“Fascism comes to power where liberals and social democrats fail to fight against it, and the Left gets blamed for being dogmatic, sectarian, etc. - Aijaz Ahmad
portisheadcanon
@thediscocat.bsky.social
armchair C O S M I C sociology, dad jokes, funk freaks Virginia, insufferable descriptors in bio, jazz director at WRIR, occasional dj, sound design, and dreams of a better possible tomorrow Booking / inquiries: sean@loveallday.com
Playing a mix of jazz tunes this morning on @wrir973fm.bsky.social until 1PMEDT! If you are local tune in via your radio, everyone else can find it online at WRIR.ORG or by using your radio streaming app of choice!
To me rn a lot of contemporary American music feels more like a neoliberal cos play of past cultural movements than anything radical or reflective of the brutalizing era we live in.
lil miss big boy@lighter.bsky.social · 5d agoPost your hottest music take. Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.
whenever someone is like “you can’t simply do what Mamdani is doing in [non-NYC place]” the next question should only ever be “why not try?”
This morning’s earworm comes directly to you from Saturday night’s set, an Italo classic that makes me think of a friend who always used to play it when he lived here with vocoder to boooooot it’s Digital Emotion’s Get Up! Action And yes, I DO wanna funk, do you? youtu.be/xDRYOJrzXF4
Digital Emotion Get up! Action 1983
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Perfectly content knowing there are still so many Sun Ra recordings I have never heard. I know as a weirdo millennial that AnCo is my Dead but it’s never gonna be the same as oh yeah let’s run that version of the Arkestra
“We are losing a lot of music that will never be made.” - Liz Pelly in Mood Machine
Playing some jazz tunes this morning on @wrir973fm.bsky.social now until 1PMEDT Starting off a lil free and exploratory with some releases from spiritmuse records Tune in if you're curious: www.wrir.org
Day of repost! AN RVA TRADITION SINCE 2018 (minus a year or two for pandemics and other crisis) NEVERTHELESS WE ARE GONNA BOOGIE DOWN SHOCKOE TONIGHT
portisheadcanon@thediscocat.bsky.social · last mo.STUDIO 54TH OF JULY IS BACK AT FALLOUT THIS CATURDAY JULY 4TH RVA! It’s not about the country it’s about supremely nasty jams and how freeing hearing them makes you feel. All vinyl all Eliza and myself b2b2b2b2b2b from 9PM until the lights come on
For some reason this didn’t show up in the RVA feed, a stray ! perhaps? But now that fireworks are canceled y’all can come light up the dancefloor with eliza and I
portisheadcanon@thediscocat.bsky.social · last mo.STUDIO 54TH OF JULY IS BACK AT FALLOUT THIS CATURDAY JULY 4TH RVA! It’s not about the country it’s about supremely nasty jams and how freeing hearing them makes you feel. All vinyl all Eliza and myself b2b2b2b2b2b from 9PM until the lights come on
Weird how RPD show up to mace a bunch of people watching a soccer match but don’t do that for other sports. I wonder what the difference is..
Richmond Active Calls@rva-active-calls.bsky.social · last mo.06/30/2026 21:28 / RPD Precinct 4 412A7 / DISORDERLY , INVESTIGATE - 3300-BLK MOORE ST Enroute #rva
STUDIO 54TH OF JULY IS BACK AT FALLOUT THIS CATURDAY JULY 4TH RVA! It’s not about the country it’s about supremely nasty jams and how freeing hearing them makes you feel. All vinyl all Eliza and myself b2b2b2b2b2b from 9PM until the lights come on
Whether you are in the Richmond area or not, Cas makes some cool art and you should definitely consider picking some up and supporting them as you are able
Cassidy B@cassidyb.bsky.social · last mo.The day is here! r/rva mods say I can't post anymore. I am allegedly only posting to subvert the buy/sell/trade thread rules, and my art isn't "relevant" enough to RVA. Hope I don't catch a ban for simply saying this! But it's probably going to happen anyway.
Billionaires are a crime against humanity. Each and every one.
This too was a fun albeit humid afternoon. Appreciate everyone that came through for their funk and rebajada fix. We will be back at pHunkadelic soon
portisheadcanon@thediscocat.bsky.social · last mo.TOMORROW JUNE 27TH IN FARMVILLE WITH @dirtgod.bsky.social! Funky records played at variable speeds for a few hours on your Saturday afternoon With a slab of aqua boogie or two and plenty of heat we will get your PH balance right
TOMORROW JUNE 27TH IN FARMVILLE WITH @dirtgod.bsky.social! Funky records played at variable speeds for a few hours on your Saturday afternoon With a slab of aqua boogie or two and plenty of heat we will get your PH balance right
This is TODAY and it’s gonna be a lot of fun! Excited to hear Art School and Girlspit and celebrate a year of the legal fund while continuing to fund them
portisheadcanon@thediscocat.bsky.social · last mo.HEY RVA DID Y’ALL KNOW @richmondlegalfund.bsky.social is celebrating its anniversary tomorrow THURSDAY JUNE 25TH AT STUDIO TWO THREE starting at 6pm? Artschool and Girlspit are gonna play live, I’m gonna dj, there will be food, raffles, speeches and lots of revelry as well! You should come!
Coming up on July 7 at Material Room (RVA) Chris Alford (from New Orleans) JoVia Armstrong Day for Night (Danny Finney, David Dominique, me) Erin Demastes & Tommy Birchett @photoblaster.bsky.social Music at 8 $10 notaflof
Narrator: he was not in fact there however he wishes to inform you that you can email JOSEPH for a recording of the meeting
portisheadcanon@thediscocat.bsky.social · last mo.this thread also serves as a reminder that I will be there online and doing my best to share pertinent information with y'all in case you can't make it speaking of shout out to Victoria A. Ifatusin for writing about the CRB for @richmonder.bsky.social last month www.richmonder.org/launched-to-...
Capitalism is gonna capitalism and often that means cannibalize and rip off any content or product fed to it. I don’t understand why that isn’t obvious
4th Wednesday of the month in Richmond, Va? You know what that means the Civilian Review Board meets tonight at 6:30 at the West End Public Library and you can show up in person or follow along online! more information can be found here: apps.richmondgov.com/applications...
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HEY RVA DID Y’ALL KNOW @richmondlegalfund.bsky.social is celebrating its anniversary tomorrow THURSDAY JUNE 25TH AT STUDIO TWO THREE starting at 6pm? Artschool and Girlspit are gonna play live, I’m gonna dj, there will be food, raffles, speeches and lots of revelry as well! You should come!
In an effort to learn more about both Spanish and tarot I’ve been practicing talking about the latter in the former language and I just gotta say that it’s amusing El Colgado which is the translation for “The Hanged Man” can also mean stoner and/or fruitcake, among other things
it’s the summer of socialism, you’re hearing it more and more
Y’all I think we could stand to be more radically defiant
