Just because records are already catalogued, I am spending a week off from work making a list of the books in my house. Living room done, bedroom and basement next.
Sharing this thread from yesterday as @negativlandland.bsky.social are providing some great details on their planned reissue series that's coming together. Shout out to @sidfudd.bsky.social, as credited in the thread, for the work being done! Can't wait! cc @steadystate.bsky.social
Negativland@negativlandland.bsky.social · last wk.NEGATIVLAND’S SECOND ALBUM , “POINTS,” IS NOW ON BANDCAMP, AND OUR FIRST ALBUM RE-ISSUE IS… ALMOST HERE! negativlandland.bandcamp.com/album/points It's taken us an embarrassingly long forever to get here, but here we are - after endless delays
"No UEFA national teams will participate in any FIFA competition for so long as these proposals remain alive, unless this proposal has been abandoned in its entirety and binding assurances have been given that FIFA will never again open its governance or competitions to private ownership".
Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 national associations
UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions.
uefa.com
I've been digging into the just-launched Jeff Lazar Audio Collection — some killer tapes so far, including Tom Verlaine, Keiji Haino, Neil Young and beyond.
Doom & Gloom From The Tomb
Tom Verlaine - The Ritz, New York City, December 21 / December 22, 1984 Uhh, who's that creepy dude in the parking lot? Nosferatu? Slender Man?!! Oh wait, it's just Tom Verlaine being Tom Verlaine....
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I just escaped from a real-life conversation where someone said, "The last great music act was Linkin Park. After them, music died."
Sir Richard Bishop Hillbilly Erotica Weird America instigator and survivor Sir Richard Bishop expands his hillbilly series with an album of raw, unplugged "moonshine-drunk" sex jams... really! boomkat.com/products/hil...
Ambrose Akinmusire & @maryhalvorson.bsky.social have released a video for “Prelude in the Ash,” the opening track to their new duo album, 'Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings.' It was made by Julia Schimautz from photography by Nicholas Albrecht. youtu.be/wuKDeD5iTCw
Ambrose Akinmusire & Mary Halvorson - Prelude in the Ash (Official Video)
YouTube video by Nonesuch Records
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The greatest photo ever taken. That key! And probably the greatest case of self-sabotage - from teen idol to inscrutably reclusive avant-garde noisenik - in popular music. #ScottWalker
Mephisto, by Joaquín Espalter y Rull, 1872, 📸 by Dan Mullan
The Battle of the Peasants, by M.D. Hout, 17th c
At the Moulin Rouge, The Dance, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1890
I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.
Social media can make a song go viral — even push it up the pop charts — seemingly overnight. Perhaps it's not surprising that some influencers are being paid to promote music without disclosing it. n.pr/4ynw19K
Music influencers are getting paid to promote songs — and they're not telling you
Social media can make a song go viral — even push it up the pop charts — seemingly overnight. Perhaps it's not surprising that some influencers are being paid to promote music without disclosing it.
n.pr
It's funny, and quite telling, how the people I follow (mostly from the US and UK) are among the finest music connosseurs in the world, while people randomly appearing in my Discover feed (mostly Italians) post the most mainstream songs and celebrate them as unforgettable masterpieces.
🇪🇬 Mohamed Fawaz al-Wahidi, Director of Public Relations for the Egyptian Relief Committee in Gaza, was killed yesterday in an Israeli strike. He was one of the individuals organizing public screenings of #2026WorldCup matches for refugees in Gaza.
"Overturn this." 🇺🇸 🇧🇪 A post from the official Belgian national team account following Lukaku's goal that made it 4–1 against the United States - posted after Trump had intervened to overturn the suspension of US striker Balogun. A World Cup summed up in one sentence and two images. #2026WorldCup
Arnold Schwarzenegger going deep on John Coltrane 🎷
Re: the World Cup. The level of the games is a bit lower than we see in national leagues and international tournaments in Europe. The talent is too diluted with 48 teams playing. However, most of the games are entertaining, people are having a good time and that's the only thing that matters.
A classic one. Monty Python's World Cup Team of Philosophers www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjV9...
Monty Python's World Cup Team of Philosophers
YouTube video by Lonnie Goldman
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I thought it'd be a swell idea to create a starter pack of journalists who specialise in throwing light on the dark(er) side of football. It's small for two reasons: there aren't many of us; and I've probably forgotten plenty of excellent people. Thank you for suggesting additions in replies.
jaimie branch was born in Huntington, NY on this day in 1983. breezy would have turned 43 today. 📸 Jeff Caltabiano, Philadelphia, PA, 3.19.22
One of my favorite Cabo Verde facts is that it has a genre of music that arose after an abandoned ship washed up in 1968, carrying hundreds of keyboards and synths
How a mysterious ghost ship brought cosmic disco to Cape Verde
A new compilation documents the strange history of the African country’s groove-laden sound, formed following the discovery of a boatload of synths
theguardian.com