Gato Barbieri - Chapter Two: Hasta Siempre (ABC, 1974) Gato’s four 70s “chapter” LPs belong in the Cheap Heat Hall of Fame—very often a bargain, very often in the stacks, and always worth having.

Trump in 2020: “The USMCA is the largest, most significant, modern, and balanced trade agreement in history. All our countries will benefit.” Trump today: “We have big deficits with Canada…I look at some of the deals made and I think who the hell made these deals, they’re so bad.”

I’m sure I’m not the only naturalized citizen who suddenly feels like a lot of people will never think of them as truly “American,” no matter how long they’ve lived here. It doesn’t bother me too much personally but I feel awful for immigrant children who had come to feel like they truly belong

Not the kind of gesture you like to see go viral but here we are

It’s so ridiculous how much they’re focusing on this stuff instead of, like, the economy. In fact other than promising to impose tariffs on our allies, have they come up with any sort of economic plan?

“We need everyone in the office five days a week and also we want you all to quit your jobs” is certainly an innovative managerial approach

All-wax show chock-full o’ goodies streaming LIVE! right now at ashevillefm.org

Current reads. The China Mieville and Henry Green books had been on my shelf for eons; the Goldsworthy is a new acquisition (along with his Augustus bio). Very much enjoying all three.

Oliver Lake - Holding Together (Black Saint, 1976) A real beaut

Bunch o’ jangle pop & catchy punk nugs on the show this Saturday, tune in wherever you are

Cecil Taylor - Silent Tongues: Live at Montreux ‘74 (Arista, 1975) #freejazz #jazzvinyl #jazz #vinyl

Afternoon Discman companion: Axis / Another Revolvable Thing: Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit In Concert (Rec. 1975; Blank Forms, 2020)

Gil Evans And His Orchestra - There Comes A Time (RCA, 1976) Feat. David Sanborn, Hannibal Marvin Peterson, Ryo Kawasaki, Billy Harper and many more; named after (and includes an epic version of) the Tony Williams Lifetime title track as well as a reworking of Jimi Hendrix’s “Little Wing.”

Woody Shaw - Woody III (Columbia, 1979) Like most of his output, both breathtaking on a technical level and incredibly accessible

Charles Bobo Shaw and Human Arts Ensemble - Junk Trap (Black Saint, 1978) Real fun one. “Night Dreamer” FTW #jazz #freejazz #jazzvinyl #vinyl

TFW you pick up a record you’ve never heard of on the basis of the label and it rewards you a millionfold Walter Bishop Jr.’s 4th Cycle - Keeper Of My Soul (Black Jazz, 1973/2021) #jazz #jazzvinyl #vinylrecords

Albert Ayler in Greenwich Village (Impulse, 1967/1975) 🔥

Better than that Mastodon thing, that’s for sure.

Art Ensemble of Chicago - Certain Blacks (America, 1970) When the nation takes its fascist tendencies into overdrive, I reach for America’s greatest gift to the world: free fuckin’ jazz #jazz #freejazz #vinyl #jazzvinyl

Billy Harper - Black Saint (Black Saint, 1975) First release on the Black Saint label. All killer but the 21-minute epic “Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart” is a religious experience #jazz #vinyl #jazzvinyl

Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction Unit - April Is the Cruellest Month (rec. 1975; Blank Forms, 2019). The sidelong maelstrom “My Friend, Blood Shaking My Heart” is all-consuming 🔥 #jazz #freejazz #vinyl

This comp of dreamy 70s cuts from the great Nigerian highlife group Celestine Ukwu and His Philosophers National is hitting just right atm #jazz #highlife #africanmusic #vinyl