadin’
But attention you must be payin’”
::tap dance::
I think Death of a Salesman could have been a hit musical if only Arthur Miller had given Willy Loman one of these babies.
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
He breaks into song.
“My influence may be fadin’
But attention you must be payin’”
::tap dance::
“My influence may be fadin’
But attention you must be payin’”
::tap dance::
Every single AI pitch is “Imagine if it could do THIS”
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Every single AI pitch is “Imagine if it could do THIS”
“This is the water, and this is the well. Drink full, and descend. The horse is the white of the eyes, Charlie Brown, and dark within."
"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half a packet of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses, Charlie Brown"
"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore, Charlie Brown."
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
“This is the water, and this is the well. Drink full, and descend. The horse is the white of the eyes, Charlie Brown, and dark within."
The “gotcha!” inanity of DC press is mind-numbing.
He's the mayor-elect of America's largest city and financial capital. What kind of a question is this?
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The “gotcha!” inanity of DC press is mind-numbing.
Before everything was a “journey,” did we just say “I did a thing”? I guess so.
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Before everything was a “journey,” did we just say “I did a thing”? I guess so.
Tha Carter Family III is that anything
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Tha Carter Family III is that anything
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@mikelowetpt.bsky.social Bunch of amazing sounding MMW/Cline shows. Definitely a different flavor than the Sco stuff
You want all of this. Trust me. Talk about a sonic journey!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
You want all of this. Trust me. Talk about a sonic journey!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Medeski, Martin & Wood + Nels Cline (SBD/Radio) - Google Drive
drive.google.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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I’m glad to be seeing a Trey Anastasio concert that isn’t a pandemic remembrance event.
November 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I’m glad to be seeing a Trey Anastasio concert that isn’t a pandemic remembrance event.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
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Here is a Christmas gift months in the making: an RF rip of the greatest magic special in history. Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, directed by David Mamet, never released on home video, sourced from an internal HBO Production tape sourced by @pulsingcinema.bsky.social: archive.org/details/rick...
December 22, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Here is a Christmas gift months in the making: an RF rip of the greatest magic special in history. Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, directed by David Mamet, never released on home video, sourced from an internal HBO Production tape sourced by @pulsingcinema.bsky.social: archive.org/details/rick...