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Writer, movie-watcher, jazz-listener, fascism-loather. Dad.
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Jazz OTD: Here's another Thelonious Monk-related piece for today. Charles Tolliver and Music Inc. (pianist Stanley Cowell, bassist Clint Houston, and percussionist Clifford Barbaro) recorded this free-wheeling version of "'Round Midnight" on December 7, 1973 at Tokyo's Yubinchokin Hall. #Jazzsky
Charles Tolliver Music Inc. - 'Round Midnight
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December 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Jazz OTD: Here's another Thelonious Monk-related piece for today. Charles Tolliver and Music Inc. (pianist Stanley Cowell, bassist Clint Houston, and percussionist Clifford Barbaro) recorded this free-wheeling version of "'Round Midnight" on December 7, 1973 at Tokyo's Yubinchokin Hall. #Jazzsky
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Jazz OTD: December 7, 1956 was the final day of recording for one of the truly great jazz albums: Thelonious Monk's "Brilliant Corners." Monk's quintet recorded a stellar version of "Bemsha Swing," and he played this remarkable solo version of "I Surrender, Dear." #jazzsky
I Surrender, Dear
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December 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Jazz OTD: December 7, 1956 was the final day of recording for one of the truly great jazz albums: Thelonious Monk's "Brilliant Corners." Monk's quintet recorded a stellar version of "Bemsha Swing," and he played this remarkable solo version of "I Surrender, Dear." #jazzsky
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"I would say it takes an openness of mind and spirit. It takes an inquisitive nature. It takes a 'not caring' about the consequences... I don’t care because I've hit a deep nerve inside myself. What I'm doing is what it has to be."
Happy Birthday Matthew Shipp
born December 7, 1960
Happy Birthday Matthew Shipp
born December 7, 1960
December 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
"I would say it takes an openness of mind and spirit. It takes an inquisitive nature. It takes a 'not caring' about the consequences... I don’t care because I've hit a deep nerve inside myself. What I'm doing is what it has to be."
Happy Birthday Matthew Shipp
born December 7, 1960
Happy Birthday Matthew Shipp
born December 7, 1960
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Jazz OTD: From December 6-7, 1985, the original World Saxophone Quartet (Hamiet Bluiett, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, David Murray) recorded their performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, leading to this absolutely superb album. Here, a lovely Bluiett composition. #jazzsky
Paper Works
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December 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Jazz OTD: From December 6-7, 1985, the original World Saxophone Quartet (Hamiet Bluiett, Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, David Murray) recorded their performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, leading to this absolutely superb album. Here, a lovely Bluiett composition. #jazzsky
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Jazz OTD: I don't know the individual track dates, but Betty Carter's three-night stint, becoming her amazing "The Audience," at Bradshaw's Great American Music Hall in San Francisco began exactly ten years after her great Judson Hall performance: December 6, 1979. The opening track. #jazzsky
Betty Carter - Sounds (Movin' On) - 1979 Live
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December 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Jazz OTD: I don't know the individual track dates, but Betty Carter's three-night stint, becoming her amazing "The Audience," at Bradshaw's Great American Music Hall in San Francisco began exactly ten years after her great Judson Hall performance: December 6, 1979. The opening track. #jazzsky
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Jazz OTD: The other album from Betty Carter's remarkable December 6, 1969 Judson Hall concert was "Round Midnight." As with "Finally, Betty Carter," she's backed by Norman Simmons (p), Lisle Atkinson (b), and Al Harewood (d). #jazzsky
Something Wonderful (Live) (1991 Remix / Remaster)
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December 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jazz OTD: The other album from Betty Carter's remarkable December 6, 1969 Judson Hall concert was "Round Midnight." As with "Finally, Betty Carter," she's backed by Norman Simmons (p), Lisle Atkinson (b), and Al Harewood (d). #jazzsky
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Jazz OTD: Today is mostly a Better Carter day here. The brilliant singer released two albums from her great December 6, 1969 performance at New York's Judson Hall, both delayed until 1975 evidently because the master tape was apparently stolen. Here's "You're a Sweetheart" from "Finally." #Jazzsky
You're a Sweetheart (Live)
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December 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Jazz OTD: Today is mostly a Better Carter day here. The brilliant singer released two albums from her great December 6, 1969 performance at New York's Judson Hall, both delayed until 1975 evidently because the master tape was apparently stolen. Here's "You're a Sweetheart" from "Finally." #Jazzsky
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Hey, I want to offer some helpful tips for coping with the cold for ICE folks who might have come from warmer places.
1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!
1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!
Good morning to fuckers in our neighborhood kidnapping our neighbors! Can you see the city skyline? No? You’re wondering if Minneapolis burned down again overnight? Oh no, sweetie. That’s ice crystals in the air . It looks like it will get to around -8F without windchill! Please enjoy your stay!
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hey, I want to offer some helpful tips for coping with the cold for ICE folks who might have come from warmer places.
1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!
1. Wear cotton socks! Cotton is nice and soft next to your skin and will absorb your sweat so your feet stay warm. Cotton everything but ESPECIALLY socks!
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people like Sabrina Carpenter saying essentially "decent people don't want the stench of ICE or this White House anywhere near them" to an audience of millions that includes a lot of young people helps empower them against ICE while reminding ICE agents that everyone hates them, both big wins
look deleting the post is obviously stopping the actual ICE raids but every single bit of pushback matters bsky.app/profile/airb...
Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
people like Sabrina Carpenter saying essentially "decent people don't want the stench of ICE or this White House anywhere near them" to an audience of millions that includes a lot of young people helps empower them against ICE while reminding ICE agents that everyone hates them, both big wins
I think they misunderstood how a bidet works
I am staying at a place with the toilet in the shower and it is >$400 per night
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I think they misunderstood how a bidet works
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NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
1/
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The FIFA Peace Prize sounds like a throwaway 30 Rock joke about an event Jack Donaghy was attending or Jenna Maroney was performing at.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The FIFA Peace Prize sounds like a throwaway 30 Rock joke about an event Jack Donaghy was attending or Jenna Maroney was performing at.
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DON’T 👏 GO 👏 AROUND 👏 SAYING 👏 HAPPY 👏 HANUKKAH 👏 TO 👏 JEWISH 👏 PEOPLE 👏 IT’S 👏 NOT 👏 ANTI-SEMITIC 👏 WE 👏 JUST 👏 DON’T👏KNOW👏 WHEN 👏 IT👏 IS👏
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
DON’T 👏 GO 👏 AROUND 👏 SAYING 👏 HAPPY 👏 HANUKKAH 👏 TO 👏 JEWISH 👏 PEOPLE 👏 IT’S 👏 NOT 👏 ANTI-SEMITIC 👏 WE 👏 JUST 👏 DON’T👏KNOW👏 WHEN 👏 IT👏 IS👏
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This is the thing, I go from “essentially funny gossip” to “wow, people in my profession are so ethically compromised” to “oh my god, so many children are going to die.” It’s head-spinning
I find the Nuzzi/Lizza jokes as funny as everyone else does but then you remember why the scandal matters at all and the whole thing feels as sinister as the situation calls for
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is the thing, I go from “essentially funny gossip” to “wow, people in my profession are so ethically compromised” to “oh my god, so many children are going to die.” It’s head-spinning
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
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the issue here, especially with TCM, is more than half of its programming came from the Turner, and later WB, library. If you remove the network from the library, how is it going to afford to license 100% of its programming?
I just heard from someone at Netflix. TCM is apparently going with the other linear networks to Discovery Global.
Here is the official comment on what WBD assets will be acquired by Netflix:
"We are acquiring the film and television studios, HBO and HBO Max."
Here is the official comment on what WBD assets will be acquired by Netflix:
"We are acquiring the film and television studios, HBO and HBO Max."
December 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
the issue here, especially with TCM, is more than half of its programming came from the Turner, and later WB, library. If you remove the network from the library, how is it going to afford to license 100% of its programming?
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Unfortunately evergreen statement
Why is so much of this industry in the hands of people who not only do not understand it, are also actively hostile to their audience?
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Unfortunately evergreen statement
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since we're doing USPS discourse again, a reminder of what Dems should be saying
"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
since we're doing USPS discourse again, a reminder of what Dems should be saying
“No opposition to releasing movies in theaters” is not inspiring a lot of confidence.
Forthcoming: “No plans to personally burn down a Regal: ‘That would be crazy. It’s not on the table.’”
Forthcoming: “No plans to personally burn down a Regal: ‘That would be crazy. It’s not on the table.’”
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos says the streamer has no "opposition" to releasing Warner Bros. movies in theaters, but hints that "windows will evolve to be much more consumer friendly."
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“No opposition to releasing movies in theaters” is not inspiring a lot of confidence.
Forthcoming: “No plans to personally burn down a Regal: ‘That would be crazy. It’s not on the table.’”
Forthcoming: “No plans to personally burn down a Regal: ‘That would be crazy. It’s not on the table.’”
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Jazz OTD: Shirley Horn recorded her Grammy-winning tribute to her longtime friend Miles Davis, "I Remember Miles," from February 5-7, 1997 with an all-star band in support. Roy Hargrove plays the trumpet on this number. #jazzsky
Ron Carter - I Fall In Love Too Easily - from I Remember Miles by Shirley Horn - #roncarterbassist
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December 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Jazz OTD: Shirley Horn recorded her Grammy-winning tribute to her longtime friend Miles Davis, "I Remember Miles," from February 5-7, 1997 with an all-star band in support. Roy Hargrove plays the trumpet on this number. #jazzsky
The background of this recording is an enduring mystery to me — it’s a fun story that they sprung an entirely different approach to the music on Miles on stage, but he never seemed like a leader who would be cool with that kind of creative mutiny. Guess he was at that moment tho (very complimentary)
Be right back, just listening to seven hours of Miles Davis Live at the Plugged Nickel.
milesdavis.lnk.to/TCPN_Live1965
milesdavis.lnk.to/TCPN_Live1965
Miles Davis
Listen to content by Miles Davis.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The background of this recording is an enduring mystery to me — it’s a fun story that they sprung an entirely different approach to the music on Miles on stage, but he never seemed like a leader who would be cool with that kind of creative mutiny. Guess he was at that moment tho (very complimentary)
Happy birthday Art Davis!
Art Davis – double bass
Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
John Hicks – piano
Idris Muhammad – drums
Released - 1986
Recorded - October 5, 1985
New York City
Label - Soul Note
Producer - Giovanni Bonandrini
#jazzsky
Art Davis – double bass
Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
John Hicks – piano
Idris Muhammad – drums
Released - 1986
Recorded - October 5, 1985
New York City
Label - Soul Note
Producer - Giovanni Bonandrini
#jazzsky
Life
YouTube video by Art Davis - Topic
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December 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Happy birthday Art Davis!
Art Davis – double bass
Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
John Hicks – piano
Idris Muhammad – drums
Released - 1986
Recorded - October 5, 1985
New York City
Label - Soul Note
Producer - Giovanni Bonandrini
#jazzsky
Art Davis – double bass
Pharoah Sanders – tenor saxophone
John Hicks – piano
Idris Muhammad – drums
Released - 1986
Recorded - October 5, 1985
New York City
Label - Soul Note
Producer - Giovanni Bonandrini
#jazzsky
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.