Now and again, I like to throw up our Hollywood attempt at a yachtrockesque show. Dave Lyons secured us an iconic location. Lonely Island, who produced it, got us Ryan Phillipe and Maya Rudolph (She's incredible in this.) I love telling fake stories about great music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqJS...

WTJU is nominated as Best Local Radio Station in Best of C-Ville. In 2025 WTJU won 1st place. We are grateful for the votes & we hope you'll help us win a 2nd year in a row, emphasizing the importance of non-profit community radio. Vote at bestof.c-ville.com/2026/local-radio-station! Thank You!

The inaugural Cville Jazz Fest started yesterday and we're playing tonight at Rapture! Set starts at 9, probably will go 1.5–2 hours. No cover. More about the event here: cvillejazz.org

But... is God of War Laufey jazz?

For days, Bolivia has been in a state of full-on revolt. Broad social discontent has brought the country to a halt and stoked mass resistance to the larger project of U.S-aligned, right-wing attacks on workers and social movements in Latin America.

Yeah, this speaks to the average American's "empire state of mind." They talk as if China is hyper-aggressive and has been on the cusp of attacking Taiwan for decades... but the U.S. is an - actual - empire that starts - actual - wars that has - actually - been blockading Cuba for 65 years!

“The Al is not just telling you what you want to hear. It is training you, one conversation at a time, to need less friction, expect more agreement, and become slightly less capable of handling a situation where someone pushes back on you”

when you’re spreading information about something you saw, try to use the SALUTE format - size, action, location, uniform, time, equipment. not “i saw nazis!” but “i saw 20-30 guys in matching khaki pants marching down pine st toward third st at 4:15pm today, they were carrying shields & flags”

remember: spread information, not fear. there have been rumors that patriot front planned to demonstrate here in charlottesville over memorial day weekend. if they’re in virginia beach today, that is a real possibility. now that the time is near, forget the rumor. talk about what you know & see.

america is a totalitarian fascist state

Sun Ra sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sun_ra was born on this day, so here are some of his album covers (Artist: Paul Frick, John Lykes, Richard Pedreguera and John Lykes):

Legit the dynamic since the Revolutionary government took power in 1959 despite our perceptions (which empire informed and embedded).

At the risk of repeating myself, Spanberger is an ideologue who has fooled her supporters, not a betrayer.

Three years ago we started a new ERC-funded project called REAL, with three teams of brilliant researchers. Here are ten exciting papers involving my team that we've published so far, so you can see what we've been up to. And there's much more to come... stay tuned! 🧵

Fri, May 22, 8 - 9 p.m., Offbeat Roadhouse welcomes to the WTJU Stage, John D'earth, teacher and trumpet player extraordinaire. This free event is open to all at 2244 Ivy Rd. You can also listen on 91.1 FM, stream via wtju.net, video stream on WTJU’s YouTube channel, or listen via WTJU’s mobile app.

You may recall the deceitful letter the city school board sent out in February bashing Charlottesville Education Association. CEA didn’t back down, got the collective bargaining contract, and then filed a successful grievance against the school board. Union strong! cvillerightnow.com/news/208802-...

a CIA agent would Never work with paramilitaries to orchestrate their preferred election outcome 🙃

It’s easy to understand Spanberger if you understand her as an ideologue. From that vantage point, she isn’t a betrayer, she’s a lier that made a fool of everyone that voted for, supported, and had certain expectations of her.

You know this is spot on because it uses the passive voice to report on war crimes.

Losing my gd mind over here seeing Americans using the farcical Raúl indictment for their own political layups or whatever. ***Doing that is an act of imperialism***

Seeing a lot of "if this, then that" takes like this. There's no comparison, and the idea that there is is dangerous to Cuba and its people. Trump murdered fishermen for nothing. Raúl had planes of a terrorist organization shot down after repeated warnings. How are they remotely comparable?

additionally, vote for Democrats so they can veto collective bargaining and legal weed markets

it’s important to vote so that the Supreme Court can decide the law. that’s how it works in virginia. you vote and then the supreme court says no.

Newsome/Spanberger '28

Breaking: Gov. Abigail Spanberger vetoes legislation to set up a Prescription Drug Affordability Board. The bipartisan effort was five-years in the making and would have applied already federally-approved price caps to state-regulated health plans. virginiamercury.com/2026/05/19/s...

NEW EP amidst the escalating assault on cuba, helen yaffe joins us again for a fascinating conversation on how socialism in cuba works and why the cuban revolution remains such a world historical achievement

One time I saw a crime happen and was able to identify the criminal; therefore, I am now Batman.

Herbie Hancock showing Quincy Jones how to use the Fairlight CMI synthesizer - one of the first commercially available digital samplers Herbie was an early adopter, using the $80,000 machine to compose and arrange, "Rockit," his classic work of early hip-hop/electro/jazz fusion.

Missed opportunity by us in the old DDR community not to call ourselves revolutionaries and then come to realize our place in the historical struggle for communism and liberation.

Every local, regional, and nationally funded road construction project focused on making it easier for people in cars is a denial of the severity of our climate crisis

We can get back at Gov. Nothingberger by reading and discussing ‘What is to be Done’ together, just sayin

An excellent episode on Cuba’s revolution. Essential listening, especially given the current crisis, by the inimitable Helen Yaffe. open.spotify.com/episode/0kaE...

Class war: 1. Promise collective bargaining 2. Waste workers’ time by having them lobby you for months 3. Make amendment to weaken bill 4. Waste more worker time 5. Veto saying you’ll hope to pass something next year while workers continue being unable to afford rent vadogwood.com/news/labor/b...

Started a series of Sun Ra quotations.

🎧 Cuba Under Siege w/ Manolo De Los Santos & Liz Oliva Fernández ✨ on the @upstreampodcast.bsky.social out now: Listen here - www.patreon.com/posts/cuba-p... or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!

96 percent of cubans own the home they live in and for the 4 percent who are renters their rent cannot exceed 4% of their income

The only way to “save democracy” is to rethink what we’re told about what democracy is and how it works.

Governor who was of the organization that overthrows popular people’s movements as a pastime rolls over when unelected bourgeois court overturns people’s referendum on how they’re represented in the federal government wow

I believe in the dialectical but I do not care for these material conditions where the options are AAAAAAAAA! or FFFFFFFFF!

Now that I've signed the contract, excited to share my first book "Embedded Pedagogies: Digital Humanities Teaching and the Infrastructure of Change" is forthcoming with @openbookpublish.bsky.social! Much more info about it on the publisher site here. www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...

there’s been like 6 in the last thirty years. its never happening. statehood isn’t happening and the status quo is untenable.

the status votes have nothing to do with the status. they are political stunts by the PNP to whip up political support because their right wing neoliberal political project is falling apart.

New blog post to serve as an account of a divestment effort that had been taking place behind the scenes in Cville for the last couple of years. keychange.substack.com/p/see-no-evil

The Kickstarter for Heroes of Midgar, an FFVII string quartet album spearheaded by my bro @israfelcello.bsky.social, launches next Thursday! I'm playing on several tracks! Please consider helping a humble little cellist bring his amazing dream project to life: www.kickstarter.com/projects/her...

Did you guys hear about Will Stancil leaking the Tinder ICE Honey Trap details just to take credit for the work done by women for months (ruining the entire operation by doing so)?

ikea has this new storage chest for kid's rooms that looks like a mimic, and I applaud this kind of thinking. it's good to teach children about the dangers of mimics early, so they don't fall prey to one the first time they go adventuring

i don't know this dog but her precious little face caught me at an emotional moment, thinking about how a gofundme & the kindness of strangers saved my dog's life a few years ago. i hope this sweet girl gets the care she needs.

happy may day! every right you have as a worker was written in blood ❤️

Honored that my band, The Hard Modes, will be a part of the lineup for this inaugural event alongside some of the greatest musicians in our area (and beyond!). Video Game Music x Jazz will be the spectre haunting Rapture on Friday, June 5 @ 9pm 🎷😎