Steve Thornton says fight fascism and protect trans kids (and grownups).
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Well, I'm no JAG, but yes, I think illegal, for following reasons: 1. Civilian vessel 2. Not self-defense 3. No attempt at interdiction (i.e. disable engines) 4. Int'l waters 5. No PID on folks in boat (could be civilians) 6. No declared state of war or hostilities so unclear authorization
There's a guy under the table with a fake arm on a stick.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Donald Byrd, Caricatures, Blue Note, 1976. Byrd, Alphonse Mouzon, Harvey Mason, Patrice Rushen, Jerry Peters, Fonce Mizell, Skip Scarborough, John Rowin, David T. Walker, Bernard "Beloyd" Taylor, Scott Edwards, James Jamerson, more. Jazz-Funk, Disco even.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Ramsey Lewis Trio, Upendo Ni Pamoja, Columbia, 1972. Ramsey Lewis, p, el. p; Cleveland Eaton, b, el. b; Morris Jennings, d, perc. Funky, occasionally spacy soul jazz. Sampled by Souls of Mischief, Beck, and numerous others.
I remember back in the day every September some students would get their moving van stuck under a low overpass on Storrow Drive.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Curtis Fuller, Cabin in the Sky, Impulse!, 1962. More lush strings from Manny Albam, but less syrupy this time, and mostly big band. Curtis Fuller, Hank Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Costa, Art Davis, Barry Galbraith, Osie Johnson, +13 more.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Herbie Hancock, The Prisoner, Blue Note, 1970 [this is the 2015 75th anniversary reissue]. Hancock, Johnny Coles, Joe Henderson, Garnett Brown, Buster Williams, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Hubert Laws, Tony Studd, Jack Jeffers.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning The First Modern Piano Quartet, A Gallery of Gershwin, Coral, 1958. Manny Albam and his Orchestra, with Dick Marx, Eddie Costa, Hank Jones, and Johnny Costa. 16 strings, 4 tr, 2 trb, 2 as, 2 ts, cl, d, b, g. Easy listening but OK, with some florid piano. Not a keeper.
music union in L.A., and as the first Black musician in the Oscars ceremony, and a million other things he accomplished, this record among them. Collette, ts, as, fl; John Anderson, tp; Gerald Wiggins, p; Jimmy Hall, g; Curtis Counce, b; Chico Hamilton, d. Buddy wrote 5 of the tunes.
...this copy, still in shrink, I had to have it. Buddy Collette is my hero. The book of interviews with Buddy by Steven Isoardi, Generations in Jazz, is a fascinating look at the long-gone Central Avenue jazz scene in Los Angeles. Of particular interest is Buddy's central role in integrating the ...
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Tanganyika: Modern American Jazz, Dig, 1956 [this is the 1985 reissue on V.S.O.P]. A collector's story: I have 3 copies now - 2 originals on Dig, 1 in absolutely thrashed condition with half the cover gone; one slightly better but still pretty beat. So when I saw ...
Good job, Donnie.
Is Miami now the most hated club in MLS, despite the presence of the GOAT and all the other superannuated galácticos? It is in my household.
As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle
Sounders play at Miami in two weeks. I'm hoping for quick reds for Suarez and Busquets when they start of "continuing the dialog".
Tell us about your guy Luis Suarez and how he likes spit in old men's faces.
90% sure this is Luis Suarez spitting on a Sounders staff member
Miami Sore Losers. Suarez craps on the game for what, the sixth time? The fact is, Seattle is better than you.
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
This whole thing is great but the highlighted bit made me laugh out loud. 😂 Marlon on Snoop:
RFK wants all sick and or disabled people to die, the sooner the better. Could be you. Definitely will be people you know.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Gene Ammons, Up Tight!, Prestige, 1962. Ammons, tenor; Walter Bishop or Patti Bown, piano; George Duvivier or Arthur Davis, bass; Art Taylor, drums; Ray Barretto, "congra" [sic]. Especially cool to see a rare Patti Bown appearance. I love Gene Ammons!
That's it. My head starts spinning.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Phil Woods Quartet with Gene Quill, Phil Talks With Quill, Epic, 1959 [1998 reissue]. Woods & Quill, altos; Bob Corwin, piano; Sonny Dallas, bass; Nick Stabulas, drums.
We did a little road trip this week. Here's the bridge to Astoria, OR. There's a lovely little record store there, called The Lonely Crab. This bridge is frankly terrifying, but beautiful.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Johnny Coles, Little Johnny C, Blue Note, 1963 [1970 reissue]. Coles, trumpet; Leo Wright, alto & flute; Joe Henderson, tenor; Duke Pearson, p; Bob Crenshaw, b; Walter Perkins or Pete La Roca, d. Let's get back to some hard swinging hard bop!
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Bobby Hutcherson, The View from the Inside, Blue Note, 1977. Hutcherson, vibes; Manny Boyd, tenor and soprano sax; James Leary, bass; Eddie Marshall, drums; Larry Nash, piano & electric piano.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Donald Byrd, Fancy Free, Blue Note, 1969. Byrd, trumpet; Frank Foster, tenor; Lew Tabackin, flute; Julian Priester, trombone; Duke Pearson, electric piano; Roland Wilson, bass; Jimmy Ponder, guitar; Joe Chambers, drums; Nat Bettis & John Robinson, percussion.
Seems odd to put up a portrait of a fellow who killed 600,000 US soldiers.
Spurs in absolute shambles today. #COYS
Gurgh.
So, 6-5 then?
The only good Trump is a dead Trump.
Cool. What's your success rate? I think most of it's on the streaming services, but I've never really looked. The only thing I use Spotify for is traveling. I hope you haven't encountered too many duds - I know I have!
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Doug Carn, "Revelation", Black Jazz, 1973 (this is the 2021 reissue on Real Gone Music]. Doug Carn, p, el. p, org, synth; Jean Carn, voc; Olu Dara, voc, tp, alto horn; Rene McClean, voc, as, ts, fl; Nathan Page, g; Walter Booker, b; Earl McIntyre, tp; Ira Williams, d.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning John Patton, Accent on the Blues, Blue Note, 1969. Patton, organ; Marvin Cabell, tenor, flute, saxello; James Ulmer, guitar; Leroy Williams, drums.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Wynton Kelly, Kelly at Midnite, Vee Jay, 1960 [this is the 1977 Japanese reissue]. Kelly, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums.
Read a book, dipshit.
It's hard on the body to be remote-controlled by a brain parasite like those ants with Cordyceps fungus. He should be sprouting fruiting bodies soon.
ChatGPT is encouraging in extreme detail murder and suicide. It should be shut down. Just pull the plug; no one will miss it except a handful of Silicon Valley billionaires and the window lickers who believe them.
The radical 10-watt light bulb.
Be sure to do your praying as loudly and publicly as possible. It's what Jesus would have wanted (along with an AR rifle and a raspberry White Claw).
2028? I'm all in on his third win in 2036! What could possibly be wrong?
the 146th shooting at a k-12 school so far in 2025. the 146th shooting at a k-12 school so far in 2025. the 146th shooting at a k-12 school so far in 2025.
Unfortunately yes, it was absolutely justified.
For some of us I think it's fair to say that Sarah saved our lives. Thank you so much.
"I am a hater, which is a kind of integrity."
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
What he means is, "I see kids in the airport who are inferior and need to die, so that other better kids can live, and improve the race", because he's an asshole and a nitwit.
Sounders up 0-2 in the 90th, pinhead announcer says, twice in a row, "it only takes one, it only takes one".
One day soon he's going to barricade himself in his office, shouting "I've got a gun, and Ani's in here with me, and I'll kill her if I don't get a helicopter to Mars immediately".
You gotta clap your hands loudly before you say it
I had an NYC roommate at one point who was a coked out Venezuelan who loudly spanked his Japanese girlfriend every night while she shouted "OH SERGIO" the whole time, and spent every other waking moment obsessively scrubbing the apartment floors.
The daughters of Hermann Göring's aide - who refused for years to talk with art-theft investigators - put their home in Argentina up for sale, and GUESS WHAT.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Grant Green, Green Street, Blue Note, 1961 [this is the 1995 "limited edition" reissue]. Green, guitar; Ben Tucker, bass; Dave Bailey, drums. Early Green, just spectacular.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Chester Thompson, Powerhouse, Black Jazz, 1971 [2021 reissue by Real Gone Music]. Thompson, organ; Raymond Pound, drums; Rudolph Johnson, tenor sax; Al Hall, trombone. Former Tower of Power and Santana organist with a record that would make a Blue Note dude jealous.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning The Freedom Sounds Featuring Wayne Henderson, Soul Sound System, Atlantic, 1968. Henderson, tb; Willie Gresham, ts; Jimmy Benson, bs, fl; Pancho Bristol, b; Harold Land, Jr, p; Chino Valdez & Moises Oblagacion, conga; Matt Hutcherson, vib; Fred Hampson, d.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Illinois Jacquet, the Black Velvet Band, Bluebird/RCA, 1988. Recorded 1947, 1949, 1950, 1967. The last track is the Lionel Hampton Orchestra reprising their seminal "Flying Home" performance including Jacquet's famous solo at Newport.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Calvin Keys, Full Court Press, Tidal Waves Music, 2022 [reissue of Olive Branch, 1985]. Keys & Floyd "Butch" Bonner, g; Michael Saucier, John Heard, & John Haynes, b; Donnie Beck, b, synth; Lew Michaels, p, synth; Michael Thompson, synth; Curly Martin, d; others.
Remind me again who the danger is on our streets?
Hitler's ability to negotiate was hindered by the bullet hole he put in his own head.
For weirdo stuff, Wall of Sound on Capitol Hill. For Jazz, Jive Time in Fremont
They gaslit you all throughout the election.
Words/phrases Democrats should never use: * bipartisan * my Republican friends * real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans) * yea (when voting on Republican bills) * distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did) * woke (in derogatory sense)
please point me to an example of a democratic politicians using this language in communications with voters. should be easy if it is so prevalent. and also, grouping NGOs into this is you doing the thing i am criticizing. bsky.app/profile/matt...
38-0-0, I can feel it.
I can easily get thirteen US quarters in my nose, which looks pretty small on the outside.
Goddammit
He doesn't even know what it is, just that it's gold. He will be satisfied with a painted lead replica, like the scrambled egg he's sprayed all over the Oval Office.
I've watched every World Cup since 1986, until Qatar. I'm boycotting this one too.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Various, Baz Fe Jazz Presents Dance the Latin Groove, Charly (UK), 1988. Baz was a popular DJ in the UK during the 80s-90s "acid jazz" boom. Tracks by Quartet Tres Bien, Eddie Cano, Candido, Johnny Zamot, Dave Pike, Chico O'Farrell [sic, O'Farrill], and their bands.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Karl Drewo, Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie, Rearward/Schema (Italy), 2009 [reissue of Metronome (Germany), 1961]. Drewo, ts; Francy Boland, p; Jean Warland, b; Joe Harris, d; Chris Kellens, Raymond Droz, Otto Bredl, trb.
Must read story. Misinformation from DOGE and Elon about USIP-funded work of an Afghani working with the US against the Taliban leads to his family’s kidnapping by the Taliban
I still hate penalties but it's better when you win. Thomas is Number One. Now I just hope I don't see Musovski celebrating.
I hate penalties. #sounders
How'm I supposed to eat a hundred dollar bill?
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Mel Henke, Dig, Contemporary, 1955. Henke, piano; Bill Newman, guitar; Bob Reed, bass; Lou Singer, drums. Not quite a representative West Coast "cool" sound, probably because Henke is a Chicagoan.
I tried to call but the payphone was out of order.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Various, Jumpin' Jazz, pHo, 1996. "Real jazz for those who feel jazz" - Grant Green, Melvin Sparks, Lou Donaldson, Johnny Lytle, Houston Person, Mark Murphy, Big John Patton, Eddie Jefferson, and many more. Terrific stuff from '72-'82. Soul jazz!
Discogs says they were recorded live at the Royal Roost nightclub in NYC in 1948 and 1949.
What if the wind from a turbine catches a solar panel, and it flies through the air and cuts your whole family in half? What then? Checkmate, libs!
Bikes are like cameras - the best one is the one you have with you. If you have a $15k Canon outfit with eight lenses, that's great, but if it's home in a bag, it's not great. Same with fancy bikes (which I covet, don't get me wrong). The bike that carries my groceries is the best.
I'd go in a heartbeat if I could. Marseille on my list too (thanks to a book by William Firebrace).
You nap between tuna cans? Muy interesante....
I adore crowds, plus so, so many record stores. My wife loves the latter but not the former, alas.
I've never been there! My last visit to London was a while ago. I literally wore out a pair of shoes there on my first visit. The Black Friar pub is my favorite place on earth I think.
London is a great walking city. That's why it's a great city, period. Amsterdam, New York, San Francisco, Montreal, Melbourne, Paris, Mexico City, Sydney, Liverpool are also great cities for the same reason. I want to find more. (Is that Kingly Court?)
from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning The Spirit of Charlie Parker, World Wide, 1958. Frank Wess, fl; Bobby Jaspar, fl, cl; Seldon Powell, fl, ts; Frank Rehak, trb; Eddie Costa, p, vb; George Duvivier, b; Bobby Donaldson, d.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Al Grey & Jimmy Forrest, O.D.* (*out 'dere), Greyforrest, 1980. Grey, tb; Forrest, ts; Don Patterson, org; Peter Leitch, g; Charlie Rice, d. These old Basieites can still play; the title track sounds like James Brown! Forrest passed away shortly after.
I want it!
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning The Young-Holt Unlimited, The Beat Goes On, Demon (UK), 2021 [reissue of 1967 Brunswick]. Hysear Don Walker, piano; Eldee Young, bass, cello, vocals; Red Holt, drums. Smokin' soul jazz from Chicago.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning The Clifford Brown Big Band in Paris, Original Jazz Classics, 1989 [reissue of Prestige 1970; recorded 1953]. Brown, Art Farmer, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Cleveland, Gigi Gryce, and numerous others.
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning Howard McGhee, That Bop Thing, Bethlehem, 1978 [reissue of The Return of Howard McGhee, 1956]. McGhee, tp; Sahib Shihab, sax; Duke Jordan, p; Percy Heath, b; "Philly Joe" Jones, d. Does what it says on the tin -- that bop thing.
Alt text - R. Crumb cartoon of a dejected guy sitting at a bus stop, thinking "No matter how many records I get I'm never satisfied; I gotta get more. I've tried to quit but I can't. What am I gonna do? This is like being a junky!!"
#jazzsky #vinylsky #nowspinning The Three Sounds, It Just Got to Be, Blue Note, 1963 [1970 reissue]. Gene Harris, piano; Andrew Simpkins, bass; Bill Dowdy, drums. Outstanding Bluesy, jaunty soul jazz from a too-often overlooked piano trio.
