Such an amazing album. RIP Doom. #5debutalbumssf3 m.youtube.com/watch?v=rS1c... Madvillain, 'Good Day', from Madvillainy (2004)
Madvillain - Great Day
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Jason Finch
@jasonpfinch.bsky.social
Turku-based academic (Prof. of English, Åbo Akademi U). Londoner; St Louis fan; Estophile. Books, cities, trams, metros, weird old cars, jazz, blues, hip-hop, THFC, England cricket, STL Cards.
"Students anted to know what their classmates thought rather than what a large language model produced; they wanted to wrestle with difficult readings+complex ideas. They didn’t want to outsource any of this effort to gen AI. They wanted to do the work.” www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Students as Conscientious Objectors to Gen AI (opinion)
We should listen to them—and treat their objections with respect.
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A great among debut albums in any genre, this truly deserves to reach the final (i.m.h.o.). Worth it for Prince Paul's magnificent beats and sampling alone. The three emcees are so good too. #5debutalbumssf3 m.youtube.com/watch?v=sL1U... De La Soul, 'Say No Go' from 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
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Still goes hard as hell. Rock that sh*t, homey. #5debutalbumssf3 Flav at his finest. The album blew my head off when I first heard it, on a home-taped copy via a big portable stereo in Birmingham, UK, 1990. m.youtube.com/watch?v=M850... Public Enemy, 'M.P.E.', from Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
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Unlike many jazzers, Freddie Hubbard sprang out fully formed as a leader, first and foremost a trumpet viruoso. This is one of the first jazz albums I got into, back in the early 2010s. A strong contender for my #5debutalbumssf3. m.youtube.com/watch?v=_slY... 'Open Sesame' from Open Sesame (1960)
Open Sesame (Remastered 2002/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
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First on my list in #5debutalbumssf3 and the only one I'm pretty much sure of at this stage. m.youtube.com/watch?v=GUtq... Gil Scott-Heron, 'Lady Day and John Coltrane' from Pieces of a Man (1971).
Gil Scott-Heron - Lady Day And John Coltrane
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Richard Shaw@richards7370.bsky.social · last wk.Hi folks, please find to follow the list of 100 albums making up the 3rd semi final of our debut albums competition. Voting commences Friday 14th August, your challenge will be to determine your top 5 in order of preference. In the meantime please use #5DebutAlbumsSF3 to recommend your favourites.
Another masterpiece available in #5debutalbumssf2. I'm no audio nerd nowadays, but in 1987 I saved all of the money from my first summer office job to buy a hi-fi that would do justice to this. youtu.be/CL6OdjZrWBI?... The Blue Nile, 'Automobile Noise' from A Walk Across the Rooftops (1984).
The Blue Nile - Automobile Noise (Official Audio)
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Great to see this absolute classic of hard bop in #5debutalbumssf2, sounding fresh as a daisy 63 years on from the session at the Van Gelder. It'll be in my five -- give it a listen for yours. youtu.be/3c9zSAVWKEs?... Joe Henderson, 'Recorda Me, from Page One (1963) #jazz
Recorda Me
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Best story about America I've read during the World Cup. By far. This stuff has been going on through multiple administrations, GOP and Dem. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘This is a hellhole’: Aramco makes its presence hurt in the shadow of the World Cup
The oil giant’s sponsorship deal with Fifa has featured prominently at matches in Houston. But 100 miles away in another Texas city, residents say the firm’s refinery is exposing them to poisonous gas...
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#5debutalbumssf1 m.youtube.com/watch?v=kxNJ... What an album. Sade, 'Hang On To Your Love' from Diamond Life (1984)
Sade - Hang On To Your Love - Official - 1984
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#5debutalbumssf1 Totally in awe of what Paterson and the others did on this album. m.youtube.com/watch?v=zSy2... The Orb, 'Spanish Castles in Space' from The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1991).
Spanish Castles In Space
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Not sure how many of these I'll manage but I'm going to have a crack, if you'll excuse the potential pun. Early on it was all about N16/E8/E5. m.youtube.com/watch?v=r_nV... #DrumNBreak Rum & Black, Tablet Man (1991?)
AA - Rum & Black - Tablet Man
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David Xavier Gentry@dxsuperpremium.bsky.social · last mo.An easy July #MusicChallenge. #NewMusicChallenge A tribute to electronic music genres originating in the UK. Post any Drum N Bass, Jungle, Breakbeat, Dubstep song each day in July with the hashtag #DrumNBreak. Co-hosted by @coinneachrooney.bsky.social Post any time. Early posts begin June 30.
An easy July #MusicChallenge. #NewMusicChallenge A tribute to electronic music genres originating in the UK. Post any Drum N Bass, Jungle, Breakbeat, Dubstep song each day in July with the hashtag #DrumNBreak. Co-hosted by @coinneachrooney.bsky.social Post any time. Early posts begin June 30.
#5debutalbumssf1 utterly badass collision between an excellent British electric blues band and a oneoff talent from across the pond. A must for me. m.youtube.com/watch?v=_whI... The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 'Red House' from Are You Experienced (1967)
Red House
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Commonly (and rightly) judged as one of the greatest rock albums ever made, this is first on the list for me in #5debutalbumssf1. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jow9... 'Venus in Furs', from The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
Venus in furs - The Velvet Underground
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Richard Shaw@richards7370.bsky.social · 2mo agoHi folks, we’ve reached the semi final stage of our debut albums competition, 400 albums remain, we’ll split these over 4 semi finals, first up on Friday 3rd July will be #5DebutAlbumsSF1 Attached are the 100 albums in SF1, voting in 3 wks time, in the meantime use the hashtag for recommendations 👍
Certainly put its stamp on this country.
Miles turns 100 tomorrow and on balance this is the one I'd like played at my funeral. Almost the last time with J.C. 22 March 1960, Konserthuset, Stockholm. m.youtube.com/watch?v=R7La... #miles100 #milesdavis #jazz Wynton on this. A couple more to follow, one tomorrow and one the day after.
Clearly one of our #5debutalbums9599. If you say otherwise -- I disagree! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq_3... Lauryn Hill, 'Lost Ones', from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
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Probably the greatest rock n roll record ever: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbgj...
Larry Williams - Heeby Jeebies
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Anyone talks about the greatest 7" of all time this should be in there: m.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1F...
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
Another huge album. Ce-Lo announcing himself. #5debutalbums9599 Goodie Mob, 'Dirty South' from Soul Food (1995) m.youtube.com/watch?v=rFYh...
Goodie Mob - Dirty South
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Absolutely top-notch hip hop album this, among so many good 'uns from the era. #5debutalbums9599 m.youtube.com/watch?v=eeTn... Black Star, feat. Common, 'Respiration', from Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star (1998)
Black Star - Respiration ft. Common
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Diarmaid MacCulloch reviews ‘Silence of the Gods’ in the @lrb.co.uk 📚🇱🇹
London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 3mo ago‘“Westerners” have told themselves a story of their past dominated by a fluke in human history: the rise of a single religion, Christianity, to gain a monopoly over the vast majority of medieval Europe. It’s easy to miss how unusual this is.’ Diarmaid MacCulloch: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Hardly in the top drawer intellectually among #5debutalbums9599 hip-hop albums but it does contain some incredible bangers: m.youtube.com/watch?v=pptL... Busta Rhymes, 'Abandon Ship' (feat. Rampage the Last Boy Scout) from The Coming (1996)
Abandon Ship (feat. Rampage the Last Boy Scout)
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Top 2 or 3 in #5debutalbums9599 for me. m.youtube.com/watch?v=skAq... Huge #lowfi #hip-hop record. MF DOOM, 'Operation: Greenbacks' from Operation: Doomsday (1999) Ahead of all the Wu-Tang solo ones for me, much as I love those, because DD truly went out there with this one.
MF Doom-Operation: Greenbacks
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FWIW, I don’t think the major problem in my field, or related ones, is that people need to move faster & produce more. I read a lot of papers as part of the job, and I’m increasingly convinced we’d benefit from fewer papers and better ones, not more mediocre work produced ever more “efficiently.”