Jeff Golick
@jgolick.bsky.social
Mostly books, music, dogs. DJ, D:O Radio, on WFMU's Drummer stream, @gtdradio.bsky.social. Cookie enthusiast. he/him (Formerly @drewledrew.)
"Today is August 4, 2026." Can't find my copy of The Martian Chronicles to take a photo of the actual published story, but it remains a collection well worth reading 76 years later: bookshop.org/a/862/9781668094853 #books #writing
happy there will come soft rains day to all those who partake
I would like to report a missing word, 🐝. Where was rickrack yesterday?
RIP Jeff Conolly. One of the greatest frontmen of the 80s/90s. I saw the Lyres play a LOT back in the day.
Help you Ann (Album Version)
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Sisyphus over here like haha look at this ahole
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) is set to introduce legislation to create a new federal agency to investigate corruption in response to President Trump’s administration ahead of the midterm elections.
Pioneering L.A. assemblage artist Betye Saar, who ‘liberated’ Aunt Jemima, dies days before her 100th birthday https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-07-27/betye-saar-dead-artist-assemblage-aunt-jemima-99?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
One of my favorite Braxton albums is COMPOSITION NO. 94 (rec. 1980, rel. 1999, Leo Records), with James Emery & Ray Anderson. Nice to see that this previously unreleased Braxton/Emery duo session just came out: ARTICULATIONS (rec. 1992) jamesemery.bandcamp.com/album/articu...
Articulations, by James Emery & Anthony Braxton
6 track album
jamesemery.bandcamp.com
If you’re in line to perform in the World Cup final halftime show, stay in line!
Fun @archive.org artifact: An album by Sol Babitz explaining (with examples) why baroque music was being played so, so wrong. He would get so passionate on the subject at musicology colloquiums that police would intervene. Also his daughter was Eve Babitz. archive.org/details/lp_t...
The Future Of Baroque Music : Sol Babitz : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Tracklist: 1. Lecture-Demonstration by Sol Babitz 2. Continuation
archive.org
La résponse imprévue, by René Magritte, 1933, 📸 by Robert Gauthier
“Jameis on Fox” is an actual thing? Has this been going on? Was Snoop not available?
Not sure I’ve ever been so agitated watching a game in which I have no rooting interest.
Read the first edition pamphlet of Frederick Douglass' famous 1852 “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?” speech. After he finished speaking there was “a universal burst of applause” and 700 copies of the pamphlet were subscribed to on the spot: publicdomainreview.org/collection/f... #July4th
Yoooo when did this happen: Not Two @bandcamp.com : nottworecords.bandcamp.com/music
Not Two
Not Two Records is a free jazz and avant‑garde label documenting raw, unfiltered live performances and artist‑driven releases. It captures boundary‑breaking music with honesty, intensity, and a deep c...
nottworecords.bandcamp.com
Just heard BBC analyst, re Starmer, reference the Clash song: 'he's got a dilemma: if he goes there will be trouble, if he stays it will be double.' I would like to stress again that this famous lyric is NOT much of a dilemma; you should take the path which causes half as much trouble. Thank you.
RIP Abdullah Ibrahim. This ended up being his last album, in 2024, and it’s rarely been out of rotation on my various devices since it came out.
3, by Abdullah Ibrahim
21 track album
abdullahibrahim.bandcamp.com
RIP to Abdullah Ibrahim. Here is a fine recent career overview, from the NYRB: archive.ph/0xgN0
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Rest in Power, maestro Abdullah Ibrahim. Here is a fine NPR Music obit by Martin Johnson.
mitchell & ness website being downright disrespectful rn
[N][Q] trains are running with delays in both directions due to heavy crowds in Midtown Manhattan.