in a cosmic sense, the saga of Allbirds' A.I. pivot and (brief) stock rally is very funny. but as an indicator of where corporate America is trending after the early-2020s tech hype cycles, it's a grim sign of worse to come. on a beloved shoe's desperate last grasp: slate.com/technology/2...
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The beats on Road to the Riches still go pretty hard all these years later!
At their peak: 1964–69
Americans elected the only new yorker alive who has never set foot in a bodega bsky.app/profile/atru...
The politician of a lifetime. Not only great ideas but the ability to communicate them well.
dip your brain in ambient pedal steel
Was at this show! Gorgeous
Gang Starr 'Hard To Earn' deluxe 2026 vinyl reissue from Vinylphyle, liner notes by Edwin STATS Houghton
Gang Starr 'Hard To Earn' deluxe 2026 vinyl reissue from Vinylphyle, liner notes by Edwin STATS Houghton
Gang Starr 'Hard To Earn' deluxe 2026 vinyl reissue from Vinylphyle, liner notes by Edwin STATS Houghton
Gang Starr 'Hard To Earn' deluxe 2026 vinyl reissue from Vinylphyle, liner notes by Edwin STATS Houghton
It's alway nice to have new work to share
...but if u know me u know I'm *especially* geeked to share that I have penned the official liner notes for #Vinylphyle's forthcoming deluxe vinyl reissue of Gang Starr's #HardToEarn, 1 of the greatest rap albums of all time
#vinylsky #gangstarr
Can’t tell which one of @atrupar.com’s posts are best in this sequence but Trump telling a member of the “media” that a sitting senator isn’t a senator and getting an “OK” is extraordinary
“In my experience, the best wanderings start by walking to, between, and around record stores. Record stores, it turns out, are gateways to the unseen parts of cities, rarely located in the obvious places” open.substack.com/pub/recordlu...
Crazy. He’s otherwise had such a great run of late
“I was Donald’s closest friend for 10 years” — Jeffrey Epstein, 2017
Turned on NBC. They talked about “President tipping a DoorDash driver $100”.
This woman participated in GOP ads before playing other roles. There is no DoorDash deliveries to the Oval Office. Please exercise proper judgement when consuming news.
The recent edit that folks have been reposting of the footage is here, via AnalogAnarchy99 youtu.be/XwgkhIkSZFo
Some context (ca. 2019) on that color footage of the Velvet Underground performing outside in 1969, in Dallas, TX, which has been making the rounds on the ‘grams and what not dangerousminds.net/comments/col...
The book Inside UPA is a visual tour of one of the greatest animation studios of all time. With its author's permission, we've shared the whole thing online for free.
Our latest issue dives into the book and UPA's place in animation history: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/stepping-i...
I saw the best minds of my generation produce high quality content for startups that laid them off on a zoom call
This is true but it is ALSO wild that the WH thought a grandma who has to Door Dash to remain solvent while her husband is treated for Stage 3 cancer -- was a GOOD news story for them
There is a Rosetta Stone-ishness here I can't get past
Awesome flyer for Record Grouch's day of free live music and art. On 4/18, this year's lineup features Emily Robb + Richie Charles, Anthony Pasquarosa, and more (artists will be selling their own merch)—runs approx. 1–6PM EST—Greenpoint, Brooklyn
NYC's Record Grouch annually puts retailing on pause for Record Store Day and instead programs a day of free live music and art. This year features Emily Robb + Richie Charles, Anthony Pasquarosa, and more (artists will be selling merch). Come & go as you please—approx. 1PM to 6PM EST #RSD #music
“The Grateful Dead didn't play many shows in April 1970, and this run with The Miles Davis Quintet serving as the opening act is clearly the high point” open.substack.com/pub/zencowpo...
[INTERIOR, 2025 ENCLAVE, VATICAN CITY]
Elector no. 132: “yes but how is he on crime”
These are all so good!
Whoa
Drummer Daniel Villarreal leading a trio onstage in Brooklyn at Public Records on 4/10/26
Thrilling set by Daniel Villarreal working in trio mode last night at Brooklyn’s Public Records. We love watching this guy. Hung out with friends too late afterward in the front bar but I regret nothing
Tenor saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter in the studio. Photography by Francis Wolff/Blue Note Records
Shorter signed to Blue Note in early '64, and in addition to his work on landmark LPs by Lee Morgan and Grachan Moncur III that year—and joining what became Miles’s celebrated “Second Great Quintet”—the late NJ-born tenor saxophonist tracked a trio of now-classic jazz records as a bandleader
What a wonderful memory to have. Would like to get out there (Tokyo) at some point!
Samira Ahmed, John Bloomfield and Mark Lewisohn helming the event at the British Library alongside a panel of witnesses to the Beatles playing Stowe School in April 1963. Mr. Bloomfield has now donated the tape recorder that captured the show, shown here, to the institution.
In the pantheon of Fabs-related events, last night at the British Library was special. A leisurely and detailed unfolding of the events leading to the Beatles playing Stowe school, a playback of pupil John Bloomfield's atmospheric and revealing recording, and a panel of eyewitnesses to it all.
Via Jazz Kissa Basie Film Partners, interior, the jazz kissa Basie in Ichinoseki
More on the Japanese #jazz kissa called Basie, which is based in Ichinoseki. Per Hagan in NatGeo, "Elvin Jones and his band played the club every New Year’s for a decade" www.nippon.com/en/japan-top...