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it’s useful to think of reclaiming one’s attention and agency as the magical act of warding off evil spells
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and I don't mean I want Jim Jarmusch to make a movie about babies
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I kind of want to see a Jim Jarmusch baby picture
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starting a heavy metal band and naming it mollüsk
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the Talk Of The Tonearm newsletter is a thing that I just magically placed in several hundred email inboxes

what's inside?

- Donny McCaslin gets primal
- M. Sage conquers noise pollution
- SANAM, loose in translation
- McLuhan interprets McLuhan
- Lila Meretzky (re)moves the self

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Gobsmacked by Neil Young's Ghost
This week: primal performances, noise pollution, poetic entanglement, misunderstood media, and demised authors — not to mention all the links and recommendations. This note's for you.
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definitely reading this — he's *always* a great interview
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I like Kim Stanley Robinson's version, if you've ever heard him in an interview: "well, I'd like to thank you for that question …"
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unsurprisingly I've already given this some serious thought

it would be a remake of Alien and the song in the trailer is Depeche Mode's "New Life"
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maybe the best curry I've made yet tbh
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this inspired me for tonight's dinner concoction — spicy spinach curry with chickpeas and pattypan squash 💥
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welcome to the revolution, I guess?
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it's a bird, it's an email, it's the Talk Of The Tonearm newsletter.

this week features insight probes into the likes of Patrick Shiroishi, Matt Piucci (Rain Parade), Jens Kuross, Jon Fadem, + Holy Mountain Records

and you'll find yourself additionally pleased if you like tomato soup

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Librarian of the Proverbial Sticks
This week, we're curating with public funds, outwitting prospectors, looping historical memory, practicing effortless action, and waking up early. Plus: a tasteful bonus from M. Sage.
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many glistening treasures to behold on The Tonearm this past week ✨:

- Rain Parade's Matt Piucci Reclaims 'Crashing Dream'
- McLuhan's Wild Music Lives On
- SANAM's Infinite Fire
- M. Sage's Rural Reckoning
- Lila Meretzky's Musical Afterimages

our writers are the BEST — pls give these a glance:
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Latest from The Tonearm: Lila Meretzky’s Musical Afterimages | The TonearmThe New York-based composer discusses her debut album ‘Simultaneous Contrast,’ how Josef Albers’s color theory shapes her music, and why she views composition as discovery rather than self-expression.The TonearmChaz UnderrinerA Din of Toads — M. Sage’s Rural Reckoning
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everyone needs to go to the theater this weekend and see One Battle After Another for the main reason of helping to make it a hit — that way it'll still be playing on the big screen in three weeks when I finally get my replacement scleral contact lenses
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not sure but I'm pretty sure I saw them at the front of the queue before the Belle and Sebastian show
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DJ names I'm considering:

Lord Tofu
Lunar Vandross
HBO Max
The Human Breadbox
Pope FOMO
Two Turntables and a Stethoscope
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the song "Habibon," which is embedded as a video in this article, is undoubtedly my favorite music discovery of the week
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Lebanese sextet SANAM's 'Sametou Sawtan' transforms 12th-century poetry and contemporary texts into experimental rock that captures the intensity of their cult-like recording sessions and the existential weight of living under constant threat.

Borrowed Voices, Borrowed Time — SANAM's Infinite Fire:
Borrowed Voices, Borrowed Time — SANAM's Infinite Fire
The Lebanese sextet's second album 'Sametou Sawtan' transforms twelfth-century poetry and contemporary texts into experimental rock that captures both the intensity of their cult-like recording sessions and the existential weight of living under constant threat.
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good morning from the lakeside

#GoodMorning #Sunrise #NewDayRising
brilliant colors travel over and onto the calm lake rainbow-like beams of light projecting outward from the approaching sunrise
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today's Talk Of The Tonearm newsletter has shot out of the circus cannon

what's the deal? oh, just rare insight into:
- Robin Holcomb & Peggy Lee
- Briana Marela
- Shrunken Elvis
- Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
- Andrew Staniland

they are ALL so interesting. don't believe me? see for yourself!💥 →
Talking About the Texture Generation
In this issue: academic gamelan, bodysuit Buchla, B.J. Cole's model trains, and so much more. Plus, you'll find the expected rabbit hole-inducing links and recommendations.
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