Tom Hull
@tomhull747.bsky.social
Post-employed engineer, non-credentialed sociologist, has heard a lot of music, writes up utopian ideas and practical proposals, is a fairly decent cook.
My websites are down due to a data center migration. They should be back up tonight. Meanwhile, why are my and other Substack pages so screwed up (at least on Firefox; Chromium seems to be ok)?
December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My websites are down due to a data center migration. They should be back up tonight. Meanwhile, why are my and other Substack pages so screwed up (at least on Firefox; Chromium seems to be ok)?
Archived Robert Christgau's "Xgau Sez: November 2025" on his website: robertchristgau.com/xgausez.php?...
Robert Christgau: Xgau Sez
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November 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Archived Robert Christgau's "Xgau Sez: November 2025" on his website: robertchristgau.com/xgausez.php?...
This is a very striking title: "Gaza humanitarian foundation calls it quits after thousands die seeking its aid." It suggests that Israel has succeeded in demoralizing aid groups, but GHF seems more like a psy-op to terrorize hungry Palestinians.
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Calls It Quits After Thousands Die Seeking Its Aid
The aid group GHF oversaw relief in Gaza during a period defined by the killings of Palestinians seeking food during famine.
theintercept.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is a very striking title: "Gaza humanitarian foundation calls it quits after thousands die seeking its aid." It suggests that Israel has succeeded in demoralizing aid groups, but GHF seems more like a psy-op to terrorize hungry Palestinians.
I also added a brief PS to yesterday's Music Week: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Tom Hull: 3358-Music-Week.html
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November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I also added a brief PS to yesterday's Music Week: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
I added some more notes to Monday's Loose Tabs last night, and fixed some grave typos today: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Tom Hull: 3357-Loose-Tabs.html
tomhull.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I added some more notes to Monday's Loose Tabs last night, and fixed some grave typos today: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Music Week: 47 albums, 7 A-list: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Tom Hull: 3358-Music-Week.html
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November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Music Week: 47 albums, 7 A-list: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
A "loose tab" I forgot from yesterday's post: Todd Snider's song "Tension," with the line "in America we like our bad guys dead!" What was movie life in 1998 has since become little less than a national obsession: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cdp...
Tension
YouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A "loose tab" I forgot from yesterday's post: Todd Snider's song "Tension," with the line "in America we like our bad guys dead!" What was movie life in 1998 has since become little less than a national obsession: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cdp...
Loose Tabs: 168 links, 10292 words: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Tom Hull: 3357-Loose-Tabs.html
tomhull.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Loose Tabs: 168 links, 10292 words: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
I just discovered this reprint of my 2005 Village Voice article on jazz labels. Not something I feel up to updating, but perhaps something I should revisit in a Big Lookback? Nice to get some comments, even if most just second guess my choices. www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/...
The independent labels
From the jazz supplement from this week' the Village Voice... COVERING EXPENSES A who, what, why, where, when—and how many—of the uncharted world of independent jazz labels by Tom Hull It takes two to...
www.organissimo.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I just discovered this reprint of my 2005 Village Voice article on jazz labels. Not something I feel up to updating, but perhaps something I should revisit in a Big Lookback? Nice to get some comments, even if most just second guess my choices. www.organissimo.org/forum/topic/...
Music Week: 35 albums, 6 A-list: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Tom Hull: 3356-Music-Week.html
tomhull.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Music Week: 35 albums, 6 A-list: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Music Week: 41 albums, 7 A-list: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Tom Hull: 3355-Music-Week.html
tomhull.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Music Week: 41 albums, 7 A-list: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Notes on Everyday Life offers multiple courses, on the elections, the shutdown, Dick Cheney, Jack DeJohnette, recent reading, and some exceptional listening: notesoneverydaylife.substack.com/p/notes-on-e...
Notes on Everyday Life
As of November 12, 2025
notesoneverydaylife.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Notes on Everyday Life offers multiple courses, on the elections, the shutdown, Dick Cheney, Jack DeJohnette, recent reading, and some exceptional listening: notesoneverydaylife.substack.com/p/notes-on-e...
Early on I impressed my future wife by quipping that if I couldn't learn to play my DX11, I could always just program it. As it turned out, I did neither, but this essay by someone who did both speaks directly to me. Good record, too: iverson.substack.com/p/guest-post...
Guest post from Thomas Morgan: A UNIVERSE OF POSSIBILITIES WITHIN THEIR RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
[all about the new album AROUND YOU IS A FOREST]
iverson.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Early on I impressed my future wife by quipping that if I couldn't learn to play my DX11, I could always just program it. As it turned out, I did neither, but this essay by someone who did both speaks directly to me. Good record, too: iverson.substack.com/p/guest-post...
Pick Hit: Brennen Leigh, "Don't You Ever Give Up on Love" (2025, Signature Sounds): Real country, the optimistic title followed by much experience to the contrary, and yet more hope. [9] brennenleigh.bandcamp.com/album/dont-y...
Don't You Ever Give Up On Love, by Brennen Leigh
12 track album
brennenleigh.bandcamp.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Pick Hit: Brennen Leigh, "Don't You Ever Give Up on Love" (2025, Signature Sounds): Real country, the optimistic title followed by much experience to the contrary, and yet more hope. [9] brennenleigh.bandcamp.com/album/dont-y...
Music Week: 31 albums, 5 A-list: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Tom Hull: 3354-Music-Week.html
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November 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Music Week: 31 albums, 5 A-list: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Pick Hit: John O'Gallagher/Ben Monder/Andrew Cyrille/Billy Hart: Ancestral (2025, Whirlwind): Sometimes you just want to hear some first-rate saxophone. [9]: johnogallagher-whirlwind.bandcamp.com/album/ancest...
ANCESTRAL, by John O'Gallagher
8 track album
johnogallagher-whirlwind.bandcamp.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Pick Hit: John O'Gallagher/Ben Monder/Andrew Cyrille/Billy Hart: Ancestral (2025, Whirlwind): Sometimes you just want to hear some first-rate saxophone. [9]: johnogallagher-whirlwind.bandcamp.com/album/ancest...
I'm going to write more about this year's birthday dinner for a NOEL post, but there is a rough draft in this week's Music Week and a menu with recipe links and a plate pic here: tomhull.com/ocston/plan/...
October 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I'm going to write more about this year's birthday dinner for a NOEL post, but there is a rough draft in this week's Music Week and a menu with recipe links and a plate pic here: tomhull.com/ocston/plan/...
Music Week: 7 albums, 1 A-list, some cooking notes: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Tom Hull: 3353-Music-Week.html
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October 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Music Week: 7 albums, 1 A-list, some cooking notes: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
I sent out the second of two fairly long pieces on the Gaza War Peace Plan, this one titled "Making Peace in Gaza and Beyond": open.substack.com/pub/notesone...
Making Peace in Gaza and Beyond
Looking beyond the Trump points toward a peace we can all live with.
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I sent out the second of two fairly long pieces on the Gaza War Peace Plan, this one titled "Making Peace in Gaza and Beyond": open.substack.com/pub/notesone...
Loose Tabs: 36 days, 254 links, 13906 words, and still not nearly enough: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Tom Hull: 3352-Loose-Tabs.html
tomhull.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Loose Tabs: 36 days, 254 links, 13906 words, and still not nearly enough: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Music Week: 40 albums, 8 A-list: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Tom Hull: 3351-Music-Week.html
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October 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Music Week: 40 albums, 8 A-list: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Detail from No Kings demo in Wichita, KS. I liked this particular costume because it shows that MAGA = Nazi is meaningful to other people. Hard to guess how many people, as they lined Douglas for several blocks, and spilled over, but many costumes, a wide range of hand-lettered signs, and loud.
October 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Detail from No Kings demo in Wichita, KS. I liked this particular costume because it shows that MAGA = Nazi is meaningful to other people. Hard to guess how many people, as they lined Douglas for several blocks, and spilled over, but many costumes, a wide range of hand-lettered signs, and loud.
I've taken a close look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of Trump's Gaza plan: notesoneverydaylife.substack.com/p/gaza-war-p...
Gaza War Peace Plan
Twenty Trump points, for better or worse.
notesoneverydaylife.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I've taken a close look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of Trump's Gaza plan: notesoneverydaylife.substack.com/p/gaza-war-p...
Robert Christgau's Xgau Sez Q&A for October is up on his website now: robertchristgau.com/xgausez.php?...
Robert Christgau: Xgau Sez
robertchristgau.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Robert Christgau's Xgau Sez Q&A for October is up on his website now: robertchristgau.com/xgausez.php?...
Music Week: 24 albums, 3 A-list: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...
Tom Hull: 3350-Music-Week.html
tomhull.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Music Week: 24 albums, 3 A-list: tomhull.com/ocston/blog/...