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Dada Strain
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Rhythm Improvisation Community (#BklynSounds) Futures Founded by Piotr Orlov in 2021 (from 2020 visions) https://dadastrain.substack.com/
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · May 20
EDITING MUSIC! The past few weeks, I've been deep in the edits—student papers, intvws for a book project. This 22hr collage of every “Drums>Space” the Grateful Dead played in 1990 has been an immensely helpful soundtrack to the process. Not for everyone, but likely to be crucial for some.
Drums>Space 1990 : Grateful Dead : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
All The Drums>Space from 1990Space starts at 10:44:66
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 9h
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 10h
The Best! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDuc...
Me In Honey
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 13h
Not just musicians and not just creative "block" - "touch grass," "meet new people," "go talk to somebody," etc. are universal balms. Get out into society and outdoors and away from media. Even in the worst times (circa: now), IRL interaction with the world is an ever-ready balm!
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Peretsky @peretsky.bsky.social · 14h
If you’re having writers block as a composer, producer, songwriter, etc I highly suggest you go out field recording for the afternoon on a Saturday instead of locking yourself in the shed.
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 1d
BKLYN Live Sounds PSA + Interview: On the occasion of Jeff Mills' Tomorrow Comes the Harvest landing at Pioneer Works Wed 10/8, a discount code on tickets for readers, and an excerpt from a 2019 Mills interview about improvisation and community.
Jeff Mills Live + On the Record
INTERVIEW + DISCOUNT CODE: Mills' Tomorrow Comes The Harvest plays Pioneer Works on Wed. 10/8. Read an excerpt of my 2019 interview with the Wizard, and get 15% of a Highest Recommendation show
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d
we’re gonna need a cbs news pitchbot pretty soon
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d
this is incredible
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 2d
If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 2d
An article in which, unsurprisingly, the Times' own culpability in elevating this person's gaslighting "free speech" campaign, and heedlessly raising her profile, never comes up!
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 2d
In fairness, as someone who used it throughout the late-80s/early-90s (I worked at the university library and amused myself by reading old copies of UK music magazines), I too have always wondered about that word. The "micro" I get, but why "fiche"?
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 2d
You work hard as a journalist. You lead with empathy, and you sweat details. You operate in good faith. You believe in honesty and truth. You get yelled at by the president of the United States. You worry that you'll get laid off. Again and again.

And then you see this. www.wsj.com/business/med...
Paramount Buys Bari Weiss’s the Free Press for $150 Million
Weiss, who once said she was done with legacy media, is to take control of CBS News’s editorial vision, aiming for “news that reflects reality.”
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 5d
New Dada Music_September 2025
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New Dada Music_September 2025
Sounds + Links from Cecile McLorin Salvant / Ben LaMar Gay / Chris Williams / Oraculu / Grateful Dead / Tomas Fujiwara / Ryan Sawyer's Shaker Ensemble / C.R. Gillespie / Fieldwork / Optimo / and more
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 5d
More Excellent NYC Community News
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First-of-its-kind Queer Nightlife Community Center to open in New York · News ⟋ RA
QNCC's first event, an ambient night featuring sets from Madison Moore and Shaun J. Wright, is set for October 5th.
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 5d
New Music (review) | Ryan Sawyer's Shaker Ensemble, 'For Those Who Wish To Sing Will Always Find a Song' (Lobby Art Editions)
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New Music | Ryan Sawyer’s Shaker Ensemble, For Those Who Wish to Sing Will Always Find a Song(Lobby Art Editions) https://lobbyartrecs.bandcamp.com/album/for-those-who-wish-to-sing-will-always-find-a...
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 6d
New Bklyn Sounds
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Includes discount code for Abdullah Ibrahim's Jazz at Lincoln Center performances, Oct 3rd-4th
Bklyn Sounds 10/2/2025—10/7/2025
This week's events include "Abdulah Ibrahim: Life of a Legend" / Tom Skinner / "Sonic Vibrational Fundraiser for Organizations Supporting Zohran Mamdani" / Yazmin Lacey / Arto Lindsay / and more
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 7d
Good Bklyn Culture News! Congratulations to the folks @briccelebratebk.bsky.social
Brooklyn Media Nonprofit BRIC Secures Permanent City Funding
The Downtown Brooklyn art and media group was added to the city's Cultural Institutions Group, which provides art organizations stability with an annual operating subsidy instead of a grant.
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 8d
Bklyn Live Music PSA | 'Dada Strain @ L&SD'
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 9d
Cornerstone!
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Claude Young @claudeyoung.bsky.social · 9d
The inspiration...
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 10d
Domino catalog indie-electronic overlap...maybe? But as a longtime fan (and published supporter), I'm not sure what a "best known Notwist song" is? Are any considered bigger than others?
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 11d
New Music (review) | Cécile McLorin Salvant, 'Oh Snap' (Nonesuch) substack.com/profile/1848...
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New Music | Cecile McLorin Salvant, Oh Snap (Nonesuch) https://cecilemclorinsalvant.bandcamp.com/album/oh-snap There was never denying Cecile McLorin Slavant as a generational jazz singer, but there...
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 12d
I'm chasing it with another listen of the epic, majestic 7hr "Optimogeddon," when Twitch'n'Wilkes ended their legendary Glasgow night, triggering memories of hearing the live webcast (in Venice of all places), Kate and I laughing at its emo-ness. #RIPJDTwitch One of the greatest to ever do it!
Optimogeddon (The Final Optimo)
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 12d
Must Read! These past few months, it's been a heartbreak and a pleasure to read Ned commemorating Keith McIvor's life, the love and respect for all of JD Twitch's musicking on full display. Here's the inevitable denouement, as plainspoken and beautiful as I expected. Thanks Ned! [1/2]
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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 12d
I have found what words I can about the 'great pal' -- stirmonster, #JDTwitch, Keith McIvor.

My usual weekly music thoughts on Patreon, open to all.
Some Weekly Music Thoughts #163 -- A Farewell | Ned Raggett
Get more from Ned Raggett on Patreon
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 12d
Always thought it was true, but previously felt she was being a little constricted by the tightness of tradition she was willfully giving her art over to. But maaaaaan, 'Oh Snap!' breaks those molds so well. On-Repeat round here - and hoping for remixes...
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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 12d
idk how many different ways to reiterate this but cecile is so special!!
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 12d
Must Read! Not only a deeply researched, considered argument on the "poptmisim wars," but a very good overview of where popular music criticism stands at the moment. With links and secondary reads galore. Hopefully the last thing we'll need on the subject.
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Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social · 14d
Once & for all, let's specify what "poptimism" was & wasn't, and why many people can't stop blaming it for every cultural change of the past 20 years. Most recently the esteemed Kelefa Sanneh, who's often (wrongly) said to have started it! Today in @slate.com
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A screenshot of the headline of an article by Carl Wilson, reading, "Criticism's Biggest Strawman: What was 'poptimism,' and why are people still saying terrible things about it?" It's illustrated by a picture of a straw-stuffed scarecrow in a field, wearing a Taylor Swift T-shirt.
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Dada Strain @dadastrain.bsky.social · 12d
New Bklyn Sounds
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Bklyn Sounds 9/25/2025—9/30/2025
This week's events include Spinnafest / ganavya / Natasha Diggs' 'Soul in the Horn' with Moodymann + DJ Ultra Violet / Billy Woods & friends / Musicland's 'Slow Motion weekender' / and more
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