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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1h

Sam Butera and the Witnesses is one of the greatest band names of all time.

joecorey3rd.bsky.social @joecorey3rd.bsky.social · 1h

One of my favorite Ultra Lounge releases

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 5h

This is a long but worthwhile thread. The examples are all UK-based, but the principle is universal and true: TV was its own thing, with its own aesthetic developed over decades, and we need to honor that and allow it to continue and flourish.

Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 7h

The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵

A shot from the studio rehearsal of Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan episode 'Volcano', showing several actors ont he TARDIS set, with various video cameras around the scene.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 10h

Tracks from three different BA releases:
• Ava Mendoza/gabby fluke-mogul/Carolina Pérez - Mama Killa
• Diego Caicedo - Eidos Daemonium
• Anthony Braxton - Quartet (England) 1985
were played on @kpiss.bsky.social this weekend! Streaming show link:
kpiss.fm/episode/clea...

KPISS

kpiss.fm

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 11h

If you're an old person who says it "gives you hope" to see kids listening to music from your youth, please paddle away on an ice floe.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 12h

Buy it exclusively on Bandcamp:
anthonybraxton-bam.bandcamp.com/album/quarte...

Quartet (England) 1985, by Anthony Braxton

13 track album

anthonybraxton-bam.bandcamp.com

Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 12h

A really great review of the Anthony Braxton QUARTET (ENGLAND) 1985 set went up this week:
jazzviews.net/anthony-brax...

Anthony Braxton - Quartet (England) 1985

These tracks are not merely "the sound of surprise," but the sound of amazement. Burning Ambulance Records (available from Bandcamp) Anthony Braxton (Alto, Soprano, C-Melody, and Baritone Saxophones);...

jazzviews.net

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

An absolutely incredible, life-altering record. Every time I listen to it I hear something new. But also: recorded in June and July, released in October! It was a different world...

Milestones: A Miles Davis Archive @milestones-archive.bsky.social · 1d

Released October 11, 1972: 𝙊𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧 (Columbia KC 31906). Recorded on June 1 & 6, 1972 (with overdubs from June 7). Produced by Teo Macero, engineer by Stan Tonkel and Russ Payne. Cover art by Corky McCoy.
#jazz #jazzsky #milesdavis

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, definitely of "the left," but likely more Bernie than Bernie bro - on the right side (especially on class issues) but with huge blind spots.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

Lennon? ABSOLUTELY a guy who would trumpet his lefty bona fides but crash out when asked to please stop using quite so many slurs.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

John Lennon in a four-hour conversation with Joe Rogan

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

As social critique, THE SUBSTANCE is on the level of an episode of TALES FROM THE CRYPT, but in a good way. And I do love a movie that's not afraid to go big (and wet). My favorite horror movie of the 2020s remains MALIGNANT, though.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 1d

Watched THE SUBSTANCE on HBO Max tonight. The MVP of the movie isn't Demi Moore or Margaret Qualley, it's director of photography Benjamin Kračun; the thing LOOKS incredible from first shot to last. But it's about as Not For Everyone as a movie can be.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 2d

Cinnamon raisin bagel with a half-inch thick slab of cream cheese in the middle.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 2d

Is Peter Thiel standing in a hole in this picture?

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 2d

"A Night of Country Music Supporting Law Enforcement" - ooh, enticing! Booking my flight to Nashville ASAP!

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 2d

There's a song on the new Total compilation that made me think of that "Planet Of The Bass" video from a couple of years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=46wD...

9OASES - Call Coco - Kompakt

YouTube video by KOMPAKT

www.youtube.com

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 2d

Just got an email telling me that a CD I shipped to Canada via UPS got there in *three days*. I am officially shipping to Canada again, so if you want something, order it!
burningambulancemusic.bandcamp.com/merch

Merch from Burning Ambulance Music

burningambulancemusic.bandcamp.com

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 2d

Today's newsletter is about the Moscow Composers Orchestra, a fantastically original 1990s avant-garde big band. It also includes a hint of what you'd get if you were a paid subscriber, so consider that.
burningambulance.substack.com/p/the-moscow...

The Moscow Composers Orchestra

Vladimir Miller & his wild men

burningambulance.substack.com

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 2d

Happy New Total Day to all who celebrate.
kompakt.bandcamp.com/album/total-25

Total 25 album cover - a pattern of blue, green, maroon (burgundy?) and white dots on a light blue background

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 2d

Rob Zombie's last couple of albums are better than you think, but the first single from his new one (coming in February) is... not great.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0mf...

ROB ZOMBIE - Punks And Demons (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

YouTube video by Nuclear Blast Records

www.youtube.com

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 2d

I never want to listen to any of the bands featured in PEACEMAKER *except in the context of the show*, because the absurd over-the-top emotionalism of hair metal power ballads works perfectly when reflected in John Cena's ham sculpture of a face. (He deserves an Emmy for this show.)

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 3d

You know that interstate crime spree you've had your eye on?

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 3d

About a quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing to upward of 40% in the largest FBI field offices, according to The Washington Post. Agents have been pulled from investigations into cybercrime, drug trafficking, terrorism, counterintelligence and more.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 3d

I found this paean to Chris Brown interesting, because I don't know any of the songs mentioned. I live in a universe parallel to the one where Chris Brown is a huge star. And I'm OK with that.
www.vulture.com/article/the-...

The Uncanceling of Chris Brown

The singer claims he’s been overlooked, but his blockbuster stadium tour suggests otherwise.

www.vulture.com

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 3d

Editors are not saints. I’ve had some great ones, and I’ve had some who’ve inserted factual errors into my copy.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 4d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 4d

Follow-up: Plant's got a good voice, as does Suzi Dian, who sings with him on most of the album, but this is the kind of pseudo-folk music that you hear on prestige TV series about Appalachian crime families. Not one song lingered afterward.

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