Dada Strain
@dadastrain.bsky.social
Rhythm Improvisation Community (#BklynSounds)
Founded by Piotr Orlov in 2021 to build new institutions from 2020 visions,
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Founded by Piotr Orlov in 2021 to build new institutions from 2020 visions,
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Dada Strain
@dadastrain.bsky.social
· Nov 5
Turn the Volume UP!!!!
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apropos Bruce Springsteen's tour announcement, may I once again share my list of his 10 best original protest songs (before you ask me why Edwin Starr's "War" isn't here): www.salon.com/2026/02/10/b...
Bruce Springsteen’s protest songs still hit where it hurts
Springsteen has repeatedly turned moments of violence and injustice into songs that demand moral reckoning.
www.salon.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
apropos Bruce Springsteen's tour announcement, may I once again share my list of his 10 best original protest songs (before you ask me why Edwin Starr's "War" isn't here): www.salon.com/2026/02/10/b...
This thread has music + youth + anti-fascism, and brought a tear to my eye...
Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)
February 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
This thread has music + youth + anti-fascism, and brought a tear to my eye...
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I strongly suggest, BTW, if you have any interest at all in all kinds of rock, jazz and other styles in terms of live recordings done in Chicago from the 80s until, well, now, you follow @ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy on here. Lots more shows being uploaded all the time. More here from last year:
A private collection of 10,000 Chicago show tapes finds a public home - Chicago Reader
The Internet Archive begins posting the Aadam Jacobs Collection. Plus: Four locals heat up the dead of winter with new music.
chicagoreader.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I strongly suggest, BTW, if you have any interest at all in all kinds of rock, jazz and other styles in terms of live recordings done in Chicago from the 80s until, well, now, you follow @ajcproject.mas.to.ap.brid.gy on here. Lots more shows being uploaded all the time. More here from last year:
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For my money, the way thousands of regular people are self-organizing to resist data centers is one of the most cautiously hopeful stories going right now.
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
No crypto in Canton: Town blocks data centers and crypto mining operations
Canton’s makeshift town hall in a tiny trailer was bursting at the seams Wednesday night with citizens united against data centers and cryptocurrency mining.
www.themountaineer.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:27 AM
For my money, the way thousands of regular people are self-organizing to resist data centers is one of the most cautiously hopeful stories going right now.
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
New Bklyn Sounds 2/12/2026—2/18/2026
Bklyn Sounds 2/12/2026—2/18/2026
This week's events include Marshall Allen x Blacks' Myths / ESG's "Final Dance" / Joe Henderson's 'The Elements' live / Tortured Soul / SCRAATCH + Sweater on Polo open Dweller / and much more
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February 12, 2026 at 11:46 PM
New Bklyn Sounds 2/12/2026—2/18/2026
New Dada Music_January 2026
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New Dada Music_January 2026
New Sounds + Links from Christopher Hoffman / Cassie Watson Francillon / Daniel Carter & N/UM / Adey Omotadem / Grupo Um / Steve Dyer / and more
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February 7, 2026 at 9:53 PM
New Dada Music_January 2026
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New Bklyn Sounds 2/5/2026—2/11/2026 | On The Lot Radio's Birthday + the Value of Local Frequencies
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Bklyn Sounds 2/5/2026—2/11/2026 | On The Lot Radio's Birthday + the Value of Local Frequencies
This week's events include "Champion Sounds," a J Dilla listening session + conversation / Brooklyn Museum First Saturday's "Tribute To Jayne Cortez" / Mixology Festival / Daniel Carter & N/UM / more
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February 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
New Bklyn Sounds 2/5/2026—2/11/2026 | On The Lot Radio's Birthday + the Value of Local Frequencies
dadastrain.substack.com/p/bklyn-soun...
dadastrain.substack.com/p/bklyn-soun...
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Friday Morning Radio PSA!
January 30, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Friday Morning Radio PSA!
New Bklyn Sounds 1/29/2026—2/3/2026 + Short thoughts on aesthetics vs. intentions
Bklyn Sounds 1/29/2026—2/3/2026 + Short thoughts on aesthetics vs. intentions
This week's events include Carrie Mae Weems: Contested Sites of Memory / Charles Tolliver Music Inc. / Kiernan Laveaux / Chee Shimizu / Kalia Vandever / Underground Resistance / and much more
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January 30, 2026 at 12:03 AM
New Bklyn Sounds 1/29/2026—2/3/2026 + Short thoughts on aesthetics vs. intentions
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The grotesque.
January 29, 2026 at 2:55 AM
The grotesque.
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And ofc the most significant "protest music" of the MPLS crisis is the callithumpian racket being kicked up by citizens themselves in the streets—alerting neighbors to the presence of Trump's thugs w/whistles & raising hell outside ICE agents' hotels w/drums, sticks, pots, pans, sirens, chants, etc.
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 AM
And ofc the most significant "protest music" of the MPLS crisis is the callithumpian racket being kicked up by citizens themselves in the streets—alerting neighbors to the presence of Trump's thugs w/whistles & raising hell outside ICE agents' hotels w/drums, sticks, pots, pans, sirens, chants, etc.
Do something!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Do something!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
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to be fair it wasn’t difficult at all to see where this would go, you just had to take people at their word and think seriously about what they were proposing
January 23, 2026 at 6:29 PM
to be fair it wasn’t difficult at all to see where this would go, you just had to take people at their word and think seriously about what they were proposing
New Bklyn Sounds 1/23/2026—1/27/2026 | The Glory of L&SD + How New Spaces Generate New Sounds
Wrote a bit about my Greenpoint fave, Light & Sound Design Studio, which hosts 'Dada Strain @ L&SD' on Saturday, how it fits in with and extends NYC's leftfield culture creation.
Wrote a bit about my Greenpoint fave, Light & Sound Design Studio, which hosts 'Dada Strain @ L&SD' on Saturday, how it fits in with and extends NYC's leftfield culture creation.
Bklyn Sounds 1/23/2026—1/27/2026 | The Glory of L&SD + How New Spaces Generate New Sounds
Want new music? Support new musical environments! + This week's events include 'Dada Strain @ L&SD / 'Improv Nights: A Tribute to Derek Bailey' / Sharon Udoh / LaFrae Sci / Rich Medina / more
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January 23, 2026 at 4:21 PM
New Bklyn Sounds 1/23/2026—1/27/2026 | The Glory of L&SD + How New Spaces Generate New Sounds
Wrote a bit about my Greenpoint fave, Light & Sound Design Studio, which hosts 'Dada Strain @ L&SD' on Saturday, how it fits in with and extends NYC's leftfield culture creation.
Wrote a bit about my Greenpoint fave, Light & Sound Design Studio, which hosts 'Dada Strain @ L&SD' on Saturday, how it fits in with and extends NYC's leftfield culture creation.
New Dada Work | IN MEMORIAM: More than any other member of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir demanded that listeners' ears go furthur to understand the sound. I wrote a bit about how, for me, that priceless education never ended.
Maybe Going on a Feeling: Listening, Hearing and Emotional Learning (For Bob Weir)
IN MEMORIAM: More than any other member of the Grateful Dead, its "rhythm" guitarist demanded more of listeners ears to understand the sound. For me, that priceless education never ended.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:06 PM
New Dada Work | IN MEMORIAM: More than any other member of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir demanded that listeners' ears go furthur to understand the sound. I wrote a bit about how, for me, that priceless education never ended.
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The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3
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You know, many of us said the post 9/11 War on Terror measures were Orwellian bullshit at the time, from DHS to ICE. The Patriot Act was chilling as well.
Some of us objected vociferously. Perhaps we didn't have the mics or the power, but we remember 2001-2005 as a terrible time in this country.
Some of us objected vociferously. Perhaps we didn't have the mics or the power, but we remember 2001-2005 as a terrible time in this country.
January 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
You know, many of us said the post 9/11 War on Terror measures were Orwellian bullshit at the time, from DHS to ICE. The Patriot Act was chilling as well.
Some of us objected vociferously. Perhaps we didn't have the mics or the power, but we remember 2001-2005 as a terrible time in this country.
Some of us objected vociferously. Perhaps we didn't have the mics or the power, but we remember 2001-2005 as a terrible time in this country.
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Snow is falling in Manhattan
In a slow diagonal fashion
On the Sabbath, as it happens
Snow is falling in Manhattan
If it looks like it might be a bad one
The good caretaker springs to action
Salts the stoop and scoops the cat in
Tests an icy patch for traction
In a slow diagonal fashion
On the Sabbath, as it happens
Snow is falling in Manhattan
If it looks like it might be a bad one
The good caretaker springs to action
Salts the stoop and scoops the cat in
Tests an icy patch for traction
January 17, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Snow is falling in Manhattan
In a slow diagonal fashion
On the Sabbath, as it happens
Snow is falling in Manhattan
If it looks like it might be a bad one
The good caretaker springs to action
Salts the stoop and scoops the cat in
Tests an icy patch for traction
In a slow diagonal fashion
On the Sabbath, as it happens
Snow is falling in Manhattan
If it looks like it might be a bad one
The good caretaker springs to action
Salts the stoop and scoops the cat in
Tests an icy patch for traction
New Bklyn Sounds + Details on Peter Shapiro's Homegoing
Bklyn Sounds 1/15/2025—1/20/2025
This week's events include Ryan Sawyer Shaker Ensemble / Takuya Nakamura Cosmic Jungle / Adelyn Strei / "Love From the Sun" / New Ear Festival / Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore / and much more
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January 15, 2026 at 1:48 PM
New Bklyn Sounds + Details on Peter Shapiro's Homegoing
Bklyn Live Music PSA! Dada Strain returns to our favorite NYC arts loft, Light & Sound Design Studios in Greenpoint, for another 'Dada Strain @ L&SD,' on Saturday, January 24th at 7p.
Dada Strain @ L&SD, Saturday, January 24th: Bex Burch & Che Chen + Shara Lunon + siiiso
INVITE: The rhythm-improvisation-community bi-monthly returns to the private Greenpoint loft with another triple-bill of deep listening and body movement music
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January 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Bklyn Live Music PSA! Dada Strain returns to our favorite NYC arts loft, Light & Sound Design Studios in Greenpoint, for another 'Dada Strain @ L&SD,' on Saturday, January 24th at 7p.
Bklyn Sounds 1/8/2026—1/13/2026 | Dada Strain Guide to the WJF Marathons (and Talks)
Bklyn Sounds 1/8/2026—1/13/2026 | Dada Strain Guide to the WJF Marathons (and Talks)
This week's events include Winter Jazzfest / Kris Davis' Pyroclastic Records Festival / 35.5 Years of Giant Step / Duane Harriott / Tomeka Reid Quartet + Hemphill Stringtet / and more
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January 9, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Bklyn Sounds 1/8/2026—1/13/2026 | Dada Strain Guide to the WJF Marathons (and Talks)
NYC LIVE PSA! Presenting the third annual Dada Strain @ WJF show, starring friends, homeys and beloved colleagues, Sat 1/10. Details + discount code at the link. dadastrain.substack.com/p/dada-strai...
Dada Strain at Winter Jazzfest, Saturday, January 10th @ Union Pool, Williamsburg
INVITE: Live sets by Joy Guidry, Xenia Rubinos, Bex Burch & Friends, and Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones + DJing all night long by DJ Monk-One
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January 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM
NYC LIVE PSA! Presenting the third annual Dada Strain @ WJF show, starring friends, homeys and beloved colleagues, Sat 1/10. Details + discount code at the link. dadastrain.substack.com/p/dada-strai...