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teacher, musician, waking up at night every 90 minutes. Rather be in New Orleans. MAGA is a cancer.

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · Nov 17

Leonard Bernstein said, “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before”.
Photo by William P. Gottlieb, public domain

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 2h

Music not funneled down your throat by Swedish billionaire military-AI investors. Some Bandcamp gold, full EP out Nov.7. Thanks @propagandasite.bsky.social

Strange World (feat. Rae Khalil), by St. Panther

from the album Strange World

stpanther.bandcamp.com

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 1d

We need a Curtis Mayfield re-appreciation right now!

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to Jimmy Kimmel's people for featuring Madison Cunningham 3 nights ago. Still underappreciated. #madisoncunningham #musiciansky

21K views · 270 reactions | Thank you @jimmykimmellive for having us last night. Ace arrives tonight ♠️ | Madison Cunningham

Thank you @jimmykimmellive for having us last night. Ace arrives tonight ♠️.

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 3d

How can we devote any energy to music and art at a time like this? We have to. Or they win.

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 3d

My wife says “I like that Beck fellow” and is it because he has a devil’s haircut (in his mind)? #musicsky #beck

Beck - Devils Haircut

Listen to Devils Haircut on TIDAL

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 6d

Remember when cops looked like "Officer Bill"? Now they have shaved heads, fat necks, have to hold their arms out to the sides so they can walk with their 10-year-old-boy vest full of emergency toys on their chest, ever ready for the apocalyptic end-of-times battle.

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 6d

My father, to support his young family in the 1950's, took gigs painting pulp fiction book covers like this one. Never dreaming that people would care in 2025. Beacon Books B191 "Girls' Dormitory" by Orrie Hitt. #pulpfiction #illustration

Books and Art

Girls' Dormitory. Clement Micarelli. Piles of books about to be read...maybe. Cover art for Girls' Dormitory (Beacon B191), 1958. Orrie Hitt. Subtitled: A scathing attack on the evils of off-campus...

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 7d

He did commercial art until about 2003. He was an old-school professional artist - if you're payin', he's paintin'. Also an atheist. (I have inside family info).

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 7d

Time to reset with Bill. "Just go with truth and beauty, and forget the rest". #billevans #piano #musiciansky

Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans Trio 1965

YouTube video by Mr. Wolf

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 7d

The late Joe Cocker. A Randy Newman song. You won't make it all the way through this in one piece, but you'll feel better afterward. #sadsongs #musiciansky #joecocker

Joe Cocker - Every Time It Rains .wmv

YouTube video by 59BlueDragon

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 8d

On Friday's flight from New Orleans to Boston, every middle-aged and older white passenger had Fox "News" up on the screen. That is why. #25thamendment

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 9d

He lied. He lied. He lied. He lied. He lied. He lied. He lied.

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 10d

Nashville musician/songwriter/artist Miriam Speyer made this informal cover of Randy Newman's "Marie" 11 years ago and it's more proof that magic does happen. #vocalist #nashville #musiciansky

Miriam Speyer - "Marie" by Randy Newman

YouTube video by Miriam Speyer

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 10d

The 2nd, 3rd and 4th sentences are straight-up lies.

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 12d

New Orleans post-punk duo The Convenience has this double single, plus this year’s 13-tune “Like Cartoon Vampires“ and please support them this Bandcamp Friday Oct.3. You’ll hear why. #indie #indierock #postpunk

Routiner / Postcard, by The Convenience

2 track album

theconvenience.bandcamp.com

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 14d

He had all that money as a result of not paying what he owed those women in the other defamation suit he lost? Us children will never understand grown-up rich guy math.

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 15d

Wednesday is the band, Bleeds is the brand new album, and Karly Hartzman expertly creates vibes with imagery intense enough to smell. #indierock #musiciansky #asheville

Wednesday - Townies (Official Video)

YouTube video by WednesdayVEVO

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 17d

Sometimes you gotta go with a classic track, put it on repeat, and bathe in the magic for awhile. #musiciansky #countrymusic

She Thinks I Still Care

YouTube video by George Jones - Topic

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 19d

Can you imagine our grandfathers watching these “tough guys” knocking defenseless women around while being paid with our tax money?

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 19d

In the swarming sea of new indie music, this sticks out. Bunny White. Mad vocal skills. #musiciansky #bunnywhite

Bunny White - Lions in the Theater

Listen to Lions in the Theater on TIDAL

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 21d

Amelie Lucille is a 16-year-old NYC singer/songwriter. You heard her here 2nd. Thanks @mp3hugger.bsky.social #indiefolk

Amelie Lucille - Polar

Listen to Polar on your streaming service

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 21d

This great man once walked on the same planet we're on. There's hope. #jamesbooker #musiciansky #neworleans

Goodnight Irene

YouTube video by James Booker - Topic

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 22d

Laura Anglade’s set in New Marlborough, MA on Saturday. A singer so real, pure, and masterful, it knocks the wind out of you. #lauraanglade #musiciansky

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 25d

The simple joy of finding humor and grace in everyday life has been taken from us by this guy and his MAGAts.

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 25d

If you thought Biden was bad before, he’s REALLY making a mess of things now.