I know it's asking a lot, but has anyone in Brooklyn had their trash collected since the storm?

How many christmas albums do you think Wynton has done? let's count: 1. Crescent City Christmas Card (1989)

Wynton con: 1. cheesy 2. paid too much 3. commissioned his buddies to do mostly forgettable music 4. never did a hanukah song on 3 JALC holiday albums 5. dissed the avant masters 6. didn't do anything for struggling NYC jazz scene apart from fortress he built Wynton pro: 1. trumpet 2. black codes

Does his replacement also get a $2m salary? projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...

Breaking News: Wynton Marsalis will step down next year as managing director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, 40 years after he founded it.

Back in 2024 I worked with the students at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and professor Shannon Barnett in a performance of my music for "The Heavens: The Atheist Gospel Trombone Choir". www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGMq...

We have no words, except to say that Tim Thomas, who passed away unexpectedly over the weekend, was a force of nature unto himself — an endlessly creative, incisive and generous presence in our music community. Fly on, dear brother 🙏💔 To help Tim’s family: www.gofundme.com/f/wb5hxh-in-...

Tim Thomas also ran the Q at Parkside blog, and documented the insane early 2010's CB 9 rezoning wars with Alicia Boyd et al. (They never did rezone CB 9).

R.I.P. guitarist/composer Tim Thomas of Babe The Blue OX, Bang On A Can, the Amphitheaters, and Sō Percussion.

Really good and nuanced piece on landmarking in NYC. Not mentioned in this piece, but particularly relevant was that for the Adams admin these districts (which were rushed through!) were explicitly part of a political trade. thebiggerapple.manhattan.institute/p/the-cost-o...

Wrote about two of the greatest to ever do it jacobgarchik.substack.com/p/miles-and-...

I love urban hawker but every time I go there’s fewer and fewer vendors. Hope it makes it.

Today, the US government is falsely claiming the Somali community is responsible for most crimes in Minneapolis. In 1908, the NYC police commissioner claimed "Hebrews" were responsible for half of all crimes in New York. www.timesofisrael.com/a-century-be...

New Kronos Quartet album coming soon with my arrangement of God Shall Wipe All Tears Away as sung by Mahalia Jackson. folkways.si.edu/kronos-quart...

Kronos Quartet: Glorious Mahalia Smithsonian Folkways - SFW CD 40268 Format: Vinyl, LP, CD, Compilation Country: United States Released: 2026 Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Gospel x.gd/9hMSM

Why are supermarket prices actually so high in New York City? The great @stephenjacobsmith.com does a deep dive into the real-world forces that keep many grocery stores out. We promise you'll learn a thing or two or five. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/nyc...

Essential reading

I wrote about the death of the American-made tuba 1850-2025 substack.com/home/post/p-...

38 Martense, on my street, is a city-owned 6 fam and vacant for decades. I asked Rita joseph's office about it years ago. Looks like it finally sold to a non profit affordable housing developer as part of a package deal. nyc.marketproof.com/article/sale...

About Ghosts from @maryhalvorson.bsky.social wins the Arts Fuse Francis Davis critic's poll! artsfuse.org/322880/the-2...

Big news for fans of jazz legends, meanswear legends, and watches.

I won the El Intruso critic's poll in the trombone category.

Sea Triptych, the 3-song EP preview from Adam O'Farrill's forthcoming ELEPHANT (out 3/20) is out today! There is a video for the track Iris Murdoch as well, all in the link below. Enjoy! outofyourheadrecords.lnk.to/SeaTriptych

German radio hour about yours truly! Pretty cool selection of my hits here. www.swr.de/kultur/musik...

🧵 Today, Conn-Selmer, the last USA-made brass instrument manufacturer, informed workers that it is shutting down its Eastlake, Ohio, facility to officially ship Ohio operations overseas to China.

They just published this description of the third one two days ago and already the building doesn’t resemble the rendering or description. Bay window limited to existing structure www.newyorkyimby.com/2026/01/new-...

#NowPlaying on Radio Nothing 3612: Jacob Garchik | Transcending Time | Ye Olde 2: At the End of Time

Nice interview with me (in Spanish) for this Argentinian jazz site here: otracancion.com.ar/ye-olde-esta...

The New York Post's harassment campaign against Cea Weaver is quite despicable nypost.com/2026/01/07/u...

The new carnyx from Norfolk is the most complete ever found, & I can’t wait for the first reproduction to appear & be played. But it wasn’t alone! Also incredibly rare boar standard & shield bosses were deposited with it! 5/.. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Flatbush Trader Joe's when "The developer secured $140 million in early 2024 from SCALE Lending to renovate the structure into offices and/or a grocery store." newyorkyimby.com/2026/01/four...

Brooklyn: Population 2.7 million. Daily publications with reporters at the county courthouses: 0

Happy Podcast Monday. Today brings our Wozzeck at 100 celebration, with a look at history's most radical opera, a contemporary counterpart from Mary Kouyoumdjian (with FCC censorship), plus Jacob Garchik, Zorn, Monk & more. www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDev... @jacobgarchik.bsky.social @kbcs.bsky.social

Tonight I'm at Close Up with this great band!

Monday, Jan 5, 2026 49th Birthday Celebration Gig at Close Up 154 Orchard St JS Quintet 7:30/9pm- @jacobsacksmusic.bsky.social @jacobgarchik.bsky.social #chetdoxas #eivindopsvik #danweiss Yoon Sun Choi Quartet 10:30pm #davidambrosio #connorparks Tickets at: www.closeupnyc.com/calendar

Hey Home Depot your piece sucks

I’m at the brooklyn childrens museum again. Been coming for the last 5 years or so. Cool looking building from vinoly with Geothermal heating and cooling from 2008. It never works. apps.neh.gov/publicquery/...

"That track, as with all of Ye Olde 2: At the End of Time, is as dazzlingly arranged as it is thrillingly chaotic. " www.allmusic.com/album/ye-old...

Anybody in Central Brooklyn ever use the apps Hungry Panda or Fantuan for delivery? In other words can you get sunset park restaurants to deliver to points further east?

Periodically and without fail some "controversy" like this embroils jazz and gets more attention than, you know, actual people making albums and doing gigs. Does anybody's recent album have 24k views and 450 comments? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ropC...

Year in review. I did a bunch of stuff! www.instagram.com/p/DS-vJWdEwyq/

just saw a billionaire pack all his things in a bindle and start leaving new york city on foot. he turned and looked at me with tears in his eyes and said “maybe one day when this city is safe we’ll return” before walking away

3) Mary Halvorson - About Ghosts Mary Halvorson, guitar Immanuel Wilkins, alto sax Brian Settles, tenor sax Adam O’Farrill, trumpet Jacob Garchik, trombone Patricia Brennan, vibraphone Nick Dunston, bass Tomas Fujiwara, drums released 6/13/2025 #jazzsky maryhalvorson.bandcamp.com/album/about-...

7) Jacob Garchik - Ye Olde 2: At the End of Time Jacob Garchik - trombone Brandon Seabrook - guitar Mary Halvorson - guitar Jonathan Goldberger - guitar, baritone guitar Vinnie Sperrazza - drums released August 29, 2025 #jazzsky jacobgarchik.bandcamp.com/album/ye-old...

First some honorable mentions: Jacob Garchik - Ye Olde 2 (complex, free, loud, cool guitar work) Steve Lehman - The Music of Anthony Braxton (sharp, pretty renditions of classic work) Mary Halvorson - About Ghosts (her usual brilliant, slurry, angular, intellectual work)

Has Trump weighed in on the Cookers cancellation yet? Really want to know what he thinks of Billy Hart's cymbal patterns.

It would be cool to be a billionaire who has so much money you get to live wherever you want unless someone threatens to raise your taxes and you have to move because you can't afford to live wherever you want.

"Forging experimental and transformative paths in modern music, Garchik takes risks and wins, achieving new heights of both virtuosity and imagination." jazztrail.net/best-jazz-al...

So you can't build any new rental buildings, neighborhood is mostly giant expensive mansions with 2 old people in them, and now you want to know why the restaurant scene is so bad?

52 ft truck is not legal in nearly all nyc yet is registered by the Manhattan truck co for Coney Island beer and is driving through Flatbush.