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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 7h

I am hereby putting a 200% tariff on all fauns dryads and talking beavers as well as turkish delight. Narnia has been very bad to us.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 21h

Fuck yeah you should.

Using a swearword in your Google search can stop the AI answer. But should you?

Artificial intelligence is more than Trump deepfakes of Tilly the actor. It’s used in smartphones, customer service, healthcare – even legal cases. Is it possible to avoid?

www.theguardian.com

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byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social · 2d

jazztimes.com/blog/exclusi...

EXCLUSIVE: Thurston Moore’s New Book on Monumental Free Jazz Recordings - JazzTimes

JazzTimes is thrilled to present the following exclusive excerpt from NOW JAZZ NOW, co-authored by music writer Byron Coley, baritone saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and iconic … Read More "EXCLUSIVE: Thu...

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Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social · 2d

Nobel committee: "the self-titled LP is a killer, of course, but 'Coexist' is underrated--go check it out"

"XX wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature" place-filler NPR headline

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Jeff Golick @jgolick.bsky.social · 2d

This honestly feels like a @davidjroth.bsky.social bit.

Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 2d

Frank Wycheck Signature Bar (2000-2001): A milk chocolate bar loaded with caramel and peanuts released to honor then-Tennessee Titans' TE Frank Wycheck for throwing an illegal forward pass to end the AFC Wildcard playoff game against the Buffalo Bills

2 purple candy bar wrappers, each with an image of Titans TE Frank Wycheck running with a football, and his signature splayed across it, next to a flaming football. The bars are sitting on a ruffled satin sheet

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Jeff Golick @jgolick.bsky.social · 3d

bebop / hard bop / CTI

We Call Them Water Dudes @jurisdudence.bsky.social · 3d

Corporate/ personal injury /criminal defense

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3d

publisher / author / literary agent

We Call Them Water Dudes @jurisdudence.bsky.social · 3d

Corporate/ personal injury /criminal defense

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WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · 6d

Today on WFMU: On The Laughing Clock with DJ Peter (Give the Drummer Radio stream): Beyond the MJQ: John Lewis. The Laughing Clock surveys the music of John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath, and Connie Kay, away from the Modern Jazz Quartet (6 p.m. ET).

Upcoming Special Programs on WFMU

www.wfmu.org

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WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · 8d

WFMU's Hellraiser Fundraiser runs through Oct. and gets us through the winter months, when the funds we raised in our spring Marathon are dwindling. There's new swag, and special programs will happen throughout the month! Help us out with a donation and grab one of two new T-shirts. pledge.wfmu.org

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Jeff Golick @jgolick.bsky.social · 10d

Spanfeller = herb, now and forever. Cannot be overstated.

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Jeff Golick @jgolick.bsky.social · 10d

(Found Doyle’s via Carl Wilson’s own deep dive at Slate: slate.com/culture/2025...)

Grumps Blame It for Everything From the Rise of Taylor to the Fall of Pitchfork. They Don’t Even Understand It.

Criticism’s most abused straw man.

slate.com

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Editing the Blue-Gray Lady @nytdiff.bsky.social · 10d

Change in Headline

Before: These Six Charts Tell You Exactly What’s at Stake in This Shutdown
After: These 6 Charts Explain Why Democrats May Shut Down the Government

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Jeff Golick @jgolick.bsky.social · 10d

Of all the poptimism takes in the wake of the Sanneh piece, my fave is Jude Doyle’s long piece, which not only clarifies the strains of “poptimism” itself, but adds a critical layer of material analysis, and personal reflection: jude-doyle.ghost.io/po/

Poptimism Ate Itself

Oh Christgau! Up yours!

jude-doyle.ghost.io

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WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · 12d

Today on WFMU: On Techtonic w/Mark Hurst, author Megan Greenwell. Private equity controls newspapers, hospital systems, supermarket chains, and apartment complexes. Greenwell explains how it works in "Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream" (6 p.m. ET).

Upcoming Special Programs on WFMU

www.wfmu.org

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Jeff Golick @jgolick.bsky.social · 13d

Block rockin’ beats!

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Steve Smith @nightafternight.bsky.social · 13d

RIP pianist, composer, and jazz orchestra leader Jim McNeely, with gratitude to @darcyjamesargue.com for sharing the news. There's a detailed obituary on McNeely's website. www.jim-mcneely.com

Jim McNeely | Pianist, Composer

Jim McNeely was born in Chicago into a musical family. He started piano lessons at the age of six. When he was eight he started lessons with Bruno Michelotti, who taught him basic music theory as well...

www.jim-mcneely.com

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Jeff Golick @jgolick.bsky.social · 15d

Do yourself a favor and grab some Sunwatchers today.

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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 15d

Beloved Chicago indie label @troubleinmind.bsky.social is shutting down after over a decade of serving the independent underground. As a farewell gift, they're offering 30% off anything in the webshop using the code: ADIEU.

Trouble In Mind Records

Chicago, IL record label founded in 2009.

troubleinmindrecords.bandcamp.com

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[UNOFFICIAL] Now Playing on Criterion 24/7 @upnextcriterion.bsky.social · 15d

Now playing (12:30 PM PST):
"Ornette: Made in America" (1986)
By Shirley Clarke
Runtime: 78 min.

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WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio @gtdradio.bsky.social · 15d

The lure of radio! Today's broadcast of Give the Drummer Some is on the air! Hear the show live, 9am to noon (ET), on @wfmu.bsky.social's Drummer Stream. LISTEN: wfmu.org/wfmu_drummer... CHAT: wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 16d

the late great danny thompson playing double bass on norma waterson's gorgeous 1996 version of "black muddy river" also featuring richard thompson & martin carthy. youtu.be/svpcW1s7JV4

Norma Waterson - Black Muddy River

YouTube video by am l

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Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social · 17d

Once & for all, let's specify what "poptimism" was & wasn't, and why many people can't stop blaming it for every cultural change of the past 20 years. Most recently the esteemed Kelefa Sanneh, who's often (wrongly) said to have started it! Today in @slate.com
slate.com/culture/2025...

A screenshot of the headline of an article by Carl Wilson, reading, "Criticism's Biggest Strawman: What was 'poptimism,' and why are people still saying terrible things about it?" It's illustrated by a picture of a straw-stuffed scarecrow in a field, wearing a Taylor Swift T-shirt.

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Jeff Golick @jgolick.bsky.social · 21d

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Jeff Golick @jgolick.bsky.social · 21d

Evening assembled and presented by @misterminsoo.bsky.social.

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Jeff Golick @jgolick.bsky.social · 21d

William Hooker, with Alan Braufman, hit before a showing of Who’s Crazy, @anthologyfilm.bsky.social

William Hooker playing drums in a movie theater.

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