huge gratitude to non-event, doing the work in the Boston area for 25 years.

always good to see that Arto is out there doing stuff

and for some people, managing all of this for kids and elders at the same time.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to read this yesterday - especially those who commented and shared. I really appreciate that it's connecting with people.

A beautiful account, a career - a life - spent on the most deeply human of pursuits, in the increasingly dehumanised setting of higher education #universities #improvisedmusic

The future of the universe depends on you playing accordion in my ensemble

I've written a long essay about education in the context of my reunion with my teacher Anthony Braxton. Given the many posts I see here about the fraught state of higher education, I don't know if this is one of them or a counterbalance- but it is my story. www.tedreichman.com/writing/tric...

Listening to this excellent show now. I appreciate the kind words from DoYeon, but what I really love about it is her story about her educational experience with us at NEC. DoYeon speaks so candidly about her musical evolution here- it's beautiful. I'm very thankful to have played a very small role.

Includes a shout out to the one and only @tedreichman.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/obso...

RIP MTT www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0yT...

I was only able to watch a few minutes but I got chills... It's amazing to me how many times Umm Kulthum has been the music I _needed_ to hear. Thanks for the reminder, Jay.

Can't imagine a more perfect decoration for celebrating this cursed country than this hot dog couple cooking their offspring,

I spent many many hours in the Berklee location in the 80's... every saturday for four years. learned a lot and didn't spend that much. Glad to hear he's still in business.

Congratulations to @melvingibbs.bsky.social on the new book. Can't wait to read. Really enjoyed this pod...

I'm _very_ biased but I listened to the entire record all the way through this morning and I think it's a masterpiece. Wendy is a genius and it's a true honor to be part of their musical world. I don't think they look at this app anymore so I feel ok saying that.

this is what the admins pushing AI on us in higher ed don't understand- our students (mostly) _hate_ AI.

People. I’ve never been less sure I know what “good music” is. But this… is incredibly beautiful.

Happening right in front of us

I went to SXSW a few times in late 90's/early 00's. Made some lifelong friends, heard incredible music (let me tell you about the Daniel Johnston gig on leftover sets from Midsummer Night's Dream in a Masonic temple) and generally had a blast. This sounds nothing like that. Pretty sad!

True.

my friend, colleague and bandmate Lautaro Mantilla just started a 12 hour long piece here... check it out... www.youtube.com/live/F6wt3KF...

Not to be overly dramatic, but you can hear capitalism ripping the heart out of human creativity here. I guess thanks to Kyoko for providing such a clear example of how sad all of this is. Make sure to listen to the OG tracks at the bottom of the playlist (maybe listen to them first).

Heathers - unwatchable now IMO

this is the only CD I ever released on my short-lived label... wasn't expecting to see anyone post this today! some trivia: the music series at alt coffee evolved into tonic. without the scene documented on this compilation, NYC music history would be quite different.

Congratulations Wendy!

Am I hallucinating or is the White House pianist really playing “somewhere over the rainbow” while they wait for you know who? Someone should flag this for a future Adam Curtis doc.

I recently watched "Victims of Sin" on criterion- outstanding! Noir melodrama musical with Perez Prado...

outstanding day to work on taxes. really feels amazing.

Solid advice. I like listening to it in spring with the windows open. RIP a true artist.

Alysia Liu gave us something that all the disgusting monsters running this mess of a country/world will never understand: joy. I'm not into figure skating either but everyone should see what this incredible person did yesterday. First time I felt anything positive seeing a USA flag in MANY years.

Wait… is _figure skating_ restoring a little of my faith in humanity

thinking about sampling this and doing an "it's gonna rain" type thing.

Everyone in arts education and/or fundraising needs to read this... and think very seriously about what we are doing.

Wow… love this. Feels very resonant with what I experienced with Braxton 35yrs ago - and last week (see recent post). I’m pretty sure I saw Ra on that winter 1990 New England tour (northampton show) but I didn’t know about any of this.

Time _is_ a flat circle. Re both this cd and the dollar bin it came from.

I’m on my way to soundcheck right now. There’s going to be a bonus improv set featuring Joe Morris, Anna Webber, Frank C, our guest artists and yours truly. This will be the first time I’ve played with Braxton in about 30 years.

Hey, this very early Sun Ra - excuse me, Sunny Blount - live recording from 1949 just showed up on YouTube. I gather it's on some rarities CD, but I would assume most haven't heard it. I seem to have been the first viewer! Wilbur Ware on bass! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCX0...

Read an extract from Everybody’s Head Is Open To Sound: Writings On Tom Wilson In the introduction to her collection of writings on Tom Wilson, Anaïs Ngbanzo gives an overview of the influential producer's life www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/b...

The Wong Kar-Wai mini-fest at the long-gone Chinatown theater by the Manhattan bridge. Pretty sure that was the first time any of his films were screened in nyc.

I just saw the program for Steve Drury's upcoming solo recital at Jordan Hall. He's playing Wolff's "Hay una Mujer Desaparecida (after Holly Near)" and Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated." I'll say this for Steve, he knows what time it is. necmusic.edu/events/facul...

for your bandcamp friday consideration- excellent young trumpet player/composer/artist Lemuel Marc aka Your Biggest Hater has posted a set of duo improvisations with me... lemuelmarc.bandcamp.com/album/music-...

Nobody has pursued the accordion angle on the Epstein shitshow AFAIK yet so I searched this for "accordion" and gleaned this gem, among a few others.

Love this song.

Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”

This highly influential White House advisor now states openly: use paramilitary forces to intervene directly in our elections. This is what the conspiracy theories have been for. This moment. Conservative and Liberal Americans reject fascism. We know it won't help any 'side'. It is time to act.

Pausing the doom for a second to commemorate the great Eliane Stritch's 100th birthday. I'm not a big Sondheim or B'way person in general, but there are days when I think Pennebaker's doc about the making of Company is the greatest film ever made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWsG...