Gus
@gus2026.bsky.social
Music collector, passionate about history, geography and politics.
Everyone welcome expect fascists.
From Rome, Italy, Europe, Planet Earth.
Everyone welcome expect fascists.
From Rome, Italy, Europe, Planet Earth.
The double bass setup here is brilliant.
Andrew Hill - Smokestack - 1966 Blue Note Records
Andrew Hill - Smokestack - 1966 Blue Note Records
January 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The double bass setup here is brilliant.
Andrew Hill - Smokestack - 1966 Blue Note Records
Andrew Hill - Smokestack - 1966 Blue Note Records
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Bob Dylan writing about Bob Weir in The Philosophy of Modern Song
January 11, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Bob Dylan writing about Bob Weir in The Philosophy of Modern Song
Nice find at the thrift store for a couple of Euros
January 10, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Nice find at the thrift store for a couple of Euros
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Sun Ra - The Phil Alvin Tapes 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmRfXhhIUEs
January 8, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Sun Ra - The Phil Alvin Tapes 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmRfXhhIUEs
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the earliest feelies tape.
The Feelies - 1977-06-24 - CBGB, New York City, NY AUD] [https://archive.org/details/feelies1977-06-24.unk
The Feelies - 1977-06-24 - CBGB, New York City, NY [AUD] : The Feelies : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
THE FEELIESJune 24, 1977CBGB, New York City, New YorkAUDIENCE RECORDINGTRACKLIST:Funtime [Iggy Pop cover]The Boy With the Perpetual NervousnessBig PlanClean...
archive.org
January 7, 2026 at 4:07 PM
the earliest feelies tape.
This morning's selection
January 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
This morning's selection
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I'm walkin' into 2026 with the year's first episode of the Crescent City Connection. Fats Domino, Lee Dorsey and a whole lot more comin' up at 10am eastern on WFMU's Rock'n'Soul stream!
wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
@wfmu.bsky.social / @wfmurocknsoulradio.bsky.social / #WFMU
wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
@wfmu.bsky.social / @wfmurocknsoulradio.bsky.social / #WFMU
I'm walkin' (into 2026): The Crescent City Connection with Jason Isaac
Audio & playlist from January 3, 2026
wfmu.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I'm walkin' into 2026 with the year's first episode of the Crescent City Connection. Fats Domino, Lee Dorsey and a whole lot more comin' up at 10am eastern on WFMU's Rock'n'Soul stream!
wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
@wfmu.bsky.social / @wfmurocknsoulradio.bsky.social / #WFMU
wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
@wfmu.bsky.social / @wfmurocknsoulradio.bsky.social / #WFMU
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Lô Borges tribute in the skies of Belo Horizonte on New Years
h/t somdemario on IG
h/t somdemario on IG
January 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Lô Borges tribute in the skies of Belo Horizonte on New Years
h/t somdemario on IG
h/t somdemario on IG
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Recorded this day, 1954: The famous Christmas Eve session with Milt Jackson- vib; Thelonious Monk- p; Percy Heath- b; Kenny Clarke- d. Third piece was Miles' own 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴.
#jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
youtu.be/Jb6RCFXsldU?si
#jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
youtu.be/Jb6RCFXsldU?si
Swing Spring
YouTube video by Miles Davis - Topic
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Recorded this day, 1954: The famous Christmas Eve session with Milt Jackson- vib; Thelonious Monk- p; Percy Heath- b; Kenny Clarke- d. Third piece was Miles' own 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴.
#jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
youtu.be/Jb6RCFXsldU?si
#jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis
youtu.be/Jb6RCFXsldU?si
I wish you an all-stars Christmas
December 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I wish you an all-stars Christmas
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Roswell Rudd with Sonic Youth, St Ann's Church, Brooklyn, 11.12.99
Roswell Rudd with Sonic Youth - Dry Bones Live at the Harry Smith Project.mp4
YouTube video by Village Green Records
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Roswell Rudd with Sonic Youth, St Ann's Church, Brooklyn, 11.12.99
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"With jazz you don't have to speak a language. You can go to any country in the world and play with musicians, and you understand each other. It's a feeling for the music."
Happy Birthday Cecil Payne
December 14, 1922
Happy Birthday Cecil Payne
December 14, 1922
December 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
"With jazz you don't have to speak a language. You can go to any country in the world and play with musicians, and you understand each other. It's a feeling for the music."
Happy Birthday Cecil Payne
December 14, 1922
Happy Birthday Cecil Payne
December 14, 1922
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Today on WFMU: On Drop-In (Rock'n'Soul Radio stream), Re-Make/Re-Model with RKO. RKO returns to DropIn this time taking obscure original songs and mixing them into the famous popularly known cover version of the song (6 p.m. ET).
Upcoming Special Programs on WFMU
www.wfmu.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Today on WFMU: On Drop-In (Rock'n'Soul Radio stream), Re-Make/Re-Model with RKO. RKO returns to DropIn this time taking obscure original songs and mixing them into the famous popularly known cover version of the song (6 p.m. ET).
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Today on the Crescent City Connection: a NOLA-centric tribute to Steve Cropper! 10am eastern on WFMU's Rock'n'Soul Radio stream!
wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
@wfmu.bsky.social / @wfmurocknsoulradio.bsky.social / #WFMU
wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
@wfmu.bsky.social / @wfmurocknsoulradio.bsky.social / #WFMU
A NOLA-centric tribute to Steve Cropper: The Crescent City Connection with Jason Isaac
Audio & playlist from December 13, 2025
wfmu.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today on the Crescent City Connection: a NOLA-centric tribute to Steve Cropper! 10am eastern on WFMU's Rock'n'Soul Radio stream!
wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
@wfmu.bsky.social / @wfmurocknsoulradio.bsky.social / #WFMU
wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
@wfmu.bsky.social / @wfmurocknsoulradio.bsky.social / #WFMU
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An interactive map of Italian punk fanzines of the '80s:
FanziNet: AnaLogikal Knot Map V. 77-92 (Release Candidate)
Mappa delle fanzine italiane punk e post punk degli anni 80
paolopalmacci.it
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
An interactive map of Italian punk fanzines of the '80s:
My biggest fear regarding AI is to find out one day that while we talk to bots and listen to AI-generated music, robots will gather in cozy living rooms having conversation and listening to first press Blue Note records.
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My biggest fear regarding AI is to find out one day that while we talk to bots and listen to AI-generated music, robots will gather in cozy living rooms having conversation and listening to first press Blue Note records.
I am enjoying Jad Abumrad's podcast on the life and work of Fela Kuti.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...
Jad Abumrad’s new show - Fela Kuti: Fear No Man | Dolly Parton's America | WNYC Studios
In a world that’s on fire, what do we do with art? Like, what can music actually do? Today, Jad Abumrad is back with his first major project since Dolly Parton’s America. Fela Kuti: F...
www.wnycstudios.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I am enjoying Jad Abumrad's podcast on the life and work of Fela Kuti.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...
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Fifty years on, Zamrock's story still feels electric. Here are the pioneering artists who laid the groundwork for the fuzzed-out sounds that shook a nation.
Zamrock Before Zamrock: A Guide to the Early Sounds of Zambia’s Copperbelt
Before the fuzzed-out sounds that shook a nation, early pioneers laid the groundwork.
daily.bandcamp.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Fifty years on, Zamrock's story still feels electric. Here are the pioneering artists who laid the groundwork for the fuzzed-out sounds that shook a nation.
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spotify wrapped? more like “spotify warped music and devalued labor while paying those who made the songs you love fractions of pennies,” thank you
December 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
spotify wrapped? more like “spotify warped music and devalued labor while paying those who made the songs you love fractions of pennies,” thank you
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"When we just accept that what a streaming service tells us about our music taste is true, there is much that we are not remembering, learning or celebrating about the music of our years and lives."
This Spotify Wrapped season, don’t outsource your love of music to AI:
This Spotify Wrapped season, don’t outsource your love of music to AI:
Spotify Wrapped is taking over our feeds, but you don’t have outsource your relationship with music to AI | Liz Pelly
The streamer’s annual charts are just another version of the tech that’s alienating us from our inner lives. Hold on to your musical memories and reclaim ownership of your taste
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"When we just accept that what a streaming service tells us about our music taste is true, there is much that we are not remembering, learning or celebrating about the music of our years and lives."
This Spotify Wrapped season, don’t outsource your love of music to AI:
This Spotify Wrapped season, don’t outsource your love of music to AI:
Imaginary records. This is what generative AI should be for.
Almost exactly like this. Wow!
Something like this horrendous AI slop creation (risking a block, I realise – I shall henceforth behave!)?
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Imaginary records. This is what generative AI should be for.
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Can you see the god in everyone? Part electric Miles epic, part Gil-Scott Heron righteous rant, @flea333.bsky.social's "A Plea" (featuring Jeff Parker, Anna Butterss, Josh Johnson & more) is incredible.
Listen now at @aquariumdrunkard.com. @nonesuch.com
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/12/02/f...
Listen now at @aquariumdrunkard.com. @nonesuch.com
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/12/02/f...
Flea :: A Plea - Aquarium Drunkard
"I'm not being corny/this shit's for real," Flea intones over a bubbling jazz fusion groove on "A Plea," a new solo single which finds the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist returning to his first instrume...
aquariumdrunkard.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Can you see the god in everyone? Part electric Miles epic, part Gil-Scott Heron righteous rant, @flea333.bsky.social's "A Plea" (featuring Jeff Parker, Anna Butterss, Josh Johnson & more) is incredible.
Listen now at @aquariumdrunkard.com. @nonesuch.com
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/12/02/f...
Listen now at @aquariumdrunkard.com. @nonesuch.com
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/12/02/f...
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"[Jack DeJohnette] is a person who for around 50 years, dating from his early work with Charles Lloyd and Jackie McLean, circa 1966, up through In Movement, released in 2016, managed to sound, at every point along this timeline, deeply and restlessly contemporary, forever on the edge."
The Infinity of Jack DeJohnette
The drums are almost beside the point: It was his absolute presence in every musical situation, across a half-century, that made him one of the creative giants of our time
darkforcesswing.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"[Jack DeJohnette] is a person who for around 50 years, dating from his early work with Charles Lloyd and Jackie McLean, circa 1966, up through In Movement, released in 2016, managed to sound, at every point along this timeline, deeply and restlessly contemporary, forever on the edge."
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The biography 'Jazz Revolutionary' illuminates the complex world of Eric Dolphy through meticulous research and fresh interviews. For The Tonearm, Grasse discusses his decade-long quest to understand one of jazz's most enigmatic voices.
Jonathon Grasse and the Enduring Echo of Eric Dolphy:
Jonathon Grasse and the Enduring Echo of Eric Dolphy:
Jonathon Grasse Maps Eric Dolphy's Jazz Revolution
The biography 'Jazz Revolutionary' illuminates the complex world of Eric Dolphy through meticulous research and fresh interviews. Grasse discusses his decade-long quest to understand one of jazz's most enigmatic voices.
www.thetonearm.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The biography 'Jazz Revolutionary' illuminates the complex world of Eric Dolphy through meticulous research and fresh interviews. For The Tonearm, Grasse discusses his decade-long quest to understand one of jazz's most enigmatic voices.
Jonathon Grasse and the Enduring Echo of Eric Dolphy:
Jonathon Grasse and the Enduring Echo of Eric Dolphy: