A curved branch submerged in water

At the lake.

The biggest project Burning Ambulance Music has ever undertaken is coming sooner than you think. Get excited.

Preserving The Web Is Not The Problem. Losing It Is. Recent reporting by Nieman Lab describes how some major news organizations—including The Guardian, The New York Times, and Reddit—are limiting or blocking access to their content in the Internet Ar…

Publishers have real questions about AI, but let’s be clear: The Wayback Machine isn’t a backdoor for AI scraping.

For 30 years, it’s been built for people, not bulk harvesting. We actively monitor to prevent abuse. Learn more ⤵️
www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/p...

Blue sky peeking through a giant cloud bank

I haven’t read J.R. Carpenter’s The Gathering Cloud, but I kept thinking I should after I took this image.

Abstract grid image

A continuation of my autonomous archiving project.

My art & design work on the next two releases from Burning Ambulance Music: Joel Futterman & William Parker's Transcendent Universe and Ava Mendoza's Alive Alone, Alive Together (with Hamid Drake). You can pre-order on Bandcamp starting today but the albums' official release date is
May 22.

A Report From Big Ears I didn't go, but my friend Steve did

I didn't go to Big Ears, but my friend, the critic and journalist Steve Dollar, did. His report is in today's newsletter.
burningambulance.substack.com/p/a-report-f...

Six paneled windowpane covered by branches

Landscape stories.

Valery Poshtarov’s portraits of fathers and sons holding hands is a study of “what remains unsaid between men” Unlike many photographers, this Sofia-based image maker has no interest in making his sitters ‘comfortable’ – instead, he seeks vulnerability.

Photos of fathers and sons holding hands.
www.itsnicethat.com/articles/val...

Abstract collage

Sketchbook page.

Diego Caicedo On Shostakovich The complete string quartets, reviewed

In today's newsletter, Diego Caicedo writes about some new recordings of Shostakovich's complete string quartets, and how that music has influenced his own work. This is a brilliant piece, and I hope you'll reward Diego by buying his albums.
burningambulance.substack.com/p/diego-caic...

Cecil Taylor - Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts 3LP front cover

Cecil Taylor - Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts 3LP back cover

Cecil Taylor - Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts 2CD front cover

In today's mail: One of the coolest projects I've ever been privileged to work on. The Cecil Taylor Unit's Fragments: The Complete 1969 Salle Pleyel Concerts is a 3LP or 2CD set coming out on Record Store Day, April 18.

Defeat as Method | Shahram Khosravi Thinking from within the ruins

Defeat As Method: Thinking from within the ruins - an essay by Shahram Khosravi in Cabinet Magazine.

cabinetmagazine.org/issues/71/kh...

Snow lit by moonlight

The last of the snow images. Higher temperatures and rain have melted most of it away.

Snow covered tree branches

Snow covered tree branches

While everyone is talking about spring, this is what’s going on here.

Regina Silveira

Links 'n' Stuff: March 13, 2026 Happy Friday the 13th!

Happy Friday the 13th! Today's BA newsletter has:
- movies I watched
- books I read
- a streaming radio show
- articles worth reading
- an awesome photo by @iza3800.bsky.social
- video of John Coltrane live in 1965 (if you're a paying subscriber)
burningambulance.substack.com/p/links-n-st...

Sci-fi inspired painting

Sci-fi inspired painting

Sci-fi inspired painting

Sci-fi inspired painting

Karla Knight

www.karlaknight.org

Gift of Agnes Gund

Panamarenko, Flying Object (Rocket), 1969
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136618

Ledger painting by Terran Last Gun

In a dream I became the person responsible for taking care of the preservation of ledger art in my community. (Ledger art by Terran Last Gun)

Abstract grid pattern

Gouache on paper.

Abstract image

Polyester film (layered), gouache and light.

Two Books About Prestige Records One of the great independent jazz labels gets its due at last

In today's newsletter, I review two new books about Prestige Records, one focused on the music and the other on the albums' covers.
burningambulance.substack.com/p/two-books-...

The Fine Arts Judging beauty, which is keenest, Eye or heart or mind or penis? Lust is blindest, feeling kindest, Sight is strongest, thought goes wrongest.

A poem by Ursula K. Le Guin from So Far So Good - Final Poems: 2014-2018.

Cayenne Mina vol. 1 & 2

Arthur I. Miller - Colliding Worlds

Abstract black & white image

Afternoon listening, reading and sketchbook page.

John Coltrane - Fearless Leader box set

I listened to all six cds.

Shredded paper

Paper fragments.

"Still life Reslicitando" by Remedios Varo features a surreal composition where fruits and dishes appear to orbit a centrally placed lit candle, creating a scene that defies gravity. The rich textures and mystical atmosphere are characteristic of Varo's unique blend of magic realism and imaginative storytelling in art.

Still life Reslicitando
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19562

Posting this version because it reminds me of an Agnes Pelton painting.

The full design for this release, printed on textured paper.