#NOKINGS New York City, NY

NYC at 48th and 7th Ave #NoKings

I’ve heard he was working on a new record with Raphael Saadiq, a team-up which by itself is as tantalizing and poignant as his entire career has been. Just mind-boggling, genre-stretching talent. www.newyorker.com/culture/post...

Just last night I came across an IG clip of him whipping off an impromptu guitar vamp cover of Funkadelic’s “Soul Mate” 🔥 Incredible talent. I can’t believe he’s gone. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I mean, is anyone really surprised by this? It was frivolous from jump. www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/drake-lawsui...

"I covered the aftermath of Katrina for three years. It was the story of my life, and it fell in my lap. It was one of the most productive periods of my career," David Rae Morris writes.

Well this sucks — but I’ll bet Brent is looking for a jam with Sky Dog right about now. Fly on, brother.

Ooooh Terry Reid 🙏 youtu.be/Gd-PCLLCy6Q?...

Laying it down together live in 1972: Chuck Mangione - flugelhorn Gerry Niewood - sax Tony Levin - bass Steve Gadd - drums Fly on Chuck…you done good.

“The far right ain’t the new punk.” — Ken Casey www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

I still get goosebumps watching this show. It's simply unbelievable that a band can sound this hard and powerful, in 1970 or any other era. www.youtube.com/watch?v=krFW...

Fucking legend, and I’ll miss him.

I saw the original Black Sabbath at Ozzfest 2004 after an interview and photo shoot with Geezer Butler — a mind-blowing day I’ll never forget. This one really puts it all in perspective. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/a...

Like a lot of youthful bohemians I tried to read Slouching Towards Bethlehem in high school with the same cold eye that Didion trained on her subjects — but the mystery, wonder and wildness of California always seeped through. And maybe that’s what she intended. www.thenation.com/article/cult...

L.A. Taco has confirmed with the family of 20yr old Adrian Andrew Martinez, who was taken by ICE while working at Walmart in Pico Rivera, is a US citizen who was speaking up for his coworker that was detained. ~ @eltragon.bsky.social

NYC represents 🙌

I don’t know who the original photographer is, but I love this shot.

Protests happening everywhere this coming Saturday. This is the big one in NYC.

Jon Stewart is a legend & the way this show is trying to explain to a mainstream audience the gravity what is happening in the US is amazing. It was both thrilling & terrifying to be part of it. Thank you @TheDailyShow 👏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG7C...

Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals rocked a beautiful outdoor show last night at Pier 17. The weather held up nicely, and so did the Brooklyn Bridge.

Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer and Dafnis Prieto looking pretty pumped after a high-flying and dynamic set at the Jazz Gallery, NYC. Hopefully these guys are recording!

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Reminiscing over Steve Gunn’s solo show at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom back in Dec 2021 (with Jeff Parker opening). He wrapped his set with a beautiful off-mic ode to “Way Out Weather,” the title track from his 2014 album, and all suddenly felt right with the world. Them times, them changes.

Apple Music just opened a sleek new studio in Tokyo — and it’s more than just real estate. What does this mean for Japan’s music industry?

And away we go…

As CEO at Disc Makers, it's not necessarily in Tony van Veen's best interests to call out Spotify for its unfair demonetization of royalties for emerging artists — but he's doing it anyway, and with some provocative analysis of the underlying issues at play. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZvh...

I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff

NYC turned out today! #HandsOff

I was just reminded that this clown has been consistently wrong on the issue of tariffs for more than 35 years, which is really quite incredible if you lend any credence whatsoever to a Wharton degree.

Paul Weiss and Columbia are taking exactly the wrong actions in acceding to Trump, and they are among the entities most well-positioned to fight back. These are legacy-shaming decisions by the leadership of both, and those far less powerful will now, and surely in short order, pay the price.

Just a little David Longstreth 🎶🙏

Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.

The Roots killed it for two sets at the Blue Note tonight, and I’m damn thankful.

Right now it’s the only question worth asking. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Hard to believe the Democratic “leadership” in the Senate is leaning with all due ill-founded intention toward a repeal of Section 230, but just to recap so we’re all on the same page here: www.techdirt.com/2025/02/21/w...

“There are a lot of approaches to reality now; the Dolls is one you can dance to. You can love them or hate them, but they’re not gonna go away.” — Tony Glover in Rolling Stone, 9/13/73 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Our political “leadership” in this country has been reduced to a complete farce.

Interesting and provocative choice to run with Steve Earle’s “The Revolution Starts Now” for the new Andor trailer. What can I say except “I’m ready.” 🎶 youtu.be/AE4wxt70aUM?...

“The latest sale marks Ek’s 14th since July 2023, and brings his total earnings from share sales to $666M, with $376M of that coming in 2024 alone.” Leave it to a tech bro to find his way toward the mark of the beast in the worst public way imaginable. www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/daniel-ek-ha...

Another day of axe ogling courtesy of fellow traveler Robert Arkins and SomeNeck Guitars in Dublin. Oh lord why do I do this to myself?

On a flash visit to Dublin and I just lost my mind at the appropriately named SpinDizzy record shop in the market arcade on South Great George’s Street. My record collection is fixing to eat me alive! spindizzyrecords.com

I almost always hear about shows like this the day after (although I did manage to catch a legendary late-night Prince gig once, all thanks to an intrepid friend who scored the tickets) — but this is a really nice writeup of what must have been a blissful night. apnews.com/article/paul...