Little Rock, AR
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Born on this day, the very great, singular genius, @Wayne_Shorter Shorter. Words are an inadequate means of expressing the depth of his humanity - you can hear it all in his music. Barche Lamsel
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David Bowie: January 8th 1947 - January 10th 2016
(Photo by Jimmy King 2015)
#BowieForever
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Lou Reed: The King of New York (In Conversation With Will Hermes)
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“My memory of that surreal meeting in 1969 remains a highlight of my sharecropper childhood.” — Janis Kearney on meeting activist Daisy Bates.
66 years ago, Bates helped organize the #LittleRock9.
Read more here: oxfordamerican.org/magazine/…
📷 Gordon Parks, ℅ @GParksFound
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1) Thread for today: I am not going to opine on the Supreme Court's ruling except to tell a story about a late and valued friend. The story will suffice for the sum of my thoughts about affirmative action.
I was working at the student newspaper at the University of Maryland...
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A massive slab of Electric Miles-inspired jams from this new NYC band. Kraut-y rhythms, seething guitar/keyboard duels, rock-solid bass — the good stuff, spread out over the course of two epic-length tracks.
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Returning to AD for her third Lagniappe Session, @ErinRaeMusic is joined by Taylor Zachry to cover “Out On The Side” and “Polly” – both tunes from Gene Clark’s late sixties collaboration with banjo player Doug Dillard. aquariumdrunkard.com/2023/05…
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A recent piece I wrote on Ryuichi Sakamoto (RIP) 4columns.org/dayal-geeta/ryu…
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As I've mentioned, plenty of good bills in #arleg fly under the radar. Of course, some bad ones do too. A prime example is HB1534, which comes off as a casual repeal of an effort Arkansas made to implement the Voting Rights Act to ensure that minority voting power is not diluted.
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The State of the Union and the Problem of Unity
On Bidenism – and the limits and pitfalls of a unity politics that runs the risk of stifling the response to the authoritarian assault on democracy.
New Democracy Americana:thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/…
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Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday. Need reccs? @tywilc has rounded up vintage Motor City jazz, Iranian tanbur improvs, Beefheart-ian scrawls and more killer sounds to get you through the dark days of winter. Load up that cart...
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Honored to be the editor of this volume, which now has a strong claim as the funniest book ever published.
Charles Portis has been called “the least-known great writer” in America—and the LOA edition of his Collected Works (including the classic True Grit) is now available to order through our website, months before it arrives in bookstores this April. loa.org/books/727-collected-…
ALT Charles Portis: Collected Works
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TONIGHT! Our free #SummerStage season is kicking off with an iconic lineup- @herbiehancock, @keyonharrold, and @PeteRock. SEE YOU THERE! 💃🏼
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Independent filmmaker Brent Renaud has been killed in Ukraine. Journalists take unthinkable risks to bear witness to what we need to see. Hurts thinking about them moving without guidance or support, including those who survive but carry the trauma. nytimes.com/2022/03/13/world…
