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J Mac

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Jade ♒️ creative being 💜 she/her 💁🏻‍♀️ livelovejmac.bandcamp.com

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J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · Mar 27

I put out my album Zephyr five years ago today, and it’s only become even more meaningful to me since then 💜 so glad I was able to make this art that helped me express some of my deepest feelings and eventually emerge a much happier person 💁🏻‍♀️ music is magic! 🎶 livelovejmac.bandcamp.com/album/zephyr

Zephyr, by J Mac

10 track album

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone should listen to my Rap record. I am the greatest musician of all time
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Anechka the Rabbit's 1st Mixtape

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J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · 3d

I was too young to experience Brown Sugar and Voodoo when they dropped but I got into A Tribe Called Quest early on in high school and this song was what first introduced me to the genius of D’Angelo. Soulquarians Forever ♒️ youtu.be/sez0vsU3A7U?...

Believe

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J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · 3d

A few words I wrote about Black Messiah shortly after it was released (back when I wrote for a website that’s been offline for years now) that hit me even harder now knowing that this is the last album D’Angelo put out while he was alive. RIP to a beautiful soul who was taken from us way too soon 😢

After fourteen long years stowed away in solitude, D'Angelo emerged from his refuge as something greater than a prophet. He transformed into a messiah, now ready and able to liberate his people from the subjugation of modern civilization and deliver them into supreme serenity. With the support of fellow Soulquarians Q-Tip and Questlove, bassist Pino Palladino, drummer James Gadson, and songwriter Kendra Foster, D'Angelo harnessed his divine powers and created a sacred portal that will bring all of his acolytes into salvation. D'Angelo proves that he is prepared to sacrifice himself for the cause, declaring on "1000 Deaths" "I was born to kill, send me over the hill." He asserts on "The Charade" that the promised progress on Earth has not happened and never will, and so you must hold out for the type of love found in the higher realm, a love described on "Sugah Daddy" and "Really Love" that satiates all of your physical and spiritual desires. This guiding light radiates from inside D'Angelo, and he vows that he will never "Betray His Heart" and abandon those that mean so much to him. He concludes the album by elevating out of this wicked world and drifting off into "Another Life", pleased with the fact that we will soon be able to join him in this majestic bliss.

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Skylar Spence @skylarspence.bsky.social · 3d

inconsolable
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D'Angelo and The Vanguard - The Charade (Audio)

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · 8d

In between the crying, gotta keep trying youtu.be/G8decLPYess?...

Honey Cone - Girls It Aint Easy

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J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · 13d

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Call on Me

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J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · Aug 1

Yooooo it’s Bandcamp Friday so you should check out my music 💃🏻 Coming up on five years this month since I last released anything but I wanna change that soon! And the tunes I put out years ago were streets ahead anyway, it’s not too late to catch the wave 🌊 livelovejmac.bandcamp.com/album/all-yo...

All You Have To Do / Don't Stop, by J Mac

2 track album

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 17d

I'm just leaving this open and playing audio in a separate browser tab. At some point MF Doom is going to start rapping over it.

Drew Bissell / Floating Cave @floatingcave.bsky.social · 17d

Here it is six times in a row.

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Seth Rosenthal @sethrosenthal.bsky.social · 17d

this is fuckin inspiring, man. it is so cool to see a superstar talent in a position of union leadership sticking her neck out to make such a measured but incisive statement

Daniel Thompson @dr-thompson.bsky.social · 17d

Napheesa Collier's full statement at the beginning of her exit interview.

She directly quotes conversations with Cathy Englebert that legitimately call into question how the WNBA is being led. (Part 1/2) #WNBASky

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 17d

What's great about getting older is I can sample the horrible clicking noises in my knees and use them as hats in hip hop beats

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J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · 21d

And I’ll say that this is the maybe the most likable group of players the Knicks have had in my ~25 years of fandom, some of whom were apparently close enough with a trans woman for this to happen, and they now have a real chance to step up and be allies and enact a positive change. I hope they do.

J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · 21d

I’ll still be rooting for the Knicks because I’m a NY hooper who loves the game and these players, and sports teams are always much bigger than their owners. The Knicks were New York’s before JD was born and will likely be after he’s dead, plus most of these billionaire owners are roughly as awful

J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · 21d

I’ve long avoided spending any money on the Knicks that would directly enrich their ownership. I’ve been to four games at MSG in my life and never bought any of those tickets myself. Even most of the team gear I have has been bought secondhand. If this BS isn’t addressed, that’ll definitely continue

J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · 21d

Sadly I’m not shocked at this behavior from the Knicks higher-ups (this isn’t even the worst thing they’ve done to a woman in my time as a fan, look up Anucha Browne Sanders) but if we let stuff like this slide with no scrutiny it’ll keep getting worse. Don’t let these dirtbags treat us like this.

J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · 21d

As both a trans woman and lifelong Knicks fan, I have to say that this is really fucked up 😡 Hoping to see the media dive deeper into this story and ask the players about it, and hope the players loudly stick up for their friend being discriminated against and take the organization to task about it

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 22d

some truly effed up allegations in this lawsuit filed against James Dolan/MSG: using facial recognition tech/running background checks on fans who shouted "sell the team"; spying on a trans woman because ownership was concerned she was too friendly w/the Knicks cdn.pacermonitor.com/public/case/...

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J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ok so I jumped on the Magdalena Bay train when Mercurial World dropped but their new album is somehow even more mind-blowing 🤯 masterful from front to back, immaculately crafted, filled with fine detail and boundless wonder in equal measure. “Say hello, it’s you” 💿 open.spotify.com/album/4HTy9W...

Imaginal Disk

Album · Magdalena Bay · 2024 · 15 songs

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J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · 21d

Extremely relatable to my tired ass youtu.be/JAe2faaZ3sY?...

Magdalena Bay - Second Sleep (Official Video)

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J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Prefab Sprout - Moving The River (Live in Munich 1985)

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J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · 22d

Oh my, oh my
Have you seen the weather?
The sweet September rain!
Rain on me, like no other
Until I drown, until I drown!

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Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 24d

If one party is not brave enough to truly say that religion has no place in public policy, we are going to be fighting a losing battle against theocracy.
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Anti-Religious Politics

One party needs to stand against god in public policy.

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J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · 24d

Singing along to this song never fails to boost my spirit youtu.be/iciUvzocNok?...

Joyce Moreno - Aldeia de Ogum

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J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · 26d

Few songs ever harder than this one youtu.be/NOsPTRY-rFk?...

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Jessy Lanza @jessylanza.bsky.social · 28d

My new EP Slapped By My Life is out today on @hyperdub.bsky.social jessylanza.tix.to/Slapped

Listen to the Existential Edit with video footage from FPV Vegan drone POV and live glitch by Winston H. Case

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J Mac @livelovejmac.bsky.social · 29d

Here’s a lil video for the title track that I made years ago, found some incredible 1950s Coca-Cola prom footage and knew I had to use it youtu.be/mlFxWJow44Q?...

Skylar Spence - Prom King

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