Jean Grey vesus a Sentinel! No contest.

"...OOPS" by David Mazzucchelli

The part of Life During Wartime (TNOTBITH version) where he talks about burning his notebooks

Heathcliff walks down the street at night wearing a helmet that says REAL. Two owls watch him walk, and one says "That's too real."

09 Apr 2026

How Did Black Music Take Over the World? Let Melvin Gibbs Explain.

“Gibbs frequently returns to the idea that what we know as Black American music evolved through a complex series of adaptations to a hostile environment and an unfamiliar musical framework.”

Jackie McLean with The Great Jazz Trio - 'Round About Midnight YouTube video by jazzka

Jazz OTD: I believe that "The Great Jazz Trio" (Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Tony Williams) had been assembled originally for a Sadao Watanabe album on Japan's "East Wind Records" in 1976, recording another eight for the label, including this lovely one with Jackie McLean on April 6-7, 1978. #Jazzsky

a cool thing about "cd's" is you push one button and it plays an entire album of music ad free and then (unless you request otherwise) it just stops and awaits further instruction. a very elegant system.

When I was a kid I saw Ramsey Lewis and Chuck Mangione play in Bushnell Park for free... same place I later saw Billy Harper, David Murray, Amina Claudine Myers... Hartford has a lot to offer people who love jazz

Lazro Leandre Lovens - For Baritone Sax, Double Bass & Drumset

Daunik Lazro baritone saxophone
Joëlle Léandre contrabass
Paul Lovens drums

Recorded live by Jean-Marc Foussat at Les temps du corps, Paris, May 26, 2013
Releases April 24, 2026
relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/for-ba...

gorgeous stuff from Janel w/Anthony Pirog, Luke Stewart, and the crew

[ahmed] - play Monk

After 6 albums re-imagining the work of Ahmed Abdul-Malik, أحمد [Ahmed] turn to the material of Malik's bandmate Thelonious Monk in the group's ongoing search for future music

Pre-order: Estimated arrival May 8, 2026
www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/ahmed-p...

Drawing of the Orioles mascot with the caption "Happy Opening Day - Play Ball!" The O is styled like the Orioles logo

Art Taylor’s drumming on this is so hard and up front. I love it.

The Spectrum Song...

Jeez, ONE issue?

Maybe "Nothing Can Stop The Juggernaut" (part 2)

Amazing Spider-man #230

Loved that issue.

Remember attending a career retrospective on Back at the National Gallery of Art in DC as a kid and it made a big impression on me. Beautiful films.

Jimmy Scott - Someone To Watch Over Me YouTube video by Luciano Ratamero

Jimmy Scott's legendary album Falling In Love Is Wonderful is being reissued next month, and it's *crazy* how you can listen to this version of "Someone To Watch Over Me" and in about two seconds say to yourself, "Yeah, that's Ray Charles on piano."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5af0...

Was just listening to Pentangle — Cruel Sister and Reflection — yesterday. The Cherry Red box set of their albums (with a ton of bonus tracks) is amazing.

Shai Maestro ft. MARO - Gloria [Official Video] YouTube video by Shai Maestro

Simply beautiful...
If you are not familiar with the enchanting vocals of Portuguese vocalist MARO (Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca), here you go as she is exquisite in this duo performance with pianist Shai Maestro
#JazzMusic
#JazzSky
#MARO
#ShaiMaestro
#Spain
#Portugal
#NowPlaying
#Vocal

Doom & Gloom From The Tomb NMxZG - Electric Scribbles on the Grid Guitarist Nick Millevoi co-founded Basic with Chris Forsyth and Mikel Patrick Avery a few years back and then stepped away from the band after their excellent...

This new collab from Nick Millevoi and Zach Goldstein is both tightly wound and free-flowing, interlocking pieces coming together and breaking apart, almost simultaneously.

Look at the density of visual gags & performer “business” in this MUPPET SHOW number, and all of it elevating the central musical performance. It also is comprised entirely of one-off characters for just this bit. But it radiates effortless fun in a way few modern Muppet bits do.

I couldn’t agree more. Everyone has ideas, it’s part of the experience of being human. The unique skill is dragging that idea into the light of day and shaping it into something that can withstand reality.

Here’s to Sam Kieth, a thrilling, singular artist whose strangeness changed everyone who engaged with his work for the better. People talk about “generational” artists. Sam was his generation, boundary-breaking, adventurous, unique, and wild.

As noted in the description, 'broadcast editions' includes the ads. Both from the cable years and examples from the KTMA days when they first started. Independent channel Twin Cities ads from the dying days of the Reagan years? Oh yes, friends.

Here's my new essay, "How to Deal with Social Media When It's Not Measuring Up to Your Expectations," in full:

Leave.

Dorothy Dandridge (Cow Cow Boogie) restored & uncut 1942 film YouTube video by Chris Clem

boogie woogie is proto-rock & roll, cowboy aesthetics are country, so #CountryRockSunday gives me an excuse to finally watch this video that's been dogging my generalist YouTube profile forever. it's good!

youtu.be/Mq3lCOIY9I8

Nick Fury Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. #05 Art by Jim Steranko Marvel Comics (1968)

Teen Titans #017 Art by Nick Cardy DC Comics (1968)

Comics (Oct1968)

Your favorite still gets to be your favorite.

Each of us gives out our own trophies.

🧵Down by the Riverside

After creating Blue Note and Prestige Desert Island lists, I figured I'd move on to Riverside. These are my favorite LPs on the label and its subsidiary, Jazzland, plus bonus tracks that allowed me to squeeze in other favorite performances.