You have to have a fucking soul to make art.

My ranking of songs called “Africa” 1. D’Angelo 2. Earth Wind and Fire 3. The Meters 4. Toto

It doesn’t have to be that complicated. We could just let trans kids play sports.

From 2008 an excellent read about how the internet was/is changing our brains religioustech.org/wp-content/u...

America's 250th concert bookings, as described by billy woods

… and many more!

incredibly bad shit here

America was always just an idea. No matter how full of shit we've ever been or how far we've been from fulfilling that idea, the idea was powerful. The idea itself is being very specifically destroyed.

really liking this first joint, looking forward to the album richardspaven.bandcamp.com/album/light-...

sometimes I forget how damned good this album is, this is a masterpiece, they really went for it, took a real big swing and (imo) hit it out of the park

at the end of the world we was fighting back with brushes and pens, we decided that the suffering should end no matter how good it feels afrolab9000.bandcamp.com/track/cycles

Never saw this before now. Love seeing uncelebrated art and it’s great

Listening to miles in his own words on his 100th podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2

Bumping this @stikfiga.bsky.social and the expert album, what a project theexpert.bandcamp.com/album/ritual

Sometimes you’ve got to do something risky just to feel alive

1,000,000%

Honestly Fantastic Damage was the bigger record from this era for me but can ox is a monolith and who better to write about it than @elmattic.bsky.social Great read elmattic.substack.com/p/iron-galac...

Still from style wars, pt. 2 (2026)

On the tube

Maggie Smith and billy woods @slowdownshow.org podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... youtu.be/EllglEuFQkY?...

Dollars over karma, that’s a common mistake New @rapswell.bsky.social hitting nicely on a sunny morning uddtba.bandcamp.com/album/max-po...

Astonishing, highly recommend this redhookrecords.bandcamp.com/album/shards

June Jordan

I want to hear the whole session, no fade. 15 minutes is not enough!

Force your family to listen to herbie hancock’s chameleon

IS INNOVATION AGAINST THE LAW?

there's a spider in the corner of the bathroom doing brisk business eating ants. why do the ants keep coming? if you're an ant walking through a field of ant corpses, you should ask yourself why that is. come on, ants!

shout out to Q-Tip

Well I’ve reason to believe we all will be received in graceland

I love Kassa Overall’s music so much kassaoverall.bandcamp.com/album/go-get...

Such a beautiful description of listening to music from Diane Seuss and I guess really from her friend Kurt

this looks quite bad but i'll believe it when they stop putting people like him in office bsky.app/profile/left...

It should be a human right not to live amid raw sewage. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...

It’s not too late to send your mom a link to the dear mama video on YouTube

Excellent jazz chrispotterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/alive-...

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

#NowPlaying on Cosmic Church @iheartnoise.bandcamp.com on @campradio.bsky.social sleepingdogs @jessethetree.bsky.social @searchableandrew.bsky.social - Minnie Ripperton(prod by @garfunkle1.bsky.social via @threedollarpistol.bsky.social 5oclockshadowboxers.bandcamp.com/album/dog-co... listen.camp

numbers are beautiful if you look at them right www.jasondavies.com/primos/

Amen to the end of this episode @fivefourpod.bsky.social , Michael talking about how the Democratic Party needs to move forward (around 53:00) is dead on podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...

Gray morning here absolutely made for this @nahreally.bsky.social album I very much wouldn’t blow up his spot on sample sources but a playlist of whatever went into this would really hit threedollarpistol.com/album/extra-...

is where I want to be but I guess I'm already / on our way / once there was a way to get back / where my thought’s escaping / I went running for answers, until I came / that place that we come from is called / look how I leave / to you, but to me it’s foreign / because it isn’t my

Infant at my son’s daycare in suburban chapel hill nc with a wu-tang t shirt, my head is spinning

I'm not much of a movie guy but I finished watching Soundtrack to a Coup d'etat last night and can't recommend it enough. As a piece of art it is mind bogglingly good and the perspective it brings to history is tremendous

These gentlemen are very good at rapping, my goodness defcee.bandcamp.com/album/its-al...

Show me another scene as touching as doc Hudson left alone under the flashing yellow light after lightning McQueen leaves town