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allenmichie

@allenmichie@jazztodon.com

Jazz and arts critic for Artsfuse.org, record collector, record salesman on Discogs (Blythe Amusement), manager of the Miles Davis Discussion Group on Facebook, and administrator of Jazztodon.com for Mastodon. I'm a higher education administrator in the great city of Austin, Texas. You can read my reviews and articles at allenmichie.medium.com.

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allenmichie, to jazz
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Jazztodon artist of the week: David Murray! From @aaj: Few musicians in jazz history have proven more vigorously productive than tenor saxophonist David Murray. During the past 35 years, David has careened forward in a cool, collected, rocket-fueled streak. He has released over 150 albums under his own name. He has perfected an instantly recognizable approach to improvisation that even in its freest flights acknowledges the gravity of a tradition he honors more than most.

allenmichie, to jazz
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The Downbeat obituary.

https://downbeat.com/news/detail/david-sanborn-influential-alto-saxophonist-dies-at-78

allenmichie, to jazz
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Terrible news. He was a unique, broad-minded, and highly skilled musician. He could also wail.

ukuku, to random
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Here's a car I'd actually drive, the Polestar 2. I think Polestar has the best wheels in the car biz right now. They don’t have any exciting colors, but this understated blue does match their ascetic aesthetic.

allenmichie,
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@ukuku @rolle Have you seen the Genesis cars?

allenmichie, to random
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allenmichie, to random
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Plus, she’s a flat-out liar.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/09/fact-check-katie-britt-sex-trafficking/

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Emptywheel:

Gonna repeat again: This is who the is. Their collective horror at this woman grimacing through her comfortable life is horror at themselves.

It came off as no worse than your average James Comer hearing, after all.

Daily Beast's Jake Lahut:

NEW on private GOP freakout brewing over Katie 's response:

“Everyone’s fucking losing it. It’s 1of our biggest disasters ever.” Being likened to Rubio water bottle moment & Bobby Jindal's infamous 2009 SOTU response.

allenmichie,
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@GottaLaff LOL, I forgot about that Bobby Jindal disaster. Hard to imagine anything being worse than that.

allenmichie,
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@GottaLaff I loved this:

Julia Ioffe, Washington correspondent for Puck News, said: “Imagine you’re sleeping over at a friend’s house and you get up in the middle of the night to pee and you hear a weird sound so you follow it to the kitchen, where your friend’s mom is drunk, crying, and rambling about the national debt. Those are the vibes from Katie Britt right now.”

A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco (www.theverge.com)

A person jumped on the hood of a Waymo driverless taxi and smashed its windshield in San Francisco’s Chinatown last night around 9PM PT, generating applause before a crowd formed around the car and covered it in spray paint, breaking its windows, and ultimately set it on fire. The fire department arrived minutes later,...

allenmichie,
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@livus @constantorbit Luddites.

allenmichie, to random
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So, what do we think of the new Grammy category "Alternative Jazz," awarded for the first time this year? The nominees were "Love In Exile" by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily; "Quality Over Opinion" by Louis Cole; "SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree" by Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue; "Live At The Piano" by Cory Henry; and (the winner) "The Omnichord Real Book" by Meshell Ndegeocello.

(cont. in the comments)

allenmichie,
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I'm not sure exactly how Kurt Elling and Arooj Aftab belong in the same category, but at least this way Ndegeocello doesn't have to compete with, say, Fred Hersch.

On the one hand, more attention to the diversity of jazz is good, and more attention to jazz with another award is good publicity.

On the other hand, I've never heard that term used or defined before. Isn't pretty much all "alternative"? Does anyone know of an "alternative jazz" radio station or section in a record store?

allenmichie, to jazz
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Jazztodon artist of the week: Miles Davis! I don't even know how to begin about Miles. How about YOU saying something? What would you recommend that newcomers to jazz know about Miles, and where should they start listening?

allenmichie, to random
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Things could be worse.

w7voa, to random
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Senator Bernie Sanders finds himself stopping what almost deteriorated into a fistfight between another senator and the president of the Teamsters during a hearing today. https://youtu.be/x9SNcHEJ_BM?si=t20djgiDWZJH9Ls_

allenmichie,
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@w7voa It's generally a good idea to avoid getting into a fistfight with a Teamster.

TexasObserver, to Texas
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Last year, reported 14 storms that caused over $1 billion in damage, the most recorded in our state a single year. Environmental News Fellow Paula @levihncoon explains why these weather patterns are getting worse as climate change intensifies:
https://www.texasobserver.org/hella-hail-coming-down-in-texas/

allenmichie,
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@TexasObserver @levihncoon I did my part. My car's currently in the shop with TWENTY THOUSAND dollars worth of hail damage.

TechDesk, to ai
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Sweeping White House executive order takes aim at AI's toughest challenges.

Engadget reports: "User privacy, government transparency and public safety were focal points of Monday's announcement."

https://flip.it/Ktsp5l

allenmichie,
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@TechDesk Here's a president actually DOING something about an actual problem.

w7voa, to random
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Republican lawmakers have chosen Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota as their speaker nominee ahead of another House floor vote.

allenmichie,
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@w7voa What could possibly go wrong?

futurism, to random

Elon Musk Planning to Charge Users $1 to Tweet https://t.co/6NbcLBgEix

allenmichie,
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@futurism The money won't amount to much. I'll bet what he really wants is your credit card information on file.

futurism, to random

Scientists Puzzled by Sudden, Super-Loud Rumble Inside Mars https://t.co/tMgADnnzg7

allenmichie,
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@futurism It must be the Especially Deep State.

futurism, to random

People in San Francisco Are Already Having Sex in Self-Driving Taxis https://t.co/HQHlkC0OzP

allenmichie,
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@futurism Maybe if he shaved he could get an actual bedroom.

futurism, to random

Americans Are Skipping College Because They Don't Think it's Worth It https://t.co/JQqiX6TQ4p

allenmichie,
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@futurism And Americans are wrong.

TexasObserver, to news
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For Friday, here's some great and -related accounts to follow on the :

@MAD_democracy
@FAIR
@Chron
@TheConversationUS
@damemagazine
@restofworld
@ProPublica
@NewsDesk
@gbhnews
@thetyee
@TucsonSentinel
@longreads
@insideclimatenews
@mnreformer
@UnicornRiot
@dw_innovation
@Windspeaker
@thexylom
@RollingStone

⬆️ No bots on this list 🤠

Just a few of our favs. What are yours?

allenmichie,
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A reminder to everyone to click on the news links when you can. These news organizations are measuring whether staying on Mastodon is worth it by counting their click-throughs. Let’s give them some support and convince them this is the place to be, not X.

georgetakei, to random

Can he do nothing right? https://www.comicsands.com/musk-wore-cowboy-hat-backwards-2665779945.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

allenmichie,
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@georgetakei All hat, no cowboy.

allenmichie, to random
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Unopened autographed by Miles AND Monk. $3,000!!!

longreads, to ArtificialIntelligence
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“I have a relationship with the 25th century more than I have a relationship with the 21st century,” he says. “I don't really care what people in our time and place think of me. I really care about what the 25th century thinks.”

For Time, Charlotte Alter profiles a man using an anti-aging to reduce his biological age: https://time.com/6315607/bryan-johnsons-quest-for-immortality/

allenmichie,
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@longreads Sure, because things like this always work out well.

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