Jeffrey Anthony
@musicalform.bsky.social
Founder, Musical Form Institute.
Certificate of Embodied Production.
Writing on musical form and recording practice.
https://musicalform.org/ | https://medium.com/@WeWillNotBeFlattened
Certificate of Embodied Production.
Writing on musical form and recording practice.
https://musicalform.org/ | https://medium.com/@WeWillNotBeFlattened
"What a rip-off, what ever happened to freedom!’ yells the guy driving a lifted Ram, a $1,300 monthly payment, with 80 payments still to go.
The cost of taking the subway or bus in New York City will rise on Sunday to $3 from $2.90 for most riders, the first increase in more than two years.
Subway and Bus Fare Rises to $3 in New York City on Sunday
Fares will also increase on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad, as will tolls at several of the city’s bridges and tunnels.
nyti.ms
January 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
"What a rip-off, what ever happened to freedom!’ yells the guy driving a lifted Ram, a $1,300 monthly payment, with 80 payments still to go.
I used to believe: 1) only science is objective, 2) hard work reliably yields success, 3) economics is a science
Now: objectivity can inhere in form (a painting, a musical work), success is power-mediated and not reliably correlated with effort, and economics is metaphysics in spreadsheet clothing.
Now: objectivity can inhere in form (a painting, a musical work), success is power-mediated and not reliably correlated with effort, and economics is metaphysics in spreadsheet clothing.
My favorite test of whether a person is an intellectually serious and honest person is to ask them what they once believed that they have now realized is deeply wrong.
Anyone over the age of, say, 25, who doesn’t have a long list is either a maniac, a liar, or an idiot.
Anyone over the age of, say, 25, who doesn’t have a long list is either a maniac, a liar, or an idiot.
January 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I used to believe: 1) only science is objective, 2) hard work reliably yields success, 3) economics is a science
Now: objectivity can inhere in form (a painting, a musical work), success is power-mediated and not reliably correlated with effort, and economics is metaphysics in spreadsheet clothing.
Now: objectivity can inhere in form (a painting, a musical work), success is power-mediated and not reliably correlated with effort, and economics is metaphysics in spreadsheet clothing.
We know why they did not do this on Christmas Day like Trump said the original plan was because the markets were open the day after Christmas with 'thin' liquidity and the 'important' people who authorize big moves would be off-the-clock.
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
We know why they did not do this on Christmas Day like Trump said the original plan was because the markets were open the day after Christmas with 'thin' liquidity and the 'important' people who authorize big moves would be off-the-clock.
Most people think “greening” the live music industry and U.S. foreign intervention sit on opposite sides of politics. I don’t. I see a straight through line.
January 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Most people think “greening” the live music industry and U.S. foreign intervention sit on opposite sides of politics. I don’t. I see a straight through line.
Dem leadership gotta wait for David Shor to run some samples to test what their response will be.
Trump: “We’re going to run Venezuela until a safe transition takes place.”
An invasion.
An invasion.
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Dem leadership gotta wait for David Shor to run some samples to test what their response will be.
LOL - China be raising some eyebrows
January 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
LOL - China be raising some eyebrows
Got our grade school son a landline phone for Christmas. You can't get a real landline anymore, but we got him Ooma and coordinated with ~a dozen of his classmates' parents, so now they can call each other without a screen plastered to their face.
So far it is a big hit!
So far it is a big hit!
January 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Got our grade school son a landline phone for Christmas. You can't get a real landline anymore, but we got him Ooma and coordinated with ~a dozen of his classmates' parents, so now they can call each other without a screen plastered to their face.
So far it is a big hit!
So far it is a big hit!
Why do we keep using forms that can only repeat recognition, not produce change?
What is remarkable is that this cartoon is 100% legible in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2025.
If a message can circulate unchanged across decades, it is not organizing action, it's stabilizes resignation.
What is remarkable is that this cartoon is 100% legible in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2025.
If a message can circulate unchanged across decades, it is not organizing action, it's stabilizes resignation.
January 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Why do we keep using forms that can only repeat recognition, not produce change?
What is remarkable is that this cartoon is 100% legible in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2025.
If a message can circulate unchanged across decades, it is not organizing action, it's stabilizes resignation.
What is remarkable is that this cartoon is 100% legible in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2025.
If a message can circulate unchanged across decades, it is not organizing action, it's stabilizes resignation.
If we are serious about reclaiming the narrative on the green energy transition, we need to step back from data, spreadsheets, charts, and PowerPoint decks and let people see themselves and their communities in the transition we claim to be building through the symbolic forms of art, not mathematics
January 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
If we are serious about reclaiming the narrative on the green energy transition, we need to step back from data, spreadsheets, charts, and PowerPoint decks and let people see themselves and their communities in the transition we claim to be building through the symbolic forms of art, not mathematics
Symbolization in mathematics and physics is a transformation, an expression of world-making, not a purely empirical description.
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Symbolization in mathematics and physics is a transformation, an expression of world-making, not a purely empirical description.
Reposted by Jeffrey Anthony
new quarter century
more art
more good
more art
more good
January 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
new quarter century
more art
more good
more art
more good
Left as-is, Saul’s framing is unfortunately perpetuating the logics of Neoliberalism and ultimately leading to a future that is less resilient.
In the US, households are financing rooftop solar over 15–20 years, effectively contributing capital to grid capacity & resilience.
In the US, households are financing rooftop solar over 15–20 years, effectively contributing capital to grid capacity & resilience.
Today on Volts: you've probably heard that Australia has cheap rooftop solar power. You've probably also heard some rumors & myths about it. (Is it destabilizing the grid?) I called my favorite Australian energy expert to clear it all up. This is a fun one!
www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-...
www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-...
What's the real story with Australian rooftop solar?
Saul Griffith joins me to debunk the myths surrounding Australia's massive influx of solar energy.
www.volts.wtf
December 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Left as-is, Saul’s framing is unfortunately perpetuating the logics of Neoliberalism and ultimately leading to a future that is less resilient.
In the US, households are financing rooftop solar over 15–20 years, effectively contributing capital to grid capacity & resilience.
In the US, households are financing rooftop solar over 15–20 years, effectively contributing capital to grid capacity & resilience.
2025 be like watching cash strapped homeowners take on 20 year solar loans, expand grid capacity, then see their tax dollars routed through economic development incentives to fund massive, environmentally devastating data centers.
a man with a mustache is looking at the camera with a scoreboard in the background that says ' uruguay ' on it
ALT: a man with a mustache is looking at the camera with a scoreboard in the background that says ' uruguay ' on it
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
2025 be like watching cash strapped homeowners take on 20 year solar loans, expand grid capacity, then see their tax dollars routed through economic development incentives to fund massive, environmentally devastating data centers.
The Musk model: take a settled form, optimize it, claim genius.
Same logic has now given us tempo-locked interchangeable pop completely neutered of presentational function.
Refinement cosplaying as revolution. The Silicon Valley fraud.
Same logic has now given us tempo-locked interchangeable pop completely neutered of presentational function.
Refinement cosplaying as revolution. The Silicon Valley fraud.
December 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Musk model: take a settled form, optimize it, claim genius.
Same logic has now given us tempo-locked interchangeable pop completely neutered of presentational function.
Refinement cosplaying as revolution. The Silicon Valley fraud.
Same logic has now given us tempo-locked interchangeable pop completely neutered of presentational function.
Refinement cosplaying as revolution. The Silicon Valley fraud.
Dancing requires trust in negotiated time w/others. Our culture trains us to experience deviation as error- bodies freeze & recording replaces participation. Dance music is structured around this reality as tracks are written to be completed on the floor where DJs mix them into lived time & context.
“Prominent artists have started to complain. Kaytranada, a Grammy-winning DJ, has called out stationary crowds. Tyler, the Creator, the rapper who has released four straight No. 1 albums, lamented in July that the threat of constant surveillance was killing dance for his generation.”
Suddenly Everyone Is Scared to Dance at Concerts and Clubs
More partygoers are worrying about looking goofy on camera, prompting some artists to wonder if social media is killing dance.
www.wsj.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Dancing requires trust in negotiated time w/others. Our culture trains us to experience deviation as error- bodies freeze & recording replaces participation. Dance music is structured around this reality as tracks are written to be completed on the floor where DJs mix them into lived time & context.
Where I saw my first movie in 1980 - Popeye.
southampton theater, angle view, montauk highway, southhampton, new york, 1989
December 31, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Where I saw my first movie in 1980 - Popeye.
Music in 2025 is 100% riskless, courage-free managed compliance. Produced inside systems designed to guarantee gratification, it never tests the limits of form, time, or self, ensuring pure interchangeability & total servility to the conditions of its own circulation.
medium.com/the-riff/you...
medium.com/the-riff/you...
You’ve Been Listening to AI Music for 25 Years: You Just Didn’t Know It
Confusing correction with care made AI music inevitable
medium.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Music in 2025 is 100% riskless, courage-free managed compliance. Produced inside systems designed to guarantee gratification, it never tests the limits of form, time, or self, ensuring pure interchangeability & total servility to the conditions of its own circulation.
medium.com/the-riff/you...
medium.com/the-riff/you...
Wow, I never knew about mortgage defeasance. When you sell, it lets you capture the hidden value of a low-rate mortgage by transferring remaining payments into Tsy's that replicate the cash flows. The seller receives the spread vs current higher rates.
Gift Link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
Gift Link:
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Opinion | How to End Mortgage Lock-In and Get Americans Moving Again
Old low-rate loans and capital gains on inflated values are stopping homeowners from selling.
www.wsj.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Wow, I never knew about mortgage defeasance. When you sell, it lets you capture the hidden value of a low-rate mortgage by transferring remaining payments into Tsy's that replicate the cash flows. The seller receives the spread vs current higher rates.
Gift Link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
Gift Link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
Nothing captures Neoliberalism better than homeowners taking out loans for solar panels, increasing bank assets while creating energy headroom that publicly-subsidized data centers then colonize and completely overwhelm any environmental benefits of solar panel adoption.
December 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Nothing captures Neoliberalism better than homeowners taking out loans for solar panels, increasing bank assets while creating energy headroom that publicly-subsidized data centers then colonize and completely overwhelm any environmental benefits of solar panel adoption.
I think this is a misreading of stupidity vs intelligence. I see it as an unresolved dialectic of symbolic authority, where different forms of rationality & ways of life lack shared mediating structures producing mistrust rather than understanding. Expression through non-discursive forms is key here
There’s a reason the political right wants to keep people dumb.
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I think this is a misreading of stupidity vs intelligence. I see it as an unresolved dialectic of symbolic authority, where different forms of rationality & ways of life lack shared mediating structures producing mistrust rather than understanding. Expression through non-discursive forms is key here
We didn’t start listening to AI music with AI. We started when human time was flattened into machine time:
medium.com/the-riff/you...
medium.com/the-riff/you...
You’ve Been Listening to AI Music for 25 Years: You Just Didn’t Know It
Confusing correction with care made AI music inevitable
medium.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We didn’t start listening to AI music with AI. We started when human time was flattened into machine time:
medium.com/the-riff/you...
medium.com/the-riff/you...
Neoliberal economics is best understood as a metaphysical project that presents itself as a technical one.
December 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Neoliberal economics is best understood as a metaphysical project that presents itself as a technical one.
But a certain dullness of mind seems an almost necessary qualification, if not for every public man, at least for everyone seriously engaged in making money. - Dostoevsky
December 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
But a certain dullness of mind seems an almost necessary qualification, if not for every public man, at least for everyone seriously engaged in making money. - Dostoevsky
Universities no longer primarily exist to transform students through disciplined encounters with knowledge. They exist to keep capital moving smoothly through a multi-layered system: tuition dollars, govt-backed loans, real estate financing, bond ratings, admin payrolls, downstream labor markets etc
i get cancelled for this take a LOT but one of the most important things I think we need to do is start handing out failing grades again. if you can't do algebra, you should not pass algebra. but, of course, for political reasons,,,,
regardless of specific early childhood reading strategies, there's a top to bottom belief in education right now that the most important thing is that no one who's actually good at things should be rewarded very much for it and that deep engagement with the material is for nerds and losers
December 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Universities no longer primarily exist to transform students through disciplined encounters with knowledge. They exist to keep capital moving smoothly through a multi-layered system: tuition dollars, govt-backed loans, real estate financing, bond ratings, admin payrolls, downstream labor markets etc
Art education is the education of feeling, and a society that neglects it gives itself up to formless emotion. Bad art is corruption of feeling. This is a large factor in the irrationalism which dictators and demagogues exploit. - Susanne K Langer
December 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Art education is the education of feeling, and a society that neglects it gives itself up to formless emotion. Bad art is corruption of feeling. This is a large factor in the irrationalism which dictators and demagogues exploit. - Susanne K Langer