There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy

Tonight: haven't seen anyone over the past 4 years as much as Marta Sanchez and I don't think I've loved anyone more over that period than I've loved Bill Frisell, but I do not believe I'd ever seen them together before tonight. Needless to say, it was […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

Vote for you why? So you can fund the war against us? Oppose. Abolish and prosecute ICE, impeach and remove and refuse to seat Republicans, pack the Supreme Court, imprison Trump and his cabinet, defund the police; fight the fight before us and win in a massive landslide or gtfo forever.

Independents are +12 on abolishing ICE

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Watch that. And then tell me how we replace Schumer with her

Love this cover of Neil Young’s “Sail Away” by Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel. https://tylerramseycarlbroemel.bandcamp.com/album/celestun?t=8 (Via @Neddyo)

RE: https://heads.social/@bourgwick/115922436930521071 Reading Jesse's Pitchfork piece on Bobby gave me a way of thinking about the Dead I hadn't really considered, though it's completely obvious in retrospect. Spent the whole Saturday JRAD show watching through this lens and it's quite clear […]

Every American with a platform should be speaking out, as Bruce Springsteen does here. He dedicates this performance Promised Land to Renee Good and echoes Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey in saying ICE should get the F out of the city. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kozx1KGI3sg

For some reason, very few people these days will stand up and say it, but: the US federal bureaucracy is one of the great wonders of the world, staffed with incredibly diligent people who do their jobs well and care deeply. Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.

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One of my great joys in life is how woke the Dog Rates guy turned out to be. youtu.be/lOUfrdP5Vmk?...

This is one of those moments where it's extremely clear who's serious about "never again" as a universal proposition and who only means "never again TO US."

There's an appropriately cosmic kismet to the fact that JRAD is playing the Cap this weekend.

Sorry not sorry.

Wednesday last week I caught the Ches Smith Quartet at the Stone, the opening night of a rare two week stint in the room. It was quite fucking awesome, but I was quite sure it would get even better along the way. Returned tonight for the final night as they […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

RE: https://heads.social/@LiveMusicArchiveUpdates/115900692194399024 Coming up on the 20th anniversary of Jimmy Herring's first show with Widespread Panic which is not making me feel old at all. I said not. at. ALL.

"Over here, right-wingers are taking over media & controlling which stories are in the headlines. Over there, completely unrelatedly, media is filled with stories that make liberals look ridiculous."

Kristi Noem Invites Minneapolis ICE Agent to Join Christmas Adventurers Club hard-drive.net/kristi-noem-...

Is it safe or fair to speculate about Billy's time off in July between Portland and Hartford being a placeholder for Newport Folk Fest? #BillyStrings #bmfs

If someone in a crowd where you were yelled out “pedophile protector,” would you automatically assume they were talking to you? Because I sure wouldn’t. I’d be looking around for who they meant.

I want these fuckers prosecuted. I will not vote for a candidate who shies away from this.

Douchey Dilbert dude dead?

I probably have to specify this is a parody right?

crazy how hard the administration is pushing on this

Had to look it up, but I've seen the Bad Plus 60 times. Definitely one of my most-seen/loved bands of the 21st Century, even saw 'em on NYE once. Obviously weren't quite the same post-Iverson, never fully clicked when they went piano-free quartet, but still something special... Reid Anderson is […]

i wrote an afterward about bobby weir for @pitchfork, though probably could've kept going for a few more days. https://pitchfork.com/features/bob-weir-obituary/

it really is a logical absolute baseline, even for people who believe in immigration enforcement. they aren't doing that! they are black bagging randos off the street, illegally kicking in citizens' doors, and shooting innocent moms in the face!!

The hits keep coming in 26. The Bad Plus are calling it quits. 😢 I will enjoy their individual talents wherever they may be lent but sad to see that catalog of songs retired. Some of my all time favorites in there. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTa2e12EbLK/?igsh=ZWY0ZXZzZzE4ejJm

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/115882508581491934 This is why you should never let anyone give you crap about eating meat, driving a car, or not composting. The rich try and guilt trip us, when they are the problem

#bobweir #RochesterNY #publicArt

Today was all about the F's... Turned F'ifty two > Went to a protest to say F'uck ICE > Sandwich deliciousness from F'aiccos > Finally tried a f'ancy cake from Saint Street Cakes > F'estin' at the Winter Jazz Fest. ...and then sadly another unfortunate F'are thee well...

Legitimately thought Bobby would pass away on stage mid-gig and was quite certain that's what he wanted. Did what he loved to the very end regardless... What's not to love

RE: https://flipboard.com/@rollingstone/music-news-dqrh37u8z/-/a-gzVwNRLWSD2cf_FJSbkE2g%3Aa%3A3199477-%2F0 Lol PH, you're fucking pathetic.

Fuck ICE

Dave Harrington unfortunately had to drop out of his WJF gig next week. Majorly bummed. One of my all-time faves, used to see him very regularly, now very few and far between. Last year: . Missed WJF gig without prior announcement . Taper's Choice at Brooklyn Bowl was awesome, but also "watered […]

First release day of 2026, perfect day to post my favorite albums of 2025? Sure. alpha order. Action & Tension & Space - New Dimensions Barr Brothers - Let It Hiss James Brandon Quartet - Abstraction is Deliverance Stanley Brinks - Happy New Year Hayes […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

Look at this badass 🤘

It's Winter Jazzfest season in NYC. I used to pooh pooh the idea of a jazz festival in a city where every single day is literally the best jazz festival in the world (which remains true while WJF is going on!), but I've come around to its creative booking […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

Big "Lemon, it's Wednesday" energy, except more like 8am Monday morning.

Yesterday a six year old kid got orphaned and today the vice president of the United States is slandering his dead mom.

We need a new word that goes beyond "lying" and "gaslighting" to describe what's happening in this country. I don't think I'm cut out for a fully post-truth world.

I'm looking at the data for a column, and "abolish ICE" is both a lot more popular than you probably think, and a lot more popular than it has been in the past, including 2018

Wow. None of my boycotts have ever gone anywhere. But Target is hurting and now Spotify reversed itself. (I was one of the people who quit Spotify and told them why.) Still though, annoyed Goya and Walmart aren’t bankrupt yet.

Ugly ugly shit out there. We're *deep* in the getting-worse phase of "gonna get worse before it gets better."

I agree with this bsky.app/profile/papa...

I saw multiple posts on Instagram and Reddit calling it the Zohramp, and it’s a testament to just doing things. Just do things. Let’s daylight some intersections and implement the Grand Army Plaza redesign that’s been in limbo for years.

Anyone who isn’t furious is not to be trusted