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kendraplex (zsa/zsa) @kendraplex.bsky.social · 18h

Please pledge to my radio show FREAKING OUT on wfmu, I can only bear asking this one time. Thank you I really appreciate the opportunity to be effective.

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Pledge your Support to WFMU!

Keep WFMU Weird! Donate to our Year-End Hellraiser Fundraiser. Visit wfmu.org/pledge.

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 20h

My colleague Sheldon Pearce's obituary for D'Angelo www.npr.org/2025/10/14/n...

D'Angelo, R&B's reluctant icon, has died at 51

The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family.

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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 23h

Against The Grain: What’s wrong with hauntology?

In The Wire 501, @robinjames.bsky.social argues that the influential cultural theory of hauntology does not account for developments in Black creative practices and music of the late 20th and early 21st centuries

www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

Against The Grain: What’s wrong with hauntology? - The Wire

In The Wire 501, Robin James argues that the influential cultural theory of hauntology does not account for developments in Black creative practices and music of the late 20th and early 21st centuri...

www.thewire.co.uk

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WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · 1d

WFMU's Hellraiser Fundraiser continues through October. The Hellraiser gets us through the cold winter months, when the funds we raised in our spring Marathon are dwindling. Special programs will happen all month! Help us out with a donation and grab one of two new T-shirts. pledge.wfmu.org

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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 1d

Last night's edition of my radio show is history, which means you can now hear it in the @wfmu.bsky.social archives. Listen or ogle the playlist here: www.wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

It's Complicated with Dave Mandl

Audio & playlist from October 13, 2025

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 1d

"Everything about Jeff Buckley’s music—the way he sang, the gospel hooks and choir-boy falsettos, the swooping leaps in time signatures, the hushed cathedral hymn-like melodies, the ululating scale-climbing and the smoldering, unbridled balladeering..." Now reading: Daphne Brooks, Grace 33 1/3

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Peretsky @peretsky.bsky.social · 1d

in an industry that relies so much on cultural capital, we can actually win this one small battle.

aeon @aeon-music.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app

Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging

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Alyx Vesey @alyxvesey.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI, here's last week's Popular Music Books in Process with David Hesmondhalgh, Raquel Campos Valverde, Shuwen Qu, and Zhongwei Li about music streaming as a global concern.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSqY...

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 1d

"There is no negotiating with investment capital, and once it sinks its teeth into a cultural organization of any kind, the essence of that organization almost inevitably begins to evaporate." Shawn Reynaldo on how Barcelona's Sónar festival sold out. firstfloor.substack.com/p/sonars-fou...

Sónar's Founders Sold Out—and Now They're Out of the Festival Entirely

Adding to an already tumultuous year, the long-running Barcelona event is suddenly getting new leadership—and highlighting the risks of culture engaging with investment capital.

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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 3d

Hear @melvingibbs.bsky.social discuss his forthcoming album @hausumountain.bsky.social Sonny Sharrock, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Henry Rollins, Ornette Coleman, Wadada Leo Smith, Pete Cosey and more.

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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 3d

New episode archived @wfmu.bsky.social

Amasia / Anamibia Sessions: Melvin Gibbs Interview

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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 3d

I'm looking forward to Melvin Gibbs' 2026 book: "How Black Music Took Over the World" @melvingibbs.bsky.social

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/melvi...

One of the world’s greatest bassists lays down the heart of Black music, revealing how its rhythmic structures and the long history of the African diaspora made it the world’s most popular form

Why do Bob Marley, John Coltrane, Aretha Franklin, and Nina Simone move us the way they do? What drives the worried notes of the Delta blues? What makes Beyoncé’s triumph Cowboy Carter inescapably great?

As Melvin Gibbs shows in How Black Music Took Over the World, it is the musical inheritance of Africa. Beginning with two rhythmic building blocks he calls the cell and the frame, Gibbs shows how those tools can transport listeners to “a realm where sounds become vehicles for human movement.” Reforged in the African diaspora in the Americas, they are played today on church organs, electric guitars, computers, telephones, or a simple gourd. Kool & the Gang called Black musicians the “scientists of sound”—and Gibbs shows how they discovered the world’s music.

Gibbs’s vantage is unique. A world-class musician fluent in many genres, Gibbs is as comfortable in an old-school Times Square record shop as he is breaking down mathematics and music theory with university professors. Imbued with his own journey and a sharp eye for the sins and triumphs of history, How Black Music Took Over the World is an unforgettable revelation of one of humanity’s greatest achievements.

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Jaap Blonk @jaapblonk.bsky.social · 3d

Ce soir à 19h30 à l'Oeuil De Poisson, Québec!
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Future of Music Coalition @futureofmusic.bsky.social · 3d

Works out to roughly $19,656 USD per enrolled musician at a cost of about $7.43 per Irish citizen. In contrast, the US Govt spends only about 59 cents per citizen on the entire national endowment for the arts (across all artistic disciplines).

DJ Mag @djmag.com · 4d

Ireland’s government is pressing ahead with plans to permanently implement a basic income scheme that will support 2,000+ artists, creative workers and musicians in 2026

djmag.com/news/ireland...

Ireland’s basic income scheme for artists to be made permanent in 2026

The scheme aims to support 2,000 artists and creative workers, paying each successful applicant €325 a week

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Brian Fauteux @brianfauteux.bsky.social · 5d

CJSR FM is launching a monthly newsletter and you can sign up to receive it here: www.cjsr.com/2025/10/cjsr...

Coming soon! New CJSR newsletter

Visit the post for more.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 5d

EFF has been member-supported for three and a half decades. Join today so we can continue to fight for a better digital future for decades to come: eff.org/35years

35 Years for Privacy & Free Speech

EFF is on a mission to protect your civil liberties and human rights wherever they meet tech, but it’s only possible with your help.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 5d

Some exciting news: 404 Media just won a grant via Muckrock to investigate book bans and educational censorship in the U.S. The plan is to file hundreds of public records requests around the country and to report on and archive all the documents for public use:

www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 5d

I’m in this month’s print issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social writing about what I take to be the limitations of the concept of hauntology — read online here:

reader.exacteditions.com/issues/14422...

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 6d

This is a story, music writers

Otis Hart @spotieotis.bsky.social · 6d

The 31 Minutos El Tiny performance has more than 5 Million YouTube views in less than 72 hours. Only a handful of Tiny Desks can make that claim. Pretty insane.

31 Minutos: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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Dave “the Spazz” Abramson @davethespazz.bsky.social · 6d

Like other public media stations, WFMU has been hit by the dissolution of the CPB. FMU is gonna meet this new wrinkle with an amped-up month of programming known as The Hellraiser. Tune in for a fresh edition of Demos To Spazz By--Tonight at 9 ET pledge.wfmu.org/donate/MS @wfmu.bsky.social

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 6d

Ah, too bad! Looking forward to the talk

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elena razlogova @erazlogo.bsky.social · 6d

I’ll come!

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 7d

Delighted to be giving a "France-Quebec Chair on Contemporary Issues in Freedom of Expression" talk at the University of Quebec at Montreal on the current crisis in free speech, democracy, and public media, on Dec. 2nd.

La liberté d’expression à l’ère de Trump 2.0 | UQAM

Trois tables rondes organisées par l’Observatoire sur les États-Unis et la Chaire COLIBEX dresseront un état des lieux.

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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 7d

For the new issue of The Wire magazine I reviewed two excellent new books: "Why Sound Matters" by Damon Krukowski (@dadadrummer.bsky.social) and the memoir by former Gentle Giant frontman Derek Shulman. Subscribe: @thewiremagazine.bsky.social

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Jennifer Waits @spinningindie.bsky.social · 10d

Especially in light of the shutdown of @wcsb.bsky.social yesterday, it's important to know that college radio IS thriving and plays a vital role in many students' lives. Thanks to @emwhitenoise.bsky.social for this great piece that takes a closer look at why Gen Z is excited about college radio.

Emily White @emwhitenoise.bsky.social · 12d

College radio stations are seeing a surge in student interest.

Stations that once struggled to fill airtime are now overflowing with student DJs.

I spoke to 7 college radio stations across the U.S. to understand what is driving the revival:

emwhitenoise.substack.com/p/gen-zs-col...

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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 7d

It's publication day! See below for links/events/playlists/all things Big Feelings. With tremendous gratitude to everyone who helped along the way.
dandipiero.substack.com/p/pub-day

Pub Day

Big Feelings Indeed

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