Hey everyone! I'm extremely excited to announce that today marks the release of the 10th Anniversary Edition of Steve Silberman's ground-breaking NeuroTribes, with a new foreword by John Elder Robison.

This current American presidential administration is run by people who are quite obviously mentally ill, and we need to start talking about that.

If you heard the leader of another nation threatening to unleash the military against his perceived political enemies, what would you call it?

First spin of a 1962 LP I've never seen or heard of before featuring #CalTjader and San Francisco vocalist Mary Stallings. I like her voice, soulful, gospel-fueled. Vinyl is super clean. Bargain bin find at Mill Valley Music. #musicsky #jazzsky #jazz #music

Met for dinner with visiting friends at a vintage mid-century #Sausalito restaurant w/ stunning views of #SanFrancisco and a lovely Blue Heron at our table view. Later a grey Seal arrived swimming around the Heron's hunt space. This pic came out post-card perfect so had to share. #birds #herons

Went to Marin yesterday to see a best friend visiting from NJ. While there, pilgrimaged to Mill Valley #Music for great buys 'n bargains. This 1988 James Moody is sweet (did he make any "bad" records?) recorded by Rudy Van Gelder (was RVG was all digital by this point?) #musicsky #jazzsky #jazz

Periodically I pull out obscure LPs to remind myself why I own them. Here, the surrealist cover was the initial appeal, plus I was exploring jazz/lounge pianist Calvin Jackson's music when I found this in LA (featured on Side 2). 1of3 #musicsky #music #jazzsky #jazz

Afternoon vibe... Another sweet find at the local flea market yesterday for a few bucks... #sonnyrollins #colemanhawkins #musicsky #jazzsky #jazz #music

Morning vibe: Albert Collins 1969 LP Trash Talkin'. Promo copy upgrade from the flea market. Could play this on my best deck but sounds better here. Has odd looking marks on the groove surface (from a bad plastic inner-sleeve) but playing fine. For about 3$ I can't complain. #musicsky #music #blues

Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.” Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-reporting-on-trumps-d1e

Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive: 2015: 332 2016: 383 2017: 347 2018: 335 2019: 414 2020: 611 2021: 689 2022: 644 2023: 659 2024: 503 So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days. We do not have to keep living like this.

Pedal Steel Jazz? A vendor at the local flea market had a crate of steel guitar LPs. Never knew there were so many steel artists out there. I cherry picked. Hal Rugg looked oddly promising: 70s funky jazz fusion, standards & country-rock w/ synths & pedal steel. Somehow it works. #musicsky #jazzsky

I rarely leave behind albums by #BettyeLaVette. Found this 1985 UK Charly Records comp of her '60s Memphis sessions at the flea mkt. I've had a few other incarnations of this material on CD and more recently on a 2022 vinyl comp which appeared oddly on the Sun label. 1of2 #musicsky #music

Did I need a 2nd stereo #Mingus “Blues & Roots” when I own a decent 1961 copy? For 6$? Yes, especially when Claude Nobs (founder of Montreux Jazz Festival) was involved in this German reissue from 1976. Generally sounds excellent, vinyl pristine. Neat cover variant. #musicsky #jazzsky #jazz #music

Thinking about this week's news items, I had a sudden urge to hear Graham Parker's The Up Escalator... #musicsky #music

Kicking off the weekend with another spin of the 50th anniversary restoration of the 1975 #GratefulDead classic Blues for Allah. My listening report just posted on Analog Planet (dot com) for those interested in understanding how this differs from other pressings you may have heard. #musicsky #music

More deep diving into the 50th Anniversary restorations of The #GratefulDead 's 1975 classic Blues For Allah, today my listening report on the new 180-gram vinyl remaster is on Analog Planet (dot com). #musicsky #music www.analogplanet.com/content/grat...

A happenstance email exchange with a friend prompted an earworm for this classic 1975 live #NilsLofgren LP recorded at The Record Plant in Sausalito. Originally a promo only release for radio, its popularity promoted pirate copies to appear in indy stores back in the day. Cont'd #musicsky #music

BREAKING: Sinclair FOLDS and ends its preemption of Jimmy Kimmel Live! The show will return tonight on Sinclair's ABC affiliates.

Morning vibe, first spin of an original 1962 stereo #LeeMorgan Quintet album on Riverside Records subsidiary Jazzland. Found in the stacks at Amoeba for 8$. Good starter copy. Never have seen this show up anywhere, even a reissue... #music #jazz #musicsky #jazzsky

This afternoon's road tunes was the 2CD Rhino CD of my favorite #ElvisCostello LP, Get Happy. Amazing bonus disc: B-sides, alternate takes, demos, live tracks. It'd make a great 2LP Alternate Get Happy for #RSD (just sayin'!). EC a tremendous composer was right out of the gate. #musicsky #music

A 79-year-old Van Nuys car wash owner — who is a U.S. citizen — has filed a federal civil rights claim seeking $50 million after he says he was violently body slammed and pinned by federal agents during an ICE immigration raid at his business on September 9.

Periodically I need to go back in time before heading forward... This is a fun compilation of late 20s/early 30 recordings featuring Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Fats Waller, Lonnie Johnson, Carl Kress and many others under the moniker "The Chocolate Dandies." Cont'd #musicsky #jazzsky #jazz

Last spin for the night is a bit of surf-sploitation: 1968 film soundtrack "The Golden Breed." A Mike Curb project, Davie Allan & The Arrows perform as "The Back-Wash Rhythm Band." Some of this is truly awful (especially the vocal theme songs). But... cont'd #musicsky #music #surfmusic

I'm at that stage of exploring Brazilian #jazz where I'll trust my gut & try most anything if it looks/feels of a certain vintage, knowing I probably won't see another copy. This is likely a '70s or 80s reissue of a 1969 LP on Brazilian Odeon by "Som Tres" (aka Som 3). Cont'd #musicsky #jazzsky

Yes, I do have some #BlueNote LPs. Actually have 2 of this #CannonballAdderley classic. Now playing the nicer/earlier copy gifted to me by an angel a few years ago. RVG stamp, Plastylite ear, etc. No address on label. Probably 1962 or 64 repress. Sounds wonderful. #musicsky #jazzsky #music #jazz

Trump's second term has been filled with chaos and dysfunction. But none of it is random. It's part of a plot to spread cynicism and get you to check out. Oligarchs don't want you to keep paying attention. That's how they win. Don't tune out. Don't let them win.

More good morning energy from the great Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, 1971 LP My Goals Beyond. Splitvacoustic/electric, just before fusion pioneers Mahavishnu Orchestra took flight. I did not know a promo like this even existed until I found this beautiful copy along the way. #musicsky #jazzsky #jazz

Last spin for the night by session super group Afrique (w/ David T Walker, Charles Kynard, Chuck Rainey, Paul Humphrey and others). Parts of this are good. Not sure they needed to cover Santo & Johnny's "Sleepwalk," however... Bargain bin find....

Kind of surreal that a government official was caught taking a $50,000 cash bribe and there's not even a question that he will continue serving as it nothing ever happened. Like even the most basic standards of public accountability are a joke.

Record Rescue - Behold the most difficult restoration I've attempted. If this 1959 #StanGetz reissue of early 1949/50 sides wasn't as seemingly obscure as it is, I might not have tried. But the LP is in decent shape and it was a curious challenge. Cont'd. #musicsky #jazzsky #music #jazz

Some of us do.

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Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in. Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol. It's like his work never happened.

The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.

Appropriate morning energy. I knew I had this 1982 #Madness UK singles comp. but for the price I couldn't leave it behind in the bargain bin. Turns out my copy does not have the gatefold sleeve and is on the regular B&W Stiff Records label. Now the question remains: (cont'd) #musicsky #music

Last spin for the night... more acoustic guitar open tuning bliss from Glenn Jones... #musicsky #music

Some moments I just can't with words AND music so I have a section of my collection that is mostly just guitar oriented instrumental #music. This is one of many fine albums I own by New England's master guitarist Glenn Jones. For fans of Leo Kottke, John Fahey, Adrian Legg, Jorma, etc. #musicsky

Finally connecting with Camel after many tries. I think it has something to with hearing an original UK pressing vs. US editions. This feels alive, the music a jumping mad mashup of Jethro Tull, Parachute-era Pretty Things, Pink Floyd, Nektar and Genesis. Good bargain bin therapy 🌞 #musicsky #music

My listening report on Resonance Records' excellent restoration of legendary saxophonist (and long time Thelonious Monk side man) Charlie Rouse's beautiful 1977 Brazilian album "Cinnamon Flower" is now on eCoustics (dot com). #musicsky #music #jazzxky #jazz www.ecoustics.com/music/charli...

Giving another listen to legendary saxophonist (and long time Thelonious Monk side man) Charlie Rouse's beautiful 1977 Brazilian album "Cinnamon Flower." My listening report on Resonance Records' excellent restoration is now on eCoustics (dot com). #musicsky #jazzsky #music #jazz #brazilianmusic

Things that make me happy: When @mineralcup.bsky.social & Fat Bear Week overlap.

Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]

Finally restored the cover to this rare 1960 Benny Golson LP. Here you can see it before (pic from July on left) and after. And yes, I have the fine new Craft reissue (which I reviewed) but given its scarcity I felt compelled to preserve this original for posterity. 1of2 #musicsky #jazzsky #jax

Just when you thought the AI thing couldn't get any weirder... www.wired.com/story/meta-l...

Glassy-Eyed: Found this nice promo of North Star on Virgin distributed by CBS. Turns out I already had it but on Virgin distributed by Jem (different label design). There is yet another version also on Virgin but with a different cover & label design! So which is the "original"? #musicsky #music

And then I found another #CalTjader album I'd never seen before, this from 1961 in beautiful condition. Flea market fiver find. Sounds great. This may be his first for #VerveRecords. #musicsky #jazzsky #music #jazz

Wonder if the TikTokkers will figure out that their platform is now even less cool than FB... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...