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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 1d

Dillon Dingler? Sounds like a porn star name, not the name of the catcher for the Detroit Tigers.

Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 2d

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

thelonious monk - don't blame me

YouTube video by incognitotraveler

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 2d

The mighty Thelonius Monk's birthday today.

Photo of Thelonius Monk, with his hands on the keyboard reflected in the lenses of his sunglasses.

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 2d

Did someone say Mavis Staples covering a Sparklehorse song??? Yes, please! #musicsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAZG...

Mavis Staples - "Sad and Beautiful World"

YouTube video by ANTI- Records

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 3d

You don't have stores there, I hear.

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, it is! And he's a gem. Saw him at the Village Vanguard not long ago and he is jaw-droppingly good.

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 3d

The whole concert can be found on this page: www.treblezine.com/talking-head...

Talking Heads Live In Rome captured dazzling chemistry | Treble

A show that long lived in the shadow of 'Stop Making Sense', Talking Heads Live In Rome is an incredible document of live chemistry

www.treblezine.com

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 3d

45 years ago today, Talking Heads released Remain in Light. Here's a track from the album, live in Rome in 1980, which is a stellar concert you should really hear/watch all of. #musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO7N...

Talking Heads - Born Under Punches - Rome, Italy - 1980

YouTube video by siliconmountaintop

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 4d

I'm dreading the day he retires (which I have no idea when that might be). He's the best.

Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, God. I feel your pain. Baseball season has absolutely destroyed my Criterion Channel watching.

Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 4d

Just uncovered a treasure trove of jazz here: www.npr.org/series/34713... #musicsky

Jazz Night In America

Jazz Night In America is a public radio program, a video concert documentary series, and an online home for the music, from NPR Music and WBGO.

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 4d

Jesus fuck. washingtonreporter.news/p/op-ed-rep-...

Op-Ed: Rep. Andy Barr: Why I’m leading legislation to put Trump on a new $250 bill

Rep. Andy Barr is one of President Trump’s staunchest defenders in Congress. Now he wants the president on America’s newest currency.

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 5d

Seen online: "Michael Mann’s Heat 2 is officially in development, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper, Adam Driver, and Austin Butler reportedly in negotiations to join the cast." Does this seem ill-advised to anybody else? #filmsky

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 5d

It's a small screen at BAM compared to some theaters, is all.

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 5d

Well, big-ish screen.

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 5d

Had a follow-up visit with my cardiologist last week — nothing serious — and he put this in the clinical notes: "His marked elevation in blood pressure usually is associated with negative emotion (he is a fan of the New York Mets!)"

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 8d

30 bucks a ticket. Ridiculous.

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 8d

Don't forget to bring toast!

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 9d

Nothing against Taylor, Swifties! Don't come at me, please!

Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 9d

I really think as time passes, that movie will be seen as much higher in Scorsese's oeuvre than it places right now.

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 9d

Oh, it's killer, innit?

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 9d

My partner is happily ensconced in the bedroom listening to the new Taylor Swift and I'm just hoping she doesn't insist on playing it on repeat all night because I'm used to falling asleep to the monotone drones of BBC radio.

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 9d

Unless, of course, you can't afford it, in which case I'm sorry.

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 9d

What does a single movie in a theater cost in Canada? Watch enough movies on the Criterion Channel every month, which is quite easy to do, and it's more than worth it.

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Stephen Berg @stephenberg2.bsky.social · 9d

It doesn't get creepy till well into the second half, but it certainly gets creepy enough, right till the unexpected ending.

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