trying to hold a strict noGPT policy this term, so it's dismaying to see the occasional "Here’s a shorter, discussion-board style version" slip into a student's post :/

met my first Riddim and Ting in the wild yesterday. too cute, and (if you've heard the presets) asking for a lawsuit.

my parents were into the Stones and Zeppelin, so I thought the Beatles sounded pretty fresh when I finally listened to them in college (mid-90s)

La cadencia de la okra.

when I get an email informing me that a previously email has been "recalled" even though it's still right there in my inbox

some saxophonists discovered circular breathing and decided to break records holding one note for minutes, Roland Kirk was like, ok, what if a sax was more like a guitar and not limited by the lungs? e.g., from 1:25 here: open.spotify.com/track/2OWp0p...

finally listened to the AI country song and the most obviously uncanny thing about it is how the "singer" never inhales, never pauses to breathe. too many teeth but for phrasing.

SOME PIGS

would seem to go without saying that Bad Bunny is not an immigrant -- nor are millions of Spanish speakers in the US -- but apparently not

I, for one, would welcome a personal robot companion that will stop me from doing crimes.

little known fact about becoming a trillionaire: you must then be thrown into the nearest volcano

She smiles and says “I will always love you”

oh what a night

1000 years of communism let's go

It gets better and better. Mamdani: no line for brunch.

it's Halloween so I'm listening to Ghosted I-III by Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling, and Andreas Werliin, and waiting for the Great Pumpkin

se nota que la nueva versión ("aniversario") de "Hips Don't Lie" con Edsheeran no tiene ningun sample de "Pounder" (como la de Wyclef), sino mezcla las metales de Jerry Rivera con un sonido más barranquilloso 👀 open.spotify.com/track/2oaGtV...

ducklings when you refresh their food and water

took this picture 15 years ago in Chicago (Oct 2010). been seeing this coming for a while.

wild to think that Trump is the only president who could paint the White House black

colonel mustard with the gun in the ballroom

"this is Boston"

beautiful day for picking peppers and repudiating tyranny 🌶️

getting autumnal out there, but still picking habaneros in the backyard and tomatillos at the farm

shit. damn. motherfucker.

a very Bolaño + sherry afternoon

Connie Francis, Tony Bennett, Steven Tyler ;)

ultratumba is the Spanish word for "beyond the grave" and, yes, of course it has been used for song and album titles (and probably band names). it's a badass word.

thinking the kids might be all right

a car just drove past me (in Durham NC) bumping Marley Marl's "The Symphony"! sounds fresher than ever nearly 40 years later.

in Durham, the pernil comes with greens, mac and cheese, & pork rinds #BoricuaSoul

"and keeps your work unique"

Rauw really goes there on his new homenaje, "Caribeño" (though Chan Chan is an odd choice for "afromambo"), affirming longstanding Caribbean cultural exchange open.spotify.com/track/3AMxTv...

in today's harvest: chinese broccoli, napa cabbage, king richard leeks

"People’s stories about their history are almost always wrong" news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

it's amazing how Canvas will autocorrect things that need no assistance and then fail to help me out when I type "exxcellent"

post an unpopular opinion that is correct

3 hours into the Bad Bunny concert, he brings out the salsa orchestra 🐐

"para mi gente en la Republica Dominicana, Puerto Rico es tu casa también!" 🐰

made some sauerkraut. maybe enough to get through the winter.

look at this snuffleupagun flower

oooh, just noticed that maybe my favorite Henry Threadgill album is now on Bandcamp. I've had this on CD since the 90s, but I just bought it again for easy access. The final track ("Try Some Ammonia") is my fave. billlaswell.bandcamp.com/album/too-mu...

Que desenho lindo do Daniel Kondo…Hermeto eternamente!

was absolutely tempted by the satanically priced "white green" figs

sweet september morn at the farm

look at this freaking sunflower

does this ruling only apply to books? because they seem to have hoovered up nearly every article and book review I've published.

"the Dominoes Pizza line" like that's a thing

"grab a broom"

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