Extremely sad to learn per this post from @thecure.com that Perry Bamonte has died after a short illness at home yesterday. Glad to have seen him at numerous points with the band over the years, including the most recent tour.

Yesterday's listening: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, "It's a Holiday Soul Party" (Daptone, 2016 reissue) John Fahey, "Christmas Guitar (Volume One)" (Varrick, 1982) Attorneys General, "Live in Brooklyn 3/11/23" (Headache Journals, 2025) Mahmoud Ahmed, s/t (Mississippi, 2012 reissue)

I love this Caetano Veloso cover For most of the world, Christmas means warm weather www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8nl...

Dolly Parton as Santa Claus

Michael Ray - Sun Ra Arkestra / Michael Ray & the Cosmic Krewe / Kool & the gang (Trumpet / Vox) 24 Dec 1952 Happy Arrival day with space age greetings.

The Beaneater, by Annibale Carracci, 1580s

"worldfall" by nachtmystium is a christmas song

Please join me for year 37 of the 25-Hour Holiday Radio show on WPRB starting at 5:00 pm ET on Christmas Eve. Tune in at 103.3 fm or wprb.com. #wprbxmas

Chris McGregor was born in Somerset West, South Africa on this day in 1936 📸 David Redfern, 1977

Brokeback Mountain (2005) dir. Ang Lee

199 years ago, on the 24th of December 1826, a Christmas party at West Point United States Military Academy resulted in the ‘eggnog riot’. Two days prior, a large quantity of whisky had been smuggled into the academy. 20 cadets and 1 enlisted soldier were court-martialled. #otd #history 🗃️

Temptation of St Anthony

#OtD 24 Dec 1920 biracial LGBT+ rights icon, Stormé DeLarverie, was born in New Orleans. Credited by some as sparking the Stonewall riots as the lesbian who fought back after being arrested and called on the crowd to "do something". More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2019/05/13/e...

On this day in 1865, Confederate veterans established the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee. Devoted to white supremacy, the Klan became America’s most prominent terrorist group.

Alvin Lucier's "I Am Sitting in a Room" is a Christmas song.

The Other Side of Life presents: SAMUEL S.C. POHGOH CONTINUALS STRANGE BIRDS Thursday, January 15th, 2026 Art Sanctuary (back room) 1433 S. Shelby Street Louisville, KY 40217 $15 advance tickets, $20 day of show: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/art-... (Poster by Ryan Nelson of Continuals)

Happy Holidays from Pylon Reenactment Society and Pylon! Best wishes for 2026.

Remembering the legendary Toshiro Mifune who died on this day in 1997 💖

This Christmas show the people you love some Google image search pics of how idris Muhammad was dressing in the 1970s

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Today's newsletter is about Derek Bailey, who died 20 years ago this week - it includes an article I wrote about him for Jazziz in 2002. burningambulance.substack.com/p/derek-bail...

Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America • Greg Tate (1992) 📕 reissue, with a new introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib & a new foreword by Questlove us.macmillan.com/books/978037...

Paal Nilssen-Love was born in Molde, Norway on this day in 1974. He turns 51 today. 📸 Jeff Caltabiano, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2.11.23

"If you want to play music, you have to realize that it's about communication and interaction. And on stage, one should reach a level where technique is only a tool for you to communicate and should never get in the way for any reason." Happy Birthday Paal Nilseen-Love 24 December 1974

"I have this strong imaginative reference to African village music and the thing I know about that music is that it has a strong centre... It's not a composition but it's in the culture of the people - they know the moves." Happy Birthday Chris McGregor born 24 December 1936

"Raw Power" is a Christmas album.

There may be metal inside.

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The way people talk about abstraction is amazing, they have absolutely no idea what it is. Philosophy has a kind of technique and a terminology like mathematics. Generally the word abstract is used for things in which there is no abstraction.

"Africa/Brass" is a Christmas album.

Day of Quandary

AI data centers are forcing obsolete ‘peaker’ power plants back into service reut.rs/4s9ZdOl

Cyro Baptista was born in São Paulo, Brazil on this day in 1950. He turns 75 today. 📸 Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc

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BREAKING: Judge James Boasberg rules for those deported under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15 — certifying a class, finding the U.S. maintained constructive custody over them at CECOT, finding they were not given due process, and ordering return or that such process be given by Jan. 5, 2026.

Four Bard College faculty members have received grants from the New York State Council on the Arts for 2026. Support for Artists grants were awarded to Mara Baldwin, Tania El Khoury, Jacqueline Goss, and Gwen Marie Laster to recognize their impact on New York arts and culture.

In honor of the death of the great D. Boon here’s the Minutemen documentary www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5IW...

Just gonna repost this, no particular reason.

A Christmas Carol adaptation where Matty Yglesias is visited by three ghosts who try to explain that he’s just kind of a dipshit, but he just argues with them until they get tired and leave. He spends Christmas Day feeling smug, having learned nothing.

Ken Downie, founding member of seminal Sheffield electronic group The Black Dog, has died. RIP🖤

Inside the battle over a Louisville neighborhood association

AC Marias - Just Talk [UK / Shoegaze - Art Rock] (1986) https://redd.it/gyiw2g https://youtu.be/99S7aaDnv0k

Big Snoop in Hammersmith Palais Snoop Riot The Magnificent Snoopy Complete Snoopy Should I Snoopy Or Should I Snoopy Rock the Snoopy

Auditory Clang (Louisville) were an amazing live band and I'm psyched this collection is available. Singer Chris Layton sounds like Damon Edge on this one 🔥

“Thousands of people are losing their jobs Jan. 1 — a very vulnerable population." Displacing & defunding much of KY's peer support workforce appears to be an unintended consequence of HB 505 enacted in 2024. @jamielucke.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/12/22/k...

This coffee tastes like Burl Ives in the pit at A Minor Threat show

Rest in Peace to the king D. Boon!

Baxter Avenue Theatres is closing on New Year's Eve. When it opened, it was touted as a multi-screen replacement for the Vogue, #Louisville's art-house/repertory theater, but quickly pivoted to mainstream movies. www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...