new year, new book 📕

this is a new year’s eve album: Rothko Chapel/Why Patterns • Morton Feldman ⏳ m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

NP:

humbled by all the talent in this one composition m.youtube.com/watch?v=wkAn...

Cartoonist Peter Gallagher is one of THE great 21st-century surrealists.

Our after-midnight watching of “It’s A Wonderful Life” was just what the doctor ordered. 👌🎄

A lovely story even if the headline was oddly folk horror!

NP:

Remembering Ken Downie of The Black Dog igloomag.com/newswire/rem...

if you’re still thinking of what to get me for Christmas…

back on the future-jazz beat for my 27th (!) and final @pitchfork.com byline of 2025 max jaffe gives us a spectacularly unpredictable electronic jazz record that is all about the joy of discovery

morning track timhecker.bandcamp.com/track/neithe...

not your granddad’s ECM fare m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Hey there! I put up a live recording on Bandcamp today. 22 minutes of soft tunes recorded in April. Take a gander. Love you all! whettmanchelmets.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...

Arguing that the Twin Peaks OST is a Christmas album. 🎄🏔️

One of the things I love about this final track on the Throwing Shapes album is how it so captures the essence of “goodbye” that Pharoah Sanders utilized on concluding tracks. It’s an ineffable thing but you know it in your bones when you hear it. garethquinnredmond.bandcamp.com/track/lo-and...

Happy 73rd birthday to @johnlurie.bsky.social! Here's the Lounge Lizards' version of a tune written by Earle Hagen & put in the pop charts by the Viscounts: #1001CoverSongs Song # 55 youtu.be/_dpZOAsO-ZI?...

I should’ve taken a photo but here’s another niche bumper sticker I saw today: “Stop Honking! I’m trying to figure out what Cocteau Twins are saying!”

book du jour

Late-afternoon Friday jam:

best known as that jazz guitarist on “Mister Roger’s Neighborhood”, here is the deeply talented Joe Negri with a lowkey Christmas album m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

note to self: need to get Toshifumi Hinata back into my regular listening rotation. 🎧

Grateful for the inclusion by the venerable Monolith Cocktail 🙏💚

for your end-of-year consideration ⏳

Goddang this looks great - I should try to go #Baltimore #EssentialTremors dice.fm/event/k6nr2p...

I saw two VW ID Buzz vehicles in the same parking lot tonight. First time ever seeing this car; very visually striking, especially two nearby with different color designs. The price tag on this is pretty steep, so this bodes well for Rivian R2 in 2026 (still pricey but less than VW ID Buzz).

If you’re in #Louisville #Kentucky, go see The Corrupting Sea (Jason Lamoreaux) tomorrow night at the Woodbine Chamber. ✌️ www.woodbinechamber.org/events/jason...

always returning to this 💙🌝 lovisoni-messina.bandcamp.com/album/prati-...

Surprise Anthony Naples album drop

Today I learned there is a mattress with a price tag of close to half-a-million dollars. And knowing that such a thing exists and that some people buy that makes me want to scream until I’m hoarse. hastens.com/ca/grand-viv...

Somewherecold Records is having a year-end 25% off sale til December 7. The code for the discount is: 2025end Link to my recordings in my bio. If you don’t dig my stuff, SWC has a whole host of diverse music offerings. Buy some, try some. 🎄💚

Thanksgiving listening 🦃

A II (Construction A II) by László Moholy-Nagy, 1924 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137553

#NowListening #5DebutAlbums7074 Weather Report – Weather Report (Colombia, 1971) Jazz Fusion

another new deogie here! tinyview.com/deogie/2025/...

sweet chat with Jim O’Rourke from a couple years back. Spoiler alert: He’s an ECM head, but the story surrounding this revelation (to me) is a funny surprise. youtube.com/watch?v=FetH...

Bamboo Data – Tone Of Water, Colors Of J-Sky This album from Susumu Yokota, made for a Japanese cell phone release in 2000, is gorgeous. Kankyo ongaku meets deep house. sounds like the cover looks. absolutely zero copies on discogs but you can hear the album here www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXFW...

This is a thing of beauty. martaforsberg.bandcamp.com/album/archae...

pleasant afternoon diversion youtube.com/watch?v=t2aT...

Listen to my son's beautiful cover of the Tortoise track TNT.

If these guys come through with an entire album in this vein, SOLD. Lovely track.