Jay Babcock
@jaywbabcock.bsky.social
Semi-educated guesser. Unknown genre. LANDLINE: jaybabcock.substack.com Past: Arthur Magazine co-founder/editor. babcock dot jay at gmail dot com
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Link in profile. A cavalcade of cheering videos featuring the usual suspects: Screaming Lord Sutch, Lancelot Layne, Martin Stone, Motörhead, Jacques Cousteau, David Arora + David Fenster, Iain Sinclair + Chris Petit, Elaine May + Mike Nichols, Chris Eliott, Syd-era Floyd, ac/dc, Sumerian lyre, etc.
I'd say Lichess is an ongoing miracle, but maybe it's more than that: a proof-of-concept for how to provide a quality, dependable internet service that doesn't get enshittified.
How much does it cost to run Lichess? Watch the detailed breakdown of our expenses on Chessbase India, given by our Director of Operations Theo Wait to Sagar Shah!
youtu.be/oEbW1Lv1vus
youtu.be/oEbW1Lv1vus
US$789,389 - Breakdown of Lichess' annual expenses | Ft. Theo Wait, Director of Operations
Lichess is one of the world's most popular chess websites. What's amazing is that it is a not for profit initiative. It's money comes from the donations of the people who want it to keep going. In…
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November 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'd say Lichess is an ongoing miracle, but maybe it's more than that: a proof-of-concept for how to provide a quality, dependable internet service that doesn't get enshittified.
Terrific news: new Wet Tuna album winging its way to us in the new new year. Properly positive rural psychedelic vision cover artwork by Dawn Aquarius
wettuna.bandcamp.com/album/vast
wettuna.bandcamp.com/album/vast
Vast, by WET TUNA
10 track album
wettuna.bandcamp.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Terrific news: new Wet Tuna album winging its way to us in the new new year. Properly positive rural psychedelic vision cover artwork by Dawn Aquarius
wettuna.bandcamp.com/album/vast
wettuna.bandcamp.com/album/vast
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Wishing everyone a peaceful day.
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Wishing everyone a peaceful day.
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been a few "rainy night in soho" covers this year but if you haven't heard Dylan's from earlier this week. the instant audience reaction is something else. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrrY...
Bob Dylan — A Rainy Night In Soho. Dublin, Ireland. November 25, 2025
YouTube video by nightly moth
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November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
been a few "rainy night in soho" covers this year but if you haven't heard Dylan's from earlier this week. the instant audience reaction is something else. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrrY...
(Reposting) First time on the internet: my 5,000-word XTRMNTR-era conversation in NYC with Mani (RIP) and Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, orig published in Mean magazine (May 2000), with 'mylar chamber' photography by Ira Cohen (RIP).
jaybabcock.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/b...
jaybabcock.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/b...
BOMBS AWAY!: A conversation with Bobby Gillespie and Mani of Primal Scream [Mean magazine, May 2000]
WARNING: MASSIVE COLLATERAL DAMAGE AHEAD AS BOBBY GILLESPIE AND MANI OF OUTSPOKEN ELECTRO-GUITAR ARMY PRIMAL SCREAM DROP OUT, SPEED UP, TUNE IN, TURN ON, NAME NAMES AND GENERALLY HIT ‘EM WHER…
jaybabcock.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
(Reposting) First time on the internet: my 5,000-word XTRMNTR-era conversation in NYC with Mani (RIP) and Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, orig published in Mean magazine (May 2000), with 'mylar chamber' photography by Ira Cohen (RIP).
jaybabcock.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/b...
jaybabcock.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/b...
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Per Charles Blanchard, fmr general counsel to Army & USAF (& fmr AZ state senator): "The target of this case is not merely Sen. Kelly, but the many military retirees that have been outspoken in their opposition to the Trump Administration." notesfortheperplexed.substack.com/p/the-depart...
The Department of Defense Joins the Lawfare Game: Three Observations on the Investigation of Senator Mark Kelly
Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced that it was investigating Senator Mark Kelly from the great state of Arizona for “serious allegations of misconduct,” apparently for the fact that he par...
notesfortheperplexed.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Per Charles Blanchard, fmr general counsel to Army & USAF (& fmr AZ state senator): "The target of this case is not merely Sen. Kelly, but the many military retirees that have been outspoken in their opposition to the Trump Administration." notesfortheperplexed.substack.com/p/the-depart...
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Another baby has just died of whooping cough in Kentucky, thanks to RFK Jr. and his merry band of anti-vaxxers.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough in the last 12 months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health said Monday.
www.wlwt.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Another baby has just died of whooping cough in Kentucky, thanks to RFK Jr. and his merry band of anti-vaxxers.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
My feeling toward RFK Jr. and the Republican Senators who confirmed him is utter contempt.
You get the slop you deserve. Perfect.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
You get the slop you deserve. Perfect.
Pure pleasure to tune into this free zoom stream once again. Watching a group of people in NY listen to incredible 78s? YES PLEASE
hotclubny.org
hotclubny.org
The Hot Club of New York
Classic jazz on 78rpm records.
hotclubny.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Pure pleasure to tune into this free zoom stream once again. Watching a group of people in NY listen to incredible 78s? YES PLEASE
hotclubny.org
hotclubny.org
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New Alexander Tucker (under name Microcorps) sounds really, really good. This one is going to be up there with Guild of Asbestos Weavers for me (h/t to @jaywbabcock.bsky.social for turning me on tot hat one). microcorps.bandcamp.com/album/clear-...
CLEAR VORTEX CHAMBER, by Microcorps
8 track album
microcorps.bandcamp.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New Alexander Tucker (under name Microcorps) sounds really, really good. This one is going to be up there with Guild of Asbestos Weavers for me (h/t to @jaywbabcock.bsky.social for turning me on tot hat one). microcorps.bandcamp.com/album/clear-...
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NOW Pentagon says it's investigating Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly over video aimed at service members.
November 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
NOW Pentagon says it's investigating Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly over video aimed at service members.
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People from poor countries in remote parts of the world shouldn't be in America picking strawberries. They should be back at home, running MAGA Twitter accounts.
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
People from poor countries in remote parts of the world shouldn't be in America picking strawberries. They should be back at home, running MAGA Twitter accounts.
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New York Democrats can do better than Zohran Mamdani.
by Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, and Anthony Weiner
by Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, and Anthony Weiner
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
New York Democrats can do better than Zohran Mamdani.
by Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, and Anthony Weiner
by Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, and Anthony Weiner
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November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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RIP Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025)
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025)
First time on the internet: my 5,000-word May 2000 conversation with Bobby Gillespie and Mani (RIP) of Primal Scream, orig published in Mean magazine, with 'mylar chamber' photography by Ira Cohen (RIP). Page scans and text at the link. Pretty incendiary.
jaybabcock.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/b...
jaybabcock.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/b...
BOMBS AWAY!: A conversation with Bobby Gillespie and Mani of Primal Scream [Mean magazine, May 2000]
WARNING: MASSIVE COLLATERAL DAMAGE AHEAD AS BOBBY GILLESPIE AND MANI OF OUTSPOKEN ELECTRO-GUITAR ARMY PRIMAL SCREAM DROP OUT, SPEED UP, TUNE IN, TURN ON, NAME NAMES AND GENERALLY HIT ‘EM WHER…
jaybabcock.wordpress.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
First time on the internet: my 5,000-word May 2000 conversation with Bobby Gillespie and Mani (RIP) of Primal Scream, orig published in Mean magazine, with 'mylar chamber' photography by Ira Cohen (RIP). Page scans and text at the link. Pretty incendiary.
jaybabcock.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/b...
jaybabcock.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/b...
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Playing free psychedelic music for you on the radio air and net waves from 10am-Noon ET. Tune in! 91.3FM or
wvkr.org
Apple: music.apple.com/us/station/w...
Follow thread for live playlist:
1. Natasha Pirard - La Tristesse Insoutenable - Fernande, Cecile (DEEWEE, 2025)
wvkr.org
Apple: music.apple.com/us/station/w...
Follow thread for live playlist:
1. Natasha Pirard - La Tristesse Insoutenable - Fernande, Cecile (DEEWEE, 2025)
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Playing free psychedelic music for you on the radio air and net waves from 10am-Noon ET. Tune in! 91.3FM or
wvkr.org
Apple: music.apple.com/us/station/w...
Follow thread for live playlist:
1. Natasha Pirard - La Tristesse Insoutenable - Fernande, Cecile (DEEWEE, 2025)
wvkr.org
Apple: music.apple.com/us/station/w...
Follow thread for live playlist:
1. Natasha Pirard - La Tristesse Insoutenable - Fernande, Cecile (DEEWEE, 2025)
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Two perfectly normal ads in the perfectly normal city of San Francisco.
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Two perfectly normal ads in the perfectly normal city of San Francisco.
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It is tragic to see what figures like Mamdani are doing to a once great Democratic Party.
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It is tragic to see what figures like Mamdani are doing to a once great Democratic Party.
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
by Andrew Cuomo, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Bob Menendez, and Rod Blagojevich
John Squire is posting Mani/family photos and videos now on his IG and it's all so sad and beautiful. Tears at 730am.
www.instagram.com/john___squire/
www.instagram.com/john___squire/
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
John Squire is posting Mani/family photos and videos now on his IG and it's all so sad and beautiful. Tears at 730am.
www.instagram.com/john___squire/
www.instagram.com/john___squire/
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New episode - The Ice Schooner Part One featuring @milesreidlobatto.bsky.social -
We're starting to mop up Moorcock's 1960s output now, but it was hard not to get sucked into the weeds and the rime of this one, which manages to both delight and frustrate.
JOIN US!
We're starting to mop up Moorcock's 1960s output now, but it was hard not to get sucked into the weeds and the rime of this one, which manages to both delight and frustrate.
JOIN US!
The Ice Schooner – Part One
Miles is back in Derry & Toms as we tackle another 60s Moorcock classic… The Ice Schooner. Lots to talk about here, and some pearls to clutch too, as we visit one of Mike’s sweaties…
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November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
New episode - The Ice Schooner Part One featuring @milesreidlobatto.bsky.social -
We're starting to mop up Moorcock's 1960s output now, but it was hard not to get sucked into the weeds and the rime of this one, which manages to both delight and frustrate.
JOIN US!
We're starting to mop up Moorcock's 1960s output now, but it was hard not to get sucked into the weeds and the rime of this one, which manages to both delight and frustrate.
JOIN US!