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Dave Mandl
@dmandl.bsky.social
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WFMU DJ, writer (The Wire, Los Angeles Review of Books, etc.), bassist, photographer, amateur linguist. Founder, Brooklyn Psychogeographical Association. Web: dmandl.tumblr.com Instagram: @dmandl Playlists from my radio show: https://wfmu.org/playlists/GX
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 2h
No idea.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 3h
Hard to imagine this will sway people who weren't swayed by "Grab 'em by the pussy."
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 3h
For the record, it's their class more than their race or age that's responsible for their obsession, but you're right, it's crazy.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 3h
They're opening one of those not far from me soon, or maybe it's open already. But it's really hard to beat the Coop.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 3h
Noticeably higher prices at @foodcoop.bsky.social all of a sudden. God only knows how much this stuff costs in a normal supermarket.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 1d
Haha, really?
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 1d
For the new issue of The Wire magazine I reviewed two excellent new books: "Why Sound Matters" by Damon Krukowski (@dadadrummer.bsky.social) and the memoir by former Gentle Giant frontman Derek Shulman. Subscribe: @thewiremagazine.bsky.social
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 1d
Hi Dave. I haven't. I'm not the biggest Rush fan, tbh, but I should check the new lineup out.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 1d
Missed my radio show last night? 😭 Through the magic that is the @wfmu.bsky.social archives you can hear it now (or see the playlist and realtime comments) at this link: www.wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
It's Complicated with Dave Mandl
Audio & playlist from October 6, 2025
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 1d
🤷‍♂️There are very few of them left here.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 1d
On second thought, I don't think I know this band at all. They seem like an important missing link. 1975??? Thanks!
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 1d
Linden Blvd.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 1d
I vaguely remember the name, but that's it. Will check them out, thanks.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 2d
Tune in tonight at 7:00 ET for this week's highly anticipated installment of my radio show, "It's Complicated" (an hour of prog and prog-adjacent music), at wfmu.org or via the @wfmu.bsky.social app. If you like what I do, pledge yr support during our Hellraiser Fundraiser: pledge.wfmu.org/donate/GX
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 2d
🙏And thanks for the kind message.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 2d
Did guys really buy their girlfriends "diamond rings" (plural) in the '60s? I guess that's when the economy was really booming.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 2d
❤️
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 2d
Bunker! I would love to. Last I saw he was spouting crazy conspiracies on FB.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 2d
WFMU is in the midst of its month-long Hellraiser, a silent fundraiser (no on-air pitching). We've been walloped like every other non-profit, but we're mostly listener-supported, which is how we like it.

If you enjoy my radio show, please consider making a pledge here: pledge.wfmu.org/donate/GX
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 2d
You're such an easy guy to deal with.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 2d
Consider eating less beef, which is bad for the environment, bad for animals, and bad for you.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 2d
...Sadowsky basses (very fine, beautifully made custom instruments), are "active," and I'm just not a fan of active basses, which sound kind of fake to me. The sound of drums at these larger venues has also changed over recent decades. I grew up on heavy drummers, but these also sound fake to me.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 2d
Akiko Yano @ Sony Hall: Good show, Yano charming and in fine form, but it had a kind of slick "pro" sound I'm not wild about. I thought, "This bassist sounds like the Letterman guy, with that Sadowsky bass." Turned out to literally be the Letterman guy, Will Lee, who is the poster boy for Sadowsky.
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 2d
Inside any number of parks, esp. big ones like Prospect Park. What are you trying to do?
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Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social · 3d
Talking to a musician friend who knows the English saxophonist Trevor Watts. Trevor played with Yoko Ono in the sixties, and one day Yoko said, "Do you mind if I bring my boyfriend next time we jam?"

"Sure, why not?"

Oh...
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