Brent Thomas
@brent-thomas.bsky.social
“a man of peace in a savage land . . . Suburbia”
MDiv, MS, LAC. Counselor. Hospice Bereavement. Former Chaplain. Ex-pastor.
Family man. Music lover. Book absorber. Sunbaked desert dweller.
"awkward pirouettes in the general direction of hope & joy"
MDiv, MS, LAC. Counselor. Hospice Bereavement. Former Chaplain. Ex-pastor.
Family man. Music lover. Book absorber. Sunbaked desert dweller.
"awkward pirouettes in the general direction of hope & joy"
Pinned
"'Blessed are the merciful' in a courtroom? 'Blessed are the peacemakers' in the Pentagon? Give me a break!”
— Kurt Vonnegut, 'A Man Without A Country’—
— Kurt Vonnegut, 'A Man Without A Country’—
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Orcutt Shelley Miller from Tubby's is up now on #NYCTaper! Absolute ripper of a set!
www.nyctaper.com/2025/11/orcu...
www.nyctaper.com/2025/11/orcu...
Orcutt Shelley Miller: November 6, 2025 Tubby’s | nyctaper
Are you a punk that's struggling to accept your interest in improvisational music? Are you a hippy who's realizing pretty much every jam band is borin...
www.nyctaper.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Orcutt Shelley Miller from Tubby's is up now on #NYCTaper! Absolute ripper of a set!
www.nyctaper.com/2025/11/orcu...
www.nyctaper.com/2025/11/orcu...
Two Discogs deliveries yesterday means new car companions today.
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Two Discogs deliveries yesterday means new car companions today.
As someone who's been very in to green lately, I dig this.
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
As someone who's been very in to green lately, I dig this.
"Pro Life" is a scam.
“Pro-life” rhetoric means nothing when it’s used to pass religiously motivated abortion bans but deny health care to actual living mothers.
FFRF stands for evidence-based policy — not faith-based cruelty.
www.propublica.org/article/wisc...
FFRF stands for evidence-based policy — not faith-based cruelty.
www.propublica.org/article/wisc...
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving ...
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"Pro Life" is a scam.
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Bob digs GY!BE
November 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Bob digs GY!BE
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"At age 83, Wadada Leo Smith plays trumpet with the wise restraint of a Zen master, though he’s still capable of the fiery blasts from his early AACM years, back in the late 1960s."
Wadada Leo Smith — Once In A Lifetime:
Wadada Leo Smith — Once In A Lifetime:
Wadada Leo Smith: Once In A Lifetime
Venerable free jazz icon joined by Jakob Bro and Marcus Gilmore on new recording, adding Thomas Morgan for last European live dates
www.zensounds.de
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"At age 83, Wadada Leo Smith plays trumpet with the wise restraint of a Zen master, though he’s still capable of the fiery blasts from his early AACM years, back in the late 1960s."
Wadada Leo Smith — Once In A Lifetime:
Wadada Leo Smith — Once In A Lifetime:
Every time I think I'm ready to start editing my big 2025 favorites list down to my year-end list, there's more music! I've got to cut it off at some point, right?
What are some of your favorite 2025 albums you're pretty sure won't appear on many other lists?
What are some of your favorite 2025 albums you're pretty sure won't appear on many other lists?
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Every time I think I'm ready to start editing my big 2025 favorites list down to my year-end list, there's more music! I've got to cut it off at some point, right?
What are some of your favorite 2025 albums you're pretty sure won't appear on many other lists?
What are some of your favorite 2025 albums you're pretty sure won't appear on many other lists?
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Questlove’s #vinyl collection is one of the largest and most legendary in the music world — currently estimated at over 200,000 records.
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Questlove’s #vinyl collection is one of the largest and most legendary in the music world — currently estimated at over 200,000 records.
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The strangeness every time I realize just how strong an imprint was left by
Bill Murray’s comedic style in the movies and TV I’ve watched.
Bill Murray’s comedic style in the movies and TV I’ve watched.
The strangeness every time I realize just how strong an imprint was left by the music I listened to between 12-16 yrs old.
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The strangeness every time I realize just how strong an imprint was left by
Bill Murray’s comedic style in the movies and TV I’ve watched.
Bill Murray’s comedic style in the movies and TV I’ve watched.
We picked up this inscense today at a pop up shop when we went to see our son downtown for lunch. So good.
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We picked up this inscense today at a pop up shop when we went to see our son downtown for lunch. So good.
Current favorite 2025 album?
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Current favorite 2025 album?
Lunch downtown with our boy Owen.
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Lunch downtown with our boy Owen.
La Luz Del Mundo (extrapolations).
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
La Luz Del Mundo (extrapolations).
Good morning.
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Good morning.
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missed that this came out on the 7th...
Roj Osa meets Rob Mazurek :: BETON KINO
kopatonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/beton-...
Roj Osa meets Rob Mazurek :: BETON KINO
kopatonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/beton-...
BETON KINO, by Roj Osa meets Rob Mazurek
10 track album
kopatonrecords.bandcamp.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
missed that this came out on the 7th...
Roj Osa meets Rob Mazurek :: BETON KINO
kopatonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/beton-...
Roj Osa meets Rob Mazurek :: BETON KINO
kopatonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/beton-...
I continually wonder just how many blatantly anti-Christian things this administration can do and still enjoy overwhelming white evangelical support.
There appears to be no limit.
apple.news/A3jxm9U8ERDO...
There appears to be no limit.
apple.news/A3jxm9U8ERDO...
The Trump administration plans major shift away from long-term housing for homelessness — NPR
The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes “self-sufficiency,” but critics warn many will risk losing housing again.
apple.news
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I continually wonder just how many blatantly anti-Christian things this administration can do and still enjoy overwhelming white evangelical support.
There appears to be no limit.
apple.news/A3jxm9U8ERDO...
There appears to be no limit.
apple.news/A3jxm9U8ERDO...
Loot is not only funny, it has one of the best TV soundtracks in recent memory. Wu Tang was a nice surprise a couple of episodes ago.
What TV show's soundtrack do you love?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBNR...
What TV show's soundtrack do you love?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBNR...
Loot - Opening Credits
YouTube video by Grand Jeté Design
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Loot is not only funny, it has one of the best TV soundtracks in recent memory. Wu Tang was a nice surprise a couple of episodes ago.
What TV show's soundtrack do you love?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBNR...
What TV show's soundtrack do you love?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBNR...
We all know about cognitive dissonance but is there moral dissonance as well?
Watching the same republican party who insisted that Bill Clinton resign because "morals" now protect a pedophile president is just too much.
I guess the word is just hypocrisy?
Watching the same republican party who insisted that Bill Clinton resign because "morals" now protect a pedophile president is just too much.
I guess the word is just hypocrisy?
a man with a beard is holding his head because he has a headache
ALT: a man with a beard is holding his head because he has a headache
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We all know about cognitive dissonance but is there moral dissonance as well?
Watching the same republican party who insisted that Bill Clinton resign because "morals" now protect a pedophile president is just too much.
I guess the word is just hypocrisy?
Watching the same republican party who insisted that Bill Clinton resign because "morals" now protect a pedophile president is just too much.
I guess the word is just hypocrisy?
Forgot to post yesterday.
I"ve enjoyed listening back through these old podcast episodes. I have pretty good taste in music if I don't say so myself. ;-)
Fight Xenophobia one song at a time.
I"ve enjoyed listening back through these old podcast episodes. I have pretty good taste in music if I don't say so myself. ;-)
Fight Xenophobia one song at a time.
Episode 23 originally posted on November 12, 2018 and featured: 공중도둑 (Mid-Air Thief) (South Korea), द लोकल ट्रेन (The Local Train) (India), Oneness of Juju (USA), Okko Bekker (Netherlands), Otha Turner & The Afrossippi Allstars (USA), and Demon Fuzz (UK).
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Episode 23 — Holiday At The Sea
Episode 23 originally posted on November 12, 2018.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Forgot to post yesterday.
I"ve enjoyed listening back through these old podcast episodes. I have pretty good taste in music if I don't say so myself. ;-)
Fight Xenophobia one song at a time.
I"ve enjoyed listening back through these old podcast episodes. I have pretty good taste in music if I don't say so myself. ;-)
Fight Xenophobia one song at a time.