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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 15m

Heftig konsertkveld i Oslo i dag: Paal Nilssen-Love Extra Large Unit på Jazz på Munch, det freidige jazz-rock-m.m.-bandet Peders Hode på Kafé Hørverk, trommis Johnathan Blake (Oliver Lake, Kenny Barron, Kris Davis m.fl.) m/stjerneensemble på Cosmopolite, og Donny McCaslin på Nasjonal Jazzscene.

Utsnitt fra screenshot over konsertoversikt for Oslo 15.10.2025.

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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 18h

Dump Spotify

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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 18h

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

Spotify is running ICE hiring ads boasting wild signing bonuses

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no!

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

WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK
balleralert.com/profiles/blo...

D’Angelo Dead At 51 After Battle With Pancreatic Cancer

Neo-soul legend D’Angelo has died after a private battle with pancreatic cancer. Read Baller Alert’s exclusive report celebrating his life, music, and impact.

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 1d

James Talley! Plus, yes, a host of other gems.

Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 1d

here are 14 albums that turned 50 this year that you might dig www.dontrocktheinbox.com/14-essential...

14 Essential 1975 Country Albums

'70s country is the source of plenty of current nostalgia despite being made (gulp) a half century ago. There are so many great albums that hit the 50 mark this year, though, and it only seemed right ...

www.dontrocktheinbox.com

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Doremus Schafer @doremus-schafer.bsky.social · 1d

I clicked the link because I thought "it can't be quite as deranged as this tweet makes it sound", and IT WAS WORSE. 🤯

benteh @benteh.no · 1d

"norway ai aj haj aj aj aj aj aj what happened where is norway"

yea that's not demented at all

www.nrk.no/video/trump-...

Trump etterlyste Norge på scenen: – Hva skjedde?

Videoklipp fra NRK

www.nrk.no

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to soothe that deadline blues with some vintage Lee Konitz #HBD #NowPLaying

Album cover for Tranquility by Lee Konitz.

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 2d

The first of two recording sessions for Cecil Taylor's The World of Cecil Taylor (Candid, 1961) with Archie Shepp, Buell Neidlinger and Denis Charles took place on this day of October in 1960.

Album cover for The World of Cecil Taylor by Cecil Taylor.

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 3d

"Once more the sound of crying / Is number one across the earth"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr4x...

Prefab Sprout - The Sound of Crying (Official Video)

YouTube video by PrefabSproutVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 4d

I mean, listen to Hopkins on “Sir Simpleton”. Absolutely wicked!

youtu.be/56-RrbBIQ-A?...

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Peoples Pop Polls: Black Pop History 82-85 @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social · 4d

The first half of 1983 is here too - could always use more votes! This one ends on Monday night

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Peoples Pop Polls: Black Pop History 82-85 @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social · 6d

In 1983... a POP POLL I should turn to be! #BPHM8285

It's BLACK POP HISTORY 1982-1985 and we are in '83!

8 matches (and two bonus votes) await your choice

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Black Pop 1983 Round 1 Part 1

Welcome to the Black Pop History 1982-1985 poll, where we're polling the best Black music of the early 80s to determine the ULTIMATE TRACK of that era. As usual with the Black Pop History polls I've ...

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 5d

Some sources say the 10th, others 11th, so let’s just celebrate the magnificent Fred Hopkins, who was born around this time of October in 1947, all weekend. Play some Air! Or any of the many other recordings he made such significant and memorable contributions to. (📸Tom Copi).

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Mediablikk direkte @mediablikk.bsky.social · 5d

Nytt fra Norge.

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 5d

The Blue Yusef Lateef #NowPlaying

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 5d

Oh give my bones to Billy Gibbons

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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 6d

Yusef Lateef was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on this day in 1920

📸 Val Wilmer

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 6d

👀👀👀

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 6d

Bob Mould's '90s band Sugar is teasing something

Bob Mould's '90s Band Sugar Is Teasing Something

After helping to define the sound of ’80s underground rock with Hüsker Dü, Bob Mould surged into the ’90s alternative landscape with a new trio called Sugar alongside David Barbe and Malcolm Travis. T...

www.stereogum.com

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 6d

Been a minute, had to dig up my old iPod for this, but a very welcome revisit. Jason Ajemian’s Daydream Full Lifestyles: Protest Heaven (482 Music, rel. 2010), w/Tony Malaby, Rob Mazurek, Jeff Parker and Chad Taylor. #NowPlaying

Album cover for Protest Heaven by Jason Ajemian.

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 6d

This is great news, and much deserved.

jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 6d

Craig Taborn • 2025 MacArthur Fellow

Craig Taborn | 2025 MacArthur Fellow

YouTube video by macfound

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.bsky.social · 7d

William Parker
Raining on the Moon (2002)

Leena Conquest
Lewis Barnes
Rob Brown
Hamid Drake

William Parker - Raining On The Moon (Full Album) - YouTube

The full album for Raining On The Moon / Music by William Parker playlist William Parker - Raining On The Moon / William Parker Full Album Raining On The Moo...

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 7d

Should be *recording sessions, of course, but oh well.

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 8d

On this day in 1968, Terje Rypdal had his first of three reding sessions for would become his first album as leader, Bleak House.

Album cover for Bleak House by Terje Rypdal.

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 9d

Bill Dixon: trumpet, flugelhorn, piano
John Buckingham: tuba
Marco Eneidi: alto saxophone
Peter Kowald: double bass
William Parker: double bass
Mario Pavone: double bass
Lawrence Cook: drums

#NowPlaying

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 9d

Bill Dixon's recorded output is filled with wondrous music, of course. But as I've mentioned previously, I find the stretch of albums he released on Soul Note between 1980 and 1999 particularly strong. Especially Thoughts (1987) and Son of Sisyphus (1990), both of which are simply astonishing.

Album cover for Son of Sisyphus by Bill Dixon.

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Chris Monsen @chrismonsen.bsky.social · 10d

Celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the birth of the magnificent Bill Dixon, trumpeter, flugelhornist, pianist and composer. (Don’t know the photographer of the attached image. Please comment if you do know).

Photo of musician and composer Bill Dixon.

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Jeannette Eggers @jeannetteeggers.bsky.social · 16d

"We studied more than 70 different elections that took place in 12 western European countries over several decades, and found that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less."

Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

www.theguardian.com

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