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He’s not the last. Marshall Allen is 101. Kenny Burrell is 94. Julian Priester is 90. Ron Carter is 89. Herbie Hancock is 86. All cut their chops in tail end of Jazz’s golden age and played with or were direct influences of luminaries of that time. Last shot is Carter on Monk.

Sonny Rollins wrote a new essay about jazz. Today, VF published it, exclusively—a day after his death, at 95–along w/Steve Schapiro’s photos, from his new book, JAZZ. @sonnyrollins @SchapiroPhoto #jazz #jazzphotography #sonnyrollins vanityfair.com/culture/photos…

@CarmichaelDave This is so great

To all my English friends: Take a minute…

READ: A short story that's happening right now. Something deeply dangerous in SF. A waste of taxpayer dollars. A decision driven by greed. One that will undermine community health & safety. No one knows about it. Please read & share. There's still time to change how it ends.

Last week, my 7 yo daughter did her year end project on the Harlem Renaissance and the influence of art/culture in NY over time. She recreated this photo using felt. R.I.P. Sonny Rollins

There are television ads for distrokid. They're coming on frequently on a lot of different channels. This is not okay. There should not be enough people making hobby music and uploading it to streaing platforms to justify national tv ad buys yet here we are. clear the lane!

SAN FRANCISCO STATE: ON STRIKE! (1969) & HIGH SCHOOL RISING (1968) screen on Monday, May 25, on 16mm, at 34 Trinity, in SF. 16th screening in black hole cinematheque’s NEWSREEL series. doors 8, films 8:30. co-presented by @leftinthebay. free and open to the people.

Check out my documentary, The Choice Is Yours, on your next flight… And understand the upcoming D&D (Dilla & Dres), June 1st, release is on Gods time 🖤

Can’t believe I’m only coming across this paper now after today’s symposium. For 6 years I’ve been saying my long COVID is SARS-CoV-2 persisting in my nasopharynx and upper airway since day one of my infection. Persistent inflammation. Chronic mucus. Immune activation that never switched off. Something that simply never cleared. Nobody wanted to hear it. So many eye rolls and blank stares. Dismissed on the regular. Well here we are now. These pictures don’t lie. This Cell Host & Microbe paper using [18F]F-AraG PET imaging found elevated immune activation specifically in the olfactory and nasopharyngeal region in long COVID patients. Exactly. Where. I. Have. Been. Pointing. This is what serious long COVID researchers and patients have been saying for years: SARS-CoV-2 persists in mucosal tissues (the gut + nasopharynx especially) and that persistence is what is driving our illness. This paper fits that framework precisely. For the folks like me with chronic mucus issues, smell changes, neurocognitive symptoms, GI issues, and that feeling something “never cleared,” this is finally research that says: “I hear you” & “I see you.” So again as I’ve said before and I’ll say it again - mark my words - : viral persistence in the upper airway/nasopharynx = long COVID. 🔗 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

we tried to tell folks Spotify was trash and not to use or support it. Over and over. But nobody wanted to listen.

Re-releasing Grief Pedigree and Honor Killed the Samurai on vinyl for this year’s Ka Legacy event in August, check IG for more details.

A few days ago @saikatc booked Harrington’s Bar for 100 people. Only 20 people showed up. Someone in his staff told me. Dude’s finished.

@DeeJaySeanG @DJScottyFox Him and ian eagle make me laugh against my will, you’re not alone

@DJScottyFox No one likes him but me lmao

SVG just rambles man….

our guy @FrankieJaxNoMad has been detained by ICE. consider puttin somn on the plate to help him navigate this madness. gofundme.com/f/help-baraka-…

@MegaRan Dj pause instagram.com/djpause415/

Who do you know who does rap-rock /numetal style production??🤙🏾

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@PopCrave Amen break i see you

The Library of Congress has announced 25 recordings being inducted into the National Recording Registry this year: • 1989 - Taylor Swift • Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyoncé • Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano • Rumor Has It - Reba McEntire • Go Rest High On That Mountain - Vince Gill • I Feel For You - Chaka Khan • Put Your Head On My Shoulder - Paul Anka • Cocktails For Two - Spike Jones and His City Slickers • Mambo No. 5 - Pérez Prado • Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown • Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) - Kaye Ballard • The Blues And The Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson • Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music - Ray Charles • Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) - The Byrds • Amen Brother - The Winston’s • The March 8, 1971 broadcast of Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier • Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight and the Pips • Chicago (original cast album) • The Devil Went Down To Georgia - The Charlie Daniel’s Band • Beauty And The Beat - The Go-Go’s • Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble • Your Love - Jamie Principle • The Wheel - Rosanne Cash • Doom Soundtrack - Bobby Prince • Weezer (The Blue Album) - Weezer

I made a zine about why AI sucks I thought people might enjoy looking at it

@KajGuy @DragonflyJonez That 828 area code tho

@DragonflyJonez Damn. I wish I had that. My 2 connects became unreliable. Had to wait days for one. And the other kept raising his prices. I know he got his shit from the dispensary. Cool. Idc. I didn't have to drive the hour. But a 1/8 went from 50 to $85!!! Became a dispensary guy.

Damn man this shit got me emotional. You don’t get these type of connections in a dispensary. Support your local independent business owners.

I got my hands on 65 hours worth of live broadcast news coverage and special reports on the MOVE bombing which occurred 41 years ago today. I produced this piece using that archival footage. On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a C4 explosive on the home of the @themoveorganization family at 62nd and Osage Avenue, after 500 police fired over 10,000 rounds into the home. City officials allowed the fire to burn, killing 11 people including five children, and destroying 61 homes. Eyewitness and forensic evidence indicates that several MOVE children attempted to flee the burning home through the rear but were either shot back inside or their bullet-ridden bodies were thrown back into fire by police waiting in the alleyway. In 2021, it was revealed UPenn and Princeton had stolen the remains of several of the children and not only conducted experiments on them but also wheeled them out on gurneys at fundraising events. John Africa's head has never been returned and saw marks on his neck indicate foul play during an unauthorized autopsy. No one has ever been held accountable for any of it. In 2023, @mikeafricajr bought the house back which was originally owned by his aunt Louise James, but was seized by the City through eminent domain after the bombing and turned into a police substation. He is barred from turning the home into a memorial until he pays off the $400K mortgage, support link below. Today we remember: Rhonda Africa Theresa Africa Frank Africa Raymond Africa Conrad Africa John Africa Tree Africa (14) Delisha Africa (13) Netta Africa (12) Phil Africa (12) Tomaso Africa (9) Ramona Africa (survivor) Birdie Africa (survivor) Support @moveactivistarchive linktr.ee/themoveactivis… Archival material accessed through Temple University's Digital Collections