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VeryBigMusic

@joemicvbm.bsky.social

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teacher, musician, waking up at night every 90 minutes. Rather be in New Orleans. MAGA is a cancer. Can't follow back no-bio, no posts, health products, financial, etc.

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · Nov 17

Leonard Bernstein said, “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before”.
Photo by William P. Gottlieb, public domain

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 12h

The first 18 minutes of this could be the greatest musical moment ever. When the band comes up, they can't hang with him (not their fault) but it's still spectacular. God's in the house. #bayoumaharajah #jamesbooker

James Booker - Live at Montreux Jazz 9th July 1978 *FULL CONCERT*

YouTube video by Ivory Emperor - The James Booker Archive

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 2d

I stand against this administration, it is un-American to its core, and it's the opposite of everything I've ever been taught about decency and the difference between right and wrong. It's also the polar opposite of every principle I was taught in 12 years of Catholic education. Cheers!

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 6d

NPR's news page this morning: 4 stories, including "pickleball eye injuries on the rise", before you get to "3 takeaways from Saturday's No Kings nationwide protests".

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 6d

Editors won't use the word "millions" in today's No Kings headlines, and the picture they tend to run is the guy in the squirrel costume. It's also 3rd or 4th story in, or a sidebar. #noballs

Photos: ‘No Kings’ protest in downtown Chicago

Photos from Chicago’s “No Kings” protest on Oct. 18, 2026.

www.chicagotribune.com

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 7d

And the occasional gas money your streams earn? You're not worth the bother. It's piled on top of Drake and Taylor's $.

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 7d

Uh-oh. Get that thumb scrolling, uncomfortable reality here. #spotifysucks #musiciansky

Spotify Sucks. The money they make from the music you work so hard on is being invested in military AI technology. Consider doing the right thing?

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 9d

Such a beautiful track. Southam is from Clarkesville, Georgia. #indiefolk Good stuff from @mp3hugger.bsky.social

Bugs, by Southam

track by Southam

southam.bandcamp.com

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 10d

Study after study, after study, keeps confirming that 2-4 cups of coffee per day affects longevity in a markedly positive way, but the mushroom coffee/health supplement people keep saying "some studies may "suggest" that, but ha ha, what'll they say next? And here's how to give up coffee."

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 10d

One study after another (look it up) shows that 2 - 4 cups of coffee per day lowers the chance of dying from ALL CAUSES by 30%. But it's counter-intuitive so people resist accepting it.

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 10d

A voice and songwriting seasoned by years of hard touring in every kind of joint. There's no substitute. #musiciansky #bandcamp

Flowers, by Tina & Her Pony

from the album Marigolds

tinaandherpony.bandcamp.com

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 10d

Now we're talkin'! We need this from everyone.

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 10d

I don't care if he's from rural white Louisiana - wouldn't you hang your head in shame if this was who represented you in Congress?

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 11d

Music not funneled down your throat by Swedish billionaire military-AI investors. Some Bandcamp gold, full EP out Nov.7. Thanks @propagandasite.bsky.social

Strange World (feat. Rae Khalil), by St. Panther

from the album Strange World

stpanther.bandcamp.com

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 13d

We need a Curtis Mayfield re-appreciation right now!

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks to Jimmy Kimmel's people for featuring Madison Cunningham 3 nights ago. Still underappreciated. #madisoncunningham #musiciansky

21K views · 270 reactions | Thank you @jimmykimmellive for having us last night. Ace arrives tonight ♠️ | Madison Cunningham

Thank you @jimmykimmellive for having us last night. Ace arrives tonight ♠️.

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 14d

How can we devote any energy to music and art at a time like this? We have to. Or they win.

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 15d

My wife says “I like that Beck fellow” and is it because he has a devil’s haircut (in his mind)? #musicsky #beck

Beck - Devils Haircut

Listen to Devils Haircut on TIDAL

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 17d

Remember when cops looked like "Officer Bill"? Now they have shaved heads, fat necks, have to hold their arms out to the sides so they can walk with their 10-year-old-boy vest full of emergency toys on their chest, ever ready for the apocalyptic end-of-times battle.

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 18d

My father, to support his young family in the 1950's, took gigs painting pulp fiction book covers like this one. Never dreaming that people would care in 2025. Beacon Books B191 "Girls' Dormitory" by Orrie Hitt. #pulpfiction #illustration

Books and Art

Girls' Dormitory. Clement Micarelli. Piles of books about to be read...maybe. Cover art for Girls' Dormitory (Beacon B191), 1958. Orrie Hitt. Subtitled: A scathing attack on the evils of off-campus...

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 18d

He did commercial art until about 2003. He was an old-school professional artist - if you're payin', he's paintin'. Also an atheist. (I have inside family info).

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 18d

Time to reset with Bill. "Just go with truth and beauty, and forget the rest". #billevans #piano #musiciansky

Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans Trio 1965

YouTube video by Mr. Wolf

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 19d

The late Joe Cocker. A Randy Newman song. You won't make it all the way through this in one piece, but you'll feel better afterward. #sadsongs #musiciansky #joecocker

Joe Cocker - Every Time It Rains .wmv

YouTube video by 59BlueDragon

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VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 19d

On Friday's flight from New Orleans to Boston, every middle-aged and older white passenger had Fox "News" up on the screen. That is why. #25thamendment

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 20d

He lied. He lied. He lied. He lied. He lied. He lied. He lied.

VeryBigMusic @joemicvbm.bsky.social · 21d

Nashville musician/songwriter/artist Miriam Speyer made this informal cover of Randy Newman's "Marie" 11 years ago and it's more proof that magic does happen. #vocalist #nashville #musiciansky

Miriam Speyer - "Marie" by Randy Newman

YouTube video by Miriam Speyer