Change a few words and this gem from my hometown is still relevant.

Today's a good day to listen to some Scott LaFaro (April 3, 1936 - July 6, 1961).

MOM’s in Del Ray.

TIL that #ColumbiaPike served as high ground where travelers “could overlook the surrounding territory and watch for enemies.”

Day late listening to some Irish music.

When plagiarizing isn’t enough, impersonate and steal royalties.

This is worth a read while keeping in mind the newspaper is based in deep red South Carolina.

Best thing I've heard all day.

Jesse Jackson introducing Cannonball Adderley.

Go tune in to wkcr.org and listen to some Charlie Haden for the next three hours. 6PM-9PM tonight.

BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.

Snowcrete indeed.

RIP Richie Beirach

A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.

A big thank you to the man who said "good luck, buddy" as he held the door for me as I walked into the dreaded Spectrum store. That bit of luck proved vital in completing my mission.

Another nice piece from Ethan Iverson.

R.I.P. Dad.

Hadn’t heard this in a while. Timeless.

The show's host, musician Chuck Redd, says that he called off the performance in the wake of the White House announcing last week that President Donald Trump's name would be added to the facility. https://to.pbs.org/4sesdVc

WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.

Go fill this out.

Fortunately, rumors of the demise of the Rock Spring Park dinosaurs, gnomes and army men are not true. The squirrel utility worker has been missing for a hole though. #ArlingtonVA

NEW: my selection of the greatest jazz piano albums of all time iverson.substack.com/p/tt-556-the...

Catching up on some Greenleaf releases tonight. Their subscription plan is a bargain.

R.I.P. Mom.

Now playing. I’d never heard of this until a few weeks back. Different for ECM to my ears but digging it. #JazzSky

This is by far the longest piece I've written for @fastcompany.com, but it takes a few words to unpack why the NextGen Acela isn't that much faster than the old one, the past mistakes that got us here, and the incomplete steps Amtrak is now taking to speed up every train on the Northeast Corridor.

Results of nuclear testing in Rock Spring?

Needless to say, this sucks.

Halloween approaches in Rock Spring. #ArlingtonVA

Wow. Two Flos died in the same week.

RIP Mark Volman

Jazz and fascism

Early autumn in #ArlingtonVA.

rich nimbys in charlottesville lost the political debate over zoning, leveraged the legal system to try to stop it, and are going to lose the political debate again for the simple reason that the voters of cville support zoning reform and have elected a city council that intends to see it through

Somewhere in South Carolina a teacher is begging for crowdfunding to buy construction paper for her classroom of thirty 2nd graders while the governor sends the National Guard to stand around Washington D.C.

Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...

Latest item in Rock Spring Park. #ArlingtonVA

The 10-piece Either/Orchestra, formed in Cambridge, MA in 1985, “will be coming out of a long hibernation” according to their leader Russ Gershon. i believe their last album was 15 years ago, but a new one is on the way.

Charlie Haden was born in Shenandoah, Iowa on this day in 1937 📸 Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images, NYC, July 3, 1975

Whoa… over 24,000 old vinyl LPs digitized and available for free to the public, including over 5,000 from shuttered Seattle record store Bop Street

R.I.P. Hal Galper www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig5x...

Props to the newspaper delivery person who tied a knot in the newspaper bag today.

Did this impact the #ArlingtonVA theater? Still an AC/DH fan.

Sunrise moments ago from the summit of Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah National Park. A beautiful reminder, as Earth Month comes to an end, of why we need to preserve & protect our National Parks & our natural areas. @capitalweather.bsky.social

Congrats to Carol Kaye for induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She played a great line on this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOg_...

Listen to some Pere Ubu today. RIP David Thomas. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zN6...

It's peak DeVita sign viewing season. These 13 different signs (!) were spotted along the 7 blocks of George Mason between Rock Spring Park and Langston Blvd. Who's got some different ones? #ArlingtonVA