Tom Verlaine

Delighted by the Big Star reference in this morning’s Connections puzzle.

Morning coffee and today’s @nytimes.com

Got an early peek at the new Moki Cherry and Lisa Alvarado exhibits at the Fabric Workshop and Museum for WRTI. Thanks to Ars Nova Workshop for the tour.

It was an honor to be interviewed by @shaunbrady.bsky.social for the latest issue of Downbeat Magazine. Click the link in below to read the full interview 🙏🏾 downbeat.com/news/detail/...

My first byline for the @nytimes.com - a long overdue interview with the mysterious saxophonist Shamek Farrah, whose two albums for m Strata-East - along with the rest of the label’s vital catalogue - finally arrived on streaming services this year.

Some history and recommendations from the @burningambulance.bsky.social reissues of Leo Record classics on @bandcamp.com incl. Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, Evan Parker, Amina Claudine Myers, William Parker, Joëlle Léandre, Mat Maneri, Joe Morris, Marilyn Crispell, and Sun Ra.

Sure, you have to expand “city” to “country,” but otherwise this Get A Life DVD menu screen proved unexpectedly prescient.