end of the semester. finishing my classes by saying to my students: “thanks for listening. thanks for understanding” - thank you, The Hold Steady Craig Finn

“Dissonance is our way of life in America” -- #DukeEllington

#DukeEllington Day

A national treasure.

60 years ago today on April 29, 1964 saxophonist #WayneShorter recorded his remarkable Blue Note debut 'Night Dreamer' with Lee Morgan on trumpet, McCoy Tyner on piano, Reggie Workman on bass & Elvin Jones on drums. Listen or get the Classic Vinyl Edition: bluenote.lnk.to/WayneShorter-N…

Sonic Youth
I Wanna Be Your Dog
The Rat; Boston, MA; “Forced Exposure” magazine benefit; May 9, 1987; Steve Albini is the MC and J Mascis joins on additional guitar

Music, feeling, and transcendence – Nick Cave on AI, awe, and the splendor of our human limitations themarginalian.org/2019/01/24/nic…

Why the fuck can't the Coens do Blood Meridian?

John Cage, '10 rules for students and teachers'

Correct

In my day, we didn’t need Challengers. We had this

“Avoid negative people. They have a problem with every solution.”

— Albert Einstein

Jandek New BOOK Release:

0128 The Element of Nothing

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Fri

Creation Rebel :: High Above Harlesden 1978-2023

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Before they became Prince Far I’s onstage accompanists, Creation Rebel recorded a series of albums under their own name, cementing their status as the house band of Sherwood’s On-U Sound label.

To honor the 25th anniversary of Mark Sandman's passing on July 3, 1999, Orchestra Morphine will present two very special evenings of music at The Cut in Gloucester, MA on July 5th and The Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, MA on July 12th

Radiohead covering Cinnamon girl in 2004, an underrated Neil young cover from the band THAT NEEDS MORE APPRECIATION

Soft Boys singer Robyn Hitchcock to publish memoir 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left
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